Birmingham age-herald., 1895-06-26
MISS JULIA TUTWILER Chosen President of the Indus
 trial School, MONTEVALLO'S DONATION Which Was Very Munifcsut, Won the Bcarc After a Very Close Race
 With Jasper.

Montgomery, June 25.-(Special)- board of trustees of the Industrial School for White Girls, consisting of his excel lency. Hon. William c. Oates, governor, ex-officio president of the board; Rt Rev. H. M. Jackson, state at large. Montgom- cry; Rev. George B. Eager, state at large Montgomery; Hon. John Purifoy, state auditor; Hon. John o. Turner, superin- tendent of education; Hon. H. Austill, Mobile; Hon. Sol D. Bloch, Camden; Hon. A. H. Aston, Clayton; Hon. Thomas s. Plowman, Talladega; Hon. ". w. Wadsworth, Wadsworth; Hon. F. S. Moody, Tuskalocsa; Hon. w. R. Dortch Gadsden; Hon. Virgil Bouldin, Scotts- boro; Hon. John Mcqueen, Birmingham, met in the governors office at 10:SO o'clock today to decide on the location of the school
 The committee appointed at the last meeting of the board to visit each of the towns applying and investigate their or fer made report which was received on motion of Hon. Sol D. Bloch.
 Nominations were then declared In order and Jasper was placed in nomina- tion by Hon. John Mcqueen, Ozark by Judge Aston, Montevallo by lion. Thomas Plowman, Wetumpka by Hon. w w Wadsworth, Anniston by pr Ea- ger TuSkalOOSa by ttOn. Y. .. SiOOeS' Camden by Hon. Sol D. Bloch.
 The following resolution was intro duced by Judge Austill and adopted:
 Resolved, That all the places to be voted for be put in nomination and that the vote be taken by ballot, and that eaeh trustee may vote for three places for three successive ballots, and that 70 votes shall be necessary to choice. If no place be chosen, then on each sub sequent ballot each trustee shall Voee Tor but one place, and that on eaeh sue cessive ballot the place receiving the lowest vote shall be dropped and votes be necessary to a choice.
 The balloting then began. Anniston fell out first, then Wetumpka, ozark, Camden and Tuskaloosa, in the order named. This left only Jasper and Monte valfo. Four times the vote stood Jasper seven, Montevallo six, then MesSrs. Bloch and Purifoy, Camden's packers, caucused and cast their votes for Monte vallo, leaving the result, MonteValio eight, Jasper seven, and Montevallo was accord ly declared duly elected as the location of the Industrial School Tor White Girls.
 It being 1 o'clock the board adjourned until 3:30 o'clock
 The board met again at $50 o'clock ana remained in session until o'clock to- night The Montevallo delegation was called before the board and for an hour or more the most advisable course 10 pc pursued in opening the school was dls- cussed with the gentlemen by the mem bers of the board
 The election of a president was gone into and some eight nominations were made The two most prominent ana strongest candidates were Miss JuIla Tutwiler of Livingston and Dr. B. F. Ri- lev. now of the University of Georgia and formerly president of Howard college The balloting and speech making was very spirited, but Miss Tutwiler was finally elected by good majority.
 The salary of the president was fixed at $1200 per annum, figure entirely too small, according to the ideas of number of members.
 An executive committee, consisting of Hon. w w. Wadsworth, chairman; Hon. T. s. Plowman and Hon. F. $. Moody. was appointed. They are to con fer with the president in regard to the faculty and to receive all applications, reporting to the board at a meeting to be called at some future time by the presi- dent of the board. A resolution was adopted asking the citizens of Montevallo who had subscribed lands and houses to the school to send at once deeds and ab- stracts of same to the executive commit tee
 Montevallo's offer was four squares of land adjoining the college building. four residences and eight acres of land ad- joining, valued at 0,O00; forty-room building and dining hall to be erected, $40O0; 160 acres Montevallo coal lands, s6400; 200 acres farm lands, 5000; years supply of coal free, aggregating a total of SAP, 900.
 The board adjourned at o'clock to- night and many members of the board and the different delegations departed for their homes
 When the school will be opened is matter not yet decided, as a suitable building must be erected and other de- tails perfected beforehand, but in all probability it will not be opened before January 1, 1896.