The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-02-26
ETOWAH HEN IS
 VALUABLE ASSET
OUT OF SEVEN MURDERS IN ETC. WAH COUNTY WITHIN PAST TWO MONTHS BUT TWO AR RESTS HAVE SEEN MADE.

Gadsden, February 25. = Especially Etowah county is noted for a great many things. but the latest Is hen that beats veritable gold mine. J. w. Brothers of Clear Springs beat, has a hen which Is cross between Plymouth and a Leg horn which is a dandy when it comes to making money. Within the past eleven months she has laid enough eggs and raised two filters of chickens to bring Mr. Brothers $15 in money, besides three chicks left for stock and the old hen is still doing duty. This hen matched out and raised 42 chicks within eleven months. The last two eggs laid were brought to Gadsden today and weighed. One weighed exactly a quarter of pound and the other one ounce more.
 Several citizens in the section around Ivalee, the new town on the extension of the Louisville and Nashville, have offered a reward of $50 for the capture of the negro, Green Morgan, who shot and killed his wife near there several weeks ago because she refused to live with him. The negro made good his escape and has not been heard of since. There have been seven murders within the borders of Etowah county within the past two months and only two arrests have been made.
 The Kyle Lumber company, one of the leading saw mills of this section, has large force of men at work In the Ball Play section some twelve miles beyond Gadsden extending their tram tracks in order to get into another large lot of fine timber. Three additional miles of tram track will be laid in order to reach the timber.
 The Postal Telegraph company has opened an office at Alabama City With R. l.. Adams, former manager of the Western Union here in charge The Western Union will also open up an office at the same place in few weeks, as the business there is growing at rapid rate and the telegraph companies are making great efforts to get all the business
 The Dwight Manufacturing company will let the contract this week for twen- ty-fve more cottages to be erected in Alabama City to accommodate the fam flies that will soon move in to work in the cotton factory. The Southern Steel company are just completing some fifty cottages for its workmen in a short distance or the COILOf 1dClOEJ loWH. holC than 150 new dwellings have been erected in that section within the past three, months.
 The city received today a fine Tennessee horse for the fire department to take the place of horses already now on duty. The horses which the city now own are too light for the work and three larger ones are to be purchased to pull the fire engine.
 A young man who says his name Is Thomas A Collins was arrested at the steel works on the charge of being de- serter from the United States army. He fills the description, but the young man says he is not the man wanted. He Is in jail awaiting officers from Fort Cas- we'll $. C., where it is alleged he made his escape.
 Prof. w. E. Striplin, superintendent of the city schools left today for Louis- vile, Ky, where he will attend the meet ing of the National Association of School Superintendents. Professor Striplin will spend one day at the schools in Nash vile, and after the meeting at Louis vile, he will pay the city schools there a visit. He will be absent week
 Frank Weaver of Hokes Bluff, who is a student at the agricultural school at AlbertVille, was painfully injured one day this week while operating a stump puller on the campus at the school. The
 
 broke and struck the young man on the leg making a painful and bad wound. MT Weaver is an Etowah boy. His wound will not prove serious.
 A. R. Hooper, Mayor of Albertville, has signed the contract with Edgar B. Kay of Tuscaloosa whereby that little town will secure a water works plant and an electric light plant to cost S40,000. Work will be commenced as soon possible and will be rushed to an early com pletion. Albertville is improving at very rapid rate, in fact faster than any other town on the mountain.
 The farmers inf and around Gadsden and this section of the state are getting ready to plant every available acre this year. The farmers are ahead of their work at present, as nearly every one has his ground already turned Thous- ands of acres of spring oats have been put in. while the corn and cotton crop will both be largely increased. It is not thought that they will go wild and plant all cotton, as the better class of farmers sea where this will lead them