The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-02-16
swEDEs AND GERMANS
Efforts Will Be Made to Bring others
 to Perry County.

EM0TfN Nlit He MAuG tV tAhNe Sf---F~s
 to Perry County.
 Marion, Feb. 15.--(Special. )--C. E. Rawls will meet a number of citizens in Marion Saturday to arrange to make another trip to New York to secure more Swedes and Germans. Mr. Rawls brought eighteen of these people to Perry a few weeks ago and is highly pleased with them while they are de- lighted with their new home. None or them have been in this country over three months. MT. Rawls says one will do three times the work and do 1t better than the average negro Ia borer They are intelligent and easy to deal with. Four came in yesterday and took out naturalization papers. MT. Rawls Is a brother of Mrs. Ella Kawls Reeder, the well known woman man cier of New York, who rendered nm valuable assistance in securing these people and expresses willingness 10 20 what she can. to aid the State in on- taining a good class of migrants when her services may be needed.
 Albert Jackson, colored, was com yicted in the Circuit Court yesterday for the murder of S. J. Lester at Ham burg some months ago, and was sent enced to hang March 30. The evidence showed that Frank Henderson, brother of Jackson, owed Lester some money and was attempting to leave the State He was detained by Lester and Mir. McCulley, who brought him back to his home On reaching home q personal difficulty occurred between Lester and Henderson and q gun was fired from behind tree, the load strik- ing Lester In the bowels, from which he died in a few days. Both Tender son and Jackson left the cnnmun' 'ty
 immediately after the shooting' ana Jackson was arrested In Mtssisslppl by John Jones, of Harrisburg, who overheard some negroes reading ret stand that Jackson obtained a shotgun from Henderson's house. and secretec | himself behind a tree where he heard 1 the fuss brewing between Lester anc l this tree that the fatal shot was fired, | He admitted to the officers after being incarcerated in jail that he did the shooting but denied It strongly Wner | being tried. Jackson showed no sisr | of remorse or nervousness when the | verdict was rendered. He now sayt | that he wants to be hung as early as
 possible and be over with it. Back Tax Commissioner J. B. Cosby who was recently commissioned foi | Perry County, is now actively at work K | While there have been several appoint, | m4nts Mir. Cosby is the first 10 accep | the position. MT. Cosby says there art | about forty escapes so far located. anS | that he will have no trouble in anect | ing settlements.
 Judge Richardson, who mas peer | holding court in the stead of Judge NH Ter. completed the docket Wednesday | at noon. Solicitor Thompson says tnl' | breaks the record in the criminal pros | ecution in Perry. Two weeks are al | lowed for the trial of criminals anS | the docket was cleared for two and [ half days, which shows q wopdertn
 decrease in crimes committed m thl
 county. It will be remembered tha
 more true bills were returned at th l previous terem of court than ever be fore in the history of the county ant | Jndre Miller imposed the penaltie
 without fear or favor. The result ha
 been that fewer bills were found thi | teerm than ever before and the work o
 the court reduced from two weeks U two and a half days.