The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-09-06
Conner RECEIVES
CONGRATULATIONS
Friends in Montgomery Wish
Him Good Luck
HAD BUT LITTLE TO SAY
Railroad Commission Met, But Had No
Business of Importance to Con-
slder-W. p. Gum Re-
ceives Appointment.
HAD BUT LITTLE TO SAY

Montgomery, September 5.-(Special.)-
The visit Of B. B. Conner nominee for
governor at the hands of the Alabama
democracy, to the city today, gave his
friends here an opportunity to congratu-
late him on his signal victory in the
primaries and wish him good luck. Before
the session of the railroad commission
which he came to attend, many saw and
shook hands with him.
Seen by newspaper men, Mr.. Conner had
little to say. He Is very appreciative for
the large vote he received and asks that
he be given In the greatest measure the
confidence and the help of the citizens
of the state in working out the problems
he has set himself, with the aid of all
willing to help, to solve His associates
on the commission, though not at all
times agreeing with him, expressed cor
dial feelings for him today and wished
him good fortune.
1t is interesting to note Just here that
a meeting of the friends of Mr.. Conner
has been called, 1t is understood, for next
Saturday here. The purpose is to have
conference at which will be outlined a
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derstood. 1t is to be attended by the men
who have been his helpers over the state,
and no end of suggestions are to be taken
UP and worked out.
When asked about appointments Mr.
Conner said it was too early to talk Just
yet. He would take all that up later
on. He was also retlcent along other
lines of what he will do when he becomes
governor
Commission Meeting.
There was not a great deal of work at
the railroad commission meeting, which
Mr.. Conner came down to attend. All the
members were present, as follows: B. B.
Conner, president; w 4. Sanders and W..
c. Tunstall, associates. Tariffs of the
Oak Grove and Georgetown and the At
lanta and ST. Andrews Bay railroads.
twenty-three miles of the former and
seventeen miles of the latter in the state
were endorsed, though they were higher
| than others in the state. Mr. Conner
voted against them, but was outvoted bv
| the other two men,
Mr.. Conner stated that he did not care
to approve the tariff because he wanted
! uniformity in all short line schedules
He insisted that the two roads mentioned
did not meet the conditions as he saw
them and he could not bring himself to
appove them. The Oak Grove and George
town runs out of Mobile into Mississippi
and the other from Dothan, south to
st. Andrews Bay, Fla.
The matter of new depots at Marburv
Longview, Saginaw, Riderville and Null
berry Tank. was passed over. The neces-
slty OF depot at sonesboro will be looked
| into by Messrs Conner and Tunstall and A.
| depot at Cottonwood to come up at the
next meeting. 1t was reported that depot
Is going up at Carpenters and that
| better one is needed al Pelham, which
will be looked into. The flour rate from
FRANKLIN Tenn, has been settled.
Gum Appointed.
Governor jerks this afternoon settled a
very lively contest that has been going on
in Bessemer for some weeks, by the an
pointment of W. P. Gum to the vacant
| office of the notary public and ex-ofhcio
justice of the peace There were several
candidates and the contest had grown
lively Mr.. Gum was here yesterday and
called on the governor with a large petit
ton.
The Mobile and Western railroad has
been incorporated at Mobile, with capital
of 100000. Robert X Mann and others
are interested. 1t will run from Dog
River station, the Mobile and BAY
| Shore, to a point in Mississippi
| The Ogburn-Griffin Grocery company
has been Incorporated at Mobile, with ca D.
ital of $4,000 r. w. Ogburn and others
are interested.
| f. M. Ward, Jr., has been appointed a
justice of the peace at Bev1le. j. M.
Robinson, at Huntsville and II. j. Neely.
Beat 8, Choctaw county, are new notaries
who are also ex-officio justices of the
peace
| Inc Following notaries have been named !:
Mary e. Chandler, w. M. Blatey and f.
| II. Logan, Montgomery; w. X Camp
bell, Selma NJ. NJ Eppes. Goodwater.
Because of the necessity for making up
tax books 1t is expected that the governor
will fill the vacancy in the office of tax
assessor in the county of Morgan in a
few days. The illness of Tax Assessor c.
G. Harris had been taken up some DAYS
ago with view of rendering him some
help, but his death has made that I'M
necessary and new man will be named
Pearl Scott Paroled.
Pearl Scott has been paroled by tho
| governor and may now go free. She is
a woman of Selma, who has been serving
| something over two years for the death
| of Jack Sculley said to have been poison
| ed in house where she lived at Selma
| The report and evidence was that Sculley
died from the effects of a drug put into
a glass of beer and that the woman had
| guilty knowledge of 1t.
The case has attracted a great deal of
attention. The members of the pardon
board recommended her parole on the
| ground that the evidence did not Justify
| the sentence of twelve years, given in
| 1904 by the city court of Selma. 1t was
suggested by the board that the character
of the woman evidently had much to do
with her conviction and that another
woman would have stood better show
| ing.
| The clemency is a result of the sugges-
| ton of the pardon board, according to
statement made of the case by the gov
| ernor. Application for release was accom-
panied by large petition. though it is re-
| lated that there were some who did not
fall in with the idea The fact is the
pardon board notes that the trial Judge
| does not agree to such.
Books Out of Shape.
| State examiner of public accounts finds
some bad bookkeeping in the offices of
| TallapoOsa county, and tells of ii in re-