The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1898-12-28
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| I'm the legislature there has been SO far
spent 81 472 for clerk hire" said Represent
alive Seymour, of Sumter. In the senate
the officers and employees have drawn al
ready S1,66s.s0; and the house officers and
employees, $2,SO050 That has nothing to do
with the payment of senators and repre-
sentatives. The figures apply solely as
have accredited. They show very marked
increase over previous general assemblies.
| For example, just to cite one instance, the
house committee on counties and county
/ boundaries is give-na clerk, who cannot,
in the very nature of things, have work OF
any considerable volume. There have been
other increases, and the present general as
sembly is likely to prove the most costly
the state has had since the reformation
of 1915"
Representative Seymour continues to de-
vote the larger portion of his time to the
study of the public schools. Since the leg
islature took recess for the holidays, he
has been constantly in Montgomery COM
piling figures from the records, and his
| sincerity of purpose is displayed in the
fact that he is spending his own money in
| the work he has in hand. In obtaining
them, it is said that Mr.. Seymour has
| spent his entire salary as a legislator.
"As to the Mobile case" said Mr.. Sey-
mour, Il intend to show that while the
school money received by that county is
| some $4,000 In excess of that obtainable I'M
| der the general law, the school attend
| ance is in proportion to population smaller
than that of any other Alabama county.
4.
rem there of school age, and of these less
| than 1000 attend schools, and upon their
education the expenditure is $4,000 or $40
per child. The states average outlay for
schools is 70 cents for each child. So one
may appreciate the injustice done the othsr
| counties by Mobiles special school law"
II cannot recall worse weather in Mont
| gomery than we have been having for some
weeks" said Colonel j. NJ. IFalkner. 1.-THE
rain has fallen nearly all the time, and 1
hardly remember one full bright day during
the recent time l speak of. In the prairie
lands there is great deal of ungathered
corn and cotton in the fields. On my place,
| near Montgomery, 1 have 1000 bushels of
corn still on the stalk. AT least, believe
it is there. 1t was the last time l took
particular notice. YOU can't always tell
about those things. The rains have been
too incessant and the land too muddy for
US to finish gathering our crops"
Colonel Charles p Ball, superintendent of
the East and West railroad, with head
quarters at Gainesville, was in Birming
ham yesterday Colonel Ball was made a
member of the railroad commission when
it was first created and was reappointed.
He received his appointments from the late
Governor O'Neal. His associates We're
General Levi w. LawleI and Captain Wal
ter l.. Bragg, both of whom are now dead.
Colonel BAH was dangerously ill for four
months last winter, and for probably half
that time his recovery was thought to be
impossible. He is now in the full realiza-
ton of perfect health.
One of yesterdays visitors to Birming-
ham was l.. a. Shaver, formerly a resi-
dent oG/A1ontgomery, but now ini the law
department of the government. Mr.. Shaver
was appointed in 1888 through the generous
offices of his former law partner, Secre-
| tary of the Navy Hillary A. Herbert, to be
| a law clerk in the department of justice.
| A few months ago he was promoted to be
solicitor, promotion which carried with
| it increased pay. He now represents the
government in the courts of law, and Is
doing WELL For several years he was
prominent in middle Alabama.
Another Alabamian occupying a position
similar to that of Mr.. Shaver, is Ben Car
ter formerly popular newspaper man of
Birmingham,
Ignatius Pollock, the dry goods merchant
prince of Montgomery, spent yesterday in
town. He is a little keen-faced man of
wonderful energy, and many of the softer
accomplishments that prevail outside a
big store. He loves books, music, pictures
| and travel; and is one of the happiest ma
tured of men. He conducts a large bust
ness house in Montgomery, and branch
establishment in New York.
General Shelley has been suffering great
ly from cold for week. He contracted 1t
in Washington, and was confined to his
apartments there for two or three days.
He spent yesterday at Fort Payne, being
compelled to go there on urgent private
| business.
Colonel T. L. Bulger of Tallapoosa, a
leading member of the lower house of the
, legislature, was in town yesterday.
| Joseph II. Carroll, of New Orleans, is in
| Birmingham with friends. He resided here
several years ago.
William L. Clay, of Huntsville, for many
years secretary of the state senate, is Wis
| iting relatives in Birmingham.
| j. A. w. Smith has returned from Wash
| ington.
e. P. Amerine, of Montgomery. was in