The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-28
CLAYTON HAS WILD WEST EXPERIENCES Bravado Pistol Shooting.
 Fights and Runaways
 Furnish Excitement

Clanton, March 27-(Special,) )-Clanton has experienced a week of more or less excitement some of which has bordered upon tragedy.
 Last Thursday an altercation took place in the dining room of the local hotel between two men of Clanton which was the talk of the town for several days. Before this had died down the proprie- tor the the Pastme pool parlor and an employe engaged in heated controversy and during the war of words a pistol was drawn and pair of good stout shoes were made to play an active part.
 Scarcely had this mimic war been quelled before another fisticuff took place on the principal street of the town be- tween the son of the local restaurant proprietor and one of the guests. It seems that the young man was acting as cashier for his father during the rush hour of the evening; two young men walked in more or less intoxicated and ordered lunch. Having completed their meal they went to the cashier to settle when one of the young men made most insult ing remark to the cashier. For the time being this remark was allowed to pass unnotlced as the place was then crowded with diners After the rush the young restaurant man accosted his former gues on the streets and asked him if he had
 intended the insulting remarks made in the restaurant for him. The young man said that his remarks could be construed just as the other pleased, whereupon the restaurant man proceeded without delay to batter up the face of his insulter
 When he was released from the grasp of the restauranteur he "burned shuck' toward the east end of town.
 Several hours later the restaurant man went to his home to retire for the night going into his mothers room to secure the light in hand gun was fired, some of the shots striking near him. Think ing that it was a stray shot from some wanderers gun he paid no attention to it until, having entered his bed room a mother shot was fired directly at him. Ther he quickly eXtinguished the light and went to the front of the house to make investigations, but all the evidence obtainable was the form or fapldiy disappearing man.
 Sunday night an unfortunate run away occurred in the western part of the county, which came near terminating seriously for two of Clanton's most re- spected citizens. Dr. Arthur Johnson had a call to the country to attend patient and was accompanied. by his wife on the trip. The duties of the hour being performed they started home ward when the horse attached to their buggy gave a sudden lunge, throwing the buggy against q nearby stump and completely demolishing the vehicle. The horse plunged for some moments, but Dr. Johnson succeeded in extricating his wifo from the wreckage without bruise or a scratch. A second buggy was se- cured from a neighboring home and the homoward trip continued. Within a hundred yards of the first accident an other post was struck and the axle to the second buggy broken in two. Again the occupants of the buggy succeeded in escaping before any serious damage was done further than the breaking of the buggy The telephone was then called into acquisition and a team from q local stable ordered out. Dr. John sen feels that he was particularly for tunate in escaping without injury to his wife or himself.