The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-06-28
. ND SOLDIERS ID RECEIVE ONE-HALF OF THEIR PENSIONS This Is Due to Exhaustion of Special Appropriation
 and Regular Fund SHELBY REVENUE
 BOARD DISCUSSED Following Conference Governor De- cides to Take No Action Until
 Court Decides on Applica-
 ton for Rehearing

Montgomery, June 27.-(Special )-Be- cause of the exhaustion of the special appropriation and the regular pension funds, Confederate pensioners will receive only one-half of the amounts which have been paid each quarter when they call for their warrants July 1. First class pensioners who have been paid $25 will be given $125o, second class pensioners who have received $2O will be paid s10, while third-class pensioners who have been paid $l6 will be given $S.
 Employes of the treasury department Wednesday announced that the pension warrants will be paid immediately after presentation July 1 even if other obliga- lions of the commonwealth are not met. The total amount to be distributed In pensions July 1 is s142O0o. The pension rolls show net decrease of 312, com pared with the rolls for the last quarter. This is due to deaths and elimination of pensioners who have moved from Ala bama or who were illegally on the rolls.
 WILL WATT FOR DECISION
 Governor Henderson held a conference with delegation from Shelby county Wednesday about the appointment of a board of revenue of Shelby county to succeed the board busted by decision of the supreme court early this month No hnal action will be taken by the gov ernor until the supreme court hands down ruling on an application for rehearIng.
 The legislature in 1911 provided for the appointment of the board by the gov ernor This was done in order to keep the financial affairs of the county in the hands of the democratic party. Trust ing their strength, the democrats decided to provide for elections by the people when the legislature held it's session in 1915. The board was elected last No- vember, but republicans seemed to have been victors. It has since been dis covered that the recent law was not prop erly passed and the appointive powers still remain with the governor. The su- preme court ruled to this effect.
 If no rehearing is granted A. P, Long shore Sr., president of the board, will be busted and his successor named by the governor.
 JUDGMENT AGAINST BONDSMEN
 Judgment for $1000 was returned in favor of the state against the bondsmen of H. c. Carter. deceased tax collec- tor of Marengo county, by a jury in the MarenSO circuit court Tuesday. Per ry w. Turner, assistant attorney general who prosecuted the case for the state, has returned from Linden. The verdict covered the entire amount of the short age found when Carter's dead body was discovered several months ago. The theory is that Carter committed suicide by drowning.
 Bondsmen had paid s1175 from money found in Carter's account at the bank while the amount of the judgment covers the full amount claimed by the state.
 PENNINGTON SCHOOL HEAD
 J. B. Pennington, assistant in the Sev- enth District Agricultural school of AL bertville, was elected president of the Ninth Distinct Agricultural school at Blountsville by the state agricultural school board Wednesday. He will suc- ceed Mr Kimbrough, who retired to be- come president of the Sixth District school at Hamilton. All presidencies of agricultural schools have been filled for the next year.
 HOULDITCH ON STAND
 Charles Houlditch, auditor of the South ern Bell Telephone and Telegraph com pany, was witness in the Birmin gham