The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-20

the Hayneville crossing The negro took them to . house at the corner of Hill and Mill Streets. where they were found and taken charge of by the officers Deputy Sherim s. s. Belser was to have gone to the mines the next day to bring the negro here to answer to two charges of grand larceny when the man was captured here. He was turned over to the county authorities and is now in jail
 TONY SANTA and Paul Mandke, Hungarian sailors were given a request for a reduced rate railroad ticket to Mobile by Mayor Carr yesterday and a sum of money by the Organ iEed Charities The men went to the Mayors office yesterday morning and in broken Eng fish told a hard luck story of how they had been employed fin the Cripple Creek coal mines at Cripple Creek. Tenn; had lost their places on account of Q strike and were try- ing to make their way to some seaport where they could obtain employment. Mayor Carr referred them to the Organized Chari- ties and they were found to be reputable men in hard luck. They had been assisted on their way by the Mayors of Chattanooga and Birmingham and arrived in Montgomery with 20 cents The Organized Charities furnished them with meal tickets and got them off to Mobile last night with enough money to live on for a few days. HENRY LOVE. arrested several days ago by Police Captain Taylor on suspicion was turned over to Deputy sherfn ". J. Boze-
 
 rant charging him with grand larceny Love cGI,e to town with a mule which he tried to dispose of to livery stable man at ridicu- lously low figures. His suspicious actions led to his arrest The mule proved to be the property of a man named Deramus of Au- tauga County. from whose place the mule had been stolen some days ago.
 Mems Christian Association this afternoon at 3:30 o'clock will be led by Willard M Sweatt, well-known business man. The meeting will be open to all men, and a cor dial welcome is assured those who attend The services will begin promptly at the hour named, and will close not later than 4:3o o'clock. Mir. Sweatt is highly esteemed in both business and church circles, and no doubt there will be good attendance of men upon the meeting.
 JOE COLEMAN. a young negro was bound over to await the action of the grand fury yesterday afternon by Justice R. H. Jones on $500 bond. After preliminary trial on a charge of assault to murder, Coleman. 1t is alleged. went to the house of Jennie Trailer. negro woman in Peacocks Tract and threatened to kill her with hatchet This was about two weeks ago. The bond was not made end the negro was taken back and lodged in the county jail
 LORENZO LEWIS. a negro. living in the east ern part of Montgomery County was dis- charged by Justice John B. Fuller yesterday afternoon on a charge of the embezzlement of bale of cotton. warrant had been sworn out for the negro by his sister. who alleged that Lorenzo Lewis came to town with A kpet the money. The evidence heard was not sufficient to convict. MINNIE MAY and Lou Langford. negro wo- men. were given a fine of Sl0 and costs by the Recorder yesterday afternoon. The wo- men were charged with vagrancy. The case of Zula Calhoun, another negroes held on the same charge. was postponed until Tues day afternoon on account Of the absence of witnesses.
 THE Fire Department answered q telephone alarm at o'clock yesterday morning from l6 Jefferson Street where the roof of an old outhouse had caught fire. The blaze was extinguished easily and the damage was small. The house was owned by the Sea- board Air Line Railway.
 HON. S. HUGH DENT, acting Circuit Court Judge in the case of W. T. Robertson vs the Fidelity and Deposit Company of Mary land. yesterday continued the hearing of the pleadings In the cause. The jury was dis charged until Monday. when the pleadings will be ruled
 THE Board of Trustees of the Carnegie Li- brary of Montgomery had a meeting yester- day afternoon to further consider the accept ance of the recently completed building from the contractors, The only thing given out from the meeting was that no definite action was taken.
 MAJOR V. B. ATKINS of Selma was com missioned yesterday by Adjutant- General Brandon as commander of the First Squad ron. Alabama Cavalry. His promotion has caused vacancy in the office of Captain of Troop at Selma. which will be filled by an election.
 n negro who wandered away from his home on the Wetumpka Road several days ago, was found yesterday at the county poorhouse by his son, Davis Lowery, janitor of The Ad- vertiser building.
 THE office furniture and sanitary equipment of the City Physicians office at the City Hall were moved yesterday from the old of- flee fronting on Monroe Street to the more roomy quarters recently vacated by the Mayor.
 THE preliminary hearing of Frank Wilson, the young white man who killed William Saf- Told, negro barber, Monroe Street Fri day, has been set for 2 o'clock Monday be- Tore Justice B. H. Screws Wilson is in the county jail.
 A PETITION in voluntary bankruptcy was hled yesterday by Samuel Monskey and Nor Brothers, clothing merchants. at North Court Street. w. B. Snodgrass was appoint ed received for the alleged bankrupt. THE appeal from the decision of Judge Gas ton of the County Court in the case brought to test the new oil tag tax act will be sub mited to Judge A. D. Sayre of the City Court of Montgomery tomorrow. THE Committee on Streets of the City Council. which was to have met at o'clock yester- day afternoon in special session postponed the meeting until o'clock Monday after noon.
 MARRIAGE licenses were issued yesterday to NJ. A. Sealey and Mary Brooks and Walter R. Whatey and Eulah Townsend. W. A. PARKER of BreWton was yesterday appointed Notary Public by Governor Jelks.