The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-09-11
SELMA
Another Negro Falls Victim to the Too
 Ready Use of the Gun.

Ready Use of the Gun.
 Selma, September 1O.-(Special )-There was another negro sent to his last reward today, the victim of the too ready use of the pistol Last Saturday John Kirk and Dick Morgan had some words over a dog belonging to Wilkes White, an other negro, who runs a saloon on wasn- Whites saloon and Kirk was accused of stealing the dog. This morning Morgan met Kirk in Big Jim's" saloon, and pull Ing his pistol cursed him and threatened to blow his brains out Morgan got away and went around to Winters saIoon anu asked the loan of a pistol, saying that Kirk had pulled weapon on nim. White refused to let him have the pistol anu Morgan went away. Shortly afterwards Kirk came into Whites saroon and was standing at the counter when Morgan came in. The quarrel was renewed anu Kirk shot twice. one ball entering the right shoulder of Morgan and the other in the center of his back. Morgan fell iu the floor In a small back room opening
 
 most immediately. The ball must have severad some large artery. for blood gushed out of the mouth and nostrils of the negro and he lived hardly a seconu after falling to the floor.
 Kirk claims that Morgan was attempt ing to go behind the counter and get Whites pistol. which was laying in full view. and that had he not snot him hu would have secured it.
 Kirk after firing the two shots walkeu to the front door of the saloon and looked out. He then turned and wen, out tn. back way, having to jump over the body of his victim. He went down an alley near the saloon. but seeing the officers following him. he turned and gave him. self up.
 Yesterday afternoon Florence Harris, a negro woman living in the eastern DOT ton of the city. missed her five-year-old son. Search was instituted and revealed the body of the boy laying in a ditch of water not far from the house. He was dead when discovered. The boy was sub ject to fits and he evidently had an at- tack while playing along the bank of the ditch and tumbled in. The water was not sufficient to have covered his head if he had stood erect.
 W. J. Honeysuck was brought to the lnllrmdry III LnlS clty tnlS morning nav ing received a fracture of the skull from a heavy iron weight that struck him hurled by o. F. Childers The affair oc- cured at MT. Childers' gin about six miles from the city. Mir. Honeysuck was in the employ of MT. Childers and the two men had falling out yesterday. Mir. Childers picked up a f1ve-pound weight and threw 1t at MT. Honeysuck. It struck him full in the forehead. The skull was fractured, the operation of trephining be- ing found necessary and the patient Is in a very precarious condition. But few particulars of the difficulty have reached Selma
 The county democratic executive com- mittee held a meeting today to provide for the primary election on next Monday Hon. Sydney J. Bowie, member of con gress from this district, was In the city and was presented to the committee and made very interesting talk. He re- ferred to the committee as the largest county in his district and the best demo- cratic county in the state.
 The following resolution was unani- mously adopted by the committee:
 Whereas, At the last democratic pri-