The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1902-03-04
WORKING FOR A LIBRARY.
City Council Of GadSden May Agre'
"a Sur-orf 0na


Gadsden. March 3.-(SpeciaD-Rev. r.
B. McAlpine, pastor Of the First Pres
byterian Church here. Is working for the
location of a Carnegie library In Gads-
for aid In the way Of an appropriation
for the maintenance Of library. Rev.
Mr.. McAlpine has the assurance OF do
nation from Mr.. Carnegie II the city will
agree to keep Y up; a comm nnd ., con-
men Echols and Sonner has been ap-
pointed to look into the matter. IT Is ex-
pected tina. the committee Will report in
favor o: the library.
r>nt leading out of Gadsden and the
carriers have had their salaries raised
from $500 to $780,
4ne Insul anso companies doing busi-
ness in Gadsden have advanced their
rates :, per cenI on all STOCKS aIlu franc
buildings. The City Council has retaliateo
by raising the privilege tax on each COM
pa ~ represented here from $50 TO $oo.
Qua OF the agents says he thinks i, some OF
the insurance companies will not pay
the tax and will quite the town.
The water mains of the Gadsden Water
Worxs Con pauy will be extended out
Turrentine Avenue. where three fine res
the plant of the Gadsdep Foundry and
Pipe Company.
James Nj. Lambert died at Bomar. Che
rokee County, aged rs years. He was q
good C1tiZen. he leaves WtkcS Will
whom he had been living for s. years.
Last May, in the big road near Cedar
Bluff. DR.. J. Madison Lawrence and Miss
Matte Sewell were married, but the tact
that they had married did not leak ,out
until last week. They are both members
of very prominent families.
Bunk Brown. colored, a member OF Etc.
wah County chain gang. attempted to
make his escape from the camps one
night recently while the guards were
locking them to their beds. AS Bunk made
a break Night Guard w. d. Blanchard
shot at him. the ball entering the leg.
making only a flesh wound.
j. N. Hamilton. a prosperous stock
raiser of Mile. Calhoun County. was
in town Saturday and reported to your
correspondent that his bed room had
been entered by burglars three nights
within the past week. They chloroformed
500, taking the money from under his
pillow. He has no clue whatever to the
burglars.
The Etowah County Registrars viii
voters of the county Monday March 10.
and will be in continuous session until
May II.
Albertville. in Marshall County. on top
of Sand Mountain. is to have an oil
mill and guano factory. The Albertville
Oil Mill and Fertilizer Company has
been organized with $4,000 capital stock.
The site has been selected and the plant
VIII be ready Tor business Wnen the next
season opens.
A special term of DeKalb County Cir
cult Court will be held March 81 to try
Wright Harbour, on the charge of muir
der.
Grafton Viles died at Henigar. leaving
his wife in almost helpless condition.
]. F. Freeman died in Marshall County
from a cancer on the face from which
he had suffered some time. He leaves
a wife and eight children.
The Marshall County Populists have
called a mass convention for the Sth to
meet at Guntersville in order to find out
their standing and purpose in the future.
Mrs. Nellie Cryar died at Alder
Springs. aged 100 years. She has been a
member Of the Cumberland Presbyterian
Church for so years She leaves seven
children living. 81 grand children and
81 great-grandchildren.
Mrs. James Hodges. aged II years, died
at Hillian's store. She was pure Chris
tan lady and leaves seven children, two
brothers and other relatives.
w. n Heron, ex-Representative OF
Marshall County. died last week at Eddy
of pneumonia. He was a prominent citi.
Zen and a great politician.
Last Friday night unknown persons
drove a two-horse wagon into the barn
of Charles Mcclure at Eddy. after dusk.
and loaded about % bushels of corn and
drove off with it.
A. P. Montgomery. citizen of Mar
shall County, died at Mt. Olive. aged 81
years.