The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-09
SELMA ORGANIZES
 AGAINST PLAGUE Anti tuberculosis League is
 Formed H. F. REESE IS PRESIDENT A srta Thomas Seeks Liberty On Bond Through Habeas Corpus Pro- ceedines-chareed With
 Murder of Husband.
H. F. REESE IS PRESIDENT

Murder of Husband.
 Selma, July s.-(speeial. .)-Last night at the Y. M c. A building was formed the Anti-tuberculosis league of Dallas coun- ty, mass meeting of citizens being held for the purpose The officers elected were as follows:
 H. F. Reese. president.
 W. T. Atkins. vice president for city district
 S. A. Reynolds, vice president for south distri-.
 R. J. Campbell, vice president for fork district
 A. D. Summers. vice president for west district
 Leo Leva, secretary.
 J. A. Stevenson, treasurer.
 Dr. S. G. Gay, medical director.
 The purpose of the organization is to make united efforts and attempts to sup press and prevent the spread and dissem- nation of tuberculosis and obtain aid and cooperation of all classes, officers, soeie- ties and organizations,
 A committee will be named to cooperate with the Dallas County Sunday School convention, which meets in Selma July Is and F, the subject of tuberculosis being given a prominent place on the pro- gramme.
 Habeas Corpus Proceedings.
 Before Judge Mabry this afternoon habeas corpus proceedings were insti- tuted by which Alberta Thomas expects to gain her liberty on a bond. Alberta is the woman who last Sunday killed her husband on the Hunter place about five miles from the city. The woman claims the gun went off accidentally, and that she was only playing with her husband, the latter having refused to give her 15 cents and the woman saying she would make him give the money to her. In apre- limnary hearing yesterday before Justice Gayle she was remanded to jail without bail. Judge Mabry, after hearing the case fixed the amount of bail at $500.
 Local and Personal.
 Mr.. and Mrs. H. B. Elln have returned from a trip through the west, having been summoned home soon<r than ex- pected by the illness of Mrs. M. Meyer in Philadelphia, the latter being the mother of MT. Elkans business partner Albert Meyer.
 Mrs. J. P. Doherty, wife of Sheriff Do herty was compelled to undergo a sec ond operation this morning and she is critically ill at a local sanatorium.
 MT. and Mrs Hugh Mallory left this morning for Waukesha, Wis.
 stalk of shade-grown Sumatra tobac- co, raised on the five and a half acre field of M. J. Elkan and G. Weiss, near Marion, attracted considerable attention at Weiss today. It is beautiful specimen of the plant.
 Mayor and Mrs. V. B. Atkins and F. B. Martin, the latter a brother of Mrs. Atkins, left this morning for Atlantic City. Mrs. Percy Briggs of Bessemer Is the guest of Mrs. N. A. Griffin on Parkman street.
 Mrs. Walter Cook who has been spend- ing the past month in Montgomery, her old home, has returned to her home in Selma.
 Mrs. Matte Henry, relict of the late Dr. J. H. Henry, is in a critical condition at the home of her kinswoman, Mrs. Frank Brown, on Alabama street. Mrs. Henry and son and daughter MT. and to secure 1t in any mine in Alabama. month at their country place In this county, having gone from Montgomery Both Mrs. Henry and Mir. Stay are quite sick. - e.f
 of the afternoon to the Tennessee sena- tor.
 MT. Callahan of Massachusetts, chair of fba +io1 was in the aisle. clamoring for recog- milton, when Senator Taylor was es- corted to the stage by a number of Its constituents. He was introduced by Chairman Bell amid oh eering.
 Bob Taylor Speaks.
 q have only a few words to say-a brief message from the south," he said. That message is this: Without the sectional line so far as politics is concerned
 ''We are one people of one common impulse. Nothing can wipe out that line. The great conflict which put Yankee Doodle on the pension list and Dixie on crutches could not wipe it out We are all one people still Let us nominate the plumed knight of the west who has grown stronger through two defeats, and who comes before the people today as tHc dliuOSl uidnlInOuS cnOlce Of the democracy as the standard bearer. For Vice President we have a lot of dis tinguished men floating about in the air think we can induce some of them to take a place on the ticket. They are like the old man in the mountains who swore off drinking, but took a bottle of whisky home with him, and said to his wife: Honey, I have sworn off drinking whisky, but here is bottle for a precau- tion, and if I get sick and don't want to take it, why honey, make me take it.
 A gale of laughter interrupted the speaker who soon concluded with a brief tribute to MT. Bryan.
 As Senator Taylor retired the chair- man announced: Gentlemen of the coil- vention, we are now going to get down to hard work. The committee on creden- tials is ready to report. The chair rec ognizes Christopher c. Callahan, chair man of the committee
 caIahan's Report.
 MT. Callahan then read the report, which was as follows:
 "In the matter of the contests in the states of Idaho, Illinois, New York Ohio, Pennsylvania and the District of Co., lumba, your committee begs to report that they have carefully investigated each of said contests; that hearings have been given to both the contestants and contestees in each of the states, and your committee has endeavored to ascertain as near as could be all the facts bearing upon each contest. and after a careful investigation of the merits of each con test recommends that in each of the fol- lowing contests the delegations as named by the national committee be entitled to seats as the regularly accredited dele gates and alternates to this convention,