The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-09-19
FARMER IS SHOT
BY AN EMPLOYE
F. NJ. Majors Has Narrow ES-
cape from Death.
PEACHES ARE FLOURlSHlNG
Growing of Fruit is Fast Becoming
One of Gadsden's Most lmpor-
tant .adustres-Thousands
of Trees to Be Set Out.
PEACHES ARE FLOURlSHING

Gadsden, September IS. = (Special)-
News reached this city today of an at
tempted murder at Glencoe, some eight
miles east of G. sden and the escape
of the would-be murderer. F. NJ. Ma
bors a well-to-do farmer, had ]. II.
Payne employed to cut cord wood for
him. Friday morning after Majors had
started to Gadsden Payne demanded
settlement. Majors told him that he
did not have time to measure up the
wood then, but that he would send some
one at once and he would pay him on
his return from Gadsden A wordy row
then ensued and Payne left
He went to his home, secured a shot
gun and secreted himself in the bushes
near the road where Majors was to
pass When Majors came along Payne
stepped out and demanded that Majors
throw his money to him." at the same
time drawing his gun in action. Majors
refused and started to get out of his
buggy. when Payne fired. the load of No.
8 shot to the number of twenty-four en-
tering his right leg from the knee to the
foot. Majors is badly hurt but nothing
serious Payne skipped out, but deputy
sheriffs were soon in pursuit and traced
him to within three miles of Piedmont
where the track was lost.
Saw Mill Starts Up.
The large saw mill of the Kyle Lumber
company, which has a daily capacity of
$4,000 feet of lumber, and which has been
idle for several weeks on account of the
scarcity of logs. has resumed operations.
Coosa river has been lower this year
than ever known and no logs could be
secured, but rains above has caused the
river to rise sufficiently to allow logs
to be RATED and the big mill is once
more busy.
Peach Industry Important.
The peach industry around Gadsden and
in the Gadsden district is becoming quite
an item The crop this year has been
fine one and peaches shipped from the
Gadsden district to eastern and northern
cities have sold far better than peaches
shipped from Georgia or California. This
is the news received here by the shippers.
Already there are several hundred
thousand peach trees In this district now
bearing, and to this number will be add
ed this fall over 100000 more, as follows
DR.. D. H. Baker will put out 10000, w. F.
Showers 10000, Elliott Fruit farm 5000
Lister Brothers 5000 Reed, Trotter e. Co.
1000, e. c. Jones 5000, C. w Ewing 5000
7. H. Scoggins 5000, Joe Hammond 1900
A. L. Christopher 1900 and various other
parties in small lots to the number of
20,0O0 The large canning factory here
built by Capt. ]. M. Elliott, Jr., has been
the means of the fruit growers not losing
anything this season as all over ripe
firm
den peach is fixture now and will take
the lead over all others.
Mrs. Joe Brown Dies.
Mrs Joe Brown who has been great
| sufferer for the past three years from
consumption died at her home in this city
| yesterday and was buried today in Forest
cemetery. She was a good woman and
while for the past ten years she has been
blind and for three years suffered with
consumption she bore all her sufferings
without a murmur. She leaves a husband
and several small children.
Killed by Explosion.
An explosion occurred at the steel plant
early Saturday morning in which Tusch
Gum, colored, was instantly killed. Gum
had just reached the plant and was get
ting ready to go to work firing when a
cap on one of the stoves behind him
blew off and struck him in the back of
the head, breaking his neck and scatter
ing his brains over the ground and also
breaking both legs Death was instant
and he never knew what killed him.
A fellow laborer standing near was also
hurt but not serious.
Children Whipped for Stealing.
Several weeks ago the house of Frank
Stuckey in the western part of the city
was broken into and robbed of a silver
pitcher, all silverware and dress goods,
etc, while the owners were away in
st. Louis. Nose Harris and his wife and
two nieces were arrested this week charg-
ed with the robbery. The two girls were
small and were ordered whipped while
Nose was discharged IS he as not guilty.
but his wife was fined SIS. which she paid.
Car Service Report.
The Alabama Car Service association
for August shows falling off in the
number of cars handled in the Gadsden
district which was due to the strike and
the shutting down of the furnace here
for three weeks to undergo repairs. Only
9S6 cars were handled In Gadsden. Ala
bama City makes a splendid showing,
handling 400 cars as follows: Alabama
Great Southern. ol6; Louisville and Nash
Vile, 800; Southern, AL; Nashville, Chat
tanooga and st. Louis. %
The furnace of the Alabama Steel and
Wire company was not affected by the
strike and this accounts for the large
increas over Gadsden. In Alfalfa there
were 401 cars handled by the three roads
entering that town.
CLOTH MARKET HARDENING.