The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-05
MEDL|N PAROLED
 FOR FIFTEEN DAYS Pardon Board Will Investigate
 His Case Further 10 INVESTIGATE WRECkS
TO INVESTIGATE WRECKS
Alabama Methodists, In Annual Con- ference at Enterprise, Will Consider Consolidation of DenominationaI
 SchooIs-Municipa Ownership.

Montgomery, December 4.--(Special)- Because of the probability that he may have been justified in shooting C. A. Grayson. at Huntsville, R., H. Medlin. also of Madison county, has been paroled for To days by Governor B. B. Conner. The shooting grew out of long litigation in the courts and irritating circumstances. it is reported. Medin is a Confederate veteran and a man of good name in the section. Many testify to this fact to the governor. also that he is not physically able to stand the confinement of prison life
 The executive says of his action: Pend ing further Investigation of this case by the board of pardons. the said Medlin is paroled into the hands of the sheriff of Madison county for b days from Deeem- Der 4'
 The repeated attempts to wreck South ern railway trains in the territory of Selma is being noted at the capitol and every effort will be given to catch the offenders. It is understood that offers of heavy rewards will be made. Engi- neer Little, who was killed the other day, had many friends in Montgomery and other parts of the state.
 Educational Question.
 The most interesting question before the Alabama Methodist conference at Enterprise this week is that of schools. The plan is being worked out to have one male and one female institution for the whole church in the state. Birming- ham, in the old Owenton college, is to be the site of the male school, and Montgomery, with its Woman's college, J. Flowers have given to the latter s50 GOO; the city of Montgomery $50,0O0, and the rest of, the church as much more.
 The news that the first term of court in the new court house at Heiin is be- ing held is of special interest here, for the reason that the most spectacular fight in the history of the state was made to prevent the removal of the county site of Cleburne from Edwardsville to that place. Even after the removal had been accomplished the old site partisans had the courts held up for long time while they fought and lost on every point possible in the Supreme court.
 News comes from Greenville of the death of Thomas Knight, one of the best known men of Butler county Many persons from other sections of the state attended the funeral
 Municipal Ownership.
 Students of political economy are in- terested in municipal ownership of cleo tric lighting at Troy. The last report that for the month of November, shows the following figures: Earnings, s1 1,9S1; i; disbursements, $l,145; out of service one week on account of break down at plant arcs burned six hours a night for 15 nights, with consumption of 195 tons of coal.
 A team of mules belonging to I. II. AL person ran away down hill. The wagon was loaded with logs. several of which fell over on the mules. This frightened them and they ran down a hill striking a tree so hard as to break the back of one of the team.
 The building of the new Masonic home for widows and orphans, decided upon by the grand lodge now in session here, will mean the expenditure in whichever town it is located of $5O,O00 Of this amount 5000 has already been set aside and levy of s1 on each member will mean S20.000 a. year more until the amount is reached. It is also matter of con- graduation that the temple at Montgoni- cry, one of the most magnificent in the south, is paid for and now without any sort of debt