The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-02-21
JUDGE RICHARDSON
 REVIEWS RECORD
Also Replies to Charges
 Made by Blackwell
FIVE SOIL SURVEYS
With Aid of Colleagues Has Secured over $7,000, ,000 for the Tennessee. Favors Federal Aid in Build
 ing Roads-Farm Agent

Huntsville. February 20.-tSpecial.l--In a statement forwarded from Washington to the newspapers of the Eighth Congress sional district, Congressman William Richardson reviews his official record since he first became member of Con- eress 12 years ago and replies to some of the charges that are being made in the campaign speeches of his opponent. Capt Samuel Blackwell.
 Judge Richardson shows that. with the aid of some of his colleagues, he has se- cured appropriations for the Tennessee
 river aggregating s7,O1s,744 up to this time. while the chief engineer of the army has recommended that the present Congress provide for &, 100000 additional for the further improvement of the river. If Congress makes the appropriation rec commended, it will mean a six foot chan nel from Florence to Paducah and the development of the power at Muscle Shoals. The state of Alabama since his service in Congress. has received 16,d76, 14s for its rivers.
 Soil surveys have been secured for five of the counties in his district and appi-
 cations have been made for surveys of
 the other two counties. A farm demon
 stration agent has been secured for every
 county. When he first went to Congress there was not a rural mail route in the district. Now there are 115 and the car riers receive annually $100,000 compensa- tion. He favors government aid in the construction of public roads,
 Judge Richardson explains that he voted for the Sulloway pension bill because il I gives the veterans of the Mexican wal
 $3s per month instead of s20 per month He did not vote for the Sherwood pension bill and is opposed to that measure. The heaviest penalty ever imposed il this city for violation of the liquor laws has been given w. J. Bicknell, a grocery | man and cold drink dealer, in the recor- der's court. He was convicted of two charges of selling liquor and besides be | ing fined $500 in each case was sentenced to 12 months Imprisonment in each case | Bicknell took an appeal and bond was | set at 5000 in each case, but so far the | prisoner has been unable to make bond. | Bicknell was placed in the street gans | to begin serving his sentence. In tho
 meantime his friend sare actively engaged | in trying to get his bond arranged Bicknell has been arrested seevral times TOT NlOldtlHS the llquOT ldWS ana Mdyoi Smith in passing sentence said that h.
 would give the defendant the utmost limi of the law.
 | Rev. Father Cassidy, pastor of St | Mary's Catholic church, went to Decatur Sunday and performed the wedding core mony uniting Lewis Wilson, manager O. | the Southern Bell Telephone exchang,
 at Tuscaloosa, and Miss AileenS SThedfo-' | of Tuscaloosa.
 l Lawrence county has caught the goo,
 roads fever and the court of revenue O | that county has called an election fol
 March IS, when the people will be allowed
 to vote on proposition to issue $123. 00 of 90 year bonds at per cent to provide
 a fund for building a permanent systen | of roads.