The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-01-21
NEWS IN BRIEF

JUDGE !. M. CARMICHAEL. Presi- | dent of the State Convict Board said yesterday that work on the telephone line | between Montgomery and Speigners Is progressing smoothly. The line Is be- l ing constructed for the Convict Depart ment and the work is being done by convicts.
 All of the poles have been placed in position over the twenty-five miles which 1 the telephone line will cover and four miles of the wire has been strung. Workmen were engaged yesterday in building in the city. The line will reach the city by way of the lower Wetumpka road.
 It is expected that the telephone line will be ready for service within few weeks. It will connect the head quarters of the Convict Department with prison No. in Montgomery County, the State penitentiary at Wetumpka and the stockade at Speigners.
 THE REGULAR monthly meeting of the State Convict Board will be held to- day in the office of the Board at the State Capitol. Judge J. Nj. Carmichael. President of the Board yesterday receiv- ed a letter from Judge Thomas Brad ford, Associate Inspector, stating that he was too i'll to attend the meeting. Judge Bradford has been i'll at his home in Centre for several days. The meeting of the Convict Board today will be de- voted mainly to the confirmation of con- vict leases made by the President of the Board.
 Yesterday a check for $1S7 was received from the Mobile Chapter of the Daugh- ters of the American Revolution to be used in the battleship fund. Montgomery Is to contribute $1,O00, and by the 18th of February. it is thought that the entire amount will be raised, $500 being already in hand. Today there will be a meeting of the committee of the Daughters of the American Revolution having this matter in charge. The committe is composed of the following ladies: Mrs. H. S. Persons, chairman; Mrs. Charles F. Moritz, Mrs. Chappell Cory, Mrs. F. P. Shepard and Mrs. F. P. Glass.
 A LARGE HOLE was burned in the floor of the First Baptist Church Sunday morning about a half hour before Sunday School convened. The ceiling of the Sun day school room and the floor of the Auditorium of the church caught fire from the furnace, which is located in the Sunday school room. The fire had made some headway when discovered. | The department was notified and the | blaze was extinguished with Babcocks. | The loss is covered by insurance.
 THE FOLLOWING bills for divorce was I filed in the City Court in Equity yester- day, Dock Washington against Ella | Washington; Alfred Powell against Fan nie Powell; Walter Shirley against Val ley Shirley; Pauline Iverson against Ed | Iyerson; Clark Evans against Norvella | Evans; Emma c. Mathis against E. w. Mathis.
 HON. JOHN T. GORMAN, State Ex- aminer of Public Accounts, has returned from Decatur where he has been several days examining the books and accounts | of officials of Morgan County. Mir. Cor | mag filed his reports with the Governors s l! yesterday and went to his home in { Opelika in the evening. The reports will not be made public until they are ex- amined by Governor Jelks.
 WALTER R. SLATER of Selma was yesterday appointed Referee in Bank | ruptcy by Judge Thomas G. Jones. MT. l Shafer will succeed William D. Craig. | who was appointed United States Com missioner some time ago. He is promi l nent young lawyer of Selma and was highly recommended for the position.
 JUDGE SAYRE yesterday rendered de- crees granting divorces in the following cases: Ben White against Martha White. Edmund Jones against Anna Jones.
 JACK THORINGTON of Montgomery was named as Notary Public by Gov ernor Jelks yesterday.
 MARRIAGE LICENSE was issued yes terday to T. J. Hicks and Arcadia Fay Tor.
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