The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-06-21
NEGRO SHOT DEAD
 FOR AN ASSAULT Dead Body Carried Through
 Selma by His Brother
OTHER NEWS OF SELMA
j. 3. Fills, One of the Largest Planters of the County, Says the Cotton
 Crop Has Taken
 Backward Step.


 ma today on the noon train passed the dead body of Ephriam Pope. a negro SC s- ton hand on the Southern railroad on the division between this city and Mobile. The body was wrapped in a blanket ard was in charge of the brother of the deceased who was carrying it to the late home in Alpine between here and Chil- dersburg.
 The dead negro had hole in his head from a Winchester rifle ball. while In his body near the region of the heart was a hole evidently made by the load from shotgun loaded with buckshot. The brother didn't seem inclined to give out any particulars of the occurrence but from others it was learned that Pope attempted to assault white woman last night at Lamison. about forty miles south of Selma. and that he was captured by the infuriated citizens of that neighbor- hood and summarily dealt with. The name of his would-be victim was not details of the affair.
 MarepJo to Have a Hanging.
 Sheriff Tasty of Marengo county was in Selma today and had in his possession twelve feet of hempen rope with which Will Talbott will. De executed in the jail at Linden on July 1 next week. This will be the first. hanging to occur in Ma rengo county fin more than a quarter of a century and naturally it is creating more than the usual excitement.
 Tallbott is to be hanged for the killing of Henry Hall, a negro, during last fall. He was tried and convicted and an ap- peal taken to the supreme court, which affirmed the decision of the lower court and set the day of execution for Friday week. Talbott is said to be a superstitious regro, and one day while sharpening an ax on a grindstone, turned by Henry Hall. the latter is said to have stated that he had Talbott "conjured," and was going to take his oman away from nim. In a little while Talbott turned and remarked that he thought his ax was sharp enough to do the work he was sharpening 1t for and he swung the keen-edged blade around and buried it full in the neck Of Hall, practically severing the head rom the body.
 The effort of the defense in the trial was to prove that the negro was insane, but the courts have held otherwise, and on July 1 he will expiate nis crime by hanging on the gallows tree.
 Cotton Has Retrograded.
 J. B. Ellis, one of the largest planters Of Dallas county, and one of the most con servative citizens, m estimating a cotton crop, passed through Selma today en route to Montgomery where he goes 10 attend the meeting of the committee on inc endowment of Howard college. Speak- Ing of the prospects of the cotton crop he said that ten days ago, before ne took a trip to Mississippi, he thought the prospects in Dallas county were the pest that he had seen in ten years, but on his return he does not think in his whole life time that he has seen sucn pacK- ward step taken by the crop in so short a time.
 MT. Ellis says that around Orrville that he has not seen a field of cotton that does not seem to have been pnghteo He does not put much credence Tn damage done by green fly said to have created havoc with the plant, but thinks that the severe blowing followed by the cold rights and the hot days have resulted In almost killing the plant and that If rains do not come immediately incalculable damage Is likely to be wrought.
 | M Mosely, who lives several miles south of Orrville, MT. Ellis home, con firms tho statement of the latter and IS greatly exercised over the prospect or the crop.
 fTOmiHcNL Oitt<Sh D
 Last night at an infirmary in this city occurred the death of MT. Josiah D. Far lineton, father of Conductor sam Far ringtor of the Southern. The deceased vas brought to Selma from his home near MonevaIo last night on special train. suffering with locked bowels. Too long n wait had been made before surgical aid was called in and the skill Of the med teal fraternity unavailing. MT. Earring ton was ,, years of age and prominent farmer near Montevallo.
 Cotton Ginners to Organize.
 Today J. W. Powell of Montgomery came to Selma for the purpose of organ izing a Cotton Ginning asSociation or Dallas. Through the delay occasioned by a late train and a misunderstanding of meeting place the meeting did not come off, although there were some fif- teen or twenty giners here for that pur- nose. In order to have an organization perfected between now and the meeting of the state association on July 1918 in Montgomery the following were named as temporary officers:
 ]. E. Dunneway, Orrville, president.
 c. Kirkpatrick. Cahaba, vice president.
 w. c. Day, Clematis, secretary-treas- urer.
 These will form an association at an .-f.. A1ta