The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-12-15
SUPERINTENDENTS STILL HOLDING ON Seven Men in State Cannot
 Take Offices DRENNEN IN MON TGOMERY Judge Jones Grants Request to Hold Up for a Few Days In Petition
 for Declaring PaIos Com
 pany Bankrupt.
DRENNEN IN MONTGOMERY

Montgomery, December 14.-(Speeial.)- The state department of education has compiled information bearing on the mum Der of county superintendents who were reelected in November. and the number who though defeated. refuse to yield their offices to the superintendent-eleet.
 There are seven men in the state hold ing commissions for the office of county superintendent of education, and who cannot assume the duties of office because the old superintendents are holding over under the old statute which provloes, they aIlege, for an extension of their terms until November 3, 1905. State Su- perintendent I. w. Hill will continue his efforts with these incumbents until they are busted from office in the courts, all in pursuance of an opinion given him by Attorney General Massey Wilson.
 Those Holding Over.
 The old county superintendents holding over are W. S. Gerrall, of Chambers county; c. A. Womble, Colbert; A. A. Rutherford. Macon; J. c. Tidwell, Nor gan; G. L. Bell, Tallapoosa; R. D. Argo, Walker; w A. Bates. Winston.
 Drennen in Montgomery.
 Mayor W. M Drennen of Birmingham, was in Montgomery today on private business. He came here to petition Judge Thomas c. Jones to request Judge Charles Ferguson and Referee in Bank ruptcy N. w. Trimble to hold up few days in adjudging the Palos Coal and Coke company bankrupts, as petitioned for by counsel for several creditors. May or Drennen said he had not summed up the claims against the company and wanted further time. The request was granted. He returned to Birmingham tonight.
 Will Go to Supreme Court.
 The action of the city court of Mont gomery in upholding the contention of Jesse D. Bealle that the state depart ment of archives and history is spend- ing $O0 a month more than is legally allowed for expenses, will be carried to the supreme court by the Hon. Thomas M. Owen, director. The position of MT. Bealle is that the s7O0 which was allowed for expenses when the bill creating the department was passed was included In the S2500 allowed the general appropriation bill. Director Owen and the auditor take the position that the two amounts are cumulative and that the department has a perfect right to both of them. When the appropriation bill was passed the
 o,,d H.a 11 on 1t. as indicated. The work of the will be very much retarded if this extra sum Is disallowed and a hard fight will be made to retain 1t.
 Work For State Falr.
 At a meeting held last night the move ment to organize a perment state fair association to give exhibitions every year was brought down to business basis a committee of three being ap- pointed to look into all arrangements ana to outline a plan. The committee IS com posed of Chairman w. D. Wescott or the general committee, George w. Jones, assistant district attorney for the Louisville and Nashville railroad, and M. R. Houghton president of the Montgom- cry County Agricultural association. This committee will get to work at once and see just what can be done in all depart ments The idea is to have an associ- ation with capital of $50,0OO, with the shares at $25 each, and to hold fair every year. Every man who has given the subject thought believes 1t will be go. There is always $2500 to 5000 avail able in the state department of agricul- ture and with a little help this can be added to and give the amount of money needed.
 Two New Influences.
 State Superintendent of Education I. w. Hill has succeeded in interesting two very strong influences in his movement to provide better school houses in Ala bama, First he went to Mobile and in terested the ladies of the State Federation of Women's Clubs to the point that a resolution was passed to have societies organized in all the rural districts and fostered by the ladies looking to better school houses Then he secured the passage of a resolution through the North Alabama conference of the South ern Methodist church looking to having a sermon preached every year on educa- tion, which Is upsually the case, but from now on to embrace the practical service of advocating better schools and more money for the schools. The ladies and the preachers will also talk for To- cal taxation and try to instill new in- terest in every portion of the state in the better support of the cause of educa-