The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-08-03
VAN PELT CENSURED
won PRETENDING NEGRO BRUTE
 AGAINST MOB.
q. st~.u~ Has Become The Feehns Thnf An Tnaepeadept Canaiasse Eo~ Sheriff Has Announeeo
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u...o,a August a--fSpecial) )--Ai- she,ssh he ia upheld in his action oy - If the best citizens of the city' gheriff James c. Van Pelt is eeins een- rured for defending the negro pF.sve or Shaw. Wednesday nigpt Iron 2 n arS
 So strong has become this feeling sN~t n~ irdependent candidate TOT shartff has announced. while petitions are being circulated requesting Y. -. Schad, until two years ago Cnlsi oa Police to become a candidate, ana et being signed by many; me pIs1sns shs sheriff was only nominated Tn the Democratic primaries for reelection month ago. and he received an over whalning majority. Many think that fhe sheriff ought not to have resisted the mob. as 1t caused the death of four citizens and wounding of many others some of whom may die.
 The sheriff, however. took deter mined stand the moment the mob ap- peared and demanded the prisoner He first pleaded for law and order, and when this failed he told the mob that to secure the prisoner they would pass over his dead body, and he did not at tempt to shield himself from fire when he did so. On the contrary he almost offered himself as A target, and that he was not killed is almost mystery. az the wall where he stood Is filled with bullets.
 Bare headed, in his shirt sleeves and with A Colts revolver in each hand he stood at the head of his deputies and defied the mob to enter the jail yard gate, although 1t had previously bean broken down That the mob respected his bravery and knew that he would defend his prisoner against all odds was shown by the fact that the members adopted different plan, that of climbing over the rear wall and bouncing upon him and his deputies, while they were watching the thous- ands congregated in front of the jail.
 PensaeoIa's New Hotel.
 A letter received this morning by Secretary F F. Bingham from Charles B. Hervey of Mobile, who is to operate Pensacola's half-miiiion dollar hotel, stated that Mir. Hervey will arrive In Pensacola tomorrow to meet with the stockholders of the Pensacola Hotel Co, which is composed of prominent cittzens of the city who are to finance the project.
 MT. Hervey will bring with him the preliminary plans of the hotel building. architects having been at work on them for several weeks. and if these are satisfactory to the stockholders and to Mir. Hervey they will be accepted and permanent plans drawn with whatever changes may be deemed necessary. Mir. Hervey has sighed 6 contract to lease the hotel for a period of fifteen years and to furnish it at a cost of not less than 4100.e00. and as the lease and terms are most satisfactory to the citizens putting up the money for the site and building 1t will not be long before the contract is awarded
 
 Purchases New Pump.
 4 three million gallon pump to add to the equipment of the municipal water works. which was taken over by the city a few weeks ago, has been purchased by the Board of Bond Trus- tees, which body has charge of the moneys derived from 1T ale of bonds and which was used in purchasing the plant.
 This pump, it is claimed. will fur nish a much better pressure than is now being furnished. as the present ones are of an old style and the two have a capacity of less than two mill lion gallons per day. But for the fact that the consumption of water is very small at night the two pumps could not even supply the ordinary demand for water. let alone that which would be necessary in case of big fire The pump has been purchased from the city of Delaware. and had been dis. carded by that city after a few years use. owing to the fact that a I2,o0a. : 000,0O0 capacity pump has been pur- chased. The pump originally cost ST. 900, but was purchased for S5.000 by the city.