The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-08-04
CH|LTON TEACHERS
 HOLD INSTITUTE
Sessions Most Profitable and
 Well Attended at ClantOn
PIONEERS PASS AWAY
Woman Drops Dead Near Station Sat urday Shortly After Alighting From Montgomery Train.
 Political Outlook

Clanton, August S.-(Special )-The teachers institute for Chiffon county. which convened last Monday, adjourned Friday afternoon after a most inter- esting and profitable session of five days. Professor Shackelford of Troy Normal college was conductor for the first two days, he having taken the place of Miss Luther, who was un- able to reach Clanton before Wednes- day.
 A. C. Harper Dead
 A. c. Harper. one of Clanton's most popular and highly esteemed citizens, died Friday night at his residence after an illness of three weeks. MT. Harper was for years the representative of a large Baltimore pottery and crockery house. He was held in high esteem by his employers. The interment took place Saturday at Fayetteville. the body having been taken to that point Saturday morning. accompanied by members of the family.
 Besides his widow, MT. Harper leaves six children. namely: Douglas Harper of Jacksonville, Tex, Mrs. s. F. John son of Verbena, Misses Lur1ine and Annie May and Messrs. Clark and Courtney Harper of Clanton.
 
 Another of Clantons pioneer citi- zens. R. c. Ray, passed away Satur- day morning after an illness of sev- eral weeks. HIS death came as shock to his many friends as 1t was report ed on the streets as late as yester- day that he was rapidly improving The interment will take place here tomorrow morning, the services being conducted by the Methodist minister of Clanton
 MT Ray leaves a widow and one manfred daughter, Mrs. George Kill gore.
 Drops Dead at Station
 Saturday morning soon after the ar rival of the northbound passenger train a colored woman named Marge Cooper whose home is in Montgomery dropped dead near the depot here. It seems that she had been sick for some time at her home in Montgomery and came to Clanton to recuperate. A special delivery letter intended for her brother informing him of her prospective visit was delivered to another of the same name who kept 1t several days. No one met her at the depot and when she started out for the home of her brother she fell exhausted before assistance could be secured she had died.
 Politics in Chiffon
 
 Things political have begun to warm up somewhat in Chiffon; there are al- ready three county tickets In the field with every prospect of a fourth.
 Much depends upon what stand the local republican leaders will take with reference to Taft and Roosevelt Up to this time the leaders have not de- clared themselves though many efforts have been made to draw them out. The scheme seems to be to flight shy' of the presidential candidates and try to save the county ticket.
 There is no do4bting the fact that Roosevelt is 10 to 1 the stronger Of the two candidates in this county and were 1t not for the fact that Taft Is the regular nominee the local leaders would gladly proclaim for him. but this they hesitate to do just now.
 Reynolds Indicted
 Ex-Judge L. H. Reynolds, the re- cent nominee of the republicans of tho Fourth district. has not yet decided whether he will accept the nomination. He was not in attendance upon the convention which nominated him al- though he is chairman of the Fourth district republican executive commit tee Should he decline the nomination it will be necessary for him to call the committee together to name a candi- date if they decide to oppose Fred Blacknon, the present representative, the convention having conferred that power upon the executive committee. Up to this time J. Osmond Middle ton, -ex-representative from this coun- | ty, Is the only prominent politician in the county who has declared for either Taft or Roosevelt, he having announced his allegiance to Roosevelt several uaalxa ago