The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-01-23
SELMA CITY POLITICS
MAYOR ATKINS WILL NOT BE OP-
 POSED.
Lively Race is Expected For Head of Sanitary Department, But Many
 Old Officers VIII Hold
Advertiser Bureau

Advertiser Bureau Selma, Jan. 22. On citizens of Selma will soon deyolve the duty of choosing admin istrators of the city's affairs. With two or three possible exceptions 1t ap- pears now that the primary will De only a formal reelection of the in- cumbents.
 During the past two weeks there has been considerable discussion of the municipal election, and 1t has been ex- pected that several candidates would anounce, but so far only three have declared their intention to run Tor of- ice. one of whom withdrew after ma | ture deliberation.
 | 1t does not appear probable that the Hon. V. B. Atkins will be opposed for | the mayoralty. Mayor Atkins adminis- I tration has given good things to Sel- | ma, and great majority or the voters believe that under It's contin- uance will be consummated the things | that were under tstarted, the owner ship of the water plant, the aequisi- tion of a paid fire department and | the ultimate power of the city to issue bonds for general improvet
 meats.
 Chief of Police Walters, will be un- opposed, it is believed. Phillip Brown, | who allowed his name to be exploited as a candidate several days ago, has made statement in which he said that | he would not run against Chief wal | ters. It is generally conceded that the l incumbent in the chiefs office is the popular choice of the people. It is said that H. H. Stewart will not stand for reelection as city clerk. He is believed to be the only city of fical not seeking another term. E. s. Toler, whose experience in the city hall evidently capacitated him for the city clerkship, will in all probability be Stewards successor. Mir. Toler has lived in Selma many years and Is well known.
 | J. M. Rhodes, will oppose William J. | Smoke for sanitary inspector. Both men are considered competent, both are l well known and popular in the city,
 and the race will no doubt be inter-
 esting.
 | Resort on the Perdido. | Selma capital will establish what is | planned to be one of the most preten- I tious summer resorts on the southern coast.
 Henry Lloyd. the proprietor of the
 Albert Hotel in this city, has purchas- | ed seventy-five acres of land on Bear
 Point in Baldwin County and as soon
 as practicable it will be turned into a
 resort. MT. Lloyd does not know yet just when the resort can be opened, work on the pavilions. hotel. boat and bath houses will begin soon. l It. is believed that the Perdido Bay
 resort will be one of the greatest in
 the South.
 | Mrs. Little's sermon. | The Rev. A. A. Little, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church. discoursed | aII oxA rnnrinr k. ing his text from the twentieth verse | of >the second epistle of Paul to the Corinthians. After the sermon the
 session of the church met. l MT. Little announced this morning that next Sunday he would preach
 particularly to children and the young
 people of the congregation.
 The text of the pastor was: For all
 the promises of God in him are yea
 and in him Amen, unto the glory of God by us."
 He began by speaking of the enemies
 man made through life saying that ths man who expected to go through life
 without making enemies was in more
 sense than one a dismal failure.
 ''The enemies of Paul have been
 silenced," said the minister. but the
 truth uttered by him. inspired by God
 has lived and will live"
 Mir. Little said that the promises of
 God had been fulfilled through and
 in Christ, and he illustrated his mean ing by likening the Maker to the l payer in a financial transaction, man to the payee and Christ to the bank which
 is solvent and through which the cheek
 Is cashed. The payer, he illustrated
 is compelled to have money in the solvent bank and is compelled to sign the check which he presents to the payee. But in order to get the promises of the check the payee must endorse it The promises of God are fulfilled in Christ by us, continued the
 minister, but we must first indorse.
 Mr. Little's sermon was masterful
 and a large audiences appreciation of