The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-16
SUITS AGAINST
 BOOK PUBLISHERS Insufficient Supply is Kept in
 the State GOV. JELKS TAKES ACTION Frank Adcock of Jefferson County Is Pardoned-coroner's Office In
 Baldwin and Lee coun-
 ties Is Vacant.
coy. JELKS TAKES ACTION

Montgomery, September 15.-(Special.)- Governor William D. Jelks this afternoon, through State Superintendent of Educa- ton I. w. Hill, sent instructions to Mas sey Wilson, attorney general to begin suit for damages on the bonds of school Look publishers who have failed to com ply with the law under which they were given contracts to supply the schools of the state. It seems that all of them are charged with not having a full and com llete supply of books at the Montgomery depository all the time, while at least one is alleged to have been negligent as to all the Repositories. The bonds are for amounts ranging from $5oOO to H2,OoO.
 The particular complaint against all the publishers Is that they have not had for some weeks a full supply of books in depository at Montgomery, and having none at this point, and consequently in the county Repositories south of the cap ilal city. The law is specific, stating that there shall be at all times full and com plete supply of all books required by the contract in the Repositories agreed upon by the state and the publishers. There has been some sort of trouble at Mont gomery, and for the time most of the books needed have been secured from Bir- mingham, though even the Birmingham house has not had the new elementary arithmetic supposed to be supplied by Silver, Burdette x Co.,, of Boston.
 Within the past few days there has been perfected an arrangement with The Fair a dry goods store in Montgomery, to take care of the local business, though it has not at this time a full set of the books called for in the agreements signed by the publishers. This being only local, there is yet the South Alabama situation to care for. The trouble at Montgomery grew up between Ed c. Fowler and the publishers, the merits of which the state has not anything to do, the only thing taken into consideration by the governor being that the books have not been ac- cessible. this constituting failure to meet the requirements of the trade. who- ever is to blame.
 Below is the list of publishers with whom the state does business: Silver, Burdette & Co.,, being the only company to be charged with not having it's books in the state at all; American Book com pany, Cincinnati, J. D. Matlock, Birming- ham, state agent; University Publishing company, New York, G. W. Duncan, Au- burn, state agent Maynard, Merrill x
  Vista, Ga., state agent; B. F. Johnson Publishing company, Richmond, Va, J. K. Powers, Florence, state agent; Educa- tional Publishing company, Chicago, New some & Co.,. New York; Silver, Burdette & Co, Boston; Eaton & Co.,, Chicago; Eldfldge & Bro Philadelphia; MacMil- Ian company, Boston; Rand, McNally & Co.,, Chicago; Ginn & Co.,, Boston, S. J. Cole, state agent, Birmingham.
 Vacancies in coroner's Office.
 It has been reported to the governor that there are vacancies in the office of coroner of Baldwin and Lee counties. Inasmuch as there is a court house fight on in Baldwin 1t Is thought that it may be necessary at some time to provide an officer who can serve In case of the dis qualification of the sheriff for any reason, Both appointments will be made in a short time.
 Judge s. l.. Brewer will not hold court at Dadeville. beginning next Monday, because of the fact that as solicitor, he secured some of the indictments The governor has instructed Supernumerary Judge A. H. Aston to take his place for the Tallapoosa term. An important trial will be that of George Moore, in- dicted for murder
 Jefferson County Man Pardoned.
 For reasons set lortn III the auVlce oI pardons. let pardon issue William D. Jelks."
 This is the endorsement that will set Frank Adcock, convicted in Jefferson county March 19 1904, free. His crime was that of manslaughter and he had a sen- tence of two years.
 The board of pardons found that his term would be out in two months; that pardon was recommended by D. A. Greene, trial judge, and Solicitor H. P. LSeflin; that there are many mitigating circum- stances; that the convict is old and has been sufficiently punished. It is signed by E. R. McDavid, secretary of state, and Massey Wilson, attorney general. a ma inr of ha