The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1902-09-14
NEWS OF CENTRAL CITY
SELMA MEN INVENT PRACTICAL
coNTRIvANcIs.
A Street Car Fender and New Attach
I ment for Piano-Two Negro
, Employees Of Postal are
Shot,

Selma, sept. ~.
Last February or March j. J. White
Of Selma, saw notice In The Mont
gomery Advertiser, stating that the man
who would invent safe fender. to pre-
vent street cars sfrom running over and
fortune, but would accomplish great
thing for humanity. From that hint
Mr.. White went to work and as a result
has invented a fender, diagrams OF which
are now on file In the patent office in
Washington and IL II turns out to be what
he hopes, 1t will make him rich and, as
was suggested in the article quoted, IT
will be a blessing to humanity.
Your correspondent saw q drawing OF
the fender and 1t seems a practical IN
vention. 1t looks very much Ike cow
catcher on an engine, but instead OF
being heavy iron 1t has netting Oh
strong wire stretched over it, which Is
to hold up the weight of any person so
unfortunate as to be struck by q street
car. The fender is made to open and
when closed a spring or latch holds them
together. They have powerful spring
on them, and any pressure on the fender
ioosens this spring and the machine fiys
open automatically, and throws whatever
may be on them to one side Of the track,
and out of the way of the wheels. Most
tenders are so constructed as to hold the
victim up until the car can be stopped.
The object of this invention OF Mr..
Whites is, to throw the person getting in
front of fast moving electric car on
the track and away from the front OF
the car as quickly as possible.
Practical street car men who have ex-
L.nined the invention say that 1t Is all
that is claimed for it. and Mr.. White
,xx fAaa that will
be adopted 10y all of the street cars Of the
country.
Another Invention.
Charles w. Presley informes your cor
respondent that he has patented piano
hammer which will become very popu-
lar The hammer Is the little felt AFFAIR
that strikes the strings of an instru-
ment producing sound. These keys have
always been put together by glue. On
that account it Is difficult to take them
out to put new felts on. Mr.. Presley
has invented little thimbaes into which
the wood Is inserted and by twisting
screws the thimbles tighten They can
be taken out and put In at pleasure, II
not being necessary to have a piano
tuner to do the work.
Mr.. Presley says that he has sold the
right to use his invention to large house
in New York. which has "a capital OF "a
900 600 and he says that his royalty from
the little invention will be $500 per
month for sixteen years.
Two Negroes Shot.
This morning at Harrelrs Cross Roads.
In the western portion Of Dallas County
W. B. Moore, one of the most prominent
men of that section. used q shotgun on
q gang of hands putting up a wire fions
the Southern Railroad for the Postal
Telegraph Company. The names of two
negroes who were shot are Tom Jones
and Allen Gray. The gang of hands
was in charge of E. "A. Roberts. fore
man for the Postal Telegraph Company.
After the negroes had been shot by Mr..
Moore he stopped work and boarding O
train brought his wounded men to the
city. where they received medical atten-
| ton and legal advice was sought.
1t seems that the Postal Telegraph
| Company has a contract with the South
| ern Railroad to erect lines along it's right
| Of way. Mr.. Moore contends that the
| Southern has no deeds to the right OF
way through his lands: that he owns right
up to the railroad track on either side
| and mat the road does not even own Its
roadbed. but has it by the right of pos
Mr.. Moore and the Southern about tine
right of way came to a climax yester-
day when he ordered the foreman and
construction gang for the Postal not to
put any telegraph posts In the ground
alongside the track on HIS lands.
Mr.. Roberts stopped building the line
and came to the city and consulted the
attorneys for the Southern. They told
him to go back and continue 20 put up
posts and wires. 1t seems that this di J
not suit Mr.. Moore. so he rode down to
where the construction gang was at work
and ordered the negroes to get Upon the
railroad track. They say that when they
got up on the road bed Mr.. Moore raised
his shot gun and fired down. His gun
was loaded with bird shot and a dozen
or more shot took effect in the side OF
each negro. Allen Gray had shot in
the neck, which hurt him badly.
1t is not known what steps the South
ern will take. but Mr.. Moore will be ar
rested and tried for shooting the two
negroes. 1t is more than probable that
the Southern and the Postal Telegraph
Company will both appear as prosecutors.
The above is the account as gotten from
Foreman Roberts and the negroes Mr..
Moore will probably have something to
say in his own defense when he comes
to town.
Selma's Fall Festival.
Considerable interest Is being evinced in