The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-02-05
SELMA.
Negro Boy Falls Under Car-Assail-
 ants of Cadet Caught.

Selma, February 4-(Special.)-M John Wesley Hamilton. young negro boy about nine years old while playing in the freight yard of the Southern rail- way, slipped and fell under a moving freight car, his ankle being crushed into shapeless mass and requiring its am- putation today. The boys sister caught fire a few days ago, who escaped being burned to death only by the quick rescue of the child's mother.
 The sheriff and his deputy of Perry county came to Selma yesterday at noon bringing a negro captured at Hamburg and wanted for compicity in an assault on a student at the Marion Military in- stitute. last night. The young man as- saulted was Cadet Griggs or Meridian. He had left the building and was going to the sinks when three negroes way laid him, one of them striking him on the head and felling him to the ground. See- ing that he was returning to conscious ness, the negroes choked him to insensi- bility and rammed his pockethandker- chief down his throat. When found sev- eral hours later, the young man was in deplorable condition. having been un- conscious for four hours.
 Descriptions of the negroes were tele- phoned throughout the surrounding coun- try, and this morning word came that one of the negroes had been captured at Hamburg. The sheriff intended coming to Selma today to get the negro. Jonas Weaver, who killed Jim Morrisett near Riderville and he brought the negro from Hamburg on to Selma with him, returning with both negroes this after noon.
 
 was given Monday afternoon by a meeting of the dispensary advocates who after agreeing on bill which the legis- lature will be asked to pass, resolved it. self into citizens meeting and decided to put out a ticket for president and members of the city council. MT. George Phillips, formerly tax collector of the county, and at present a member of the city council, was nominated to run for mayor, but he emphatically declined. It was decided then not to further press the mayorality question, but to try and capture the council. MT. J. Foote Hoop CT was nominated for president of the council. Mir. Hooper is an elder in the Presbyterian church, and has had noth- ing heretofore to do with politics. Who will be his opponent is not stated. It seems that no ticket will be put out for the other city offices, such as chief of police. tax collector cierK, etc. com mittee was appointed to arrange for a full ticket and this committee will meet and 1t is thought call mass meetings in each ward to put out a ticket The pro- posed dispensary bill provides for an election by the qualified electors of the city on the question of dispensary or no dispensary. It names In the bill five cit izens who are to be known as the board of electors and who are self-perpetuat- ing These electors will name the tree dispensary commissioners whose terms are for four years.
 committee of Selmians, headed by H. F. Reese. prominent member of the late constitutional convention, and Ernest Lamar, one of the city's largest grocers. left this afternoon for Mont gomery to present the Dallas delegation in the leg islature bill providing for a dispen- sary for Selma, provided at an election of the qualified voters the question is decided In the affirmative. The saloon el- ement, which have been throwing all ob- stacles in the way of the question ever coming to vote. will likely acquiesce in the measure feeling perfectly sure that fhe question will be voted down