The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-17
NEW BOARD MEETS.
Butler Gets Good Money for It's Con,
 yicta.

Butler Gets Good Money for Its Con- vlcts. Greenville. Dec. 1s.--(SpeciaL)-The l New Board of County Commissioners yesterday came in, qualified and was
 called to order by H. D. Lampley. Judge | of Probate, ex ofhcio chairman. He ex plained to the new members that that
 was the day set for the hearing of bids for the hire of the convicts of the county. The Board consists of Messrs. ]. G. Reynolds (the only old member). J. E. Helms. J. N. Cook and D. D. Ben nett All these men are good men and true. and will make the county faith full commissioners.
 MT. J. H. Barsanier, representing the SIoss -Shefheld Steel and Iron Company Mir. F. L. Moore, President of the Horse She Lumber Company of River Falls. Mir. Rogers of Ensley. representing the Tennessee Coal and Iron Company. and Mir. Vaughn of Sanford of the Sanford Lumber Company, were present and made bids for the convicts. The HoIve Shoe Lumber Company were the suc- cessful bidders, they agreeing to take
 the convicts as they come, at the rate of SIS each per month; the next highest, bid was that of the Sloss people.
 The price now being paid for the
 convicts Is only s1o. This Is a raise of $5 each per month. This shows that free labor is very scarce. Ten dollars | was the highest price ever heretofore obtained for this class of labor by the fcounty, and that only for the year
 that is now passing.
 1 Thirty marriage licenses have been
 issued from the Probate ofice so far
 during this month; one day this week
 eight of them were issued, and three of
 the counples were then and there mar
 ried by the chief clerk. Major McMullan, l in the Probate\ office. one of these
 couples being white. The colored race patronizes the license counter more
 literally than do the whites. Nearly
 every month there are more licenses
 issued to the colored So far the diff
 ference Is four majority for the blacks l for December. l It looks now as if many of our people
 will have to do without the Christmas
 turkey, as that fowl is very scarce in
 this section. and the few that find their | way to this market are sold at such prices that no one but the man who | sold his cotton at the top of the market
 can afford to buy.
 Owing to the low prices of cotton, trade in this city Is and has been very dull for the past week or ten days, very
 little cotton is being brought to town;
 the farmers are inclined to hold, think ling that prices will be better later on Fortunately, those who have cotton are
 in a condition to hold it, as the crop
 was never better in this section, and
 most all the farmers have money. The
 banks have more money on hand than
 ever before. and those who must have
 the money can get 1t.
 l Rev. J. P. Hamilton, who was ap-
 pointed by the late Methodist Confer | ence to this station for the coming
 year will not reach Greenville until af-
 ter Christmas, and Rev. L. H. s. Chap
 pelle the former pastor, will occupy his
 old pulpit next Sunday. Mir. Chappelie leaves Greenville with the best wishes
 of the whole town. He has made many friends during the three years of his pastorate. He goes to Marion. and that city is to be congratulated, for no better pastor has ever served 8 people.