The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-12-22
Thirty-three Negroes Are
Arrested.
NO MORE TROUBLE
EXPECTED IN MARENC0
Ernest Slade May Die Of Terrible
Wounds.
one OF the sIayers of Levi. !. san II
Large--coloneI Carter and
sheriff Grant Are In
oA.rss Of the
village.

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Magnolia, Dec. 1.-(special.l Mag
noiia il quiet at late hour tonight
and the tense situation which has pre-
vailed here for forty-eisht hours has
been somewhat relieved BY the arrival
Of the National Guardsmen from Sell
ma.
while Colonel J. q Carter. OF Sell
ma, who commands the soldiers. and
Sheriff w. s.. Grant. Of Marengo
County. who are In charge of the lit
tie village. express hopes that there
viii not be further trouble. the citi-
gems Of Magnolia and the surrounding
country do not share In their optim-
ism. Every family for miles here
abouts Is ON guard. Many neishhor-
hood parties have assembled at one
place SO as to better protect them,
selves in case of an uprising by the
negroes
But the stirring scenes which grew
put Of the murder near Lamison Sat-
urday night of young Algernon Lew
Is, member of popular family of this
section, have gone into history, and
with the protection afforded By the
soldiers. 1t is believed that this part
OF Marengo County viii resume Its
normal condition tomorrow and that
the peaceful farmers will turn their
attention to planning for the Christi
mastide.
Many Negroes Held.
hAfA
Clint Montgomery. the actual slayer
of young Lewis, Is dead ana his body
incinerated in the house of an aged
Negro woman near The edge os the
i village. Fletcher and Shelly MONT
gomery. believed to be accosnpiiaas qg
clint montgomery, are n jail at LIN
den; VIII Montgomery. third accom-
piice. Is at large with an eager posse
Of white men on his tran under the
direction Of Sheriff Grant; the Selma
soldiers are guarding the negfoes un-
der arrest as well as protecting the
townspeopie from am invasion by
armed negroes. This is the situation
at a late hour tonight--at an hour
wheh Magnolia people who are usual
ly abed. are as wide awake as the
heart OF Montgomery.
Magnolia is a typical black belt vii
laEe. It's people are peaceful law
abiding and quiet. Even now they do
not relish the limslight of publicity
into which the town has stepped.
Magnolia lie in the extreme eastern
= edge of Marengo. county. It isreach-
ed by q winding road which runs
from Lamison In wilcox County. SIX
miles away.
The party of soldiers from Selma
reached Gamison about 5 O'Clock this
afternoon. Colonel Carter was In
command and the other Officers are
Capt. A e. Purviance and Laeutenants
Volts. Scott and Jones.
siade May Die.
When the soldiers marched down
the road towards Magnolia they met
wagon bearing the wounded body
OF Ernest Slade, who was so seriously
hurt yesterday when the negro Clint
Montgomery fired into the posse which
surrounded him In a negro hut Slade
is terribly wounded about the face.
II he lives he may lose his eyesight
and his teeth are shot out. He was
taken to his home in Lamlson, &C.
companisd by surgeons His death
would fan the countryside into q fury
and might bring tronble for the sol
diers to quejl
The other wounded men are ct
Magnolia they are =. W. Shields.
Tom Lindsey and 3. 9. Carlton. They
y, greatest sufferer o. the three.
T.. Colonel Carter and his party
Wound, upon their arrival at Magnolia
that Sheriff Grant had precedea them
many hours and that he had firm
grasp on the situation. As soon as
Sheriff Grant locked sthe keya upon
4 his two prisoners In the Jail at Ln-
Magnolia, q distance of eighteen
miles This was late last night
Meanwhile his deputies had arrested
every negro who had had iany con-
nection with the MontGomery's or who
was reported to have made threats.
Tonight -thirty-three negroes are held
here. They are confined In a store
house and their alarm is apparent.
Sentries ON Guard.
Soon after the soldiers arrived SEN
tries were thrown about this store
house and they will remain there
throughout the night. There will be
no sleep for the officers or the men
They are alert and the citizens OF
Magnolia have been assured that they
will be protected
1--WE do not expect any further
trouble" said one of the officers tc
The Advertiser man. THE death OF
Mr. slade or the capture Of the fourth
montgomery negro might arouse the
people. but lawlessness would be pre-
vented. We do not expect any attack
h., the negroes Indeed, 1t is probable
that reported attacks by negroes have
been exaggerated.
This section for miles around was
s,irred this morning by reports that
5. tha negroes were planning to attack
the town tonight, burn the residences
ana murder every white person they
antiv well founded and by 8 O'Clock
This afternoon. Magnolia was Allied
with armed white men and a serious
clash with the negroes was imminent
Tells Of q Plot.
Last night Sam Shields. relative
Of p. w. Shields. one OF the fouf
white men shot by Clint Montgomery
yesterday, reported that he overheard
number Of negroes plotting sys-