Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1897-01-15
CAlRROLITON.
Deaths Doings-But Little Opposition to
a Constitutional Convention

Deaths Dolngs-But Little Opposition to
a Constitutional Convention
Carrolton, Jan. 13.-(Special Core
spondence.) MIR. r. M. Langdon and
Miss Octavia Prince were married on the
9Th inst, at o'clock r. M. by Rev. r. w.
Emerson, of the Gordo circuit.
Miss Alice Waller an estimable lady,
died last week at the residence of Hon.
w. B. S. Beard, in this county.
Mr.. David Hodge, young man in
Boards precinct. who had just attained
his majority, died very suddenly on last
Monday He was the son of Mr.. William
Hodge, who has the sincere sympa thy
OF many friends in the neighborhood.
Miss Mary Strait, daughter of DR.. J. L.
Strait of Gainesville, is the very efficient
clerk of Hon. o. L. McKinstrey, in the
probate office. She is assisted by Miss
Hettie May McKinstry, the daughter of
the probate judge. Judge McKinstry has
a clerical force that will enable him to
keep everything in order in his Office.
A tramp, calling himself Harry How
ard, has been arrested in the neighbour
hood of Vienna and confined in jail in
Carrollton. 1t Is supposed that he Is in
some way connected with the murder of
Roberts, at Artesia, and has been carried
to Columbus, Miss. The officers of the
law believe that they have strong circum-
stantial testimony pointing to his knowl-
edge Of the parties who killed Roberts.
MI. u. II. IfdHam dnG MISS Euna
Moore were married on the 18th inst, by
Rev. r. W. Emerson, of the Gordo cir
cult
A case has been recently tried in Mo-
bile on an indictment under section 1886
of the code of Alabama for breaking open
hen-house and stealing therefrom a
hen and ten chickens, valued at so cents,
under such circumstances as to make the
offense felony, punishable from one to
twenty wars. The defendant was a boy,
and the jury, according to the last ac-
count, had been out one week, being of
course, fed at the expense of the county.
The jury thought 1t wrong to convict in
such case, and Justice of the peace
suggests that the code committee should
see that the section of the code should
be so amended as 10 eliminate such an
omalies of the law.
A citizen of this county states that Jus
tiee Thomas W. Coleman, Hon. r. H.
Clarke, Judge Samuel II. Sprott and So
Hector l.. ID. Godfrey know the defects in
the statutes of Alabama. and they can
give many important suggestions to the
code committee. He states that the peo-
pie are entitled to laws that deal with
petty offenders in style so as to punish
and reform the criminals
1t Is reported that work has been
opened on the extension of the line of
railway from Tuscaloosa to Columbus
and that the engineer in charge says
nothing about route or former surveys.
This has led many persons to believe
that he is open to conviction as to a bet
ter way to conect the two points by a
railroad. The friends of Carrollton have
put in bid, and they have been prom
ised q hearing.
On the other hand the people along the
lire surveyed by Reform and Gordo state
that contractor has been over the en-
tire route and that he has assured them
that they will get the railroad. II is re-
ported that parties in Columbus are maxi
ing efforts to get the engineer 70 adopt
plan to build the road by a point eight