Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-03-25
THE LATEST ALABAMA NEWS
A Clarke Supporter Given a
Genuine Surprise.
MlSLED BY THE ADVERTISER
Out Of Thirty Votes PoIled Twenty-Five We're
for Johnston and but Eight Were 80
for Clarke.

Montgomery March 24.-(Special)-
There was visiting Clarke man In
town yesterday from one of the lower
counties, and during the course OF MS
visit he ran upon an old friend who nap
pened TO be a supporter of Captain john
ston. They stopped on Knabe's corner
for a few minutes and discussed pontlcs.
The question of how Montgomery county
would go finally came up for argument.
The Clarke man happened to be SUD-
scriber to the Advertiser and had learn
ed from its columns that there was not
ghost of a showing for Captain john
ston to secure the Montgomery delega-
ton in the state convention, ana ne rlul-
culed the statement of the Johnston man
that Captain Johnston had the better
showing of the two candidates at the
Montgomery votes. wei, salo .ne
Johnston man, suppose we stand right
here and count and poll the first ten men
who pass u.s. That will not be conclusive
evidence but it will be straw to snow
which way the wind is blowing. Inc
proposition was agreed TO- anu the nlst
ten who passed were interrogateu'
Eight were for Johnston-two FOR Clarke
The Clarke man demurred. He insisted
that the crowd were stocked on him.
Let's try the Farley Bank corner
then" suggested the supporter OF captain
Johnston, land let's sound the nrst TWEEN,
ty voters who pass. 1t was agreeo, anu
thew stationed themselves on the farley
corner. A republican who passed was
by agreement. left out of the count, put
the first twenty democrats VINO passed.
stood fourteen for Johnston ana SIX lor
Clarke The visiting Clarke man was
astonished He could scarcely beheVe
the evidence before him. He could not
cry fraud or false count, because ne
had done the counting himself. lie smll-
ed and honestly confessed that ne was
astonished at the showing that MS lrieiu
had made.
New Store Building.
Ground was broken this morning on
the vacant lot north of the journal once
on South Perry street by contractors
Fitchett & Son for a beautful ana manu-
some two-story building for Dr. L. T.
Hill Some time since Dr. Hill purchased
This vacant lot with the view to erecting
a building, the upper floor of when VIII
he oocupied by him for offices. Inc
building will be equipped with all mod
ern improvements.
Suing for Mineral Land.
The state of Alabama has begun pro
ceedings in the chancery court OF Blpp
county which, if the suit is won, means
that the state will recover coal mining
nroperty valued at at least quarter OF
a million dollars. The suit Is 10 recover
to the state one of the sixteenth secti2ns
of school land which, it is claimed, was
lar section adjons the town of Blocton.
In Bibb county, and on 1t are located
some of the best mines in the CahaDa
coal field. The case will come up for
hearing at the next session OF the chan-
Gerry court of Bibb county.
The New Agricultural Schools
The last session of the Alabama legis-
lature passed bill authorizing the es-
Establishment of five agricultural schools.
The bill provided that one of the five
schools should be located at Hamilton,
Marion county which is In the sixth ols-
trict and that another should be located
at Haynevlle, Lowndes county, which
is in the Fifth district The location OF
the other schools was left to board con-
sisting of the governor, the state superin-
tendent of education and the commls-
sioner of agriculture. but provided that
no location should be formally made
until the town in which the school was
located should put up lands or buildings
worth at least $4,000 in the judgment or
the commissioner of agriculture. The
town of Hamilton donated its portion
and the school Is already in operation.
Haynevile has not yet subscribed its do
nation, and the result is that its school
has not vet been located, except by the
act One of the other schools has been
located at Blountsville. in Blount county,
which came up with it's donation, and
Il is now in opera tion. This leaves two
schools yet to be located, and a commit
tee is in the city today from Jackson,
in Clarke county, to Sonfer with the To-
eating board to try to secure the loca-
ton of the schol in that place. The in.
tent of the law Is that these schools must
be located in districts which now have
no agricultural school and under the
provision the First district, in which
Clarke county is. is entitled to one of the
schools not yet located. The only other
place in that district which is an appli-
cant for the location of the school is
Mount Vernon, the proposition being to
locate it on the old United States bar
racks. No application has yet been filed
for the location of the remaining school,
which, under the law, would go to either
the Fourth or Seventh district.