The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-10-01
Advertiser Bureau.

Advertiser Bureau,
 Selma. Sept 90.
 The Grand Jury of the Circuit Court made its final report this morning and was discharged by Hon. John Moore, the presiding officer of the court The report was brief and contained no startling information. Following is a copy of 1t:
 To the Honorable John Moore, Judge Circuit Court:
 We, your Grand Jury beg leave to make this, our final report: We have looked into and examined ! 256 witnesses. we had seventy-five cases presented to us, and found thirty-four true bills, at cost to the county of | $271.0l.
 We carefully examined the county jail and found 1t neatly kept and the pris- | oners well cared for; but found the wa | ter supply to the sanitary department in | bad condition. and should have atten- | ton at once.
 | We examined the books of the va rious county officers and can only say that they are neatly kept as the time l was too limited to attest their correct ness.
 We examined the bonds of the various F. Buhler, N. P. A. B. Smoke. consta- | ble. whose bonds are not good owing l to the death of some parties and by re- | moval from county.
 We find that crime in Dallas county is on the decrease. which we are proud to report. We return thanks to the so- iicitor, Hon. W. W. Quarles. for his kind attention and aid while in session. We also return thanks to MT. R. l.. Key, the bailiff, for his kind attention and promptness iA which he served us. ax-tn vaarfkrvx,aA f<s hn hnof interest of the\ county. we beg you hon. or to now release us from our labors. Respectfully, Aaron Maas, Sept. 90, 1903 Foreman. City Schools Open Tomorrow. The public schools of Selma will be opened tomorrow morning for the ses- sion of '0S-'04. but it is probable that the enrolment will be larger than this year.
 New pupils were examined. enrolled and graded to-day so that the formal be- ginning of session tomorrow might be accomplished with as little trouble as possible. Tomorrow Is an important hol- iday among the Jews and as their chill dren will not enter the schools until Fri day it will be impossible to obtain &C., curate statistics of the number of pu- pills before Monday.
 The faculty of the Dallas Academy has been changed somewhat on account of the resignation of Miss Emily Fergu- son from the Seventh grade. Miss Fer guson is succeeded by Miss Mary Force. formerly of the Sixth grade; Miss Agile Davis Is transferred from the Third to the Sixth grade; Miss Emma Arthur from the Fourth to the Fifth: Miss Mary F. Knight from the Fifth to the Third, and Miss Alice Pettus. recently elected, as- sumes charge of the Fourth grade. The other teachers will be, as formerly. Miss Kate Edmond. Miss Alta Chapman. Miss Frances Higgins in the high school, Miss Grace Jones in the Eighth. and Mrs. Mary Mcvoy and Miss Eudora Connolly in the primary department
 Tn the Baker Street School the corps of teachers Is unchanged the faculty being composed of Miss Mamie Ware. vice principal. and Miss Mary Young, Miss Anna Creagh and Miss Elizabeth Cleveland.
 Professor R. E. Hardaway, superin- tendent of the public schools of the city. said to-day that 1t was impossible to tell now what effect the system of uri- form text books would have on Selma schools. All of the new books that had been examined by him, he said, were good.
 The system of manual training will be extended in the city schools this year. It will embrace clay modelling, paper folding, card board constructions, sloyd work, raffla work. drawing, sewing and bench work. A carpenters shop will be prepared at the Baker school for the use of the boys in the high school who will be instructed by Miss Frances Hig- gins. Miss Higgins took a special course in this work at the University of Chi cago last summer The girls in the high school will be instructed in sewing by Miss Edmond Miss Chapman and Miss Jones,