The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-01-17

Shedding of his cotton statistics bill in- | fl reduced in the Senate Tnursoays oen1- | tor Castleberry of Talladega said yester-
 :!rhe purpose of the bill is to secure CO | operation with the United States Depart- 1 ment of Agriculture in compiIne stauS- | ties of the cotton crop, to relieve thS lo- | cal merchant, banker and farmer ,.aI aIoln | mates by experts" and to prevent specu. l lators controlling the prices of the largest | individual crop in the United States; 1 "The bill provides for the compllauoh 1 and notification of complete statistics con | corning the cotton crop in Alabama. EacI' | person or corporation operating a sln' ! for custom or private use, IS requreo " make a weekly report of the total mum. nI. . her of bales of cotton ginned and the average weight of the same. A ike re port is required of cotton oil mills as tS | the number of bales of hnters Glnheu' | The reports are to be made 10 the Com- missioner of Agriculture and Industries | on postal cards to be furnished TOT thaI purpose. The ginnerS are also reQufSo ~ | register their postofiiee addresses W WaIn | the Probate Judges or their respectLlVe | counties and a penalty is provided TOT | failure to so register ana report. W Wne l Probate Judges are to make reqWsllon | for the postal cards ana supply Inen 70 the ginners and operators or OH nllS' without cost The Commissioner Of Asrl- culture and Industries is required 10 puo- fish weekly reports, by counues' oI the total number of bales of cotton ana the weight thereof ginned the preceding week, and to furnish one copy to the Secretary of Agriculture at Washington. ana one copy also to each of the Judges or Fro- bates. -. AL. ..ou.-oJa law ia a provision for making separate renorts on the cotton and linterS. Here tofore this has not been done. ana the iinters, though properly belonging to pa per material, has been used 10 sWen the of ha
 Senator Castleberry is confident that when the merits of his measure are clear lv understood, it will meet with taVoraole consideration.
 A copy of the memorial drawn up by the Alabama Synod of the Cumoerland Presbyterian Church to the Alabama Legislature was laid on every member
 desk yesterday. Yhe memorial is as follows: The Alabama synod or the
 Cumberland Presbyterian Church, recog-
 nizing the enormous evil Of the liquor
 trafic and also the cordial principles of democracy that the people rule. does hereby msmorialize your honorable body
 to submit to vote of the people q consu-
 tutionai amendment prohibiting the man
 ufacture and sale of intoxicating hquors
 for beverage purposes, and may the spirit of Almighty God guide you in the con-
 sideration of this matter.
 Senator T. S. Fraser of Bullock is one
 of the new Senators and young man,
 but he ia a successful lawyer and has
 been honored with place on the first
 law committee of the Senate. the Judi
 ciary., He Is also a member of the joint
 committee on Inaugural Ceremonies on
 inc part of the Senate. He is also a
 member of the State Democratic Execu-
 tive Committee,
 Senator ". T. Bullock of Franklin ie on fine Judiciary Committee this tfrne ana is at the head of the Committee on ATin-
 ing and Manufacturing. Mir. Bullock is a
 trained lawyer and lives in the mining and manufacturing portion of the State
 Tho proposition to divide the present
 session of the Legislature, leaving a DOT
 ton of the allotted sixty days for short term in the fall-seems not to be much