The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-09-28
Advertiser Bureau,

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 Secretary Warner announces when the improvements now being made on the local Y. M. c. A. building are complete. that the third story of the building, which was formerly used as the gymnasium. will be converted into a dormitory and fourteen rooms will be arranged on this floor, which will be rented out to members of the Y. M. c. A.
 Selma can boast of one of the finest and when the Improvements now be- ing made are completed the interior of the building will be in keeping with the exterior. The building was damaged about s4,000 by fire during the early part of the summer. which gutted the entire building and in remodeling the structure many improvements have been made in the interior of the build ing.
 The membership of the Association Is now 325 and Secretary Warner is very desirous that this number be in- creased to 400 within the next year |. The railroad branch of the Y. M. c. A. in Selma has membership of 200. which is constantly increasing.
 Circuit Court.
 Circuit Court was in session four hours today but only cases of minor importance were heard as the great numter of cases were continued on ac- count of the absence of important wit nesses.
 Six capital cases are on the docket for next week. Three special venires have been drawn and the sheriff's dep uties are busy issuing the subpoenas to the jurymen. The term of court VIII expire tomorrow week and unless more progress is made next week than has l- \. .lz 1>rr tk t1 t rI1 h. able that all the capital cases will be disposed of at this term.
 There is a strong sentiment in favor of Judge Partridge calling a special term of court as soon as this term ad- Journs to again take up the lynch.nP cases. and the opinion prevails that such action will be taken. Judge Part ridge has not intimated that such Q term will be called, but public opinion is so strongly in favor of such action that it is thought he will deem 1t ad- visable to do so.
 Public sentiment Is so highly worked up on the failure of the grand jury to indict the alleged Iynchers that one of the most prominent ministers !r Selma. Rev. A. l.. Andrews. pastor of Church Street Methodist Church. re- ferred to the matter in his sermon Sunday morning. He said:
 "As to the recent lynchings in this County, have no criticism to make on the men who composed the grand jury but do say that as one man we must rise up in our strength to suppress lawlessness. Every citizen owes 1t to the community to say that such things must and shall be stopped" It has been stated that other minis ters will refer to the matter in .heir sermons on next Sunday and urge thnt the citizens should not stand by and allow crime to be committed without doing all within their power to have the guilty parties duly punished by law. al W Edmund Henry, a negro. was before Mayor Atkins today charged with hav- ing assaulted Charles Goldstein, who had gone to the negro's home to collect rent due. The negro admitted his guilt and informed the Mayor that he was intoxicated at the time. A fine of S2o was imposed.
 The white lineman of the Bell Tele- phone Company, E. M. Williams and the negro John Marshall, who engag- ed in a fight on Washington Street yesterday and which came near end ing in a riot were before Mayor At kins today and fined ten dollars each