The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-05-15
SECOND PRIMARY
IN ETOWAH COUNTY
BERS-HOADLEY VISITS GADsDEN
TO INSPECT PROPERTIEs-PAv-
ING WORK PROGRESSES

Gadsden, May 14.-(Speeial 1.-The Sec
today to decide the winners between those
who were highest in the votes cast two
weeks ago. The vote in the city prom
ises to be pretty nearly as heavy as
al the regular primary, but in the coun-
try districts the farmers are not coming
out as they did then. At the Gadsden
box something over 500 votes were cast
up to o'clock, which is only about 100
less than were cast up to the same time
of day at the former election.
onfcIai announcement was made today
by the Nashville, Chattanooga and st.
Louis railroad that the company would
pave around it's depot ON North Fourth
street.
Joseph H. Hoadley and the local man.
ayers of the properties of the Alabama
Consolidated company spent a part of
yesterday in the city and vicinity in
specting the plants and mines. Mr.. Hoad-
ley was in the best of spirits and dis
played his usual optimism as to the flu
ture developments of his company. He
said that he was gathering data to be
laid before the board of directors in ref
erence to prospective developments, and
thought the matter Of building a steel
mill at this place would now be given
assurance that it was still the intention
of the company to make steel and manu-
facture a finished product instead of SELL
ing pig iron, and for himself he pre-
ferred Gadsden for such an enterprise to
any other point accessible to the proper
ties of the company in the state.
A party of officials of the Nashville
Chattanooga and ST. Louis railroad spent
yesterday in the city looking over the
company's holdings and considering ex-
tension of the companys tracks to make
the various Industrial plants of the city
more accessible. The starting of the new
plants of the Southern Iron and Steel
company is attracting the railroad man
ayers and number OF developments in
this line will no doubt soon be made.
Emmett Mccormack, charged with grand
larceny for the taking of a pocketbook
in poolroom that was dropped by IA man
who had been seized with a fit, was ac-
quilted by the jury trying the case, after
being out. less than 10 minutes There
was no question of his having taken the
wallet and appropriating the money but
he entered the plea that he simply picked
Il up without knowing to whom It be-
longed and that he was holding 1t mere
ly until he could find the owner, The
jury evidently believed his story and
turned him loose.
For the first time since the paving of
Broad street was begun, two months ago.
the cars of the Alabama City, Gadsden
and Alfalfa railway ran down that thor
oughfare yesterday. Three blocks of paw
ing have been completed and the cars
were passed over the new tracks to see if
the brick had been properly laid adjoin-
ing the tracks.
AT Buzzards' Roost, a negro resort on
Third street, negro, Jim O'Hara, was
shot this morning and badly wounded.
The negro, with several companions, was
upstairs in the building when the shoot
ing was done. His companions got away
and but little is known as to the cause
OF the shooting. There is negro pool
room on the first floor, but those gathered
there appeared innocent of the tragedy.
The negro is shot in the abdomen and
will probably die.