The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-12-21
ANOTHER CHAPTER
 IN MARKET CONTEST
SELMA WILL BUILD MARKET FOR L. G. CLARK ADJOINING ONE RENTED BY MILAS MARTIN, A NEGRO.

Selma, December 20.-(Special.) )-Another : chapter in the contest by Mias Martin, a negro. to establish himself in the butch CT business in Selma despite the apparent efforts of the municipal authorities to prevent him was enacted today when the mayor and city clerk. acting under au-
 thority of the city council, rented to L.
 G. Clark, at present running the East
 End market, another market to be erect
 ed adjacent his present place of business.
 At the auction sale of stalls in the mar
 Set held several days ago Milas Martin
 overbid MT. Clark for the East End mar
 ket, his bid being S52 a month which was ! about twice much as MT. Clark had been paying. The market. was thereupon
 rented to the negro, his notes with good
 and sufficient surety taken for the year
 rent.
 There was a special meeting of the city council yesterday and the mayor and clerk were authorized to rent a market at not less than $52, the same price as paid by Martin The mayor and clerk accordingly, rented a market to Mir.
 Clark which will be erected at once and 1 MT. Clark will move from one door to the other
 | The matter has caused considerable ] feeling in the city as there is only one
 market in the eastern portion of the
 city, Selma holding to the plan of the city providing the market houses and against the establishment of Green groceries" all over the city. One of the
 reasons of this is that the new city hall
 was built upon bonds the payment of
 which is pledged from the recepts of the
 market house. Whether or not there will
 be additional litigation from Martin who has already caused considerable trouble and expense to the city Is not known. Locke Johnson was given preliminary
 hearing before Mayor Atkins this morn ing on the charge of the murder of Percy McGraw Monday night. McGraw was
 killed while sitting in front of the fire at Tom Hooks restaurant, Johnsons pis- tol going off the ball ntering the abdo-
 men. The evidence showed that the shoot ing was accidental and the mayor dis charged Johnson A charge of carrying concealed weapons was preferred against | the negro. but he was also discharged on | that count.
 1 This afternoon at 8 o'clock at the resi-
 dence of MT and Mrs. W. Cobb on north l Broad street occurred the wedding of 1 Miss Otis Roberson and Mir. Fred M 1 Rodnemaker, the Rev E. W. Gamble, rec | tor of St, Pauls performing the cere-
 mony. The groom is a civil engineer sta- l toned at this time at Demopolis and the | bride Is most talented young woman 1 The young couple left on their bridal | tour at D. m., and will sojourn in Wash l ington. D. C., and Saginaw, Mich, the | latter being the home of the groom
 Notes and Personals. | The remains of James, the 3-year-old 1 son of Mir. and Mrs. George McHugh of ! Bessemer, were brought to Selma for | nterment this morning.
 | Mrs. w. II. Welch of Birmingham is l expected In the city this week to spend ] the holidays with relatives.
 | Mrs. George Breedin entertained at six handed euchre yesterday afternoon. The prizes were awarded to Mrs. T. w. Hall,