The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-03-07
Mobile Minor Mention.

Charles S. Clarke, the popular general manager of the Mobile and Ohio Railroad, has returned from a tour with President Spencer of the Southern and other off, cials. Mir. Clarke today said: AS to the car shortage it is no more with us than any other road in the country just nuw. There is an easement and light is visible in the near future. The car famine, as many chose to call it. 1t due to a desire of many to crowd six months business into three.
 About the meetings held and being held with employees in the several branC hes of the service of the road, they are yearly transactions and all so far conferred with have gone away in the best of feeling. Not a ripple of conten- tion appeared on the surface, and the company ard employees are on the very best of terms"
 Asked as to the recent appointes of Governor Jelks on the Railroad Commits sion, he replied that he had been so busy no opportunity had been afforded him to look them over. He felt, however, that the Commission was a good one, and an- ticipated the same friendly relations as in the past. He expressed opinion that Mo bile would in the near future have a passenger depot commensurate with the size and requirements of the city.
 In the City Court. Judge O. J. Semmes presiding, the case of the State. vs John Bettis, a negro boy, was called this morn- ing. A jury was empanelled out of a spe- cial venire of 100 names. Bettis is indict- ed for murder 1t being alleged he killed another negro. Feeley Mccoy. alias "Goosey," on the river wharf at the foot of Dauphin Street, a short time ago, by stabbing him with a knife. Following is a list of the jurors: Frank Gilmer, Charles M. Ribbon, Arthur Bailey. Simon A. Metzger. James H. Hayes. John Head, Jr,, Isaac Lichtback. Murray Michael, George w. Turner, Frank Fisher, James H. Nix. John McDuffie.
 The jury returned a verdict of guilty with imprisonment for life.
 At 12:30 o'clock today box No. E was pulled for a fire in the second floor of R. E. Wilson's gents furnishing house, No. B Dauphin Street. The fire being in the business district, the entire fire de- partment responded. A large crowd was attracted to the scene. The fire was con- fined to the second floor. The biggest damage was by water. It is thought the fire originated from a timers bucket, timers being at work on the roof. The building is owned by A. s. Lyons.
 Colonel Lyons estimates the damage to ElupeIlN dl SbVp. NIT W llS III 5 JOSS WILL reach nearly the same amount on the sec ond floor, with no estimate as to damage by water on the groUnd floor.
 Walter Gardner, young negro, was bc und over to the City Court by Judge Afford in the Inferior Criminal Court on charge of manslaughter in the second Gegree. Gardner was charged with killing Prince Ford a negro boy, aged Il years, on Broad near Adams Street, last May, He ran away at the tina of the killing, but came back a few days ago and sur re ndered.
 w. B. Gilmer of Butler, F. H. Melton of Pine Apple, F. P. Wilson of St. Ste phens. Frank A. Robertson and w. B. Campbell of Birmingham. c. H. Long of Gainesville are Alabamans registered at the Delmonico
 Hon. Ross c. Smith and Mrs. Smith. Misses Carrie and Ethel Sharp and Paschal G. Shook of Birmingham, are registered at the Battle House,
 A failure is reported today from Moss Point. Miss. in which many Mobile firms are interested in various sums. The Peoples Supply Company is the firm and the liabilities are estimated at $l4,O00 with $l0 GOO assets. It is understood the firm was interested largely in the numbering business.
 Charles Stewart. a life man. and Jim Lewis. a 2-year man. were taken to the camp at Hammack, Escambia County, to begin their terms of service, this morn ing.
 Mrs. Maggie Smith, a white resident of