The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-22
STATE WILL MAKE AN INVESTIGATION Into Mitchell Killing Near
 Gadsden Tuesday STEEL RAILS SHIPPED Gadsden Schools Close Today for the HOlidays-Dwight Cotton Mills
 Will Close Down for
 Christmas

Gadsden, December .-(SpeciaD.-At noon today a warrant was sworn out for the arrest of John Mitchell, the boy who on Tuesday killed his cousin in a quarrel over a dime. The families of the two boys were very much averse to any steps being taken looking to the punishment of the young man but 1t was thought inn perative for the state to at least make an official investigation of the facts.
 The case against Mitchell has been set down for a hearing in the county court on Wednesday, January 3. Chester Mitch ell, the victim, was buried yesterday at Hokes Bluff which was the former home of both the principals in the tragedy. The boys quarrelled over a trivial sum of money and during the fight John struck Chester with a barrel slave and inflicted wounds from which he quickly died.
 Six hundred tons of steel rails and other equipment from the Kyle logging camp located some distance up the Coosa river from this city are being brought here by the river steamer, City of Gadsden The material is being stacked along the line of the Louisville and Nashville railroad and the supposition is that it will be shipped over this road to some other point. Whether the railroad company has acquired the property or not is not known. The Kyle company has quit the sawmill business and has no further use for the property used in connection with it's log ging camps.
 The semi-annual examinations of the Gadsden public schools have been ended and the schools will close tomorrow morn ing until after the holidays Many of the teachers will visit with friends and rela- lives out of the city and there will be vacation of about 10 days.
 The Dwight Manufacturing company, operating large cotton mills at Alabama City will pay It's employees on Saturday and will close down for Christmas This is one of the big industries of the district and holidays at the mills are few and far between. Some 15O0 operatives are given employment and for about 15 years since the mills were first opened the fires have never been out under the big boilers. The monthly payroll is some s30,000.
 Minnie McMillan, a negress, whose home is at Attala, was yesterday arrested on charge of torturing an eight-year-old boy NIlOn Slle du0pteQ SOllle llillS dEp IL iS alleged that she was in the habit Of burning the flesh of the child with a red hot iron and to practice other like cruel ty. The little boy has disappeared and it is believed that she has killed 1t.
 The finance committee of the Gadsden city council at a meeting held last night decided to purchase an auto truck for use of the fire department. A s550O machine will be secured from the American La France Engine company andd this will be used in the central station and the old truck and apparatus will be sent to the West Gadsden station. The new truck will be equipped with chemical tank and will be able to draw the fire engine whenever called upon to do so, permitting a discard of the horses now in use for the purpose.
 The prisoners in the Etowah county jail are to be given a Christmas dinner of turkey and other delicacies of the sea- son. There are 24 inmates of the new jail and Sheriff Lister says that he will feed them with a real Christmas dinner