The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-13
SELMA
City Mourns Loss of Mayor Jefferson Leon Clay-Funeral Takes Place To- day-Lewis' Benish Becomes New Mayor

Selma, November 12.-(Special. )-with the municipal building draped in mourn ing, all city offices closed and the whole citizenry of Selma bowed down with grief, the body of Mayor Jefferson Leon Clay lies in state in the Clay home in Lauderdale street Funeral services will be conducted at 10 o'clock Saturday morning by the Rev. Powhatan James, pastor of the First Baptist church. of which Mayor Clay had been a mem- Der since 1881. The funeral cortege Sat urday will be led by the entire member ship of the city council, city officials and representatives from the Elxs, Haymak- CTS, Pythians, Woodmen of the World and memb of the Sigma Chi frater- nifty.
 Mayor Clay was born in Evansville Au- gust 26. 1862, and came to Selma shortly after his graduation from Howard col He served under President Grover Cleve- land in the internal revenue department, and was lifelong democrat He was elected a member of the city council in 1906, was made president of the body in 1908, and was elected mayor in 1910 Mayor Clay served many years in the Alabama National Guard, retiring with the rank of major.
 Under the law Lewis Benish, president of the city council, automatically becomes mayor to serve to the end of the uneX- pired term, October, 1916; T. J. Rowell. councilman. from the Second ward, be- comes president of the council w. A. Burgess was arrested Friday afternoon by United States Marshal c. C.. Gewin and released on a bond of 5000 to appear before the next term of fed eral court on the charge of "conspiring with another to violate a statute of the federal penal code.' Burgess has been connected by the government in some way with the case of B. w. Bates, who is now on bond to answer charges of using the mails to defraud and perjury. pr. T. G. Howard county health of- ficer, states that the law requires him to appear before the grand jury and make a report on the doctors falling to report births and deaths each month While Dr. Howard has made strenuous efforts to have the doctors report prompt ly, he has many delinquents on his list.
 Dr. Paul Vaughan, government expert. from the department of agriculture, is here to succeed Dr. G. H. Bruns, in con- tinuing the work of keeping down the Texas fever tick in Dallas county. Dr.. Bruns goes to Jefferson county.
 John Driver of Augustine was brought to Selma Friday for surgical attention MT Drivers arm was badly lacerated in contact with gin saw
 Superintendent A. F. Harman left Fri day morning for Montgomery to at- tend the convention of superintendents called together by State Superintendent Feagin.
 Ed Carey, negro, surrendered to the po- lice Friday and was docketed on the charge of complicity in the attempted theft of three bales of cotton from a Louisville and Nashville train several weeks ago.
 E. H. Aston of Pleasant Hill Friday closed a deal whereby he becomes owner of a large tractor engine, with requi- site number of blows, harrows, rakes and other implements.
 Announcement has been made that the mems Bible classes of all denominations will meet in Selma January 12 and 13; the women's classes will meet here on the same date
 With special music featuring the pro- gramme, Rabbi Morris Newfield of the Temple Emanu-El of Birmingham preached tonight at the Temple Mishkan Israel. Rabbi Isadore Isaacson is in Bir- mingham to fill Rabbi Newfield's pulpit.