The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-13
FIVE DIVISIONS
 OF ASSOC|kT|0A President Lawrence Appoints
 Vice Presidents LEGISLATION COMMIT TEE Cadet Haralson Hopes Hazlns Case At West Point VIII Be Reopened and Discharged Boys Reinstated.
 Capitol Notes.

Montgomery, August 12.-(Special.)- c. Lawrence, president of the Alabama Press association of Union Springs has announced through Secretary Jacob Pep perman the five districts into which the association is to be divided, and along With the divisions the names of the vice presi- dents appointed to preside over them. The divisions and appointments are made un- der constitutional amendment. to that ef- feet. which was recently passed by tho association at it's meeting in bessemer.
 The duties. of the vice presidents, ac- cording to the amendment, are to Took after and foster the interests of the as- sociation with their respective districts" The district division was undertaken as a means of bringing the newspaper field into a closer compact, which is looked upon as essential to the best growth of the body.
 Along with the above selections, Pres ident Lawrence has announced the com mittee on legislation, which includes John c. Williams of Talladega, Thomas H. Gar her of Tuscaloosa and William D. w. Yerby of Greensboro.
 The divisions made and vice presidents appointed are as follows:
 Northern division, composed of the coun- ties of Colbert, Culman, DeKalb, Frank lin, Jackson, Lauderdale, Lamar, Lime stone, Lawrence Madison, Marion, Mar shall and Morgan-M. W. Camper of the Florence Times, Florence.
 Northeastern Division, composed of the counties of Autauga. Calhoun, Chambers, Cherokee. Chiffon, Clay, Cleburne, Coosa Fillmore, Etowah, Randolph, Shelby, St. Clair, Talladega and Tallapoosa-O. H. Stevenson of the Leader, Roanoke.
 Northwestern Division, composed of the counties of Blount, Fayette, Jefferson Tuscaloosa, Walker and Winston-George NJ Cruikshank of the Ledger, Birrning- ham.
 Southeasern Division, composed of the counties of Barbour, Bullock, Butler, Cof- fee, Conecur, Covington, Crenshaw, Dale, Escambia, Geneva, Henry, Houston, Lee, Lowndes, Macon, Montgomery, Pike and Russell-W. T. Hall of the Eagle, Dothan.
 Southwestern Division, composed of the counties of Baldwin, Bibb, Choctaw, Clarke. Dallas, Green, Hale, Marengo Mo- bile, Monroe, Perry Pickens, Sumter, Washington and Wilcox-E. B. McCar- ty of the Demopolis Times, Demopolis.
 The above appointees, together with the president, vice president, secretary as- sistant secretary (appointed by the secre- tary) and treasurer constitute the execu- tive committee of the association as pro- yided for in the amendment to the consti- tuition.
 Cadet Harralson Hopeful. Cadet J. M. Harralson spent today in Montgomery. Cadet Harralson is one of the West Point cadets involved in the case of hazing another cadet recently and who was dismissed from the academy on that charge.
 While the action of the superintendent in dsmissing the young men seems to have been confirmed by the war depart ment and the President, MT. Harralson said today that he yet has hopes that the case will be reopened and another chance given those involved.
 Cadet Harralson left this afternoon for his home at Troy
 Capitol Notes.
 Secretary of State Julian was today mo- tified of the incorporation of the Baldwin Hardware company of Bay Minette. The authorized capital is $10,000
 The cotton crop in Montgomery and El- more counties Is very much spotted. In some places there is to be found very fine cotton, in others the crop is exceedingly