The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-06


 Bridgeport Jackson county. is after the high school that the state will maintain in that county in way that has 1m- pressed the officials of the state In a . favorable way Hardly day passes that something does not come to the capltal to remind the men who will have to do with locating the schools that Bridge port Is up and doing. "They are on to their job all right" said Gen. Will liam w. Brandon state auditor who does not make a practice of using slang The post card line of argument is the latest that has come to be used by the enterprislng citizens of the town. One of the cards sent has picture of pretty street and a number of modern houses, and the following in pen and ink: Bridgeport for Jackson's high school. A little later came one with picture of a fine school building, Altennga college, and this: We will beat this for Jackson county high school" Then came a card with picture of the public school build ing, which had the information written on the margin that Bridgeport has city water and sanitary plumbing" Kennedy Is Active.
 Another town that Is after school Of this kind in a convincing way is Ken nedy, in Lamar county. It is one of the best of the West Alabama places, full | of vim and push, and has a set of busi- ness men that has made it a commercial center of great wealth. A citizen of the town write: "We have more than the re- quired $5O00 subscribed, and the five acres of land donated for the site" It is also brought out that "Kennedy is strictly a prohibition town, and all lands that have been sold or will be sold provides that the owner will forfeit the deed if any 1ioi1Org sold m nrOnprtV
 Educational interests have been enliv- ened this week by the presence of pr. Wallace Buttrick, secretary of the gen. eral education board. with headquarters in New York. He is just now very much interested in the work that is being done on the farms of the south, lending on the part of the committee all the help pos sble to get the people to adopt and use the best agricultural methods. He was in conference with Superintendent of E1uca- tion H. c. Gunnells while here, and also had talk with pr. John w. Abercrom- bic, head of the State university. Beser's Successor.
 The succession to the late S. s. Belser as sheriff of Montgomery county has taken on the widespread interests of q state question, and many men in many sections are wiring the governor asking that he appoint this man or that to the postion out of which a shifty man may make as much as $G0O0 a year net A proposition has been discussed of leaving the selection to a primary election, but this has met with no distinct following so far.
 Two men who have been much in the eye of the state are taken to be strongly in line for the appointment, which will be made by the governor. They are Horace Hood, editor and part owner of the Mont gomery Journal, and Gen. Bibb Graves, well-to-do lawyer of the Capital CIty. at present adjutant general and chief of the staff of Governor Conner. Colonel Hood ran for auditor at the last eiee-. ton and received heavy vote. He has been for some time a consistent friend of Governor Conner and the present state administration
 Governor Conner will not be back until next week, and during the time the friends of each of the prospects will keep busy. Already number of letters nave been sent to his office to be in early when he takes up the matter Colonel Hood has not asked for the place, nor will he, but his friends are going to do so whether he will or not
 For Congress In Second.
 The race for Congress in this, the Sec ond Alabama district, promises to be tho warmest of the nine subdivisions. Col. A. A. Wiley, who takes the matter easily. is going to have a fight on his hands to keep a steady seat In the boat His ral.- road affiliation is going to be held up at this time for all IL is worth. and pointed out as a political sin at this time almost unforgivable However, he is wonder fully popular and his friends say he will win out
 Thomas J. Hall, a man of the commer- cial forces, in line with the prevailing sentiment on the railroad question, and much of a mixer with the voters, is mal-