The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-19
CHACR|NED MEN
 LEAVE FOR HOME Somebody Robbed Them of Precious Partrldges WERE TAKING THEM NORTH Report Reaches Selma That Meyers Lumber Go. Has Sold Out for
 $2oo,ooo to Pennsylvania
 Capitalists.
WERE TAKING THEM NORTH

Selma, November S.-(Special.) )-The Meyers Lumber company, which has been doing business at Gates, a little station on the Louisville and Nashville, between Linden and Myrtlewood, in Marengo coun- ty, has sold out its holdings. according to report from presumably authentic sources that has reached Selma.
 The purchasers are not known, but on Thursday of the present week there were in Selma some nine strangers whose homes are in Pennsylvania and New York, and they gave 1t out that they had purchased the property of the Meyers Lumber company. paying something like $200,000 for the same.
 It is the purpose of the new concern which has purchased something like 10000 acres of land, to bring at least 100 fami- lies to this section and put them to farm ing on the land which has been cleared of timber. As fast as the timber is clear ed 1t is proposed to bring additional fami- lies until large settlement Is made at Gates.
 Among the purchasers of the plant were quite number of nimroos, and altogether they bagged about 200 cartridges. of which they were very proud. They brought the birds to Selma Thursday night and had them cleaned and iced two large tin buckets being purchased to keep the birds fresh until their northern homes were reached. One of the party had killed twelve cartridges and he was particular ly proud of them. It is doubtful if five dollars apiece could have bought the dozen birds he had killed with his own marks manship, and he especially wanted to take them home and have them cooked. At an early hour Friday morning the party went to the Union passenger sta tion and had the birds in two large tin buckets. While they were getting their baggage checked they left the buckets sitting on the platform and shortly before the train arrived that they were to take they went to get the birds and found that they were missing. Somebody had evil dently placed the buckets out of sight and then called for them and carried them away. About nine as disappointed hunt CTS as ever boarded a train left Selma Friday morning without the birds.
 Robbed a Car.
 Last night there was another freight car robbery on the Southern railway at the coal shute where the trains are made up. The report is that the car was liter ally gutted of its contents, everything being taken except two pianos which the robbers found too heavy to conveniently take away. There has been found no trace of the thieves.
 Will Send Box to Soldiers Home.
 Mrs. H. B. Craig will receive contribu- tions from citizens of Selma of clothing or delicacies for a thanksgiving box that is to be sent to the Soldiers Home at Noun tain Creek. Quite a number of citizens have expressed a desire to aid the old veterans of the home and 1t is most probable that large box will be sent a,,1r ,rt,.nx loxr
 Deaths In This NeIghborhood.
 Last night about o'clock at the Selma infirmary occurred the death of Mrs. J. M. Reeves. The deceased WAS a daugh- ter of MT. and Mrs A. o. Reeves, who live on West Water street, and she had been i'll for some time. pneumonia setting in and causing all hope to be abandoned for her recovery. The funeral took place this afternoon. the Rev. w. T. Swain con- ducting the services.
 The infant child of MT. and Mrs. Noah Lockhart died at the home of the par ents last night and this morning was inferred in Elmwood cemetery.
 This morning at an early hour occurred the death of MT. Ephriam Parrish, an old man who ran a farm near the Kahn brick yard east of the city. He Is survived by his wife and six children four of whom are married. He was 55 years of age and had been living near Selma for the past SIX years. The funeral will occur tomor row morning from Shiloh church on the southside.
 Will Attend Federation Meeting.
 Quite number of Selma club women will attend the annual meeting of the Federation of Women's club in Blrming- ham next week. Those who will leave Monday are: Mrs. Law Lamar, auditor; Ef1,.- .-Ir 4..A. ATra | A. L. Mcleod, director, and Mrs. J. R. Ellis, delegate from the Thursday Literary | Society; Mrs. R. E. l.. Neil, director from the Chautauqua Literary Society; Miss Nina Lamar, director from the West End | Book club.