The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-07-17
JELKS IN THE FIELD
HE WILL SEEK NOMINATION FOR GOVERNOR.
Announcement Made at a Banquet Given by Colonel Higdon at Camp Rhodes-Lee Meoemp-
 sey is Discharged.

Birmingham, July 16.-lSpecial.)-
 Governor William D. Jelks will Dc a
 candidate for election to the once or
 Governor at next years State election.
 At a banquet given last night at Camp
 Rufus N. Rhodes in this city by Col onel E. l.. Higdon, in honor or the
 Governor. the latter in reply to sug-
 gestive toast. announced that at tne
 expiration of his present term ne VII
 go before the people for the Demo-
 cratic gubernatorial nomination. me
 Governors statement arouseo uh-
 bounded enthusiasm.
 The banquet which was given to the
 Governor took place after the revle"
 of the 3rd regident by him at the
 camp grounds. Immediately following
 the review the Governor held an in-
 formal reception at the headquarters
 of the Colonel. Hundreds Of ladies ana gentlemen greeted the Chief Executive
 and bade him welcome. At s:so ociock
 the Governor and stair were eseor'eo to the mess hall where banquet had been prepared in their honor. Colonel Higdon and staff. officers of the vari- ous companies in camp and number of prominent citizens were in attend ancc. MT. Rufus N. Rhodes. editor or The Birmingham News was designat- ed as toastmaster. MT. Rhodes saio that he had long known the Governor and was for him for anything ne wanted. He introduced Governor Jeihs as the present and future Governor or Alabama.
 The Governor said that this was the second time a joke had been played on him in a day. He spoke of his nav ing been associated in business with MT. Rhodes a number of years ago ana of their pleasant relations. The Gov ernor said that he had never achieved any success until he parted company with Mir. Rhodes and he knew that MT. Rhodes had the same experience. Trls provoked laughter. The Governor then became serious and referring 10 tien- | eral Rhodes's reference as the future Governor of Alabama he announsed | that he would be a candidate at the next election for the Democratic gu- | bernatorial nomination. great out | burst of applause followed. The Gov. ernor said he was well pleased. that he had the good will of the press Of the State and especially of the conserv- ative section of the press. There were | a number of other speakers but the tn- cident of the evening was the an- | nouncement made by Governor Jeiks.
 McGempsey Was Discharged.
 Lee McGempsey, driver of beer 1 wagon for the Alabama Brewing com pany, who shot and killed Joe Raauette' a carpenter, on Avenue F. near Tenth Street yesterday afternoon. was taken before Justice Abernathy this morning on charge of murder. McGempsey plead self-defense. There were three witnesses and after hearing their tes- timony and that of the defendant. the l Justice discharged MeGempsey. Me dempsey said that Raquette had en- tertained hard feelings. towards him for about four months as the result of ! a garnishment suit which McGempsey had brought against him fer failure by Raauette to pay his board. Raquette having boarded at the McGempsey home. .Raquette. according to the state ment of the defendant and witnesses, had frequently threatened McGempsey and had made a statement in saloon on yesterday that he intended "nxing McGemusey :. before he left the city.
 The two men met later in the same
 saloon, when Raquette told Mo-
 Dempsey that he must be on the look
 out. especially when he was in the
 western part of the city. Late In the
 afternoon while McGempsey was driv-