The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-08
AFTER LABOR AGENTS

Much activity in enforcement of the law regulating labor agents passed at the recent session of the legislature was noted in the report of Walter K. McAdory. chief of the state law enforcement department, submitted to Gov. William W. Bran don today. The report show sd also great activity in prohibition law en- forcement, with nearly a hundred stills destroyed during October and further reported that close co-opera- tion has been assured state and fed eral forces since Judge A. w. liar gett became federal prohibition di- rector for Alabama.
 The following arrests at Birming- ham on chargeJ of the labor agent law, from March , 1922. to oeptem- ber 30, were noted in the report: Arrests Made Xt Rir1ingham.
 Daisy Hall. colored. fined s25 and costs; John Johnson, colored, $500 and 12 months. Will Tate, colored, $1 and costs and given 90 days; Henry Eas- ley colored, case nolle pressed as he was not shipping labor out of the state; Lucien Whitus, colored, $500 and F months; D. w. Ryan, colored, arrested four times and put under s4,000 bond in each case, pending ap- peal; Rastus Afford, colored, fined $500 and 12 months at hard labor; John Cash, colored, convicted of flimflamming, it being showed that he took money for transporting labor out of the state and pocketed the money without carrying out the con- tract. Eugene Jackson and Colum- bus Halter, colored, oach given fines of $500 and sentences of 12 months. James Hemphill, white, nolle pressed on payment of approximately $500 in license. Elijah Pittman, arrested at Fairfield, fined $25 and given 30 days. Henry Tarrow, given $500 fine Or, 30 days. Charles V. Coons, colored. $500 or 30 days. Another case was that of B. F. Jones, con victed by jury and receiving a pen atty of $3,750, with an additional $56250 for failure to take out li- cense. J. O. Eaton, arrested at Bes- semer for soliciting without license, was fined $25 and costs. John Doe, arrested at Bessemer, likewise, re- ceived a fine of s25 and costs. The report further stated that the fol- lowing cases are pending at Besse- mer.
 Bessemer Cases Pending.
 Henry Albright, Will Wright, Josh Parsons, J. s. Jones, Louis Craig, Frank Jones, Lige Hill. Bert Hayes, Louis McDougal and Thornton Christian.
 In another phase of his report to governor, Chief McAdory spoke ap- preciably of the record of Judge A. w. Hargett, new federal prohibition director for Alabama, and stated that an agreement had been reached whereby state and federal forces will work together in complete harmony. The report stated that the federal forces have been reorganized under Judge Hargett, with full quota of men.
 In another supplementary report, Chief McAdory stated that steps are being made to secure the enforce ment of the Jeter pool room bill, and expressed belief that enforce ment of this law will result in re- duction in violations of other laws.
 The section of the report dealing with prohibition enforcement showed $10,225.65 collected in October in fines imposed from cases made by the law enforcement department, while total expenses of the department for the month were only $4,S64.46.
 Two hundred and fifty arrests were made during the month by the law enforcers, 96 stills destroyed with 5S,902 gallons of beer. 597 gal Ions of whisky and 49 gallons of wine. and 10 automobiles confiscated.