The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-24
CHAIRMAN REMOVED
 FROM COMMITTEE Morgan County Republicans In
 a Bad Muddle CHARGES ARE MADT Chairman Jennings of the County Ex- ecutive Committee Refuses to Call Meeting and This Leads
 to His Removal
MADI

Decatur, October 2s.-(Special )-Quite 2 sensation was sprung In the republican political circles in this county yesterday when it became known that Eli P. Jen- nings, by unanimous vote of the county republican executive committee, has been dethroned as chairman of this commit tee and all political powers that he has had fin the county heretofore taken away from him. He was not only de- throned as chairman but he was removed entirely from the committee and is no longer connected with the republican po- litical organization in the county.
 Several days ago a written request, signed by a majority of the executive committee, was presented to MT. Jen- nings asking him to call the committee together. He refused to do so. There fore the committee was called together by the secretary, R. L. Sherrill, of Hart selle. The committee met at Hartselle yesterday afternoon in persuance to this call and ten of the 14 members were pres ent. Charges were preferred against MT Jennings charging that he was not SUD- porting the regular republican ticket
 
 mingham republican candidate for gov ernor. These charges were sustained and strong resolutions were adopted con- demning MT. Jennings for his action in refusing to support the republican nomi- nees and he was therefore removed as chairman and from the committee en- tirely by a unanimous vote of the con- mittee. MT. Jennings was not present at the meeting of the committed
 The committee, after removing MT. Jen- nings, adjourned to meet in Hartselle on the afternoon of January 2, 1911, at which time a chairman of the committee will be elected and several vacancies will be filed on the committed
 At a mass meeting of the republicans held at Hartselle only few months ago MT. Jennings was elected chairman of the executive committee as Joe Thomp- son republican and the convention that elected him adopted strong resolutions indorsing MT. Thompson as state chair man of the republican party. MT. Jen- nings was also seated in the state con vention, held in Birmingham last July, as Joe Thompson delegata e.
 It is said that MT. Jennings claims that he has been ignored by MT. Thomp- son and that MT. Thompson indorsed a man for postmaster of New Decatur that was not agreeable to MT. Jennings It Is also said that MT. Jennings himself Is an applicant for the New Decatur post office and that he had expected MT. Thompson's indorsement because he (Jen- nings) was chairman of the county execu- tive committee.
 ho support MT. Thompson and that he ex- poets to support Charles Scott of Mont gomery for governor.
 This has been the subject of much com ment not only in the republican political circles of this county, but in democratic circles as well. It Is said that the posi- tion taken by MT. Jennings and the &C., tion of the committee in removing him will cause an entirely new lineup with in the republican ranks of this county.
 MT. Jennings was postmaster of New Decatur for two terms. having been the administration applicant He was de- feated for third term as postmaster of New Decatur, regardless of the fact that he had all the political indorse- ment of the republican organization of the state.
 About il o'clock last night an old frame beat school house, located just outside of the corporation of New Decatur was destroyed by fire. Evidently the build ing was set on fire, as it had not been occupied for any purpose for some time past. The building was worth perhaps about $500. There was no insurance.
 There was a light frost here last night, but no damage was done. Not even the tenderest plants show any effects of the frost. This was the first frost of the season. The thermometer fell to 40 de- grees above zero last night.
 If a killing frost should stay off for 10 days yet nearly all of the cotton in this section would be matured. Farmers say that a killing frost just at this time would damage the cotton crop of this To- cality fully 1b per cent.
 A prisoner in the city jail smoking a cigar yesterday set fire to the bed cloth ing and caused small blaze. The fire department extinguished the fire before much damage was done. The prisoner claimed the fire was purely accidental.
 Tag Day in the Decaturs yesterday netted the Ladies' Benevolent society quite neat sum of money. All day long good looking girls stood on the street corners and tagged all passersby who would give them a dime. The money will be used by the society for the benefit of the city's poor.
 A number of bales of wagon cotton was sold on the streets of Decatur yes terday. The farmers of this section of the country are selling their cotton as fast as it Is picked and they seem sat isfied with the prevailing prices
 
 Remarable Occurrence
 Hefin, October S.-(Special.)-The strangeset phenomenon ever known in this port of the country is steady rain falling in the yard of w. U. Almon of this city, out of a perfectly clear sky and on a spot of ground about 8x12. The