The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-12-27
IMPORTANT FACTS
ABOUT POLL TAXES
Figures for 1903 Show How
Much Different Counties Paid
THE HELM MATTER
Tennessee Company Gets Montgomery
convlcts-some General News
Picked Up at the State
Capitol.
HELM MATTER

Montgomery, December 26.-(Special. ,
The poll tax collections for the state of
Alabama for the year 1903, were S1S2. 66S,
paid by 1851 persons. OF this amount
S11.S47.50 was back for 1902, and $3.50 back
for 1901. Thus the total for 1903 proper
was $11s,726. The collections in 1902 were
$1o1,Sl4 and in 1901. s14,s6S
Some interesting figures are shown in
the payments by counties. Jefferson led
with $12.213 Mobile following with $5o7S,
Montgomery with s3s16 and Walker
$395.50 Tuscaloosa paid $a2O5.50, Madison
| $S096 cullman s296s.50 Calhoun s244s, De-
kalb $3.50, Etowah S24S5, jackson, $2425 so,
Marshal s409. Morgan secs. 90, Randolph
$22sS, Shelby s2S21.50, Tallapoosa $22755O,
Winston s15045O. Blount had $2214, Chill
ton 1892 Clay $22l5. Coffee $2O5S, Coving-
ton sl957, Crenshaw s1947, Houston s2191.5O
Lauderdale $2Ol3, Marengo $l974, Marion
1896, Pike $l995.5O, ST. Clair $l7745O Tai
ladega $500.
Etowah DeKalb. Cullman, st. Clair
Clay and Winston counties made big
showings because of the hard congress-
ional fight. No one could vots who had not
paid their poll tax for the years 1901. 1902
and 1903. County contests caused heavy
payments in many of these cases.
Knox In Montgomery.
Hon. John B. Knox of Admission spent
Saturday in Montgomery looking after
some private and legal matters and meet
Ing his numerous Capital City friends.
The time he spent here as president of
the recent constitutional convention gave
to him long list of admirers among
strictly local people, not to mention the
large number from other portions of the
state. After leaving here Saturday he
and Mrs. Knox, who Joined him, went
to New Orleans. Notwithstanding Colonel
Knox is regarded as an aspirant for the
| first United States senatorial vacancy In
| Alabama, he will not talk much about
state politics. On the negro and national
questions he is ever willing to express
his opinions, which are, by the way.
attracting much comment over the United
States. A recent letter to the New York
Sun has been widely quoted and the cur
rent issue OF the Outlook has something
from his pen along this line. But Ala
bama office-seekers and Alabamians who
| are likely to be sought by office do not
interest him to any appreciable CONVEX
sationa1 point.
Several months ago story was printed
In this correspondence to the effect that
| rumor had it that Colonel Knox and
Richard H. Clarke of Mobile had entered
into Community of interest to bring
out a candidate for governor against
Lieutenant and Acting Governor Cum
ningham on the reported superstition that
| if elected and given the chance Cunning
| ham would appoint J. H. Bankhead to the
| United States senate In place of Knox or
| Clarke. 1t does not seem that there was
| any truth in the report, and Colonel
| Clarke entered denial at once. Colonel
Knox paid no attention to 1t in any
way.
| Railroad Surveys.
| Much interest centers in two railroad
| surveys which have recently been made
| in the neighborhood of Alexander City.
| One has gone out from Montgomery,
| leaving Wetumpka to the left and going
| through Equality and Nixburg, to Cen
| trail, In Coosa county. Another party has
run line into Coosa county from ITALIA
| poosa, Ca, and will cross the Central
| of Georgia near Alexander City. This
| will tap some Of the best country in the
| state and make possible the development
| of some very rich territory in timber
| and minerals.
Hon. Thomas M. Owen left this evening
| for Chicago to attend wednesday Thurs
| day and Friday the meeting of the Ameri-
| can Historical association. He will make
| an address on the Alabama plan of pre-
| serving and publishing state records and
| historical matters.
| Acting Governor r. NJ. Cunningham
will deliver an address before the meeting
| of the Alabama Historical association
which meets here January 70.
New Bank at sulIgent.
The secretary of state was today in
formed of tho corporation of the Bank
| OF Sulligent with capital stock of $780,
| 600. The incorporators are !: w. NJ.
| Stone, r. ]. Redder, l.. s. Metcalf, r. ].
| Young w. P. Priddy, T. @. Box. A.
Hollis, J. e. Miner. Walter NeSmith,
Stanford and Collins. N. C. Metcalf, ]. T.
| Dunn, w. w. Ogden, John Clark, P. G.
| Smith, S. J. High, j. G. Buckelew, w. J.
| Brown, Noah Griffin, It. s. Noe, j. e.
| Turner, ]. H. d. Smith, 7. NJ. Woods,
| b. b. Woods, j. A. Poe, ]. s. Guyton,
and w. o. Woods.
The Mizell Mercantile company of Elba
| with capital stock of $4,000, also in
formed the secretary of state Of it's in
| corporation. The incorporates are G.
L. Mizell, L. M. Mizell and /. T. Law.
Cannon and Heflin.
Another story is told in the capitol city
| of Alabama second hand from the capitol
! OF the nation, about the Heflin incident
regarding which there was much talk
just before the November elections. 1t
will be recalled that there was a great
deal OF speculation as to the probability
| of Congressman ]. Thomas Helm of the
Fifth Alabama district, being denied his
seat in congress because he had said
things that sounded anarchistic about
the President The matter was brought
up however, at the opening of the short
session and the young Albanian was
allowed 10 take his place without OBJ
jections being mentioned. Just before the
session opened, however, 1t is said that
member OF the house went anxiously
| up TO Speaker Cannon and asked in bated
breath what was "going to be done about