The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-10-05
SOME ACTION WILL BECOME NECESSARY Chairman Mallory is Also Wor- ried by LuSk Decision MATTE SlMONTON IS FREE Jury Finds Her Not Guilty of Murder. Selma Ia Much Aroused over
 the Congestion in the
 Cotton Market.
MATTE SlMONTON IS FREE

Cotton Market.
 Selma, October 4.-(Special.)-Th Lusk | bill. which was knocked out by the su- | preme court, continues to hold the att | tention of attorneys and party leaders | in this section. Chairman Mallory Of the | state executive committee and or the | state campaign committee is in receipt of sundry letters and telegrams relative to the matter and particularly in regard to the democratic nominees who have been affected by the courts decision. MT. Mallory refuses to be interviewed on the situation, stating that he Is giving the matter careful thought and consider ation and therefore Is not in position to make any statement at this time. Secretary Mel of the state campaign committee has made up list of those affected by the decision, and from the best information at hand 1t seems that there will be some action necessary as to the following nominees:
 Circuit Judges.
 Second Circuit-J. c. Richardson of But Ter county and T. Scott Sayre of Mont gomery county reside in the same circuit under the old law.
 Eighth Circuit-D. w. Speake of Nor gan, and Paul Speake of Madison, reside in the same circuit under the old law.
 Ninth Circuit-J. A. Bilbroi of Etowah, and w. w. Harolson of DeKalb, reside in the same circiut under the old law.
 Circuit Solicitors.
 Fifth Circuit-W. B. Bowling of Taila- poosa, and J. M. Holiey of Fillmore, reside in the same circuit under the old law.
 Seventh Clrcuit-B. H. Burr, of Talla- dega and J. A. Inzer of St. Clair reside in the same circuit under the old law.
 Eighth Ctrcuit-D. c. Almon of Law renee and Earle Pettus of Limestone re- side In the same circuit under the old law.
 Ninth Circuit-R. c. Hunt of DeKalb was nominated as solicitor of the Seven teenth circuit. consisting Of Dekalo, Cherokee, Jackson and Marshall. These counties, with Blount and Etowah. made the old Ninth district, but the Lusk law | added St. Clair to Blount and Etowah and made the Ninth district. J. A. Inzer of St. Clair was nominated for solicitor of the Lusk Ninth district, but the old law will put him back in the Seventh in which E. H. Burr i5 the nominee. | It is likely that some party action will be taken In a few days unless the gov ernor shall call a special session or the 1 legislature.
 Tried for Murder. l To the jury this afternoon went the case of the state vs Matte Simonton, charged with the murder of her father, Big Jim Smonton, on January 30 1903. Matte Smonton and her mother, Chaney simon ton, were indicted for the killing. and l they were the only eye witnesses to the affair. After being out thirty minutes the | jury returned a verdict of not guilty.
 The night of the killing Chaney simon ton gave the following account of the tragedy: She said that Jim, her husband, had come from Uniontown, where he was working, only that night; that they owned a piece of property in that place which Jim Simonton wanted to sell, and that she had refused to give her consent for the sale of the same. During the argu- ment about the matter Jim took off his 1 clothes and went to bed. The woman stated that she had skillet of hot watetr | on the fire and that finally the man be- 1 came enraged at her for refusing her consent and jumped out Of bed and seized the skillet, striking her over the head with it.
 She stated further that the negro had | opened a bottle of pickles with his knife l before going to bed and left the knife on the mantlepiece. When he struck her she grabbed the knife and plunged it in him. She then ran to the door, Big Jim following her. As she ran out to the gate he fell and died shortly after an | officer arrived, attracted by the woman's screams. Five horrible stabs and cuts l were found on the negro's body, and there was doubt expressed at the time 1 as to whether she committed the crime | 1t being believed that some man came | in and finding the negro in ped attackeo him, killing him.
 The daughter who was being tried to- day and who was only fifteen years old | when the killing occurred, is said to have begged the man not to strike her ia ther A. D. Pitts of this city. w. L Pitts of Uniontown, and J. w. Bush of Birmingham, are defending the two women. a severance being granted and the mothers case coming up, tomorrow | Solicitor Quarles Is representing the state.
 The Cotton Congestion.
 The congestion of cotton at the com press leased this season by the Gulf Compress company. of which C. c. Han- son of Atlanta Is the president. and which controls all the presses or the south, comes in for sensational criticism in the Evening Journal this afternoon. the following being given position on the front page in black type:
 The interests of Selma. the welfare of its commercial standing and the pros- perity of its business affairs demands inn mediate and decisive action on the part of those in authority with the Gulf Com press company.
 | The stock on nanu IS iesS tisth iN'VVv bales of cotton. not half the amount that has before been held in the warehouses of the city, notably in 1901, yet there Is a congestion, a blocking that Is inex- cusable and unprecedented.
 The question is pertinent, what or who | is to blame?
 The condition never arose under the old management of affairs.
 What if hands are hard to get? Get them. M A railroad official informs the Journal that he offered 100 hands to the Gulf Com press company this morning. They took 1 15. T4 | What Is the object? -t~ Are those in authority incompe'eh'' 1 niggardly or maliciously determined 'o embarrass the forwarding of cottonE If either, 1t Is time for the Selma com press and Warehouse company 10 tahe back their property under the terms oi l the lease and relieve the situation. The cotton exchange has been caiieu 10 | meet this afternoon at o'clock to taKs | further action with regard to the situa- | tion.
 The Journal would ask has the latter | body ever considered that through the l commercial and industrial association re- | lief might lie?
 | The situation is acute, and Selma Is not alone in her distress. but everywhere that the Gulf Compress company Is in l control the same condition is reported. | Why!
 That is the question.
 l Ia 1t either incompetency, niggardness | x1,of- c mi eJ1t