The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-04
MRS. MARY DENT IS
 BURIED 1T SELMA
Mayor Wants to Know Why
 Saloon Is Moved
MUST COMPLY WITH LAW
Saloon Men Are Ordered to Comply Strictly With Provisions of the Law or They Will Suffer.
 Other News Items.

Selma. October Special )-From the
 First Baptist church today occurred the
 funeral of Mrs. Mary Hsralson Dent.
 daughter of Judge and Mrs Jonathon
 Haralson and wife of George Dent of
 Eufaula. large number of friends of
 the family in their old home, where
 the deceased was born and reared until
 her marriage in 1896. gathered to pay a
 last mark of respect
 Out of regard fo- the father of the
 deceased the circuit court adjourned and
 the court officers. including the jury try
 ing pending case, attended the services
 Mrs. Dent died In Montgomery on Tues
 day from a sudden stroke of apoplexy
 and the remains were brought to Selma
 at 10:l0 o'clock today, the interment talk
 ing place in Like Oak cemetery. Those
 accompanying the remains to the city
 were: Judge and Mrs Haralson, Mr
 George Dent, MT and Mrs s. H. Dent
 Jr., Hon. s. Ii. Dent, Mrs. Charles B.
 Teasley, Mrs. II. r Bartlett. Mr. Phares
 Coleman, formerly reporter of the su-
 preme court; Associate Justice John An
 derson, Gen. R. F. Ligon, clerk of the
 supreme court; Maj. J. G. Harris, asso-
 ciate railroad commissioner; MT and
 Mrs. R. H. McFadden of Greensboro, and
 the Rev. c. A. Stakely, pastor of the
 Court Street Baptist church in Mont
 gomery. The ceremony was conducted by
 the latter, assisted by the Rev. J. l..
 Rosser, pastor of the First Baptist church
 of this city.
 The floral offerings were many and beau-
 tiful, attesting to the high esteem and
 the love in which the deceased was held.
 Mayor Wants to Know.
 In open court this morning Mayor At
 kins asked Chief Walters by what au- thority Mike R. Jones had moved his
 bar from Alabama street 10 Washington
 street. The chief replied that he had talk with MT. Jones yesterday and un- derstood from him that he had made the proper arrangements. MT. Atkins said that he must have made the arrange ments with Judge Miller, for he certainly had not with him. Send for Mir. Jones at once," said the Mayor. In a little while MT. Jones appeared in court and
 was asked by what authority he had | moved his bar He stated that he had talk with the city clerk, and intended | to comply with the law as he understood | It. Mayor Atkins told MT. Jones that he | had license to operate a bar on a certain | street and at a certain number, and had | no authority to open elsewhere until ht | had complied with the law that he had | just the same right to move into the | First ward or any other ward as he die 1 to move from Alabama to Washington street. MT. Jones' said the Mayor. T am going to give you until tomorrow morning at 9 o'clock to comply with the law, and if at that time you have not done so I will have your place closed. You will advertise in the next issue ot some paper notice that you will make application to the City Council to move your place of business, and in addition to this you must get the signatures of seven members of the City Council to your application, pending the action of the City Council at its next meeting. Then turning to MT A. Collman, who was in the court room, the Mayor told him that he must also get the signatures | of seven members of the council to sign | his petition to move his place of business, | and that he had until o'clock tomorrow l morning to do so, If at that time he had | not done so his place would be closed 1 also.
 This whisky business must be run ac- | cording to the law, if run at all" said l Mayor Atkins.
 A Perjury Case.
 l The entire time of the circuit court to- | day has been taken up with case of perjury charged against Sanford Cald- l well, a well-known negro. Some months | ago Wilbur Caldwell. brother of San taA T,,ar Gon | ford secured the marriage license and 1 declared that Inez was over 21 years of | age. It turns out that she is not IS, | and the mother of the girl is prosecuting | her son-in-law for perjury. The girl has | considerable property and this Is sup | posed to be the main cause of the suit. | Eminent legal talent Is engaged on both