The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-11-24
State Harbor Board
to Meet In Mobile

Mobile, Ala. November 23.-(Spe-
cial.)-With all vacancies now filled
on the state harbor commission,
Governor Kilby naming Alfred L.
Staples of Mobile, and Sidney ].
Bowie of Birmingham, both of whom
have accepted, the board will hold
a special meeting here Friday for
the purpose of definitely deciding
on the matter of employing a port
engineer to make a survey and sub
NIT recommendations as to what
facilities are most needed at the
port.
The meeting Friday was called last
week at the session of the board
held on board the cutter Comanche
while the celebration over the ratifi-
cation of the amendment was in prog
ress. Frequent meetings will be
held before the Legislature meets
when program Will be submitted
very short talk, told of the i'm
preston he had formed since COM
ing to Montgomery a few months
ago OF the wonderful cooperation
between all Methodists and the
great year for that institution dur
ing the present term.
DIR. Snnvely Hears
DR.. Guy e. Snavely, president of
Birmingham Southern of Birming-
ham made report Of the work that
has been accomplished so far this
season and also surprised his an
dience by telling them that this
season Birmingham Southern has a
larger enrolment in the freshman
class than it had in all four classes
at this time last season. He out
lined in detail the plans at the
school for building and other i'm
provements.
DR.. Frazier announced that there
viii be another meeting of the ed
vocational board Friday morning at
IL o'clock at which time Bishop
William p. Murrah will make an
address
Friday morning the conference is
slated to get under way at o'clock
according to announcement Thurs
day night only matters of a routine
nature will be taken up.
MUST SERVE LIFE TERN
George W. Sullivan. sentenced to
life Imprisonment by the Mobile
circuit court last year for completely
In the murder of Carl A. Brill, deputy
sheriff of Mobile county. lost his
appeal In the supreme court Thurs
day and he must go to prison for
the remainder of his life. The SUI
preme court announced that no error
could be found In the trial of Sulli-
van. Sullivan sought to obtain an
other trial in the Mobile circuit
court on the ground that the verdict
of the jury imposing the life SEN
tence was not written in accordancz
with law.
The supreme court said that the
verdict of the jury was under
standable and unambiguous and con-
formed with the requirement OF law
HIGH COURT DECISIONS
The decisions of the supreme court
Thursday were adverse to the in
terest of each person convicted of a
criminal offense who had appealed
for another trial John Green Of
Mobile county. convicted of the MUIR
der of Hudson Lewis and sentenced
to life Imprisonment lost his appeal.
The supreme court also rendered a
decision affirming the life sentence
imposed on Georgiana Wallace con-
victed in Mobile circuit court of the
murder of Joe Hinson and sentenced
to life Imprisonment.
; George Washington, alias Dunk
George, convicted of a statutory Of
Tense and sentenced to rs years by
the Mobile circuit court also lost
his appeal for another trial.
Decisions announced by the SUI
preme court follow
MCCLELLAN, ]: George Washing
ton. alias Dunk George, VS.. Mobile
circuit court; affirmed.
SOMMERvIL4E, ]: John Green. VS.
Mobile circuit court; affirmed.
Georgianna Wallace, VS.. Mobile
circuit court affirmed.
Sow. Camp Woodman of World
VS.. Anna F. Craft, Jefferson circuit