The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-05-02
TROUPE PLAY AGAIN
SELMA MINsTRELs TO PERFORM
 FOR CHARITY.
Citfxens Want . Show for Relief ef
 Sufferers by the stsrm-News of the Central City.
Advertiser Bureau,
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Advertiser Bureau.
 Selma. May 1.
 An effort is making by citizens to get the members of the Selma Minstrel next week at the Academy of Music, the receipts tc go to the sufferers from the cyclones of last week.
 In the effort to get the company to give the second performance tn owner of the opera house has rendered the theatre and the local newspapers have offered to do the advertising.
 There Is some doubt as to whether the company wiil put on a second per- formance. as prior to the annual per- formance, 1t was announced that under no circumstances would a second show be given. While this assertion has been made. it has been stated that the company is willing to give the second show if guaranteed $500 all of which will go to the cyclone sufferers.
 A meeting of,sths members of the Selma Minstrel Company will be held soon, and at this meeting 1t will. be determined whether the. second per- formance will be given. f
 "FIim-Flam- Artist Arrested.
 A strange negro. giving his name as Will Taylor, who Is said to have work ed a "fiim liam game on negro, liar ry Shelton. was arrested this morning by Police oficer Holt.
 The negro caused some excitement before his arrest. and. was chased for a few blocks by negroes on hacks, afioot and on horseback before h was overtaken and held by negro hack man, Shivers, near the residence of Aaron Maas, on Lauderdale Street.
 The negro was walking down Broad Street, when just before he met the other negro he stopped down and pick ed up a purse. The old negro saw him pick up the purse and took the bait while the young negro promised to give him half If he did not tell any one of the find. A few minutes later he got a s10 bill from the old negro and left his coat for him to hold and stepped around corner.
 The old negro who had given up the bill became suspicious as soon as the negro turned the corner and when he saw him running down the street raised the cry of ''stop thief" and pursued the strange negro. Soon there was half hundred chasing the thief who was finally caught s,e k Acknowledges the Funds. K Albert ThaIh elmer, chairman of the committee which on Monday collected a subscription for the cyclone suffer CTS, this morning received letter from AlbertviIle acknowledging the receipt of the portion of the subscription which was sent for the benefit of the suffer CTS of that city.
 The committee sitil has-some of the money subscribed on hand, which it will send to other places.
 A Delightful AfTaiRs
 A very pretty and large card party of yesterday afternoon was that at which Mrs. Adgate Bfbb was hostess when the members of the Friday Af- ternoon Card Club and about thirty other friends were her guests. Mrs Bibb entertained at the spacious and handsome home of her motfier, Mrs Gilman, on MAbry Street, and the apartments where the games were play ed at ten tables were further .beauti. fled with palms and vases of Easter lilies and red roses. On their arrival the guests were serve delicious fruit punch by. Misses Mary Gilman and Mary Blob from a table exquisite in its appointTnentss siof' red. Euchrs was played and sthet guests prize, a lovely bon-bon dish. was won by Miss Jennie Mabry while the club prize, a beautiful picture, fell to Mrs. John Creagh. During the games bon-bon, were enjoyed, and later delicious ict cream and strawberries and cakes were served.
 Mrs. Bibb wore a becoming gown oi