The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-02-05
POLL TAXES OF ETOwAH.
Thirteen Hundred and Fifty-Nine Citi- xeum Qualified ThNmaelYea to Vote.

 gems Qualified Themselves to Vote. Gadsden, Feb. 4.-(Special. l--Poll taxes were paid in Etowah county by 1859 persons, and with the exception
 of few. all are white. The collections in Etowah county since the new consti- tuition went into effect have been as folIows 1.974 in 1901; 1,466 in 1902;
 1.5ss in 1903; 1,167 in 1904 and 1859 in 1905. In Gadsden. a city of over 1000 inhabitants. only 3S7 persons paid their poll taxes.
 R. L. Adams. who has been the mana
 ger of the Western Union Telegraph
 office in this city for the past twelve years, has resigned the office and will
 devote his time in the future to his
 private affairs. Hickory Barret, who has been with the same company in the
 office at Atlanta for the past three years, has been apointed as manager to succeed Mir. Adams
 During the month of January the re- ceipts of the Gadsden past-office show ed an increase of forty-five per cent over the same month last year and were the largest in the history of the office.
 The board of Mayor and Alderman or Albertvilie, has been applied to by Edgar B. Kay. professor of civil and mining engineering at the State Uni- versity, for a franchise to erect q water works system and an electric lighting plant for that town at cost of $40, GOO. The water tower will be 100 feet and water furnished from artesian wells For thirty-five hydrants and eIenen arc lights he asks the city to pay him $1.350 per annum.
 saturday was pay day with the teachers of Etowah county and a good number ot fhem were in the city to receive their money. Superintendent of Education J. E. Williams was on hand and paid out 1,99S to the teach CTS. great deal of interest is being shown by the teachers of the county In the election to he held in Etowah county March 12, for the purpose of levying an additional tax of $1 per thousand for school purposes It is expected that State Superintendent I. w Hill will make several speeches in the county before the day of the cleo ton advocating this taxx
 Will Burgess. wanted in Etowah county on the charge of moving mort gagged property, was arrested in An niston and he is now in the Gadsden Jail. Frank Coats, the young negro highwayman, who was held to the next grand jury on the charge of holding up a young white boy, with another negro, and robbing him of twenty cents and his hat, has made his $500 bond.
 Will Johnson. who will be hanged in the county jail here next Friday un- less the Governor interferes, Is grow ing unruly and is giving the officers considerable trouble.
 Fred Cunningham and Joe Whise- nant, two young negro thieves, are on the street gang for thirty days each for stealing two pairs of shoes from Frank and Hagedorn. while they were at work aiding them in the removal of the stock of goods. Both are very young in years but old in crime, as they have repeatedly been on the gang for stealing. Tang Montgomery, col pred. is also on the streets for sixty days for carrying a pistol concealed about his person. When he Is through with this sentence he will be taken in charge by the county officers and will serve about a year for the county
 Thomas L. Johnson, a prominent citi- Zen of Gadsden and a candidate for sheriff. who has been in bad health for some time. was put under the knife at Columbus, Ohio, and news from there states that he stood the opera tion splendidly and that chances are that he will recover rapidly from the operation unless some unforeseen arise. Dr. A. w. Rails, his was with Mir. Johnson when. the operation was performed.