The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-26
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NEW INDUSTRIES
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N5TABLE INSTANCE OF THE TREND OF SENTIMENT IS THE ORGANIZATION OF THE FLOR. ENcE CORN EXCHANGE.

Montgomery, September 25.-( (Special.)- There has been revival in the number of new industries reported to the sec- retary of state within the past few days, indicating that the fall months may show up exceptionally heavy in the way of enterprises A notable feature Is the dis- position of the interior towns to organize plants and try to get some of the manu- featuring business.
 One of the new things in this line is the establishment of corn exchange at Flor ence, on the Tennessee river, in one of the greatest grain sections of the south. It is proposed by the Florence Corn Ex- change, which has capital of sl5000. to buy sell and generally deal in corn, and to advance in every way the development of that class of crops, with a view of doing that much toward making the peo- pie free of the domination of the all- cotton crop. J. T. Ashcraft and others are interested.
 Another enterprise of note Is the King | Stove and Range company at Sheffield, now competing with the big iron making centers of the country, and also located on the Tennessee river. The capital is $100,- tUU, with NIeOTRe t. hiuBs w. n. MAT tin, r. II. Jackson and w. E. Newell as ineorporators. Stoves. ranges, hollow ware and agricultural implements are to be made
 T. G. Tinsley and others have organized the Continental Oil and Fertilizer com pany at Birmingham, with capital of s15,00O, and will work up cotton seed pro- duets and make fertilizers. Another Blr- mingham corporation Is the Harris oh Tra with Canital of $20000, and to owned by George w Harris, John Fletcher, Jr., and John Fletcher, ST.
 Bessemer reports the Veitch- Matthews Foundry and Machine company, with q capital of s5oO0 enterprised by George Veitoh, Sr.. and others.
 new line of industry, comparatively speaking, is the Alabama Casualty com pany just organized. to write indus trial insurance. R. w. Freeman and others are behind the scheme, which promises we'll.
 Bad Business.
 Some very remarkable things happen in the department of education" said an official of that wing of the state gov ernment today. Now, look at this," he continued, as he held up the census re- ports from different sections for inspec- ton. Every one of them is just the same as 1t was two years ago. Did you ever hear of anything quite so remark able in the way of communities standing still? Absolutely no change in the num- Der of children in two years. Let me hear of it If you run upon anything of the kind in your experiences" he closed, and turned away in disgust.
 This is one of the old style ways of doing business. The facts are these re- ports are nothing more than copies of those taken two years ago, and do not show the school children of the districts as they are. MT. Hill has been trying for years to get the question of census taking worked out and has found 1t a hard one There Is no state fund to pay the men who take it. and he cannot, therefore, force 1t. He saved the state s40O00 last year by cutting out padded lists and would be able to save much more If the law was such as to give him funds to pay the enumerators and he could make them be correct.
 The plan is to take the census every two years, but many counties were ex- cepted from the law, and these are talk ing the census now when 1t should have been done last year, and there is great deal of confusion to meet
 Reports from Tallapoosa county to the state superintendent of education bring the good news that the county has voted the special tax for schools by large majority. The message was sent by County Superintendent J. P. Oliver who says that the vote was overwhelming.
 Capt J. R. Mccain. who was in Clay last week in a fight for local tax, says the report that he sent of victory by sixteen to one was too modest, the real vote being more than eighteen to one. In fact, there were only thirty-nine votes in the whole county of Clay against the movement. It was the most popular thing sprung for some time.
 Clay is the banner local tax county says State Superintendent of Education Hill. who has been making a fight for a long time Tt deserves and will have the flag for the best thing of its kind in the list. A.e hope 1t will have a good effect on the others where we are mak- ing the same kind of fight for the tax" These local appointments have been made by the Governor: D. C. Luker, no- tary public and justice of the peace. beat IS, Morgan county; R c. Reed, Brick, and Burgess Little. Manishee, notaries public.