The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-01-17
COMER'S ACTION
 HAS WON FRIENDS Says He Will Abide by Party
 Action GOES TO CHINA TO WE'D Pretty Woman Is Made Known in Monteomery-HiIl Pleased With
 the New School at
 CIanton.
GOES TO CHINA TO WE'D

Montgomery, January 16.-(Speoial)-It is very certain that B. B Conner. can friends to his following by the cordial way in which he has received and prom ised to abide by the action of the state executive committee in making plan to care for the elections of the year. He said at Evergreen yesterday that above all things he was democrat and was ready to abide by the action of the high court of that party. This is rather surprise to some who thought from his ignoring of the sessions of the committee on the 9th instant, when he was here. that he held the whole busi- ness in contempt. He did not attend any part of the meeting here but this may be accounted for in the fact that he was busy at the sessions of the railroad com mission of which he is president
 It was also feared by some that Mir Conner would oppose the rulings of the committee because they were not agree able to many of his best friends. who had not hestated to speak out and con demn it. However, he seems to have acted on his own belief that the commit tee did the best it could to meet the con- ditions that exist and also followed the time honored doctrine of letting the peo- pie say who shall serve them in all im- portant offices. It is also quite true that MT. Comer's warning against any sort of conventions, save to select su- preme court justices. are In line with the majority sentiment of the state.
 Pretty Romance.
 One of the prettiest stories of the year romanucally speaking has developed among the mission workers of the Ala bama Baptist church. Miss Lois Davie, a beautiful young woman of Clayton, is to go out to China and wed Rev. A. Y. Napier the young preacher who left Montgomery a year ago to take up the work among the Celestials. She will sail with a party from San Francisco on March 8.
 MT. Napier went out from Montgom- cry along with the Rev. H. w. Provence of Bessemer, who had been assigned to that field. He was for some time pastor of the Southside Baptist church in this city. He met and knew Miss Davie be- fore leaving for his field of labor and will soon have her by his side.
 The party will sail on the steamer Man churia of the Pacific Steamship company. l. will be In charge of the Rev. J. w. McCollum, who has been a Baptist mis- sionary in Japan eighteen years. Many Montgomery people remember when MT. McCollum left He went out just after his marriage to Miss Collins of Gallion and was given a reception in Birming ham, at which were many leading men and women of the state. At that time it was wonderful thing to go so far away as that.
 Fine School House.
 State Superintendent of Education l. w. Hill was at Clanton yesterday to help dedicate a handsome new school building just finished at a cost of over $4000 and which is one of the best in the state outside of the larger cities. Dr. J. H. Phillips, superintendent of the city schools of Birmingham made the dedicatory ad- dress after which MT. Hill made a talk on the general subject of advancement in education.
 Speaking of the building and the enter prise of the people of Clanton, MT. Hill said: 'It is one of the best equipped school plants I know of and the people of the town are to be highly commended for doing so well the duty they owe to the comfort and care of the children of the school district. I hope there will be many others in the state like that at Clanton, for we certainly need them to keep up with the demands upon the edu- cational forces"
 Clanton is in Chiffon county and the citizens are taking great interest in the election to be held there next month on the question of levying the 10 cent tax for school purposes It is pretty sure to pass, giving the schools. as a conse- quence, several thousand dollars more money to keep them going.
 Crazy Man Reprieved.
 The governor has reprieved Robert Watts of Marshall county, until July F, to find out If he is permanently insane In the meantime he has been sent to the state insane asylum at Tuscaloosa, on the advice of the head of the institution, Dr. T. Searcy. February was the day of execution.
 Watts story is tragic one. One even ing more than year ago. he found that an old veteran of the Confederate war had drawn his pittance from the state and would pass certain way. The prs- oner went to a lonely place in the road and as the old man came along shot him to death with a rife. He then dragged | his body to grave which he previously 1 prepared for 1t and laid it away. However | the job was so badly done that 1t was | soon discovered and the crime fixed on | Watts.
 After being tried and convicted he de- 1 veloped insanity. He was sent to the | Jefferson county jail at Birmingham, l where he has been since. Recently, at | the request of the governor, Dr. Searcy | went to Birmingham and made an ex- | animation. after which he gave it as his | opinion that the man was crazy.
 P s. Hay, southwestern passenger | agent of the Mobile and Ohio railroad, | has been notified that Col. E. l.. Russell, | vice president and executive head of the | road, is very much improved from his recent attack of pneumonia in St. Louis, | and is comfortable in his home in Mobile. | There was much concern in Montgomery. l where the colonel is well known about l him. and general relief when 1t was found that he was better.
 The following are among the lawyers attending the supreme court this week: l. D. Norman, D. s. Bethune and F. l.. Blue. Union Springs; T. M. Espy, R. D. Crawford, A. F. Pace, Dothan; W. o. Long, P A. McDaniel. Abbeville; Mike Solly and Harry Martin, Ozark; w. o. Mulkey, C. D. Carmichael. Geneva; A. B. Roster l.. D. Gardner, Troy; J. N. Will liams E. P. Thomas, Clayton: J. F. San ders. J. H. Wilkerson, Elba G. L. co- mer. Eufaula; w. L. Lee. Columbia; J. F. Stallings, Birmingham.
 Supreme Court.
 The supreme court made orders today as follows:
 Elk parte Hall and Farley. trustees. pe- tition for mandamus argued December 20; petition denied.
 Charles Jones vs. the state of Alabama. from the circuit court of Lowndes coun- ota1, lieh aXpRnfianq