The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-08-27
ROOSTER HAS NOT
YET BEEN FILED
PoIiticaI Parties Fail to Record
Their tmbIems.
VERY FEW ARE ELIGIBLE
Number of state convlcts That Can
Enter Negro Re;ormatory at
spelsner's Is only About
i Dozen.
VERY FEW ARE ELIGIBLE
BY HERVEY w. LAIRD.

far no political party in the state has
complied with Section 60 of the general
election law passed by the legislature OF
1903 requiring fac SMILES or copies OF
emblems to be filed with the secretary Of
state. Each party is required to have an
emblem and a copy of such must be
filed in the office of the secretary Oh
state within sixty days before any gen
era1 election in which state officers are
to be voted for One hundred and fifty
copies of the emblem adopted must be
sent to the above named officer who will
send them out to probate Judges as soon
as possible thereafter.
The emblem of the democratic party
has decided on. that matter having been
settled at the meeting of the state con-
ventlon in this city last May. 1t Is a
rooster with the words white Suprem-
aey' over it and For the Right under
meath. A cut has been made at the order
of the state committeeea which will be
sent to the state office IN a few days.
It and the emblems OF all other parties,
which expect to be within the law, must
be on Ale to the number of $50 copies by
or before September g. Certificate Of
nomination to office must not be later In
filing than October s. which is one month
before the election.
Negro Reformatory.
The number of state convicts under IS
years old, thereby being eligible for en-
trance to the reform school at Speigner,
will be quite small, not exceeding a doz-
en- as the matter now stands. However,
the law allows county conyicts within
the age limit to be sent to this insti-
tuition at the discretion of the judges.
This is found In Section 1888 of the code,
as follows:
County convicts under IS years of age
may be sentenced to a term in the re-
formatory provided for In this chapter
or to hard labor for the county, in the
discretion of the presiding judge In
such event the cost of conviction, not
exceeding $50, shall be paid out of the
convict fund as provided for In cases OF
sentence to the penitentiary'
The section providing for the reforma-
tory In this chapter is as follows Sec
ton 4f74: "All state conyicts under 10
years Of age shall be separated and work
ed apart, as far as practicable, from all
other convicts at place to be designated
by the board of inspectors. as REFORM
atory, which shall be managed under
such rule as the board of inspectors may
prescribe, keeping In view their moral and
intellectual Improvement. Such reforma-
tory must be located on property owned
by the state. When any convict con-
fined In the reformatory shall arrive at
the age OF IS years. or shall show by his
conduct that he Is not benefited by mis-
confinement in the reformatory, he may
be transferred to other employment at
another place by the board of inspectors.
There Is refofmatory at East Lake
for white boys already which has been
established by act of the Legislature,
1859, Pc. 1853. By virtue of this any boy
may be sent to the reformatory who Is
beyond the control of his parents or who
has no legal guardians, or those between
the ages of and Is years may be sem
| fenced to the school by any judge before
whom they may be tried. This being the
ease 1t follows, therefore that the re-
/ formatory instituted by the state board Of
inspectors at Speigner, Ala. has been
designated as an institution for negro
boys.
1t is expected that as soon as 1t is gem
orally understood that county convicts
F within the age limit may be Sentenced to
] this reformatory that the number will in
crease very rapidly. As soon as they are
gotten In arrangements will be made to
/ give them instruction along moral and in
tellectual lines and they will be taught
/ the necessity and dignity of labor There
! are several hundred acres of cotton to be
4
provide valuable employment for some
/ time. A good man to take the young ne
groes In hand is being sought by the
] convict board.
Troop Schedule.
The memoranda of departure of mem
bers of the provisional regiment which
Alabama will send to Manassas has been
made out by the chief qnartermaster Of
! the Department of the Gulf, United States
army, at Atlanta, covering those compan-
/ les which will congregate at Montgomery.
! ii is as follows, all departures being on
the Sd day of September:
| Dothan leaves via Atlantic Coast Line,
] on train No. II, at S:22, reaching Mont
gomery at II a. M
! Mobile leaves on Louisville and Nash
Vile, train No. 2, at 1904 a. M, arriving
at Montgomery at $50 a. m.
/ Fort Deposit leaves via Louisville and
Nashville train No, IS at 1927 a. M, reach
/ ing Montgomery at 1890 a. m. ~.
Special train to leave Montgomery via
! Western of Alabama at II 30 a. m, ar
irving at Opelika at ITO p. M, there
picking up Girard company which left
that place on the Central of Georgia at
/ 1908 a. M, reaching opelika at 1850 a. m.
/ From Opelika the train will proceed via
! Western of Alabama and Atlanta and
! w est 1Olnl TO Atlanta ana southern
railway to destination.
These orders are issued by Sam r.
Jones, deputy quartermaster, United
/ States army.
Capt. e. j. McCrossn ana Lieut. Hines
Francis will have charge of horses and
camp enquipage at Birmingham. by spe-
cial order of General William w. Bran
don, commanding.
The adjutant general of the Alabama
National Guard issued commissions today
to Capt G. O. Dickey, Company l. Third
infantry and Capt. A. b. Kendrick, as
sistant surgeon Second infantry.
Refuse to Pay.
On the advice of the attorney general
acting Governor Cunningham has refused
to pay bill of $95 costs incurred by
Dan Rogers, negro, who was convicted
of manslaughter and took his case Ia
the supreme court of the United States
after falling in the state supreme court
ON the ground that there were no negroes