The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-12-09
OFFICERS IN SELMA
sourHrRN RAILWAY MEN SPEND DAY THERE.
r-.-.~<~a the Depot and other Prop e-fv and Left For Mobile News of the Central
 City.
Advertiser Bureau, |.

4 number of the prominent omciaIs ex the Southern Railway system spent a short while in Selma this morhlns n the party were c. II. AcKert' VIZ president and general manager, Wlsh headauarters in Washington, cnercer. one of the vice presidents' J. q R. Thompson, assistant to President Ftriey. with headquarters in Auah.a' T VI ConIey, chief special agent, Wlth hea5ouarters in washington' F. L. MIG Manus, assistant to general manaseI with headquarters in Wasning .oh, M M. Richey. manager or the nlquc Mutchins reneral superintendent. with head quarters at Birmingham.
 Al this city the party was joined py H. stanfiI, superintendent or the Mobile division of the southern hah- way. with headquarters n selma.
 The officials reached Selma about II n,cloclx this morning from Birmingham. At that city they were joined py MT. p,,tchIns. A little after IF o'clock a rnecial train of three of the private rars of these officials pulled out Tor Mobile. where they willNspend tonignt and a part of tomorrow The trip or fhs oficials is one of inspection over inc southern part of the system.
 While in Selma the officials inspect ed the terminal facilities of the Soutn- ern. The officials arrived at the union denot just as one or two trains on the southern were coming into the Sta lion and leaving. They saw men. wo- men and children, splash around the depot in the water and rain.
 Local railroad men say the ofncials vere well pleased with their visit to selma. They are in the hopes that these officials will recommend some im- provements. to be made in Selma.
 so.sh.rn pevot Turned.
 The depot and warehouse of the Southern Railway at Wagar, between Selma and Mobile, was burned this morning. All of the freight stored there, as well as the building, was de- etroyed by the flames, which started about 4 o'clock It is believed the loss will amount to several thousand dol- lars. The fire is believed to have orig mated from a spark from a passing freight train. It is said that there was considerable freight stored in the de- pot.
 Captured in Camden.
 The police department received word last night from Camden that the au- thorities there had captured negro' Dell Byrd, who is wanted in this city on the charge of robbery.
 An officer will be sent to Camden for the negro tomorrow morning and will bring him back to Selma tomorrow night. Later during the weele he will have a hearing in police court.
 Dell Byrd is one of the negroes. who, during the past week, has been work ing a fiim-nam game on the country negroes and robbing them of the money for which they had sold their cotton. He is believed to have committed two of these robberies, and the police de- partment have positive evidence that he committed one of them.
 The negro left Selma last wednes- day morning and the police department had reason to believe that he went to Camden They wrote to the author ifies there to look for the negro with the result that they received word last night of his arrest.
 Council Tonight.
 The regular December meeting of the City Council is scheduled to be- held tomorrow night. The meeting will be an important one and several matters of interest will come up to be disposed of. Among these is the granting of licenses for the selling of whiskey in the city during the coming year It is not believed that the grant ing of licenses this year will be con- tested by the ministers of the city as they were at the December meeting of the Council last year.
 Another matter in which consider able interest is taken Is whether the Council at the meeting tomorrow night will authorize the taking of the cen-