The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-02-19
BARGE LINE FROM SELMA
 TO MOBILE IS PROJECTED

| iness houses of the city. He said that if they will stick to him he will stick to them and that in the long run that the bargain between them will prove most satisfactory. This means that the schedule of the boat will be regu- | lar and that the merchants will know when to count on its leaving the city wharf and when to expect 1t to re- | turn.
 Considerable freight is hauled in and out of Selma each year by the steam i boats which ply the Alabama River. 1 but 1t would take all of this freight to make the boat paying business enter prise, and for this reason the steamboat man wants the merchants of Selma to agree to give his boat their business. l The proposition as it was made VIII come up for hearing at the next l semi-monthly meeting of the Commer- cial and Industrial Association. The boat matter was discussed for the hrst l time at the last meeting of the Asso- citation.
 It is very likely that this steamboat man will appear before the next meet 1 ing of the Commercial and Industrial Association and in person submit his proposition to the Association and to | the business men of the city.
 Another side of the question which will also be looked into if the steam boat mans proposition is accepted will be the fixing up of the city wharf. Secretary Slater said this morning that at various meetings of the Com mercial and Industrial Association. May or Atkins said that the city of Selma was willing to fix up the city wharf if the city would be benefited by its be- ing improved. But as the boats which were present ply the river did not benefit Selma very much that the city saw no use in expending a large sum of money for the use of others.
 White Burglar Surprised. Residents at the home of Hon. Henry R. Reese on Dallas Street, were awak- ened this morning by the hearing of three pistol shots fired by Reese at a white man who had been surprised in his home. The man escaped without being injured by the shots.
 This morning about 3 o'clock Mrs. Reese awoke and started to see if 1t was time for her to awake her hus- band so that he could dress and catch the train to Montgomery to resume his duties as Dal1ass Representative in the State Senate. She arose from bed and struck a match so as to see the clock. when her eyes rested upon the form of a white man in his shirt sleeves and stocking feet within three rect OI nGI.
 With great presence of mind Mrs. Reese asked the white burglar what he was doing there, when the latter showed her back towards the bed and ran out of the room. Mrs. Reese quickly awoke her husband who grabbed his pistol and from an open window took three shots at the fleeing burglar before he became lost in the darkness of the night
 After the escare of the burglar an investigation of the room was made by Mir Reese, who discovered that the thief had gone through his clothes and that from the pockets of the same he had taken $75 cash, a check for $l00, a mileage book which contained several hundred miles of fare and some papers belonging to the Eiiasberg Brothers.
 It was later discovered that by some chance Sunday night when the family retired that the front door had been left open The thief in passing dis covered this fact and after gong through the house and finding nothing he wanted arrived at the room occu- pied by MT. Reese through whose clothes he went.
 Mrs. Reese describes the burglar as being clean A5aved young white man who had on a soft felt hat. He is also described as having been neatly dress- ed and presenting a very genteel ap- pearance. The police were telephoned for immediately after the presence of the burglar was discovered in the house and although they have been working Lpon the ease since then have discov- cred no trace as to his identity. ,