The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-03-24
MAKIN eoop REcoRps.
OficiaIs of Etowah County Are Saving the peonle,~ Money.

Oniciais of Etewah County Are Saving
 the People's Money.
 Gadsden. March .-tSpecial o-The making q splendid record record in hnsnclal ways and are saving money for the tax payers. The savings affected py the probate judge and the county com missioners show up well and as re- suit there is at present in the county treasury sfs,000, whereas this time last year there was less than $500. some from the report of the tax collector. For the year 1905 his total collections foot up S70.s546S, distributed as fol- lows: Gensral state sss tax a1 ssiSSaJi; saSoci si4, ,0oo.46;. general county tax Sl75s2,, ss; special county tax $I2,52o.e7; road tax $7.s1s4S. During. the same time 2i5.5o, of which s1,2s7;5o was sent to the State Urea surer. while the remaind- CT was paid to Gadsden, Attalla and Alabama City.
 successful attack Saturday night up. on Rev. F. M. Owens, one of the present grand jurymen. the news of which leak ed out today. Last Saturday when the grand jury adjourned for the week Mir Owen took the N. C. & St. l.. train for his home at Mountainhoro. which ne reached after. night and no one nelng present to meet him he. started out afoot for his home. He had proceeded only a short distance when he was halted by some one who made rusn for him and with an oath said he would kill the man. Fortunately friends or the unknown would-be assassin pre- vented him from accomplishing his purpise and Mir. Owen passed on un- moiested. It is surmised that some one had become .enraEed at the jury man for the finding, of a true oiil. i, The fruit crop Tn the Gadsden district sneI. The fruit men state that least half of the crop is killed and perhaps aifeof it. On the Elliott fruit farm, where there are 60.000 trees, fires were kent up throughout several nights and iE this way 1t is thought that the fruit has been saved. If the crop Is killed the less will be heavy one as the fruit farms in this section are very ex-
 Thomas H. stephens. chairman of the Republican Congressional Committee states that .his committee has not yet decided when lt will hold It's conven- ton to nominate candidate to oppose Coneressman Burnett for Congress rom the Gadsden district The Repupilean County Coqyenp,tion of EseEah ssal, enSoSs- nrors for the place. and will do all Tn it's power to nominate him. o. R. Hood, chairman of the Democratic CongreS committee together. but IS. conferring with the members by mail and Will soon issue a call There will be no op- position In the party to Congressman
 
 The Gadsden Chapter, Daughters of the Confederacy. held Hn interesting meeting at the rooms or the Noccalula Club, Wednesday afternoon. Oficers for the ensuing year were elected. Mrs. A. V. Lee. was reelected president, Mrs. Otto Agricola, vic president. Mrs IF. P. Duncan, first vice president, Mrs. H. T. Baily, reelected treasurer, Mrs. Charles E. Meeks. reelected recording secretary, Mrs. N. A. Hamman. cor responding secretary, Mrs. F. R. Aber- crombie. registrar. Mrs, J. B. smith, historian. The chapter will at an early date give an Old Folks Concert for the benefit of the monument fund.
 The material is being assembled for the sixty-foot turn table. to be built on Ninth street by the Louisville and Nashville road. When this is complet- ed 1t will save much time as the en- zines have to go to Atalla to turn by means of the Y.
 The river which has been very high. began to fall slowly Wednesday after havaag reached the twenry-six foot mark The rural mail routes, with the exception of route No. l, were resumed Thursday Route crosses the river several times and on account of the high river the ferries were unable to make regular trips. It is thought that the routes will be resumed by to- morrow.