The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-11-03
COURT AT ANNIsroN.
Fist Session of the United States
 Court There.

AHHiston, NOV. Z-tSpecial-)-The Uni | ted States Court for the Eastern Division
 or the Northern District of Alabama con
 vened in the Circuit Court room at the
 court house this morning for a session
 of two weeks. The sessions will be pre-
 tded over by Judge Toolmin of Mobile,
 who reached the city this morning. Dep uty Clerk Greenleaf of Huntsville arrived in the city last night, and Clerk Allison
 of Birmingham came over this morning. This will be the first session of the Uni- ted States Court ever held in Anniston,
 the new division having been created oily at the last session of Congress. The first
 week of the court will be devoted to trials of the cases on the criminal docket Among the cases to come up for hearing will be those of Dee Ponder and others charged with counterfeiting
 A camp of the United Sons of Confed- crate Veterans was organized at Oxford Friday night. The camp was named for the late Captain Samuel c. Kelly, father of Chancellor R. B. Kelly. Following is list of officers elected: H. P White side. Commandant; G. R. Bell, First Vice Commandant; D. H. Smith, Second Vice CoEnmandant; A. M. Humphries, Adju- tant; J. B. Privett, Treasurer; A. H. Draper, Jr., Quartermaster; J. J. Crow, SOioi II. VT. 1hODCt tS Rev. w. R. Ivey, chaplain; Dr. A. w. Ligon, Surgeon. To the reunion to be held in Birmingham Wednesday and Thursday of this week. two delegates were elected. D. H. Smith and c. l.. Douglas. The alternates are, H. P. Whiteside and R. G. Roberts. Miss Ma rion Kelly. who Is sponsor for the Annis- ton Camp. was elected to act as sponsor for the Oxford camp also The enroll ment at the initial meeting was twenty one.
 Governor Jelks has offered a reward of $2OO for the arrest and delivery to the Sheriff of Talladega County of Robert Harrell, charged with the murder of A. B. Atwood. The reward will not be paid to officers of Talladega County. MT. Ar wool was resident of this city and was a section boss of the Southern Railway. Harrell was negro who had been one of the section gang under MT. Atwood and had been discharged for drinking and neglecting his work. Because of the dis charge he sought MT. Atwood one day last summer in the vicinity of Jenifer and shot him. the effect from which he died at his home here day or two later.
 A son of Joseph Eros, stationer. was badly bitten by a dog Saturday night. The boy was riding down Noble Street on a bicycle and when in front of the Hotel Alabama. the dog sprang out and seized him by the calf of his leg and dra gged him off of the wheel. The boy was car ried to drug store where his wound was cleaned and dressed.
 The members of Camp Martin, United Confederate Veterans of Jacksonville. se- lected the following delegates to attend the State reunion at Birmingham Novem- Der 4 and 5. H. L. Stevenson, H. r. Montgomery. John B. Patterson, D. z. Goodlett. Dave Jennings, w. H. Dean, Sam A. McCollum. S. R. Wilkerson, D. w. Warlick and G. B. Skelton.
 The funeral of William H. Noble, whose death occurred Thursday night. was held from St. Michael and All Angels Church Saturday morning at 10 o'clock The ser vices were conducted by the Rector. Rev. '. H. Blacklock.
 The Highland Golf Club match for the McKleroy cup for the week just ended was won by J. B. Knox The finals were between MT. Knox and Henry Constan- tine Mir Knox winning by two up.