The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-12
STIR IS CAUSED
 BY YOUNG WOMAN Came to Selma from Fever
 Stricken Area TOO LATE TO INTERFERE Alabama Quarantine Officer May Be Apprehended for Accepting Rribe.
 Other News of Selma
 and Vicinity.
 
TOO LATE TO INTERFERE

Selma, September 11.-(special)- )-selma has gone through something of a scare during the past few days occasioned by the presence in the city of young lady, Miss Mary Griffin of Talulah La., who has been on a visit to her brother, N. M. Griffin. The young woman came to Selma on Saturday night. September 2 via Atlanta. She had certificates from the mayor of Tallulah and other officers, declaring that no fever existed there and certificates being dated August 30. Exact ly how she passed the state quarantine officer is not explained. Her presence in Selma was not discovered until Thursday of last week at which time she had been away from the state of Louisiana about ten days and danger of any communica- tion of the disease had passed She left Selma Saturday morning going to De- , mopolis and then the fact that she had been here became known and there was some little excitement as the reports from Tallulah showed between five and fifteen cases daily since September l.
 She is reported as well and not having developed any fever. however, up to this tune and the timid ones have been re- assured.
 Was Quarantine Officer Bribed?
 The state quarantine officials may have opportunity to ascertain just how re- sponsible are some of the guards on the trains running into Alabama.
 One day last week A P. Leiser post master at Browns in this county, was in the city and he told of a letter being received at that place for a negro living near Browns. The letter was delivered to the negro, but upon its being read to him 1t was found that evidently some mis- take had been made. Then it was dis covered that the letter should have been sent to Browns, La, to a negro by the same name as the negro in Browns Ala, for whom 1t had been naturally thought the letter was.
 It was the contents of the letter, how ever, that made it interesting at this point. It was from a negro refugeeing from yellow fever, having gone from Carrolton, near Louisiana. In the letter the negro refugee stated that he and some six or seven others of his race had got along all right until they got nearly to Birmingham, when they were stopped and that he gave the quarantine officer $5 and he let him go on, but the others were turned down.
 Of course the truth of the negro's state ment made in the letter to his kinsman in Louisiana Is not vouched for. but there is sufficient grounds for an investigation of the matter by the state officials. Post master Leiser can and will no doubt give names and places and every opportunity for a rigid investigation.
 Crap Shooters Apprehended. A wholesale apprehension of young white men crap-shooters was made yes- terday afternoon by Officers Baker Walk CT and Griffin of the police force For some time there has been a report that every Sunday a number of boys and young men would gather in the south western part of Elkdale park and shoot craps. Yesterday the three officers made a sortie coming upon the young men un- awares. Five were captured In the act of rolling the festive cubes and four more who made a run for 1t were identified and will tomorrow answer to the mayor for their crime.
 Local and Personal.
 B. s. Stewart. the affable manager of the Western Union Telegraph company of Selma, has rendered his resignation to take effect September IS. He has accept ed a position with the cotton exchange of Maas & Newberger and will have charge of their Selma wire.
 Mir and Mrs. John F. Tate have gone to the mountains of North Carolina to spend the remainder of the heated term. Of late there has been much complaint from the blowing of locomotive whistles in violation of a city ordinance that was hoped to abate the nuisance. The prompt hning of several engineers and the pub licity given by the local press has put a stop to the nuisance much to the delight of the public generally.
 The City National bank Is contemplating making extensive alterations in their building, corner of Broad street and Hin ton alley. A marble front with huge colonial pillars of marble will be put in and a beautiful front made for this cele- brated gibraltar of finance of Central Ala