The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-07-24
TEACHER M'CORD
 ASKED ID RESIGN In the Montgomery Methodist Church Sunday School CLASS STANDS BY HIM Pupils Threaten To Mutiny or Cause Trouble If Safe and Sane Leader
 Is Forced To Give Up Work
 As Their Teacher.
CLASS STANDS BY HIM

Montgomery, July 23.-(Speeia1) )-Inten- sity of feeling growing out of the prohi- bition fight is indicated in the demand on the part of the officers of the Dexter Av- enue Methodist church for the resigna- ton of Leon c. McCord, one of the teach CTS in the Sunday school, whose class of young men is one of the largest of It's kind in the city This is a result of Me Cord having associated himself with the safe and sane business mons movement against making the prohibition of liquors a part of the constitution.
 Following close upon the adoption of number of resolutions by the State Bap- tist convention to make fight as church for prohibition the belief is grow ing that all the churches will be called Into the contest ere long and that men and women who do not believe in the efforts being made to establish the prohibitory laws more firmly than they are will be read out of fellowship and forced into the class of those who are opposing the anti liquor movement So great Is the feeling along this line MT. McCord, who is one of the secretaries of the supreme court may have to resign this position
 Interest attaches to the situation by the fact that the members of MT. McCord's class. one of the largest of young men in the city, have threatened to mutiny 1T he is forced out. and they say they will 20 with him or make trouble. MT. Mc- Cord has only two that were In school when he took the class, the rest having been secured from the outside. many not heinz members of the church.
 To Revise Code.
 Gaston Gunter. member of the legfsla- ture from Montgomery, who was chair man of the municipal code committee Of the last house, is preparing to offer number of amendments to the code at the special session, anticipating which provision was made by the governor in the call. He is asking everybody who has anything to suggest to let him have It so that the entire list of changes may be sent in at the same time. MT Guh- fer says that there are no great changes to be made the revision applying to the correction of errors for the msot part.
 After the Whoopers. City Physician Gaston Griel Is making a. move to isolate whooping cough, taking the position that 1t is contagious and should be treated in the same class as scarlet fever. Signs will be posted on houses where the disease prevails, so that children need not be unnecessarily exposed. The doctor is also making fight to have the street sellers of ice cream stopped, holding that 1t is dan gerous and insanitary, and enforce the laws to have fruits covered and edibles generally protected from the flies.
 Troops Reviewed. l Today was review day at the camp of the First regiment at Pickett Springs. | Gov. B. B. Conner and his staff were pres l ent. Tomorrow is review day for the cavalry at Eufaula, and this will wind up the lists. as the Third regiment was re- viewed yesterday at Oxford. and the Sec ond last week while in camp here. Books of Marengo. H. Y. Brooke, assistant examiner of public accounts has made report on the books of the Marenso county officers. s. W, Compton, county superintendent of ed- ucation, Is reported due the large sum of $3924. zS. This was given out some weeks ago, MT. Compton contending that his books will show that he owes nothing. Probate Judge Hasty is charged with er- TOTS against the state of $124.71 Circuit Clerk O. N. Cleveland. $45, with others in the clear.
 Grand Jury Reports.
 The July session of the grand jury re- ported today, handing down 1SS true bills, after examination of 535 witnesses in 322 docketed cases. It is urged that bill be passed whereby Montgomery county can draw interest on its funds in bank, like the city of Montgomery, as well as many other counties are doing. While 1t Is known that a number of these Inducements are for violations of the liquor laws, just who are thus charged have not yet been made public.
 Captain Elliott Dead. 1 The death of Capt. John c. Elliott was reported today at noon at local infirm- ary. He was 81 years of age and had been running as conductor on the Louis l vile and Nashville railroad for many | years. He Is survived by his widow, three l sons, John, Jim and Alex Elliott, and two daughters, Mrs. Mai Winston Birming- l ham, and Mrs. Sadie DeBardeleben, We l tumpka-
 Polytechnic Notes.