The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-09-28
Expres ed Surprise.

When the attention of the adjutant gen. eral was called today to the report in the newspapers that some of the men of the Birmingham military companies had lost their positions in Birmingham be- cause they had been called away from their duties by the state, he expressed the greatest surprise, and said he was loathe to believe that such was the case If the citizens of the state were no more willing than this action indicated to help out in an emergency he did not see how any one could hope to preserve a high standard in the service.
 The men of the military were ordered to the service of the state by the governor and had shown themselves to be patriots in the ardor of their duties. l will cer- tainly be hard to maintain useful ser- vice if the jobs of the n en are ieopar- dized every time they are called out General Brandon said he sincerely hoped there was some mistake, and that the business men of Birmingham had not shown this kind of spirit.
 History Department.
 The regular annual meeting of the di- rectors of the state department of arch ives and history will be held in the of flee of the director, Dr. Thomas M. Owen. Saturday next, October l. The following are the members the acting governor be- ing an ex-offcio a member: First dis trict, Peter J. Hamilton; Second district. Jefferson M. Falkner; Third district William D. Jell<s, governor; Fourth dis trict, J. H. Johnson; Fifth district. w, H. Blake; Sixth district, Henry B. Foster: Seventh district. o. D. Street. Eighth district, William Richardson; Ninth dis trict. Sam Will John. The members of the board receive no compensation other than their travelling expenses. The board shall have general oversight of the con duct of the department.
 McDavid Rushed Back.
 Secretary of tate E. R. McDavid has returned from a trip to St. Louis. and the meeting of the National Association of insurance Commissioners at lndianap- oils, where he spent a week in sight seeing and business. It may be giving away secrets to say so, but 1t is Whisner ed that if he had not feared he would not get house to live in he would have stayed over until the meeting of the sec retaries of state in St. Louis tomorrow
 But this moving business on the first of October is a serious thing and the de- mand for .louses is so persistent in Mont gomery that one has to be "Johhny on the spot to secure shelter all of which illustrates that the capital city is in the most prosperous condition in its history.
 That Special Session.
 The supreme court will undertake to solve the judicial problem in a special session called for day after tomorrow, when the appeal from the decision of Chancellor Carmichael in Birmingham will come up for final hearing The above named officer held that the Lusk judi ciary bill under which the courts are now and are about to De administered had never passed the two houses of the legislature in regular way and were not laws The litigation will be presented to the court orally it is thought, by attor- neys interested. It Is thought that de- cision will likely be reached by the first of next week. The reputed trouble with the Fifteenth, or pony circuit. and the Fourteenth circuit, will be brought in for adjudication also. MT. w. c. Davis of Jasper who Is nursing the Fourteenth situation. was over here a few days ago and it Is said conferred with Judge Sayre of the Fifteenth, with a possible view of taking some such action.
 Frank w. Lull. a prominent attorney