The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-01-18
DIES SUDDENLY
 IN A LAYATORY
S. E. BAKER AT FLORENCE HAD BEEN DISCHARGED BY HIS EN- PLoYER AND SUICIDE WAS AT FIRST SUSPECTED.

 Baker died suddenly this afternoon at 1.so 1 in the lavatory o1 the Sullivan & Hart Dry Goods company where he had been l employed as clerk TOT the past year. He reached the store at 1850 this morn ing very much intoxicated and was dis- charged by his employer, Joe r. May. After sitting by the stove for some tune | MT. May advised him to go home. As he was feeling badly, he went into the | laYatory instead, where he talked with several of the clerks.
 At 1:30 o'clock when Mr. May re- 1 turned from dinner he heard a strange noise and reached the door Just as Baker 1 fell on his face on the floor. A physi- clan was summoned, but before he ar rived life was extinct. The dead man had been drinking for several months, and for two weeks had been in a condi- tion which incapacitated him for bus- ness.
 It was thought at first that he had taken his own life, but this will not be known until a chemical analysis is made of the contents of an almost empty l whisky bottle which was found beside him. The dead man boarded at the res- idenee of Mrs. R. N Heatherly on Mo- bile street. and last night he spent al- most the entire night walking the floor.
 
 gagged in the mercantile business at Courtand, where his mother. Mrs. A. A. Baker, and his sister, Mrs. E O. Camp bell, reside A message was sent to the family, and this afternoon his brother-in- law E. c. Campbell of Courtland, ar rived to take charge of the body. MT. Baker was 45 years old and unmarried. e~~~<>~~~>~>~~>~,>~>>>~~ says q find them in the main correct and well kept, except the abstract book which the law requires him to make from the tax assessors books and deliver to the tax collector by the first of October, from which the collector shall make up his stubs and tax receipts for the col- lection of taxes. This book for the year 1903 was incomplete, the taxes of only twenty-four out of thirty-six counties being inserted in it.
 The tax collector had to employ help to make out his stubs for the collection of taxes from the assessors books. Had he not done this. and depended upon the tax abstract book, the taxes of twelve beats would not have been collected. - y having stubs made out from the assessors books the state lost nothing as all the taxes were collected. Judge Cargile has paid into the treasury all money collected by him belonging to the state, except for the redemption of one piece of land. This land was assessed to J. R. Wmberly and sold and bought by the state on July II, 1902, redeemed September 1, 1903, and not reported to the auditor The taxes and advertising fee for which it was sold amounted to $5.04. This amount with in- terest and the taxes of 1903 is now due the state."
 Of the books of Tax Assessor Prince the following is said: "The books of as- sessment made by MT. Prince for the year 1903, is not such book as is con- tcmplated by the law. The wrong rate of taxation is run through the whole book but was afterwards corrected partially and red figures inserted. It was never corrected in the recapitulation. however. The total valuations were correct and proper rate of taxation circulated in the abstracts furnished auditor"
 Circuit Clerk failed to issue executions |. some cases in which the state had paid the costs Attention being called to it the error was corrected.
 Supreme Court.
 The supreme court has reversed the case of Frank Adams, sentenced to death in Jefferson county for the killing of Dave Lee with a coal pick.
 The following decisions were handed down by the supreme court today:
 Mcclellan, c. J.-Bank of Luverne ct al.
  peal from Crenshaw chancery court. Re versed and rendered
 B. R. Bradley ct al. ys. V. H. Bell; ap- peal from Lowndes ohancery court. Re- versed and rendered
 The United States Fidelity and Guar anty company vs. Union Trust and Saw ings company; appeal from Montgomery city court. Reversed and rendered.
 Haralson, J.-Central of Georgia Rail way company vs w. c. Main; appeal from Bullock circuit court. Affirmed.
 B. o. Watkins ct al. vs. Tallassee Falls Manufacturing company; appeal from Jefferson chanoery court. Affirmed.
 Dowdell, J--William Jackson vs. the State of Alabama ex rel S. J. Tillman; appeal from Birmingham city court. Af- firmed.
 w. H. Parks ct al. vs. c. F. Bryant ct all; appeal from Montgomery city court. Affirmed.
 Salle F. Hutcherson vs. Martha D. Bbb ct al. and Martha D. Bibb ct al. vs. Sallie F. Hutcherson (cross appeaD; appeals from Montgomery city court. Af- firmed as to both appeals.
 Denson J.--James Henry vs. Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis railway; ap- peal from Madison circuit court. Af- firmed.
 Frank Adams vs the State of Alabama; appeal from Jefferson criminal court. Reversed and remanded.
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