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The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-06-28
ELECTION AT CARBON HILL.
Entire Ticket, Headed By Mayor Ro
 land, Is Victorious.

Jasper, June 2.-(Special.)-T city election held at Carbon Hill yesterday resulted in the election of the entire ticket headed by Mayor Roland. The race was one of the hottest ever known in Car bon Hill, and Mayor Roland defeated ]. F. Anderson by majority of p votes. Six aldermen were chosen as follows: J. s. shannon. J. R. Buchanan. w. P. Cooper, J. D. Moore. B. B. Guthrie and H. F. Yarbrough. It is learned that the new board will be in favor of municipal improvements, and it is probable that the question of water works and electric lights for the town will be taken up right away. The proposition to issue bonds for these utilities was carried at an election held a few weeks ago.
 Jasper Chapter No 11S. Royal Arch Ma sons held very enjoyable meeting last night which was attended by large number of the order from surrounding towns. The Royal Arch degree was con ferred on M o. Travis of Oakman. Lee
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the minute book appear nearly all of the street department pay rolls for the hrst haH of each month. amounting to more than 5000.
 The expenses have not always been properly distributed to the various ac- counts. with the result that the books do not show the correct cost of each department. Two accounts in particular have been loaded with expenses that do not properly belong to them, namely, prison account and judgment and costs.s The entire expense of maintain ing the Southside prison, including the provisions and all incidental expenses has been charged to prison account This should all have been charged to the street department, as the Southside pris- on is used exclusively for taking care of the prisoners who work on the streets. So that in order to arrive at the cost Of the street department, the expense of maintaining the Southside prison should be added to the amount shown on the books. For the sixteen months examined by us this expense amounted to nearly 5000
 Nearly all the rebates on assessments for public improvements which were paid for by the city have been charged to judgments and costs" account, when they should have been charged to an ac- count which would show on the face of it the purpose for which these payments were made.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-06-28
Board of Education.

We attach herewith statement No 31, showing amounts paid for school pur poses from September 1, 1902, the begin ming of the scholastic year 1902-1903, up to the close of the scholastic year 19O4-19O5 It will be seen upon examination of this statement that the law regulating the appropriations to the Board of Educa- tion has been violated. Section 5S. page fl, paragraph 5, of the present city charter provides as follows:
 ''It shall be the duty of the Board of Education before the first Wednesday in April in each year to prepare and file with the Mayor an estimate of the money that will be required for the maintenance of the public schools for the succeeding scholastic year, and the erection and re- pair of necessary school buildings"
 This has not been done, so far as the records show
 Paragraph provides that all moneys devoted to school purposes in the city of Birmingham shall be paid over to tine treasurer of the Board of Education in three equal installments-the 1st of Sep tember. the 1st of December and the 1st of March of the said year. The appro- priations to the board for the scholastic year of 1902-19O3 should have been ap- proxmately 5000 each September l. December 1 and March l. whereas they were made s10.OOO in October, 5000 in No vember and $1000o in January. The ap- propriations to the board for 19O3-1904 should have been $54.000. divided into three payments of $1S,0OO each on Sep tember 1, December and March 1, where as sS5,000 was paid in October, $12,000 in April and $7500 in June. For the scholas- tic year 19O4-1905 the appropriations should have been $l250O each September 1, De- cember l and March l. whereas they were made S50O in October $15.00O in Jan uary, $i0000 In February and 5000 in April In addition to the $l1S,O00 appro- priated to the Board of Education within the last three years, the city has paid $4321 IT. making a total of $122 .921.77.
 We deemed 1t necessary to only com pile the figures for the past three years, although the same state of affairs has existed ever since the present charter has been in effect
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Mayors Department.

We attach herewith statement No 34, showing cash fines remitted by the mayor January 1. 1904 to May l. 1905, $15, 1T; pound fees remltted same period, $123. .15.
 While 1t Is true that the mayor had the authority to remit fines. and could have remitted all fines imposed-as his power in this particular was unlmited-we deem it proper to call your attention to the un- reasonable extent to which this has been carried This is especially true of his ac ton in remitting wholly or in part the fines imposed by the judge of the inferior criminal court for carrying concealed weapons. There are but two instances dur ing the period under review in which the full amount of cash fine has been paid and both these parties were strangers. The judge of the court appears to have done his full duty in attempting to sup press this evil practice, which has been daily menace to the lives of your citizens, and which has been the most fruitful source of the great number of homicdes which have blackened the name of your city.
 were s32. 133,S1; remitted by the mayor, s15,- TIT; total $47,S50.S1.
 While it is no doubt true that a num- Der of cases were worthy of executive cemency, the mayors action in remtting 30 per cent of the above total has resulted not only in considerable loss of revenue TO the city, but has tended to bring the court into contempt and to render un- availng to great extent the judges cf- forts to enforce the law.
 If the $15,0o0 fines remitted In sixteen months is a fair average, the mayors ac- tion in this respect during the six years of his ineumbency has cost the city Tn loss of income more than S6OOOO' which would have lessened the city deficit more than one-half. In addition to this he has in only few instances complied with the law, as laid down in the code which pro- vides in section 21, page r of the city charter that 'the mayor shall have power to remit or commute fines. costs. forfeitures and penalties duly imposed for violation of any ordinance or charter pro- vision, but he shall make a report Of same to the board at the next session thereof with his reasons thereof, h writing.''
 On May IS. 1904, the mayor was author ized to borrow $S5,000. to be paid out or the first tax receipts, which he did. In August he borrowed $30.000 more. and In September Sl5,000 making a total of SSOO00. This was $45,OOO more than he was author ized by the board to borrow and SSOOO0 more than the full amount which the city is allowed to borrow under the charter; which provides as per section i3 mat the city shall never be in debt for loans of money exceeding the sum of s50000 in the aggregate. exclusive of it's bonded indebt- edness While it may be true that the urgent necessity existed. and 1t is fact that the board afterwards ratified this ac- ton. 1t does not alter the fact that 1t was unauthorized and illegal.
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1904, except five summer months), mak- ing a total extra compensation of s26oo, when this expense was stopped by the board
 On February 3, 1905. there was paid J. w Sibley, treasurer for entertaining Briekmakers' association. $l00. The vouch- CT for this payment states that the ap- propriation was made at special meet ing of the finance committee January 9. The minutes do not show that this action was ratified; on the contrary, on Febru- ary 1, two days before the payment of this voucher, a resolution was passed by the board not to make any appropria- tion for the securing of, or for enter tainfng the members of any convention or society meeting in Birmingham.
 From April 1, 1904, to May 1, 1905 s240, or s20 per month. has been paid the stem ographer for the city attorney (except the month of September. The minutes do not show that this payment was author ized These payments were charged to judgments and costs" or to miscel- laneous account" when they should have been charged to legal expenses" had they been authorized.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-06-28
TALLADEGA SORRY
 OF ACTION TAKEN Vice President Williams Writes
 Strung Letter OPPOSES MEETING IN WOODEN Meanwhile Mir. Pepperman Has Gone Ahead and Changed Place of Meet ing After Communicating With
 the Executive Committee.
OPPOSES MEETING WOODEN

The following dispatch was received by The Age-Herald last night from John c. Williams of Talladega, first vice pres ident of the Alabama Press assoelation:
 Realizing the serious condition which confronts the Alabama Press association, I am of the opinion that the annual meet ing for 1905 should be held n :h- city of Birmingham or Montgomery. coden, being far removed from the center f population of the state, Is not Il proper place for the association 10 met for the transaction of its business. Th- meeting of the executive committee ol :he asso- citation in Birmingham on the e5d was very unfortunate, and from it's Ielitera- tions has arisen questions which will af- feet the standing and future welfare of the organization.
 The session of the committee WIS sup posed to be executive. but it's action seems to have become public property, from which the citizens of Sylaeansa hay e seen fit to withdraw their invi- ation for the annual meeting of the association. Questions which were discussed by tho committee, and in the presen,e ,e of repre- sentative citizens of Sylaca1sa. fully jus tfy them in withdrawing ,ns. invita- A.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-06-28

Peoples Savings Sank and Trust com pany. as to my honesty for my contracts
 Fully three-fourths of my patients have been treated by some one else before call Ng on me to be cured Why not como as soon as afflicted? You will save money. distressing patn> and valuable time: be- sides, there iJ satisfaction in knowing that tho very bestN treatment is being Hvea yvu by an honeSt. competent phy- sician. have treatedA, private troubles as a speciality in the cityN of Birmingham, Ala, since August 8. 1887. II cure all man. nei of private diseases cure many pa, tients by mail treatment. Write for prtcsa and terms
 I do not use large advertisements ana false statements to attract patients which merit has failed to secure. If you fail ts1 bc cured by such methods. give me q call and get we'll. My offices are the most private anaV quiet in the city. tenth story of the new, First National Bank building. corner ofl Second avenue and Twentieth street. Rooms 1006 and 1oo7. Take one O: the fine e'-vators to tenth floor.
 Office hours: s:eo . n ts ksA n AI Sunday. 10 q n ee II = '
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-06-28
Financial Condition.

We submit herewith statements Nos and [ showing trial balances as of Jan- uary l. 1905, and of May l. 1905. both as shown on books and as corrected by us, and which statements form part of this report.
 The apparent deficit on the face of the books January l (exclusive of bonded in- debtedness) was $59, 420.3S; the real deficit, as shown by our statement was $134.- S97 .52.
 The apparent deficit on the face of the books May 1 (exclusive of bonded in- debtedness) was $SS. .3s6.77; whereas the real deficit. as shown on our statement. was $103, AS. 47.
 It will be seen by our estimate of pros- pective receipts and expenses to Septen- Der 1, 1905 Cat which date the real and personal taxes for 1905 become payable) the city will be short of the actual cur rent expenses $117S97 01.
 We have prepared this statement in or der to acqualnt your honor with the true condition of affairs, so that you may see the gravity of the situation.
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Wheeler of Chickasaw and Walter Hines Preparations are steadily going on for the district Masonic institute to be held al Horse Creek in August.
 The work of installing the large Corliss engine which the Jasper Water, Light and Power company has recently received Is progressing rapidly, and it is thought that the big engine will be ready for serv- ice by the first of July. Itis expected then to put on an all day current for the pur- pose of furnishing power for fans and machinery.
 Contractors are busy on the new one story brick building being erected by the Cranford Mercantile company on Third avenue The building when completed is to be used by the company for bugges. wagons and furniture.
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Alabama Polytechnic Institute.

CHARLES c. TEACH, M. A, LID.
 President. Auburn, Ala
 Session begins Wednesday. September G. 1905 Location high and healthful, S26 feet above sea level. Attendance 515 stu dents from 12 states and foreign coun- tries. Twenty professors and fifteen in- structors. Individual teaching. Eight de- gree courses.
 ENGINEERING Q) Civil. CD Electri- cal. (0 Mechanical CD Mining. 1S pro fessors and instructors
 Extensive shops, full of equipment, new machines. forge shops, foundry, etc over 100 students in leading professional positions throughout the south. Special attention to work in mining engineering. 5 Agriculture and horticulture. Il pro- fessors and instructors.
 $. Chemistry and Metallurgy. pro- fessors and instructors.
 [. Pharmacy.
 Every facility in chemistry. Large chemical staff. Extensive work in phar- macy, assaying. etc.
 B. Latin and modern language course: English -four years); Latin -four years) History -four years) French uwo vears); German two years), Mathematics through comic sections, Physics, Chemis- try, Political Economy and Psychology. Seven professors and instructors.
 For information address president. 6-23- 20t fri-su-wed.
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ATHENS FEMALE COLLEGE,
 Athens, Alabama.
NhbS''c, ~
Pounded Ie4z,

Owned and controlled by the Methodist Episcopal church. south. Sixty-third ses- sion begins Wednesday, September ~. 1905. Ten thousand dollars to be expended at once In enlarging and improving build ings and equipment. Steam-heated' cleo tric lights, handsome baths throughout We offer the regular collegiate courses In Mathematics. Science, Literature and Languages We have a full corps or able instructors, including graduates of Uni versity of Chicago, Western College oi Ohio and the Conservatory or Munlch, Snacial advantages offered in Music and Fine Arts, Health record unsurpassed. Boarding students limited to one hun dred.
 Write for catalogue at once.
 MARY NORMAN MOORE. President
 Athens, Ala.
 Su-wed-9-3-10-17-24.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-06-28
EXPERT ACCOUNTANTS EXAMINE
 CIrY'S BOOKS AND MAKE REPORT
(continued from Fi:.h Pase.)

 the next regular meeting as required by the code.
 March 1O-A C. and H. R. Howze, at torneys' fees and court costs in Twenty first street paving case, $254. 40.
 This voucher was not approved by the committee nor did it appear in the list of vouchers passed for payment by the board.
 May 1S-Dspatch Printing company, bill for printing annual report of mayor and city officers, $SS5. An additional expense of $S4 was incurred in printing this re- port, making total cost of $469.
 On February resolution was passed to have these reports printed as in former years. At the board meeting of May F the finance committee, among oth- CT things, recommended that the bill for printing the reports of the city be all lowed; but this bill of the Dispatch Print ing company does not appear in the list of vouchers ordered paid by the board although their regular monthly bill for printing. etc, amounting to $25.5o, does so appear
 We also found that the matter of pro- curing orders from the city auditor for the purchases of the city and having those orders attached to the bills, as required by the city code, has not been complied with. A very large proportion of the bills are not accompanied by the auditors order for the material. This Is an important matter and the auditor should decline to make voucher or draw a warrant for any such bills. ex- cept in cases of emergency where the ma- terial might have to be secured at once. The auditor should also be required to furnish the chairman of the finance com mittee with'al vouchers which have been maid between board meetings at the next rep,,lar meeting thereafter, in order that they might be passed for payment along with the regular bills and entered on the minutes, as the record of vouchers passed for payment and entered on the minute book should agree In every par ticular with the auditors record or vouchers issued. Among the vouchers paid between hoard meetings and not hsteo on
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-06-28
LEGAL NOTICES.
Admlnistrator,s Notice.

State of Alabama, Jefferson county. Es- tate of John Gallagher. deceased.
 Letters of administration upon the es- tate of said decedent. having been grant ed to the undersigned, on the 20th day of June. 1905, by the Honorable s. E. Greene. judge of probate court of Jefferson coun- ty. notice is hereby given that all persons having claims against said estate, will be required to present the same within the time allowed by law. or that the same will be barred. THE GUARANTEE TRUST AND SURE
 TY co.
 By W. H. Ferguson. Treasurer. 6-2S-3t
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Sinking Fund.

In Table D of the treasurers annual re- port for 1904 appears what purports to be a statement of a sinking fund, showing the fund to be overdrawn $6l, ,1o6S No such account appears on tho books; and even if it did so appear, the figures given are not correct. We attach herewith statement showing the correct status or the account if it had been opened and
 the proper entries made, to June l. l9Oo, showing $20, ,73S 53 overdrawn.
 Section 46 page 37, of the present clty
 charter reads as follows: Be 1t further
 enacted that the Mayor and Aldermen of
 said city are authorized and required to
 establish a sinking fund to pay off the
 bonds heretofore issued by said city, or any bonds that may hereafter be issued by the said city, to refund the oonds heretofore issued, as well as bonds that | may be issued on account of interest now l or hereafter to become due in pursuance
 of law. at the maturity thereof; they small l appropriate to the said fund all moneys | arising from a tax hereinabove authorized l to be collected in excess of one-haf or 1 one percent as aforesaid for the payment l of the bonds of said city, which snail not I be necessary for the payment or the ln- ] terest on said bonds
 l The penalty for 8 diversion or these ] funds is described a follows: And the
 application or use of any of the moneys 1 collected for the payment of the inter
 est or principal of said bonds as herein 1 above provided. for any other purpose
 than that authorized and required by tnls l act shall be deemed a felony and the
 person guilty thereof, whether he be the l Mayor of said city, or any alderman so l voting. or the treasurer, collector. GUS todian. agent or servant of the board,
 must, on conviction, be imprisoned Tn the penitentiary for not more than five years, | and may be fined not more than one 1 thousand dollars.
 While so far no surplus appears to
 have accumulated this account should
 be opened on the books and correctly
 kept, charging this account with only l inc interest on the bonds which are
 specified in this act and not any new
 issues which are not contemplated there l in. The credits should De maue rom month to month, as the taxes are col
 lected, and kept and handled separate and apart from the general fund.
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General Exceptions.

Payrolls were signed by (x) mark and not witnessed amounting to $l4Sl S. Nearly all these payrolls were for the street force and should have had the affidavit of the paymaster attached, cer- tifying to the fact that he had paid the stated amounts to the proper parties.
 On February 5, 1902, the matter Of ex- tra compensation to the city physician for services rendered on account of small pox, then existing, was referred to the Mayor and sanitation committee With power to act. No report was made 10 the board. but s1OO per month extra was paid him in addition to his regular sal ary of $50 per month, until September.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-06-28
Pepperman Gets Busy.

Montgomery. June 27.-(Special.) )-Hav- ing discovered by wiring to each that all but two members of the executive com- mittee of the Alabama Press association favor holding the annual session at Co., den, Secretary Jacob Pepperman has an- nounced that the meeting will be held there july IS. MT. Pepperman leaves in the morning for Mobile and Coden to com plete arrangements.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-06-28
Not an Issue With Association.

MT. Conner and the railroads of Alabama are not issues before the Alabama Press association, and it Is very unfortunate that they should have been mentioned in correspondence which has been received by members of the association from the office of the secretary. There are hun dreds of editors in Alabama who are not controlled by railroad officials or the dictation of MT. Conner, and at this time it is important that our annual meeting be held in the central portion of the state whereby every editor can be present and that our meeting may be open that the public may understand that the press of the state is free from any influence on any political, partisan or sectarian is sue.
 The citizens of Talladega county regret very much that the citizens of Sylacauga have deemed it necessary In self-respect to withdraw their invitation to the as- sociation to meet with them this year, and I trust that the matter has not gone so far that a reconciliation cannot be brought about by which we may yet be permitted to enjoy the anticipated hospi- tality of the citizens of Sylacauga and Talladega county.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-06-28
Dividend Notice

Semi-annual dividends of per cent on the preferred stock and per cent on the common stock have been authorized by the Birmingham Railway, Light and Power company. payable July 10 19O5 to stockholders of record at the close of business June 30. 1905. The transfer books of the company will be closed July to July 10. both inclusive
 6-24-7t !. P. ROSS. Secretary.
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Excursion Rates Fourth of July.

Central of Georgia railway will sell excursion tickets between all points south of the Ohio and Potor-i c. and east of the Mississippi river, incl,-~ing St. Louis, Mo. at one and one-third fares round trip on July 1, 2. and f. 19O5 limited for re- turn until July 8. 1905. Minimum rates, Sec whole ticket. 25c halves.
 For further 1T formation apply to p. H. Fell. T. P. A. 1921 First avenue. s-25-st
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MARION MILITARY INSTITUTE.

Applicants for admission must present testimonials of good moral character and of creditable standing in the school last attended.
 Personal attention and individual in- struction. All professors live in the insti- tute A home in each building for the social and moral culture of the students
 For catalogue address J. T. Murfee' Marion, Ala.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-06-28
ROSE poLYIecHkIc DESTITUTE

Terre Haute, Ind. -A College of Engineer ing Mechanical, Electrical and Civil En- gineering, Chemistry and Architecture.
 Extensive shops Laboratory equipment. modern. Expenses low. For Catalogue and Professional Register nf Alumni, address c. l. MEES, pres. 5-Sl-eo-wed-
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WayneSViIIe, North Carolina
Altitude 2S5O feet.

Altitude 2S5O feet. For over fifteen years the most popu- lar health and pleasure resort of the mountain section of North Carolina, in the celebrated Land of the Sky"
 BEAUTIFUL HAYWOOD" WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS HOTEL
 B. J. Sloan, Owner and Prop. Season opens June 6, under the same management as last year. Accommodation limited to 250 guests. Cuisine and service unexcelled. Rates moderate.
 For illustrated printed matter etc.. ad- dress
 MRS. D. J. RING. Manager wed-fri-su Waynesville, N. C..