The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-03-17
WILL COMPETE IN
THE TOURNAMENT
Gadsden's Hose Company Get
ting Down TO Work
WORK ON ALTOONA BRANCH
Superintendent Knox IS Confident 1t
VIII Be Completed 81 April IS.
Other News of
Gadsden.
ON ALTOONA BRANCH

Gadsden, March 16-(Special 1.-The
Queen City Hose company held an enthu-
siastie meeting at their armory last night
and elected new officers for the ensuing
year and also took in several new MEM
bers. 1t was decided to at once COM
menee praeticlng for the tournament
which will take place sometime in May
at a place yet to be selected The Off
GERS are: A. w. WoodliT. chiel; F. NJ
Culpepper, assistant chief Tom Fulling-
ton, foreman; w. G. Bellenger, president;
Marvin Small, secretary; Tom Fullington,
treasurer DIR. II. L. Appleton, surgeon;
Azemen, Harry Martin. s. b. Small, R. D.
Fleming; Pipemen, A. L. Wetzel, c. 7.
Wilson, L. M. Gordon, ]. s. Brown, Bob
Meeks.
Frazier Berry, coiored. was released
from the county chain gang Tuesday
where he had been serving term of
year for stealing chickens He arrived
in the city Tuesday afternoon late and
wednesday morning was again in jail on
the charge of stealing chickens. Frazier
could not resist the temptation to steal
chickens so he lifted two to celebrate his
release and sold them to a restaurant
keeper and in few hours he was in
Jail.
w. E. Knox of Admission. who Is super
ii.tendent of the Mineral division of the
Louisville and Nashville railroad, was In
tie city Wednesday, and states that he
is confident that the Gadsden and Altoona
branch of the Louisville and Nashville
viii be completed by the 18th of April
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greatly delayed on account Of the diff
Guilty experienced in boring the 2SoO-foot
tunnel through Tumin gap. With the
completion os this branch it opens up to
several large manufacturing industries in
Gadsden their vast stores of iron ore and
coal in the western end of Etowah county
am. will also place Gadsden on new
trunk line from Birmingham to Atlanta
1t means still ore, for 1t will give Gads-
den rate of 121t cents on coal from the
rich fields around -.
The Adams Knitting mill has completed
the bleachery building and it is now in
operation. and all cloth used in the mill
WI be bleached here in the future Mr.
ADAMS states that he expects to install
yarn-malSing department to the plant
and produce the manufactured article
from the raw material. The yarn mill
as ibale OF cotton daily. At present
tie knitting mill gives employment to
twenty-five girls at good wages.
Jesse b. Barron. the aged gentleman
below Gadsdeng who is suffering from
hydrophobia brought on by the bite of
a mad dog. received some six months
ago and who has been a raving maniac
at times for the past week Is reported
as some quieter now. but there is no
hope entertained for his recovery. Mr..
Barron is confined to his bed and is dan
gerous at times when the attacks come
or him.
The task Of removing the local ex-
change of the Southern Bell Telephone
company 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 quarters.
Besides the operating room there Is
recreation room and a lavatory for the
girl operators and a private room for
the manager Splendid new equipment is
| being put in and the exchange can now
accommodate 1000 subscribers.
State Organizer Otis of the Red Men
has organized tribe in Gndsden with a
splendid membership of some forty names.
The tribe will he known as Appalachian
Tribe No 81. Organizer Otis had 50
braves with him to put the pale faces
through the order The officers are:
Saehem w. P. Johnson. senior sycamore.
L. L. Herzberg; junior sycamore. o. T.
Stocks; chief of records G. b, Reynolds:
keeper of wampum. ..obert James: guard
of wigwam, Carl Whorton.
Coosa river is in splendid boating order
now and the boats are doing good bu-
siness The steamer Dixie came in last
night from Rome with - bales of cotton
and big lot of miscellaneous freight,
leaving for up river landings with a large
lot of local freight ard about 5000 feet
of lumber. The Wagnon came In We'd
nesday noon with about $50 bushels of
corn for the Cassels mills and other mis-
cellaneous freight. leaving for Rome
with 1000 bushels of wheat and supplies.
The steamer Alabama went up river
with one of the largest cargoes ever car
ried by a steamer and is coming back
with good load.