The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-03
PIKE WOULD STOP TEACHERS SALARY Brighton School Still Source
 of Trouble INJUNCTION IS SOUGHT County Board of Education Is Asked to Withhold Pay of Prof. B. F.
 Crump, Principal of the
 Brighton School.

Bessemer. November 2.--(Speeiai)-4J. L. | Pike, ct all. versus l. W. McAdory, coun- | ty superintendent of education, is the l style of the suit filed in the Birmingham city court this morning by Attorney Pink ney Scott of Bessemer, who represents J. l.. Pike and his associates. citizens of Brighton, and patrons of the Brighton | public school.
 The case filed is in the nature of a I petition asking that the county board | of education be restrained from em- ploying B. F. Crump as principal of the public schools at Brighton. The petition also asks that the county board of edu- cation be restrained from paying the salary of Prof B. F. Crump as principal | and teacher in the school
 This is the latest move in the noted 1 fight against Professor Crump and his supporters which has been on for some | time It will be remembered that Profess | sor Crump was elected as principal of the | school by two of the board of trustees and 1 that afterward the president of the board called mass meeting of patrons and protested against the election and named two additional trustees claiming that un- | der the new school law the distrlct IS l entitled to five trustees.
 The county board of education refused l to recognize the two additional trustees | on the ground that they were illegally elected and the opposition to Professor | Crump adopted more strenuous methods | of defeating him in conducting the | school.
 Just before the school term opened Sep l tember 6 the chairman of the board Of | trustees, it is claimed, had extra pad | locks placed on the doors of the school building and threatened to prosecute the person or persons who broke them. On | the day appointed for the opening Of | the school, being advised by the county | board of education, the state superintend- | ent of education and the state attorney | general Professor Crump opened the school building and began the school | term.
 | It will be remembered that the opening | of the building and the school was att tended with considerable interest by the | members of the county board of educa- ton, deputy sheriffs, newspaper men and | citizens. Everything passed off peaceably | and everyone thought that the matter would be dropped but about two weeks | ago J. L. Pike and others, representing | the ODDOSlIlOn to 1GOItSSOT ITuIup llltu | a quo warranto proceeding in the Besse- mer city court against Crump. This peh- tion was dismissed on a demurrer which | claimed that Professor Crump was not a public official in the literal sense and could not be reached with a quo war ranto proceeding.
 The next and last move is the petition for injunction filed today. The petition was submitted to Judge Ferguson of the | eit and ba fxp6 Wa6npc6ay 6a y as the date for the hearing. The outcome of the case will be watched with consider able interest
 | Colored Methodist Conference.
 At the second days session of the North Alabama conference of the African Metho dist church, which is being held at Aller temple, in this city, Bishop l.. l.. Coppir handled the laggard, lazy, good-for-noth l ing negro preacher without gloves in the second days session of the North Ala bama conference of the African Methodis
 Episcopal church today, and if the 1 charges made against some of the minis
 ters for touching the glass Is prover they will lose their ministerial frocks. | "1 have no use for a minister who drinks whisky" said the bishop when ht had called his conference to order, "ant l I have been informed that some of oui ministers have visited the saloons right | nere m BeSSemer, ana all l want IS tt get their names, and I will give them ar opportunity to go out and drink all they want. l am not an autocrat, but I will be in this case No man can frequent saloons drink whisky and hold an appointment under me-"
 The Rev. J. D. Denson and the Rev J. B. Carter conducted the song and prayer service at the opening this morn ing. and the Rev. E. w. Williams read the journal, which was approved.
 The morning session of the conference was spent in hearing general reports iron the pastors and in routine business Some of the pastors reported as having had a hard time during the year but were pleased with the result of their labors The reports received the approval of the presiding bishop. who will make the as signment Sunday night.
 | The preachers were urged to read theil church papers. and to read the daily pa pers in order to keep informed. "You are to lead the people," said Bishop Cop. pin. 'and if you do not prepare your self then how can you lead? There Is sc much required of the negro preacher He must teach the people how to live as well as how to die. Walking the gold. paved streets in glory is all right, bu. you had better prepare to walk these mud paved streets down here. Men who will not read and study. will find them selves out of work, having been SUD- planted by men who would study. This is an age of study and thorough prepara- ton. Let the negro take advantage Of the schools opened to him."
 The Rev. c. F. Welch, presiding elder in the Colored Methodist Episcopal church, was Introduced during the morn