The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-06-03
STATE (. & I. CLUB
MEETING IN GADsDEN BEING PRE-
 PARED FOR.
Number of Prominent Industrial Work CTS Throughout the South VIII
 Discuss Topics of Life Inter- est to Alabama.

est to Alabama.
 Gadsden, Juno 2.--(special)--Th Alabama Commercial and Industrial will hold Its annual meet ing in Gadsden on Wednesday and Thursday. June 27th and 2sth. This body Is an association of the Com mercial and Industrial Clubs of Ala bama and is one of the strongest of its kind fin the entire country.
 A. c. Forbes of Montgomery is pres ident and L. L. Gilbert. of the same city. is secretary. Delegates to the Gadsden meeting will come from all Alabama cities and towns that maintain commercial and industrial clubs or boards of trade and among them will be some of the leading business and professional men of the State. Some noted industrial workers of the South will be invited to address the meet ing. It is intended to make the Gads- den meeting excel any ever held. The Gadsden commercial club will meet in regular session next Friday night. at which time they will take up the ques- ton of entertaining the State Asso- citation. This association met in Gads- den in 1903.
 The Weller Rolling Mill and Forge Company and the special committee from the Commercial Club have sign ed all papers and all obstacles have been removed for the building of the rolling mill in this city. Actual work will be commenced Monday morning, when the Louisville and Nashville eIi- gfneers will commence the work of sur veying and putting in the necessary switch tracks. An Anniston firm has the contract for constructing the foun- dations and will begin work as soon if aacarnh1a fha n terial Already a great deal of the machinery Is in the local yards of the various railroads and will be deliver ed on the site just as soon as the switch tracks are completed.
 It is the intention of the company to lift the old machinery from the old foundations at Anniston on the cars and replace them on the new founda- tions in this city. Secretary Hardin Is here with all the plans and the con- tracts for the necessary building and steel sheds will be let then. The roll ing mill will manufacture merchant steel, such as bars, rods and plates and will obtain It's supply of raw mate rial from the Southern Steel Company in this city. Steel products will be the first output. and bar iron will be man. ufactured as soon as the furnaces can be constructed It is estimated that the entire plant will be in operation within four months. The daily capacity will be 100 tons of finished material and 25o men will be given employment when the mill Is completed and in full swing The wages of the skilled em- ployes will range from s4 to S10 per day.
 The Gadsden-Times News Printing Company, which publishes a daily and semi-weekly paper and which ope- rates it's entire plant with power fur nished by the Gadsden Water Works Company. a corporation which is own ed by Baltimore bond holders, has been served written notice that on and after the 1st of July. 1906. that the water rental of the paper will be in creased from $7.50 per month to $25 per month, which Is an increase of over 300 per cent. It Is alleged that this increase is caused by the fact that the Times-News has always fought the wa ter company.
 The Etowah County Commissioners Court will meet Monday for the regu- lar June term. at which time they will receive the tax assessments as made by the assessor, after which Judge Penn will give notice to the public that the books are open for inspection to the tax payers, and if there are any kickers they will be given a chance to state their case to the court.
 cement HOuScS dI0 SOOI1 tO lahO hhO day in Gadsden as the price of lum- Der has scared skyward and thus pre- vents many from building. Dr. ire c. Ballard has let the contract for a dwelling to be erected on Walnut Street to the West Construction Company, of Chattanooga. Tenn. The house will be built of cement blocks.
 Ruby, the six year old daughter of Mir. and Mrs Sam Silvey died this af- stx niO illness from pneumonia. The funeral will take place from their residence near Kyle's saw mill
 The paper hangers of the city were out yesterday on the shortest strike known fin this city. Tho men were receiving g per day and they demand ed $2.S5 and only nine hours work. The demand was refused and they quit work After being out day the men decided to go back to work and all Is serene once more.
 Ed. D. Hammer. of Atta1la, who rep resented the county in the lower house of representatives four years ago, has announced himself as a candidate for the State Senate from the Sixth Sena- torial District, composed of the coun- ties of Etowah and St. Clair. MT. Hammer made splendid reputation while in the house and he Is an able man in every sense of tho word. He Is opposed by D. A. Aderholts. of St. Clair county
 W. M Meeks, the veteran newspaper man of Etowah county Is very i'll at his home in Coats Bends where he has been fer the past three weeks un- able to get out of the house. There seems to be a general letting down of his system and his friends arc con- siderably alarmed over his condition. The last news from his bedside is not very encouraging.
 The Republicans of the Seventh Con- Eressional District have recently held a meeting in Attalla, notwithstanding the fact that the chairman. Thomas IT. Stephens. who Is postmaster at this placc. called the meeting off. The fact of the meeting has just come to the attention of the public. The meet ing was held in Attalla and C. D. Alex ander was made chairman and c. B. Kennamer, secretary convention was called to meet in Attalla on July 25 for the purpose of nominating candidate for congress. the delegates to said convention to be apportioned according to the vote cast for the Re-