The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-05-27
Local and Personal.

much and much good may be accom- piished thereby.
 ts Local and Personal Captain s. M. Kirkpatrick. memoer
 of the Dallas County Board of Revenue.
 who Is now at Tate for the benefit of his
 health. is not improving pr. kirkpat-
 rick, who went on there several days
 ago. is greatly improved
 A letter has been received from Hon. B. H. Craig, who is now in Mobile under the care of specialist, and 1t contains the. sratifyins information that he is get tinw along nicely. All hope to see MT. Craig entirely restored to health soon Confederate flags will be used in the decorations in Miss Mamie Wares de- partment of the public schools when they come to a close Wednesday night. The subject that will be handled by the chill federate flags will be very appropriate as decorations on that occasion. Dirt was broken this morning for new building between Robbins hardware store and the Pettus Battery armory. It will be 1sx5s feet. and will be used for law once by Colonel Quarles. - An efforts was made last week to in- duce L. w. Hubbard to run for member of the Board of Revenue. Later his name was mentioned as a successor to R. R. Kornegay in the City Council. MT. Hub bard has declined both honors. and says he prefers to remain a soldier in the ranks of the Democratic party.
 The public schools of Selma will all close this week, and 1t will be a busy time for both teachers and pupils The and will end with the exercises at the Academy of Music Friday night Planters coming to the city these days all report the crop prospects as splendid. ] The fine seasons that fell week ago | have given both cotton and corn a mo start, and if no disaster overtakes She | farmers between now and harvest time. | they will reap rich harvest. Levi Koenigsthal will leave shortly for q | trip to Europe, taking his family with | him. He goes back to the old country | every few years to visit the scenes Of his childhood.
 | Hon. Samuel L. Adams. a prominent lawyer and distinguished citizen of Alton, Va, spent Sunday in Selma, the guest of | his relative, Col. J. C. Compton. MT. Adams comes of a long line of distin- kuished ancestors. He was on his way to | New Orleans for short visit. | J. B. wooten, a factory hand assaulted | a new factory hand by the name of J. H. | Perkins, Saturday night. and as result 1 was fined $45 by the Mayor this morning. 1 Perkins was badly cut in the light. but | it is claimed that two factory men who
 escaped did the cutting.
 | Capt. William Henry White. President of the Water Works Company Is in the city There Is nothing new about his
 selling the water works plant to the Sel-
 ma Light Company.
 | MT. Crenshaw of Marion, his given | name not being known to your corre- | spondent, was married in Linden Satur- l day last to Miss Mabel George. daughter | of the late pr. George. Mrs. Crenshaw has been teacher In the Female Institute at Marion, and is a splendid young wo- l man. The groom is a prominent cotton | man of Marion and has many friends end relatives in Selma.
 | Two dozen Mormon elders are booked to come through Selma Wednesday, and 1t l Is said that they will preach all over the l city whenever they CdH BSt d ShohSS' ~ | is said to be a crowd of missionaries re-
 turning from work throughout the South | chm States en route back to Utah. and they will make grand stand stops at diff 1 ferent places as they return home They will doubtless attract a good deal Of at- | tention in Selma.
 | Col. T. D. Matkin and son of Linden spent the day in the city.
 l Mrs. Anna Evans was dangerously Ill | at her residence in this city last night
 Hon. J. Craig Smith passed through the
 city today on his way home from inspect | ing his West Dallas interests. He re- ports his crop prospects as fair.
 | F. A. Scott has returned from stay of some weeks at Hot Springs, Ark, | greatly improved in health.
 | There was a runaway on Alabama Street l this morning. Miss Mary Darling Hooper
 had just gotten out of the buggy when the horse took fright and ran away. The driver was dragged by the reins for over
 a hundred years. The buggy finally struck a tree in front Of F. M. Woods | reside nee and was smashed to splinters