The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-09-30
NEWS OF GADsDEN.
Aged Negro Died of Starvation and
 Neulect.

Neglect.
 Gadsden, Sept 29-(Special )-While on the way to the city from the county farm Superintendent Bridges heard the moans of a man in an old vacant house near the road and went to see what the trouble was. He found a negro man in a dying condition and alone. MT. Bridges summoned assistance and did what he could for the poor negro. but he died at o'clock, about an hour after MT Bridges found him.
 Upon investigation 1t was found that the negro, who had been sick a long time in Coats Bend. had been carried by Sid Thornton. a negro man from that place, to the county farm on Sun day, but the negro was not received as no application had been made for him. The Thornton negro left the county farm and started back towards the city. When about a mile this side of the county farm he left the almost dead negro in a vacant house without telling anyone of 1t and went on to his home.
 The unfortunate negro lay there for the rest of the day and all night until the next morning. without anything to eat or any assistance of any kind. After the negro died the body was taken in charge by the county and buried.
 Legs Cut on.
 Josh Golden. had both his legs cut off a few days ago by an engine of the Seaboard Air Line Railway. The accident occurred near Odenville, St. Clair County. Golden is a fireman on one of the construction trains. In coupling cars he mashed his finger and the sight of blood made him sick, and as he went to get on the engine he fell in a faint. getting his legs under the locomotive. The train was then in motion. and both legs were cut off above the ankle.
 Fell in Cotton Seed.
 peculiar accident has just been made known which happened Sunday in East Gadsden, while several visitors were sitting on the front porch of the home of J. H. Pruitt and the children were playing around the yard During the afternoon some of the chill dren had been playing on a pile of cot ton seed on the porch which were pack ed up about four feet high and packed very closely. The children had dug a hole in the cotton seed down to the porch and later went out in the back yard.
 Some time later the little 6-year-old child of Mrs. Lonie Gray came along and while playing on the pile of seed fell in the hole head first. no one heard the child until the smothering cries of the child were heard. Every one on the porch went in different directions and after a while MT. Pruitt saw the feet of the child in the seed When the little child was pulled out she WE almost dead and in few minutes would have suffocated. She was almost out of breath and her eyes and face T,taN AR,r child had been in the seed. no one knew. but she was discovered just in time to save her life.
 POpulist Ticket.
 The ticket nominated by the Repub- licans was filed in the Probate office Tuesday which Is as follows; For Probate Judge, J. J. Moore; Tax Collec- tor. J. H. Richardson; Tax Assessor. F. L. Hurst: Treasurer Pat Tucker; Super intendent of Education, A. R. Whit; Commissioner First District. J. P. Fore man; Commissioner Third District, l. N. Leath; Circuit Clerk. Rev. E. J. Smith. Rev. Smith Is a Populist. MT. Richardson Is a Popuiist, Mir. Hurst is a Democrat, Mir Tucker a Republican. MT. Whit a Populist. MT. Foreman an In- dependent Democrat and MT. Leath, a Republican. Rev. Smith was named to succeed R. o. Noojin. who was named by the citizens mass meeting. but who declined to run. All of the above. with the exception of Mir Smith were nominated a month ago at a meeting held In this city.
 MT. Reed Dead.
 R. A. Read. one of the best known citizens of Blanche. Cherokee County, died at his home Tuesday evening at 5 o'clock after several weak's illness. Mfr o1d good citizen The interment was made Thursday morning at Jamestown by Odd Fellows. MT. Reed leaves a wife and six chlIdren