The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-03-07

of the Northeastern chancery division,
 and Oscar S. Lewis of Dothan. former
 chancellor of the Southeastern division.
 Friends of the three men are preparing
 to submit their causes to the governor at once. No applications will be filed for day or so.
 Governor Henderson is expected to
 make an immediate appointment. as the call of divisions will be taken up by the court again April ?, and the court now has as much business before it as has been up at one time in many months Judge J. B. Brown of Cullman auto matically became presiding judge of the
 eourtxwhe Judge Pelham died under the
 law which provides that the senior judge
 snail be the presiding officer
 Judge Pelhams successor must enter the democratic primary next year for
 the unexpired term under the section of the constitution which requires that all vacant Judgeships shak be filled at the next general election.
 TWO ROADS APPROVED
 Road improvement projecls in Lauder dale and Russell counties involving ex- penditure of S2C,o00 of ;ne federal appro-
 prlatlon and $20G00 furnished by state- aid and county subscriptions, were ap-
 proved by the state highway commis- sion tonight. The La-derdale road will extend from Florence toward Huntsville, ana the Russell road will be a portion of the Montgomery -Columbu highway
 Each is part of the trunk system. The l commission is facing a problem in ob- talnlng funds sufficient to administer the government appropriation of $500, GOO When the appropriation for the highway department was made it was not con- templated that the government would of fer the state money for use in construct ing roads.
 SUNDAY SCHOOL RECORD Representatives of the Alabama Sun day School association believe Selma has established a worlds record through a pledge made by 12 business men of Selma for the payment of the salary of a secre- tary of the organized adult Bible class work for term of three years The pledge was made last Sunday and the state headquarters here notified that $l20O will be available each year for the payment of the salary. The secretary will be selected by special committed representing the Selma Organized Adult Bible Class Federation, Alabama Or
 ganized Adult Bible Class Federation anc the Alabama Sunday School association In recent months Selma has established reputation throughout the state for its activities in Sunday school work and has broken several records for attendance In subscribing $1200 year for the salary of state secretary those who con- tributed stated that they believed the or ganized Bible class work was the solu- tion of the problem which has faced those who have attempted to interest adults ir Sunday school work.
 Leon c. Palmer. secretary of the Ala bama Sunday School association, saio Selma will go down in history as the originator of a new plan of association | finance, plan which I believe has in il the largest possibilities of growth and development for our work of anything we have yet done'-
 FILM IS PASSED
 Montgomery all but prohibited the
 showing of the motion picture Twilight Sleep" here Tuesday. A delegation of women complained to the city commission that the picture was one which should not be shown to the public. The commission
 ordered the police to prevent the perform
 ance. Then the operators offered to ex- /, hibit the picture in private for the in formation, edifcation and inspiration ot the commission. The commission came saw and was conquered. and the police were notified that the complaint was re- ductio ad absurdum.