The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-28
THREATS ARE MADE
 AGAINST COUPLE Woman Claims Two Men At-
 tackled Her CHARGE IS NOT PRESSED W. F. Aycock Writes to Son In Selma That His Hunting Party In
 Louisiana Has Ragged
 Thirteen Deer.

Selma. November 27.-tSpecial.) .)-Yester- day afternoon about dark MT. ana Mrs' T. c. Williams, who live In the vicinity
 of the Estelle cotton mills, went to the house of Justice of the Peace Gayle and swore out warrants for Wade Cawthon and a man named Swahn. Williams stated to the justice that Swann had purchased
 wheel from him and refused to pay for 1t and that he had quarreied with mn about 1t; that yesterday morning swanh l and Cawthon came to his house and toid him they had come to do him up that cawtflon had a knife in his hand ana that he pulled palihg from the fence ana struck both him and his wife. Cawthoh is said to have threatened the two parties if they swore out any warrants against them but they went to the justices mousse and made the affidavits
 Later as Mrs Williams went into the yard to get some wood to cook supper she claims that two men jumped from pe- hind inc house and one of them choKed her almost into Accessibility. She says the men blew out the lamp she carried put she believes one of them was Cawthoh' The latter could not be found this morn ing when a deputy went to arrest nm, but Swann was found and brought into court where the peculiar thing about the affair happened. Swann and others iii- portuued MT. and Mrs. Williams not 10 press the charge and they agreed to witn. draw the same If Swami would pay hail the costs of course swami agreed ana the warrant against him was withdra"n. Tie warrant against Cawthon was not with drawn but he has not been found at this writing.
 Shot in a Crap Game. VIII Mcintyre, negro, was brought 10 Selma this morning from Maplesviiie SUI fering with wound In the abdomen ln- Hieted by another negro by the name or Mott. The wound was received In a quaf- rel in a Sunday game of craps Mcintyre was carried to the Selma infirmary where he received medical attention.
 J. B. Ellis of tine firm of Ellis & co, state agent for the Fidelity Mutual Life insurance coiiipany of Philadelphia, re- turned this morning frofn the latter city where he arranged to move the state of fees of the agency from Birmingham to Selma on January 1 next. The agency came into the hands of Ellis & Co about five months ago and the, removal of the central office. to Selma has been antici- pated It will mean an ificrease of sev- efal hundred thousand dollars in the de- pbsits of the Selma banks and will bring several men now in the offices in Birming-
 ham-to this thriving city to live. Local and Personal.
 A letter from w. F. Aycock to his son. Captain Aycock, written by the former from near Oak Ridge, La, states that he Is on a camp hunt and that the party has bagged thirteen deer. Two of the
 number MT. Aycock killed himself on one stand, the deer coming by him in pair. There are a number of Selma hunters down on the Tombigbee near Myrtewood and information from theff is to the effect that they haven't seen deer. The letter of MT. Aycock will be forwarded to them.
 The Hard Cash, river steamer plying between Selma and Mobile. reached the wharf at noon today bringing q barge of cotton seed and several bales of cotton Rev E. W. Gamble has returned from a visit of two weeks to his old homo In Florida.
 Union .anksgiving Services viii be held in Selma Thursday, the uptown church worshipihg at the Broad Street Presbyterian church, where Rev. R. F. Otis will preach the sermon and the churches east of Broad street worshpping
 at the First Christian church, where Rev w. w. Crymes will preach The offer ings to be taken up will be turned over to the treasurer of the city hospital
 board.
 Rev. A. A. Little has accepted an invi- tation to deliver the Thanksgiving ser
 mon to the young ladies at the Industriai
 school at Montevallo