The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-12-01
MERCHANTS MAKE
 AN ASSIGNMENT Selma Firms Creditors of Raines & Wilkerson DIES OF HER INJURIES Woman Shot By Negro Never Recov- ers-Young Man Who Took Horse
 Claims That He Had
 Been Drinking.

Selma, November Especial. )-Yester-
 day afternoon at Lamison, in Wilcox
 county, q station on the Southern railway
 between this city and Mobile. the firm
 of Raines x Wilkerson, doing a general
 merchandising business. made a general
 assignement for the benefit of creditors.
 E. E. Taylor was named as assignee and a meeting of the creditors will be held in Selma next Tuesday. The amount of liabilities and assets are not known at this writing, but it is probable that the
 former will reach s1O,0OO. Practically all of the Selma firms were caught in the
 business disaster, however. none of them are due any great amounts.
 Woman Dies From Injury. Belle Jackson, the negro woman who was shot on Monday night by Eugene The shot which was from pistol enter ,, ed at the lower part of the abdomen and an operation performed shortly after
 wards disclosed the fact that the intes- tines had been perforated thirteen times. The negro that did the shooting has not been apprehended, having run off im-
 ediately after committing the deed on Monday night.
 Claims He Was Drunk. | The young man who stole the horse of 1 H. M. Smith on Tuesday morning and was
 captured yesterday about twenty-five miles from the city is in the city cala- I boose and will have his trial before the
 mayor tomorrow morning. The animal
 which he stole and rode very severely was brought back with him last night by the officers, and while very sore today, | will not suffer materially from it's ex- | perience.
 1 The young man was seen at the city | lock up this morning and does not talk much He said in answer to query as to what made him take the horse, that he l had been drinking Tuesday morning and | didn't know what made him do It. He claims his name is John Robinson put J there are several aliases by which he is renorted to have gone One of these is Barker. another being Clark. He claims to | have gone to Selma Sunday from Cot 1 tondale. Miss He is known to have spent l Sunday night at MT Moseley's, near the l union passenger station. He says his par 1 ents are engaged in farming in Clark county. Mississippi.
 | On his person were found half dozen ] tin type pictures which had evidently been taken at the photograph gallery on ! Washington street, near which MT | Smiths horse was tied. One of these pictures presents the young man with a bottle of whisky in his hand. He did not have any money, but had many trinkets ] such as sleeve holders, looking glasses 1 He had six boxes of matches and two un- 1 used railroad tickets, one from Tusca- i loosa to Birmingham and return dated No , vember 1, during the state fair the other l from Toomasuba, Miss. to Cuba, Ala. | From memorandum book in his pocket I it was learned that he had been In many | places. a letter being found written tc his brother and dated Selma, November 1 26. This letter is signed Lee Fafrchell | He is a mill operative but had not gone
 to work in the Estelle mill in this city
 as was supposed
 A Delightful Ball.
 Last night at Riverview pavilion the | International Association of Machinists gave their first annual ball. There were ] present about forty couples and dancing :, was kept up until o'clock.
 The opening march was led by MT and Mrs. J. E. Kearney and many beautiful 1 figures were evolved. The ball gave pleas. ure to every one who attended and the committee having the affair in charge de serves the many expressions of praise that were showered upon them.