The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-12-18
SANFORD TRIAL
 IS INTERESTING Is Charged With Killing a Bir-
 mingham Man TALK OF NEW RAILROAD Rumored That saboard Will Back Plan to Complete Line to HayneviIIe-others News
 of Montgomery.
TALK OF NEW RAILROAD

Montgomery. December IT. (Speeial)- The trial of |. C. Sanford for the kill ing of James A. Achors last May is at tracing great deal of attention in the city and in Birmingham. the home of the man who lost his life. Sanford is 54 years of age and shot Aehors because the latter was abusing his Sanford's housekeeper Maggie Hickman Aehors was locomotive engineer and visited the saloon owned by Sanford in a suburb of the city known as Vesuvius. Some trouble came up between him and the woman and he is said to have struck her She cried out and Sanford ran to her rescue, the story goes. and the shooting followed. The state is endeav bring to show, however, that Sanford was insanely jealous of the woman and killed Achors because he was with her. Sanford has been in Montgomery off and on for 27 years Four years ago he made bicycle tour of the world and after 1t was finished he came here and bought the saloon and settled down.
 Talk of New Road.
 It Is rumored that the Seaboard Air Line railroad may take up a railroad proposition recently refused by the Lou isville and Nashville. Some time ago a line was partially graded from Morgans- vile, on the latter line. to Haynesville. in Lowndes county, a distance of eight miles. Nothing has been done since. Some weeks ago a plea was made to President Smith of the Louisville and Nashville to complete the road. He re- fused point blank. His refusal made it impossible to sell bonds to complete it by the owners. Now it is said that the seaboard will take it over. build from Morgansville to Montgomery sixteen miles, and finish the short end the other way. Then, and this is the important part, the road Is to be built on to the gulf at Mobile. The route would be through a fine country full of the best farms of the state, and a great deal of cement and other valuable minerals.
 Will Teach Agriculture.
 After the first of next month, the be- ginning of the new year, Alabama teach CTS must stand an examination on agri- culture, the law directing this having gone into effect October last This does not apply in the schools in towns of over 300, save that all teachers must take the examinations. Teachers holding un- expired third-grade certificates or those which expire in January. 1905, may se- cure second grade certificate by taking the examination only in agriculture, sec ond grade geography. grammar and arith- metic, Alabama and United States his- tory. provided their third grade certih- eates are enclosed with the applications. Those holding second grade papers will be given first grade in the same way by taking the examination on geometry, algebra, theory and practice of teaching, school laws, physics and agriculture.
 Offered Tebbett's Place.
 A new turn has been taken in the fight for the position of collector of the port of Mobile. Captain R. F. Mcconnell, well known business man, secretary and treasurer of the Sullivan Timber com pany of Mobile, has come out as a can didate against Captain W. F. Tebbetts. It was thought that the referees hoped to get the place for Joseph II Montgomery of Birmingham, but the referees seem to have very little weight just now. Cap tain Mcconnell was solicited to run by large number of business men of the port and will go up to the President with strong following.
 The resignation of John Towers as as- sistant postmaster at Birmingham and the appointment of J. T. Bakemore to the position is reported In Montgomery to mean some rather peculiar republican politics. Blakemore was the republican candidate for congress in the Ninth dis trict and republican elector Whether Mir. Towers was crowded out to make room for Blakemore or not is an un- known quantity. 1t is quite strange. however, that Blakemore would get in so quick after making his just-to- keep -party-together race.