The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-06-20
.GADSDEN PLANNING
 !. FORFOURTHOF JULY
Details for Building B. & c.
 Railroad Completed
LADIES DELAY LINER
Large Junk Deal Recorded-Steel Plant Will Cut Down Temporarily. Crop Conditions Ideal-Lay
 Goes to Baltimore

Gadsden. June 1s.-(speciaI) I)-Plans bration were outlined here last night l by a special committee appointed for | the purpose from the Gadsden Bus l mess Mems club, of which Mayor W. q. l Bellinger Is chairman.
 | An effort is being made to get the fire truck of the Anniston department here and in the event it is successful q race will be planned between the An nston and the Gadsden department. There will be hand reel races, tug of war, automobile races motor races and ali forms of foot races. Special rates on the railroads are being arranged.
 Complete Details for Road
 Details for the building of the Bir- mingham and Chattanooga railroad have been completed. according to J. M. Spradlin, who is promoting the line. The route selected will be announced probably within the next few weeks. Many inducements are being offered by d,nerent communities to secure the road and the promoters have not yet decided onf the route. Boaz is greatly interested in the line as it will profit greatly from it's construction
 Monster Junk Deal
 One of the largest junk deals in long time was recorded today when il representative of the Kilby Locomotive works of Anniston purchased $25,ooo worth of old rails, scrap iron and other equipment of a logging road from the Kyle Lumber company. There were two narrow gauge locomotives in the lot.
 Steel Plant Will Curtail
 The sum of $75, GOO was distributed among employees of the Southern Iron and Steel company today. On July the plant will close with the exception of the wire and nail mills. for the regular summer re- pair work Operations will be resumed in August. It is understood that the blast furnace will continue operations.
 Crop Conditions Ideal
 Conditions are afmost ideal for cotton and corn, according to farmers visiting Gadsden Etowah probably will produce an average cotton crop despite unfavor- able weather conditions early in the sea- son.
 Lay Goes to Baltimore
 Captain ". P. Lay will leave Gadsden tomorrow morning for Baltimore, where he will work for the nomination of Under wood for President
 D. H. Beard today announced for can didate in the Second ward.
 Bids Opened for Hall
 Bids for the odd Fellows hall on Wal nut street are to be opened today. c. F. I've. architect. says that the build ing will be completed by September 1.
 Plant Nearing Completion
 The new plant of the Southern Manu- featuring company is nearing completion, and will be in operation this fall.
 Women Delay Liner
 News was received here today from Boston that the liner Bohemian was de- layed 10 minutes in starting its voyage for Europe by two Gadsden young wom- en. These were Mrs. c. L. Cham berlain, who was married here last week. and her sister, Miss Nell Blair. MT. Chamberlain had gone to the docks with the baggage and was anxiously awaiting the arrival of his bride and her sister when it came time for the big ship to leave the pier. He appealed to Captain McCallum, and the latter decided to hold his ship ten min utes upon receiving a telephone message from the belated travellers. A few min utes later a taxicab dashed down to the pier, bearing the two young ladies. It was explained that they had been caught in blockade and could not reach the docks sooner.