The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-03
HUNTSVILLE MAN IS IN BANKRUPTCY Receiver is Appointed for Chas.
 E. GholSon SELMA SCHOOLS ARE OPEN increased Attendance Over Last Year Is Shown-other News of
 Selma and Dallas
 County.
SEL MA SCHOOLS ARE OPEN

Selma. October 2.-(Speeial)-Tne 'aih of business of Selma today has peeii '"e failire of Charles E. Gholson or buihs- yille whose business was put lhlo the hands of a receiver on Saturday alter noon hv William Ullman Sons' one or bis Selma creditors. Late Saturday alt ernoon Ullman & Sons secureu '"e 'P nointment of Samuel Sterne as recelNei nm netition filed with Referee m baih- ,nntcv w K. Campbell. Gholsoh "aS indebted to Ullman for about $Zooo' lhiS morning Referee Campbell received rom Clerk Jones of Judge Toulmins court III Mobile a petition signed by Enaspers pros. R. l. Schuster and $. J. Liliiahehai asking that c. E. Ghoson be adjudged an involuntary bankrupt. The petition al legged that he was indebted to Eliasoerg Bros. for $1942, to B. J. Sehuster for S5S1 and to S. J. Lillianthal for sSSS. The hearing of the petition has been set for October 3.
 The above figures are said to be but drop in the bucket of the indebtedness Of Mr. Gholson among Selma merchants alone. conservative amount Of the losses of Selma firms is S3O0OO, divided among grocery ndTuWdlt, uiy boou9' wagon dealers, furniture houses and wholesale liquor houses. The schedule of indebtedness will not be known until It Is filed by MT. Ghoson on October z. l.. is said that there Is about Sl5OO worth or goods In the store in Burnsville.
 The public schools of the city threw open their doors today and report an in- creased attendance over last year. The private schools show an increase, and i, ba fu nf the PrpShVteriau high school the new institution, opening dur ing last week with about a hundred pu- pills.
 Schools Have Big Attendance.
 The public schools show an enrolment on the first day of 595 whites and AZ col ored pupils The Dallas academy has 422 of the 595 pupils, which is an increase over last year. The Clarke school, the negro public school had only AT last year on the opening day
 No better showing of the rapid increase in the population of Selma could be made than in the large increase of school chill dre from year to year.
 Yellow Fever Report Investigated.
 There was a report current here today that two ca>ss of yellow fever had been discovered near MeWilliams on the Pen saeola division of the Louisville and Nash
  men who had tramped all the way from Pensacola had taken sick In the country between McWiliams and Oak Hill anc that their ailment was genuine yellow jack.
 Dr. S. G. Gay, county health officer oi Dallas, wired to Dr. w. P Roberts al MoWilliams and received in reply mes sage which read: "No yellow fever here Not even a suspicious case" The report was received with very little interest here-a marked contrast to what would have been the case six weeks ago.
 Local and Personal.
 In mayors court this morning San Miree was tried on the charge of having stolen a pocketbook from Joe Stratton the driver of an ice wagon. The wagor driver missed his pocketbook just after delivering ice to restaurant in front o which AIiree was sitting. The book con tained about s11 and about this sum wal found on Mirees person when arrested a few hours later.
 MT. w. c. Harrell, a prominent citizer of Pleasant Hill. was visitor to Selma today.
 The Rev. T. R. Best, pastor of the Ala bama Street Presbyterian church, has ac cepted a call to the church at Batesville Ark. The Tuscaloosa presbytery will talk, action at its meeting tomorrow to sevel the pastoral relation between the Selma church and MT Best. He will take witt him to his new charge only the bes wishes from a long list of friends il Selma.