The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-09-26
BLIND TIGERS MUST
 CEASE IN SELMA
Police Make an Arrest After
 Securing Evidence
.HOLDUP STORY IS A HOAX
Freight Cars On the Southern Are Robbed and Reports for the Time Caused Some Excitement.
 Other News of Selma.

Selma, September Zo,-(Specla1. )-foHce Officer Campbell late yesterday afternoon arrested F. N Kegler, bookkeeper and clerk for pr. N. S. Smith. who conducts a drugstore on East Alabama street, op- posite the Mechanic engine house, on the charge of selling whisky without license. This drugstore has been the lime light before on the same charge. but changed hands a few months ago. The police have suspected that whisky was sold at the place, no license having been procured for the same, and yesterday secured evi- dence of q half pint of whisky having been purchased on September 20 and an- other half pint yesterday. Bond in the sum of $lOO was taken for the appearance of MT. Kegler before the mayor The case may not, however. come up before the mayor as the grand jury Is in ses- sion and may take up the matter and return an indictment before the case is called in mayors court. There is a de- termined effort to break up blind tigers in this county. Judge Miller having de- livered a strong charge to the present grand jury against the evil, and 1t Is
 
 made of somebody.
 Not a Hold-Up.
 Considerable excitement was occasioned in the city today by the report that freight train on, the Southern railway had been held up by lone negro high wayman between this city and Lake La nier The report current was to the ef- feet that the negro had lined the crew up and taken from thesn their watches and valuables and then permitted them to proceed. An investigation into the highly improbable story revealed the fact that at an early hour down the Mobile and Birmingham division of the South ern this morning several cars of a freight train were robbed and that the company's special agent had been sent for and froyl tbs incident grew the reported hold up which promised an interesting story of account of its very unlikeliness.
 "cIansman" Had Been Cut Out.
 With the action of the cities, Mont gomery and Macon cutting out the per- formance of "The Clansman," owing to its incendiary, is recalled the fact that Manager Long of the Selma Academy of Music refused to book the company for another performance this season for the reason that trouble was narrowly avert CT last year. When the company pre- sented the Clansman in Selma last year the mayor and chief of police ordered the gallery closed to negroes. Some lit- tie comment was made at the time and this year Manager Long decided not to allow the company to perform here at all He Is congratulating himself on his wisdom, in view of the action taken by other southern cities.
 Local and Personal.
 Sherrish Brislln spent Sunday in Mobile returning last night
 s. A. Fowlkes, the well-known insur- ance and real estate man, has returned from a visit to Tate Springs.
 Miss Natalee Darby left today for a visit to Shelby Springs.
 John A. Rogers, Jr. of Gainesville is a visitor to the city today. He is the son of John A. Rogers, whose services in the legislature and constitutional conven- ton are so well-known.
 Joseph A. Magnus of Cincinnati Is a visitor to the city today.
 F. B. Clements of Washington came in last night and Is among his friends here.
 MT. and Mrs Edward Lambert and son, Francis leave tomorrow for St. Louis from where they will go to Ar kansas, where they will make their future home.