The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-12-30
TALLADEGA OFFICER
HAS BIC CUR|O SHOP
Supplied from Pockets of PriS-
onerS Searched
MANY BILLS ARE PLANNED
If Every County Is as Prolific as Tai
adeea the Legislature Is Threat
ened With Being
Swamped.
MANY BILLS ARE PLANNED

Talladega, December 9-(Speeial.) 1.-The
custom of searching prisoners before lock-
ing them up has made quite a curio shop
out of the office of Chief of Police Hood
during the holidays. Among the many
miscellaneous articles usually found in
the pockets of misdemeanants there is
prominently displayed on a table twenty
one bottles of various colored alcoholic
stimulants, including one bottle of liver
and blood syrup. one harmonica, one RAJ
zor, twelve pocket knives. two loaded shot
shells. one pair brass knucks and one
almanac These articles are kept until
called for
The last one of the Christmas DRINKS
was tried by Mayor Vandiver this morn
ing, having been instructed to be lenient
on the thirsty souls who had imbibed
too freely on Christmas day, and an ar
rest was not made except the drinker
was bolsterous. disorderly or entirely un-
able to perambulate On Christmas day
the officers assisted many lettering ones
on their way, and by doing so delivered
them to their families. The usual fine for
a plain, unornamented, frazzle-edged
drunk on other occasions is IS, but on
this day of all days. when there should
be, pace on earth and good will to men,
his honor usually trims down this pen
atty to ST and costs.
In the case tried this morning the proof
showed that the defendant was wild with
liquor and was swearing at the top of
his voice, and INDUCED in profanity di-
rected personally at the chief of police,
the court was unable to see less sum
than 81 and costs as payment for this
privilege.
Bills for Legislature.
The county papers contain a notice that
the legislature will be asked to establish
the Sylacauga division of the city court
of Talladega county. The proposed bill
provides that Sylacauga shall give the
court house and jail necessary, without
expense to the other parts of the county.
That four of the largest beats in the
county shall be the territory tributary
to this court-these beats containing the
towns of Childersburg, Fayetteville Syl-
acauga and Sycamore. Where there is
more than one defendant and they re-
side in seperate divisions or where prop
erty Is situated in both divisions, suit
may be brought in either. Some of the
most prominent men living in the terrific
ry affected by the bill sign the petition
and notice, and the movement is backed
by large number of people in the beats
named. J. B. Sanford of Sylacauga men,
Der of the lower house, will introduce the
bill, and urge rs passage.
In addition to the court bill there has
been prepared some amendments to the
local road law which the legislature will
be asked to pass. The most important
point in these amendments is one pro-
hibiting road overseers from receiving
communication money in lieu of road
service, and providing that overseers
should not receive any per diem for warn
ing hands. 1t is to be inferred from these
amendments that the county has had
trouble with road overseers on these
points in the past. Should every county
be as prolific in local bills as this one,
the next session of the Alabama legis-
lature will be inundated with this class
of requested laws
Mrs. c. C. Vincent of Vincent, Ala.
who committed suicide by blowing out
her brains with Colts revolver, was
the wife of the brother of Officer Vim
cent of the Talladega night police force.
Officer Vincent says that he conceive
of no cause for the rash act, as her mar
ried life was apparently happy one. Off
Ger Vincent obtained leave of absence OH
December % in order to visit his brother
al Vincent.