The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-12-23
B CONNECTS ARE
 GIVEN LIBERTY And Allowed to Return Home
 for Holidays HAVIS AGAIN PAR0LED
AGAIN PAROLE D
Capt. R. F. Kolb Makes Formal An nouncement 1f His Candidacy For State Commissioner of
 Agriculture.


 service in the mines and penitentiaries. will be given their liberty in time 10 get home for the holidays. psrdons and ps- roles to this extent having been an- nouneed by Gov. B. B. Conner today. Among the number Is NJ. W. whatey. former probate judge Of Clay county. sent up this spring for two years for forgery. the trouble growing out of the conduct l Of his office some years ago. A product Of l the populistic upheaval of the early eos. l Judge Whatley was for time 6. unique l figure in Alabama politics. Men of all walks of life liked him and will rejoice l that he Is again free.
 Another case that has attracted attsn- 1 ton is that of Glen Havis of Birmingham, who is let out for 60 days from December 1 9 on account of the serious illness Of his l mother. Havis has been paroied on 1 other occasions because of his health and ] the condition of his mother, who Is one 1 of the best known women of her city 1 The ofrense for which he was given 20 l twenty was the killing of Latham, in the Morris hotel, Birmingham, about six years ago. opie Smith. held for an ugly offenss. and Peter Jemison, an assault to murder case, were also of Jefferson county. Par dons were issued only in the case of opte Smith and Judge Whatley. the rest being paroles, conditioned upon good conduct 4 full list of the subjects of clemency, i with data of their cases. follows:
 Subjects of clemency. 1 Wilcox countyy-John Andrews. murder: l convicted in 1905, circuit court; life sen- 1 tence.
 i Montgomery county-Frank Boyd, rob bery; convicted spring 1907 ten years sentence.
 Barbour county-Major Smith, arson, second degree: convicted spring 1908. cir cult court, sentenced to four years.
 Chiffon county-James F. Norman. as- sault to rape; convicted February, 1905. 1 circuit court sentenced to IS years. 1 Chambers county-Tom Story, assault to i murder: convicted September, 19os circuit l court 15 years.
 1 Montgomery county-Oliver Dinkins, forgery: convicted July, 1907, city court, 1 sentence seven years. Lownes county-Richmond Jenkins, murder second degree; convicted August 1 9o 1906. circuit court sentence to 10 years. Jefferson county-Opie Smith. miscege- nation; convicted spring, 1908, criminal court, sentence three years.
 Mobile-Noble J. Lee, forgery; convicted November. 1s06. city court, sentence two years.
 Talladega county-Enoch Beverly, high sentence 10 years.
 Elmore-Rachael Jackson, miscegena- tion: convicted spring 1907, circuit court five years.
 Pike county-waIter J. Mims, forgery; convicted September Is. 19os circuit court, sentenced to two years.
 Limestone-Sam Woodward assault to murder: convicted October 10 1907, circuit court, five years.
 Mobile county-Charles B. Mann, mur- der second degree; convicted November. 1901, city court of Mobile, sentence 15 years
 Coosa county-Dummy Coins. stealing A horse; four years, paroled.
 Pike county--Marion Roberts rape: spring term 1899, circuit court, life.
 Montgomery county-Zack Benjamin. burglary and grand larceny: convicted August '. 1908, city court, sentence two years
 Peter Jemison, Jefferson county. assault to murder convicted June 1s 1902. crfmi- nal court, sentenced to 2s years
 Montgomery county-Alex Woodiey. murder; paroled for ten days
 Randolph county-J. R. Irwin. selling mortgaged property; convicted August. l.lso9. circuit court; sentenced to one year and one day.
 St Clair county-Jasper Posey, murder. convicted November, 1906, circuit court. sentenced 10 years.
 Clay county-M ". whatley, forgery. spring term, 1s09, circuit court, sentenced to two years.
 Short Alabama Mention.
 Frank N. Julian, insurance co,nmiS sioner, Is in receipt of report on the l Guarantee Life of Houston, Tex. show ing 1t to be in good shape. H. '. Brooke. Alabama examiner of accounts. aided in the investigation
 The Alabama insurance department is informed by the New York department that policyholders in the disturbed Phoenix of Brooklyn, need have no fears for their safety, as there is over $300,00e in reserve even with the heavy. losses from official dedication.
 The national shell fish commission. called to meet April 26, 27 and 2s in Mobile, is one of the most important bodies that will assembl south the coming year. thinks John H. Wallace, Jr, of the state game and fish depart ment. He will do all possible to make 1t vastly beneficial meeting to the state.
 The case of Thomas Rackly of Lime stone county is unusual. He married second time, thinking he had a. divorce from his first wife As he had not he was convicted of bigamv. Later he did get the divorce and tPfe governor has let him out to remarry and legalize the second wife. Cousins Resigns Place.
 A. N. McCallum. superintendent of tlle : city schools of Austin, Tex. who has been on visit to Alabama, brings th a news that R. B. Cousins, for some time state superintendent of education in | Texas. had resigned to become prest l dent of the new state normal at Can yon City. MT. Cousins has relatives in Alabama and has been to the state on several occasions He was a member of the party of school men who re- gently made trip through the west looking into conditions.
 Capt. R. F. Kolb, long prominent in Alabama politics. has made formal an- nouncement of his candidacy for state commissioner of agriculture. 1e held the office in years gone by and was twice a candidate for governor in the days when populism broke into the state, being defeated by Thomas G Jones, now judge of the United States court
 Dink Fitzpatrick Of Bssssmsr. charged with violation Of the prohibit ton law and fined $500. has brought his troubles to the Supreme court. Sheiff aigdon, who had his place