The age-herald., 1901-01-07
But Governor Sanford PoStpones
 the Appointments
HE DECIDES NOT TO HURRY
Prevailing Opinion That Col. w. w. Brandon Will be Reappointed Ad- jutant General-State hudi-
 tor a Very Busy Man.

Age Herald Bureau, Clancey's Hotel,
 Montgomery, January 6.-(Special.) l.)-Gover-
 nor Stamford did not announce any impor-
 tant appointments Saturday as was ex-
 pected and it was given out at the execu- tive office that probably no others would
 be announced for week or ten days to
 come.
 This will keep quite a large number upon the anxious bench for some days to come.
 Acting upon the theory that more appoint
 merits would be made today, the executive
 office was crowded during the forenoon with
 offiee-seekers. They came in punches, and were quite too numerous for the Governor
 to grant each of them an audience. The
 Governor was in lis office before 10 o'clock,
 and he remained there for three hours. He
 did mot receive any callers except those
 who came upon state matters. These caused
 him ito spend very busy morning. It has
 been deemed unwise for the Governor to
 yet attempt to hear the arguments rom
 the various delegations as to why their
 favorite should be appointed to some office
 that will not become vacant before March
 1. This was the probable cause of the an-
 nouncement that no further appointments
 would be made for the present. A very
 close friend to the Governor said this morn-
 ing, in speaking of the appointments: Just
 a few appointments were made for
 the present, that the people might
 abserve the character of men that the pres
 crit Governor intends to surround himself with"
 Taking cue from this it is observed
 that men of exceptionally strong character ina nOSitimS They
 are fcr the most part men who have not
 played particularly prominent in politics.
 There remains several very nice appoint
 ments to be made by the Governor, includ- ing two convict inspectors at salaries of s24o0, adjutant-general with salary of sl5O0 clerk to adjutant-general $1600 three watch
 men $75 per month, land agent $l0OO and expenses, and some minor positions. It is very generally believed here that w. A. Carter of Clarke will get one of the posi- tions on the convict board, and the other will probably go to either pr. w, H, Blake of Clay or to Dr. Gaines of Chambers. Both are very strongly endorsed.
 There seems a prevailing opinion that Col. w. w. Brandon will be reappoinled adjutant-general, though no such intima- ton comes from the Governors office. Capt. T. Lychey Frazer of Union Springs l and Col Harvey James of Mobile are very strongly endorsed for the position Commissioner of Agriculture Poole was in his office today after visit to his home | in Marengo County. The commissioner | found that dealers in fertilizers were very slow in taking out their licenses for the | present year, and he busied his office force sending out circulars of instruction to the various dealers. The code fixes punish ment of $100 fine for any person to engage l in the fertilizer business without first talk ing out a license, the cost of which is $l. l Discussing the matter.
 l Yesterday MT. Poole said: "A license for l the sale of fertilizers runs from September l to September expiring on the 30th day of l said month, according to section 379 of the l Civil Code of 1896. There were last year l 1698 dealers, 116 of whom have taken out l licenses for the new year. To those who l are still engaged in the buo-ness of selling | or exchanging in this State l would call 1 attention to sections 31s-S79, 3SO and 4l5l of l the Code ot 1S96. Those who have taken out 1 license and who have not filed guaran- l teed analysis of the fertilizers they pro- pose to handle, are asked to read section 4153 of the Criminal Code.
 ''The fertilizer business has begun ac- cording to my tag sales, and dealers must comply with the law governing the same The force in the State Auditor" office in perhaps the busiest one in the capitol dur ing the present month. State tax Is com ing in very rapidly now, and there is also very steady outflow. During last week Tax Collector Francis of Jefferson, paid into the treasury $176,OOO as his December collections. This was an amount probably more than five times greater than that paid in by any other collector.
 The auditor is daily sending out warrants to claimants to license tax money paid in- to the treasury under the law enacted two years ago, and subsequently, declared un- constitutional Representative O'Brien of Jefferson introduced, and pressed to pas sage, a bill authorizing the refunding of all monies illegally paid into the treasy This total amount Is about $i0,00 one-fourth of which was paid in from Jefferson County. Much of the money has already hoe' cf1led for. B. E. K.