The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-17
A PREACHER's STUNT.
Leaves Wife and Child to Eloye With
 Sister-in-Law.


 Gadsden, April 16.--(Special )-From Marshall County comes news of the elopement of a Baptist preacher and school teacher with the 17-year-old sister of his wife. Rev. W. T. Dyer of Reedbrake, accompanied oy his sis- ter-in-law, Miss Eddy Adams, aged IT years, secured horse and buggy at Guntersville to carry them to Cullman County, on their way to Fl Paso, Tex. for which place they were held sd. It seems that several years ago Dyer eloped with his wife and so this union was born one child. A sister of Mrs. Dyer lived with them and an infatua- tion sprang up between the two which eliminated in the elopement. Dyer wrote a note to the girls father that he would marry the girl. The heart broken wife and little child are left to shift for themselves
 Work on the new city hall is pro- gressing very rapidly and the Bir- mingham contractors state that they will have the building completed by the first of May in ample time for the tournament of volunteer firemsn which comes to Gadsden on the 17th and 18th, and the local fire laddies will have a suitable place to entertain the visiting firemen. as the city has made ample provisions for the volunteer company The new city hall will cost when com pleted and furnished ss0.000 and Is one of the prettiest in the State.
 Petitions for the forming of a new military company are being circulat cd in Gadsden by Captain l.. B. Rainey of the old company. which was mus tered out of the service last week, and also one by H. Clay Leet. formerly a member of the old company. When company C was mustered out last week by the order of Governor Jelks the commissions of Captain Rainey and Leutenants Brindley and Hill were retained, these three men not being mustered out. It Is more than likely that the petition of Captain Raine y will be recognized by the military au- thorities and that Gadsden will vet have splendid military company built with the very best young men of the city.
 The closing exercises of he Seventh District Agricultural School at Albert. vile will take place in May. The com. mencement sermon will be delivered by Rev. H. G. Davis of the New Orleans district, where he is presiding elder, or Sunday, May 7th. The annual recital of the music and elocution classes will take place Monday night. Tuesday will be junior day. the exercises con. sisting of splendid essays. Wednesday will be commencement day and thS graduates will be addressed by Hon William H. Sanford of Troy The closing exercises will close the most successful term in the history oi the school in point of attendance ano work accomplished.
 Those who are on the inside state in positive terms that the idle plant here of the Central Foundry Company will be started in the next sixty days fol the manufacture of steam radiators The treasurer of the Central Foundry Company was in Gadsden a few days ago looking over the property of tht company here. and 1t is stated that ht gave assurances that the plant would soon be started for the making of ra. diators.
 The plant of the Lagarde Lime anC Stone Company at Lagarde, some sis miles east of Gadsden, is running al full blast, with eight lime kilns In op. eration. The Lagarde plant is thu largest in the South and works a large number of men, who are paid weekly in cash.
 The Southern Bell Telephone Com pany is still busy putting in new tele' phone stations along the A. G. s. Road until there is hardly way station now between Birmingham and Chattanooga that has not q telephone service as pood aa many of the cities.