The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-02-27
BAKER IS HEARD ON
 CHARGE OF PERJURY
GRAND LECTURER SCOTT OF MA SONIC ORDER IN ALABAMA WILL SPEND THE COMING WEEK IN GADSDEN.

Gadsden, February 26.-B. l.. Baker of Cullman county was tried Saturday be- fore United States Commissioner Pickard on the charge of perjury and was bound over in the sum of $500 which he failed to make and was sent to jail. It is al- legged that Baker committed the act Of perjury in filing his application for bank ruptcy when he gave in his schedule of debts by leaving out by intention and to defraud a number of creditors in Gun tersville. He was arrested by Deputy Marshal II. c. Arnold and the evidence brought out against him Is very strong. Deputy Marshal W. s. Standifer arrest ed J. c. Gaunt at Guntersville, Marshall county, on the charge of retailing whisky without q license, but his trial was post poned until March 14 on account of some of the witnesses being absent.
 A. M. Scott grand lecturer of the Ma sonic lodge of the state, will arrive in this city Monday and will be here all week in the interest of the Masonic lodge here and will doubtless do some work in the lodge Many of the lodges in the sec tion around Gadsden will be present at the various meetings which will be held here during the visit of the grand lec- has recently fitted up an elegant lodge room and is better prepared to entertain their distinguished visitor than ever be- fore.
 Will Henry and Mack Grogan, two negro convicts. were successful in making their escape from the city jail last night by digging up the rotten flooring to the Jail, securing a piece of iron and prizng off several blanks and making good their escape. The negroes were in for long terms. There is no clue to their present whereabouts.
 Deputy Sheriff Handy went over to La garde Friday night and raided a negro gambling house and arrested Sherman Stubbs, Ernest Herald and Jim Harvey on the charge of gambling and brought them to Gadsden Saturday and placed them in jail.
 Friday afternoon late bale of cotton was weighed at the Etowah warehouse and placed In the storage room and some time Saturday morning the bale was seen to be smoking and an investigation showed that the bale of cotton was in flames on the interior The bale was ripped open and the flames extinguished. It is supposed the bale of cotton was set on fire while being ginned and the flames had been smoldering since.
 w. F. Jones died at his home in this city Friday at 12:05 of pneumonia after only forty hours illness. Mr. Jones moved to Gadsden from Tuscaloosa a year ago and went into business here and did well and was liked by all who met him. He leaves a wife and six children. The re- mains were taken to Tuscaloosa and the interment made at Northport
 An infant of Jasper Lasseter and wife of Guest, DeKalb county, was found dead in bed Friday morning when the parents awoke. The little one had been sick sev- eral days but was thought to be better. It made no outcry during the night.
 Ida, the little five-year-old daughter of Sam Coin and wife, who live fin West Gadsden, happened to a serious accident yesterday afternoon. The little girl was playing on the front porch when she slipped and fell with all her weight on her left leg, breaking the bone just below the knee, from which she is suffering considerably.
 Milton w. Watts has been appointed as postmaster at Centre, Cherokee coun- ty. vice John W. Porter, who resigned to accept better position in the revenue department at Centre. There were sev- eral applicants for the place, among the list being several democrats.
 The State Cotton Growers association at their recent meeting at Montgomery assessed Etowah county farmers s115 and the assessment will be promptly met and paid. Great interest in the cotton move ment is being shown by the Etowah farm CTS and meetings are being held through- out the county. and the farmers are readily signing the pledge to reduce the acreage. All with few exceptions have agreed to reduce cotton acreage % per cent and fertilizer % per cent, while some will reduce 1t third, and in few cases half Etowah farmers are in 1t to the finish. sink or swim.