The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-10-25
HEAVY FINES ASSESSED
THRREE YOUNG sEIMIANS BEFORE
 MAYOR ATKINS.
Negroes Engage in Crap Game ana One Is Shot in the Leg~-Neyvs of the Central
 City.
Advertiser Bureau.


 In the Mayors Court this morning three young white men were fined $4J each, or ninety days hard labor This is in accord with Mayor Atkins previous warning at the time the as sailants of R. l.. Olive were taken into custody. that hereafter the young white men living in the vicinity of the cotton mills might expect the limit of the law for acts of lawlessnes or disorder and further that the pleadings of wives mothers and sisters would be Of no avail 1t being his intention that the violators should pay their fines or work on the streets.
 The three men, Hoyt Gaylor. L. Chap bell and Will Medlin. were charged with being drunk and disorderly Satur- day night at the International OH Com pany's plant. According to the evi- dence of Engineer Stanford, Fireman Ed Smith and other employees, the three men came to the mill Saturday night and had a quart of whiskey. some tin dippers and some crackers. They had been in the mill but short time when they threatened to shoot out tbe lights but the evidence did not show that they drew their weapons. One of the men went to the Ice house and asked the negro in charge to give h0fN him that it was against the rules to give away Ice, he helped himself. Another one of the men threatened to hit Fireman Ed Smith with brick. MT Edwards, the foreman was made ac- quainted with the presence and be- havior of the men, and he at once sent for an officer, but the men had taken their departure before he arrived Search was made for them in the gin nery but only their trace was left there | in the shape Of two tin dippers and a knife. Mayor Atkins cautioned the l officers that the appeal bond, if appeal | was taken, must be giltedge. Last night Snug" DuBose and Ray mond Lewis. two negroes. at point near the Schuh Miller Lumber Com pany's plant. about mile from town were engaged in a crap game. Therc was a dispute about the stakes. Du- bose pulled his pistol, and shot Lewis in the leg which bled profusely, but he managed to walk home. about mile away.
 The Mayors Court did a thriving business this morning. The fines as- sessed being nearly s20o. A "Aagman" was fined $1O for not Tagging at the crossing. Several have been fined recently for failing to carry out the law in this respect.
 About 9:3o last night fire alarm was turned in from the Louisville and Nashville yards. Almost the entire town turned out. The fire was located in some of the cotton that caught Saturday.
 The committee soliciting funds for the Democratic National Campaign Committee are meeting with reasonable success. Headquarters report the re- ceipts of $45O from Montgomery and other counties are responding freely. Mrs. Robin K Lapsley and son, Robert K. Jr.. have returned home after spending the summer with Mrs. Lapsley's mother near Atlanta. Miss Marion Heidt Is improving and will be able to leave the sanitarfum be- fore long.
 Watt Dudley of Bention is popular visitor to Selma today
 The many friends of Miss Jean Hook CT regret to hear of her Hines and hope for her a speedy recovery.
 Miss Sadie Loebman of Montgomery is visiting Mrs Herman V. Ullman. Mrs. W. F.. Moore is still confined to her room on Union Street, not having vet fully recovered from her recent at | tack of fever.