The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-12-27
BOB HUNTER BADLY
CUT At NORTHPORT
Negroes Do Some Combative
Celebrating at Tuscaloosa
DEER SEEN IN TUSCALOOSA
Game Seems to Be Plentiful In the
Big County This Year-other
News of Tuscaloosa
and Vicinity.
DEER SEEN IN TUSCALOOSA

Tuscaloosa, December %. - Especially
Quite a bad cutting affair occurred over
at Northport yesterday afternoon. and,
as a result Bob Hunter is seriously
wounded. It seems that Jim Hughes and
Mr.. Hunter had had some words earlier
in the day, but their friends thought
the matter had been settled. However,
yesterday afternoon, they went off togeth
err apparently still in a friendly humor.
when suddenly the serious part of the
difficulty happened Mr. Hunter was bad
ly cut about the neck and also a muscle
of the leg was cut Just how the affair
happened is not definitely known. So far
there have been no arrests and no war
rants sworn out on either side.
Another serious cutting affair occurred
yesterday late in the afternoon between
two negroes. VIII Lane dangerously and
perhaps fatally wounded Tom Neville, by
stabbing and cutting him several times
with a knife. The facts in this case are
meagre, but as a result of it Tom is
not expected to live. Will Lane has run
off. and has not been heard of since the
find and arrest him. About the same
time two other negroes got into a fight
in the alley near W. H. Hargrove's place,
on University avenue. Tutwiler a well
known negro about town, and belonging
to one of the best negro families known
! about here was very badly wounded. The
main cause of this difficulty seems to
have been whisky, OF which liquid both
conbatants were pretty full.
Christmas, outside of the incidental
troubles of the police force at the season,
passed off very quietly In Tuscaloosa. The
poor were well remembered this year,
and the Ladies Aid Society, which does
some very noble work at this season, re-
ports that the contributions for the
needy were unusually liberal. All kinds
of clothing and necessities were included
in the contributions in addition to quite
an amount of cash. The Baptist church
alone contributed $50 in cash toward the
relief of the poor class that these ladies
look after each year.
Last night the L. T. f. Club which is
composed of Tuscaloosa most popular
young society gentlemen. entertained
number of young lady guests at an infor-
NAL party in their club rooms. Among
other amusements, dancing was INDUCED
in, and delicious refreshments served to-
ward the close of the evening of pleasure
combined to make the affair most enjoy
able.
Quite a happy party left this afternoon
over the Mobile and Ohio railroad for
Pickens county, where a camping outing
has been arranged The party will camp
out In some box cars that have been
switched off for the purpose, and will en-
joy a few days of "roughing" 1t. Among
those who are in the party are Mr.. and
Mrs. ]. b. Murphy, DR. and Mrs. Charles
Barnwell DIR. and Mrs, George Brownell,
Dr. and Mrs. w. b. Stafford, Misses Mum
ger, Holt and Mary e. Fits. Frank
Fits, S. H. Sprott. DIR. George Rau, and
DIR. George Searcy
1t seems that deer are getting more
plentiful in Tuscaloosa county. gentle
man who took a trip up to Kellerman to-
day on the Warrior Southern branch line,
reports that on the return trip a large,
fine looking buck ran across the railroad
track just in front of the train. Some ex-
element was created by this daring per-
Torrance of the buck, and the train was
stopped, and an effort made to get al fair
shot at the deer. However there was
nothing handy in the way of fire arms ex-
cept a pistol and though Mr. Oakley took
several shots at the fast disappearing
buck he failed to stop him. Deer are
quite often hunted in the upper end of
this county, but it is quite a rare thing
that they are SO easily discovered as this
one was.
Mr.. Winston Mcmahon, who was at one
time a varsity football back" and
probably the most famous catcher the
baseball team has had in a number OF
years, is a visitor to town. Mr.. Mcmahon
is now located in Texas lie graduated
representative athlete at that university
while a student there.
Mrs. Virginia Hutchinson and her
daughter, Mrs. Plyer. have moved to
Tuscaloosa and will make their future
home here. much to the qualification of
their many friends in Tuscaloosa Mrs
Hutchinson was a resident OF Tuscaloosa
for a great number of years. and all of
her children were reared here. For the
past six or eight years she has been
living IN Memphis, Tenn.
the negro Indicate that he is In a pretty
serious condition.
Educators Coming.
The seventeenth annual session of the
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