The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-02-20
SELMA CITIZENS
 ARE DISCHARGED Held For Violation of State
 Game Laws LUMPKIN MAKES SPEECH Tax Assessor and Ex-sheriff Defends Himself and Friends Against the Charge of Violating Law
 He Advocated.
LUMPKIN MAKES SPEECH

Selma, February 19.-(Special) )-The
 three well known selmians who were ar
 rested a few days ago for alleged viola
 ton of the game laws in Marengo coun-
 ty had trial yesterday before Justice E. c. Woods at Consul. The citizens were M. R. Jones, Jr., Robert Childers and
 J. H. Lumplin the latter being tax assessor of the county. The offense as charged was hunting without permission of the landowner The Selmians claimed
 that they had permission, and that f
 they got on any land on which their per-
 mits were not good they did not know of 1t.
 There was quite sturn out of friends
 of the accused at the trial and Attor-
 neys Canterbury and Albrittain defend ed them. Tax Assessor Lumplkln ad- dressed the court in behalf of himself and his friends, and is said to have made an able argument. He stated to the court
 that he had been chief of police of Selma
 for P years, sheriff of the county for
 four years and tax assessor for eight
 years, that he had always been an ad- vocate of the enforcement of all laws, and that he had strongly favored the present game laws It was, therefore, mortifying to him to be hauled to court and charged with violating the very laws which he had strongly advocated He declared that he and his friends had not been guilty as charged and the evidence
 bore out the assertion. Justice Woods thereupon discharged the defendants. They all took dinner at the home of State Senator J. J. King near Consul, and re- port having had delightful day, the citizens of that section vieing with each other in showing them courtesies. Funeral of A. p. Leiser. Today at noon from St. Paul's Episco- pal chuch, occurred the funeral of Al bert P. Leiser, whose death occurred yesterday morning at local sanatorium
 A large number of citizens from Bowns, the lifelong home of the deceased, were present, as was a large concourse of Selma friends.
 Political Waters Stirred.
 The political waters have again been disturbed in municipal paffairs by the
 report that the friends of Mayor At
 kins are determined to run him for a fourth term, whether he wills it or not.
 MT. Atkins came out in @ card few days ago declining to be a candidate again, but his friends have announced him and positively refuse to allow his name to be taken out of the local paper. Several conferences have been held. look l ing to inaugu1ating a campaign for Mayor Atkins reelection and an address l is likely to be issued in a few days. Congressional Committee. It Is likely that the executive commit tee of the Fourth congressional district will be called to meet in few days. Let ters to the Dallas county members have been received from members In the north ern end of the district, asking what date
 would suit. The committee will likely meet in Anniston as 1t Is easier to reach. owing to the schedules, than perhaps a
 more centrally located place. It Is not likely that Congressman Craig, who is
 serving his first term, will have any nra1ancitinf