The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-15
BOYS ARRESTED AFTER GENEVA
 SCHOOL BURNS
$3,50O Loss In Blaze At Midway, A Three
 Teacher School
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 MONTGOMERY, Ala, Feb. 14.- Office of the state fire marshal re- ceived notification Thursday of another state-owned school house destroyed by fire. This was the Midway school building in Geneva county that burned Tuesday night with total. loss of $3,500 and net loss to the community of $1,500. Two boys attending the school, Noah Johnson and Lewis New some,- were taken in charge by county officials after investigation by George l W. Simms, deputy fire marshal. Mir. Simms was working in that sec- l tion. of the state when the school was burned and the fact was immediately re- ported to him. He at once began an investigation and soon discovered evil dence which he declares pointed strong ly toward the delinquency of the two boys mentioned. They being too young to be prosecuted in the criminal courts and detained in the county jail to await action of the circuit court, were turned over to the probate judge of the county.
 17s Stills Smashed
 January report of the law enforce l ment department, submitted Thursday to Governor Brandon, revealed 179 stills put out of commission during the month,, 175- gallons of beer seized before the .'makings" reached the iq- quor stage and 1,127 gallons of the fin ished product, whisky, likewise put off | the market.
 l Commissions Issued
 The following commissions have | been issued by Secretary of State $. H. I Elan: D. J. Staub, notary public, I Tuscaloosa, Tuscaloosa county; l.. J. I Lewis, notary public, Scale, Russell
 county; Miss Piccola Fuller, notary pub lie, Birmingham. Jefferson county; D. N. Teague, notary public, Madison, Madison county J. F. Brunson, notary public, Kinston, Coffee county; Miss
 Lyndia Hague, notary public, Gads- den, Etowah county; w. l.. Herrod, justice of the peace, precinct No. z,
 Autauga county; A. S. Smith, notary
 public. St. Stephens, Washington coun-
 ty: Dr. A. A. York, notary public,
 Dora, Walker county; John k. Adams, notary public, Calera, Shelby county l;
 Carl D. Stier, notary public. Birming-
 ham. Jefferson county; Ferne w.
 Rainer, notary public, Union Springs,
 Bullock county: J. H. Mathews, notary II 0uDllc, IOcknafU, II New Forester Arrives
 Major Page $. Bunker, formerly as-
 sistant state forester of the state of Texas and recently elected state fores- ter for Alabama by the state forestry
 commission, has taken his oath of office before Secretary of State s. H. Blan and has. S.received his commission. | Moore To Speak
 f T M Moora comuniSsiOupr of o0ri culture, will on Friday speak on the Enew agricultural code of the state to a gathering of Clay county people at I.ineville, leaving Montgomery late Thursday. Farmers, business men and bankers will all be present at this meet
 ing. which is for the purpose of out 4 lining a farm program for this year. H Game Law Convictions
 H The following convictions were re- I ported Thursday to the state conserva- N tion officer: Abb Higginbotham, Bibh
 county, hunting without license, fined
 S10 and costs; Major Brooks of Lime
 stone county, hunting without permit, find $10 and costs.
 HI Keller Goes To Florida
 w S. Keller, state highway en-
 gineer, left Thursday for Tallahassee, Fla. to deliver an address Friday at
 
 will speak on sand clay roads.
 Covington Case Reversed The supreme court of Alabama I ||lThursday reversed and remanded the lease of Robert Blair vs. State of Ala | Ilbama, appealed from the Coyington cir Icuit court. Blair had been convicted in this court of second degree murder and I 'lsentenced to 9 years imprisonment EIlHe was accused of having taken part l lin the staying of Otis Kendrick ill July, 1892, at an all-day singing at Friend ship church. @4. HI Fees Approved
 HI Roy l.. Nolen, associate member of I 1.-the state board of administration, ap- proved Wednesday aplications for dis ] =|ItiIIing arrest fees in seven cases from EtDallas county. Sheriff Percy Dawson Twill receive from the state treasury a & twarrant for $350, covering these re- Edwards. I = City Gets Judgment
 The city of Montgomery was given I 3|6udgment in the suit of c. Y. Bogacki & &Ihgainst it for the collection of money z claimed to be due for the delivery of I 6O0 sanitary boxes, in a decision rem < Hered on Thursday by the Alabama SUI
 preme court. The style of the case is IEity of Montgomery vs. c. Y. Bogacki # l( and Cross appeaD. It was appealed 2 From the Montgomery circuit court and #lkhe case reversed and rendered by the higher tribunal.
 Judgment of the Montgomery circuit d bourt was affirmed in the case of H. #k. Knowles vs. Drake and Dowell BOs-
 Mell In this case the plaintiff was # keeking to recover from two physicians 4 for alleged breach of contract in medical T req tment.
 Affirms Lumber Case In the case of the Perrin Saw Mill
 bompany ct al vs J. B. Powell ct al, 4 appealed from the Montgomery cir
 euit court in equity, the supreme court < Affirmed the lower court in part, re- \ Fersed and rendered in part and re- J handed the case. In the original bill
 filed in this case the complainants
 bought to ascertain amount due them
 hnder contract with the Ensign Lumber
 company to establish a lien for debt
 hnd obligations under the contract on
 khis property conveyed by the Ensign
 Lumber company and to enforce the col < lection of this debt as it natures under
 The contract.
 Railroad To Appeal
 zi Although final word was spoken # Thursday by the supreme court of Ala
 bama in the damage suit of Robert D. S Morrill,, Sr., of Montgomery against the 2 louisville and Nashville Railroad com.
 bany, it is understood that the matter
 kyill be taken to the United States SUI zf ,ar,o oourt hv fhe railroad the losinp