The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-01-23
GADSDEN ID HAVE
 WHITE PRIMARIES
First Contest for Mayor Will be
 Held February 3
OTHER NEWS OF INTEREST
Raid Made on Still at Union Grove and Officers Are Fired Upon From tho Bushes-One Ar
 rest Made.

Gadsden, January 22.-(Special.)-At a meeting of the city executive committee held in the city Wednesday it was de- cided to hold two white primaries to se- lect candidates for mayor, aldermen, chief of police and city clerk of the city or Gadsden. The first primary will be called on Tuesday, February 3, and the second on Friday, February 6. All candidates must hand in their names to W. J. Boy kin by noon next Tuesday. January zS' in order to be voted upon in the primary The managers of the primary shall be appointed on January 2s by the executive committee on the written recommendation of the candidates, which must be filed with the chairman not later than 12 o'clock January 2s. The managers ap- pointed shall select two clerks, return ing officer and two markers. Much inter est Is manifested in the coming election for mayor of Gadsden.
 Mrs. E. J. Roper died at her home in East Gadsden Tuesday afternoon after an illness of nearly year. Mrs. Roper was 63 years of age and was we'll known here. where she had many friends. She leaves seven children and a number of grandchildren. The remains of the de- ceased were carried to Kuner Thursday for interment.
 J. M. Howard has been appointed reg ular carrier for the rurai mall route. which will be established at Mountains boro February g.
 The sawmill of the Mecklan wagon fac tory has been started up and Is using every effort to lay in a sufficient amount of timber to start the wagon factory again. At this season of the year 1t Is diff ficult to get timber.
 George Van zandt of Chicago. stock holder in the Alabama Steel and Wire company, is in the city looking over the interest of the steel company here. MT. Van Zandt s president or the Prairie State National bank of Chicago.
 Six carloads of boilers arrived in the city and were switched to the steel plant yesterday Work is being pushed and electric lights have been placed so they can work as we'll at night as they can in the day.
 At meeting of the city council held Monday night, Judge J. H. Disque. as chairman of the city board of education. asked for an ordinance providing for a special election on the subject of an addi- tional tax levy for the maintanance of the public school. The ordinance was passed authorizing a special election held by the qualified voters of Gadsden on Tuesday. March 3. 1903. The purpose of the election is to ascertain whether or not a tax of one-fourth of one per cent shall be levied on all real estate and personal property within the corporate limits to maintain the public schools of the city The board of education asked for another teacher and also that a room be fitted up for kindergarten depart ment for children from to years old. Both requests were granted.
 John s. Paden, chief of the volunteer fire department, has purchased for the city one thousand feet of fire hose at eighty cents per foot.
 raid was made on moonshiners in Marshall county Monday by Deputy Col lector Knox Booth and Deputy Marshall Ike Campbell. who succeeded in breaking