The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-10-21
BACK FROM GREENSBORO
soLDTERs RETURN WITH THE CON-
 vICTED NEGRO.
Zoe McDaniels for Second Tine is Sem tenced ts De Heneed---News
 of Central City.

Selma. Oct. 2o.-( .J-The Ab- pott Rifies, under command of Captain B. A. Purviance. returned home this morning from Greensboro where they were ordered yesterday afternoon by AdJutant General Bibb Graves to pro- tect the negro. Joe McDaniels. who was tried for the murder of ex-Sherin Rob- ert W. Drake. of Hale County. at Laneville last November.
 On the same train with the Abbott Rifles oficers of Hale County brought to Selma the negro who was foun guilty of the murder of Mir. Drake and sentenced to die.
 Upon the arrival of the negro here he was taken to the Dallas County jail hcers took him to Birmingham where he will be kept until few days before the execution of sentence.
 Ed Howard. another negro. who ts under the death sentence for the mur- der of Mir. Drake, was carried to Bir- minsham yesterday afternoon for safe- keeping. .
 The members of the Abbott Rifies >camped in front of the jail ct Greens Soro last night. Theft arrival h Greensboro last night caused consider. able surprise. The members of the company state that they heard very little talk of lynchfng.
 2. sec.na Day's s~ssisn. ! The womans Missionary Society oi 4he Tuscaloosa Presbytery convened al the Broad Street Presbyterian Church this morning at 10 o'clock for the sec ond days session. After convening the Executive Committee went Into ses- pion.
 The convention was opened at 11:ao o'clock with devotional exercises which was conducted by Mrs. T F.. Hooper and after which the minutes were read end the roll called and the reports ol the different societies were made. This was followed by report of the Synod teal Union which was made by Mrs. c. W. Hooper.
 A paper on the Methodist Training School wassread by Mrs. A. l.. Mcleod and Mrs. J NJ. Bates as Secretary of the Young Peopless Society then made her report. The morning session came to .clo5e after an address on Missions by Mrs. D. D. Little. of Tuscaloosa.
 The final session of the meeting be- gan at o'clock this afternoon and the devotional exercises were conduct ed by Mrs. J. A. Rountree. An inter- esting paper on -"Missions to Italians in Ensley," was then read by Mrs. H. c. Kegley. which was followed by . round table discussion.
 A paper on What are We Doing to Reach the Neglected in Our Midst?.' was read by Mrs. M. Garrett and q memorial on Mrs. McKinnon was read by Mrs. J. H. Sofnerville.
 After the election of officers and the hearing of reports of various commit eees the sessions adjourned. ~
 The society adjourned this afternoon after a most successful convention. The invitation of Greensboro was accepted and the next annual convention will be held there.
 The following officers were elected for the ensuing term: Mrs. F. c. Rail- ey, Selma. president; Mrs. c. ". Hoop CT, Selma. first vice president; Mrs J D. Snedicor. Tuscaloosa. second vice president: Mrs. Walter Huston. Selma secretary and tresurer: Miss Wyman Tuscaloosa, corresponding secretary Mrs, ]. M Bates. Selma, secretary Young Peoples Society.
 Publicity Committee Busy.
 The publicity committee of the anti amendment rally which will be held in Selma next Wednesday, when Hon Frank Moody and s. ]. Bowie and Col. E. L.. Russell will address the voters of Central Alabama, has been working hard. ana itfts expected that bygFriday night practically every citizen of Gen. atfal Alabama will know of the speak ing in Selma and of the cheap rates on the railroads.
 1. Entertainments of the speaking and cheap rates on the railroads have been gent to the weekly press In eleven counties in this section of the state. The speaking will take place at the corner of Broad and Alabama Streets at 12 o'clock and the large number of visitors who will come to Selma on that occasion can leave for their homes on the afternoon trains.
 Two Games This Week. -
 The football eleven of the Selma Military Institute is putting in several hours practice each day for the tive games. which they will play this week On Friday they will play a game with a fast eleven from Pensacola and on saturday afternoon a game will be player with a Meridian eleven. It is expected that large crowd will wit ness both of these games.
 Marriage of Miss Herxfeid and Mfr