The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-06-13
EAST ALABAMA
 LEAGUE DOOMED Selma Team Plays in Union
 Springs PLANS FOR NEXT SEASON c. R. Rush at Selma Is Successfully Operated Upon for Appendicitis. Bold Robbery Discovered
 by Officers.
PLANS FOR NEXT SEASON

l Selma, June 12.-(Speclal.) )-The East Alabama league seems to have failed 10 materiallze. although the prospects at one time seemed bright for the fulfllment of the hopes of it's projectors The trouble seems to be that Montgomery has not been able to get up a club that would at tract to its games sufficient crowds.
 Montgomery was scheduled to play in Opelika last week but none of the games materallzed. and 1t was expected that three games would be played in Selma with Montgomery beginning today, but Saturday it was learned that the Mont gomery team would not come and the Selma boys who were in Dothan all last week went over to Union Springs for a series of three games. The effort to or ganize league with Selma as one of the clubs seems to have been started too late this year but there is talk already of Selma getting in either one of the minor leagues or organizing a new aggregation for next season.
 Local and Personal.
 There was an ice cream party Saturday night on the Crawford place about five miles north of the city and one of the att fractions seems to have been fight among the participants. There Is re- ported to have been d general shooting melee in which one negro is known to have received pistol ball in his side. This negro came to the city yesterday and had a surgeon remove the ball. He did not give away any of the others who were engaged in the free for all row.
 c. R. Rush, night ticket agent of the Southern railway at the union passenger station, and effective June 15, city pas- senger and ticket agent, vice M. Coxwell. promoted to Knoxville, was taken to the Selma infrmary yesterday afternoon, where last night he was operated on for appendicitis. The operation was success ful having been taken in time and the chances for his recovery are bright.
 Miss Maude Pitts returned last night from North Carolina quite ill Dr. Pitts her brother, went up and brought her back, 1t being decided that her improve ment would be more likely in her home than In climate to which she was not accustomed
 R. c. Moran of the Journal was com pelled to seek his bed today, suffering with an attack of appendicitis. It is not thought that an operation will be neces- sary.
 There were eleven cases tried before the Mayor this morning, and the sum total of fines assessed amounted to only $55. All of the cases were of minor na- ture and the Mayor was in an especially light" humor.
 number of Selmians went down to the home of J. Craig Smith this after noon and will drive over with MT. Smith tomorrow morning to Uniontown to the uniontown State Experiment station Quite number of state officials will be present and barbecue and public speak Ing is on the programme.
 Miss Scotia Boykin of Tilden, who has been visiting relatives n this city, re- turned to her home yesterday She was accompanied by her cousin, Miss Marian Holt, who will visit relatives in the south western part of Dallas.
 w. F. Vandiver of Montgomery was a visitor to the city today. He came on business for the Wholesale Grocers' asso- citation, which meets in this city Thurs day and Friday
 bold piece of robbery was committed this afternoon at the Southern railroad depot in broad daylight. when a negro took five boxes of tobacco and a pair of shoes and hid them under pile Of lum- Der. He was detected when he came for another load and dropped his second sack full and ran. The officers have him spot ted and expect to get him tonight.