The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-09-27
HOSPITALITY IS
 SADLY DEFICIENT Selma Knights Not Pleased With Birmingham Visit NOBODY TO MEET THEM Old Marks Place In Selma Is Sold for s6ooo-other News of Selma and
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Selma September 6.-(special) )-Con- trary to the usual rule when Selmlans visit Birmingham on any occasion. the votaries of Antares Temple. No. 127 Dra- | matic Knights of Korhassan, which put on a ceremonial in the Magic City last night, did not return with words of praise for the hospitality and enthusiasm of the people of Birmingham. The Selma contingent met at Calera the Montgomery members of the temple and arrived in Birmingham on a special train at about 5:SO There was not a single Birming- | ham knight at the station to welcome the some 100 visitors and after awhile piloted by a Montgomery member the party went to the hotel. Fifty-three tyros were led across the burning sands, but of that number but seven were from Birmingham The re- mainder came from nearby towns, from Montgomery and from even the canebrake section of the state below Selma. The banquet at the Florence hotel, presided over by Eli Smith was greatly enjoyed, the visitors from this section praislng the service and the viands to no small
  played by the Birmingham knights that came in for censure among those who went from Selma and vicinity.
 Property Brings Good Price.
 The Marks place on the corner of Jeff Davis avenue and Maple street was sold today at noon in front of the court house. The property is owned by G. c. Vaughan and was sold through the real estate firm of s. A. Smith & Co.
 The bidding was lively at times and the figure at which it was sold was $60O0 Topper Brothers of this city being the purchasers. The property fronts about 25O feet on Maple street and runs back 300 feet. It is an old ante-bellum piece of property and during the war when the federal army invested this city a cannon ball ploughed it's way into one of the columns of the structure. The hole made by the ball is yet to be seen.
 The place has been remodeled of late and electric lights and other improvements made. It is an ideal place for a semi suburban residence or for a school and the price paid is not considered unreason- able
 | Some years ago the entire place, in- | cluding several acres of ground, was pur- chased for $4000. LateD the part occupied by the Buckeye Cotton oil Mill was sold | off for $3500. Other portions have been disposed of and yet the main portion of the property brought $6OO0, showing the rapid advance that has been made in real estate in this city during the past l five or six years.
 MT. Vaughan will about trble his money on the investment, and yet the purchasers today have secured a bargain which in 9 few years will bring them profit if they care to sell
 Local and Personal.
 W. B. Craig, nominee for Congress from this district, received today a ten-horse power Maxwell automobile ordered sev- eral weeks ago. The new machine makes an addition to the long list already in this city.
 M. R. Jones, Sr., is a visitor to Meridian today.
 Tax Collector c. P. Morrish has return ed from visit to Tate Springs, Tenn. He left Senator Pettus at that resort, the latter being greatly benefited by the water.
 Father J. F. Mcdonnell formerly in charge of the jesuit mission fin this city, but now stationed in Macon, Ga, Is on d visit of two days to his old home.
 The Selma cotton exchange has posted an edict that after September 30 no straw hats will be allowed upon the floor of the exchange. The penalty is extermina- tion and confiscation of the contraband headgear.
 Miss Frances Higgngs has returned from University where she has been in attendance at the summer school for sev- eral weeks