The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-04-20
UNVEILS A BOULDER
MEN WHO FELL IN BATTLE OF
 SELMA REMEMBERED.
Interesting Ceremonies Under Dfrec- tfon of the Daughters of Con. federacy-Mr. Pitts Delivers
 Eloquent Address.

Selma, April 1s.-(SpeciaL)-In com- memoration of the memory of the he- roes who wore the grey and who died In the battle of Selma, the local chap ter of the Daughters of the Confeder- acy this afternoon unveiled a large boulder
 The boulder is about five feet tall and square and is made of Alabama granite from the same quarry from which came the granite that the Con- federate monument in Live Oak ceme- tery was carved. It is located on the breastworks near the Range Line road In the northeastern part of the city. It was at this point that the greatest conflict in the battle of Selma took place and where hundreds of Se1mians who were entrenched behind the breast works died in defense of this city. It was there that Upton's infantry entered the city after hours of fight ing. Sunday afternoon. April 2, 1865. At this point there fell Colonel Will liam T. Minter, Robert Philpot and Rev. Arthur Small: men whose names will always be associated with the battle of Selma.
 The exercises attending the unveil- ing of this block of granite this af- ternoon were most appropriate. Pray CT was offered by Rev. J. c. Caldwell, pastor of the First Christian Church after which Hon. A. D. Pitts delivered the unveiling address. During his ad- dress Mir. Pitts paid glowing tributes to the memory of the dead Confeder- ate soldiers and lauded the living for their valiant deeds of bravery. He dwelt at length upon the historical facts of the battle of Selma as they are set forth in Forests history. His address was considered one of the best ever delivered in this city
 After the address by Mir. Pitts, Miss Octavia Lauderdale recited Father Ryan's Conquered Banner" The Frank Pettus artillery then fired Q salute of five guns while Miss Maude Hooper unveiled the boulder.
 Upon one side of the slab, there is carved: "Dericated to the memory of Colonel William T. Minter. Robert Philpot, Rev. Arthur Small and other valiant soldiers who died In the bat tie of Selma, April 2. 1885,"
 Robert Philpot whose name appeared upon the stone. was grand father oi Miss Hooper, who unveiled it and Col onel Minter was grand father of Miss Emily Ferguson. who was largely in- strumental in having the stone placed today. Rev. Arthur Small was pastor of the Broad Street Presbyterian
 
 Morgan Clark Convicted.
 Tn the court of justice of the peace, I. D. Lloyd this afternoon Morgan Clark, a young white man, was tried on the charge of larceny. The evf- dence showed that a man named Morse of Sprotts, Perry county, had pawned Clark his watch some months ago. A letter was introduced which showed that Clark had acknowledged tho re- ceipt of the money, but had failed to give up the watch.
 Clark was formerly employed by the Southern Railway as a detective and once arrested several young white men for robbing freight cars. During the term of the circuit court few weeks ago these cases were tried, but Clarks evidence was impeached and the cases were thrown out of court
 At the conclusion of the evidence this afternoon Justice Lloyd fined him s1O0 and sentenced him to jail for six months. Clark took an appeal and made bond.