The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-29
WEATHERLY WRITES
 HISTORY OF CHURCH
Interest Connected With
 Alexandria Landmark
PELHAM AT ANNISTON
Taft's Signature Expected to Resolu- ton Shortly-COnvicts Go to Speigner's-Jebeles Appeals.
 Examine County Books

Anniston, March Special )--J. H. 1 Weatherly, formerly justice of the peace in the Alexandria valley, now a citizen of Birmingham, has written an | interesting history of the Alexandria church, known as Mount Zion, the re- moval of which was recently proposed, but defeated by a unanimous vote of the congregation.
 MT Weatherly gives the names of number of the fai.-1lies who be- I longed to the church at the time 1t was first built, the original building having been constructed before naIls were invented and the list shows many who have since become famous throughout the state. It Is said that the membership of the church at one time was representative of over sl,- ] 5OO,OO0.
 Expect Taft's Signature J. N. Slattery, private secretary to l lCongressman Fred l.. Blackmon, who returned home Wednesday on private business and to vote in the comin s primary, says that Congressman Black mon is making strong efforts to ex- 1 pedite the appointme.-t of the army commission which will come here to investigate the advantages offered by thls city as a site fo- permanent ma neuvers by the regular army.
 The only thing now standing in the way of the appointment is the ap- proval and signature ul President Taft to the resolution passed by both houses of Congress. MT. Slattery says the President will likely sign the measure soon, as the commission is expected to report back to the war department by May l.
 Take COnyicts to Speigner's
 Lee Gilbert, convicted and given a life sentence for the murder of Willie Graham, his sweetheart, and Arthur Dutton, convicted of stealing pr. J. k. | raylors horse, were carried to Speig ner's by Transfer Agent c. c. Lindsey of the state convict department 1 Wednesday afternoon. Gilbert has with drawn his appeal after confinement in convicted
 Jebeles Appeals Case
 George Jebeles, the Tenth street res l tauranteur, who was fined $l00 and given l four months in police court Thursday morning. in addition to a previous fine and sentence of three months for vio- latng the prohibition law, has appealed his case and furnished bond for his ap- pearance.
 Judge Pelham at AnniStOn l Judge John Pelham of the court of ap- peals, now residing at Montgomery. is at home to cast his ballot in the forth coming April primary and to transact | other business.
 Men and Religion Meeting | Those who are behind the Men and | Religion Movement at Oxford held a meet ing at the Presbyterian church Wednes- day evening, when addresses were de- | livered by the Rev. w. O. Stephen and the Rev Bruce Nay. The Rev. Edward Fulmer, who was on the programme. was unable to attend.
 Examine County Books | Associate State Examiner of Public Ac- counts Charles l.. Towns of Huntsville l who has been in this city for several days examining the accounts of public l officers of the county, has about finished | with the books of the clerk of the city I court He will next audit the books of the tax collector, tax assessor, the sher- Tiff and county treasurer The books of II the probate judge were examined re- gently at the time of a change in that office. J. J. Arnold succeeding E. F.. II Crook.
 is waxing warm indeed. Possibly there is more talk concerning the race for tax collector here than any of the other of- fees to be filed. There are four aspirants to the nomination for this important of- flee, and it is conceded that the race will be very close among all four of them. Owing to the fact that only one man is running for the nomination for tax as- sessor, very little is being said of this race The candidates for commissioners are making a very hot fight.
 Much of the interest now centers about the election of a congressman at large from the state among the prominent dem | o1 rats of this city. State Senator V. B. Atkins of Selma has made several trips into Culman county and has done great deal of work here and no doubt will get a good vote in this county. MT. Atkins has also been indorsed by the German Quartet club, a strong faction of Ger mans here. John w. Abercrombie will also poll good vote through the country beats MT. Abercrombie is receiving al- most the unanimous support of the school teachers of this county. who with their influence will give MT. Abercrombie a good following.
 Chairman Griffin of the county executive committee is very busy getting ready for the primary and has his hands full with the printing of the county ballots and other work connected with the primary election.
 THE OFFICE OF TAX COLLECTOR REQUIRES EXPERIENCE TO EN- ABLE \ QUICK AND PROMPT DIS- CHARGE OF THE DUTIES. PHIL B. BOWERS IS FULLY EQUIPPED FOR THE PLACE. JOHN s. TURNER,
 CAMPAIGN MANAGER.