The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-01-19
MANY VISITORS
 TOINAUCURAT|ON Prominent PersORsfroTn All Parts
 of State in Montgomery SOLDIERS ARE ARRIVING
There Is FIutter Among Committee Clerks Over Information That BiI Will Have to be Passed to
 Give Them Place.

Montgomery. January 1s.-(Special.)- The weather tonight promises an ideal day for the ceremonies tomorrow attend ing the inauguration of Governor Jelks.
 The hotel Hobbies were filled by the night trains, visitors from Mobile and Birmingham being most numerous.
 Governor and Mrs. Jelks were joined tonight by Miss Catherine Jelks, who came from Eufaua with party of trlends-Misses Leila Johnson, Nellie Co., mer, Marie Cherry and Dean
 Among the prominent visitors a number are accompanied by ladies. There are pr. and Mrs. R. M. Cunningham. Mrs. N. C. Cunningham and Mrs. M E. Gun ningham, of Ensley; Mrs. NJ. Clifford and Miss Clifford, of Birmingham Mr. and Mrs. Ell s. Shorter, of Eufaula, and Mrs. Laura Jennings, of Eufaua; MT. and Mrs. E, H. Cabaniss of Birmingham; MT. and Mrs, c. c. Hanson, of Atlanta: Col. b. l.. Russell anu Mrs, Russell. of Mobile; MT. D. R. Burgess and Miss Maria Burgess and Miss Amanda Morse. of Mobile.
 Military Companies Arriving.
 The military companies from Brewton, Tuskegee, Evergreen and Tuscaloosa ar rived tonight and stacked arms at the city armory. The Opelika company Is on a late train, and the Mobile companies are que at l a. m via Selma on a special train. The others are not due till morn- Ing. All three of the commanding officers of the infantry are here. The speciai escort of the governor in the military parade tomorrow will be the Montgomery Grays, Eufaula Rifles and the Columbus. Ga, Guards, selected because they per formed that office for Mir. Davis in 1861.
 Futter Among Candidates.
 There is tiutter among the numerous candidates for clerks of committees at finding out they must await the passage of a bill creating their offices and which cannot get through till Friday. There is no telling either but the two houses may decide that the committees shall elect their clerks instead of allowing the chair- men to appoint them. Out of the old custom of making these comparative sine cures the personal perquisite of chairmen several disgraceful scandals have arisen in -the past, which an election by the committee would make impossible in the future In the meanwhile the candidates are all out two weeks expenses.
 Fertilizer Tax Bill.
 Montgomery, January 1S.-(Special)- The first bill to be reported in either house of the legislature was bill to cut the fertilizer tag tax just half in two, from 50 cents down to 25 cents. This has the sanction of the department of agriculture and will no doubt pass The income of the department Is now in round numbers $90,0O0 q year Of this $22, 5G0 goes to the nine district agricultural schools and one-sixth or $15,0OO to the Au- burn college. Under the proposed reduc- ton the schools would get the same amount the one-s.xth of Auburn would be reduced to S5O0, and these two charges on the fund taken from s45C0O would still leave s15,000 for the expenses of the de- partment. The margin will be quite broad enough for pushing the immigration work which seems to be in great favor.