The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-03-20
DEATHS HARVEST.
Many Old Citizens of Cherokee Count,
 Are Passing Away

Many Old Citizens of Cherokee County
 Are Passing Away.
 Gadsden. March 19.-(SpeciaI )-The death angel is reaping a rich harvest among the old citizens of Cherokee County, and within the past few days several of the oldest and most hon. ored ones have passed over the silent river to be with loved ones gone before. Thomas BidwelL aged 65 years, was riding along the public road when the summons came in a stroke of pa- ralysis and he was dead when his horse walked up to his front gate. He was alone at the time the fatal stroke came.
 Uncle Joe Weaver. aged S3 years, was another old-timer to pass away. He raiseds a large family and lived in the same house for sixty-two years. He had seventy-two grand children and great grand children, and one great great grandchild. He had been member of the Baptist Church for forty-seven years.
 Mrs. Sallie Westmoreland Is dead at the age of 42 years.
 The officers of the Etowah County Cotton Association met in Gacsden last Saturday for the purpose of se- lecting an organizer for the county, whose duty it will be to visit the va rious beats in the county and see the farmers and get the signatures of all who will agree to curtail the cotton acreage of the present crop. John F. Adams of East Gadsden was selected for the place and he will commence work Monday. <
 The Alabama Steel and Wire Com pany has a large ore mine in full blast at Porterville, in DeKalb County. md fc L. I,,er x-t the opening of another one alongside the present one in order to secure ore enough to operate it's Gadsden plants. The ore at Porterville Is very rich and rated as among the very best ore in the State.
 The rumor about the erection of a bridge over the Tennessee River at Guntersville to be erected by the N. c. & St. L. Road has been revived and 1t is thought by those who profess to be on the inside that the rumor this time will be true and the railroad will bridge the river and thus do away with the long transfer by water and boat. The road would secure a. much larger traf- fic If this is done.
 A special term of Marshall County Court will convene Monday. March 20, with Judge w. w. Haralsop of DeKalb County presiding. This Is the first term of court held in Marshall by Judge Haralson and the special term Is called for the speedy trial of several important cases. The special term of two weeks will run into the regular term of the court for that county, thus giving that county five weeks of court, and it is hoped that the docket will be cleared.
 Mayor Charles P. Smith and his board of aldermen will take charge of the reins of city government next Thursday night, at which time Mayor Campbell and his board will have com pleted all the work pertaining to their administ ration and will turn the city affairs over to the new board. A reve- nue law for the present years Is to be passed, besides the election of a city clerk, chief of police. patrolmen, street tax collector and overseer. There are quite a number of candidates for the various offices to be filled by the board.
 O. w. Murray of Grand Haven, Mich, is in the city prospecting in the inteH- est of a large colony of Michigan farmers who are in search of a much milder climate than the one they are now living in. MT. Murray has been in the South some weeks but after taking a look over the South Is inclined towards Gadsden. He says he will
 
 where in the South and locate his col ony. A number of Michigan farmers located in this section several years ago and have done we'll
 Miss Elva Rich died yesterday at Carlisle, on Sand Mountain. some six teen miles from Gadsden, where she had been i'll for eighty-etght days with typhoid fever Miss Rich came from Moodyville, Tenn. and went to Car lisIe to take charge of school and was stricken with typhoid fever in a few weeks afterwards. Her remains were sent back to her Tennessee home.
 A degree team from the lodge of Bir- vnin1ham Red Men will come to Gads- den Tuesday night for the purpose of conferring- the first, second and third degrees on the members of the Gads- den Appalachian tribe. The order was first instituted here this week, put alxaaase q. slaEaAu Tns1anaxan ihas Resn