The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-01-21
FATAL ACCIDENT
ON ELECTRIC CAR.
Conductor J. A. Miller is Killed
In Montgomery
NOR0AN CASE TO COME up
Henry County Man Charged With
Poisoning His Wlfe-Benners Is
Appointed Chancellor Dur.
ing Altman's illness.
NOROAN CASE TO COME Up

Montgomer.i, January Pa fatal ao-
client occurred on the outskirts of the
city this morning, when a switch engine
Of the Louisville and Nashville railroad
struck a street car and as a result con-
drctor Of the street car, ]. A Miller was
killed. 1t SEEM that he Jumped or fell
before the engine and was crushed to
eeath. It Is said he was on the front of
IT, car when s. WAS struck, having got
ten to the front steps to get to the
ground. Motorman P. L. Rally jumped
In into the Car and escaped injury. The
car was turned on its side and lady
wrecked. A negro boy on the front of
the switch engine was slightly hurt Mil
Ter lived at Cooper's Station, where his
body will be emit for interment.
Wife Murder Charged.
Among the cases that will come up to
the supreme court next week is that of
w. L. Nordan, sentenced to the penten-
t.ary for life in Henry county on a
charge of numbering his wife. Some time
ago he married a young woman of the
community and shortly after she died
u:-der suspicion circumstances. Nordan
was indicted on charge of poisoning
ker, the charge being that he gave her
strychnine. The supreme court granted
a motion in the case today to establish
a bill of exceptions.
H. the case of w. ). Johnson VS.. The
Citizens bank, from the circuit court
of Crenshaw county, a motion to estab-
lish bill of exceptions was overruled. In
the case of w. b. Gilmer VS.. The South
western Railway company, from the cir
cult court of Coffee county, parties were
allowed until February 10. to file testi-
mony to establish bill of exceptions.
Benners Named.
A. II. Benners has been appointed spe-
cial chancellor to hold the courts of JEFF
ferson and Fayette counties while Chan
ceiNSr Altman u i'll.
The following were here today to work
for various candidates for beat officers
in jefferson county: Walter McAdory, Mr..
Grub, Kinds Peevy, John Kennedy, JOHN
Forney. w. P. Hickman.
Mayor T. H. Carr, who has been ill
for several weeks was moved to st. Mar
garet's hospital today.
Minor Officers.
The following beat officers have been
named: notary public anu justice of the
peace. A. w. Todd. Mount Rozell; r. III.
l.. Whorton, beat Cullman county; Du-
gald Muir beat Baldwin county; JUS
tees of the peace, w. ii. Kendrick, Sir,
and e. T. Roark, beat q, Dallas county;
constable. s. f. Kend lex, beat n, Dallas
county.
United States Marshal L. ]. Brayan
has appointed j. r. GoodCame OF Clanton,
and ]. f. Greene of Troy, deputy mar
shals. Goodgame is republican and
Greene is democrat.
MouIton Advertiser Files.
The department of archives and history
has received from White & White OF
Moulton, Lawrence county, twenty-five
bound volumes of valuable Lawrence
county newspaper files. These papers con-
stitute the office file and are complete
for the period covered. The first file en-
braces four bound books of the 'Moulton
Democrat" January 20, 1855, to December
25, 1858, Vol. l, No. l, to Vol. 4. No. oil. Dur
ing the whole existence of this paper, as
disclosed by the file, N. II. White was ed
itor With the issue of February II, 1866.
G. L. Alexander Is named as publisher"
but April 6, 1855, c. III. Jarvis is an
nounced as doing that work. After the is
sue for November 20, 1856, Mr.. Jarvis
drops out. The paper, as appears
from its name, was der ocratlc.
The second and the larger file is 1.-THE
Moulton Advertiser" which embraces
complete, In eighteen bound books, the
period from February 8, 1867, to December
26 1889, Vol. l. NO. L anu coHtihuhllOh
During its whole existence this paper has
been in the hands of some meber of the
White family. 1t is now published by
Messrs. Jourd White and Paul White, whd
have donated the files to the department.
The file as appears above begins as Vol.
/, No /, February g. 1867. On May Ia,
1862 the series is changed and Is there
designated as Vol. 81, No. IA This new
numbering was due to the fact that the
Advertiser had originally been founded in
1923.
An examination shows some interesting
facts concerning the paper. 1t was estab-
ished in 1867 by Messrs. D. G. White and
C. C. Harris September 80, 1870 Jourd
White succeeded to the one-third interest
of Mr.. Harris. July %, 1886, Mr.. White
retired and the paper was continued by
Messrs d. C. White and William p.
loss. Mr.. Doss retired October /, 1885 and
Mr.. d. c. White continued editor and
publisher until January &C. 1885, when the
A-vertiser publishing company is an
nounced as publisher. In politics the Ad-
vertiser is democratic.
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