The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-10-22
Lively Times on the
 Streets of Selma.
Newspaper Man Receives sersous Wounds from Knife h the Hands of His opponent-wise OS-
 iected to Criticism.
Advertiser Bureau.

A personal difficulty at the corner v Broad and Alabama Streets petWeen |. H. Nunnelee. editor of The Seins Times, and George w. Wise, promi- nent real estate agent, about 10 o'clock this morning, caused considerable ex- citement and was the theme or ois- cussion all day.
 While the dificulty between the two men was witnessed by several pystahu- CTS. no accurate description can De op. tained, as every one tells different story. ,,.. of The Selma Times, win Louis bam- berger. business manager of the pa per, was walking up Alabama stree. to Broad On the corner of Broad aho Alabama Street, just on the cage ol the sidewalk, they saw George ".
 Wise and his faher-in-law, R. E. os-
 borne.
 when the two newspaper men were near the corner. MT. Wise approacneo MT. Nunnelee, and. bystanders say. placed his right hand on Nunneiee 8 shoulder and told him that he would have to stop printing articles Tn ms naner about him. When MT. Wise made this demand MT. Nunnelee, push . ed or showed him to the sidewalk, The real estate man arose and MT. Nun melee again struck MT. Wise, knocking nlm QOWH. hC idStCt 6Os ~F ond time and came at the newspaper man with an open pocket-knife. Mir. Wise made many lunges at MT. Nunnelee. One of the cuts, the most serious. entered the face of MT. Nun- melee near the cheek bone ana cut through to the hollow for about two inches to the lip. On the left sloe oI the neck was inflicted siight scra'ch about six inches long. w0lfnd in the Cneek anu the scratch on the neck. the knife in the hands of Mir. Wise siashed~ MT Nunnelee's coat about ten inches on the right side. Another slash of the knife cut a gash about two inches on the right sleeve near the elbow out did not touch the flesh.
 After he had been cut MT. Nunneiee cried ''he has a knife," and asked some of the men about for a pistol. No one would supply one, and Mir. Nunneiee picked up a small empty box from the fruit stand and began striking MT | Wise with It.
 Mir. Wise had taken a heavy walk. l ing stick from the hands of his ageo | ia ther-in-la and began striking at MT. Nunnelee. The latter then went after a second box and as he advanced | to Wise the latter broke 1t to pieces with the heavy stick. About this time l Cato Callen ran between the two men | separated them and took MT. wise 10 | his office in the Southern Hotel MT Nunnelee went from the scene Of the diflculty to the office of surgeon where the wound was dressed.
 The cut in MT. Nunnelee's left cheek i proyed more serious than was thought | The knife, in passing through the lace l had severed one or two or the ittle arteries in the cheek. and 1t was with
 considerable difficulty that the now ol
 blood was stopped. Several stitches | were taken in the wound the blood
 was stopped. and the newspaper mar
 went to The Times office to write his
 story of the affair.
 Shortly after the difficulty, both MT l Wise and MT. Nunnelee were placed
 under arrest and gave bond in the sun
 of $500 for their appearance in police
 court Monday morning. Frank Nun | neleA, a son of Editor Nunnelee, was | also placed under arrest soon after ths | difficulty between his father and MT
 Wise. The young man was asked tt | make a peace bond. but this he refusec | to do and he was released.
 The difficulty between Editor Nun
 melee and MT. Wise grew out Of ar
 ticles appearing in The Selma Times | yesterday morning and again thti
 morning. Mir. Wise appeared in DO | lice court few mornings ago on
 warrant charging him with doing bus mess without license. A man whc
 works in the shops of the Southern
 Railway in this city sometime ago pur'
 chased a watch from the jewelry store
 of J. Hirscnfield on the installmeni plan. After getting possession of tho | watch, 1t is claimed, he took 1t to MT | Wise and pawned it for $S. MT. Wise l charging $2 interest for the loan. l MT. Wise had previously taken out banking license, and on the matter be | ing reported to the police department | a warrant was sworn out against hin | for doing a pawnbroking or curb
 stone banking business without license
 He was tried in police court on ths charge of doing business without H. cense and a fine of $50 was assessed against him. MT. Wise took an ap
 neal and made a bond of $50 for hii
 appearance in the higher court.
 In the articles in The Times. Edi
 tor Nunnelee scored the curbston, banking business very harshly. Mir
 Wise took offense at the criticism.