The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-07-12
MUST REFUnD TAKES.
Etowah County Property Holders Pa
 S5,48z WrQnxfmI Asnessment.


 S5,437 WrongfuI Asnessment. Gadsden. July .--tspeciai 1--The
 Etowah County Commissioners are up
 sgaisnst the proPosition of rsfnndins ntn, ns. sessment of solvent credits to the amount of $374,000. Judge Penn stated today that he intended to advocate the
 policy of sefsndi1s tss .sr,T maney wns made to return it except in cases where it was paid under protest the yudge says there is the question of fairness Der of people refused to assess thelr securities for ad aIorum tax after De- tober 1. 1903. others paid under prot ssi
 and the mssj3or,,s paid apw tSat the aw IS plainly laid down. that the tax is illegal the Commissioners are confront- ed with the proposition of taking thou and returning them to the people.
 Sam Cox, a prominent citizen of At. talla. pioneer citizen and mempet of one. of the best known families Q: in that city ssbout [ o'clock Mond1y afternoon. Mir. Cox has been Tn pac health for some time. suffering with heart trohbles superlnduced by dropsy
 iiavatory to wash bis hands. when he was seen to reel and faIl to the floor, When members of his family reached him he was dead. He was 65r years old and leaves a wife and three children
 Mrs. Joe Morton. Mrs. Laura Smith and Fred Cox.
 According to a paper filed in the Probate office here this morning, the Quinn Furnace Company hes banked 1 in it's bins here 100000 bushels of char l latinz for six months until the com 1 pany has large supply on hand. Ev- erything is being done to increase the
 ssme Of tep h oss s sepss ses s pe from the conrany's mines at Rock | Springs. Ave miles east of Gadsden. As soon as the ore bins are filled the fur.
 hafs fne w repost phhssaL pthes Lee Ysrser of thi. | city. was killed in a wreck near Cedar town Monday is untrue and the rail
 road sfieials are making inquiries Tsere as re I was a wreck and Parker was slightly
 News reached Gadsden today in tel. | egram signed by Mrs. Griffith, in whtct | she stated that her husband was dying l ,n Pell City and that he wanted to bt l buried with the honors of the Masouit
 order The telegram referred to ": 5 | parer business m this city. MT. Gtif, I fith had business reverses here and al I the same time hts health failed and h,
 Left Left Gaasden for his f1r%sss asse ns ps
 Evangelist Erwin and wife are hold l Ing pfOIrdcted E1eSllnS tn the DIE | tent of the Palace Pavilion.
 1 The Albertville Rifles will arrive in Gadsden tonight and join the. Queen I City Guards and leave on special | train for camps at Mobile to attend ths
 annual cncampmeat of the 3rd Regi- l ment Alabama National Guard. Cap
 tain Rainey exnscts to take down thir. | ty-five men.
 Louie Greet. one of the mail carriers 1 had narrow. escape from being seri-
 cusIy hurt this afternoon. A negro hackman had left \ team unhitchs6 when another negro frightened them and they began to run away. Greet | jumped for the bits, missed his hold ] and fell under the feet of the horses. l who .trod upon him and the wheels oi ? the carriage ran oyer him. Ills cloth I ing was almost torn of him and hs | sustaineds number of severe bruises
 Ex-Governor William C. Oates and
 Hon. William c. Fitts. candidates foI l the Senatorial succession, both ad- | dressed the people of the County at thu | court house today. the discussion conn | mencing about II o'clock. The crowd | listened to both speakers closely.
 In the condemnation proceedings l brought by the Southern Steel Company l against Manley trustee for lands ir | Altoona, the Commission fixed a ralua. | ton of $460. The Asteef company. de. | sired to connect its coal mines by 3,60t l feet of railroad, and 1t WIS necessary | to condemn the portion of property fol | which MT Mauley Is trustee. asst -~i