The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-14
NEGROES WITH GUNS ROB COUNTRY STORE Only Proprieter'S Wife Present
 At the Time ONLY ONE IS CAPTURED Political Outlook In Dallas County and Selma Is Reviewed-Many Can
 didates May Enter the
 Field.
ONLY ONE IS CAPTURED

Selma. January 19-(Special) = This
 morning near Sards, about eight miles south of Selma, two negroes entered the store of John F. Smith, while only Mrs.
 Smith was present, and, at the point of | pistols, helped themselves to the con l tents of the cash drawer and to all the | tobacco and other articles that caught l their fancy.
 1 Upon their departure, the alarm was given and Messrs. Norman Stanfel and J W. R. Wood, Jr., started in pursuit of
 the two negroes. They overlook them at
 what is known as the Richmond Cross- l ing, about two miles south of Berlin. One
 of the negroes they captured, the other
 made break for liberty, and was shot l at by his pursuers. Finding that he was
 being gained upon by the two men, the
 fleeing negro shucked his overcoat and
 made his escape. In the pocket of the
 overcoat was found quantity of to-
 bacco and other articles taken from the
 store, and there was also found just
 above the pocket three bullet holes from
 the buckshot that had come from one
 of the guns of the pursuers.
 In the pockets of the negro that was
 captured there was found sS20 which was
 taken from MT. Smiths store.
 Politics In Dallas.
 Selmians are beginning to sit up and
 take notice politically. There has, of
 course, been dormant considerable politics
 for some time. It is ever thus in Dallas l county and the city of Selma, but the
 campaign for municipal and county of 1 fees is on the verge of coming to a head.
 and various candidates will soon be crop
 ping out.
 In the county there will be a warm con-
 test for the tax collectors office. c. P.
 Morrison, the present tax collector who
 was appointed to fill the unexpired term
 of his father by Governor Johnson in 1893
 has held the office for two full additional l terms, and is not candidate for re-elec- ! ton. G. c. Phllipps, chief clerk in MT.
 Morrison's office, is the only avowed candidate, though there are others men,
 toned. Among the latter is J. Hooper { Adams and J. J. Babcock. There will be i others before the day of the primary, so. l it is stated.
 ! For tax assessor, J. H. Lumpkin the
 present encumbent, has served two full
 terms, having been elected to the office
 after having served four year as sheriff.
 He defeated T. w. Barker who had been
 assessor for two terms on the l third term idea. Whether he will be
 candidate not for the third term is not
 positively known.
 | n
 loway will be reelected without opposi-
 ton. He has made a splendid officer, is exceedingly popular, a teacher, and it is
 not thought he will have opposition.
 The city election will, perhaps, attract
 more attention than the county contest. 1 Selma, for the past eight years, has named direct all of it's municipal officers. l The new municipal code puts this duty | into the hands of the city council. The
 plan proposed is for primary election | to be held for mayor and councimen
 some time within the next few months. ! These officers are to be elected in Sep
 tember, but they do not go into office un-
 til the following May. It is proposed to have the city executive committee pledge l the members of the council that they will request a primary to nominate to them
 the other city officers Under this plan
 another primary would be held about next | January for the officers that are to be
 elected by the council after they take | their oaths of office in May, 1909. | All in all there are plenty of politics
 ahead of the people of Selma and Dallas county.
 I
 Death of U. T. kenan, ST. | At the Union street hospital last night occurred the death of U. T. Kenan, Sr.,
 one of the oldest citizens of Dallas coun- I ty. He lived near Portland in the south ern part of the county practically all Of
 his 80 years of life, and was picturesque | character as well as highly esteemed 1 citizen. Friday, in walking across the l floor, he fell and dislocated his hip, being | brought to the city Saturday and car | red to the hospital. At his age, it was | feared that he would not survive the | shock, and this sad fact proved only l too true.
 1 MT. Kenan was of that faithful band | of democrats of Dallas county and the | Black Belt, known as one of the Boys in ] the Trenches He was a democrat of the 1 black belt kind and no higher compliment 1 could be paid to his memory. In the old l convention days he was a regular at | tendant at county gatherings, and often l went as delegate from Dallas to the l state convention, where with his long, 1 flowing white beard and white hair, he | appeared as a conspicuous figure. He is | survived by two sons, U. T. Kenan, Jr. ] and J. H. Kenan. The remains were car | red to Portland where the funeral took 1 place this afternoon.
 Negro Shanty Burned. 1 In addition to the destruction of the | beautiful home of E. D. Eliasberg Sun | day morting about 1 o'clock, the fire | fend got in it's work on a negro shanty | ir the western part of the city about | o'clock, keeping the fire department on | the move practically all of the time after | the midnight hour.
 Escaped Murderer Caught. | Decatur January 13.-(Special.)-A dep- uty sheriff left here this morning for Cairo, Ill.,, after Jim Parrish, who was arrested there. Parrish, who is a negro,