The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-11-30
New Collector Announces a
Number Of Appointments
ADJ WINDS GETS A POSITION
Agent Gates to Check Up office Mon
day, and After His Work is Com
pleted Presidents Appolntee
VIII Assume Charge.

J. o. Thompson, recently appointed In
ternal revenue collector for the district
of Alabama to succeed ]. H. Bingham,
who was removed by the president for
purely political reasons. arrived in Biz
mingham yesterday from Tuskegee, and
last night announced the appointments
he would make. Seven men who served
under Collector Bingham will be retained.
An interesting appointment is that of
a negro. Ad Winds. as a deputy col
lector to have a position in the Birming-
ham office. Winds Is now In the office
of Mr.. Degraffenreid, well known law
yer OF Greensboro. He Is said to have
served as private secretary to Ex-
Governor seay.
Thompson's Appointments.
Those who will be appointed to offices
by Collector Thompson are as follows:
w. E. Hooper. chief deputy. to succeed
S. r. Bingham. Mr.. Hooper has served
in the office as deputy collector, and
is promoted. He is a brother-in-law Of
Ex-Governor Johnston.
William A. Anderson Is appointed to
succeed f. L. Vance in the local office
Mr.. Anderson Is a brother-in-law of VIII
liam Vaughan, until lately United States
district attorney for North Alabama
Ad Winds, colored of Greensboro.
John w. Jones, a negro, is appointed
deputy collector, to be stationed in Mo-
bile. He succeeds D. Smith, resigned.
Jones was a deputy under Collector Bing-
ham for awhile, but was succeeded by
Mr.. Smith.
William F. Russell. appointed as deputy
collector at Tuskegee. He succeeds T. H.
Trimmett.
A. j. Montgomery. deputy collector. re-.
appointed.
w. w. Simmons. deputy collector at
Athens, reappointed.
Knox Booth of Prattville, appointed to
succeed S. o. Fowler as deputy col
lector at Alfalfa
Moses w. Garden, appointed deputy
collector to succeed G. N. King at Mont
gomery.
w. w. Battle. reappointed deputy col
lector at Admission.
Mrs Hoffman has been reappointed as
stamp deputy at Mobile. +.
d. w. McIver has been appointed stamp
deputy at Montgomery, to succeed Ed
ward Arnold. Mr.. McIver is a gold stand
ard democrat, and a close friend of
Judge Thomas G. Jones. He Is a reporter
on the Advertiser, and 1t is understood
that his duties as stamp deputy will not
interfere with his newspaper work.
In the case of the deputy collectorship
at Huntsville, now held by v. S. Root,
Collector Thompson has taken no ac-
ton.
New Collectors Distinction.
The new collector enjoys the distinc-
ton of having held three political posi-
lions in a year, including the collector
ship which he will assume tomorrow.
In February he was United States COM
missioner at Opelika, and was later ap-
pointed postmaster at Tuskegee.
Tomorrow the internal revenue office
will be checked up by David A Gates Of
Atlanta, internal revenue agent. The
transfer of books and stamps will then
be made, and upon the new collectors
receipting for the stamps and other ef-
fects in the office he will receive his
commission.
AS to his appointment of colored men
in his force, Collector Thompson said that
negroes had been In the revenue service
under every republican administration
since he could remember and that there
would be no exception in his case. He
expressed surprise at the very few color
ed men who had applied to him for Of
fees, saying that 1t was an indication 20
him that the negroes who are qualified
electors in Alabama, had higher motive
In wanting to vote than to merely hold
office. He said the idea that the Presi-
dent and his closest friends in Alabama
discourage the high suffrage standard OF
the new constitution is ridiculous; that
it should be understood that the republic
can party can hardly afford to have one
set of principles in one section of the
country and an entirely opposite set in
another section, and that this is the feel
ing of the large majority of the republic
cans of Alabama
Mr.. Thompson has a large and interest
ing family, which he will bring to Biz
mingham at an early date.