The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-07-17
RACE SEEMS EASY
FOR FRANK JULIAN
SorSby is Not Well Enough
Known in State
BANkHEAD IS STILL ACTIVE
Many kilograms of Sympathy Have
Been Sent From the Capital City
to Senator Pettus
at Selma.
BANKHEAD is STILL ACTIVE

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Montgomery. July 16--(Special. 1.-The re-
tirement of Capt, A. C. Sexton, appoint
ed deputy state insurance commissioner
on Saturday, from the race for secretary
of state. is taken in this section to mean
that all will now be easy for Frank Julian,
who ran against Congressman Hefiin last
time and was defeated 1t may be that
the new candidate. w. b. Sorsby of Bir-
mingham. will make showing, but SO
far Middle and South Alabama are not
taking an interest in him. Few persons
in this part of the voting territory had
even heard of him until he announced
few days ago, though the reports are
his home county, jefferson.
The talk that Mr.. Sorsby Is a Conner
candidate in the sense that he has an
nounced at the suggestion and with the
promise of the support of Mr. Conner. is
not taken seriously here. 1t is regarded
that Mr.. Conner has his hands full with
his own fight and that If he was going to
take up any man he would tie on to one
better known outside of his own commu-
nifty than Mr.. Sorsby. This is not to be
taken as in any sense disparaging to the
new candidate. but simply that he is not
known, and the talk so far has not taken
him into account outside of Jefferson
county
Child Labor Law.
Because of the prominence given in the
campaign to the question of child labor
the action of the Georgia Legislature along
the same line Is of interest. The Bell bill,
which was passed today, provides that
no child under 10 years of age shall be
worked in the mills or factories of any
kind under any circumstances. Children
under u but over 10 may work If they are
orphans with no other way to support
themselves, are the support of widowed
mothers or disabled fathers. No child
under Ia shall be worked between the
hours of Z p. m. and 6 a. m. No child
under IA will be employed who can not
read and write, and all children of school
age must attend school at least three
months each year. six weeks of which
must be continuous. Mill men, parents
or guardians who violate this law are
subjected to heavy fines
By the Alabama law now in effect, no
child under 10 is to be employed at all.
and those under u only when they are
orphans with no other means of support,
or are the dependence of a widowed
mother or disabled father. No child under
13 shall be employed between the hours
of p. m. and a. M. and no child under
Is shall be employed between these hours
more than forty-eight hours a week. No
nl.tT eho1 1.a Iofa fnod In
mill or factory for more than sxty-six
hours a week. There is nothing in the
Alabama law about being able to read or
write or attending school,
Bankhead Active.
Capt. John II. Bankhead. candidate for
alternate senator, was In the city yes
terday. leaving this morning for Bullock
county He Is at Union Springs today
to make a speech and will spend a great
deal of the present week In that section
of the state. He was greatly pleased with
the trip he had just made in the wire
grass territory, and feels that he has
been able to make a number of new
friends as we'll as renew old acquaint-
ances. He was at Newton. Dale county.
Saturday. striking a Confederate reunion
there and speaking to more than 800 peo-
pie. He will speak later in the week at
Troy.
The friends of Dr. Cunningham insist
that his trip through that part of the
state known as wire grass territory last
week made him a number Of good friends
and greatly strengthened his candidacy
for the governorshp. He made a num-
Der of speeches. and II is said that his
strength will be quite large In all of that
section. He did not get up with the other
candidates in the trip he made, but was
In and about their places of speaking
much of the time.
The two candidates for chief justice
were out some last week. The papers re-
ported Judge Tyson at a meeting in Cen
tire, and in one or two other places, and
Judge Weakley was heard from In Bibb
county either on political or personal
business.
New Missionaries.
Following the example set by the Court
Street congregation In Montgomery, Ala
bama Methodists are sending a number of
foreign missionaries into the field. The
latest is one by the Montgomery district,
decided upon at the meeting of the dis
trict conference last week. Court Street
is supporting the Rev. w. b. Nance and
wife, at Sou Chow, where the well-known
Methodist school is located. He was Sc
1ected at the suggestion of DIR. w r.
Lambuth general missionary secretary,
and was paid last year by Court Street
There are now ten missionaries support
ed direct by the Alabama Methodists, in
addition to the gifts of the conferences
of the state for missionary work. This is
a fine record, 1t is pointed out, and shows
that the subject Is receiving new atten-
ton.
The work on the Court Street church,
one of the oldest and best known struc-
lures in the city, Is going ahead at good
rate. The additional school room has been
fixed up and the interior is being gem
orally overhauled. II will be very pretty
when finished.
Sympathy for Pettus.
Many Montgomerians have sent tele-
grams of regret to Senator T.. W. Pettus
at Selma today account of the death
of his wife yesterday morning, and there
is great sorrow here. where she was so
well known. over the taking away of
the longtime partner of the wel-beloved
Albanian. Mrs. Pettus was one of the
most domestic persons of the Alabama
colony in Washington. and the senator
one of the most devoted husbands OF
all the many men who gather there.
gentleman who has spent much time
In Washington says: "They were the
most delightful couple we have ever
known. While my wife and made WASH
ington our home they exchanged visits
and kept up all their social duties Just
as a younger couple would. But Mrs.
Pettus loved her home life and her home
duties. and they lived an ideal life OF
happy contented couple"
Mrs Pettus was an aunt of Robert
Chairman Of this city, and sister of