The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-03-10
AFTERMATH OF AN
 ALABAMA FEUD
Friends of Turner's and HoI-
 lands Form Battle Line
TURNER BOYS ARRESTED
Bascom Turner Gives Himself Up to Officers and BIoodshed Is Possibly Averted-Hls Brother Thomas
 Was Arrested Yesterday.

Decatur. March 9.-(Special 1.-The sur render of Bascom Turner yesterday to an officer no doubt prevented bloodshed of the most serious nature between the Turner's and Hollands in Lawrence coun- ty, near Caddo postoffice.
 On Saturday J. ". Turner and two sons, Bascom and Tom, were tried at Caddo before Justice w. F. Berry on the charge of having cut the wire fences of w. F. Holland and trespassed on his farm. After the trial dispute arose in the court room and resulted in the stabbing to death of Walter Holland, the serious cutting of his father, W. F. Hol- land, and the crushing of J. w. Turner's head with revolver
 Yesterday J. ". Turner was lying at his home suffering intense pain from the blow which he received on the head Sat urday when the news spread rapidly over the neighborhood that the Hollands and their friends were on their way to the Turner home to mob J. w. Turner. A crowd of Turner's relatives and friends soon gathered at the home and number of Hollands friends also assembled near by. After the killing Saturday Tom and Bascom Turner fled to parts unknown but yesterday in some way Bascom Tur- ner heard that the Hollands had threat ened his fathers life and he went home to find quite a crowd of both factions as sembled about the house and in the yard In the crowd was an officer, who de- manded Bascom Turner to surrender At first he was not inclined to do so, but his father told him 1t was best for him to surrender, that 1t would be the cause of preventing bloodshed. He did as his father directed and an officer carried him to Moulton. the county seat
 It is said that there would have been a desperate battle yesterday had not Bas- com Turner surrendered to the officers.
 Thomas Arrested.
 Thomas Turner was arrested today at the home of his father by Sheriff Can non and Deputy James Berryhill of Law renee county. He was taken to Moulton and placed in jail. Thomas quietly sub mitted to arrest when approached by the officers. It is the opinion of many that the killing of Walter Holland was pro- voked and that the Turner boys killed him to protect their father, whom Hol- land was abusing and threatening to shoot with a pistol, which it is said Hol- land had drawn.
 W. F. Holland, the father of Walter Holland, is much improved and it is now thought that he will recover. He was badly cut and stabbed by the Turner 6oh Go ner will also recover from the lick which he received over the head, it is said.
 The affair is one of the worst that has ever taken place in Lawrence coun- ty. Bad feeling has existed between the Hollands and the Turner's for a num- Der of years and trouble of serious nature between the two factions has been expected for some time. By many who know them best it is the belief that the worst has not yet come, and that trouble of a still more serious nature is liable to take place at any time.
 The feud between the two families had it's commencement some years ago when J. w. Turner bought a farm at mortgage sale which had formerly belonged to w. F. Holland, but had been mortgaged by him and sold under this mortgage. Matters between the two families since that time have grown from bad to worse and it is believed that the killing of Walter Holland last Saturday at Caddo will add fuel to the flames.
 Car of Eggs Shipped.
 A carload of eggs has just been shipped from Decatur to New York by Sherrill Bros, of Hartsele, this county. The eggs were shipped in a refrigerator car over the Southern railroad and are due to reach New York in AS hours after ship ment.
 The eggs are the product of Morgan county hens and were bought up by Sherrill Bros, at Hartselle. Messrs Sher- Till say that poultry raising in Morgan county is becoming to be a leading in dustry with the farmers and many of these Morgan county farmers say that there is more money to be made in sell ing chickens and eggs than there is in raising cotton for sale, even at 10 cents a pound.
 Stricken With Paralysis. D. J. Johnston, an aged and we'll known citizen of New Decatur, was stricken with paralysis yesterday and is now in a most serious condition, with but little hope of his recovery