The age-herald., 1901-07-14


 foot or more with water, and keeping that position all the time. The flashing waves soon tore the clothing from the men and their naked bodies were exposed 10 the tropical sun.
 They saw four vessels loom into view and then disappear. With dry and parch- ed lips and throats they suffered such agonieS as can be experienced but not described.
 Monster sharkes followed in their wake and occasionally one more venture some than the rest would come and place his snout against the little raft,
 f'In the storm a few days before three men were wounded. They could do noth- ing for themselves and modification set in soon and added to the horror of their situation"
 Captain Watts says he does not believe his men will recover.
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 An Old Substitute.
 General Sanford of Montgomery of- fered substitute to authorize the Gen. eral Assembly to creat new counties of not less than 400 square miles. It must also have sufficient inhabitants to enti- tie 1t to one representative.
 General Sanford said that the propo- siton of submitting the question of a new county to the people for ratification was something new. It had never been done in Alabama. He favored the crea- ton of new counties as 1t would build up newtowns and be a source of new schools and churches. People became more sociable and civilized in small counties. He cited the small counties of Georgia and Tennessee as an example.
 Judge Cobb of Macon said General San- ford's speech was all right but that the 400 square mile county was case of res ad judicata the convention having voted this question down on yester- day He moved to lay upon the table section and General Sanford's substi- tute, as he said this whole question had been provided for by adopting the old section of the Constitution which re- lated to the formation of new coun- ties.
 This motion to table was adopted.
 Section was then taken up. This reads as follows:
 Section 5. No county lines shall be al- tered or changed or in the creation of new counties shall be established so as to run within seven miles of the county court house of any old county.
 Mir Sanford of Pike moved to table the section. This was lost and the sec tion as reported was adopted.
 Governor Oates then offered resofu- ton to have all pairs put in writing and filed with the secretary.
 The convention then adjourned until ii o,nJoclx Monday