The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-21
MANY LEAVE FOR
 MOBILE REUNION Newly Elected Supreme Court
 Holds First Session.
TRACTION IS IN TROUBLE
Montgomery Council Passes Law That Separate Cars Must Be Furnished for Blacks and Whites-Other
 Montgomery News Notes.

1 Montgomery. November 20.-(Special.)- l The pilgrimage of the Confederate vet
 erans and Sons of the state of Alabama 1 is on to Mobile, where opens tonight | the state reunion of the divisions of l both. There will be a large attendance from this city. as well as from all parts of the state. pr. Thomas M. Owen, com
 mander in chief. and his adjutant and chief of staff, Capt. A. C. Sexton. leave 1 tonight and will be in Mobile in the morn- l ing. Dr. Owen will make some talks to 1 the members of the division.
 Several ladies will be in the party, in- cluding the sponsor for the Alabama Sons, | Miss Meade Lane. and the matron, Mrs. George w. Duncan wife of Commander | George w. Duncan of the Alabama di
 vision. They will come over from Au- burn to join the rest of the party. Mrs. A c. Sexton, wife of Captain Sexton, will be a member of the party also. Mrs. Owen will not be able to go this year. It is expected that the reunion which con venes tonight. but will have it's first bus l mess session tomorrow, will be one of the best ever held in the state. | There will be number of matters to l be worked out at this meeting, among | them some historical enterprises and sev
 eral movements for monuments and me morials. The business will be interspersed
 with pleasure and all will have a good 1 time as well time of work.
 New Supreme Court. The newly elected supreme court is | in session today, Chief Justice Tyson sitting the first time. The new associate, Thomas C. Mcclellan has been assigned
 the room recently held by Justice Tyson l for the time being. The new justices, in- cluding Chief Justice Tyson, were sworn in last night after the election returns were counted by the clerk of the supreme I court. Gen. Robert F. Ligon.
 There was nothing out of the regular run in the taking over the head of the court by Judge Tyson. He simply came down with the other members of the sit 1 ting division and announced the court ready as usual. There were a number of his local friends present to wish him good 1 luck and several shook hands with him before the hour of opening.
 The call of the second division is up ] and a number of cases are being pre- scented. Next week the call of the Mont gomery division will be brought up at
 which time the Louisville and Nashville suits of Henry B. Gray and others will be argued. At the same time a number 1 of other matters of general importance | will be taken in hand
 Traction Troubles.
 The Montgomery Traction company is | having a hard road to travel these days, with wrecks and dealings with the City Council. the last being an order from ] the city lawmakers to provide separate cars for the whites and blacks to trael in. i It means one of two things a decrease in
 the time of schedules failure to meet l the letter of the new law.
 There has been a struggle for long | time to make the company provide sep | arate cars for the whites and the blacks and 1t has been put off one way or an | other. Now it seems that the council Is determined to have it. The fact of the l business Is, there seems no way the let ] ter of the law can be met except by running one car for whites and one for l blacks As there are few lines that are | loops trailers can hardly be utilized,
 as on the return trip they would have l to be run in front of the motor, which would make 1t dangerous.
 l There is a large negro population in | Montgomery and one or two of the lines | handle immense numbers of them, so that often there is little room for the white passengers that do have to use l the lines to sit or even stand. rms mas been cause of worry for a long time, | but it seems hard to overcome. The Trac- | ton company is spending a large amount 1 of money to better the service and this will likely be worked out with the rest of It.
 To Receive Governor. The City Council and the Commercial | club have begun arrangements for the ] inauguration of Gov. B. B. Conner, when he comes into office next January.
 1t is proposed to make up a programme
 that will do credit to the city and give | the new executive a fine send off to his
 new work.
 News comes from Ozark that Bishop l Coppin of the A. M. E church, gave
 some of the white people shock by 1 telling them that if they took more in- | terest in the negroes there would be less
 trouble between them He was speaking l to a mixed audience. many whites going out to hear him. and said that he wanted
 the whites to mix this way often with the
 negroes and to go to the mourner's
 bench with them: that they might be a
 help to them in getting on higher | level.
 The supreme court having decided that l the tax on solvent credits is not consti- tutional, many of the counties are not l collecting 1t this year.
 Seth Low, former Mayor of New York, | will be the speaker at the annual ban | ouet of the Commercial club the first | week in December