The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-06-16
SENATOR REESE ON
 THE FEE SYSTEM
FavOrS ReadjuStment If Not
 Elimination
SUPREME COURT RESULTS
John Holland Gets New Trial For the Murder of H. D. Putnam In Gull man County-Norris Declared
 Sheriff In Shelby.

Montgomery, June 15.-(special.) .)-State
 Senator Henry F. Reese of Dallas county.
 who is here attending the supreme court,
 is in favor of a readjustment of the fee
 system, and possibly of elimination of 1t
 entirely. However, he does not care to say this until he has given it more study as to future policy. Like Hamlet, he says he is fearful of the ills he knows not of, even if those of well acquaintance | are bad 'T know something is wrong' he said, but what to do about 1t I am not prepared to say"
 Senator Reese is very much of the opin- ion that at present great harm is done by the keeping of accused persons in jail
 upon frivolous charges, and finds in
 this alone an argument for a change of the plans. He has often been told by his
 own judge that prisoners kept in jail ought to be let out, and has frequently known the court in unimportant cases to either let the prisoner go on his own recognizanze or urged the lawyer to have a bond made, setting the amount so low that it can be made with ease. Supreme Court Results. OOlln I1Ollctlug WllOoo llldi dl Suilllictii for the murder of H. D. Putnam, attract ed much attention, and as a result of which he was sentenced to be hanged on August 6. has another chance to live, the supreme court having reversed and re- manded his case for number of errors in his trial in the circuit court. H. M, Norris, declared sheriff of Shelby county by the probate court of that county is given the office, the supreme court holding with the lower court in
 the contest with J. H. Fulton The lat
 ter has been holding the office since the election of 1906.
 On Thursday the appeal of Ed Howard and Joe McDaniel of Hale county will be
 presented to the supreme court. They are under sentence of death for partici- patton in the murder of R. w. Drake near Laneville a year ago. Two have
 been hung and two sent up for life for this crime.
 Plans of College. Plans for the new college for women, to be erected at Montgomery, are here, and Dr. w. 10. Martin, the man selected to head the school, Is looking over the ground with a view of determining whether or not he will accept the posi- ton.
 Minor Mention. T. J. Fain, tax collector of Dale coun-
 ty has made final settlement with the state auditor. He collected for the year $SS00 GA state tax, S3552.63 soldier and s10,- 65S. 93 school.
 The Atlanta and St. Andrew'r Bay railroad has paid $127 .5O that part of a tax for recording a mortgage that ap- plies to the 1T miles in Alabama. The total mileage is S5 miles, with the mort gage s425,000, but only IT miles is in Ala bama
 The Alabama Conference Epworth league Is holding its annual session at Greenville. There are many interesting items on the programme
 Many Alabama newspaper men passed
 through the city today, en route to the meeting of the State Press association a
 Dothan
 Among the prominent young men at the supreme court this week Is D. w. Pettus, Jr, of Selma, secretary of the state dem- ocratic executive committee. He Is a nephew of the late Senator Pettus, of beloved memory.