The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-04-23
WILL ESTABLISH
 SUB-POSTOFF|CE Hughes Provides for Educa-
 tionaI Visitors Mail AN EDUCATIONAL WEEK Three Meetings VIII Be Held In 5ir- mlneham Next Week In the Inter-
 est of Educatlon-ogden's
 Party at Tuskegee.

Postmaster J. W. Hughes has complet- ed arrangements for the establishment of sub-station of the postoffice at the Jefferson theatre while the conference for education is in annual session in Bir- mingham Tuesday. Wednesday and Thursday of next week. All of the ses- sions of the educational conference will be held at the theatre and the sub-station will be located in the box offices.
 One of the regular clerks at the post office will be placed in charge of the sub-station where the visitors can secure their mail provided it is addressed in care of the convention. Stamps will also be placed on sale at the sub-station. This is the first time such temporary office has been established by the postoffice and Postmaster Hughes is being com mended for his enterprise
 At Tuskegee Today. The special train en route from New York to Birmingham. with Robert c. og- den of New York and his guests on board, is due to arrive in Tuskegee this morning at 8 o'clock. MT. Ogden is the president of the conference.
 At Tuskegee the party will inspect the Booker Washington Institue, remaining in that town until l o'clock this afternoon. When the party reaches the institute grounds at & o'clock this morning it will be met with institute teams and con- veyed over the extensive farm of the in- stitution. Returning from the farm the party will go to the boys and girls trades buildings, where the visitors will inspect the various industries. After this they will repair to the chapel, where the an- nual exercises of the agricultural and in- dustrial departments will be held begin ming at 1O:3o o'clock.
 Educational institutions at other points in Alabama will be visited. the special train being due to arrive in Birmingham Tuesday afternoon. The first session will be held on Tuesday night.
 Educational Week. I The coming week is to be strictly an dition to the conference two other educa- tional meetings are scheduled.
 On Tuesday the Association of the Southern Superintendents of Education, which is composed of the leading super intendents of the south, will meet in Bir- mingham.
 1 The association was organized last Feb ruary, Superintendent s. A. Mynders of Tennessee being elected president. and Superintendent J. M Joyner of North Carolina the secretary of the association I. w. Hill, state superintendent of edi- cation of Alabama, will attend the meet l ing.
 On Wednesday the Alabama education- al committee will be organized here. The purpose of the committee will be to fur ther educational movements in Ala | bama. Organizations of this kind have been effected in Louisiana, North Caro- lima and other states. The committee i will work through the press and the issu- ance of statements for a wider and deep CT opinion and sentiment for public schools, for local taxation. the better ment of rural schools and for trained and experienced supervision of schools. Citizens Are United.
 Prominent citizens of Alabama will be asked at the meeting Wednesday to join the committee, the following citizens hay ing already consented to serve: l Superintendent I. W. Hill Hon. T. G. Bush, Hon. H. s. D. Mallory, Superin- l tendent J. H. Phillips, Hon. Rufus N Rhodes, President John W. Abercrombie of the State university, Hon. John T. 1 Ashcraft, Hon. R. E. Pettus, Major w w. Screws Edgar Gardner Murphy, Con- gressman 8. J. Bowie. Dr. B. J. Baldwin l and H C. Gunnels