The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-06-18
HUNTSVILLE HAPPENINGS.
Thompson and Hundley Leave for Ma
ti0nal Convention.

fiOnal Convention.
Huntsville, June l7.-(speciai. -
Chairman ]. o. Thompson of the Ala
bama Republican Executive Commit
tee and a delegate at large to the Ma
tional Republican Convention and Hon.
Oscar r.. Hundley, delegate at large.
left this city for Chicago today. Post
master w. T. Hutchens and H. v.
Cashin, delegates from the Eighth Con-
gressionai District, left for Chicago
yesterday.
News has been received here of the
death of Mrs. r. d. Taliaferro. a
daughter of Mayor Joplin of Gurley
Mrs. Taliaferro was only IS years old
and prior to her marriage few months
ago. was one of the most popular young
ladies in this section.
r. l.. O'Neal, Chairman of the Spe-
cial Committee of the Alabama Press
Association. appointed to investigate
charges against prominent members.
has issued a call for meeting in Bir-
mingham on June IS when a full In
vestigation will be made. Charges of
a serious nature were preferred by
former Secretary j. A. Rountree
against President w. E. w. VERIFY of
the Association. w. H. H. Judson of
Bessemer. j. e. Williams of ITALIA
dega, H. e. Whitaker of Montevallo.
Jacob Pepperman of Montgomery, II.
s. Doster of Prattville. Rev. s. p.
West of birmingham, C. H. Greer of
Marion, all members of the Alabama
Press Association.
Deputy Collector ". s. Root and
Deputy Marshal Henry Arnold. cap
tured and destroyed an Illicit .still near
Dutton in Jackson County yesterday
and arrested Nick King, an old offend
err, and Burrell Bailey. King request
a In ~. Id. H.
for a change of clothing and the re-
quest was granted. When the two of
ficers and their prisoners came in sight
of Kings home. Kings wife came for
ward with a shot gun and horse pistol
and tried to kill Root and Arnold. The
revenue men had the most exciting five
minutes of their lives disarming the
woman, who swore like a sailor all the
while, and when 1t became evident that
they were succeeding, Kings aunt and
Bailey's aunt attacked them with hoes
King was brought to Huntsville late
last night bound hand and foot and
committed to jail. His bond was fixed
at 81, 500 and he cannot make IL. Bal
ley made bond in the sum of $500. He
had gone to Kings still to get a bottle
of whiskey for his sick wife and had
Just arrived there when the officers
came upon the scene.
Judgments have been rendered by the
Circuit Court against the defunct brok-
erage firm of A. d. Baxter & Co, of
New York, for $1,755 in the suit OF f.
w. Bennett. and s735 In the suit of w .
IL. Matthews. The compliments were
caught in the Baxter failure last jan
uary and refused to compromise their
claims as a large majority of the FIRMS
creditors did. The judgments repre-
sent the full amount of the claims and
will be paid Immediately 1t is under
stood. The Baxter failure caught
Huntsville spectators for something
like 800, 900 and Bennett and Matthews
are the only ones who will get all their
money back.
Mrs. r. B. Searcy and Mrs. Frank
]. Thompson were seriously injured in
a runaway accident on Dallas Avenue
yesterday. After getting the reins I'M
der his tail, the horse driven by the la
dies ran away. Mrs. Searcy tried to
jump out of the buggy and was thrown
to the ground, the back of her head
striking a stone curb. The skull was
fractured. Mrs. Thompson was thrown
out later and badly bruised.
Plans for the general celebration OF
July in Huntsville have fallen
through because local business men
failed to show sufficient interest In the
financial feature. The Executive Com
mittec held a meeting last night and
after receiving the report Of the All
nance Committee. dropped the matter