The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-06
B|G BASKET PICNIC FOR PRESBYTER|ANS Tuscaloosa PreSbytery Adiourns
 at Valley Creek NEGRO THIEF WAS BOLD Tries on Hat and Coat In Store and Darts Out at Rear When the
 Clerks Back Was
 Turned.
NEGRO THIEF WAS BOLD

l Selma, October 5.-(Speeal)-T rus
 caloosa Presbytery, which has been
 in session at Valley Creek Presby-
 terian church since Tuesday, adjourned sine die today, the session having been | a most pleasant one in every respect. Tuesday and Wednesday the good people of that section provided basket dinner, which was served near the churah ih a | bes,.tiful grove.
 | The Rev. D. l.. Lander was elected | moderator for the ensuing term, and Uniontown was chosen as the next place of meeting. At his request, Rev. T. R. Best of the Alabama Street Presbyterian church of this city was dismissed to the Arkansas Presbytery. A pleasant fea- ture of the meeting was an address by Prof. McMeen, principal of the Presbyte- rian high school. The address was ex- ceedingly scholarly and was listened to with strict attention.
 Stole Hat and Coat and Ran. The boldness of negro thieves in this vicinity is beginning to be something remarkable. The latest happened today at noon at Eliasberg's, when a negro who was trying on a new hat and coat that suited his fancy, suddenly, while the clerks back was turned, darted out the rear door of the establishment, leaving his old hat and coat in exchange for the new ones. Chase was given the negro for several blocks, and seeing that his pursuers were gaining upon him he shucRed the coat and threw down the hat and succeeded in making good his es- cape minus either old or new garments.
 Long Session of Mayors Court.
 The mayors court did not adjourn to- day until p. m., and there was nothing of great moment to occupy the attention of the mayor either. Jake Andrews, charged with larceny, was discharged. Morris Koenigsthal, a butcher. whose slaughter pen had once before been con demned as unsanitary, was again before the mayor on the charge of violating the sanitary laws. He was fined $25 and took an appeal, giving bond n the sum of $1O0. Bud Browning alias Frank Smith, stole ice tickets from the International Ice company and his case occupied most of the time of the court. He was finally adjudged guilty and given a fine of s3O. The other cases tried were minor offenses, merittng fines of about 50 each and con- sisting for the most part in affrays and trunks.
 Local and Personal.
 Al Fields Minstrel company spent today in Selma, although it does not appear at the Academy of Music until Saturday night. The company was to play In Me ridian tonight and thought until last night that they would be able to arrange with the health officers so that they could fill the date and then return into Alabama tomorrow night They were notified last night that 1t would be inn possible to do this, and so they are lay ing off today. They will go to Demopols and play tomorrow night. MT. Field Is back with the show. having returned from Columbus. O., where he was cal d by the critical illness of his father, who is S4 years of age.
 Information from Linden is to the effect that Probate Judge A. L. Nasty. who has been critically i'll with fever, is great ly improved, and 1t is thought that all danger Is passed.
 Maj. Dan Fitzpatrick has returned af- ter spending the summer at Newport and at resorts in Massachusetts and Connecti- cut.
 w R. Rountree Is a visitor to his old home.