The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-03
TRICKS PLAYED
 IN THE SEVENTH
REPUBLICANS ARE SENDING OUT NUMEROUS LETTERS AT LAST MoMENT-oTHER NEWS OF eADsDEN AND EToWAH.

Gadsden, November 2.-(Speeial.)- 1.-The district are, as usual, resorting to all kinds of tricks to try to dupe voters, and have delayed sending out their liter ature until the last days of the cam paign so that there will be little time to show them up in their true light Con- gressman Burnett, who is the democratic candidate 10 succeed himself in this dis trict has issued letter putting the dem- ocrals on guard, and is urging the voters to go to the polls and work just az hard as ever. Colonel Burnett says In part: While canvassing in Cullman county last week l heard of a letter sent out by the republican leaders urging the members of their party to turn out to the election. The letter stated that the democrats were over-eonhdent, and many of them would not go to the polls, and that if the re- publicans would turn out they could win the district.
 In campaign book just issued by the republican committee to the negroes of the north, they say: The colored people of the south want republicans elected to Congress, and every colored voter in the north should vote to send a republican there, in the November election When this appeal to the negro is made by the republican party, Is 1t not high time for every white man in the south to stand more closely to the white mans party?"
 Concluding Colonel Burnett says. "The Spears-Street- Booker Washington-Kenne- more crowd have, as usual, gotten out circular just on the eve of the election. Nobody signs it, and if Kennemore got 1t out he knew 1t was false. It refers to me as railroad lawyer when he knows l have not represented any railroad since January 1. 1905. Tho circular Is full of just such other falsehoods, and will not mls- lead thinking white people,"
 The shooting Of J. E. Holderfeld We'd nesday night, near Sligo, by Willis Elkins, seems to have been the outcome of previous trouble between the two men, and not the result of the coroner's in- vestlgation of the Davis murder, as was first reported. It Is stated that Holder field is the road supervisor for that beat and he had served Ell<lns with notice to work the roads, but that Elkins ignored the summons. Wednesday Elklns secured a warrant for his arrest and went to Sligo to serve the warrant himself. This enraged Elkins and he laid In walt for Holderfleld on the road to Mountain boro. knowing that he would return home that way, and shot him. The wounded man will recover. Elkins has not been captured and 1t Is thought he has prob- ably left the country
 The small boy had bis usual inning on Halloween night, but some of their pranks too far and much damage was done to gates and fences and other prop erty. In some instances they tore out entire pannels of fences. Many valuable gates were carried offS and put where the owners have been unable to find them. Some of the owners of property are ad- Vertlslng for its return in the papers. while others have asked the aid of the police.
 Tine monthly report of the local post office for October shows the largest in- crease in the history of the office. This fact is the more remarkable when it is known that thesreclpts for each month of this year have shown increases over the same months last year. The total re- ceipts for October of this year are $1, 1,739.06 making a difference over the same month last year of $2S1.45, and an increase over September of this year of $5IS.35.
 The election supplies are now being dis tributed throughout the county and every thing is being gotten in readiness for the election on next Tuesday. The county board of registrars will open the regis tration books at the court house on Satur- day and this will be the last chance to register before the election.
 The loop of the Gadsden. Alabama City and Attalla railway lines from the corner of Broad and Fifth streets to Chestnut and down this street to Third has been completed and the cars are now running over this route, which saves much time and is more convenient for passengers This route also opens up new business territory which will now be developed