The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-06-16

rendered a position on the editorial stan of The Daily Hot Blast, which he now occupies. He was elected to the Constitutional Convention as dele gate from the Fourth Congressional
 District and is a member of the suf- frage and the Impeachment Commit- tees.
 Hon. James Mclean Jones of Hale Hon. J. M. Jones.
 County. was born July IS. 1872. at | son Jones. Mr. Jones, Jr. attended,
 school at the Southern University. the Marion Military Institute, and the Uni versity of Virginia. He was graduated
 in the Law Department of the Uaiver- sity of Alabama. He married z Miea Annie Lewis August g, 1894, and has
 been p-acticing lawyer about eight years. He is partner in the lapmfirm of Tutwiler and Jones of Greensboro. Ala. and Mir. Jones is chairman Of the Hale County Executive Commftten and has been for three years He was nominated a delegate to the Con stitutional Convention two years ago.
 and re-nominated as a delegate to the present convention without Opposition Hon. D. 0. Case. Hon. Davy c. Case was born atsNew- port. East Tennessee, January ISthe lS49. and moved to Dade County, Geor< gia, with his parents, when a mere child. where he was reared. Hic
 father. Leonard Case. was a farmer. His mothers maiden name was Nancy
 Free. He attended the common uchCols when Q boy. and afterwards the Cedar Grove High School, Walker County. Ga. Later in life he taught school and afterwards was a travelling salesman.
 MT. Case was married to Miss Rox- anna Josephine Bogie of Lebanon, De. Kalb County. Sept. 1, 1874, He now re- sides with his family In Lebanon. Mir Gaze for some time was a dealer ir
 nursery stock, and later conducted sue.
 cessfully for five years a mercantile
 business at Lebanon. His farm at thai
 place is one of the prettiest in Nortf Alabama.
 Mir. Case claims he has always been
 a Democrat on the principles of Thom-
 as Jefferson. although he is not a member of the Democratic caucus. He was elected in 1892 to the House of
 Representatives of the Alabama Leg
 islature. over an independent Democrat
 and Populist by large majority: and in 1896 was elected 10 the Senate over
 an independent Democrat by q large majority, the Populists also endorsing
 him. In 1901 he was petitioned to be- come candidate by his party against the Constitutional Convention, the Re- publicans and Popuiists unanimously endorsing his candidacy. He was eieck- ed delegate to the Convention over
 Hon. R. H. Smith, also Democrat.
 who favored the Convention. A s& s&
 Hon. Emmet o'NeaI. Hon. Emmet O'Neal of Lauderdale IA l one of the leading lawyers in the Con- stitutional Convention and one of the
 most prominent citizens of North Ala bama. H. is son of Formsr Cow
 name was Cliyia Moore ana Mir. O'Neal
 is connected with distinguished fam | flies of Alabama. He was born in Florence. where he has resided com | tinuously, on September 2S, 1858. His early education was secured at Flor ence Wesleyan University. He attend | ed the University of Mississippi ana was graduated in 1873 at the University i of Alabama taking the degree of A. Mir. O'Neal began the practice d
 law in Lau6erdale and adjacent count | ties in 1876 and has been highly sue l cessful.
 Mr. O'Ncal has never sought officg | for profit but has frequently been called by his people to accept public placeG
 where his ability wa srecognized. He | served as an Alderman of the city of Florence from 1899 to 1901. He was appointed United States Districs Attor- | ney by Mir. Cleveland for the Northern District oe Alabama, which office he
 held four years from May 26, 1893. He
 was a Democratic elector for the State
 at large in 1892 and was easily elected as a delegate to the Constitutional Con- Venti0n to represent the Eighth Con-
 gressional District. MT. O'Neal is a
 member of the State Democratic Com
 mittee and for many years has oeen
 prominent figure in State conventions
 of that rarty.
 Mir. O'Neal is member of the Pres byterian Church and is married, his wife having been Miss Lizzie Kirkman
 of Tuscaloosa. at which place they
 were married in July, 1881. He is
 Chairman of the Committee on Local
 Legislation, member of the Rules Committee and is regarded as one Af
 the leaders on the floor of the Co9- vention.