The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-09-27
Collecting Street Tax.

fui and nainstaking in the efforts to se- cure the name of those subject 10 street tax and they have succeeded !, acta@y. two ,nn;,. sand five hundred and forty-two per SC ms.
 who have heretofore avoided all taxa tion as we'll as prosecutoin under the warrant laws and great good will un- dOubtedly be derived from that source, as the negroes Will either nave 70 aaDor 'r ten days or pay the tax which amounts to 8. The revenue derived from the en- forcement must be applied to the im- orovement of Selma's streets and can not be used for any other purpose.
 Members of the city's Fire Department as we'll as the State Militia were includ- ed in the list of names made up by the will be reduced about 15O when the fore men of the various fire companies hand in their lists of membership to the street tax collector. This Eeductic1, however. law which would produce a revenue of $,176, or a sufficient amount to pave with Belugium blocks one block of the
 Members of the State Militia companies are seeking to be exempted from the | payment of this tax, and as the two l Selma companies have a combined mem, bership of nearly two hundred, a still | further reduction of $500 must be counted when computing the cash which will be available after January l for street pur- noses. but ever then ndnUSUuit EtNchuc will be derived under the new law. Personal and Otherwise. The contractors at the Louisville and Nashville bridge. have completed a new | derrick boat and resumed the work of driving piles for a coffer dam yesterday. The river is falling and the work Will proceed rapidly unless some unforeseen circumstance prevents. Mir Harry C. Ruth. who has been slightly i'll for several days at his home | on West Alabama Street. has~[ecovered and was able to be on the streets yes- terday.
 MT. John Kerr. one of the popular To- | cal employees of the Southern. is conva- lescent after short illness. Miss Waller, a beautiful belle of Pine Apple. passed through Selma yesterday en route to Flarion. Va. where she will visit relatives and friends While here Miss Waller was the guest of the family | of Mir. Nat Waller. who Is her relation.
 MT. R. F. King of Faunsdale passed through the city yesterday en route to Richmond, Va, where he goes on busi-
 ness trip He will return in about two weeks.
 Miss Caroline Cater, the accomplished daughter of Mir. George W. Cater, who has recently been visiting relatives in | Tennessee, left yesterday for Meridian, Miss. where she now resides with rela- tives.
 Miss Ida Marten, who has been the charming guest of Miss Leila Jaens for the past two weeks. leaves tomorrow af- Marten was the object of much social | attention during her visit, and by her | amiabflity of character won many ad- | mirers during her stay in Selma. 
 MT. B. B. Turner of Camden waa among yesterdays visitors to the Central City.
 Capt J. T. Triller, a prominent saw mill man of Monroe County, was in Selma yesterday.
 The agricultural regions were we'll rep resented on the streets of Selma yester-
 day.
 Misses Sadie Crum, Annie Coleman
 and May Hawthorne, all of Pine Apple, are visiting the family of Hon. William | w. Burns on Lauderdale Street.
 Misses Lee Grimes and Bertha Ramsay. | two charming young wcmen and leaders
 in the social set Of Pine Apple, passed | through Selma yesterday en route to
 Tuscaloosa, where they will enter school.
 Among the students of the Judson In- stitute, Marion, who passed through Sell l ma yeSIeGudy, were R1lSSGS 1Lclld dIlQ
 Marie Melton, Belle Brown and Ada Hawthorne of Pine Apple. While in Sel- ma, this coterie of charming girls were entertained by Hon. W. w. Burns's fam fly.
 Hon. H. s. D. Mallory has returned from Asheville. N. c.
 MT. F. Snead Mayes, the noted planter of Martin Station, was here yester- day.
 Dr. J. M. Thomas of Marion, formerly a resident of Stafford, in this county, and Mrs. Elisa Wright of the same city were married Tuesday in Birmingham.
 Mir. John B. Erwin. who, two years ago. was connected with the Mobile and Birmingham Railroad freight office in this city and was then transferred to Birmingham, arrived here yesterday, hay ing accepted a position under Capt. J. M.
 Bridges of the Southern. OPEN AGAIN.
 Our dining room will be open Mon day, Sept. 30.
 Bastiani 6 Cassimus, St. 10 Dexter Ave.