The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-04-14
SELMA WILL HAVE
 PAID DEPARTMENT
City Council Acts on Important
 Question
FAIL TO GET TOGETHER
Cotton Growers of Dallas County Do Not Seem Able to Organ ize-Other Selma.
 News.

Selma, April 1s.-(speciaL)-The City Council last night passed an ordinance providing for the installation or pald fire department in Selma 10 take eieet after the next meeting of the couhcli. A fire commission consisting of the Mayor chief and committee of the council on police and fire department is constituted the council to elect the chief whose sal ary shall be $100. He shall also be build ing inspector and an ordinance is pend ing for the government of all future construction of buildings in Selma, The building ordinance and the ordinance pro- viding for the paid department will be submitted to the Southeastern Tariff as sociation and if that body assures the au- thorltes that Selma will be placed up- on the footing of second class cities they will be carried out Otherwise they will likely be repealed.
 Police Matter Ended.
 The City Council at its meeting last night ended the matter of the general charges of inefficiency made against the police or part of the force. The com mittee to whom the matter was referred reported that they did not have author ity to summon witnesses, and could only present formal charges to the council for action. That they had not found suf- ficient evidence to base such charges, therefore they asked to be discharssd The report was received and coneurred in.
 Salaries Fixed.
 At the meeting of the City Council last night the salary of the Mayor beginning with the next administration was fixed at $12OO instead of 5000 as at present, and the salary of the captain of police was reduced from s75 to s60. The duty of flush ing the dead ends of the hydrants was transferred to the new chief of the fire department.
 Inspectors Warned.
 Inspectors were named last night by the City Council to hold the municipal cleo tion, which takes place on Monday, May 1. Those elected were:
 First Ward-R. ". Young, B. R. Holmes and T. W. Barker. Second Ward-L Phillips, Clay Burns and J. H. Adams.
 Third Ward--L. Goldsmith, G. W. Bohlia and J. W. Blakley.
 Fourth Ward-M. J. Mel, John Jacobs and Jesse B. Hardy, Sr
 Fifth Ward-John Donaghey, John Clancey and J. S. O'Gwynn.
 Academy to Be Floored.
 The Academy of Music will have nov able floor put in. The skating rink craze that has struck Selma is responsible for the enterprise which has long been need cd in Selma for larg@ occasions. It is he purpose of the ownsrs to put in a ] floor over the chairs in the parquet ex- i tending from the back of the stage to the parquet circle and a skating rink will | be established. The floor will be ar ranged so it can be put down or taken up in a few hours, and large affairs. such as balls, banquets, etc., will be given in the place.
 Local an. Personal.
 G. G. Miles, grand keeper of records and seal of the Knights of Pythias of Sel- ma. reached the city today and paid an official visit to Advance lodge No. B. Mir. Miles was given cordial greeting by the Pythians of Selma
 There was no Mayors court this morn ing, the evil doers have taken a holiday for the first time in many months.
 No Cotton Growers Association.
 The effort to organize the cotton grow CTS of Dallis county into the Southern association utterly failed here today. The committee appointed at the last meeting called representatives from each beat tC meet in Selma today, and only about four of the thirty-six precincts of tho county were represented. A motion was made after some discussion that the meet ing adjourn sine die, and it prevailed l It is unlikely that any successful effort | will be made to resuscitate the organiza. ton.