The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-19
OUO WARRANT Is
 DENIED IN COURT County Board of Education to
 be Enjoined
MAY STOP TEACHERS PAY
Judge William Jackson Holds That Prof. crump Is Not a Public Off cial and Therefore Can Not Be
 ousted by Quo Warrsnto.

rnrrer to the quo warranto proceeding instituted by J. L. Pike and others against Prof. B. r. Crump, superintendent of the Brighton public schools, which was set for hearing in the Bessemer city court this morning, was sustained by Judge William Jackson and the case was ac- | cordingly thrown out of court l I. L, Pike and others, through their at torney. Pinkney Scott, of this city, sought by the quo warranto proceedings to oust I Professor Crump from his position as 1 superintendent, on the claim that he had not been properly elected by a full board of trustees of the Brighton public schools.
 When the case was called in the city court this morning Attorneys John Mil Ter and A, L. Oberdorfer of Birmingham, appeared for the defendant and demurred to the petition on the ground that Crump was not public official and therefore could not be busted on a quo warranto proceeding.
 After considerable argument between the attorneys on either side Judge Jack son sustained the demurrer, and the mat | ter was closed so far as the present pro-
  that the matter will not be dropped un- til every resource has been fully tried. | It was stated by Attorney Scott shortly after the dismissal of the case in the | city court, that the next move would be in the form of an injunction against the county board of education asking that board be restrained from paying any of the state school fund into the hands of Professor Crump for the maintenance and operation of the schools at Brighton. | It is understood that this proceeding will be instituted within a few days.
 Case Reviewed. | It will be remembered that the oppo- sition to Professor Crump grew out of the contention of some of the patrons of the school led by Dr. E. L. Edmonson, | chairman of the board of trustees, that Brighton is entitled to five trustees in- stead of three and that these five trus- tees should have full control of the school independent of the county board of edu- cation, receiving direct from the state | the funds intended for the support of the Brighton schools.
 After Prof Crump had been elected | superintendent of the schools by a ma jority of the three members of the board of trustees Dr. Edmondson called a mass | meeting of citizens and elected two addi- tional trustees and demanded their recog- milton by the county board of educa ation. This recognition was denied by the board which claimed that the election was ir- regular and Illegal. Instead the county l board recognized the act of the three ori- | ginal members of the local board of trus- tees in the election of Prof Crump
 The con ntion is made that the super l intendent should have been elected by a board of five trustees thought there were only ,.Iree members at the time the cleo tion was made.
 | Now that the quo warranto proceedings against Prof. Crump has failed the in- junction against the county board of edu- cation will be watched with interest. It is expected that this injunction will be he- within a few days
 Lyceum Course.
 Ralph Bingham will open the lyceum course to be given at Beavers hall in this city next Monday night.
 A number of entertainments have been arranged with the Alkahest Lyceum | Bureau of Alianta and a large number of season tickets have already been sold
 
 catalogue of this well known bureau have been engaged and the public is promised some of the finest features of the kind that have ever been presented in this dis trict.
 | The entertainments are to be given for the benefit of the Beavers gymnasium hall and the indications are that the course will be literally patronized.
 Notes and Personals. ] New brick crossing are being put down at Seeonu avenue and Nineteenth street. This work will add greatly to the con venience of pedestrians in wet weather and the improvement will be extended to all the crossing in the business sec- ton of the city.
 The Laules Aid Society of the First | Presbyterian church will meet at the | church tomorrow afternoon at oclock. Matters of importance are to be consider ed and 1t is desired that all members be present.
 The work of laying the track on the new Tenth avenue viadoct which has Just | been completed by the Birmingham Rail- way, Light and Power company Is near ing completion and it is believed that the cars will be running over the line | within another week.
 Inc remains of Willie May the five year ola daughter of 1T. and Mrs w. l.. Spain who died last night will be inter- l red in Union cemetery tomorrow norn-