The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-17
SELMA BUILDING BOOM CONTINUES Permits Have Gone to Almost
 $125,OOO MILAS IN MORE TROUBLE Negro Has So Far Been Unable to En- gage In the Butcher Business.
 Other Selma
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MILAs IN MORE TROUBLE

Selma, August 16.-( al.)-Some idea of the amount of building that s going on in Selma is shown from the building permit stub book in the office of the city clerk The total amount of build ings and repairing for April. May, June and July was s119,45o, and when 1t Is known that but two permits were for buildings costing over $1o,0o0, it is not hard to imagine how the hammer and saw have been going 1t in this city dur ing that time The figures do not in- clude the new Christian church building, and as the amount reported to be the cost Is always less than the actual cost. 1t means that at least s15O.o00 worth of buildings are In course of construction or have been completed during the past four months. This is an excellent showing for a town the size of Selma. and shows how the city Is growing.
 Market Matters Again.
 For some time Milas Martin, a negro, has endeavored to engage in the butcher business in Selma He ran stall In the old market house. but upon the building of the new city hall and market, all the stalls were rented by white butchers and Milas was frozen out. He went to law trying to get stall and finally man. damus was issued compelling the market clerk to issue him 8 license to do butcher business, but there was no stall for him in the market, so he set up butcher shop within the police jurisdiction atd fha al fU limits.
 A warrant was sworn out for him few days ago for violating the market regulations However, 1t was not thought the old law was sufficient to handle the case and at the meeting of the city council held last Monday night, an ordi- nance was passed prohibiting the open ing of any market anywhere in the city or within police Jurisdiction except at the market house or the East End mar ket. This effectually settles Mlas, unless his attorney can find another loop hole.
 Local and Personal.
 Mir and Mrs. c. c Grayton left to- night for New York, Boston and other points While in New York MT. Grayson, who is chairman of the council commit tee on municipal ownership, will confer with the owners of the. water company and lighting company. with a view of encompasslng their purchase by the city.
 Mrs George H. Craig and grand daugh- ter, Miss Theressa Blakey, left today for Anniston to visit relatives.
 Judge P H. Pitts and family left today for Waukesha.
 Mrs. S. Maas and Mr. Leo Maas left today for Waukesha to be gone several days.
 Mrs Edna Clay and children have gone to Charlottesville Va. to spend the re- mainder of the heated term.
 Miss Elizabeth Hall, a teacher in the public schools in Porto Rico, passed through Selma yesterday en route to visit Tilden in this county. the place of her birth Prior to going to Porto Rico, five years ago. Miss Hall lived with her grand parents In Schnectedy. N. Y. Her par ents lived in Tilden before the war and immediately afterwards and both died there. She was taken by her grand par ents as a little girl and has lived in New York ever since. She came to Selma from Knoxville, where she has been at- tending the summer school at that place.