The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-11-09
SPEAKERS DRAW
 SMALLER CROWDS
LOCATION OF PULLMAN COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL STILL A LIVE iS- sUE-PETITIoNs ARE BEING CHECKED.

Cullman, November S.-(Special.)- )-F. B. St. John spoke at Hopewell Sunday after noon under the trees for the amendment. The Baptist church at this place refused the use of the church. There was a bap- tizing at this point at 2:30. and after this service was over number of the prom inent farmers and members of the church got into their hacks and buggies and went home and didn't wait for the speak ing About 25 grown men remained, to- gether with a number of boys and ladies.
 Cullman County High school has been the bone of contention since the locating board first held it's meetings in this coun- ty. When Gov. B. B. Conner, Gen. w. w. Brandon and State Superintendent Gunnes came to this city and made the speeches Hanceville and Cullman were the two contesting points. The fight was the hottest ever known in this county, and while in perfectly good humor is still being waged Cullman and Hancevile agreed to an election and upon the terms of this election the town getting the school should build a $15,000 schoolhouse. The last legislature passed a bill author izing any county to aid in building these schools. Cullman now asks for aid under this law that was drafted by Col. J. B. Brown, who represented Cullman In the fight before the locating board. Holly Pond. Hanceville, Garden City, Joppa and country precincts presented a petition of 210s taxpayers asking the board not to aid in building the school, and Cullman
 rlrfr the board to aid in building the house. These lists are being checked over by the county court and action will be taken when all names not found on the tax books are erased. There are about S800 taxpayers in this county and one-fourth have signed neither petition, so that a large number of names will have to be cut out.
 The story of that locating election has never been told It would make good reading for some of the governors good friends When Hanceville had distanced CulIman in her claim for this school, Col. J. B. Brown went to Montgomery to see that the school be given Cullman. Mrs. J. H. Gillespie was in Montgomery repre- senting Hanceville.. The governor clearly favored Hanceville. Col w. w. Bran don was for Cullman and by an agree nent at the beginning Superintendent Gunnels was under promise to vote with the governor on any tie. When this status of the case became known and Colonel Brown could not shake the governor from his position for Hanceville, an election was proposed, and the governor took this method to get out of his responsibility, and when Colonel Brandon said 1t Is Cullman or an election" the election was granted. By agreement the ballot was se- cret and Col s. J. Griffin for Cullman and c. Burkart for Hanseville were to canvass the vote and make the return to Montgomery. This was never done. In . few days bond to build $15,000 high school was sent Cullman by the gover- nor, which was signed and the school went to Cullman.
 Miss Ruth Miller, one of vinemont's s most promising young ladies, is danger ously i'll with typhoid fever. She contract ed the illness at Athens Female college.
 William Macon. who lives in Vinemont, had the misfortune on last Saturday noon to lose one of his dwellings by fire. The house was vacant at the time of the fire and WAS used as a storage room. MT. Macon not only loses his dwelling, but winters supply of feed and farm im- plements that was stored there. There was no insurance.