The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-29
ORGANIZE AGAINST
 THE PRIVILEGE TAX
AnnistOn Citizens Will Hold
 Meeting Tonight
LABOR IN POLITICS
Considerable Progress Made in Wald- rop Case-County Board of Edu- cation at Jacksonville-Prof.
 Lang to Study Abroad

Afl1lsloilt OtlOuci Ao.-ASpt1lbii bihaH meeting of the citizens of the second ward was called Monday afternoon for Tuesday night for the purpose of going on record as being opposed to the privilege tax levied at the last session of the city coun- ell of Annlston. and it is understood that the people of other wards will be asked to organize to fight the measure, the re- real of which will be sought.
 The ordinance was made the subject of condemnatory resolutions passed at the meeting of the Annston Trades Council Sunday, and President Knighton of that dody has appointed committees to in- terview Mayor Wikle and members ,t the city council with reference to getting the law appealed. These committees will report as to the result of their laoors at the next meeting of the council, Al derman John G. Farley, who opposed the ordinance, was commended.
 The oonstitutionality of the ordinance in question has been raised. It imposes tax of g on each sewer connection and each dry closet in the city and would fall very heavily on the larger property own CTS, who have employed counsel to look into the leSally or the tuedsuit.
 Mayor Wikle and the members of the council who favored the measure claim that it is the only way in which the city can meet current expenses and carry on the improvements which the taNpay- CTS are demanding. They believe the ordinance will stand the test of law.
 Arrange for New Work
 Prof II. T. Persons, county superln- tendent of education, left Monday morn ing for Jacksonville to attend a meeting of the county board of education which will map out the work of Miss Eula B. Atkinson of the department of rural edu- cation in the Jacksonville State Normal school who has been elected 10 the po- sition of supervisor of rural schools.
 Lang n Germany
 Prof George Lang of the department of English at the Alabama Presby college in this city who was granted a years B leave of absence. has arrived n Germany, where he will study this win. ter He has been succeeded here by Pro- lessor Clotfelder.
 Waldrop Case Progresses
 Despite the fact that the court was late in getting started. considerable progress has been made in the trial of Aleek Wal drop, well known man about town, who is on trial for the alleged murder of his wife, who died at a local hospital soma time ago as the result of knife wounda in her throat
 According to the testimony in court. MT. and Mrs. Waldrop had been living in es- arrangement for some time previous to tho fatal affray, and it seems that Waldrop was trying to persuade her to leave the city when they became engaged in quar- rel which Is said to have led to the fatal cutting.
 The chief witness on the stand this aft ernoon was Dr. J. k. Landham, who con- tradicted Dr. E. M. Sellers as to the ads visibility of reopening the wound in Mrs. Walrops neck after she had been taken to the hospital.
 The taking of testimony will probably be concluded and the arguments made in time to take up the other murder cases set for trial this week in accordance with the prearranged docket
 Labor to Enter Politics
 When the next election comes around in Calhoun county, the labor element In the city will have candidate in the field for the office of state senator and repre- sentative in the lower house of the Ala bama legislature. and they will seek to secure the cooperation of the Farmers union to elect their man.
 This was announced Monday following a meeting Sunday evening of the Anniss ton Trades council. when a speech with this end in view was made by w. ?. Knghton, president of that body, who said that Annston labor men have tried lawyers, bankers, corporation men and professional men" in an effort to get en- acted legislation that will affect the in- terests of labor in a positive way, but that their efforts have uniformly failed, and that they should put out candidates of their own. His declaration was cheered.
 Roosevelt Favored Tn the discussion at this meeting, it de- veloped that large number of the labor delegates favored the election of Theo- dore Roosevelt to the presidency, Dele gates Knighton, Morton, Glass and Car ter having spoken in his favor.