The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-28
ATHENS ID REBUILD DESTROYED SCHOOL City Lets Contract for New
 Building. EDUCATORS ARE PLEASED Hill and GunnelIs Return From Educa- tionaI Conference at Charlotte.
 Minor News of the
 Capitol.
EDUCATORS ARE PLEASED

| The governor and the state superintend- ent of education have been notified that the city of Athens has let contract for new building for the Eighth District Agricultural school to replace that de- stroyed by a storm a few weeks ago. It l is to be a handsome structure, fully equal to the needs of the rapidly grow 1 ing school. The announcement is a source | of great pleasure to the state officials. for the impression had gotten abroad that Athens did not care for the school as much as many hoped it would.
 This move on the part of the municipal ity will give to the, district what it has long needed, well equipped building to carry on the work begun so well. President H. J. Busch writes Superin tendent Hill that he is finding a renewed interest in the school, and thinks it will now have the undivided support and good will of everybody in the territory adja- cent to it.
 The building was blown down a few weeks ago and absolutely rendered unfit fo~ school service. However, before the next days school time President Fusch had his own dwelling fitted up with desks and other furniture, and his family moved out of the way and not an hour l was lost from the studies. It is pointed out by Mir Hill that this sort of patriot ism on the part of the teachers of the state is pushing the educational inter- ests rapidly to the front. Educators Pleased. State Superintendent fo Education l. w. Hill and his chief clerk Harry C. Gun nells. have returned from Charlotte, N C.. where they attended the conference on secondary education in session for some days. Both express great satisfac- ton at the work laid out and the sentl- ment developed. They believe that it will result in the establishment of series of high schools in the south that will greatly add to the efficiency of the ed- ucational systems.
 Mir. Hill spent couple of days with the North Carolina schools especially looking into methods of the Girls 1ndus- trial school al Greensboro, the work of the late C. D. McTver, and the State A. and M. school at Raleigh He found that at the latter place there had just been erected a building that has that is used entirely for agricu ueaton, q great movement he for the betterment of the chldl south
 MT. Hill is a great adnirer oi pr Melver. who has done, more for education of women [ any other man. The motto of man was: "Edueate man and cate one; educate woman and ucate the whole family
 Young Justice.
 Thomas c. Mcclellan the youn tice of a supreme bench in the SC today in the seat of his ilustriC man and ancestor, the late Tn Mcclellan, though not so high as ter sat before his unfortunat, about a year ago. The elder req chief Justiceship; the younger l get there in time. He went do morning with the other member division, the first time since bein Tn last week
 The first case handed down by ] tice Mcclellan was one from the c court of Fillmore county, invo question of practice and bringing very interesting points, the mem the court say. He disposed Of it in and a half of manuscript, which il that he is running to that greatl. desired habit, brevity. It is also that tfllS, ms nrSt OplnlOn, went l without controversy on the part associates.
 The court called today the Sixt sion, composed of a number of the North Alabama counties, and ther twenty or more lawyers from Bi ham to take part in the proce Among them is City Attorney Smith of Birmingham and former Chief Justice Samuel D. WealSey. Governor at Home. l Governor William D. Jelks is back from 1 the mineral district, where he made an 1 inspection of the coal mines employing convict labor. He is busy getting up with l his correspondence, and will have lot of detail on his hands for a couple of days.
 The work on the buildings of the cap itol improvement is going along so well now that the commission is satisfied that they will be complete in time to get into them before the legislature meets. In fact, there is only one new building, but much of the old is being overhauled, and the plans will be worked out soon. | Among the prominent Birmingham men in the city today is former Mayor Lane, who presided over the destines of the city in the old days. He has large law practice there now. MT Lane was for many years a citizen of the wire grass | section of the state.
 So far the convict department has had no word of James Casey, who escaped l from Flat Top mines few nights ago, and for whom reward of S10O is offered It is not possible to nse the dogs to