The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-12-14
GADSDEN

OeShCAf OeEtHlOcI Io.--A AOPNGlnsAsf 7 Gadsden industries will not suffer if peace proposals materialize, in the opinion of local manufacturers. Gads- den industries have not been profiting by war prosperity but have paid at tention almost entirely to the domes- tic markets. It also Is thought here that peace would not effect the cotton market unless it were to boost the price higher.
 Plans for the sale of Chautauqua tickets and for questionable on civic and sanitary conditions were made by the Civic league at it's meeting late Tuesday.
 Rosenbaum Brothers after January 15 will go into the wholesale notions and fancy goods business, disposing of their retail stock. They may erect a building on Broad street
 John Stillwell of Anniston, formely of this city, with a magnet on der rick, vii begin Monday the work of extracting iron and metal from the waste pile of the Coosa Pipe and Foundry company. The price of the metal, # is claimed makes this process profitable.
 County commissioners today noti- fled banks of the city to submit bids to become depository for the county funds.
 Orders to return home about the first of the year are expected by Ala bana guardsmen on the border, accord ing to Sergeant Hugh II. Hill of Com no fut returned from Nogales, Ariz.
 Pastors and laymen of Methodist churches in the Gadsden district met here today to attend the annual mis- sinary institute. L. M. Stevenson of Roanoke, lay leader, is in charge o1 the meeting.
 Appeals for charity in Gadsden are not as numerous as they were last year, according to Mrs. M. J. Wood, matron of the city welfare department. This is taken as an indication that the people are more prosperous.
 Etowah county teachers will receive their November salaries. State funds are now available, but arrangements had been made by the new county board of education to borrow the money.
 At the second annual banquet of men of the Presbyterian church at the as- sembly room last night the following officers were elected: President, Harry Howe; vice president, Will Adams; sec- retary W. B. Greene.
 The Gadsden Milling company is us- ing approximately one car of alfalfa, from 800 to 800 bushels of corn and j00 bushels of oats daily. It is neces- sary to purchase the bulk of the al- falfa from Nebraska, Kansas, Missouri and Oklahoma.
 Dave Williams, who started his pro- fessional baseball career with Gadsden in the Georgia-Alabama league in 1914, has been purchased by the St. Louis Cardinals. He batted .270 with Charleston in the South Atlantic league last year.
 Machinery is being installed near Tate's Gap for the operation of a sur face coal mine, which is expected to turn out coal about March. G. E. Moore of New Orleans is in charge of the work. The process has proved success full in Kansas, and it is believed it will be more so here, although this is the first time it has been tried in this sec tion. The plant will cost about $125, ,000. Principal in the equipment will be two steam shovels. The average depth of the coal under the surface is S5 feet, it is said.
 Plans, for presenting to the naval commission Gadsden's claims for the government armor plate plant were outlined late Monday at a meeting of leaders of the Chamber of Commerce.
 Petitions, accompanied by a resolu- tion of the Chamber of Commerce were sent to T. F. Brooks of Birmingham, superintendent of the Louisville and Nashville, Tuesday asking that the runs of trains No. S1 and S2 be extended to Gadsden.
 Men of the First Presbyterian church were guests at banquet Tuesday night at the assembly rooms of the church. R. F. Lusk acted as toastmaster, and the toasts were along the general topic: "The Man and the Church.
 
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