The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-21
|. & E. LAMAR ARE ARRESTED Selma Merchants Were
 Indicted.
 - ACCUSED OF SELLING CIDER Chemist Says Beverage Contains > Alephol. Dsl,a. Cesats Grand Jury Returns 1es indictments .aa is Disesarged
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 with Violating the prohibition law. s The specific charge is selling alco- holic cider. E. Lamar is President of the Dallas County Temperancs con- mittee.
 After being in session eight days the svand jury of the City Court of Selma made Its final report to Judge J. W. Mabry this afternoon at o'clock and adjournsd.
 The sessions of the grand jury have been busy ones and they did consider able work and returned as many in- 'dlctments against violators as has any previous grand jury.
 The report of the grand jury has been awaited with interest by the res tdelat2 of Selma and Dallas County. HEveryones has been anxious to know if lndictments would be returned against the linear beer" dealers of Selma. Many were also anxious to learn of the re- port of State Chemist smith of hIs ai1slysis of the samples of near beer'' which were sent him by the grand jury While no officials of the court would state after the grand jury had ad- 5ourned whether indictments had been found against the near beer" dealers everyone is certain that indictments were returned against the soft drink dealers for violations of the prohib!- sttoA t&Ws.S U WEE R&tE&u arpunQ tue court house shortly before the Ifeport of the, grand jury that an indictment had bsen returned against one of the fsrEsst wholesale grocery firms of the city Tor violating the prohibition laws
 Cider Was AnaIyaea.
 F. This talk vas that the wholesale grocery firm had been selling cider since the first of the year and that a citizen had bought q sample and sent 1t to the State Chemist to be analysed. The ahalyais shuwsd that fhe cider con tained, alcohol and the same had been submitted to the grand jury with the result that an indictment had been found against the wholesale grocery firm.
 This gossip proved true and came from an indictment winch was found against the wholesale grocery firm or L. and E. Lamar, which Is one of the largest grocery houses In the city.
 Tine finding of this indictment caused q sensation and the grand jurors were commended for their fearlessness.
 It seems that for sometime the Arm of l.. and E. Lamar has been handling and selling a brand of cider. After the grand jury convened . citizen pur- chased a sample of this cider and sent it to the state Chemist for analysls The ganalgsis of thls cider was received 2 few days ago. ana 1t showed that. II ceAtained alcohol in Illegal quantity.
 This report on the cider from the state Chemist was submitted to the grand jury with the result that an in- dietnient was returned against the wholesale grocery firm.
 No one of the soft drink dealers or The wholesale grocery firm will ex- perience any difficulty in making bond fer hls appeaFsuce before the court. The analysis of the bottles of near beer which State Chemist Smith made fer the grand jury will not be made public by Assistant Solicitor R. H. Mangum.
 Mir. Mangum stated that to make the analysis public would show the hand of the State if any indictments had fbeen found against the near beer dealers and they were brought into court for violation of the prohibition | This analysis. It is believed, shows that the ',near beer" contains great CT portion of alcohol than is allowed by the prohibition laws. A Report of Grand Jury. The report made by the grand jury l to Judge Mabry today was as follows: ''The City Court of Selma January Term, 1909"
 ITO Honorable John w Mabry. Judge of said Court:
 "rhe grand jury begs leave to sub init the following final report: We have examined all cases which have come Co us from the justices of the peace of the county and have en- quired into all violations of the law that have come to our Knowledge. We have returned 109 indictments at a cost to tue county in witness's fees of $3S1.45.
 We have examined the books of the county officers required by law to be examined by us and find them all to be accurately and properly skept.
 We have examined and carefully in- spected the county jail and find 1t to be kept In good sanitary condition and the prisoners confined therein properly cared for and fed. We find that the fence surrounding the Jail is in. need lof repair in some places and that suit able stables are needed on the jail lot for the care of live stock necessarily used by the. sheriff.
 We recommend that the fence be repaired and the stables bullded by the county court of revenues, if there are any funds available for such purposes,
 We have examined into the cOndl- tion of the county roads and bridges and nave careIuIly read several re- ports from the County Commissioners on the subject. We find that the roads are being improved and put into much better condition; that they are now in better shape than they have ever been lat this sason of the year. This is no doubt due In some measureNto weather that have prevailed. but more largely to the care and attention that they are receiving.
 s"We extend our thanks to the court and all county officials for their cour- .tesy and kindness in rendering us cheerful assistance in the performance of our duties.
 we have examined the charges preferred against the following prison CTS now confined In the county jail. and have found no bills against them wherefore. we recommend that they be discharged from custody, to-wit: Dan Craig. Dan Job nson, Will Jones. Arthur HisselI
 Having completed our labOrs we respectfully ask that we be now dis charged.
 A R Oxford
 Foreman of the Grand Jury" January 20th. 1s09.'
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