The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-08-21
BANKRUPTCY CASE ENDED.
Mrs. Emma Dillon Assumes obliga-
 ton of Mecylan Company.

I Mrs. Emma Dillon Assumes obliga- ton of Mecylan Company. l Gadsden, Aug. 19.-(Special.) )-The bank ruptcy proceedings against the Mecklan Wagon Company have been dismissed, and the original owners and officers are again in charge of the property. Mrs. Emma c. Dillon, who first attached the plant, has purchased all of the indebted ness, which amounts to s9,96926, and has | taken a mortgage on the plant Hubert T. Davis, as trustee for the attorneys, has been given mortgage on the mate- rials and finished prbduct for s55O This takes care of all the indebtedness, and | places 1t in the hands of Mrs. Dillon. It | is hoped that this is the end of the wagon | company troubles, and that it will now take a start for the better. The work is | said to be the most modernly equipped of any in the South.
 | c. W. Stewart, nicely-dressed and well-appearing white man, Is in serious l trouble in Gadsden. and is now on the streets for thirty days with the shacks | on for an aggravated case of disorderly | conduct. It seems that Stewart is a drummer and sells a face bleach or com plexion powder to consumers ,and conse- quently gains admittance to many homes. Yesterday he became enraged because lady would not buy his powder and was
 
 used profane language in her presence. At any rate. the evidence was strong enough against him to warrant the Mayor in finding him $15, which he was unable to pay, and he was sentenced to the street gang for thirty days. Only a few days ago he was fined $3 for being drunk, and 1t is thought that he was drinking yes. terday. G. W. Towers one of the best known farmers and merchants in Etowah and Cherokee Counties died at his home at Maple Grove. in Cherokee County, Mon- day night at o'clock, after an illness of some four weeks. It is related of MT. Towers that he was suffering for two weeks with the worst kind of typhoid fever, and his fever was as high as 102, yet he remained up and attended to busi- ness. When he took his bed from sheer exhaustion, he grew gradually worse and finally died. He was about H years of age and leaves a wife and three children to mourn his death. The remains were inferred Tuesday at Shady Grove Ceme- tery.
 The First District of the Etowah County Sunday School Convention was organized at Alabama City, and consists of the district composed of Gadsden, Alabama City and Attalla. The officers are: J. H. Disque. President; w. T. McCord, Vice. :. | Agricola, Treasurer. The Executive Com mittee Is composed of w. T. McCord, Rev. J. M. Solley, J. B. Carver, S. W. Riddle. T. c. Banks, N. N. Vann, M. M. Russell, Otto Agricola, R. A. D. Dunlap, c. Stalter and J. H. Lovejoy. Several prominent gentlemen made strong Sun day school talks and a great deal of en- thusism was manifested
 | News has just reached Gadsden of the death at Keener, in Etowah County, of Marvin Gray, the 19-year-old son of G. J. Gray and wife. The boy was taken i'll on the 3Oth of July with a severe attack of typhoid fever and succumbed to its ravages on the 9th of August. He was model young man and a Christian. He leaves his parents, five brothers and three sisters to mourn his death. Another son, the mother and one sister are also very i'll.
 The following are the officers elected for the ensuing year for the Etowah County Confederate Veterans Associa- tion, which held a reunion last week at Moore's Spring: H. Herzberg, Comman- der; J. w. Gilliland, First Vice-Com- mander; Henry Stephens, Second Vice. Commander; B. Nicholson, Adjutant; J. R. Hughes, Treasurer; John F. Adams, chaplain; W. c. Wright, Color Sergeant; Jerry Sitz, Officer of the Day.
 
 Monday afternoon, while at work on the residence of Peter Wagnon in Ball Play. the scaffolding fell and precipitated two carpenters to the ground, injuring them very badly. Will Majors was the worst hurt of the two, his collar bone being broken and he is suffering considerably. Sam Hodges was bruised up considerably. Both will be laid up awhile.
 News has just reached Gadsden of the death in Terre Haute, Ind, of A. J. Crawford. a former citizen of Gadsden, and who was the head of and chief owner of the Gadsden Iron Company, which built the old Coosa furnace in this city. He owned large tracts of lands in this county, and last year sold the furnace here to the car works.
 The death angel entered two homes here early this morning at the same hour, and claimed the little ones. At 2:3O little Elzie, infant daughter of J. E. Blackwood | and wife died from a short illness of pneumonia. At the same hour Loto May, infant daughter of D. E. Smith and wife, died from a complication of stomach troubles.
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