The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-07-02
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MEET IN DEMOPOLIS
Will Form Selma-Mississippi
Highway Association
SELMA COURT MEETS
Many Selma Business Men Going
Tuesday Next to Pine Hill to
Attend Meeting of Selma
Mobile Association
SELMA COURT MEETS

Selma, July 1.-(Speeial. )-There has
been issued a call for a meeting to all
the advocates of good roads in the coun-
ties west of Selma to be held in De-
mopolis at 1920 o'clock on the morning
meeting will be the organization of a
good roads association which will be known
as the Selma to Mississippi Highway as
ISOLATION and there Is little doubt but il
will be attended by large number OF
the prominent business men and good
road advocates of this section of the
state. The movement for the organiza-
ton of this association has been discussed
and agitated for some months past by the
members of the Selma chamber of com
merce. The result has been a sentiment
has been worked up In the counties west
of Dallas and which Will result in the
early completion OF the work.
This highway is to be one of the links
in the state highway from the east to
the west and which will begin just OPP
posite Columbus, Ga, and pass through
Montgomery, Selma. Uniontown, Fauns-
dale, Demopolis and on to the Mississippi
state line near Meridian.
Criminal Docket
The city court of Selma with Judge J.
w. Mabry presiding, convened this morn
ing at 10 o'clock and the criminal docket
was taken up. After the court convened
the three juries for the week were i'm
paneled and the grind of the court was
started. On the criminal docket of the
court there are a large number of cases
and In the prosecuting of these cases
County Solicitor R. H. Mangum is being
assisted by Solicitor J. F. Thompson, who
came to Selma for that purpose.
Bond Issue Will Carry
The election for the issue of bonds for
the amount of 100000 to further improve
the good roads system Is being held
throughout Dallas county today. The
returns from all of the county boxes will
not be received before tomorrow. but the
indications are the issue will be carried
by large majority. The vote which
will be cast throughout the county will
be very small one, but the majority of
the ballots cast will favor the new issue
of good road bonds. The voting at the
city box in the courthouse during the en-
tire day was very slow as little interest
is being manifested In the election and
In Selma 1t is not expected that over
400 votes will be polled and the majority
Of those will favor the bond issue.
Many Will Attend Meeting
Quite a number of the business men Of
Selma and those interested in good road
building will attend the meeting of the
Selma to Mobile Highway association,
which will he held at Pine Hill, Marengo
county, on Tuesday, July 3. This assocla-
ton is doing a good work towards the
bull ing of this highway and In several
of the counties the work is now In prog
ress.
The meeting to be held next Tuesday
will be attended by a large number of
citizens representing each county which
will be traversed by this proposed high
way. The residents or Pine Hill are
making active preparations for the enter
tainment of the guests that will attend
the meeting and they will be rendered
an elaborate barbecued dinner.
Negro Murderer Caught
Richard Dudley. a Lowndes county ne
gro, was arrested here this morning on
the charge of murder. The negro Is ac-
cused OF having killed his 'father-in-law
Robert DeJenett. Sunday afternoon on
the McCurdy place by shooting him in
the abdomen with a shotgun. A telephone
message from Tyler this morni " notified
the police department and the sheriff S
office that the negro was a passenger on
the morning train over the Western rail-
way of Alabama front Montgomery to
Selma Officers stopped the train on
the middle of the bridge over the Ala
bama river and placed the negro under
arrest Dudley claims he was not run
ming away. but came to Selma for the
purpose of retaining a lawyer to defend
him.