The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-30
HUNTSVILLE QUITE
 ADOPTION MARKET New York Firm Sends
 Buyer There BIG POLL TAX PAID Tuberculosis Day" Observed in Hunts yille-Sent to Jail for Making Re- marks About Jury-Desperado
 Dead-Quiet Wedding
BIG POLL TAX PAID

Huntsville, October 2s.-- Special )- New York and Philadelphia, have en- tered the Huntsville cotton market and have placed a buyer here The com petition between the various buying houses is keen and those who sell cot ton in this market will be assured of the best prices of any inland market in this section.
 Al a special meeting of the Cham Der of Commerce a resolution was adopted providing for giving the widest publicity to the fact that Huntsville's market for cotton is among the best.
 The special meeting of the Cham ber of Commerce was called for ths purpose of giving the moral support of the organization to the committees that will have charge of arrangements for the annual state Sunday school convention in April. State Secretary Palmer was in attendance and will re- port at the next meeting of the exec utive committee of the association that Huntsville will be ready to entertain the thousand or more delegates who will attend the convention.
 Tuberculosis Day" Observed
 Many of the preachers of Huntsville preached on tuberculosis in their pull pits Sunday and urged that concerted action be taken for the prevention of the disease in this locality.
 Made Remarks About Jury
 Charged with making disparaging remarks about the grand jury after being before them and within the hearing of the foreman, Bill Lee, a well known citizen of Hurricane, was sent to Jail late yesterday. Judge Bal lentine instructed the sheriff to keep him until he got sober and then bring him back to court.
 Law and equity court is now en- gagged in the trial of criminal cases with jufies. Bill Tatum was convicted of stealing a COW and sentenced to two years in the coal mines Charles Brown was sentenced to two years at hard labor for cutting off a negros hand. Council Mcdonnell was given six months and fined $50 for assault on his wife with a gun and Dan Pointer, after pleading guilty to a charge Of assaulting Deputy Sheriff Christo Rob- inson, was fined $500 and sentenced to six months at hard labor.
 Desperate Dead
 Percy Bransford, a negro, died in the county jail last night from wounds re- ceived at the hands of Deputy Sher- ifs Robinson and Pierce, who shot him Friday night when he resisted arrest. Bransford had become known as a des- perado and had served five terms in the coal mines as q county convict. The officers were looking for him to serve a warrant for assault with in fe nj la r1AtI ar ttb ra sisted.
 Dies in Mississippi
 Alex Oliver, formerly of Huntsville, is dead at Okolona, Miss, after an ill- ness of several weeks. He is survived by his widow. formerly Miss Rena Leary of Huntsville, and one small child.
 Quiet Wedding Albert Watkins, a well known young druggist of this city, and Miss Mat tic Lee Strong, one of the most pop ular girls of the younger set, were niarried this afternoon at o'clock at the home of the brides parents. Mr. and Mrs Mastin Strong. The we'd ding was attended by small company of relatives and intimate friends. Mr. Watkins and bride departed immedi 1 ately for Atlanta, where they will spend 10 days of their honeymoon.
 Big Poll Tax
 The largest poll tax ever paid in this county was collected yesterday in the Madison precinct by Deputy Tax Col lector Gardiner The citizen was de- linquent from 1901 and the tax, which was paid for the privilege of being a voter in the approaching election, came to SIS.
 Wanted in Tennessee
 NToc vi IA for the murder of an ex-sherin sey eral years ago, was arrested on Wash ington street in this city city last night and is held for the Nashville author