The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-13
ALLEGED LABOR
 AGENT ARRESTED
0. c. MYRlck AND ASSOCIATES LET CONTRACT FOR HICKORY HANDLE FACTORY TO BE BUILT AT GADSDEN.

Gadsden. october 12.-(speclal)J. r.
 Tipton, alleged to be labor agent, was
 arrested yesterday by the police on
 charges preferred by the officials of the
 Coosa Pipe and Foundry company. It is
 said that Tipton was interfering with
 the labor at the plant by trying to per suade the employees to leave. Tipton put
 up a 5000 cash bond and was released
 The commission appointed by the county court to arbitrate the condemnation suit of the city vs. A. T. Stocks, for a right of way through the property of the latter for the sewerage system, was settled this morning. The commission, composed of Joseph Balfour, N. A. Hamman and J. from the use of the land at $50 and allowed an additional $50 for the value of the property through which the sewer ditch passed. A number of witnesses ap- peared before the commission to testify as to the value of the property, which showed a wide variance as to value and ranged from $150 to $500. This Is the only suit resulting from the construction of the sewer system and Mayor Smith was very much gratified over the final outcome. Rev. Joe M. Ramsey, the blind evan gelst. who is holding series of meet
 ings at the First Methodist church, con
 tinues to attract large congregations at
 each service. His sermon last night was
 directed to backsliders and his text was
 taken from the 51st Psalm: Restore unto
 me the poy of Thy Salvation" The most touching feature of the sermon was the detailing of the speaker of a part of his personal experience in this connection At an early age he was SO unfortunate as to lose his eyesdght, and this great
 misfortune caused him to lose faith in God and to think that he was forever re- moved from his love- He told of the re- turn of that faith and the peace and comfort that he had since derived from the ncalculable blessing. A special ser vice for men will be held at the court
 house Saturday afternoon at 230 o'clock. Rosenbaum Bros. have bought lot
 from the Harding syndicate on Broad street the consideration being S2250. They will erect store house on the property and will remove their present business to 1t when finished. There is one more lot fronting on this street, which is for sale and after this is disposed of, the syndicate will reserve the remainder for the improvements announced a few weeks ago. which include a large office build ing hotel and opera house.
 o. G. Myrick and associates have pir- chased a sdte and have let the contract for the erection of hickory handle fac tory, near the Alabama Consolidated fur naces The machinery for the plant has been purchased and will be installed and in operation by December 1. The factory is located convenient to the river and railroads, and will have convenient means of getting the raw material The building will be 4OxS0 feet and will have a ca pacitv of 120 dozen handles per day and will employ thirty men. MT. Myr1ck IS a we'll known lumEer and timber man Of
 this county. MT E. C. Wallace, who has had many years experience in this line
 of manufacturing will be superintendent
 Another heavy killing frost fell In this section last night and continued the de- struction of cotton Thousands Of dol lars worth of sorghum and pea vine hay have also been destroyed by the frost' tbe continued rains having prevented it's heinz cut and saved at the usual time A cold wind is blowing today from the northeast.
 One of the large main driving rods on inc engine at the Kyle Lumber company's plant broke yesterday, while the engine was running at full speed, and tore up things generally before the machinery could be stopped. The plant will be shut down for several days until re- nairs can be made This is the second accident of this kind at this plant With in a few months.