The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-23
NEW MAIL TRAIN ON THE SOUTHERN. Will Run Between Selma and
 Meridian FARMERS HOLDING COTTON Believe That Price Will Go Back to Ten cents-Turkeys Are Selling
 at 20 Gents Pound
 In Selma.
 
FARMERS HOLDING COTTON

Selma, November 2.-(special )-Begin- ning tomorrow a double daily service of mail will be established between Selma and Meridian on the Southern railway. The government has ordered railway mail clerks on the trains leaving Selma at 10:45 a. m. and returning. at 5:S5 D. m. These trains make close connection with the Southern train from Birmingham, leaving the latter place about o'clock in the morning and the putting on of mail service will give the patrons of the road between Selma, and Meridian direct mail connection with Birmingham without the usual delay of six hours.
 Quiet and Happy Wedding. This afternoon at half past o'clock occurred the wedding of Miss Margaret Johnson to Mr. Crawford Bates. The ceremony which was performed by the
 Rev. w. T. Swain was witnessed only
 by relatives of the bride and groom, the
 wedding taking place at the home of the brides parents. MT. and Mrs. w. M. l Johnson. The bride is one of this city
 most beautiful young women.
 l She numbers her friends by the hum dreds and although owing to a recent
 bereavement in her family the ceremony was exceedingly quiet the good wishes of i hundreds go to her and her husband for a long life O. happiness. MT. Bates is of one of sae oldest families of this sec | tion and Is in every way a worthy young man. Mir and Mrs. Bates left soon after the ceremony for their wedding journey to New Orleans and other points.
 Will Hold Their Cotton. A number of farmers in this vicinity are holding their cotton. and to the rep resentative of The Age-Herald they ex- press themselves as perfectly willing to lose a cent and half pound on the staple in the effort to maintain the price at ten cents as a basis.
 There are now in the Selma warehouses about 10000 bales of cotton and many farmers still have their products on the | plantations. Few, if any are selling all their cotton, those who feel the need of ready money selling just enough to supply their needs. They believe that the staple will go back to ten cents by January 1 and intend to hold their cotton for that price.
 Plenty of Turkeys. In contrast to the scarcity of the fowls that make the piece de resistance of Thanksgiving dinners which prevailed last year. hundredh of the birds have been arriving in Selma today and yester- day from the surrounding territory The price, however, Is still very high, 20 | cents pound being asked for the dressed variety.
 Nothing Heard From Escapes.
 Nothing has as yet been heard from the two men, Burlington and Gibson, who es- capped from the Dallas county jail last Friday night. The authorities have come in for considerable censure for permit ting the men the liberty of the cor ridors another white man having escaped about a year ago who also had been al- lowed the liberty of the corridors. Whistle Nuisance to Be Abated.
 Last night at the meeting of the city council an ordinance was passed pro- | hibiting the promiscuous blowing of whistles which had become quite a nuis- ance. Industrial plants are permitted to blow two whistles before the beginning of work not over ten second O. duration, and locomotive engineers are prohibited from blowing their whistles except upon