The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-02-17

the circuit court of Jefferson county he has made a reputation for the business like dispatch of its affairs. Executive and judicial ability go hand in hand One Is as necessary as the other in the suc- successful presiding judge. The com binaton is wonderfully met in Judge Lane.
 Judge Lane was born October g, 1S4S
 ssssssss-sss.s..ssssss..s..s. for the public schools of Morgan county. By MT. Bell of Pickens: To provide a system of examination and appoint ment of county surveyors.
 By MT. Robinson: To provide for the relief of the Pell City Manufacturing company.
 By MT. Cranford To provide for the election of the solicitor of Walker county.
 By MT. Pharr: To repeal sections s467 and 6477 of the code of Alabama.
 House Afternoon Session
 MT. Johnson of Marshall county resumed argument on the Arnold bill immediately following upon the calling of the house to order at 3 o'clock in the afternoon. He l spoke ardently in support of the meas ure. as did MT. Pegram of Marengo l county.
 q want to go on record" said MT. Pe- gram, "as being in favor of any meas | ure that makes for the enhancement of | education in this state"
 l MT. Pegram said that a county should l not be cut off from high school just be- cause it has agricultural institution. 1 He argued for a generally increased ap- propriation along all educational lines.
 Mir. Wilhite of Morgan county said that the house was putting the cart before | the horse. He said that the public schools should be built up before the high schools are provided for. We ought to stop and reflect" he said, before we pitch into this question" He took exception to ref | erences made in the forenoon to the red headed girl and the freckle-faced boy" MT. Wilhite stated that when the repre- I sentatives stepped on their toes they at the same time stepped on his. I'm a hill- billy" he said, and I'm proud of it. have followed the mules. and I can sym pathize with those children He said that he was for a million dollars for the common schools, but not for extra ap- propriations for the high schools.
 MT. Saunders of Pike county said that he belongs to a red-headed family, and that he himself was red-headed He said that he was elected to the house upon l a platform of economy and retrench- ment. and that as the representative of | his people he was going to vote against the pending measure we ought to be governed by the motto of the greatest good for the greatest number" he said, "and because of this I think that we ought to lend our greatest support to the common school.' The speaker fore casted that the time was coming when the high schools might conflict with the public schools. He made several addi- tional remarks concerning the red-headed girl and freckled-face boy
 He was succeeded by MT. Jenkins of Baldwin, who complimented Governor Conner on the latters work In the cause of education.
 He said the public school system would be perfected through the high school. "If you will create a high school in every
 county in the state, or two of them
 if necessary. the money which you put
 into the high school will come back to you in the fine results which you will
 obtain
 MT. Bush of Mobile followed MT. Jen- kins, stating that he came from a coun- ty which had one of the best school
 systems in the state. He said he be-
 lieved the provisions in the original bill
 which excluded certain counties from
 receiving this high school appropriation
 was mistake. and should be reetifed. "In these counties where they have shown a disposition to build up their schools, I say we should help them, and we should help those counties which arc
 only able to establish common schools" In regard to the small appropriation of 5000 which the state allows the high school. Mir Bush said half loaf was better than no loaf at all. He con- { cluded with the statement that the es- tablishment of these schools would be ,, in the nature of an investment, which would come back to the state in after years. MT Walker of Coosa said If as much time had been devoted to school work
 as had been consumed in debating the
 question the members of the house
 would be much better off. i. The previous question was then moved and the vote was taken with
 the result that the bill was passed y ! vote of 5S to 34.
 The house today passed the following bills:
 By Mir Brewer: To amend section 6573 of the code of Alabama of 1907 , relating to cost in felony cases. Vote 73 to 0.
 Bills Passed II By Mr. Quinn: To amend section 704s, 7050. 7052. 7053 and 7054 of the , code of 1907. relating to the collection
 of vital statistics and to the report of I infectious diseases. Vote. 72 to 0. , By Mir. McLendon: To amend section 5 6215 of the code of Alabamn of 1907 , relating to attempts to procure abor- 8 tion by the employment of drugs. or by r other instruments. Vote. 73 to O. I By MT. Fuauay To amend section 4546 of the code of Alabama, relating to the time at which chancery may re- 9 lieve disabilities of homage. Bills Introduced
 The following bills were introduced
 this afternoon:
 I By Mir. Walker To provide for tn c relief of Walter Dean.
 , By MT. Quinn: To regulate the fine and forfeiture fund of Lafayette county Il Recess on Saturday 7 Report was made by the committee on ' rules providing for adjournment of both ol the legislative branches from Friday
 afternoon to Monday noon, allowing re- cess on Saturday for committee meetings z The report of the committee was adopted | In submitting the committees report Speaker Almon stated that adjournment
 was not taken until Tuesday because of a
 desire to have the saloons remain in the 1: city to pursue their labors. The committee on rules later reported