The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-07-13
ALLEGED TO HAVE
BEATEN HIS HORSE
Dairyman Charged with Cruelty
to Animals
ANOTHER ROAD TALKED OF
Selma Wants Connection With Line
Which Proposes to Run Through
Demopolis From the
Mineral Fields.
ANOTHER ROAD TALKED OF

Selma. July 12.-(Special)-A case of
cruelty to animals vii be tried before
Mayor Atkins tomorrow morning. Dairy
man Cook who runs an establishment
near the city, came to Selma yesterday,
and becoming provoked with the horse
he was driving. it is alleged, hit the
animal in the head with a brick, beat
1t over the head with the butt end of
his whip and allowed the shafts to PEN
citrate the shoulder of the animal. An
officer, arrested Mr.. Cook and besides
the charge of cruelty to animals, lodges
a complaint of using profane language.
The young man spent the night in the
city lookup and will answer the charges
in the morning.
still Another Railroad.
With the renewed talk of the Atlanta
and Alabama Air Line. which is to
shorten the distance between atlanta
and New Orleans ninety-four miles. comes
additional discussion in Selma of the
building of the branch road from the
mineral fields near Birmingham to tap
the Memphis and Pensacola road below
Selma. The latter road is soon to be
built and will run through Demopolis
1t is confidently believed that Selma can
secure a branch, known as the Eastern
line. if the proper announcement is Of
fered. A committee from the Commercial
and Industrial association has held sew
eral meetings, but have not accomplished
much thus far. An effort to arouse
Selma's citizens will soon be made. 1t
is limited that If the road is built to
Birmingham through Selma that it will
be an eastern connection with a well
known trunk line. and gossip has it that
the line will be the Seaboard Air Line.
Death of Young Woman.
Miss Mary HARRISON. a beautiful and
talented young woman, died at midnight
last night at the home of her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. X l.. HARRISON, ON West
Alabama street. She contracted la grippe
last winter and has never entirely recov-
cred from the malady. She was a niece
of Associate Justice Jonathan HARRISON
and was greatly liked and exceedingly
popular in her home.
What Will He Do With It?
Selma, like many cities, has law
prohibiting the selling of fresh. meat out
side of the city market. G-ilas Martin,
a negro butcher in the old market when
he went to apply for stall in the new
market found all of the stalls renteu to
the white butchers. Milas mandamused
the market clerk to issue him a license,
and yesterday afternoon Judge Mabry
issued a peremptory writ requiring that
such license be issued. The clerk issued
the license, but the question is what will
he do with 1t. The clerk has no more
stalls to rent him in the city market and
the mandamA5 does not provide that he
should attempt the impossible
1t is now a question whether or not
he can open a green grocery and sell
meat in the same. His attorney, Judge
Daniel Partridge, states that his client
has nothing to give out as to his inten-
tions. City Attorney Young says Martin
has license but cannot use it, as the
city market is all occupied and it is un-
lawful to sell meat elsewhere The case
is being watched with much interest.