The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-18
FINISH CRIMINAL
DOCKET IN ADMISSION
Judge Coleman Passes Sen
tence on Eight
CONTRACT AWARDED
kolb Principal Speaker Before Convict
Improvement Association Today.
Presbytery Adiourns-BeIieve
Thieves Have Union
CONTRACT AWARDED

Admission. October 17-(Speciall-The
criminal docket which was scheduled foT
this week was finished Friday and after
Judge Thomas W Coleman had passed
sentence upon eight persons convicted at
the present term of court. the court adj
journed until next Monday when the
| civil docket will again be taken up.
The following persons were sentenced:
Robert Belk, assault to murder, 10 years;
! Ben Danford, burglary, five years; Home
James, burglary. 10 months; John Jones.
forgery and bisamy, six years; Cater
Owens, burglary, two years; John Thom-
as. burglary, two years; Nathan Hudsins,
burglary, 13 months; Tom Bynum. man
slaughter, six months.
John Jones is a young white man and
in passing sentence on him Judge Cole
man deprecated that he had started life
in such a way, admonishing him TO be-
! have well In prison that his term might
be shortened
Appeals were taken In the cases or
Robert Belk, the negro who came SO
near killing young Thorwald Eros of this
city; Tom Bynum. Blbert Hudson and
John Allen.
Before they adjourned for the present
term of court Friday, the board OF Cal
houn county road and revenue commits
sioners awarded a contract to A. T. New
ell and Brothers of Birmingham for IA
traction engine. steam roller. scarifer
and other machinery to be used in the
working of the public roads In this coun-
ty.
The fataI arno,,nt no III for tha ma chin =
cry was 5000 and the contract provides
that ii is to be delivered before the first
of January, by which time the commits
sioners will expend $4,000 more in the
purchase of 25 mules
At this same meeting of the board,
Granville Nunnally was elected keeper Of
the county almshouse to succeed w. l..
Dale, who has been in charge there for
the past five years. The next meeting
will be held on the first Monday in No
vemoer.
The election of w L. Parker as over
seer and the purchase of new road ma
chinery by the commissioners has met
with general favor on the part of those
who eventually hope to have the county
convicts worke4 on the public roads. a
movement which IL being agitated here.
Following the arrest of William Thorn
as, negro who was employed as porter
at the Berman department store In this
| city, and the finding of goods at his
home from nearly every large store In
| the city. the Admission police are work
| ing on the hypothesis that an organized
band of negro thieves exists.
! r. F. Kolb. candidate for governor and
| a former citizen of Admission, will be the
| chief speaker at the meeting of the con-
vict Improvement association at the court
| house here Saturday. called by Ross
| Blackmon, an Admission attorney, who Is
| chairman,
| r. e. Gam, state president of the Ala
| bama federation of labor, will introduce
| the speakers, another of whom will be
/ q. P. Ford, president of the state farm
| er's union. Congressman f. L. Black
mon has returned to the city and he Il
! expected to be among the speakers. II
| l.. F. Greer state inspector of convicts
is in the city, he is expected to attend
| The North Alabama Presbytery which
| has been in session at oxford, came &C
| a close Thursday evening with a sermon
| by the Rev. Mr.. Morrison of Talladega
the new moderator.
| The Preds of the Alabama Presbyterian
| college held a light practice this after
noon in preparation for the game witt
+, Birmingham college here tomorrow. AL
of the men except Green are in good form
| and a snappy contest Is promised