Birmingham age-herald., 1895-09-14
ANNlST0N.
THE MODEL CITY IS LIVENING UP
Repairs at the Car Works-SaW Mills Busy
 An Ice War-Big Piece of Pipe Shipped.

AnnlSton, Sept. 13-tSpeclal.)--lnlng are gradually assuming livelier ap- pearance at the big plant of the United States Car company, which has been idle for three years past. Repairs in the machine shop are being made, some work is being done in the pattern shop, tele- phone has been put in and needed im- provements are being made in the off1ce. A force of men is also employed in the machine shop on some furnace work Tor the Woodstock Iron company, and there are eighteen or twenty freight cars in the yards to be repaired just as soon as the material comes in, which will be in day or two. The repairs on the rolling mill have not begun yet, but will be com menced shortly. The rolling mill, forge, foundry, pattern shop and machine shop will all be in operation within the next month or six weeks, and the indications are that the entire works will be running full before the first of the year.
 The immense saw mill of the Learned Letcher Lumber company, in the western portion of the city, is now running both day and night, cutting every foot of lum- Der possible and employing just as many men as work can be found for prohtably. The force right at the mill now numbers over fifty men. The great mill al Renfroe is also being operated by this company on full time. The Learned-Letcher people have recently started two new saw mills, and now have twelve running in this i'm mediate section. A ready sale is found for their entire product.
 An ice war is raging here and one can keep cool at almost his own price, The Talladega Ice company established an agency here recently and cut rates to below those of the Anniston company. The latter retaliated with big cut, oth- CTS followed and now nickel buys twenty-five pounds of ice or b cents will get q hundred pounds. And the war is still on.
 Business has picked up so much in railroad circles here that the Southern put on a night yard crew last night, and the switch engine will now be kept going night and day.
 Levi Wilson colored, who was arrest ed and taken down to Hollis Sunday to answer the charge of murdering negro woman there about month since, was tried before a justice of the peace yesterday and acquitted. T. c. Sensa- baugh, Esq, who went down to defend him. returned to Annston this afternoon.
 It has developed that the unknown ne- gro who was found early one morning about ten days since lying by the track of the Southern Railway company in the northern portion of the city in an un- conscious condition, and with a terrible hole in his head, from which wound he died four days later was George G bson, who had been an inmate of the county paupers' home. He ran away from that institution a few days before and no one knew what had become of him. The cause of his injury is still mystery.
 The Anniston Pipe works shinnefi 2 big piece of pipe, weighing about 5000 pounds, by express to Atlanta, 10 De used at the lake in the exposition grounds. The company has furnished great deal of pipe for the exposition.
 Mr. Sam Cole and Miss Mary Castley were married at the home of the latter's parents, Mr and Mrs. H, P. Castley, at Bera Wednesday by E. M Reid, Esq:
 Col H. Atkinson, Capt James H. sav7 age. Judge James W. Lapsley and Messrs William A. Davis and E. F. G. Roberts spent the day at and in the Vii cinity of Fruithurst.
 sam Noble Is at home from Lexing- tor Ky.. where he spent the summer
 Miss Carrie Smith is visiting relatives and friends in Rome.
 MT. and Mrs. w. T. Wilson have re- turned from a lengthy visit to Boston, New York, Baltimore and other east ern cities.