The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1902-09-13
NEWS OF CENTRAL CITY
NEGRO wolrAN succUMBs TO
WOUNDS.
Scarcity Of Dwelling Houses In
selma-Professor Hardaway,
Principal Of the Public
Schools, Returns,
Advertiser Bureau.

Advertiser Bureau.
Selma, Sept. y.
A few days ago q negro woman. whose
rapae could not be learned. was brought
to Selma from Birmingham. with hve ris-
tol balls in her body. She was from Car
loyTville. a small place In the southern
part OF Dallas and had been living In
Birmingham with her husband. They
had a row ana the woman was living
away from him when she got into fight
ana as a result was shot. She stood the
trip from Birmingham here remarkably
well and one OF her relatives came here
last night to take her back to her old
home But last night she was taken de.
cidedly worse and at IL o'clock she ex-
pircd. A comm was procured and the
corpse Of the dead negro woman was
taken to her old home. where the inter-
ment will take place to morrow.
Professor Hardaway Hcme.
Prof. r. A. Hardaway, principal Of the
public school system Of Selma. arrived
home last night from Virginia. where he
has been spending the summer with his
family. Mrs Hardaway and the children
will not return until about the first of
| October. Professor Hardaway can be
found at his ONCE in the Dallas Academy.
/
| finished his ONCE will be moved from
1 Dallas Academy to that building. Pro-
lessor Hardaway IL looking in splendid
| health after spending the summer In the
| mountains Of Virginia. The outlook ID
| for the largest attendance that has ever
gone to the public schools Of the city.
J Scarcity Of Houses.
| There Is a great scarcity Of vacant cot
| taees In Selma. A railroad man asked
| this morning to have his headquarters
/ transferred to Rome. because he can not
get a suitable house to reside In. An
other says he win have to go to Taila-
| dega for the same reason. Every small
cottage in Selma IL rented and still there
| is a cry for more. The city is being dam.
aged by the fact that those who want tc
! come here to 1.-Two cannot get roof to
shelter them. 1t Is true that great
| many houses have been built In Selma,
| but still there 10 q cry for more.
Back from Indiana.
e. w. McCrary and family have return
| ed from a visit of some weeks to Indi-
ana. Mr.. McCrary talks most interest
| ingiy Of his trip, and says that the larg-
est corn crop he ever saw has been made
| in that section. He walked through fields
tnat would make from efgnty 10 lcV push-
els of corn to the acre. II ie some con-
ISOLATION to the people of this section to
know that a good crop of corn has been
made somewhere. Mr.. McCrary says that
corn IL worth g. cents a bushei there at
the present time. The day before he left
for Selma a white frost fell and overcoats
and fires were comfortable.
Cotton Exchange Committee.
The following committees have been
named for the Cotton Exchange to act
during the season of 19o2-o3:
Quotations-w. L. Tho npson. c. w.
Hooper, r. H. Agee. J. w. Marshall. L.
Lamar.
Arbitration.-M. woolsey, w. G. Dun
can. G. l.. Waller. A. Mas. v. B. At
kins.
international. A. Kennedy, C. Gold
stein, I. B. Howard. so
Freight and Trade.-L. NJ. Hooper, 81.
L. Clay, W. c. Ward, Jr., w. C. Agee.
c. A. McKinnon.
Finance and Auditing. M. Smith. M.
seigel, j. L. Clay j.. c. Adler. l.
Schwarg.