The age-herald., 1898-01-12
CONVENTION OF FARMERS Will Assemble in the Capitol at
 Montgomery Today. SUPREME COURT DECISIONS A Number Handed Down By That Tribunal Yesterday Montgomery as a Mule
 Market-Mrs. Adams Death.
Special to The Age-Herald.

Montgomery, Jan. 1.-Tomorrow at noon the convention of farmers of Alabama will assemble in the hall of the house of rep resentatIves here for the purpose of or ganizing state farmers association, the cardinal doctrine of which shall be the di- versification of crops in Alabama and tho. reduction of the cotton acreage of the state. Major Culver, the commissioner of agriculture of the state, has taken a great interest in the proposed convention, and feels satisfied that it will be largely at- tended and representative of all portions of the state. A number of delegates are already on the ground.
 Elijah Jones, the slayer of Felix Jones, will be legally executed unless Gov. John ston commutes the sentence to life inn prisonment, which he will soon be asked to do.
 The supreme court today affirmed the decision of the Montgomery city court in this case.
 Jones was convicted at the July term of the city court last year, sentence being pronounced Sept. 8. The day of his execu- tion was set for Oct 24, out the appeal taken by his counsel acted as stay.
 The prisoner murdered Felix Jones near lS d year d6O Oil I1cll StlScl. 1HS uSCSdStu owned barber shop on Holt street. He had shaved Jones. The latter refused to honor the bill. A quarrel then ensued, Elijah Jones going away and returning with a revolver, with which he shot the negro the bullet lodging in the abdomen.
 Other decisions rendered by the court today are as follows:
 Brickell, c. J.
 Nal TAhn Coff. appeal from Dale circuit court. Affirmed.
 Tillis & O'Neal vs A. w. Austin; appeal from Dale circuit court. Affirmed.
 Callie Stoball, alias, etc., vs. the State of Alabama appeal from Montgomery city court Reversed and remanded.
 Coleman, J.
 Continental National Bank of Memphis. Tenn, vs. Susie E. Clarke appeal from Jefferson circuit court. Affirmed.
 Head, J.
 J. R. Warren ct al. vs. W. H. Lawson; appeal from Montgomery city court. Af- frmed
 Joe Frazer vs. the State of Alabama; ap- peal from Montgomery city court. Af- firmed.
 Harason, J.
 Louisville and Nashville Railroad Com pany vs.- Alexander W. Thornton; appeal from Birmingham city court. Affirmed, Justices Mcclellan and Head dissenting.
 Montgomery as 8 mule market has no equal in the south in proportion to territory that the trade of the town covers. Last season there were something over 1000 mules handled. and this season the sales viii amount to considerably more. Livery pen from all over the. state buy mules in ;,, Iatc md To come for many miles and supply their farms with mules from Montgomery sta bles, paying generally hard cash. It is the opinion of a well-known stockman of this city, expressed to Journal reporter today, that the low price of cotton will severely iljure the mule market Notwithstanding this the local liverymen have purchased large quantity of mules, and are selling them all over the state. The average price of a good mule is s75 in Montgomery. This Is cheap, considering the distance that a csr load of mules generally travels. most of the mules arc shipped from Tennessee, Kentucky, Missouri and few from h. ciana.
 Crime in Alabama appears to hold it's own. Mr. Mulcahy of the Evening Journal has dug up these statistics, which are of interest:
 From Sept. 30, 1894, to Sept 30. lS96, there were ,11S various kinds of cases tried in the state. From Sept. 90, 1896 to Sept. 90, 1898. it was the opinion Of familiar with criminology that the prosecutions in the state would reach tho above mentioned number. Concealed weapons head tho list. Tho number of concealed weapons cases for the two years ending September, 1896, were 1,S26. There were 750 cases of grand larceny tried in tho state during that time. Tho gentleman attributes tho large amount of crime to tho hard times. There were 47 cascs of highway robbery. This variety O. crime has been on tho increase since 1896. Therc were ten legal executions in the state for tEe period mentioned. Possibly. when the statistics are compiled September, 1893, t will be shown that there will be moro legal executions for tho period 1896 to 1898 than for 1894 to 1896.
 Dr. w. H. Sanders, state health officer, this morning stated that the prospects for n large attendance upon the quarantine convention which will be held at Mobile are favorable. The date of the convention is not yet fixed, but will be decided upon whenever a meeting of the executive com- mittce of the state health board is held in conjunction with the various county boards. These meetings are expected to be caEed for the latter part sf this or the carly part of next week, wheA final ar rangemcnts will be perfected for the con- vcntion. pr. Sanders is very much cE- coLiaged, having been over the greater rortion of the state recently.
 afrs. J. ". Adams whose sudden death was recorded in yesterdays Journal. died from the effect of an overdose of anti pyrcqrt taken for headache on tho advice Sf friend When the physician had ar- rived who had been summoned Mrs. Ad- ar5 xass dead. SilC died half an hour af- fer taking the medicine, her whole system ho"ing collapsed, paralyzing the heart.
 .Albcnt Cirrfbcl, the letter carrier arrested December IS charge of embedding letter and wto has been trial since u:31 o'clock yesterday morning, was ac- aaitsed today in tho United States court.