The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-06-06
MIR. SHELBY CALLED
PENSACOLA PREACHER MAY GO TO
 VIRGINIA.
Railroad Men Attacked by Negroes, One Being Bent Insensible and
 the Other Badly Bruised
 in Fight.

Pensacola. Fla. June 5.--fspeciaL)-
 Rev. Julian s. Sibley, pastor of the
 First Presbyterian Church. has receiv-
 ed a call from church in Virginia. To- cated in one of the most prominent cities of that State.
 Rev. Sibley. prior to coming to Pen- sacola, occupied the pulpit of the Vir- ginia church on several occasions. and the congregation is so well pleased with him that they have sent him call to take the charge permanently. AS yet he Is undecided as to whether or not he will accept, but inasmuch as U takes him nearer fhis old home and Is | one of the'l largest congregations Tn Virginia. it is thought that he will ae- cept- s
 Mr. Sibiey has been in charge of tho local church for the past three years: and during this time has been one of l the most popular ministers of the city,
 and there will be many regrets If he l should decide to leave Pensacola Building Fine Residence.
 | One of the handsomest summer resi-
 dences on the bay shore is now under
 construction for Hon. W. A. Blount |: The site is just west of the Old NH Inn, and east of the summer home of Judge A c Blount, IT. It faces on the bay and Is surrounded by pines and shrubbery. Workmen in large num-
 bers are now engaged In erecting the
 residence and spur track has been | built from the maln dummy line in or
 der that material may be easily han dled ...-
 The new home will be model of arr ckitecture and will contain every con- | venience. It will cost something over $25, 900. There are now many handsome
 homes on the bay shore. and that sec
 ton Is becoming very popular resi- dence district for business men, One of the residences just about completed | Is that of William H. Knowles, which | is known as "Harbourvisw," and which cost in the neighborhood of $50.0oo. | Railroad Men Attacked.
 An attempt upon the lives Of B. 70. | Whidden, track supervisor of the | Louisville and Nashville and l.. Bush.
 another employe of the company, was | made yesterday by crowd of about a dozen negroes. The attack was made
 near a bar room north of the union | depot and in the locality of Long Hol-
 low. and both men were badly injured. l Whidden being beaten until he was un-
 conscious with a picket.
 According to statements the two
 white men had taken a negro in charge | a little north of the place for riding on | switch engine. and were on their
 way to the depot to turn him over to
 an officer. The negro had made sever | al attempts to run, but was held by the 1 white men, and they were coming down
 the track when they passed saloon
 around which there is always big l When nearly opposite the saloon the | saloon the negro in custody whistled | and immediately about dozen ne- | RrOeS bWdTmSu out IEoh thV e1LCSha and around the white men. demanding
 the release of their friend. When this
 was refused they immediatly proceeded
 to take him by force, and in doing so used pickets, clubs, etc. The white | men fought hard, but blow from a l picket caught Whidden squarely in the l face and Knocked him to the ground, where he was beaten into insensibility | by the negroes.
 | Bush was also badly beaten. By the time police arrived on the scene the | negroes had fled The wounds of the | injured men were dressed by surgeons | and a special train carried Whidden to l his home at Cottage Hill. Reports | from there this morning are to the ef- | feet that his wounds are quite serious. | officers today arrested two negroes, l Lazarus Willias and August Pinkston, both of whom bear sn unsavory repu- tation and are frequent visitors to the city and county Jails. The men were arrested upon descriptions and infor- nation furnished, but they have not yet
 been seen by either Whidden or Bush for Identification. Both are charged
 with assault with intent 10 murder.