The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-04-26
PRAISE ATTITUDE
OF THE GOVERNOR
Confederate Pension List
Should Not be Abused
M'KLEROY is NOW COLONEL
Total Vote for Commander of the
Third Regiment Was 27-Warm
Race for Successor to
J. H. Meies.
M'KLEROY is NOW COLONEL

| efforts of the state officers to bring about
| the very best of conditions as regards
the pensioning of old soldiers and the de-
| sire to see that there is no padding in
any part of the state is meeting with APP
proval from all sections of the interested
area. Governor Jelks is receiving a large
number of letters assuring him of the
hearty appreciation of the old Confeder
ates for his efforts to take care of their
| interests In one or two cases the let
! tiers have cited instances of padding and
illegal drawing of the fund that ought to
go to the needy old soldiers and widows
and there seems a general desire to have
only those who actually need the help
put on the list.
| 1t has been suggested that each county
paper print the names of those who are
receiving pensions in its county. and in
this way it will be seen who is being
helped and the neighbors of such recipi-
ents will know If they are entitled to
it. The lists may be received from the
! judge of probate, who is furnished an
nually with all the names from his coun-
ty In a movement like this all the men
and women who are taking what they
ought not to have will be made public and
the county examiners can be forced to
take them Off 1t is impossible for the
| State Board to do this work we'll. 1t
has also been suggested that the Confed-
crate Veteran camps of the state help
the Governor to solve the problem which
! has in this been put up to him. He
wants good mer to do this work and
| is anxious to have them take it in hand
He realizes that it is a patriotic duty
and that there is not much in the way
of compensation, but hopes to be able to
get the best men in each county to take
it in hand.
Mckleroy Won.
W. H. McKleroy has been elected Col
onel oil the Third regiment. Alabama Nat
| ioEal Guard, to succeed Col. E. L. Hig-
| don, whose term expired March 20. last.
/ Tie election was held April 10, at which
time the vote of the whole nine COM
panies was given for McKelroy. There
were up to a short time ago twelve COM
panies in the regiment but the mastering
| out of the Huntsville and Gadsden COM
| panies and the determination to take the
same action with the Bessemer company
! cuts 1t down to nine. The total vote
| was q.
Colonel McKelroy has not been In the
military for some time He was at one
time captain of the Woodstock Guards at
| Admission, and served as Major of the
! Second regiment in the Birmingham riots
of 1894. He Is a banker and successful
business man. His selection is the
suit of a compromise of the struggle
that has been going on in the regiment
since the trouble came up with the Gov
ernor and Colonel Higdon some time ago.
result of which Colonel Higdon did not
command his regiment for more than two
! years before his time expired. being under
suspension.
Pretty Little Fight.
! A very pretty little fight is being con-
Quoted in quiet way for the vacancy
on the state democratic committee, made
by the death of James II. Meigs of AL
bertville some time aago The two men
most prominently mentioned are Leon c.
McCord, secretary to the supreme court.
whose home is at Guntersvflle, In the
same county in which Meigs lived and
Hugh White a well known and popular
young lawyer of Centre. Cherokee county.
McCord has been assured of the support
of large per cent of the committee
and it looks as If he will win if it is not
left to the members of the committee
in the Seventh district, in which the
vacancy exists. McCord is a lively young
democrat, who has taken advantage OF
his stay at the capitol to make many
strong friends, and will be very hard to
beat in final struggle. As a worker he
has been active since his majority and
did great deal of hard service for the
winning democratic county ticket, the
first elected in many years. in his home
county. AS both young fellows very
popular it looks like a neat little race
before the end.
New Corporations.
The following new corporations have
been certified to the secretary of state:
Morris Live Stock company, Yellow
Pine; capital $4,000 Live stock are to
be bought and sold
Educational Exchange company, Bir-
mingham; capital $4,000 Incorporators.
]. NJ Dewberry and others. The object
is to buy. sell and manufacture school
furniture and publish periodicals., among
them the Educational Exchange.
Vulcan Land and Investment company,
Birmingham; capital. $4,000. In corpo-
rators, julius Weis, M. M. ullman and
others.
birmingham; capital $1,000 Incorpora-
tors Baxter Rittenberry. r. Y. Jones and
others.
Minor Appontmen
The following minor appointments have
been made by the Governors:
Notary public and justice of the peace.
Thomas o. GIL. Newmarket. Notaries
public f. c. Burke, Montgomery; J. II.
Heineke Birmingham; Clarence Dou-
glass, Lowndesboro; G. B. Gill, Hunts
Vile. Constables, N NJ. Tucker. beat 10.
Marengo county; c. c. Piper, Salem, r.
f. ID. No. 3.
Personal Mention.
William W. Brandon will be the Memo
rial day speaker at Taladega tomorrow.
and at Scottsville next Friday.
Hon. ]. NJ. Carmichael, president of the
state convict board, will be the Memorial
day speaker tomorrow for the exercises
at Montgomery.
Hon. Jones G. Moore, state senator and
member of the state democratic commit
tee, was in the city today. He said he
did not have a story.
Chief Clerk Jesse Adams of the COM
missioner of agriculture, has returned
from a trip to Virginia and gone on down
to Faunsdale to see Commissioner Poole
who has been at his home i'll for some
time. a.
Shelby to Convene Court.
Huntsville April 25.-(Specia1)- Judge