The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-05

plea of guilty in the city court this morning to a charge of bigamy and was given a sentence of two years and 165 days in the county chaingang Flanna- gan was indicted at the special term of the city court grand jury and was then living with wife number two near this city. It is alleged that he deserted his wife in South Alabama and ran away with the second.
 Miss Jennie Sapp, 20 years of age, died at the home of her parents, MT. and Mrs. Ben Sapp, in Alabama City yesterday evening after a lingering illness. The funeral was conducted from the residence and the remains were buried at Byers cemetery.
 The marriage of MT. Carl s. Lay and Miss Josie D. Caldwell was consummated at Jacksonville this morning al 10 o'clock. The marriage was one of the social events of the sea son in Northeast Alabama both young people having a large circle of friends in this section. MT Lay is the son of Capt and Mrs. w. P Lay of this city and Is member of the firm of 1l1CdTu cN Lay, anu lS itiu He ih6h So- teem. His bride is much admired for her striking beauty and many accomplish ments After short bridal trip they will come to this city, where they will reside. A large party of relatives and friends went from this city and Annston to wit ness the ceremony.
 The purchase of the Chattanooga South a.l, vile railway and the use that this branch will be put to by the new owners is a mattey of much discussion and speculation among citizens and local railroad men generally The mast plausible and logi- cal plan advanced, and partly confirmed by rumors is, that the Louisville and Nashville will make the Chattanooga Southern from Chattanooga to Gadsden, and the Alabama Mineral from Birming- ham to Gadsden a part of its Cincinnati and New Orleans route By this route 150 miles would be saved. It would then be a part of the new Atlanta and Cincn- natl division, which comes through Knox vile to Etowah Tennessee, and from this point to Chattanooga by building con- nectlnR H1k or lIty InlleS. ll was le- ported that the route from Etowah to Chattanooga was surveyed some time ago.
 Second street between Broad and Chest nut has been thrown open to the public again after having been closed for num- Der of years. The old Central Foundry company obtained permission from the city authorities a number of years ago to close the street, which was converted to their private use and although the foun- dry has been out of commission for sev- eral years and they had no use for it, they refused to open 1t again. One of the first acts of the new owners who bought it a few weeks ago was to offsr 1t to the city again and 1t was promptly accepted
 The store now occupied by the Snyder bakery on Broad street was sold yes terday to Mrs. Hattie B. Green. the con sderation being $ssO0. Both residence and business property are in great demand and good money Is being made by those who are so fortunate to own it. The ad- vance in business property within the past three months has been over 200 per cent and residence property has advanced fully hundred per cent in the same period.
 Farmers from many sections report that cotton Is sprouting in the boil and that the prospect is anything but bright. The crop on the Sand mountain plateau is not so badly da m4ged as 1t was in the valleys and is a little later too, which has been in its favor. The high prices offered dur ing the past few days has caused the farmers to bring in quite lot of the first crop gathered.