The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-03-17
aAnsDnN NEWS.
Hsse Cssspsny MIects Oaeess and Pre-.
 Dares fer Teurnament.

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 pares fer TsuFnanent.
 0adsden. March l5.--(spsciai)--The Queen City Hose Company held an en- thusiastic meeting at their armory last night and elected new oficefs for the ensuing year and also took in several new members. It was decided to at once commence practicing for the tournament, which will take place sometime in May at place yet to be selected, The onicers are: A. w., woodli6. chief: F.. M. Culpepper. as- distant chief; Tom Fuilington. foreman; Small, secretary: Tom Fuiiington. treasurer; pr. H. l.. Appleton. sur geon: axemen-Henry Martin. 8. B. Small. E. D. Fieming; pipemen--A. l.. Wetxel. c. F. Wilson, l.. M. Gordon. J. s. Brown, Bob Meeks.
 Frasier Berry, colored. was released from the county chain gang Tuesday, where he had been serving term of year for stealing chickeus- He arrived in the city Tuesday afternoon late and Wednesday morning vas again in jail on the charge of stealing chickens. Frazier could not resist the temptation to steal ,ohickens 70 he lifted two to celebrate his release and sold them to |a resturant keeper and in few hours he was in jail.
 W. E. Knox, of Anniston, who Is superintendent of the mineral division of the |. q N. road. was In the city Wednesday and states that he Is con- hdent that the Gadsden and Altoona branch of the L.. c N. will be complet- cd by the 18th of April. The work on this extension has been greatly delayed on account of the difncuity experienced a- a Al orl, Tumlin Gap. With the completion of this branch 1t opens up to several large manufacturing industries in Gadsden their vast stores of iron ore and coal in the western end of Etowah county and will also place Gadsden on new trunk line from Birmingham to Allan ta. It means still more for 1t will give Gadsden a rate of 12 Ia cents on coal from the rich fields around us.
 The Adams Knitting Mill has conn pleted its bleachery building and 1t is now in operation. All cloth used in the mill will be bleached here in the fu- ture. Mir. Adams states that he expects to install a yarn making, department to the plant and produce the manufae- tured article from the raw material. The yarn mill will use a bale of cot- ton daily. At present the knitting mill gives employment to twenty-five girls at good wages. Jesse Rl Barron, the aged gentleman below Gadsden who is suffering from hydrophohia brought on by the bite | of q mad dog received some six months Iago. and who has been a raving ma- niac at times for the past week. Is re- ported as some quieter now, but there l Is no hope entertained of his recovery, MT. Barron Is confined to his bed and is dangerous at times when the attacks come on him.
 The task of moving the local ex- change of the Southern Bell Tele- phone Go. from the first to the second story of the Adams building on Fourth street was completed this afternoon and now the exchange is In better lquarters. Besides the operating room there is a recreation room and law atory for the girl operators and pri- vate room for the manager. New eQuipments are being put in and the exchangs can now accommodate l,500 subscribers.
 State Organiser Otis of the Red Men Ihas organized tribe In Gadsden with la membership of some forty names lThe tribe will be known as Appala-
 chian Tribe No. 27. Organiser Otis had
 thirty-two braves with him to put the
 pale faces through the order. The ofh- cers are; 5achem. W. P. Johnson; Senior Sagamore. L.. L. HerEberg Junior Sagamore. O. T. Stocks: Chief of Records, c. B. Reynolds; Keeper of
 wampum. Robert James; Guard of IWigwam, Carl Whorton.
 Coosa river is in splendid boating
 order now and the boats are doing & good business. The steamer Dixie came in last night from Rome with
 twelve bales of cotton and a big lot
 of miscellaneous freight, leaving for lup river landings with large lot of local freight and about 4b,000. feet of lumber. The Wagnon came in Wednes- Iday noon with 250 bushels of corn for
 the Cassels Mills and other miscella- lneous freight. leaving for Rome with 1000 bushels of wheat and supplies. The steamer Alabama went up river lwith one of the largest cargoes ever
 carried by a steamer and Is coming back with a good load.