The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-30
CAPITAL EXHIBITS ARE TAKEN ID SELMA Next Legislature Will Be Asked
 for $25,OOO DR. RICE CAUSES SURPRISE Says of 132 Saloons In Montgomery 32 Are Low Negro Dives-Four Hun
 dred Negro Women Sup
 ported By White Men.
DIR. RICE CAUSES SURPRISE

Montgomery, October 29.-(SpeciaD The state department of agriculture is busy today transferring several sections of the Alabama exhibit at the State Fair last week to Selma, where fair for that section of the state opens tomorrow. The exhibits of Cullman and Madison, winners of first and third prizes at the show last week, are being sent over with lot of others of special merit.
 The fair here was a great success. As a result the next legislature will be asked to appropriate $25,00O to purchase exhibits and keep them here for all time to come. It is the purpose of the management to make the exhibitions permanent and dur ing the winter months much work will be done on the buildings
 The last act of the week. an explosion of dynamite by the Pains Fireworks com pany was a costly one to that concern. An employe of the company set off sev- enty-two pounds of dynamite, and the shock of the explosion did damage of at least $l50O at the grounds and to coaches about the shops of the Western railway, in the way of broken glass.
 The mayor has addressed letter to the chief of police in which the force is commended for the good work done, all records being broken for law and order.
 Vice Is Charged.
 At meeting at Court street Methodist church last night, Dr. John A. Rice the pastor. made the remarkable statements that there were 132 saloons in Mont gomery. of which thirty-two are negro dives of the worst sort, and that 400 negro women in the city are supported by white men,
 The statement as to the saloons and the negro dives was made at the regular morning service, as well as night at which time he said that he hoped that some plan would be made to protect the people of the city from the evils indi- cated by his remarks. What are we do- ing?' he said, "to save the young men from the race down to destruction they are now running? Surely we need tenn perance movement in this city"
 The doctor has been preaching some thing like this every Sunday for several weeks, and is making hard fight on the eN1lS IndL eAlSL. AlnOnB OllleT lulDBS, he said that the officers of the law were blocked in their work by the efforts of white men in sympathy with the low down dives who protect the negroes be- cause it makes them revenue.
 Death By Fire. From the effects of serious burns sus- tained last night about 9 o'clock, the result of an exploded lamp. Lizzie Bullock. colored resident of 319 Clay street, died this morning at an early hour. Shortly after the stated hour white citizen of Montgomery, having occasion to pass by the negress' home, noticed the play of flames on the inside of the house and immediately ran to render service to the occupants, turning on the fire alarm a t the same time
 Arriving at the scene of danger the un- known rescurer had to break into the room in order to reach the fire, and doing so he saw various articles of clothing burning within the room as the result of a lamps explosion, and crowd of frightened negro men within the room totally unable to grasp the seriousness of the situation.
 Learning of the womans burning with in an adjoining room, the Montgomerian sent negro to rescue the one in hames which was done requested. Help, how ever, not coming in sufficient time, the