The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-07-21
Advertiser Bureau.


 Selma, July 20.
 Last Saturday afternoon there was stolen from a freight car in the rear of the St. James Hotel building on Wa. ter Street six cases of lard. The lara was consigned to ]. E. Kennedy. a merchandise broker of this city. ana who stole the lard from the car has been a mystery which the police force has been trying to clear up since the robbery occurred.
 Late yesterday afternoon while Om- cer A. Philen was sitting in front or the store of Tcbe Edwards, a negro. at lAl1 Jefferson Davis Avenue. he saw dray loaded with lard come from tn" back yard of the store. A crate or the lard containing two cases had been de- livered to Edwards in the rear part or his store. OfYicer Philen asked the nc- ITO drayman what he was doing with 50 much lard on the dray at one time. and the drayman told him that he had left the bill with Edwards for what he had left at the store. and that the rest of the lard on the dray was going to the store of c. C. Farrell, further down the street.
 Later in the evening. oficer Phiien had his suspicious aroused and began to investigate the matter. He asked Edwards to let him see the bill for the lard that had been delivered at the back door of his store. The negro storekeeper told him that he had not bought any lard, and that he did not know who had sent the two cases to his store. He also said that the negro irayman who had delivered the lard was unknown to him. and that he did not know for whom he was drayin8.
 Upon this assertion. the oficer ar rested Edwards and brought the negro and the lard to police headquarters. where the negro was placed upon ar. rest on the charge Of having received stolen property. Further investigation revealed the fact that the remaining cases Of lard on tho dray had not been taken to the store of c. c. Farrell, but that the drayman had told the oficsr 50 to keep his suspicious from being Aroused. Where the other cases of Hard were delivered the police have so far been unable to ascertain, but hope to do so very soon.
 The case against Edwards was called in police court this morning but was continued until Saturday morning. when the negro will have a hearing. If the charge against the negro is proven. no doubt a heavy fine will be imposed on him. as has been the policy of the ad- ministration in similer cases in the past Mayor Atkins and the police force are trying hard to break up the many fences" scattered over the city, where all of the groceries that are stolen from the railroads and the stores of the city are taken and sold to the consumers. In this movement, they have the hearty cooperation of all cfti- gems who hope that they will be sue- cessful.
 skatinE Tournament.
 A skating tournament will be held in the big pavilion at EIkdale Park to- morrow night. The tournament will be under the auspices of a number of ladies of the city who are trying to beautify Selma by establishing a num- Der of drinking fountains all over the city and to this end an admission will be charged to enter the tournament.
 The ladies who have banded them- selves together to erect these foun- Ealns have already quite a neat sum In the treasury but hope to largely in- crease this amount from the proceeds of the tournament tomorrow night Handsome souvenirs will be given to the best lady and gentleman skater and also to the best couple. The judges for the occasion will be Messrs. l. Schwarz Echuh and Bailey, and Mrs. Clement Ritter and Mrs. Leonard Mcvoy. The grand march will be led by H. H. Hud- son.
 Former Selmians Here.
 MT. and Mrs. Wm. H. Davidson. oi Birmingham, reached the city last nigh, and spent today with relatives. The young couple were married in Birming-