The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-11
TUNSTALL TALKS
 WITH GOVERNOR Believed That Speaker Discuss
 ed Extra Session .REPORTSON NEGRO SCHOOL Examiner Wiklas-l Pays High compli- ment to President Patterson and
 Treasurer Jones-other
 News of Montgomery.
REPORTS ON NEGRO SCHOOL


 long conference with Governor Jelks, pre- sumably about the hurry-up call of the law makers. After his talk he was asked if he had anything to say about the matter and he replied that he had not. He said he was happy to be with his capital city friends for few days gut beyond some matters of business his visit was featureless.
 MT Speaker Tunstall is one of the best known of all the men who have taken part in the lawmaking of the state He has little to say for the papers but has always been very close to them. There can hardly be any doubt that he talked the matter over with the governor but it is supposed that it was in such personal way as any private citizen might do
 Negro Normal School.
 In his report on the books of the State Normal school for negroes just outside the city, Assistant State Examiner Will kinson pays a high compliment to Pres ident w B. Patterson and Treasurer w. B. Jones' He says they have done well with the funds intrusted to their care and fully accounted for all that has been received and disbursed. The report also compliments the teachers for giving per cent of their salaries after the main building was destroyed by fire to restore it.
 Concerning the management by President Patterson the examiner says: "The state originally gave to this school $lo0OO for building purposes. The new building Co take the place of the one destroyed by fire) is being erected at a cost of $22'OOO. It has also five other buildings and lands now valued at about LOGO, making the property worth s45000, showing the faith full and economical work done by the management of this institution of learn- ing"
 Financial Showing.
 The financial statement shows that the funds received for the year ending June 1, last, embraced the following: Balance from the year before....$ 6O6.6S State educational fund ............ 7,5OO. .O0 State agricultural fund .,.......... 75O.OO State Peabody fund ................ L6OO0 State Slater fund .................,. 5,ooo.Vo Borrowed less discount............. 7S400 From insurance .................... 3,136 02 Total .$17,S76 TO The disbursements were made of teach- CTS salaries, Improvements and repairs, with incidental expenses, and amounted to $19,271 49, leaving a deficit of $l,SS479 which, with $500 to come from the agri- cultural will be only $S94.79.
 The building fund shows receipts of $14, 3S7.50, coming all but $500 from in surance. Of this amount there have been paid to architects and builders $S93o laying a balance of $5,459.S5.
 Doing Good Work.
 So far as is known this is the only school of it's class, set apart for the edu- cation of the negro, which is headed by white man and controlled by white trus- tees, and taught exclusively by negroes It was established several years after considerable opposition and had to make its way in spite of the feeling against it. It has done fine work and has the confi- dence of the people of the state, number ing among it's trustees such prominent men as Col H. S. D. Mallory, chairman of the state democratic committee, and J. Kirk Jackson, private secretary to the governor.
 The school has been run on an inexpen- sve line, comparatively speaking. and has been able to hold the support and work of large number of the colored people of the state MT. Carnegie has under consideration the giving of some money for the advancement of the work it is doing and will very likely do so at an early day.
 President Patterson came to Alabama shortly after the war and for some time taught negro schools in the country. He saw the opportunity for good In the nor nal idea and has well worked it out. He long ago interested Col J. M Falk- ner, who only recently resigned as chair man of the executive committee of the trustees, to be succeeded by another good friend, the Rev. Neal Anderson, pastor of the Central Presbyterian church.
 Flag of Eighteenth.
 The flag of the Eighteenth Alabama reg iment, c. s. A., which has just been placed in the hands of the director of the department of archives and history, was given to the Military Service institute at Governors Island, N. r.. by the fam fly of Brevet Maj. Gen. Samuel Wiley Crawford, U. s. A., the latter being in command of a division of the Second army corps. Army of the Potomac He was one of the best known of the Union gen. erals. but it is not known how he se- cured the flag.
 Dr. Thomas M. Owen, director of the department, Is making inquiry of every available source, and hopes to be able to tell in a few days all there Is to tell about the old banner
 State Superintendent of Education l. w. Hill, who has returned from trip over the state, has re-appointed as super