The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-08-28
HAPPENINGS INMA
 The CENTRAL CITY

has evidently believed all that has
 been written an1 telegraphed away
 from here about the discovery of oil,
 has run the price of his property up
 from y1. 300 to S2,500, and says he may
 consider a proposition to sell at tne
 latter figiire. but to telegraph him If
 the latter figure is offered, before the
 trade is closed. The owner of that
 piece of property will be cast down 1T he finds out that there is no oil m Sei-
 ma. There is a possibility of oil beng found beneath Selma. but a bare pos sibility. The representative of The Ad- yertiser here will keep the public ap- prised of the oil situation and what one sees in the Selma department of this paper can be depended upon as facts.
 Little Local Paragraphs. A. M. Scott of Headiand. Henry County, Chairman of the Committee on Work. and Grand Lecturer Of the
 Masonic fraternity of Alabama, Is in the city. - Captain William Smoke, Sanitary Officer. is after those persons who pull down the flags when they have scarlet fever at their homes. There is pen alty against taking down these sig nals and the public will back Captain Smoke in enforcing law that VIII help prevent some innocent person
 from catching the disease. During the first half of September Rev. F. c. Carleton of the Lafayette Souafe Baptist Church, St. Louis, Mo-. will supply the pulpit of the First Bap- list Church of this city. MT. Carleton
 comes highly recommended as
 preacher of power and eioouence.
 Jesse Beach. the negro who was killed
 at Berlin by George Huater, coioreo,
 had S60 in money and ape gold watch in his. pocket Beach boisted that ne
 was wanted near Memphis for killing
 a white man and white woman. Master Charles Eyster. one of the
 pages in the Constitutional Convention, after a visit of a week to hts little friend. Henry Reese, left this afternoon for Montgomery to resume his duties in the Convention tomorrow. The horse attached to the laundry
 wagon of Sim Watts ran away yester- day afternoon and damaged the vehicle considerably. Fortunately MT. Watts was not hurt.
 Mrs. Emma Wilson and son, St. John, and Miss Emma Thompson of Mobile.
 stopped over in the city day or so. the guests of Mrs. McKinnon, while en route to the Buffalo Exposition. Dr. A. J. Dickinson and family left today for his future home In Birmipg- ham.
 E. P. Lacy came n yesterday from his fathers country residence in Burns
 vile beat. Mrs. Lacy and the children are still there.
 Mrs. J. W. Donnegay and children have returned from a visit or some
 weeks to West Point. Ga. Several friends of Miss Louise Don- ner are speaking of pushing her claims
 for Queen of the Street Fair. Miss Nina Lamar left this afternoon for Newberne to spend week with
 Miss Mamie Pollard.
 Mrs~yy. K. Chapman and children of Mckinley. are the guests of the family of Dr. John Chapman of this city. Mrs. T. L. McGnI has gone to Louis
 vile. Ky, her old home, to spend SIX
 weeks with relatives.
 Hon. J. Craig Smith. State Treas urer. passed through the city today to see what damage the recent storms have done to his plantations in west Dallas.
 The Y. M. c. A. ball team will play
 two games with the Marion Junction
 team Thursday next. They will be giV-
 en a barbecue while there.
 Dr. J.. A. Gilmore, delegate to the Constitutional Convention from Clarke County. passed through the city today on his way back to Montgomery.
 Rev. w. T. Hurt will address the
 mems meeting at the Y. M. c. \. hall tomorrow night at o'clock. W. A. Carter of Thomasville' was ih the city today.
 c. c. Prowell of Dayton, m In the city. cratic ouarrels in New York are far
 more dangerous to Hills ambitions
 Ahan his former position on the
 Inc me f4x or the certainty that sucn