The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-02
NO FOR
 JOHN 1. BURNETT
Two Small Fires in Gadsden
 Yesterday Morning
TO ENLARGE LAUNDRY
New Buildings at County Farm Going Up Rapidly-Etowah Grand Jury Makes Partial Report-Re-
 publican Tangle Unsettled

Gadsden. March 1.-(Special )-Con-
 gressmsn John L. Burnett will have no opposition in his efforts at re-elec- ton excepting such as will come from the republicans He will be renom-
 mated on April I in the primaries as there is to be no opposition. Today was the last day on which an opponent could have qualified but Burnett was the only man to pay the assessment for this purpose.
 There were two small fires in the city this morning, neither doing much dana ge The first, at o'clock in the morning, partially burned the roof from the home of J. F. Lumpkin at Twelfth street and Forest avenue and the other at about 10 o'clock did slight damage to the home of Will Hooks on north Ninth street, MT. Hooks father-in-law, & Mir. Armstrong, was overcome with heart failure during the fire and has been in a critical condition since.
 The new buildings at the county farm are making good progress and If the weather is more favorable from this time on they will soon be ready for occupancy. The labor Is being largely done by the inmates at the farm and the costfto the county will be small compared to the value of the build ing. M
 The Men and Religion Forward Moye- ment, which was to have been or- ganized here some weeks ago, has been delayed because of the unfavor- able weather. MT. J. B. Wadsworth, the leader in the movement, stated today that an, active campaign was to be in- augurated at an early date.
 A series of rallies is to be held at the different churches of the Etowah Baptist association and the first of these will be held in East Gadsden Baptist church Saturday night, Sunday and Sunday night. The meetings will be conducted by the local pastors, but Prof F. Clark Berry, a musician of considerable note. will assist in the music.
 The compromise in the republican con- vention at Attala yesterday still leaves the question of which of the local factions shall rule in this county open and unde- cided It is said that it. may prove neces- sary to call primaries In the counties in this district. where contests are on, in order to allow the voters to say directly who the leaders shall be.
 The Gadsden Steam laundry is to be en-
 arged to meet the increase of business that has come with Gadsdens larger pop ulation. w. E. Lucy, owner of the laun- dry, announced this morning that he had secured lot adjoining the present laun- dry building and would proceed at once to erect an addition to the plant. The new building will be 25 by 90 feet and will provide room for considerable expansion. J. Nader, proprietor of the Nadler Fur
 niture company store, has awarded a contract to W. T. Christopher for the erection of a double apartment house on South Fifth street. The structure will be of brick and stone with all modern inn provements and will cost approximately
 s8O00.
 The Etowah county grand jury made a partial report this morning, returning eight true bills. It is likely that the jury will take recess tomorrow to con vene again at the call of the judge. | All the men who had announced as | candidates in the county primaries have paid their assessments and will have their names on the ballots to be submit 1 ted to the voter on April l. There are | two candidates for judge of the city court four for clerk of the same court 1 four for county superintendent of educa- | ton, two for county treasurer, four foi | tax collector, four for tax assessor and | four each for commissioner from the first | and third districts.