The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-01
BOW MAN REPLIES
 TO JUDGE STILES
QUOTES FROM STILES REMARKS AT ENSLEY TUESDAY-HE SETS FORTH A CONVERSATION BE- TWEEN HIMSELF AND STILES.

TO the Editor of The Age-Herald
 Section 5G of the acts passed by the last legislature of Alabama, regulating elections, says that any person who' by the gift of intoxicating liquor to any qualified elector at any election, with the intent to influence the vote of such cleo tor at such election, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction thereof shall be fined not less than $50 nor more than $500
 Section 5G above referred to further states that any candidate for office in any election, upon conviction of giving any intoxicating liquors to any voter or voters with the intent to influence their votes, in addition to the fine above men toned shall be declared Ineligible to the office for which he was elected for that time
 Section 996 of the city code of Birming- ham, Ala, says it shall be unlawful for any spirituous, vinous or malt liquors to be given away or exchanged in any club room on Sunday.
 Section 992 of the city code makes 1t a crime to sell or give away intoxicating liquors on Sunday.
 In a speech delivered by Judge J. r Stiles in the city of Ensley on the 3otl inst Judge Stiles is quoted in The Age Herald of this date as saying that 'h' was there merely for the purpose of re plying 10 the statement of r. G. Bow man, in his speech here Gin Ensley) las week, to the effect that he. Stiles, was known to have emerged from services fr church in Birmingham with Bible under his arm and immediately proceed to q low gambling house. where he rapped on the door. and was admitted" Judge Stiles is further quoted as saying that he wished to say to this statement that ''it was a lie and as black as hell
 In short communication signed by Judge Stiles and published in this morn ing's Age-Herald. the Judge again takes occasion to denounce liars, persons who have charged him with the commis- sion of the acts and doings herein below set out
 On the 17th day of last month-the day on which the last primary election was held, and about half past seven o'clock in the forenoon of that day, a gentleman came to me and said: MT. Bowman. dc you know that you are to be written ur in black type in this afternoons papers,? T-pon being asked in what way. and fol
 
 he replied: Because you are supporting Colonel Higdon. and the afternoon papers are to be filled with paragraphs In black type. stating that r. G. Bowman is sup porting lIigdon for sheriff. and that this was to be done with the view that some of my personal enemies or some whc might be hostile to me personally, woul6 change their votes from l1igdon to Stiles
 Upon getting this information. l invited MT w. II. Jones of this city. who was standing nearby. to get into a carriage and go with me to the polling place ai Twenty-hfth street and Avenue r, in tho city of Birmingham. where l had jus left Judge Stiles.
 We went to said polling place. ant Judge Stiles was there. l went indo tho house where the election was being held told Judge Stiles that had something t say to him. that l had brought along gentleman whom l desired to hear wha