The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-27
Distinguished Public Man of Alabama. SERVED THE STATE
 IN PUBLIC OFFICE He Was Father of the Speaker and
 P Years Old. Dale County Mourns Loss of One of its Foremost Citisens-Hss Ca- reer Was One of High ser-
 vice and Good Deeds.

Ozark, Oct. 2e.-(special.)--Judge Jesse M. Carmichael died suddenly of heart failure at his residence on East Broad street In this city at 1o:sO o'clock this morning.
 The announcement came as a great shock to the community and the whole people are stricken with the deepest grief.
 Monday night last, after the ardu- ous duties of bringing to success full consummation Dale countys hrst fair, Judge Carmichael was taken Ill. complaining of a pain in the chest and shoulder. Ills family physician was summoned and did all that was pos sible for his relief. In a few days he could go about the room and yard.
 This morning he was much petter and shaved himself.
 Mrg. Carmichael and the house ser want were the only persona about the premises when he walked out lnto the hack yard. Suddenly they heard noise as if some heavy substance hao sallen on a floor, and Mrs. Carmichael went at once to investigate. sne found her husband lying on the nooE and blood issuing from his face ana
 sha screamed for assistance, and her nelRhbors came to the home, but found mat life was already extinct.
 The family physicion, Mrs. W, H. Simmons and Mrs. Pauline Borders, his daughters, were hastily summoned. but the spirit of Judge Carmlchaei had gone to it's reward.
 Members of the family and imme- FanfihAn long distance telephone and by wire.
 A. H. Carmichael. of Tuscambia, Speaker of the House of Representa- tiyes: c. D. Carmichael. of Geneva and Malcolm D. Carmichael. of Blba. are his sons. c. D. Carmichael was here Friday to see his father, but Saturday morning the judge seemed so much better he returned to ms home Malcolm Carmichael reached here this afternoon and the other two absent sons came in tonight
 While the funeral arrangements have not been completed. 1t Is an- nounced that 1t will take place We'd nesday afternoon at 3 o'clock.
 Great Public Service.
 While he held many places of honor and distinction Judge Carmichael will be longest and most remembered for his services on the State Board of Convict Inspectors during the admin istration of Governor Jelks.
 Judge Carmichaers name is indis- solubly associated with the installG- tion of the present plan of operating convicts, a plan which was absolutely novel when 1t was inaugurated, but under which Alabama has the best convict system in the South if not in the hole country.
 Judge Carmichael was always big enough and broad enough to refuse to accept the honor of having inaugurated 1t, giving the first conception of the plan to Lieutenant Governor h. M Cunningham and its perfecttng and In staIlation to Governor Jelks. But Judge Carmichael was at the head of the Convict Department and his ener- gy and far-sighted wisdom had great deal to do with the remarkable success of the novel idea The State ewes him honor for this work.
 For his labors on the Convict Board Judge Carmichael will be further re- membered as the man who introduced new and humane methods in the treat ment of Alabama convicts. The pris- oners of the State had reason to feel grateful to him for many thoughtful Improvements in their condition.
 Judge Carmichael Is one of num- erous class of men who arose to dis tinction, by their own efforts from un- favorable surroundings. He was born seventy two years ago in poverty. but of sterling stock in Macon county, his parents being of Scotch ancestry. He had practically no educational advan- tages. By his own efforts he improved his mind and secured a wide store of knowledge. He was one of the first volunteers of 1881 and served faithful ly until he was desperately wounded in 1882. Incapaciated from active ser vice he organized the old men and boys of his community in Southeast Alabama and they protected the homes of the people from continued efforts to raid them by daring and blood thirsty band of bushwhackers which infested that part of the State.
 Served Twice As Auditor.
 He first entered public life as a rep- resentative from Dale county in 1870 and he was elected as Senator in 1872. In 1878 he was appointed Probate Judge of Dale county and in 1880 he was elected State Auditor. After serv- ing with credit in this office he was elected circuit judge In 1886. In this capacity he served a number of years.
 At the beginning of the adminIstra- ton of Governor William J. Sanford in 1901 he was made President of the State Board of Convict Inspectors and was retained in that office by Govern of Jelks
 In 1905 he was appointed State Au- ditor in which office he served untl 1907. He then retired to Ozark where he had built himself a beautiful home.
 
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