The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-11-19
THE PASSING THR oAc
InconaiafcncY- of fioYerner.

4 man well Informed on State poli- tics said yesterday that an interesting sstSati9n wqs prSTghs about by ths he GoRernor Conner to be Solicitor of Mo bile county.
 "Bear in mind" said this man. f'that the Governor has threatened to publish other laws are not enforced there after shown his doubt in the integrity of the Mobile psoRls; pr st least thsir lawi him to hold up the hands OF those, few in bis opinion, who want the law rnaTEcee; a.;Pt.a e;o,,.,.a. |. tha ros.n,,,,n. of. acsr s Of fRsso2 the county. He iss SO to speak. the agent of the executive department in the enforeefnent of laws.
 Nov, at the first opportunity to sup erner appointing Solicitor for Mobile county who was notoriously the can didate recently of the very persons that words, the Governor, with his usual policy of rewarding liis friends at all hazards. has compromised with the ele- ments In Mobile that he has character
 "Mr. Ihgs is a clean -hearted young man and, I believe, an able lawyer. He will no doubt do his duty. But the ident of inc Mobile city Council by the so-ealled ring, the clement that WaR fought by inc Law and Order League. wh6se shands the Governor pretends to
 isi1i "i am not prejudiced in this matter because, of the applicants for the place. MT, Inge Is the only one whose face was the ineonsistency of the Governor.
 "Mr, Inge was one of the few men of prominence who helped the Governor in Mobile county when he ran for of fics."'
 Somebody's Miatake Here.
 Much pressure has been brought to bear on The Advertiser to correct what Is termed Its mistake in reference to the vote of Lee county for Republican electors in the general election.
 The Advertisers two references to not not a Sa vote for the Republican electors being the only county. that so acted. But the paper has made no error to correct so far as the records speak out. of State is the certificate of the probate judge of Lee county showing blanks opposite the Republican electors No than thai the Republicans had been frozen out in Lee, = a
 If mistake there was 1t was some body's else It is understood that there publican ticket in Lee county. Inquiry was made Wednesday over long dls- tanee to the Secretary of State about 6pRGEGIl VEiOT VI lBHOlA- III aNlAAS matter. 1t may yet be reetified.
 Mir. AtIkInsOn's Father Dead. Mir. Roger 5. Atkinson, of this city, learned yesterday of the death of his father. Dr. Benjamin Carter. Minge At kinson. of stanton, Va. at the age of S1, Dr. Atkinson was Q lifetime prac- ticioneT of medicine, being a graduate of the University of Virginia, the Jeff ferson Medical College of Phlladelphia. He was a Confederate soldier in Wei seger's Brigade. For thirty years he was physician at Virginia hospital for the deaf, dumb and blind He was a vestryman for thirty years, and then senior warden at Trinity Episcopal church, Staunton. Mir. Atkinson was unable to go op to Virginia, for the funeral.
 Mir. H. H. Stewart. former manager of the Peoples Cotton Mill in Mont gomery, left last night for Henderson, Ky, to be assistant superintendent of the large cotton min at that place. MT. J. H. Fitts, of Tuscaloosa. spent yesterday in Montgomery. He was on his way home from visit to New Or lARuS.
 pr. W. 4. Sellers went last night to Brewton to spend the day.