The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-04
SERVANT QUESTION
GROWING SERIOUS
A NUMBER OF TALLADEGA FAM.
LIES QUIT HOUSEKEEPING AND
MOVE TO HoTELs-lNTEREsT-
ING HAREAs CORPUS CASE.

Talladega January 3.-(Special)- "A very
interesting habeas corpus case was today
heard by Hon. G. K. Miller, sitting in
equity in the city court The petition was
filed by the father, Ben Garrett alleging
that his son, Clemens Garrett, minor,
IA years of age, was detained in the
custody of his grandmother, Viney GAR
rett There was quite fight on the plead
ings in the case among the lawyers. The
proof as it came before the court showed
that while Ben Garrett was the father
and ordinarily entitled to the custody of
his son, yet that from the time his in FAINT
son was less than 2 years old, up to the
present time, when he is 16 years of age,
the boy had been given home, sup
ported, clothed, fed and sent to schoo:
by his grandmother Whey Garrett with
out any assistance from the father. That
the boy was very much attached to his
grandmother, who was both able and will
ing to support him. That the father, Ben
Garrett had remarked and the boy didn' t
like his stepmother
/ In view of all these circumstances,
Judge Miller thought it best for the boy
to remain in the custody of his grand
mother, and so ordered dsmissing the
writ of habeas corpus
By petition filed in the city court, John
j. Leonard a minor 20 years of age, of
Shelby county, Alabama, was today re-
lieved of the disabilities of homage, and
permitted to control his own property,
and dispose of il as he might see proper
The owners of the buildings on the Is
bell corner in requiring their tenants to
! vacate the property, found that all the
tenants had been properly taken care
of, so far as obtaining temporary places
of business was concerned. except Hen
dirk Mcmillan, the plumber; so that they
have filed ground plans and asked for a
building permit from the city authorities
for temporary iron building just north
| of his present location in order to ac-
commodate the shop and stock of Mr..
Mcmillan.
Hon. T. S. Plowman is building a hand
some two-story cottage for rent on Mar
garet street, in Stonington Hon. Hugh
l.. McEldery is erecting a typical cottage
of cement blocks on the east side of
road, also for rent. Twelve or fifteen other
residences are now in course of construc-
ton and yet house room is very scarce
and eagerly sought after. 1t is a bit
strange that while clothing and bread
stuffs and everything else has risen in
price in Talladega, yet the price of board
and house rent has remained the same for
ten years or more.
I Lee Hancock, charged with resisting an
officer, was this morning tried before
Mayor Vandiver and discharged.
| The servant question is beginning to
grow serious here. The nearness of sew
| eral railroad camps, and the large wages
paid by several corporations, have made
| several negro communities independent.
| The cook in the white mans yard sup
| ports lot of bucks who make a bluff
at working, barely sufficient to keep from
being arrested for vagrancy, consequently
hired help of all kinds is very difficult
| to get, and exceedingly unreliable. Each
day finds it more and more difficult to
obtain satisfactory servants, so that quite
| a number of families have broken up
housekeeping and moved to boarding
| houses and hotels