The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-08-04
Faculty Completed

MonteVallo, August 3-(Spectal. )-- The following teachers have been elect ed to fill vacancies in the faculty of the Alabama Girls Technical institute for the ensuing session:
 Luther J. Fowler of Albertville. his tory; Miss Ellen Forsythe of Rock hill, S. C.. assistant in manual train ing; Mrs. Hattie Davidson-Jones of Covington. Ky, voice: Miss Reba Pow CTS of Florence. assistant piano
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~>-~-~~ ~~~~~~-~~~-~-~~~~~~-~. P G. Bowman did not report the payment of any such fee to his law partners and never informed them of any employment as general attorney" for the Henderson Lumber company.
 Did not the payment of s5000 fee under the circumstances create just a little suspicion In the mind of the governor? Does any lawyer in Alabama believe that the payment of such a fee was legitimate and disassociated from the convict contract? It is a we'll known fact that for months P c. Bow man stayed in Montgomery and it was currently talked that he claimed to be next to the governor and the convict department
 The governor says that he finds that no offer of $40 was ever made by the Henderson Lumber company.
 On June 25 Hugh w Roberts wired The Age Herald from Baltimore an in- terview with the governor in which the following statement, credited to the governor, appears: T immediately took the matter up with Mir. Oakley and learned that when empolyment of state convicts was first broached by MT Gamble he said: Well. I presume you will want $39 or $40 per man. When negotiations were concluded the price ! agreed upon was $39.' Authority for Examination If Gamble thought Oakley would want $40 and told him so. why wa. not the price put as high as Gamble expected? The governor says a pub lie examiner has nc authority to make an investigation because the only way | to remove a member of the convict board is by Impeachment. It Is easy to recall that the governor recently sent Mir Brooke to investigate judgt of an inferior court in Jefferson coun l ty, an officer who could only be re
 moved by impeac hment. and whef Brooke's report vas made, impeach ment proceedings were begun, based upon the report.
 1 Section 6491 Of the code authorizes the governor to have an examiner ex anime the convict department. | l realize that l naue mistake II believing that Governor ONeal want
 ed to make public the truth. the who'll
 truth and nothing but the truth. I
 he will order an investigation by | fearless public examiner. and let tn
 proceedings be public, and open tn l flood gates as suggested in my letter I will prove to the satisfaction of tn fair minded people of this state tha my charges were true or I will leav the state and apologize for ever hay
 ing breathed it's air.
 It has been openly published in tn last few days that I had charged tha MT. Bowman split the fee with Nil
 Oakley. 1 have never charged or eve I intimated any such thing. I don't kno,
 what Bowman did with the money, an
 it is none of my business I know hi partners did not get any of 1t, bu further than that know nothing abou | 1t and care less.
 With this statement I am willing t let the people of Alabama judg whether or not there is any founda tion n fact" for the charges nave mad Yours truly, T. L. LONG.