The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-01-15
CHANGES IN DEPARTMENTS
 -.- z Important Appointments
 Announced. BiBB GRAVES RECEIVES PLUM Montgomerian is Made Adjutant
 General of State, W. E. Fort of Birmingham Takes Up Duties as Private Secretary to
 Governor Coner--sexton
 is Retained. !

day when Governor Jelks lefrthe Gov sernor's ofice, and Governor Conner en- r tered it, was by. no means the only I changes in the administration of the l State government of Alabama. There | were other changes, and important ones, too, in the departments which look after the interests of the State. official announcement was made yes | terday morning, directly after his in- I augural address by Governor Conner, l that he had appointed Hon. Charles ] Henderson, of Troy, a member of the Railroad Commissiou. MT. Henderson I had already been elected an associate member of the Commission by the peo- ple of Alabama. This appointment l leaves a vacancy on the Commission to l which<ft is generally believed Cover nor Conner will appoint w. D. Nesbitt of Birmingham. But. the appointment of Mi. Nesbitt was not announced yes- l terday.
 l Directly after the inaugural exer- cfses yesterday, official announcement was made of the appointment uf BibD Graves as Adjutant General of the Ala pama National Guard. MT. Graves is a we'll known lawyer of Montgomery, and has been active in the political af- fairs of the County for tAe past ten years. having represented Montgomery | in the Legislature and served term l as City Attorney of Montgomery. He was the recognized Conner leader or the County in the last campaign. and 1t has been generally believed the place held so long by General W. w. Branaoh would go to him.
 1 ". E. Fort is Private Secretary. Nor was there any surprise in the 1 official announcement yesterday that I William E. Fort, the well known | young lawyer of Birmingham, had been l appointed Private Secretary to the new 1 administration. Unofficial announce ment of this appointment was made several weeks ago. MT. Fort has been I nrominent in Jefferson County politics, and he has made large number of I friends in Montgomery Tn the past six | months.
 No Announcement was made yester- day as to the other two places in the Governors office. that of Recording Secretary, which has been filled by MISS
 Mamie Offutt, and that of srenographer, filled by Miss Kate Collins. It was said yesterday that announcement as 10 those places would be made in few I days. Miss offutt is not an applicant for re-appointment.
 Two watchmen were appointed yes | terday. A third Is yet to be appoint ed. Appointments made yesleroap wers l Tom Taylor, of Montgomery and Jesse
 | Hamilton, of Greensboro. MT. Taylor
 has served several years as watchman
 Across the Capitol hall, Hon. Frank | N. Julian yesterday assumed charge oi
 | the office of Secretary of state HIS predecessor, Hon. B. R. McDavio' greet sd him warmly, and showed him where | inc hie desk was. MT. Julian some | days ago announced that the proposed l Id retain Captain A. c. Sexton as dep- uitv insurance commissioner under ms | administration of the office of Secretary | of State. The chief clerk or the omce | has not been officially named, but IL IS | believed that Cyrus B. Brown, who IS l If present clery of the House of Rep- | rasentatives, will be given that once. | Changes in Auditors Oface. | More changes, perhaps, took place in | the auditors office than anywhere else | in the building Tn the first place Wii- I liam W Brandon. for eight years Ad- | jutant- General of Alabama. entereo upon the discharge of the duties or | Auditor to succeed Judge J.. M. Car 1 michael. Two of the old office force | will he retained under the new admin | istration. They are Chief Clerk Jonn | T. Cook and Warrant Clerk Brooks smith MT. Smith was a canoidate against General Brandon In the iast campaign. yesterday sent in his resignation so l that he could accept the place or iana clerk in the Auditors office He VIII succeed Rufus A. O'Rear, of Walker County. E. W. Hausman was yesteroay appointed bookkeeper to succeed w. K. Sawyer. Mir Griffin was mayed as nl- ing clerk in the place oi w. N bell. ,,.,s Across the hall from the Auditor ofica Hon. Walter D. Seed succeeded to the office of State Treasurer Hon. ]. Craig Smith has been appolnteo President of the Board of Convict ln- spectors, hut he will not under the law go into office until March. with H. M. Wilson whose appointment to place on the Board has been announced Treasurer Seed some days ago made
 n,,blic his official appointments. Charles | Royd who for several years has been
 A clerk in the office, will be Chief Clerk under the new Treasurer. Ralph Gar
 ner, of Ozark, has been appointed to clerkship in this office. J. R. Boyd, who. for a long series of years, has held A place in the Treasurers office, will remain there for the present Educational Department.
 The appointments made by Hon. H. c. Gunnels, who yesterday succeeded Hon. I. w. Hill as State Superinten- dent of Education. were announced some days ago. Professor H.AJ. Will lingham. for some time President of fine Fifth District Agricultural School. becomes secretary of the State Board of Examiners. Miss Sara Clark, of
 Montgomery, was announced as the other member of the Board. William
 F. Feagin late secretary of the Exam ing Board, will serve as chief clerk in the Educational Department under superintendent Gunnels. No other change will be made In the office force of the educational department. for the
 present at least.
 A new attorney general took office yesterday. when Hon. Massey Wilson turned over his office to Hon. Alex M. Garber. tI is understood that Attorney General Garber will retain as his clerk, Thomas w. Martin of Montgomery,
 who served under MT Wilson.
 Commissioner of Agriculture R. R. Poole yesterday turned over his office to his successor, Hon. J. A. Wilkinson | of Autaugaville. The new commission CT will have with him in the office his 1 brother, Judge J. A. Wilkinson, C. A. Billingsley of ElmoFe county, will
 serve as the other clerk
 The change of administration in the Board of Convict Inspectors and the | Railroad Commission will not take l place until next March.