The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-21
JEWS OF SELMA ARE RAISING GOOD FUND Amount is Expected to Reach
 $1000 NEGRO KILLED AT BROWNS Street Car CoIlides With a Delivery Wagon, Doing Considerable Dam- age, But lnjuring No One.
 Other News.

Selma November 20.-(Special.)-The meeting called for yesterday afternoon of the Jews of Selma at Temple MisnKah Israel was largely attended and resulted in the raising of quite creditable sum for the alleviation of the suffering of thelr co-religionists in Russia. M. J. Meyer called the meeting to order and named Isaac Schwarz as chairman. Marcus sterne. IT,. was named as secretary and treasurer. MT. Schwarz made an eloquent address to the meeting. explaining us purpose. and was followed by Rappl H' s. Levy of Temple Mishkan Israel. M. J. Meyer spoke next and then J. Rothschiid' c. Goldstein, J. c. Adler and Marcus Sterne, Jr., were appointed a commit,ee to receive subscriptions. Charfhah Schwarz was added to the committee. Four hundred and forty-five dollars was subscribed at the meeting which, added to $50 subscribed by the Ladies Benevoien. society. and $25 by the Order Of Bnai Brith made the list $620. The committee is receiving subscriptions today and the contribution from Selma will reach about s1Ooo Among the subscribers were sever al well known Gentiles who are ahAious to help the worthy cause.
 Neqro Killing at Browns. At Browns, about twenty miles rom Selma, Saturday night occurred nesro killing The names of those 1hplcd,eu in inc affair could not be learned, but the information is that the usual Saturuay night frolic was on ana that quarrei ensued in which the negro wno met ms pn nd act of pulling the trigger and putting an end to his antagonist when friend or the latter came up and, taking in the sltua- tion. pulled his trusty pistol, and placing the muzzle close to the back or the hesro with the gun, fired, the bullet speeuihs true to its mark and causing instant death, the deadly shotgun falling rom the fingers of the negro as he Tell to the ground in the throes of death. The negro that did the shooting made his escape but was later captured and today was piven A. preliminary hearing before 8 jus 1 tice in Browns precinct.
 Will Send Thanksgiving Box.
 The United Daughters of the Confeder- acy will send on Wednesday to Mountain 1 Creek A Thanksgiving box for the old vet erans of the Soldiers Home. The off, cers of the local chapter of United Daugh- ters of the Confederacy are;
 Mrs. A. w. Cawthon, president. Mrs C. R. Jones' first vice president. 1 Mrs 10. M. Byrne, second vice presi- dent.
 Mrs w. S. Monk, recording secretary.
 Miss Emily Ferguson, corresponding sec- retary.
 Miss Fudora Connoley, treasurer. Mrs. B. H. Craig, state director.
 Local and Personal.
 The Academy of Music. the popular To- | cal playhouse, will be dark this entire week, the next attraction being walker Whitesides, on November 29. The congregation of the First Baptist I church heard two strong and able ser mons yesterday from Rev. w. D. Hup- | bard of Troy.
 MT. and Mrs. E. E. Epperson of this l o;tv went to Mobile Saturday night ana | was nresent yesterday on the occasion or | the dedication of the new Christian church building in the Gulf City. Harry Oppenheimer, an old Selma man. but now travelling out of Baltimore, IS visitor to this city.
 J. B. Ellis left this afternoon for Phila- l delphia on business.
 | This morning about o'clock a collision occurred between car No. 13 of the elec- tric railway and delivery wagon. The wagon was going in the same direction as the car and the driver did not hear l the gong warning him to move off the | track The rear wheels and the end Of | inc wagon were crushed. No one was in- jured.
 Tomorrow is circus day in Selma and the largest crowd that has been in Selma | since Barnum's circus failed to show here about fifteen years ago is expected.