Birmingham state herald., 1895-12-31
-CEIW ka, DECIDED SETBACK
The Q Sent of Somebody Has Thrown a Bomb Into the Ranks.
CIT0R LITTLE CANNOT RESIGN
He Cannot Legally Move From the County and Cannot Be Impeached, So He Must Serve His Term Out Un-
 less Death Intervenes.

oPpoheutS Ol SOmeDOdy threw a bomb
 into the ranks 1.-the several applicants
 for the Jefferson county soIicitorship
 yesterday by directing the attention of
 the governor to the fact that there was
 no vacancy in the office. The resgna-
 ton of the solicitor was not rendered un-
 til after the disease with which he is af-
 fiicted had attacked his brain and had
 rendered him, under the law, incompe-
 tent to resign or perform any voluntary
 act. It is stated that the resignation was written by the solicitors wife and
 signed for him by her. As soon as the
 matter was considered 1t became evident
 to the governor and the attorney-general
 that there was no legal vacancy, and the appointment of another solicitor has
 therefore been virtually postponed in-
 definitely.
 The Alabama law prescribes no meth- cd of relieving the situa tion. Death, re- moval from the county and impeachment alone appear to vacate the office. The first and last alternatives are not pre- sented. The second is not availabl either, for the reason that change of resi- dence is presumed to be purely volun-
 tary thing, and the solicitor in his pres
 ent condition is regarded to be incompe- tent to exercise volition.
 It is stated that the governor will re- turn the letters and recommendations to the different applicants and permit them all to take fresh start when the vacan- cy occurs, if it does occur. None of the candidates are in the city and therefore none of them have been sounded in the matter. The governor announced tonight defi-
 nitely that he regarded that there was no vacancy in the Jefferson solicitorshp, and he would, therefore, return all let- ters and testimonials.
 After Black Belt Farm Hands. Tahor aoapto ra ct oiro,,Io re, throughout this section of Alabama, ad- vertising for 200 families of negroes to work on the cotton and sugar farms of Texas The circular makes good prom ises and relates what other colored farm CTS have done in the Lone Star state. While there is little probability that any considerable number of Alabama negroes can be inveigled west of the Mississippi, on account of the recent experience of the band which emigrated to Mexico the generous promises of labor agents tend to demoralize the farm labor, and the farmers about here are not disposed to look with any sort of favor on the inter- ference of the agents. The legislature four years ago passed a law prohibiting labor agents from coming into this state and interfering with farm hands. but the supreme court pronounced the law to be unconstitutional, and no further attempt | has been made to enforce its provisions Alabama Will Welcome Them.
  John O. Turner, Professor Phillips, su- perintendent of the public schools of Birmingham, and Prof. J. B. Cunning ham of Birmingham left yesterday for Hot Springs, Ark, where the annual
 meeting of the Southern Educational as- sociation will be held, commencing to- day. These gentlemen propose to make a very earnest effort to bring the next meeting of the association to Alabama l either to Birmingham or to Montgomery. Celebrating Their Freedom. The thirty-third annual emancipation l proclamation celebration will be held in l this city on January 1 with great demon- | strations. The church exercises will be held at the Old Ship of Zion, and are in- | tended to be most impressive. Negro | bands, military companies, various socie- | ties, etc., will parade. The negroes are | looking forward to the occasion with un- usual interest.
 Mayor Clisby Improving. Mayor J. H. Clisby, who has been i'll | for more than two months with compli- cations of inflammatory rheumatism, and whose recovery has several times been almost despaired of, is now greatly im- proved, and his friends hope for his early | and entire return to good health. Journal Predictions.
 The Journal prints this afternoon the two following editorial squibs: "The Oates-Johnston campaign will be as zephyr in bitterness and personali- ties compared to the Johnston-Clarke campaign, when it fairly opens. The one serious question to be involved is, is the democratic party strong enough to stand such a campaign? If the postoff1ces at Mobile and Montgomery insist upon 1t, the challenge will be accepted, and the responsibility will be upon them "'Mild as a cooing dove is the State Herald now. But what if the Montgom- cry postoffice succeeds in getting Clarke out for governor against its townsnan, prompted by mere personal spite and re- venge? Will the State Herald continue to plead for harmony? Will it don it's war paint and become as the ro' ring lion?"
 Young Kemp Is Recovering. Joe Kemp, the young man who att tempted to commit suicide by shooting himself at the home of MT. Cole, on South Lawrence street, is now in fair way of recovery. It has developed that instead of having shot himself in the head, he shot himself in the face, the ball ranging downward. It was cut out yesterday on the right side of the nose. and the young man is expected soon to be out, with no other damage than seriously disfgured face.
 In the Interest of MT. McQueen. Messrs. J. H. Montgomery J. E. White, Felix E. Blackburn and M. Witherspoon of Birmingham were in the city today in the interest of Mir. McQueen's candidacy; Yale Glee Club Entertained. The members of the Yale Glee club gave their performance here tonight to a packed house. The entertainment was greatly enjoyed. At it's conclusion the entertainers were given delightful re- , ception in the Bonvoir clubs beautiful | rooms.
 Issued Clearing House Certificates. R,,ston Mass Dec 30-Clearing house