The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-03-08
TWENTY-SIX TRUE
 BILLS REPORTED
One of the Indictments Is for
 Retailing Liquor
HEAVY DEAL IN COTTON
Huntsville Firm Buys Three Thousand Bales in One Consignment Which is Biggest Transaction Since
 the War.

Huntsville, March 7.--(Special.) )-The Madison county grand jury has reported 26 true bills as the work of that body during the first week of the session.
 The first victim of the statewide pro hibition law in Madison county is George Spec<, a well-known farmer of the New market precinct. Speclx was indicted by the grand jury on several charges of re- taiing whisky and is now in jail here. ! It is claimed that Speck made threats to kill witnesses who appeared before the grand Jury and gave evidence against him.
 The Rev. F. L. Wear, the new pastor of the First Presbyterian church, U. S. A. preached his first sermons to his new congregation today and tonight. At the night service he was given a welcome by several of the other pastors of the city, no evening services being held in their churches. The Rev. Wear comes from Denton, Tex
 Knight, Yancey & Co.,, of Decatur, have purchased through their Huntsville agency, 5000 bales of cotton from J. E. Butler, a merchant and planter of New Hope. Madison county The price agreed upon as a basis of the sale is 9.4Oc. Counting the average weight of the bales at 800 pounds and the quality averaging middling MT. Buffers check will be for $14l 600. This is believed to be the largest single transaction in spot cotton made in this section since the Civil War. MT. Butler has frequnety sold 1000 and 15OO bales at a sale but this last sale breaks all records here
 The members of the Virginia Clay-Clop- ton chapter of the Daughters of the Con federacy, held their monthly meeting Sat urday afternoon with Mrs. Josh Brown. The business session was devoted to dis cussion of arrangements for the enter tainment of delegates who will attend the state convention here May l-13. Preparations are on foot to entertain the delegates with the characteristic hospital ity of the city. Members of all the several committees were urged to be pre- pared to do their share of the work.
 Tom Brown, the young man from Me Minnville, Tenn, who was arrested here on request of the sheriff of Warren coun- ty, was taken back to McMinnville yes- terday and lodged in jail. The charge against him is seduction and breach of promise. Brown spent several days in the city prison here and finally Sheriff Groves Tn person came down TOT nlH.
 A combination pea huller, feed and cab bage cutter and churn is the ingenious invention of S. M Stevens, well-known citizen of West Huntsville. MT. Stevens has recently patented the machine. It is to be operated by power from an en- zine or foot power and can be changed from performing one task to another without much trouble.
 Friends of Judge Hundley in this city are gratified at the announcement that President Taft has given him recess appointment to the federal judgeship. A term of federal court is scheduled to begin in Birmingham Tuesday.
 w. E. Lynskey has been appointed receiver for the Huntsville bakery, pend- ing the adjudication of the affairs of the proprietor, Stem, who has filed a volun- tary petition in bankruptcy.