The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-04-06
TWO DROWNED BY
 CAPS|zED BOAT. Negroes In Surveying Party
 Lose Their Lives ALIBl IS SUCCESSFUL Young Man Charged With Stealing cottonIs Acquitted-canddates
 for Sheriff Are Becoming
 Very Numerous.

Talladega, April 5.-(Special) 1.-Two per- sons were drowned by the capsizing of a boat in Chocolocco creek at Jackson s shoals late Saturday evening. A party has been surveying for the Alabama Light and Power company, which corpor- ation owns an electric plant at that point nine miles from Talladega, for some weeks past, and having finished their work they were crossing the creek to return to camp with four men, surveying instruments and tools in the boat The crude fiat boat was obviously too heavi- ly laden, and the men were uneasy, es- pecially as the crossing was being made above the dam in water 20 feet deep.
 Three of the men were standing While Charley Davis, a white man, was sitting in the stern of the boat using the oar, one of the party who was standing made a mis-step, or staggered, which induced the boat to tip bit, and ship a small quantity of water. This frightened the other men, who started to the stern of the boat and Davis sprang out into the water, followed by all the occupants of the boat. The two negroes struck inc water near together, only one of them being able to swim, and he was con- vulsively seized by the other one, and both sank together. Davis swan to the bank. His white companion had seized an overhanging limb, and was rescued by Davis. The bodies of the two negroes. Frank Kidd and Charles Johnston, were recovered during the night
 The case against Bud Thompson. who lives in the eastern part of the county. occupied two and one-half days of the criminal court, resulting late Saturday afternoon in verdict of not guilty. Some one sold to a local merchant stolen bale of cotton and Bud Thompson was indicted as the person who stole the cotton. Thompson's defense was an alibi and that it was a case of mistaken identity.
 The Talladega Hardware company will move into it's added quarters Monday. The remodeled stores are commodous and handsome, occupying floor space 50 feet by 125 feet, three stores. All the ar arrangements of the double stores are mod ern and convenient. Dwight Boynton, the head of the firm, is one of the youngest business men in the state, but his success has proved his ability. The firm does both a wholesale and retail business. Dr. Edward Thomson, representing the Sunday League of America, lectured at each of the various church, Baptist Methodist and Presbyterian, yesterday. pr. Thomson spoke to large audiences. as everybody goes to church on Sunday in Talladega ordinarily, and on a pleas ant day and special occasion the wives make the husbands go. He is an inter- esting speaker and was heard with much pleasure. The lid is always screwed tightly on in this city on Sunday it be- ing impossible to buy .cocola-cola, or soda | water, but Dr. Thomson"s lectures gave l the lid an additional twist
 | Countwy politics is beginning to thaw ] indeed there are symptoms of rising tenn l perature. The sheriffs office has de- | veloped yearning on the part of a num- l Der of fine men AS probable candidates | for sheriff there is mention of Deputy Sheriff J. B. Edwards, Deputy Otweli. | Policeman John H. Thweatt, Representa- | tive J. Henry Lawson County Surveyor 1 B. H. Ogletree, Wallace Boaz of Childers- l burg, Policeman Cornett of Sylacauga. 1 and w. R. Buchanan of Talladega The sheriff's office pays about $500 to 5000 per | year.