The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-10-26
CONVICT BOARD ID ABOLISH STRIPES
 IN STATE PRISONS
Plans Are Now Perfected for New Classification Scheme to Be Started
 on November 1

Montgomery, October 25.-(Special.)
 Plans for instituting the new convict
 l classification system in Alabama prisons
 were discussed at conference today at
 tended by Governor Henderson, P. J. Rog-
 CTS, president of the convict board; w.
 D. Hubbard, state convict chaplain, and
 Arthur A. Strock the convict recently
 | paroled by the governor to assist Mir.
 Hubbard in his educational and philan-
 1 thropc work among the convicts. The new system is to be established at Speg
 ners November i and today's meeting was for the purpose of determining on
 certain details in connection with it. Under the new system convict stripes will be abolished except for such prisoners who manifest no desire to elevate them- selves or violate the regulations exacted l by the state.
 ] A total of about $145,0Oo which five lessees {! of state convicts owed the state early l in the spring of this year has been re- l duced about three-fourths, according to ! information which came from the capitol | today. The lessees include four coal l operating companies who fell behind in | their payments to the state shortly after | who, as yet, have failed to catch up with their obligations The fact that these concerns had fallen behind first became known publicly last week in certain corre- spondence passing between the attorney general and the governor, which the for mer gave out in connection with a state 1 ment. According to the letters, MT. 1 Martin was on the verge of taking legal action against the lessees when he was l requested by the governor to hold off, 1 for fear that such steps might be dis I astrous to the lessees and operate disad- vantageously to the state.
 ! Governor Henderson has accepted an invitation to attend the Auburn-Vander- bilt football game at Birmingham No 1 vember IS. An invitation also has been 1 extended to Governor Rye of Tennessee 1 and it is expected that he will be present. l John H. Wallace, Jr., left this afternoon 1 on a campaign tour of north Alabama counties in which there is republican opposition to the democratic nominees. where he will deliver a series of speeches in behalf of democracy.
 1 F. G. Tisdale. chairman of the board of equalization, is dead and his successor | will be appointed by the state board of equalization in few days. There are several applicants. News of the death was brought to the state board today 1 by W. A. Moore, an associate member
 of the Covington board.
 | Governor Henderson today appointed ! M. E. Chapman of Grove Hill tax collec- tor for Clarke county to succeed c. j. Me ! Corquodale, who resigned because he is | the democratic nominee for circuit clerk | of the county. Mir. McCcrquodale was appointed tax collector and would have served exactly a year tomorrow.
 Information reached the capitol today | from James Shaw of Aurora H.. telling | of the death of Pearce Burton, who at one time figured largely in the political affairs of Alabama At the time of his | death at West Aurora, MT. Burton was 1 in his sgd year
 1 Following the statement of a magis- ! trate that eight out of 10 men in Coosa | county, who voted the prohibition law ! have since become violators of the law which they helped to create. Federal Judge Henry D. Clayton today delivered sorchng charge to a jury in the Uni 1 ted States court The testimony was ! given by the magistrate during the trial ] of Eb alias E. M. Phillips. charged with l operating an illicit distillery
 ! Clemency was recommended in seven cases by the state board of pardons at their meeting October II. Twenty eight applications for paroles were disapproved
 while the body recommended the restora- | tion of civil rights in two instances l The report of the board was completed today and give out. It follows:
 l Tn the following cases the board rec 1 commended clemency: James Crump. Cof-
 fee county forgery, parole; George Huett, | Chiffon county, forgery, parole Aaron Perry, Tuscaloosa county. assault to mur- der, parole; Lee Began, Cherokee county, grand larceny, parole; B. w. Richardson l Montgomery county, forgery parole; Louis Thomas, Dallas county man. | slaughter, parole; Charlie Thompson