The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-09-25
THE NEWS OF SELMA
Advertiser Bureau,
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 The scarcity of labor in all branches of business in Selma is causing great deal of inconvenience. This scarcity Of labor is not confined to one branch Of business, but 1t is general in nearly every business and takes in both the whites and the negroes. Negro lapor for rough work. is at a premium me scarcity of negro labor in selma "nrte n,s the blacks number almost three to one, may seem strange, but nevertheless it is true, as the majority of the business firms in the city who are compelieo t' hire negro labor can testify.
 The scarcity of labor Is most notice able among the contractors Of the elty, nearly all of whom have contractss which they must finish at a specifed fIs.se Wages of the negroes have in ssreased to great extent in the past few years and now the pay that they receive is comparauyely a aars d,n,cmlty tn securing the service of negro laooF fo work in the warehouse yards. some Of the cotton firms are nov pyn payins as much as t12.50 per week. but these have had c few years experience Tn the business. While the scarclty oI aira6st impossible to secure adequate whike help. All of the contractors Of the city are busy and theHe is quite q dernand for carpenters, painters ana There is more building going on in the city now than for many years pre-. vious and this causes the scareity oI pI would be otherwise. Not for a long time has there been such demand for artisans in all of the various i branches as there Is now and none need be out of employment.
 struek by Car.
 Saturday night about lo:So o'clock: X tSe ssstsrn SSshss part of R ts eisg. was struck by ala electric car at the corner s- of Aia- baxAa ana Broad Street. The injuries recoTered from them In a short while and was carried to his home,
 KIT. Burfitt is hard of hearing and 1t 2 is stated that he was standing near the The car was the Union Street one and was on it's way to the Louisville and Nsshylils depot on Mrs.t Wsher oS street fss trahS n and rang his gong and turned of the current When the car struck Mir. Bur fit 1t was going at very low rate oi MT. Buritt was looking in the oppo- site direction from the approaching car and it struck him on the hip and slightly disfgured his face with sev- eral scratches and bruises. He was picked up and carried into the drug store of the Cawthon Coleman Com : pany and a doctor was sent for. After his wounds were dressed he was car ried to his home. .--..- The manner in which the motorman on the car behaved himself after and before the accident, which he tried his best to avoid. caused considerable com ment from those who were on the street at the time and who saw the accident The car was stopped before 1t had gone six feet after Mir. Burftt was struck and the notorman was the first one at his side. If the car had been going at full speed MT. Bur1tt would have prob ably been knocked under the wheels and killed
 Social and Personal.
 Alan Atkins. a Selma boy. who Is now working in Mobile, spent today here with relatives.
 AGrs L. McDermont and Mrs. Hugh Dixon Of Demopolis spent today in the city.
 Theo C. King, Jr., of Birmingham spent today in Selma.
 Dr. H. scoville and wife of Atlanta are in the city.
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