The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-29
JONES GETS SEVEN YEARS FUR MURDER Is Charged With the Murder of
 His Wife THIRTY CENTS COTTON Planter at lndianola, Miss, Sells Eff teen Bales for $15oo-cotton
 Crop In Alabama Is
 Short.
THIRTY CENTS COTTON

Selma, September 2S.-(Speeial.) )-The jury, after being out all night in the case of William Jones, charged with the mur- der of his wife, brought in a verdict this morning of guilty of manslaughter in the first degree and the punishment was fixed at seven years in the penitentiary. Jones' wife disappeared, and the evidence which was altogether cireumstantial, pointed to his having made away with her The swamps near the house in which the lie groes lived were repeatedly searched, but no trace of the remains of the woman have been found. There Is, of course, the reasonable doubt that he killed the wom- an and this Is what evidently actuated the jury in not fixing longer sen tence,
 Price Smith, a negro who killed two other negroes near Orrville, took sen tence of twenty years by agreement. The defendant was at pay party, to which he had carried two women of his ac- quaintanee Two other negroes took up' with the women and Price whipped out his trusty six-shooter and fired upon his rivals, killing both. It was shown that there had been no malice or aforethonght, and the punishment was thought to fit the crime.
 30 Gents Cotton.
 Maj A. M. Sledge returned today from Indianola, Miss, where he has a son engaged in cotton planting. On one or the places rented to negroes by the young Sledge was grown cotton, che samples of which Major Sledge brought to the city today This cotton was of the long staple variety and was sold for 30 cents a pound. Major Sledge tells of a planter who sold fifteen bales of cotton for $500, while he was in Indianola.
 Broke Ills Hip.
 Friday morning a few minutes before the time for the departure of the Louis vile and Nashville train for Pensacola. pr. w. W. Harper received a telegram calling him to the bedside of his father at Carlowville. Dr. Harper returned Fri day night, bringing the intelligence that his father, while walking in the yard, fell and broke his hip
 Colonel Harper is S9 years of age. and the accident coming at that age will pre- vent him from ever walking again in all probability. He had only recently re- turned to his home from visit to Selma, and the news of his accident will be learned with much sorrow by his host of friends here.
 Cotton Crop Short. That the cotton crop in this section Is going to be short this year seems evil dent fl m the investigations made. Some comparisons of figures of receipts thls year and last year gives the best Idea of how short the crop Is.
 Last year up to October 27 there had been received in Selma 21, ,509 bales of c. l. ton Up to the same date this year only 10,S5S bales have been received. The stock last year at this time was 6022, and now it 's only 2971 bales. The price, however, last year was-9 cents on October 27 and 2S while this year IFS cents was the pre- vaillng price.
 On October 27, 1906, 1879 bales of cotton were received and on the same date this year only 1921 bales were received At this rate 1t will be impossible for the crop to catch up with last years fig ures.
 A fairly well informed citizen, who Is in position to secure statistics, declares that in his belief January futures in New York will be selling at 12 cents beforesOc- tober 15.