The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-09
NEGRO CAPTURED
 FOR OLD MURDER Constable Lands Man and a
 Neat Reward SOUTHERN MAY MOVE childersburg Donates Land for Plant and Is Hopeful of Securing the terprise-Prohbition
 Campaign Opens.
SOUTHERN MAY MOVE

Talladega, September Special )- In June, 1905. Wash Wynn, colored was farming on the Story place. one mile from the city. Adjoining the crop cul- tivated by him lived another negro named Ben Long. quarrel arose be- tween the two men over some trivial matter, and one summer evening as Ben Long passed the home of Wynn the latter concealed himself in some honeysuckle vines and killed Ben Long with a shotgun. Wynn immediately fled and has been at large since. The governor offered one hundred dollars reward for the capture of Wynn. Joe i Caldwell, constable of Beat s, secured the assistance of Jack Keith. a negro. who knew Wynn. and located him at Hollis camp, in Coosa county. Yester- l day MT. Caldwell landed the negro Wynn in the county jail, and thereby earned the reward.
 It Is stated on authority that the shops of the Southern railway will be moved to ClSldersburg, in this county, ] from Selma. The people of Childerburg have donated large tract of land, and are very enthusiastic over the prospect of obtaining the shops. Shildersburg is half way between Selma and Rome, and l is the end of a division, has a fine farm 1 ing region about it. and contains many clever people.
 The first gun of the prohibition cam | paign was fired at Emauhee Saturday 1 afternoon at 5:30 o'clock. when Rev. L. C. Branscomb and Wellington Van diver addressed the voters on the pend ing issue. Emauhee is a station on the louisville and Nashville railroad fifteen miles from Talladega, where is located the celebrated mountains of gray ore which is now playing an important part | in the iron making of Alabama. There 1 is a ridge six miles in length that is l practically a solid mass of grey ore. | operated by the Sloss interest, managed by colonel Bush. The people in and a bout the mines are practical, sensible folks, and steady wage-earners. The speeches of Rev. MT. Branscomb and Mr. Vandiver were listened to with keen interest, and at the close a poll of the audience was taken with the re- suit that every person in the audience except three, pledged themselves to vote and work for prohibition.
 Bob Giddings, the young man who was killed yesterday at Bessemer was native of this city and was well I liked by those who knew him. His
  folks. For a while some years since MT. Giddings acted as a deputy sheriff. Rev. l.. c. Branscomb delivered sermon at the Methodist church today especially to the young people. Ser vices were held as usual in the several tabernacles of the city, in every case to large congregations. The average church attendance here is greater prob ably than in any other city of the state, one reason for it being the large number of young people who are at tending the various schools of Talla- dega.
 The thief who broke into the ticket drawer of the Atlanta, Birmingham and Atlantic railroad last evening evidently hand't heard of Judge Jones injunction. al be was not in the least bit restrained Tn ms burglary. HE lut udi Ncl out of the depot and leaving it with the tickets intact some distance from the building A very small sum of money was obtained. and money seemed to be what the thief was after During the sweltering month of Au gust just seventeen couples were mar ried in this county, all of them belong ing to the Caucasian race. Sveen col ored couples was the total hymenial score for the same time. A negro does not think of any other form of bliss during the watermelon season. William Costner. on the Warwick farm, three miles from the city. has tn irty-seven acres in cotton upon which he will produce thirty-seven bales. Also twenty-three acers of corn calculated to yield forty bushels per acre-some acres of the tract will produce as high as eighty bushels.