The age-herald., 1901-06-13

Astrologer Raphael's propheeies for this day, Thursday June 1s. 1901;,
 Buy and speculate before 1 o'clock In the afternoon, then travel, deal. seek
 work, and sign writings"
 Thou hast a most lucky and success ful birthday, and thy money and business
 will increase rapidly; all that thou un-
 dertaketh will turn out we'll"
 'The young will court or marry" "A child born on this day will have a successful career, and will rise rap idly in life: it will be quick and clever
 and very fortunate in every way" Alabama's Governors and Senators.
 William J. Sanford was the thirty-frst
 Governor of Alabama. and the second I Governor to de in office.
 The first Governor of the State, William
 B. Bibb of Autauga, died in office, July
 20, 1920, and was succeeded by his brother,
 Thomas Bibb of Limestone, who was
 president of the Senate; perhaps the only
 instance of that nature that ever oc-
 cured in any state, that is brother sue ceeding brother in such circumstances.
 In view of the proposed new constitu-
 tional provision forbidding the Governor l of the State to seek election to the Uni-
 ted States Senate while he is actually in
 office and for one year after his retire.
 ment it is interesting to note that only I two Governors of the past had the priv
 ilege of resgning the Governorship to en-
 ter the Senate. They were Governor Gab- | ci al | March B. 1884, to be succeeded by Presi- l dent of the Senate Samuel B. Moore of | the adjoining county of Jackson; and l Governor Clement c. Clay. sSr., of Madl- son, who resigned in July. 1887, to be sue
 ceeded by President of the Senate Hugh l Mcvay of Lauderdale. Lewis F. Parsons was elected to the Senate while he was | Governor, in 1865, but was refused ad-
 mission.
 Four former Governors were elected to l the Senate, namely, Israel Pickens, Ben | jamin Fitzpatrick, John A. Winston: but l Governor Winston, who was elected for l six years from March 4, 1867, was not | allowed to take his seat. Before him, | George s. Houston had been similarly | elected and similarly refused admission | to the Senate, in 1861.
 | It appears that the two Moores were | not relatives. Gabriel Moore being a | North Carolinan and Samuel B. Moore | a Tennesseean. There was. by the way, a third Governor of that historic name, | Andrew B. Moore of Perry, who served | from 1857 to 1861, going out in November, l 1861, to give place to Governor John Gill | Shorter of Barbour, who was an uncle | of the charming wife of the young man D became Governor yesterday, Hon. William Dorsey Je1ks of Barbour; Mrs. | Jelks having been Miss Alice Shorter, l daughter of the late Maj. Henry R. Short | er for many years president of the Ala bama Railroad Commission. and who had long been leader of the Alabama bar. Arthur P. Bagby of Monroe was elected | to the Senate as he was going out of the | Governors office, November, 1s41. Like wise George Smith Houston, who was | Governor from November, 1874, to No | vember. 1878, was elected to the Senate | as he was going out of office and took
 his seat March 3, 1879; dying December | 31, following.
 So for the fourth time in the history of | u
 the president of the Senate becomes the | Governor of the State. Death brought it about in the first and last instances, and
 resignations in the other two.
 | William Dorsey Jeks becomes the thir- | ty-second Governor of Alabama, and he is
 believed to be the youngest of all the l men who have held that exalted station; | his age being about forty-two.
 The complete list of the past Governors
 Is of interest in the living present. 1t l runs thus:
 William B. Bibb of Autauga, 1Sl9-2o;
 Thomas Bibb of Limestone. 1s20-21: Is-
 rael Pickens of Greene. 1s21-25; John Mur-
 phy of Monroe. 1S25-29; Gabriel Moore of
 Madison, 1s29-31; Samuel B. Moore of
 Jackson 1884, John Gayle of Greene, 1S51-
 35: Clement c. Clay, Sr., of Madison.
 1s35-37; Hugh Mcvay of Lauderdale, 1887;
 Arthur P. Bagby of Monroe 1S37-41; Ben | jamin Fitzpatrick of Autauga, 1-45; l Joshua l.. Martin of Tuscaloosa, 1S45-i7;
 Reuben Chapman of Madison, 1s47-49;
 Henry W. Collier of Tuscaloosa. 1s49-53;
 John A. Winston of Sumter 1s53-57 An
 drew B. Moore of Perry, 1S57-61; John l | H. Watts of Montgomery, 1S63-65; Lewis | E. Parsons of Talladega, 1S65 Robert M. 1 Patton of Lauderdale, 1S65-6S; William H.
 Smith of Randolph, 1S6S-70; Robert B.
 Lindsay of Colbert, 1S70-72; David P.
 Lewis of Madison, 1S72-74 George s.
 Houston of Limestone. 1s74-7S; Rufus W. | Cobb of Shelby 1s7s-s2: Edward A. O'Neai
 of Lauderdale. 1SS2-S6; Thomas Seay of
 Hale, 1sS6-90; Thomas G. Jones of Mont
 gomery, 1SsO-94: William c. Oates of Hen | ry, 1S94-96; Joseph F. Johnston of Jeffer-
 son, 1S9e-1sOO; William J. Sanford of Lee, | 19O0-01.
 South Alabama Gas, OH and Pyrites.
 "A blast of rock in a bluff of the Tom
 bigee river, in Washington County re-
 gently allowed the natural gas to es-
 cape. and, it becoming ignited, bright | flames bazed there for several days"
 said Capt. John J. Cahill, who arrived in | Birmingham yesterday from the scene of | the present oil excitement in south Ala | bama.
 "There Is great deal of prospecting for | oil in progress and excitement is high, es-
 pecially in the vicinity of Bladon Springs.
 Woods and fields are filled with prospec-
 tors, and the greatest confidence is felt | that oil in great abundance will be