The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-01-15
ANN|ST0N COUNCIL
 IN BUSY SESSION McCarty Is Allowed S400 for
 Codifying City Laws DIR. KNAPP SPEAKS TODAY Judge Crook Is In Race For Re-EIec- tion, So Is |. E. Watson-Both Are Old Men at the WheeI-Negro
 Settles Polar Controversy.
By J. E. STANLEY.

By J. E. STANLEY.
 Anniston, January 14-(Specia1.) )-The first meeting of the city council for the new year was held last night. and with the election of officers, listening to com plaints on the license schedule and pay ing bills it was busy one. The bill of H. D. McCarty for $500 for codifying the city laws, over which there has been much discussion, and which was referred to a committee at one of the recent meet ings of the council, with the recommenda- ton that 1t be cut to $300 came up for final adjustment and a compromise was reached at $400. It is understood that Judge McCarty's work on the codif1ca- ton covered a period of two years.
 The pool license of W. T. Grace was granted on the condition that he stop all forms of gambling in the place and. bar chronic loafers.
 The salary of the recorder was raised from $40 to $60. In the matter of the re- port that the city Is paying too much for feeding its live stock the mayor was a,- thorized to get bids from the different stables for the board of these anmials
 A new committee, to be known as the school committee, was announced by President McCaa, and he named as it's members Councilmen Wilson, Thrasher and Scarborough The license on pipe works was reduced from s10O to s75. The sanitary committee was instructed to in- vestigate and report back to the next meeting of the council what 1t would cost to have the plumbing laws of the city put in pamphlet form and 300 copies printed. The council adopted an ordinance fixing the terms of the city officers to expire on the first Monday in October. This or dinance affects the tax collector, street overseer, recorder, warden, patrolmen, chief of police hose wagon drivers, ceme- tery sexton, electrician and the sanitary. plumbing and building inspector.
 It sems that the wave of reform in in- sanitary prisons, as well as unsafe ones, has struck Anniston, and 1t Is more than probable that a decided improvement will be made in the city Jail within g. short time. At the meeting of the city council last noght Councilman Hudson introduced an ordinance calling attention to the present bad condition of the jail, and which provided that the mayor be authorized to seek bids on its improve ment. It comes none too soon, for the present jail Is entirely inadequate for the demands upon it, sanitary conditions are bad and the safety of prisoners when once placed in 1t is never assured. There has been only one instance In the past year of prisoners escaping, but that one showed how easy it would be if prisoners set their heads to it.
 Anniston seems to be in for another siege of politics this year, every day bringing some new announcement of candidates for office. The two latest to 1.A Efx probate judge and I. E. Watson for clerk of the circuit court. Both men stand for reelection, being two of the oldest men in point of service in the county Judge Crook has held the office of probate judge for nearly "A years, Is a tireless worker. always Ion the Job" and will probably make the race without opposi- ton. Well known to practically every one in the county and loved and respected by all, his election is almost a fore gone conclusion. MT. Watson has been In office for 12 years, and is also one of the best officers the county ever had He also Is a tireless worker and well known all over the county. His is the only an- nouncement for the office thus far.
 The announcement of M. N Coker for county commissioner to succeed himself from the Third district was made this morning.
 The payment of poll taxes in Calhoun county is not at all hurried now. but with the numerous candidates already in the field and in view of the important cleo tions the coming fall 1t is believed that before February l every voter in the county will qualify. So far only about 1000 poll taxes have been paid, some of them for as many as four and five years and if all the voters want to avail them selves of the privilege of voting in the next election the job of poll tax collector is not an enviable one, for he is apt to be a mighty busy man when they do start in earnest
 County Superintendent H. T. Persons, who has always interested himself in all branches of education, has enlisted his services in the campaign for record breaking attendance at the farmers' meeting here tomorrow, at which time Dr. s. A. Knapp of the department of agriculture will deliver an address on "Dairying and Stock Raising" MT. Per sons Is also superintendent of the Cal houn county branch of the Boys Corn club, as a result of which organization splendid results were accomplished last year and he is a strong advocate of di- versiied farming on @ scientific basis. He has great faith in the agricultural fu- ture of the county and believes with many others that this form of revenue can be made one of the county's largest assets. Regarding the meeting tomor- row he has the following to say:
 T feel that I am perfectly within the province of my office in insisting that every citizen of Calhoun county that can possibly do so, hear this address, for 1t has become recognized fact that the agriculture of the future in the south must go hand in hand with education and this is the burden of the message that Superintendent Gunnels is preach ing all over the state The farmer is to work out our salvation. We look to him to settle the wage question and to prevent a bread famine and I believe Dr. Knapp will tell us how this may bs best done. He is q great educator and we should all hear him."
 The remains of Mrs. M. E. Boyer, who died at her home on Boyer Hill Wednes- day night, were carried to Reading, Pa.,