The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-05-29
SMOOTH BURGLARS AT WORK IN SELMA ProwI About Homes Without
 Waking Inmates SCHOOLS ARE CLOSING Three Colored Schools of the City Be- gan Their Final Exercises Yester-
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 of Selma.
SCHOOLS ARE CLOSING

Salma, May s-(Special )-That burglars above the ordinary run are doing business in Selma is being borne home to the au- thorities and the victims. Following fast upon the entering of house in the east ern portion of the city on Friday night comes the report of the home of MT. and Mrs. c. Irwin Saturday night, or rather on Sunday morning. Mr- Irwin went home about midnight from his store down town. His child being i'll. when he re- tired, he left the lamp burning in the room in which himself, wife and child slept. His trousers he hung on the back of a chair at the foot of the bed. When he awoke Sunday morning he found them missing and a search revealed them lying on the grass lawn in front of the house TI,e pocketboolk, which was in pocket in the trousers, was found lying upon the lat ter on the grass, its contents untouched save the actual money, $7 or s. in small change which was contained therein. Not another thing seems to have been taken by the burglar. A photograph in a case with handle was sitting on the bureau in the room and this was found on the
 
 house was found open and the supposition is that the burglar left the house that way. It is believed the front door lock was picked as the means of ingress to the place.
 The greatest mystery Is how none of the family were awakened by the intruder and when 1t is remembered that Friday night a similar experience befell MT. and Mrs. Jesse James no little apprehension is felt oyer the matter.
 Schools Closing.
 Today begins the closing days of the Dallas academy, the Baker school and the Clark school, the three public schools of this city, the latter being the colored school. Honors were distributed in the verious grades today and the graduating exercises will take place at the Academy of Music Wednesday night when the Rev. J. A Rice of Montgomery will deliver an address The exercises at the Clark school will take place tomorrow night and the Rev. A r. Owen, dean of theology in the Selma university, a well known negro, will deliver the address.
 Local and Personal. Mrs. Claude Grayson accompanied by her sons Al and Richard left this morning for Tampa for visit of several days to relatives
 Mr. C. B. Tinch d member of the Selma fire department fell from the chemical wagon while en route to slight fire on Saturday night. brusing his arm and leg considerably. He is unable to go to work l
 Miss Bertha Schuster who has been at tending school in New York for the past year, has returned home. MT. and Mrs. Schuster and her sister Miss Maude Schuster, went to Montgomery yesterday to meet her.
 Many Semians went oyer to Montgom cry yesterday to attend the picnic of the Falcon club. The day was spent at Jack sons lake in a most delightful manner. The Harmony club will return the com plment next Sunday with a picnic at 1 Lake Lanier.
 St. Paurs Episcopal church Sunday school will give it's annual picnic at Lake Lanier on Thursday June ', MT. and Mrs. William Wlby and niece who have been to Los Angeles and other l California and western points, returned | home Saturday night They report most glorious trip and state that no pen can depict the ruin and devastation wrought | by the earthquake and fire in San Fran cisco. They went all over the ruined dis trct in the latter city and MT Wilby states that the cheerfulness and hopeful ness of the people in the face of their l diversity is something marvellous | Charles Cureton negro, while at work yesterday was accidently struck in the l face by a fellow workman with a big, heavy maui. The negro's lip on the out side was not broken but inside d terrible | laceration was made.
 In Mayors court this morning George Scott, a one-legged negro, was fined $l0 for assault and battery upon Kate Jack son. The latter was badly bruised up about the eyes and face.