The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-01-02
DEMOCRATS MAY
MEET THIS MON TIL
Chairman H. S. D. Mallory
Makes Statement
TO SELECT DELEGATES
New Year Is Allowed To Come In At
Selma With Respectful and Sober
SIence-crescent
German.

Selma, January l. (Special :
Chairman H. S. D. Mallory. upon be-
ing asked tonight about what time he
would call the state executive commit
tee to assemble, stated that he had If
In his mind to call the committee TO
meet about the last of January. Ger.
tainly not later than the first week IN
February.
THE committee will have to pro-
vide for the selection of % .deleaa tos
to the national convention which meets
III Denver, and for the selection of
county officers etc. said Mr. Mallory
What plan will be adopted, whether
by primary or a state convention will
of course be decided by the committee
New Year Dawn.
New Years Day has been very
generally observed in Selma today
The new year stole across the thresh :
hold of time without single screach
Ing note from a whistle or the ringin. y
Of a solitary bell to greet it. Like
wise the old year died without a groan.
year ago there was such a din in
Selma as history has not before re-
corded.
For so minutes every whistle and
bell and other means of making a
noise was employed to notify the
world of the advent of the new wear
and the passing of the old. 1t has
frequently been declared that many
SICK persons We're made seriously worse
and that prominent young man in his
last bed of illness was FASTENED into
the beyond by the fearful din
In order to prevent a repetition
Mayor Atkins made a request of all in
dustrial plants and locomotive en-
gineers not to blow their whistles last
night, and the result was silence that
could be felt as the new year dawned.
Crescent Clubs German.
The Crescent club, the only dancing
club organization left among the
Gentiles since the merging of the Dixie
club with the Central City club. gave
its annual holiday dance last night at
the Hotel Albert. There We're about
so couples present and the affair was
one of the most enjoyable in the his
tory of that organization. A B. How
ard and Miss Louis johnson and
Mcknight led the grand march, a
double header affair being conducted.
After the march a progra mme dance
of four numbers was carried out and
tn en- came a buffet luncheon of salads.
sandwiches, ices, etc. delicious
punch was served during the evening.
After the internission a german was
led by Mr.. Mcknight.
The Mendcant Army.
In Chief of Police Walters office
this morning was a small army OF
charity receivers from the city's
bounty. They We're a motley crew in
deed and in their cases, at least, til ere
was no misplaced charity. Soroe were
some hobbled along as best they could.
rations and went away happy as the
circumstances would permit.
AS To Tax Penalties.
There was considerable stir among
tax payers today over a local paper
making the statement that those who
has failed to pay their taxes yester-
day, the last day of the year, they
would be assessed % cents a day un-
til taxes were paid. A we'll known
lawyer coming down town was asked if
tnat was the law. He replied that he
guessed it was, but he did not know.
A county official ventured to say that
being of his profession he ought TO be
posted. We'll" sale he, II would not be
surprised if the recently lamented leg
is'ature made it a penalty that every
tax payer should be sent to jail who
failed to pay his increased taxes" The
laugh was hearty one.
Some Changes Made.
The new year finds Only few
changes in the whisky business in