The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-03-29
REWARD IS OFFERED
IMPETUS GIVEN SEARCH FOR NEW
 LANDS.
Young Broker of Birmingham Who Re- gently Disappeared In Gadsden-- s. W. Vance Dies Suddenly
 Odd Fellows Committee.


 Birmingham, March 2s,-(special)-- NJ M. Freed. of this city, today au- thorized the statement that reward of five hundred dollars would be paid for the location of the body Of Fred Newlands, dead or alive. Newlandst having disappeared suddenly at Cad sden, Ala, March 1s.
 A brother of Newlands and an uncle, from East Bergstart. Ky, arrived here this morning and immediately took steps looking to a systematic search for Newlands Fred Newiands was a member of the firm of Ellison and New lands, commission mercnanrs. with otfi- ces in the First NatiopaI Bank In BIT mingham. He left here to make trip to Gadsden and Anniston. He regis tered at one of the hotels in Gadsden and because of crowded conditions or the establishments was assigned to room with another man. Early in the evening young Newlands left the
 hotel alone to take walk. He never returned and since that time has not been seen or heard from. There are suspicious that the young man met with foul play and there is belief that ms body was thrown into the Coosa river which on the evening in question was raging over it's banks.
 There were absolutely no reasons at the time why Newlands should have taken hfs own life, having a good busi- ness, with plenty of capital behind him and his financial conditions were first class in every respect. His relatives are very much alarmed and detectives will be secured to assist in the search. Some of the missing mans relatives have gone to Gadsden to make inves- | tigatlons. The man in the room to which Newlands was assigned in Cad sden made inquiry few days later, &C., kn whereabouts of Newlands and express ed surprise when told that nothing had been heard of him.
 Newlands was for some time agent | for the Louisville and Nashville rail- road at Boyles, a few miles from this city. He went into the commission business and had been successful. | Samuel W. Vance Dies Suddenly. | Samuel W. Vance, a we'll known in- | surance man and commander of Camp ! Hardee, United Confederate Veterans, | was stricken with appoplexy in drug store this morning at il :l5 o'clock and | died half an hour later after being car | ried to his home. He was apparently in the best of health up to the time Of the stroke. He had just ordered cup l of coffee at the soda water stand in l the drug store when he fell to the floor unconscious. He never regained con sciousness. He Is survived by a widow. | two brothers and a sister. One of the
 brothers lives in Mexico. s. W. Vance was born in Bibb County. Ala, and served in the Army of Virginia during l the civil war. He was one of the &C., | tive membe:s of Camp Hardee. Ar | engagements are being made for the | funeral, and the veterans will take prominent part in the services.
 To Change Basis of Representation. | The committee named at the grand | lodge meeting two years ago in Mobile | and continued at the last session in 1 Anniston, to prepare plan of repre- i sentation to future grand lodge meet | ing of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. is in session here and the report will be submitted at the next
 meeting of the grand lodge which will
 be held in Birmingham, May sth. The committee will be in session two or three days. The order Is growing rapidly and the grand lodge representatives num- | Der 450. The annual sessions cost | thousands of dollars. an estimate be- | ing made that the Birmingham session
 will cost no less than ten thousand dollar A change of basis of represen- | tatlves is said to be necessary, but ex- actly how 1t can be done is a ques- | tion that is proving a hard matter to solve. The committee In session here
 is composed of A. G. Forbes of Mont- gomery, Chairman: Past Grand Mas | ters O. G. Semmes, of Mobile, W. T.
 Hutchens of Huntsville, H. l.. Mckee of Selma and Jacob Pepperman of
 Montgomery. all long time workers in Odd Fellowship in Alabama.
 It is understood that the committee | has under consideration the dividing of the State into districts and then fixing the basis of representation Ac- cording to districts. The subject will
 bring about a large amount of discus sion in the grand lodge meeting in
 May, the smaller subordinate lodges to enter a protest against any change in the plans in this ressrd. ".