The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-07-18
SHOT BY JAMES PosLEx NEAR
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Cornerstone of the New Methodist Church in Selma Is Laid-In- clement Weather Curtailed
 the Program.
Advertiser Bureau.

This morning while J. T. Carter of Perry County. was coming to Selma. hs fas met in the road by James Posley, who shot him three times with pistol. Carter pulled an old unloaded pistol on Posley who went off and got his pistol and overlook the wagon and eommenc- ed to shoot. Carter was hit In the hand. arm and side but 1t is not known how serious his injuries are. He is at the City Infirmary.
 The program of laying the corner stone of the Church Street Methodist Church was cut short yesterday after noon by a high wind. accompanied by rain. Happy Harry" the little blind boy from Summerfield, had just depos- ited a history of the Symmetrical Dr. phanage in the corner stone. when the rain dispersed the crowd. Dr. Mo- Perrin of Birmingham. did not get to deliver his address, as he was last on the program. An interesting history of the church, and incidentally of Nethodism iu Central Alabama. was read by Mrs. cerola McGuire Baker.
 The Selma Elks are making great preparations for the game of ball with the Demopolis Elks, which comes on 1T at 4:S0, They have received their sweaters by express and a man has presented them with fiashy baseball caps. Over 300 tickets were sold yes terday and the crowd that will turn out will be tremendous. The lineup of the Demopolis team has not been re- ceived, but 1t Is said thak Judge Prow- ell. the Probate Judge of Marengo, will be in the box for the Demopolis Elks. He is said to be the greatest left handed pitcher in the Canebrake and promises to win the game for De- mopolis.
 The Elks' ball game Is all the talk in the city today. Tickets are going fast, and as the proceeds are to go to a benevolent object, a tremendous crowd is expected to be out to see the Demop- oils and Selma Elks cross bats. There are no professional players on either side, and a lot of amusment will be furnished the hundreds who will so out to see the game.
 A couple of weeks ago Policeman Seay found an alligator about a foot long in the gutter in front of his house. Yesterday afternoon while a crowd of children were playing in the back
 
 gator about that size was discovered. and the children immediately proceeded to make a plaything of 1t. Nobody knows where these gators came from. It is surmised that the swamps of Blue Glrth have dried out and that the little baby aligators are going south to md water, and in going through the city fail to conceal themselves properly in the day time and are thus captured.
 W B. Terhune of New Orleans, who represents the Western of Alabama in that city, came in this morning and is paying his old friends a flying visit
 Capt. A. P. Howison of Randolph Is a visitor to Selma today.
 L. G. 2. Baker of Norfolk. Va. is on a visit to his old home here.
 News reached Selma this morning of the death of the 7-months-oid child of MT. c. c. Seals at Wilsonville. Mir. Seals is a brother of s. F. and A. H. Seals of Selma.
 Miss Mary Haralson has gone to Montgomery to spend Q few days with relatives.
 Mir. and Mrs. Reese Dudley of Lowndes County spent the day in the city.
 Mrs. Paul Anderson, who Is i'll with typhoid fever, was carried to the Sana- "a rium vesterday.