The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-07-22
AFFAIR PROMISED
TOLOOK VERY UGLY
Sending of Troops to Linden
Seems Justified
BEST CITIZENS REGRET IT
Governor viii Have to Appoint Sheriff
In Macon County and Commits
sioner In Lowndes
County.

Montgomery, July H.-(Special )-Evi-
dence is beginning to come out that there
was something of county movement to
mob the negro Richardson in Jail at Lin
| den Tuesday night, to prevent which
| the governor sent the Selma troop I'M
der command of Maj V. B. Atkins to
| guard the jail Letters have been re-
ceived which go to show that the mat
ter had been worked up and that the
| movement was general. For instance to-
Gay a letter reached the office of the
, governor from a prominent citizen of
Demopolis to the effect that he knows
that two young men OF that town went
to join mob to lynch the negro, and
1t is minated that others also went.
1t is to the lasting credit of Marengo
county, however, that there was none of
its best men so far as known, in the eff
fort and 1t has been shown by the let
tiers received that the better class of
citizens earnestly regret the occurrence
and will do everything in their power
to keep down anything of the kind in
the future They feel that the affairs of
this kind in county in the past were
not preventable because they could not be
reached in time to protect the accused.
and will see to it that henceforth there
will be no mobbing if they can help 1t.
Death of Sheriff.
There are two vacancies that the gov
ernor will have to fill in county offices
in a few days. One is that of Sheriff j..
I. Conner of Macon county, who died
yesterday and the other commissioner OF
owndes, where a vacancy exists. The
news of the death of Sheriff Conner
reached the office of the governor this
morning by long distance telephone, be-
ing sent in by Judge Brewer Of the cir
cult court. He was serving his first term
In county office and was a fine man in
every way The Judge pays him high
tribute.
The ]. e. Hickey Hotel company of
Atlanta, has filed notice of Incorporation
with the secretary of state, with ]. E.
Hickey as the Alabama agent. This COM
pany will operate the new Exchange
hotel, soon to be put to service with j.
l.. Hickey In control.
The Planters Warehouse company has
been Incorporated at Prattville with cap
ita1 of $40, 600 Daniel Pratt and others in
corporators.
values Have Increased.
In his settlement with the state auditor
today Tax Collector II. H. Cooper of
Baldwin county shows that for the past
ten years the values In Baldwin have in
creased 81, 100000.
Another tax collector to settle today
was ]. A. Ridley of Jackson. He says
everything is doing well in the county
and prospects for crops good. His record
has been good in the way of values and
there is an air of prosperity all over
the county.
Chief Clerk Jesse Adams of the agri-
cultural department Is in Birmingham
today looking after some matters prelim-
mary to the Alabama state fair
On the quarterly report of Company /.
enterprise, Capt. r. H. Arlington, COM
manding Colonel Dumont made the fol-
lowing endorsement in forwarding the
papers to the adjutant generals office:
Their discipline is extraordinary. Ar
irving in camp at midnight they were fed,
pitched their tents and did not disturb
adjoining company"