The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-06-24
BOY SAVED FROM
DEATH IN RIVER
Was Caught Under Log While
Fishing
SELMA WANTS MEAT LAW
Negro Killed In West Dallas Because
of Quarrel About Dog-other News
of Selma and Dallas
County.
SELMA WANTS MEAT LAW


Selma, June 23.-(Special. )-This after
noon there were vociferous cries for help
heard emanating from the south side OF
the Alabama river near tie approach of
the county bridge A number of person
hurried across the bridge and found III the
shallow water just east of the bridge
pier James Marshall, 10-year-old son of
Rivers Marshall, a negro, about to drown.
1t seems that father and son were fish
ing from log left in the river from the
last high water, when the log turned over
and caught the boy beneath it. The boy s
head managed to be toward the bank
while the log fastened him down by lying
upon the back part of his thighs.
The father attempted to remove the log
number of negroes reached the scene and
waded out into the water that 1t was pos
sible to remove tho log so as to permit
the boy to scramble to the bank. Had he
been caught with his face outward he
would have surely drowned as the water
was quite deep on the outside of the
log. There were many shouts of thanks
giving as the boy reached a place of
safety.
Prompt Action Taken.
This morning the committee on hygiene
of the City Council and the Mayor held
meeting for the purpose Of taking i'm
mediate action upon the report of the
Board of Health as made to the council
last night. A meat and milk inspector
will be appointed at once and the provis-
ions of the recent meat. ordinance, which
do not go into effect until October, were
set out In a separate ordinance to be pre-
scented to the council at the next meeting
and which will be passed The meat in
spector will at once begin the inspection
of meats and milk and will endeavor to
rectify the narrowing abuses which have
almost made the citizens of Selma refuse
to further eat meat.
Another Killing.
Word reached the city today of an
other killing In West Dallas, the victim
being a negro and his slayer being alsr
of his race and having already two vie
tins to his dscredit. IT seems that a
dog was at the bottom Of the trouble, one
of the negroes refusing to return a valu-
able bird dog belonging to the other.
Tuition Taken Off.
The board of trustees of the Dallas
Academy met yesterday afternoon in con-
junction with the city school board and
two teachers We're selected to fill vacan-
cies in grades for which Miss Miller and
Miss Young, who were teachers during
/ the past session. did not re-apply. Miss
May Harwel OF Auburn, who has been
, teaching in the Girls Industrial school at
| Montevallo was selected to FIJI Miss Mil
| tnrt Toll n
graduate OF the Dallas Academy. and
/ who has been teaching In the Dallas
County rural schools, was selected to fill
Miss Youngs place.
About the most important matter done
by the board was the removal of tuition
from the seventh and eighth grades of
the Dallas Academy, leaving only the four
high school grades of the school charging
tuition in Selma. This action of the board
gives universal satisfaction. and it is
hoped that soon all tuition, and even the
contingent fee of 81 per year will be re-
moved.
Lucky Find of JeweIry.
1t Is not often that a piece of jewelry
highly priced returns to Its owner after
many years absence. Such. however. was
the case when Officer A. Philen returned
to Miss Maude Hooper a pin given her
many years ago by her father Mr.. j.
]. Hooper, as birth day gift.
Several weeks ago Officer Philen was
summoned to the home of Mrs. NJ. s.
Hooper, corner of Alabama and Union
streets and requested to attempt to re-
cover sum of money that was missing.
While at the house Mrs. Hooper showed
to the officer a beautiful gold pin the
duplicate of one that was lost several
years ago. belonging to Miss Maude
Hooper The original mad been presented
to Miss Hooper by her father and she
lost 1t in some manner On visit some
time afterwards to New York the jeweler
that had fashioned the original was
sought out and another pin made
few weeks after the visit of the Of
ficer to the Hooper home he noticed a
negro woman by the name of Ada Peal
wearing a pin which appeared to the Of
f1cer to be similar at least to the pin he
had been show by Mrs. Hooper. Max
ing another visit to the house and look
ing at the pin again Mr.. Philen was
sure that he had discovered the long
lost article of jewelry and he has pre-
scented it to its rightful owner
The negro woman claimed that she had
worn 1t for long time and that it was
given to her by a negro who found 1t.
Officer Philen was handsomely remember
ed by the owner of the pin for his kind
offices in recovering 1t.
An Eloquent Lecture.
Friday night at the First Christian
church Prof. w. NJ. Forrest of the Uni
versity of Michigan. delivered an eloquent
lecture on missions and especially mis-
sions in India. The speaker was fol
some years president Of the Bible college
of Calcutta. India. and the purpose OF
his visit was simply to arouse an in.
terest in the work that Is being done II
that field.
His address Friday night was listened tc
with attention by large audience which
included many of the ministers of other
churches of the city. Professor Forrest
Is indeed an eloquent orator.
Social and Personal.
Two dances at the Pavilion during the
past week gave considerable enjoyment
to many of the young people. Monday
night the young ladies who are conduct
ing a dancing class, gave a soiree and
there was an exceedingly large attend
ance That a. most enjoyable evening was
spent goes without saying Wednesday
night a subscription dance was giver
participated in by about twenty-five
couples and a most delightful evening was
spent
happy crowd spent Thursday at the
Pole Brazer place about five miles from
the city on a picnic. The party was
composed only of young ladies and they
were delightfully."- chaperoned by Mrs. Jake
o;no,1 NJ, rarpard ark OH and Mrs