The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-02
FARMERS ARE BLUE OVER TIE OUTLOOK Further Reports Tell of Injury
 to Cotton LANDS ARE OVERFLOW Many Blind Tiger Men Are Indicted By Dallas Grand Jury-clrcuit Court In Selma Has Busy
 Day.
LANDS ARE OVERFL0WED

Selma, October 1.-(SpeciaD Telephone communication from Felix, across the Dallas county line into Perry county. brings the information that great uneasi- ness is felt as to the extent of damage that Is being done by the overflowed condition of the Cahaba river. Already several hundred acres along its banks are under water and the corn and cot ton absolutely ruined. The waters from the heavy rains around Birmingham Sat urday have not yet reached the vicinity of Felix. and 1t Is anticipated that the river will overflow thousands of acres. Suttles x Jones already report 300 acres submerged, and J. D. Alexander reports twice that many with the large crops thereon as being entirely overflowed.
 Reports of the disaster done cotton from the wind of Thursday continue to come in, and the farmers are exceedingly blue.
 Help For Coden.
 The Journal this afternoon started a movement for a subscription list to help Golden, and the stricken gulf coast places. The amounts have commenced to come In, and by noon tomorrow 1t is expected that several hundred dollars will be ready for transmission to the relief committee at Mobile.
 Many Triggers" Indicted.
 The blind tiger will no longer be per- mitted to flourish in his lair in Dallas county. There has been an awakening and the grand jury, which adjourned Friday, returned many bills against keep CTS of such places. Two places are under the ban right in the city of Selma. They are both drug stores, one located on Water street, and the other on Alabama street in the eastern portion of the city. There are four indictments against J. D.. Summers, one against N. s. Smith and one against F. N. Kegler, clerk and book keeper at the latter's place. Kegler is also indicted for perjury, growing out of his testimony before the grand Jury. Four indictments were found against Charles Golson for selling whisky at Burnsville. MT. Golson was indicted at the last term of court, and was fined s10O0, which he paid The four indictments pending now were found by this grand jury, and as the second offense is punishable by hard labor there is considerable speculation indulged in by the average court attache.
 Many Cases Adjudicated.
 The circuit court has had a busy day today. William Shannan, negro charged with assault to murder. was adjudged guilty. John Bennett. better known as 'Dago John," who shot a negro in the leg a few weeks ago. and claimed it WAS accidental, was declared not guilty of as sault to murder Luke Pope, negro, shot another at Marion Junction, and was charged with assault to murder, but self-defense was proven, and he was dis charged. Sarah Rorrell and daughter, Mary, were adjudged guilty of manslaugh- ter in the second degree. the elder woman being given three months hard labor, and the girl 1 cent and costs. Cater Wood, the negro who burglarized several houses in the city, entered a plea of guilty to four counts. John McCurdy, driver for the Standard oil company, paid S10 for cruelty to animals. There is pending 8 similar indictment against the Standard oil compeny