The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-09-11
SMOOTH SCHEME
WORKED BY NEGRO
Takes Teachers Examination
in Many Counties
THEN SELLS CERTIFICATE
State Superintendent Has Revoked
His Certificate and Evidence Is Be-
ing Collected 20 Prosecute
Him for offense.
THEN SELLS CERTIFICATE
BY HERvEY w. LAIRD.

| Birmingham, has gotten himself into such
trouble with the state school department
that his life certificate as a teacher has
been revoked by State Superintendent l.
w. Hill. and he will not be able to teach
in Alabama any more unless he can clear
himself of the very serious charge that
he has been lending himself to the seeur-
ing of certificates by persons who have no
right to them under the law.
| 1t is charged By Superintendent Hill and
several of his county superintendent that
| Davis has been going to meetings of
county boards of examiners and taking
the examinations in the name of some
other negro and turning over the GER
tificate to such other negro for a money
consideration 1t has been impossible here
tofore to catch up with him. superntend-
ent Argo of Walker county says that he
has seen Davis at his meeting twice
He does not remember what name he
gave the first time, but the last time it
was In the name of John r. Davis, and
he was requested to have the certificate
mailed to that name in Birmingham, at
an address which is not the home of the
accused. When confronted with the ac
tuSdtioA LAY - - ANPCANSN ~ -
that he took the last one simply for prac-
tice notwithstanding he had to give three
days time to 1t and pay the fees
Has Been Woefu Prevalence.
w. -. -, a ucoeful nrevalence In
-. - - aeel.+s a., a,.ada and break
~ sobool lows Of the state besides a
oarelessness in attending to the business
that has in itself been little If any short
81 criminal cases Of the practice charged
TO Davis have been more or less frequent,
and they have been hard to locate.
IT Is said that Davis has worked the
esberne not only In Walker, but num-
her of northern counties, and 1t Is not
possiple to estimate how much money he
NAV have made at It. for where a man
wanted to get license to teach and was
NOT able to procure II himself, he would
nor mind giving considerable money to
the one who helped him to the goal.
Evervthine possible will be done to make
Davis suffer for what he is charged
with doing SUPERINTENDENT Hill and his
associates are getting up law and evil
dence applving TO the offense.
For number OF years II mas peem In. .,l5
~ s'o.ioe ~ i,','nS .ta 80 ,,,,tbo,,t
MONEY poestoie - o wi 80 u, ~
inaAihs me piopel sno"i"s ~ - -
was applieu 70 ~ .iie way u INNS -
Schools E,iuihera'ons were MAJ 80 -
IN one sihall sou.n AiaOaila eoun'y ~
Is Ieouetioh TINS year rum lase "a 49,, 80
one thousand children OF school age. ms
is accounted Tor In the accurate ehuiher-
alton that now prevails as against the
sllpshod methods used heretofore
Now there must be hst OF the emil
dren IN every school district MADE WITH
name OF child, age and parents or guard
ian. These lists are filed at the state ed
ucational department and ON them the
appropriations are made up. Each coun-
ty now has the distribution of its own
funds and every school district Is to have
as much as another, so that the schools
of the county, so far as is practical, shall
have terms of uniform length.
H. q. Almon has been reappointed SUI
perintendent of education of Lawrence
county that being one of the few coun-
ties where this office is annointed instead
of elected w !. Dansbv has been an
nointed sunerintendent of Cboctaw conn
~ succeeding q T.. GRAY who has re-
stoned beoause of bis nomination for 90
| lieito,. Of IT, distr,nt
John Ivy Pardoned.
The acting governor has pardoned John
| Ivey. convicted of arson In the second
degree In Bullock county and sentenced
in the spring of this year. to two years
| in the penitentiary On the papers the
following endorsement was made nv the
governor:
..This applicant for executive clemenev
was convicted February J. 1904. of arson
| in the second degree He was sentenced
| to the penitentiary for Two wears this
being the lowest sentence. 1t appears
that the building burned was an unoc,
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10 IL -, Cen ,.,rai,- ~.
"a aa,la,s1 ~ IL ,,.ai, -,
feat traolS which tbe ey,idence tepdad ~
-, -, 49, - ~, dafandart r.
.,.,, 49, ~ ma s,,fsa,.ad froy, a stre,ro
~ ,,orais,s,s tbat he mental ara ,h,,s-
g. ,,, Pc fa,ties had has, thereh,, ps
80 that tbo nres,dino irdga of me dr.
| c,,tt oonrt gave tho defendant tho lowest
Ssntaroa allowed ~ the law and stated
n,,bIiolv az the time ana also made an
entrv of record that a nardon would he
accommodated after he had served for
| six months
"rhis statement Is signed bv the Judge,
| tho solicitor the circuit clerk and tho
| sheriff Of the comfy The board of
ma rdons recommends clemencv.
| .,,rhe following is the entry ON the state
| trial docket in this case: February 8,
| 1904. iurv verdict. guilty of arson in the
second degree; defendant sentenced to
,a. paoa,,noond bic nardon after ii :
,,ontbs which entry Is in The wrItine
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