The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-12-30

sion of the man who will be given the
place of Mr.. Tebbetts If the latter il
turned down. One set contend that the
honor will go to Captain B. w. Walker
late candidate for congress In the Fifth
district. When Captain Lee Bryan was
named for marshal of this district Cap
tain Walker is said to have journeyed to
Washington and had some rather fiery
talk with the President The latter is
said to have instructed Secretary Cortel-
you to see that the captain was not ad-
mtted to his presence again. This put
1t up to Captain Walker to make good"
by some special party service. Conse-
quently he offered to make the race
against Congressman J. Thomas Helm,
do his own speaking and put up out OF
his pockets all the money needed for the
campaign. The offer was accepted and
he got busy" how busy the records of
the rather strenuous campaign will show.
This left what money that might have
been sent to the Fifth for use in the
Seventh district, where 1t was all spent,
every cent practically allowed for the
republican fight In Alabama This SER
vice is regarded as sufficient penance for
Captain Walker. and 1t is said he will
be pretty safe guess for the place now
held by Mr.. Tebbetts. This is especially
so now that Joseph H. Montgomery, re-
cent convert from democracy, is provided
with good job in Birmingham.
crtlcisna Ase6s.
There are sepae azt ,,4zza-. - xne repezt
o. Assistant SKATE IkarulRss W. r. W4i-
kinson. on the examination of the hsAlka
of Morgan county. 4 H. shown &Aak
some errors, amuntin9 to considerable,
were not credited to the tax collector,
though they had been charged off by
tie state auditor. The tax assessor was
called down for not including exempt
property in his returns, which makes a
bad showing In certain lines In the
books of Probate Judge W. e. Skeggs.
there is nothing to complain of, and the
same thing Is true of Circuit Clerk J. S.
Fowler Sheriff Virgins and Superinten-
dent of Education J. C. Tidwell
Tax Collector G. C. Hardwick, was
found II cents out, that much being due
the state. He was charged with the fol-
lowing amounts credited by the state au-
ditor, but still showing on the books of
the county commissioners: State tax
S4636; soldier, $685. school TAX, $3.50; all
o. which were property placed to his
credit.
Makes Poor Showing.
OF the work of Tax Assessor A. w
Sharpley, the report says: He made no
assessments of exempt property and the
columns under this head are blank. In
calculating the taxes on property he did
not carry out the fractions, hence his
book was out of balance, and no way of
making 1t balance except by going
through the entire book and carrying out
the fractions in each individual case. BY
not putting in the exempt property 1t
makes the taxes of Morgan county show
UP badly For instance the taxable value
Oh mechanical tools and farming imple-
ments is $500, and that of guns, pistols,
bowie knives, etc. $500, nearly as much
as the former. All the hogs In the county
are only valued at s65; sheep and goats
a little more. OF course this showing
is made by leaving out the exemptions.
Erasures are often made through the
whole book and new and indistinct figures
substituted In making out the taxes he
gave the state the benefit of the odd
cents in most instances, hence the state
was gamer and suffers no loss
For Clays Position.
There is quite an interesting contest on
for the office of solicitor of the county
court of Clay county, made an office by
the act of the supreme court In deciding
the bill passed at the last session OF the
legislature repeating 1t unconstitutional
The candidates are e. J. Garrison, who
held the post before; State Senator w. s.
Smith of Lineville and c. S. Moon, a
young lawyer of the same town. Mr.. Gar
rison was in the city today and had talk
with the governor, and made a fine show
Ing for the place. Hon. W. J. Pearce, the
former judge, is the only applicant for
the judgeship, and 1t looks as il he will
be given the honor
Gilmore Garrett, secretary of the state
senate, was today appointed a justice of
the peace In Admission. He had fine pc
tition.