The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-01-20
NEW JURY LAW Is
 CAUSING TROUBLE Session of TalIedega Circuit Court May Be Posponed PYTHIAN KNIGHTS MEET General Lees Birthday Is Celebrated By Daughters of the confederacy.
 Mrs. J. s. McCants Dead.
 City Court Busy.
PYTHIAN KNIGHTS MEET

Talladega, January 19-(Special. )-There is some confusion in reference to the juries in the circuit court which meets here next Monday. No juries have as yet been drawn and under the new jury law all juries have to be drawn 20 days before the assembling of the court The jury commission in the county has as yet not finished the prepartion of the jury lists The commissioners were ap- pointed during the last months of last year and they claim they have not had the time to make up the lists. There seems to be no provision under the new jury law by which judge can draw jury at regular term after the term be- gins. Summonses for witnesses are now in the hands of the sheriff who is active ly engaged in serving them but the fail ure to draw the juries will most likely result in continuing all the business of the circuit court at this term, a con tingency which will be quite expensive to the county and disappointment to litigants. The new jury law is not liked here, either by officials or lawyers, as many of it's provisions are theoretical and abstract and incapable of expediting business.
 The local lodge, Knights of Pythias, invited all the former members of the lodge. whether in good standing or not, to attend a social session of the breth- ren in the lodge hall last night for the purpose of talking over plans to bring back those who had grown indifferent and to increase the membership of the order. Refreshments were served and several practical talks on the good of the order indulged in by the leading members. In days gone by the average attendance of the members of this or der was 50 and it's members were among the best citizens of this section. It is likely this meeting will greatly help the order here.
 Gen. Robert E. Lees birthday was cell ebrated Wednesday afternoon by the John T. Morgan chapter, United Daugh- ters of the Confederacy, at the library, with the following programmes: Invoca- tion, Maj. A. H. Todd; piano duet, Mrs. Jackson and Mrs. Frank Taylor; address,
 General Lee" by G. K. Miller; song, Miss Chambers; "Reccollections of Lee as a Professor" by former student, Dr. F. B. Webb; delivering crosses of hon. or; Bonnie Blue Flag Mrs. N. J. Hub bard and audience.
 Mrs J. s. McCants died this morning at the family residence after protracted illness. She was the wife of a leading physician here and a woman of rare Christian virtues.
 Local talent will present "A Day at the Union Station" at the Elks theatre Tues day evening, January 25, as the last number of the library lyceum course The players are very popular, includ- ing a number of leading men and wom- en, which fact will draw a large audi ence.
 The Ullman building, on the corner of North and East streets, is being remod- eled The offices on the second floor will be converted into one immense room to be used by Ullman Brothers as mil linery department. The entire arrange ment of the first flor will be changed, the dress goods and clothing departments changing places and the shoe depart ment taking the present millinery place.
 Today was busy one in the city court. Nine defendants pleaded guilty to the various charges against them.
 John Mehaffey pleaded guilty to stealing cotton and was given one year for the theft and 151 days on account of the costs. Will Mccoy received 15 months for larceny. Oscar Dunn admitted that he had packed around @ concealed weap- on and Oscar was fined $50 for this weakness and 11S days of service was added to pay the costs John Speer was the next up. John did not deny the accusation of burglary and grand lar ceny and was charged with IS months in the pen and in addition to this he was to serve 1855 days for the unpaid costs. James Mack, charged with grand larceny drew 15 months and cost sen- tence of 14s5 days. Matilda Cook, on Q charge of larceny, was sentenced to 10 days in jail as Matilda had been in prison awaiting her trial for quite a while. Hosey McJenkins drew 30 days and S3 days for costs. Henry Sims and Win Sims, on charge of grand larceny, were sentenced to one year and one day each in the penitentiary.