The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-19
NEGRO " BADLY CUT
YOUNG WHITE AAN IH rIoirr WITH . BLACK.
San Haxr1sen Drsught Near te Death by Woun0-yax1ous NewU of
 DemoDol1s-aaver Trn0e ,N On IneRoose. .

DemopoIis. March 1s-tHpeciai.)-- | On Wednesday Sam P. Harrison, who is in the livery business with his fath- CT. cut a negro. Henry Powell. in the throat. near the 1uguiaf vein. and the negro narrowly escaped death. He bled profusely. but he was carried to a physician near >by who promptly stopped the bleeding. and 1t is thought l that the negro will recover From what>can be gathered from witnesses. Mfr. Harrison went to Coats stable in shop. where the negro. Henry. Powell. | is the striker ." Harrison scolded him severely for going into his yard and flirting and courting with his negro servant, and ordered the negro to keep on his premises. It is said the negro replied that he would not, and some words passed be- tween Mir. Harrison and the negro. and Mfr. Harrison took offense and said to the negro that he strongly intimated that he (Harrison)t had He'd.
 Thereupon Mir. Harrison jumped on Prowell and cut him in the throat with knife. The above particulars were obtained by eye-witnesses. It 10 be- lieved cby eye witnesses that the ne- gro will recover. MT. Harrison was released on a $500 bond. after having
 
 Little John Daniel, son of Mir. Rob- ert W. Lipscomb. engineer at the De- mopolis Ice and Cold Storage plant. who has been confined to his bed, for several months. and who was carried to Atlanta last week for medical treat ment. died in that city Tuesday and the remains reached Demopolis Thurs day morning and were inferred in the Glover Cemetery. The following were the pail bearers: Norman BreitlinE. Clarence Armstrong. George Phares and Stanton Mckinley.
 Judge E. S. Cornish has moved into his new residence which he recently purchased from w. 1T. Welch on Wal nut Street. and N. L. Powe now oc- cupies the residence he purchased from Judge Cornish on Jackson Street.
 The steamer New Haven arrived at this wharf Wednesday afternoon. ngne 1000 sacks of cotton seed for the Leder oil Mills. This is the second shipment of seed that the New Haven has brought to Demopolis this week. she also had quite a number of pas sengers and other freight
 The steamer Hard Cash came down the Tombigbee River Tuesday. and re- ports a high river. and that there is A large body of water yet to come. Af- ter several hours ston at this wharf the boat departed for Mobile.
 The river rose during Tuesday night and Wednesday nearly three feet and I'D to Wednesday night was still slow ly rising Some of the oldest citizens say that the river has been higher at this time of year than she has been for a number of years.
 Rev. S. NJ. Dannelly. agent for the womans' College. will fill the pulpit at the Methodist Church next Sunday. Dr. Dannelly comes to fill the appoint ment of Rev. F. A. Dannelv. Presiding Elder of the Greensboro District. 4~
 Dr. l. c. Wilson, one of our prom inent physicians. who has been con- fined to his room for the mast three weeks. is much improved and soon will be himself again.
 The regular 'r.eetine of the Archiha Id Oracle Camp, No. 5s r. c. ". will be held at Demopolis on 1the second Tues day Tn April. At this meeting the l question of reunion of the Blua and Gray In the city of New York will be discussed.
 1 Travel on the rivers at this place seems to be quite on the increase. as Demopolis had mighty near all the steamboats that ply the river from here to Mobile. the John Quill. James T. Stap1es, Hard Cash, Mary Blees and New Haven at the wharf since Monday. l All of these eteamboats brought quite a lot of freight for this landing. as well as for the way landings between Mobile and Demorolis.
 Out of the receipts of cotton at this market for the season of 19oS-O9 there remains stored in the warehouse $500 1 bales of spot cotton.
 The recent cold wave and freeze in this section did not. 1t is thought. do much damage to early vegetables. The prospects for a good fruit crop are quite promising. providing that in the