The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-09-19
Advertiser Bureau,
Selma, Sept. IS.

Selma, Sept ls.
 The fall term of the Circuit Court convened here today at 12 o'clock with Judge B. M. Miller presiding After the call of order in court" Judge Miller arose and announced that the court would open with prayer by Rev. w. D. spurlin of Demopolis After those in the court had risen Dr. Spur lin offered up a prayer and asked that the actions of the court be guided by Almighty God. pr. Spurlin came to Selma yesterday to fill the pulpit of pr. A. A. Little at the Broad Street Presbyterian Church. He Is an old schol mate of Judge Miller.
 After the prayer the calling of the venire was started and as the names were called the jurors stepped tosthe front Forfeitures of $1oo were en- tered against J. F. Mofrett. I. Blauner. J.. H Miller, w. E. Stoddard, J. S. Mauldin. Emile Gilman, William Laps ley, J. 6. Perkins. D. P O'Rourke, J. C. Austin, I. N. Kane and L. D. Henry for not being present. Later l. court and were fined q for not being present to answer to their names.
 The grand jury, which consist of the following gentlemen, was then empan- nelled: R. W. Huston. foreman, George w. Wise. John Rollins. J. A. Woods T. J. Trailor, c. W. Martin, L. P. Mo- Curdy, T. c. Milling, J. c. Moore, w.. H. Thomas. A. H. Wilmington. Max eehulxbacher, E. l.. Smith, Y. B. Welch, wash Adams, E. Gilman, J. B. Jacobs and W. B. Berry.
 To the grand jury Judge Miller made a very impressive charge. He dwelt at length on the different crimes with which they would have to do. He told them that each community was made up of two clements. the good and the bad; the-bad was always on the look out to get the influence of the good to help them out of all the trouble that they got into, and in that way the better element was used as tool by the worse class of citizens.
 He took up the subject of blind tigers and thoroughly discussed the matter for the benefit of the jury. He said that United States license had been issued to about thirty people in the county who had voluntarily ap- piled for them Many others, he said, had been forced to take out these H. cense by the revenue officers during their visit to this county during the past spring. He told the jury that he had known of instances where people in other counties who were running blind tigers had come to the court house and taken seats on the steps and as the witnesses came they had carried them to one side and talked with them and when they came out of the grand jury room the same process had been gone over with again, they trying to intimidate the witnesses.
 Concealed weapons were next taken up by Judge Miller This evil was al- so discussed at considerable length by him. He dwelt on the many father less homes that the habit of carrying a concealed pistol had caused. The blind tiger and the concealed weapon evil, he said, were two of the worst that today faced the citizens of the county and he asked the jury to in- Vestigate these evils fully.
 Sent to Her Mother.
 A young woman about nineteen years old and giving her name as Miss Rouse was taken to police headquar- ters yesterday afternon and held there until this afternoon, when she left the city for Buchanan. Ga, where she said her mother lived. The police found the young woman in the house of Zoe Ellis, at the corner of North and Green streets, where she had gone yesterday morning.
 The young woman came to this city Saturday from Birmingham and reg istered at the Southern Hotel as Miss Rouse After she had been assigned to a room a young man came to the hotel, changed her name and regis tered as Mir. and Mrs J. M. Rouse. The proprietor of the hotel became suspicious and put the couple out and they went to an adjoining house and secured rooms for the night. Yester- day morning the girl went to the house of Zoe Ellis.
 The police were notified of the con- 6uct and yesterday looked up the ,aOung woman, who told them that she had been enticed here by the man. A ticket was given her and this after noon she was sent home. A warrant for the young man has been made out