The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-11-10
CRAY IS IN THE RACE.

UkAI ID IN LIE kAlEi
 BIRMINGHAM MAN MAKES FORMAL. ANNOUNCEMENT.
 Wfshes to Be Lieutenant Governor of the State and win Make m Active Canass for Nomlnation. Birmingham, Nov. s--(specia)-- formal announcement of Henry B. Gray, of Birmingham. for the demo- cratic nomination for lieutenant-g gov- ernorship of Alabama, was made today. Mir Gray is president of the Peoples Savings Bank and Trust Company. of Birmingham. member of the Board of Aldermen representing the Eighth ward. treasurer of the Birmingham Board of Education, prominently con- nected with clubs and secret societies and well known throughout the state. His platform expresses belief in ab- solute regulation and control of freight rates by the government as one ques- ton. on which depends the future well fare of thes commercial, agricultural, manufacturing and mining interests.
 Second in importance states his plat form, is the question of public schools
 The appropriation for schools should
 be increased till every district in the state shall have full nine months term free of cost and good and substan- tfal school houses in which the schools shall be held The pensions for Con- federate soldiers should be increased till every veteran of the great war shall be given enough to make his de- clining days comfortable and his lot happier.
 The state should have better roads, | he says and the state should control its | @s,v fAfc trpvo Ion SA( (vrvx guarded should be encouraged. A | municipal code Is great need in Ala bama.
 It is. undertood MT. Gray will make an active canvass.
 Circus to Winter h Birmingham.
 Sells and Downs Circus will winter | in Birmingham. The circus is now In | Georgia and will arrive here Nov. 23. | All hands will be paid of in this city. The circus will remain here until next | spring. when the seasons routing will be made. It is intended to place the horses of the show out on farms ir this district.
 Moore and Handley Will Rebuild.
 Announcement was made today that the Moore and Handley Hardware Com. pany, whose big building was destroy ed by fire night before last, will re-
  the property destroyed by fire has been settled and plans can be drawn for a new structure. A building much larger than the one destroyed by fire will be put up on the same site. The firm to- day opened temporary hearquarters in the three-story building on the north side of First avenue. between Twenti. occupied by the Prowen Hardware Company.
 Want Restricted Immigration.
 At meeting of Fidelity Lodge No. [. International Association of Ma 1 chinists, in this city, resolutions have been adopted favoring the adoption of laws restricting immigration from foreign lands. It is set forth in the resolutions that an indiscrimfnate im- migration permits many paupers to come to this country and they come in contact with good labor of this country. Among other things the res olution say:
 "whereas, The restrictions of immi- grafton has become an economic nec- essity, therefore be it resolved. that we demand the enactment of such laws that will shield us from the depress- ing effects of unrestricted immigra- tion. to the end that the American may not only be protected | pauper laborer. but that we may be protected against the direct competi- tion in our own country by the incom- ing of the competitive alien--the foreign pauper laborers themselves: and
 Be it Further Resolved. That we demand the early reformation of our laws. the requirements of citizenship greatly raised, the cleo tive franchise made only a high priv | ilege, reserved for the deserving and then only after continuous residence In decent comparison with that re- quired of native-born citizen" ll
 Copies of the resolutions will be sentI to the congressman end senators from , this state and their assistance will be { asked for in getting the laws desired. .
 Sunday School Convention. h
 The annual convention of the Jeffer- son County Sunday School Association this morning at 10 o'clock in the Sunday school rooms of the First Methodist Church, on the corner of Nineteenth Street and Sixth Avenue ] and will continue tomorrow. There { were over one hundred delegates pres ent at the meeting representing ths { Sunday schools of all denominations in |, the county. The attendance Is larger than at any previous convention.
 The mornings program was opened : by an invocation by Dr. L. s. Handley. pastor of the Central Presbyterian after which the several sub- iects of interest to the delegates were 4 taken up.
 MT R. P. Lewis. the President of the f Is presiding at the meet , Ing.
 The written reports from the several county officers showed a great advance n ment in the work and it was plainly [ brought out that one of the greatest 1 needs is the affiliation of all schools in ( the county. During the year total I of thirteen organizations were perfect ed throughout the county and the fur t ther advancement of the cause is the f hope and anticipated pleasure I of all members. h
 The district presidents also submit l ted reports of the condition of their districts, and on a whole ( the reports showed a healthy condition 1 In the work throughout the county. An ( open discussion was indulged' in among ( the members on the subjects of What Has Been Accomplished in the Work" { and What Are the Special Needs?"
 Miss Minnie Kennedy of Opelika, State Secretary of the association, made | an interesting talk on The Needs of the Sunday School" lt
 After adjournment was taken at noon l B pleasing repast in the form of a de- lightful lunch was served in the base ( ment of the church. The lunch was
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