The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-28
MILITARY COURT
 WILL SIT TODAY Inquire Into Expenditures of
 Second Regiment COLLEGE WILL SELL WATER Mrs. Startling Secures Pardon for Her Husband, Who Was Serving Term for Murder-Wor< at Poly
 technc Institute.
COLLEGE WILL SELL WATER

technc Institute.
 Montgomery. January 27.-(Special)- Everything is ready for the opening of the sessions of the military court of in- quiry to inquire into the expenditures of the Second regiment, which will con vene tomorrow. All the papers are ready and the reports and papers will be in hand when Gen. L. " Clark is ready to call the assembly to order Colonel McKle- roy is late and will not get to the cap itol until almost time to cali the meeting to order.
 The court is composed of the following officers of the National Guard, appointed by Gov B. B. Conner at the request of Col. R. c. Briken, who is the most in- terested party:
 Gen. Louis V. Clark. Birmingham, brig adler general in command of the Alabama guard forces, president.
 Gen. Robert F. Iigon, Montgomery, brigadier general of the state military board, and a member of the staff of the governor.
 Col W. H. McKleroy Anniston, colonel of the Third infantry
 The report of H. Y Brooke, state exam iner, about which the court has been called, will be taken in hand and given careful consideration. A number of wit nesses will be summoned and it is like ly that there will be several days, pos sbly weeks. taken up in the hearing. Mir. hoe l,a11 iY, ;r derstood, that there are some expendi- lures by the colonel that are not allowed by the statutes and he has cut them out of the allowable funds.
 It is anticipated that there may be some rather live wire features before the hearing Is over. Outside of the reputed sensational parts of the reports it is thought that there may be a number of interesting questions to come 4p and the hearing will be carefully watched as possible prospect for real warm news mat ter.
 Water for Auburn.
 At meeting of the executive commit tee of the trustees of the Polytechnic institute at Auburn, held in the office of Governor Conner Wednesday, President c. c. Thach was authorized to sell water to the town of Auburn. It is agreed that when the town puts in the mains and the sewers the college will furnish the surplus from it's plant at such cost as the town and the school can agree upon.
 the equipment at once. It is also under cfr thof Ao current by the school to the town The idea of the trustees is not so much to sell the current and the water as to pro- vide for the comfort of the boys who are forced to board about the town. It is de- sired that everything possible be done to make things healthy and agreeable for them to which end there will be con- sessions made on the part of the trus- tees.
 The meeting on Thursday was attended by the following members of the board: Judge N D. Denson, Lafayette; Reed Barnes. Opelika; Gen Robert F. Ligon, and w. F. Feagin Montgomery. Gov. B. B. Conner is ex-offcio chairman.
 Woman Wins Back Husband.
 Largely through the efforts of his faith full wife w. c. Starling of Henry county has been released from the penitentiary He was sent up last fall for one year for the killing of a man named Gibson In her statement before the pardon board Mrs. Starling showed that the man came to their house and made trouble When her husband tried to make him leave he drew knucks and struck him, whereupon Startling cut him with knife from which wounds he died soon after. It appeared case where there was nothing else to do.
 Minor State Matters
 Reduction of mortgage tax has been al- lowed the Mobile Portland Cement com pany because of the fact that not all of the 900 mortgage had been issued.
 c. D. Allen of Bellamy has been ap- pointed game warden for Sumter county The following are new justices of the peace: l.. C. Blakeney and D. A. Smith, Millport; G. F. Gilmer, Suligent, and W. N. Adcock, Waverly.
 Work at Auburn
 President Thach of the Alabama Poly technic institute at Auburn states that the handsome new Carnegie library has been occupied with its 26 900 volumes, mak- ing one of the most valuable libraries of any kind in the south The books are conservatively valued at $55,OO0. The H. brary has an endowment of $30,0O0
 The work on the Conner hall, which is
 
 we'll When finished this will be as well equipped as any establishment of it's kind in the south. It will be prepared for hor- ticulture dairying, all sorts of agricul- tural research, with laboratories complete. The new dining hall is also occupied. Work on the engineering hall will begin next fall the present structure being well enough until this can be erected
 After the Lynchers.
 Gov. B. B. Conner is after the Mobile lynchers as well as he can get after them. He has left big reward proposition open so that neat sum can be given in case 1t is needed. He has assured Solicitor Stallworth that he is ready to aid in any way he can.
 Work on College.
 It is now hoped that work on the new buildings for the woman's college at Montgomery can be started in a short time. The building committee of the commission is expected to have a meet ing next week and get ready to call for a new set of bids.
 New Life Company.
 The Great American Life Insurance company of St. Louis has gone to work out of this, it's southern headquarters. Handsome offices have been established in the First National bank building and Vice President G. B. Reynolds now has agents out in the southern states.
 FOOL GOLD DISCOVERED. Bruht Rock In Bored Well Causes