The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-11
NEW HOME FUR
 HARMONY CLUB Fine New Building Will Soon
 Be Erected FORMING HUMANE SOCIETY
The City Council Will Hold a Meet ing, at Which Several Important Matters Will Be Discussed.
 Turnkey Is Suspended.

Selma, August 10.-(Specia1)-Th Har-
 mony club, the oldest social organization
 in the city, and one of the oldest in the state having been organized in 1869, will soon let the contract for their new club house building. The club has purchased a lot on Water street, a part of the old Weaver property, which fig on the corner of Lauderdale and Water, and will erect a beautiful three-story building at a cost of about S25,o0o The annual election will take place next week and considerable interest is being taken in the matter.
 Meeting on Monday.
 Monday afternoon there will be held large meeting of citizens to organize a Humane society for Selma. Mrs. Irene Rood, national organizer for the Humane Society of the United States, has aroused a great deal of interest in the work to be performed by the society, and the pros- poets are bright for an enthusiastic so- cety.
 City Council to Meet.
 Tho City Council will hold it's regular monthly meeting tomorrow night and sey- eral matters of moment are down for ac- 'ioiit u lS iih6iy lildI tne committee on streets and the finance committee acting jointly will have a report ready on pay ing. It is hoped so, anyway, as citizens are anxious to see the dirt ny.
 Chief Walters will report the suspen- sion of Turnkey Ahern for allowing prIs- oner to escape, and will also report the suspension of Officer R. N. Cox, made yesterday The latter officer arrested a negro watermelon peddler for leaving his team unhitehed. and according to his own statement made to the Mayor got sorry for the negro and turned him loose, the negro giving him a dollar for being so kind. The Mayor and chief are of tle opinion that the officer acted more from ignorance than from any cupabllty, but it is an onense that to condone would not the force.
 There are some other matters which will receive consideration.
 Local and Personal.
 Claude Stewart and James Mallory have gone to orden Wheeler Springs for visit of several days.
 Dr. Y. P. Gary, Mrs. D. A. Kennedy, Mrs. J. r. Hooper and Fullerton Hooper will leave Tuesday for Borden Wheeler Springs
 W. T. Atkins has returned from a visit to Crenshaw county. He reports reyo- lutlon in the mode of eultivatlng cotton and corn. The rows are six and eight feet apart and the weed and stalk grows until they practically touch MT Atkins believes q splendid crop will be made if an absolutely unfayorable season does not set in The new manner of planting was caused by the difficulty in securing labor and MT. Atkins thinks that If number of farmers of Dallas would take trip over to the wire grass and see the sue 1 cess that has been achieved it would solve the labor question to great extent in the black belt l.. E. Atcheson, the well-known contrac- tor, In remodeling the old ante-belum Byrd residence on Lapsley street, found on tearing down one of the large columns on the front porch a bee gum that had evidently bene in existence for fifteen or twenty years, the busy bees making a hive of tho big column each year. There was taken from the column fifty-seven pounds of honey of rare quality.
 Sunday evening at the Church Street Methodist church the Epworth league will hold at D. m. a union meeting, to which all the church societies of the city have been invited and which will be largely at tended. Miss Elisa Cortez, a returned missionary from Japan, will be present and will deliver an address, The meeting promises to be an excedeingly interesting one.
 Robert Ross and his sister, Miss Annie Ross. of Meridian are the guests of Mrs. II. B. Johnston on West Water street
 B. B. Johnson left last night for a ten days sojourn at Tate Springs.
 Mrs. l. C. Skinner has gone to Cam den to visit her parents
 A movement is on foot to secure another train for Selma on the Pensacola branch of the Louisville and Nashville railroad. This subject has long been discussed in Selma and the advantages of such a train is apparent. It Is proposed to have such train reach Selma about Il o'clock in the morning and leave about or o'clock in the afternoon. Petitions to that effect