The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-06-13
ARRANGEMENTS IN SELMA.
Citizens Plan to Receive Remains of
 Senator Morgan.

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 Citizens Plan to Receive Remains of
 Senator Morgan.
 Selma, June 12.--(Special )-In Live Oak Cemetery close to the tall monu- ment erected to the memory of dead Confederate soldiers, and within sight of the tomb of Vice-President William R. King. the remains of Senator John Tyler Morgan will be buried Saturday afternoon.
 The lot was selected this afternoon and all of the preliminary arrange ments pertaining to the funeral ser vices will be attended to by former friends of the dead Senator
 The funeral services will be held at the Church Street Methodist Church of which Senator Morgan was a member and with the congregation of which he took communion on his last visit here. The remains will reach Selma on a special train over the Southern Railway from Washington about g o'clock Sat urday morning and will likely be taken to the Central City Club where they will lie in state until the hour of the funeral and where they will be viewed by hundreds who loved and respected him during life and honor him in death. Selma will honor the memory of her gifted son and for an hour pre- vious and during the funeral services every place of business will be closed and the city will be draped in mourn ing. Every military company and ev- cry secret and commercial body will turn out and pay last tribute of re- spect to his memory.
 The news of Senator Morgan's death was learned here with sincere regret by every Selmian. But few here knew that he was sick and the news of his death was a great shock to every res ident.
 Soon after the news of his death was learned here this morning J. B. Ellis President of the Central City Club issued a call for a mass meeting of citizens to be held at the club rooms this afternoon. At p. m. the hall was crowded with the most prominent men of Selma Hon. H. S. D. Mallory presided, and R. E. L. Mel was secre- tary.
 MT Mallory read several telegrams which had been received during the day by Hon. l.. E Jeffries. both from Miss Mary Morgan, and from the Ser geant- -at-Aarms of the Senate. The telegrams asked MT. Jeffries to attend to all necessary funeral arrangements and mentioned that the funeral ser- vices would be held at the Church Street Methodist Church at noon Sat urday and that the party would leave Washington on a special train and ar- rive here at 9 a. m. Saturday.
 One of the telegrams from Miss Nor gan asked that he see Hon. H. s. D |. Mallory, Colonel William R. Nelson, c. W. Hooper. A c. Parrish, and ask them 10 act with him as pail bearers.
 c: w. Hooper moved that the chair man appoint a committee to go to An niston or Wilton and meet the special train and to escort the remains to Sel- ma This committee was named later and will be composed of H. s. D. Nal J. B Ellis, V. B. Atkins. J l.. Clay, P. IT Pitts, E. c. Melvin, L. E. Jef- fries J c. Adler R. E. L. Mel and w. B. Craig.
 The funeral arrangements were dis cussed and committee consisting of L. E. Jeffries. W. B. Craig, c. W. Hooper, E. C. Melvin and w. S. Monk was named to attend to all of the ar engagements.
 H H. Stewart addressed the meet ing showing how unsuitable 12 o'clock would be for holding the funeral ser vices. He said that Selma and Dallas county owed her illustrious son more respect than to have his remains reach here at a, m. and to be buried at F m., besides the heat at that hour was intense, that the loved on-s of Senator Morgan had the first claim upon him but that he passed being a man for whom his fam fly alone FreNed; that the State of Alabama grieved for him also, and he thought the question of holding the fu- neral should be taken from the hands of his loved ones and that the nour should he changed to some later hour during the day.