The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-18
CANDIDATE FUR
 MAYOR OF SELMA President J. 1. Clay of City
 Council Announces MANY CURIOS DISPLAYED Exhibit Is Held By Ladies of Method ist Church In Which Many Rare [
 objects Are seen-Bank
 Officers Elected.

Selma, January 17.-(Specia1 1.-The po- day by a dispatch in the Morning Times from Mobile giving an account of the formal announcement made of his can didacy for Mayor of Selma by President J. L. Clay of the City Council. The oc- casion was the banquet rendered the Wholesale Grocers' association of Ala bama which is in session in the Gulf City. MT Clay, who is a member of prominent wholesale grocery firm of this city, was called upon to respond to the toast, "The Message of the Future Mayor of Selma to the present Mayor of Mo- bile" MT. Clay was considerably sur prised but measured up equal to the oc- cason. He said he had not yet formal ly announced his candidacy for mayor at home. but declared that he was a candidate and would do so at the proper time.
 After speaking of the close utilization between Selma and Mobile, Mir Clay delivered this message to the Mayor of Mobile:
 Selma and the Selma district pledge themselves to assist Mobile in every proper and legitimate manner to improve the waterways of the state of Alabama to the end that the natural resources of the state may be the broader and fuller developed, and that the only seaport town of the state may be brought to a full realization of her greatness and inn portance
 "The immense mineral wealth of Ala bama naturally should find it's way to the sea through the states waterways. From the Birmingham district the iron highway is to Selma, and from that point the waterway provided by nature is the direct route to this city. All this wealth should find it's outlet to the sea through Mobile. Selma realizes this fact and is heartily in favor of an improvement of the waterways of the state that will tend to bring this desire to a fruition."
 Many Relics and Curos.
 It is surprising the number of relics and curios that can be found in commun- ity when a search is made. The ladies of the Methodist church are giving a curio exhibition today at the home of Mrs. Eugene Robbins on Broad street and it is well worth anybodys time to see the large assortment that has been loaned by the various Selmians for the occasion. There are antiques and relics that are from 100 to 200 years old. There is displayed a dress made in Cahaba in 1S40. It is of embroidered silk and is quite handsome A wedding bonnet of lady married in 1870 shows the style of the day and it is cute, but laugh provok- ing. Dr. Kenan has loaned his Filipino exhibit and the machetes and other cu- riosties are of themselves worth the ad- mission price.
 From the Congo in Africa are displayed battle axes and other articles From Nome in Alaska is shown a skull of an Eskimo Indian, found in an old Indian mound. A baby cap worn 70 years ago by an esteemed citizen who went to his reward few years back, and another baby cap the wearer of which, if alive, would be 124 years of age, is sure to at tract attention.
 A sugar dish 100 years old saved from a house that was destroyed by fire in 1903 and a pot used for boiling laces in Germany 110 years ago are of greatest interest. tea kettle of brass used by the great-grandmother of Mrs. Ports 150 years ago. is relic indeed
 There is an oil painting of Selma show ing the Alabama river with a flat boat conveying an old-fashioned stage coach
 
 Mrs. Verge Weaver. A land grant for the town site of Selma, signed by Presi dent James Monroe, is of no little interest. The Bible carried by General Pettus to California in 1S49 is shown, as is the senator's walking cane. A part of the state dinner service of Vice President William R. King and a lock of Robert E. Lees hair are among the priceless things to be seen. An enlarged photo- graph taken from a daguerreotype of William R. King and also of his great grandmother, Margaret DeVane, who fled from France during the reign of Henry II, has been loaned by Miss Hogan.
 Among the relics is a book of poems by William Woodson Hendree, the Boy Poet of Selma" who died in 1879, loaned by Mrs. A. w. Cawthon, who has also sev- eral other relics of interest on exhibition. An original muster roll of the Confeder ate army and wooden chain made from the wreck of the battleship Maine are among some of the relics sent by Mrs B. H. Craig.
 A knob from one of the doors of the Confederate battleship Merrmac, secured immediately after the latters engagement with the Monitor by the late pr. J. A. McKinnon, who was doing sentry duty on land on the occasion, was loaned by Mrs. McKinnon. Old-fashoned jewelry and relics that would bring large sums of money, but which cannot be bought, are shown and delight every visitor.
 Bank Officers Chosen. At the annual election of the stockhoid- CTS of the Peoples Bank and Trust com pany, the following officers and directors were chosen c. M. Howard, president s. A. Fowlkes and J. H. Rogers, vice presidents. H. A. Vaughan, assistant cashier.
 Directors R. K. Coe, A. l.. Mcleod, AL | bert Thalheimer. M. J. Elkan, C. M. How 1 ard, J. H. Rogers, S. A. Fowlkes, c. A. | Patterson and J. E. Wilkinson. At meeting a committee from the di- | rectorate were appointed to look into the | matter and to make definite arrangements | in regard to the banks property at the l corner of Broad and Water streets. This l piece of property is one of the most de- | sirable in the city and steps may be | taken by the bank to turn it into a hand | some office building as soon as they can | get control of it. The bank cannot get | control of the property for nine months | yet, but this committee will decide upon | plans in the meanwhile, so that every l