The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-06-30
whose preferences for senatorial success sion he was endeavoring to get line.
Henry Gray Busy

Sioi iS Nus tuutdNOlilS to Stl d ililt.
 Henry Gray Busy.
 Henry B. Gray, candidate for lieuten- ant governor, also early on the
 scene, though he did not get so early a
 breakfast as MT. Stallings.
 MT. Gray has number of good friends
 in Montgomery. He comes here in sever al capacities and gets acquainted In all. First, he Is candidate seeking atten-
 tion to his ambitions; second, he is d
 banker buying state bonds with the in-
 difference that an ordinary every day fel-
 low would assume in annexing suburb
 an lot; third, he laws the Louisville and Nashville railroad because he does not
 like the way it treats the South and North which it controls, and in which he is a stockhoder.
 Mr. Gray is making his way as a state
 politician and seeker for state honors. He
 has gone into many of the counties of the state and finds admirers wherever he goes
 Lowe and Others. Robert J. Lowe of Birmingham former chairman of the state democratic com
 mittee. is also among his old friends. Having come out for railroad commis-
 sioner he Is again among the good mixers
 and knows so many that the task is not d nara one lie Will Ildke q penerdl cdii- vass of the voters and undertake to in-
 terest them in his ambitions. W. B. Merrill of Cleburne and J. A.
 Brown, nominee of the democrats of the same county for representative, are also
 here. being interested in the Cleburne county fight before the committee. MT.
 Brown says state politics has been over shadowed by the interest in the court house question.
 Bids Received for Capitol Work The adjourned meeting of the state
 capitol committee commission held in the office of the governor today received bids , for the marble work to be done on the | main floor rotunda. and for the prelimi- | nary work. such as laying concrete and 1 clustering and putting up the cornice and doing the painting, but gave out noth- | ing, adjourning over to next Friday, when
 the full commission is expected to be pres i ent. Secretary of State l.. R. McDavid, 1 Auditor Carmichael and Attorney General , Massey Wilson were the only members of i the commission present. MT. Wilson pre- | siding.
 | The meeting had been called to receive | bids for the work on the main first floor l and the architect, Frank Lockwood, was
 ready to submit any information that | would be needed Representatives were present from the Alabama White Marble | company at Gantts quarry and George B. | Sickles Marble company of Georgia. Bids
 were received in accordance with esti- | mates made by the architect some time ago. but will not be announced until the | next meeting of the commission. l A feature of the session was an address | by Carson c. Whitson of Talladega, who urged that Alabama marble be used. Negro Escapes. Miles Hutchinson, a negro convict. has I escaped from the convict camp at Wal | lace He was convicted in Lee county on | October 2S. 1904. and given two years for | grand larceny. reward of $50 has been | offered for him.
 | The Consumers Ice company has been 1 organized at Enterprise with capital of ! s35O0. About fifty of the citizens of the ! town are the incorporatOrs. W w. Cook of Columbus. Ga, has beer 1 appointed register of deeds for Alabama. J. F. Walker of Riverton and J. Wright of Clarence were appointed notaries pub | lie and justices of the peace. These have been appointed notaries: w. l H. Hallock and C. r. Manley Birming- | ham: R. c. Arlington. l.. w. Martin. Montgomery: V II. Smith and McLane | Hilton, Jr.. Pcll City; E. H. Hill, Dothan.