The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-22
LIE COUNTY FAILS ON THE SCHOOL TAX 0pelika and Lanett Said to be
 Responsible CLAY COUNTY GETS IN LINE Well Known Politicians in Montgomery Cause Speculation as to the Cause
 of Their visit-other
 Capitol News.
CLAY COUNTY GETS IN LINE

Montgomery. September 21.-(Speeial)- | There is much surprise at the office of
 the state educational department over the failure of Lee county to vote the spe- | cial tax for school purposes. It was | thought that the people over there would not fail to accept this means of taking better care of their schools. The attempt 1 failed, strange to say, by the vote of the 1 two big towns of Opelka and Lanett. A hard fight had been made for the tax, and | though a majority voted for it. there
 was not enough on the affirmative to give 1 it life in the light of the law.
 1 As an offset, however, comes the news | from Clay, sent in by wire today by State
 Senator John R. Mccain that his county l had voted for the tax by the silver ma
 jority of sixteen to one. The people have | fallen over themselves to vote for 1t;
 and there are several other counties
 which now promise to do the same thing. l This tax is 10 cents on the hundred dol lars of property and is for the use of l the schools of the county in wltch it 7
 levied It gives a neat increase to the
 school money in these sections where vot- | ed and does a world of good.
 1 Many Politicians.
 The presence in the city of bunch Of
 politicians has given rise to a report
 that something may be doing in the way of laying political lines or that there may
 be talk regarding an extra session of the
 legislature. They all say they happen
 here on business, and some of them l make good by making a showing of the | business. But it is rare enough to at | tract some notice at any rate.
 | Congressman J. Thomas Hef1in came In | yesterday and talked to the governor a | long time about pardon he wanted for
 a client About the same time w. H. sam
 ford of Troy, said by some to be in the | race for attorney general. and by others | for lieutenant governor dropped in and l had a chat with the governor. While he l and MT. Heflin were in the office or me | governor Col. Tom Frazier of Union | Springs showed up, and little later 1t was discovered that Fred Blackmon, state | senator from Calhoun, was in the midst | of the group.
 1 They all spent the day in the city talk | ing to friends and enjoying themselves | None of them would talk politics to any | great extent. MT. Heflin said he was l congressman from the Fifth and liked his | fob so well that he was trying to hold | it. leaving the governorship tI take care of itself MT Sanford said no man had | authority to say that he would run Tor | any office. Possibly he would not. MT. | Frazier said he was simply taEitg 1t easy. That's all.
 Governor Extends Mercy. Two little negro boys were today the l recipients of the mercy of Governor Jelks | and in the afternoon they were taken from the county jail to farm near | town They had been convicted of steal | t,,r. uantenCad tn fOur months
 hard labor for it. They said they had | no father that their mother did not | pay any attention to them and that | they took the hen and sold 1t to get mony to buy food because they were 1 hungry. They are six and eight years l old and were convicted out of the court | of Justice of the Peace George w. Boyd.
 Solicitor S. H. Dent of the city court, | urged the governor to take the action he did. Sheriff Waller had taken an in- | terest in the youngsters and had agreed | to look after them if paroled. He has | sent or will send them to a reliable old | negro on his place who will undertake to | raise them and teach them to be good. | Their names are given as Hessie Nichol-
 son and Calvin Boyd. though 1t is not l thought that they really know who they | are.
 | The governor endorsed on the papers , as follows: "It has been represented to | me that these two boys are six and | eight years old, and have been sentenced | to four months hard laDor for the county | for the larceny of hen. They have no | father and their mother pays practical | ly no attention to them. It was further l represented that the boys were overcome by hunger and stole the hen and sold | her to buy food. On account of their | youth and the neglect of their mother | and the further fact that 1t is repre- | sented to me that a home can be secured | for them, hereby parole them.' Minor Capitol News. | The contract was let by Private Secre- | tary to the Governor J. Kirk Jackson 1 this morning for the repairs of the roof | of the capitol, the sum to be paid be- | ing s560. It Is to be done In sixty days | and to include a perfect set of guttering | as well as good roof. Webber & Johnson | of Montgomery are to do the work. l w. J. Dansby has been reappointed su- | perintendent of education of Choctaw | county by State Superintendent of Edu- cation I. w. Hill.
 | w T. Brown succeeds Judge J. w. | Inzer, resigned. on the board of trustees | of the State Normal school at Jackson vile. Mir. Brown is resident of Rag l land, St. Clair county. being president | of the Ragland Coal company.
 | w r. Knox, the new general freight | agent or the western Ol All lS | expected to take over the duties of his | office today or tomorrow.
 | James Parker. young negro of B years | has escaped from the camp of convicts I of Sweat Brothers. at Lowrey and the | state department has been notified. He | got away September 19, and is still at | large. Parker was convicted in May, 1900. of murder and given life sen | tence
 | Judge J. M Carmichael. president of l the state convict board. has received word | from Associate Inspector NJ. W. Camper, l at Florence, that his, MT. Campers, | daughter, who has been so i'll, is still | quite low, but improving.
 l The Farmers and Merchants bank has | been organized at York, with a capital | of s10.0o0. J. F. Woods and others are | incorporators.
 | These minor appointments have been | made by the governor: Justices of the l peace, A. M. Morton, Enon; M. W. Britt. | Midway; constables, F. l.. Bowers Deca- l tur; G. w. Brown. Berry; Notaries, F. | K. Hale, Jr., Mobile; w. L. Cox. Kil- | len.
 | Rural Route Established.
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