The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-03
INSPECT THE WORK
 IF DEPARTMENT pr. Owen Has Interesting
 Relics to Display NEW ROAD UNCOMFORTABLE The Line Will Traverse Lowndes and Montgomery countes-Equp- ment of Old Lafayette Road
 Is to Be Used.
NEW ROAD INCORPORATED

Montgomery October 2.-(Special 1.-The
 trustees of the state department of ar
 chives and history held a meeting in
 the office of the director, pr. Thomas M.
 owen, at the capitol this afternoon, after
 which they went for lunch with the drec-
 tor at his home in Cloverdale. The fol-
 lowing were present:
 Dr. ". H. Blake Sheffield; Col. s. w.
 John. Birmingham; Dr. J. H. Johnson,
 Talladega; Col. J. M Falkner. Montgom-
 cry; Col. Henry B. Foster, Tuscaloosa;
 Hon. Peter J. Hamilton, Mobile; Hon.
 William Richardson, congressman, Hunts-
 vile, Gov. William D. Jelks, president Of
 the board and representative from the
 Third district, president.
 This being the annual meeting the di-
 rector made report of the work of the past twelve months. He had gathered to- gether a fine lot of papers and maga- zines with valuable files, number of
 momentoes relics and such things, With vast array of historical matter Of wide range. He also reported great
 number of flags of the Alabama regi-
 ments in the Confederate service re-
 turned. including a large number from the war department at Washington. Ask TOT Co-oPeFdtion' At the meeting today of the trustees of the state department of archives ana history a resolution was passed asking all the other history and patriotic socie- ties to cooperate with the department, renortinp their work to the director and having him work with them. A large number of the organizations of the state have already agreed to this. In his report to the trustees the direc- nxttAt, fnln n6 there had been a large collection of relics, manuscripts and such things and that the people of the state are falling in line with him in every day.
 The following resolutions were then adopted:
 By Dr. W. H. Blake: Resolved. That the Alabama capitol building commission be requested and urged to supply suita- ble number of cabinets or cases, in which to adequately preserve and display the large number of flags, manuscripts ana relics being brought together by the de- partment."
 By Dr. J. II. Johnson: "In the present
 stage Of the growth and development or
 the department, the board of trustees re-
 gards as of primary importance the col
 lection, and bringing together into state
 custody, of original historical materials,
 such as old newspapers, old manuscript
 letters, diaries, journals. and war re-
 cords, old portraits, and rare personal
 relics of our pioneers and prominent men
 and women, and it desires to place on
 record It's warm endorsement of the policy
 of the director in subordinating other ac- tivities to the work of gathering up the source materials for our history before irretrievably lost. And, therefore, be 1t Resolved, That it Is the sense of the board that the director devote the com- ing year to renewed and systematic search Fo. i-fn tnr o1u xuh necessary to the strength and value of the collections being made by the de- partment or which will In any way illus trate the history of Alabama or of the
 section of the country of which it is part"
 By S. W. John: "Whereas, it is desira- ble that there should be full and sympa- thetic cooperation between the depart
 ment of archives and history, representing the state, and the several societies, asso- citations and organizations instituted and maintained for historical purposes, eithere in whole or in part, and
 Whereas, it is believed that the best results to all interests will follow the cooperation and the articulation of such
 organizations in some permanent and sys, ematic way with the department as a central head; and
 "Whereas, the department is willing to | assume the burden of such relation; now therefore be 1t resolved by the board
 of trustees of the department of archives
 and history,
 q That all societies, associations or or
 ganizations In the state devoted to his- torical work, study, collection or inves- tigation. either in whole or in part. are extended an invitation to affiliate with
 the department, as hereinafter indicated. "2. That any society association or other organization which may desire to af fa hall
 mally signify such intention in writing, and shall also make to the department an annual report of it's proceedings, work,
 researches and investigations. .'3. That the said reports and accom- panying papers shall be carefully edited and published by the director as a part of his annual report
 A. That all such organizations are ex- pected as far as possible to cooperate with the department in the accomplish ment of the objects and purposes de- signed In its establishment; and to that
 end they are asked to make contributions of historical materials"
 New Railroad. The Haynevile and Montgomery rail- road was today incorporated by the sec retary of state. to build line from
 Hayneville. in Lowndes county, to Tyson station and thence to Montgomery. also from Hayneville to Big Swamp, in Lown- des county. The only counties traversed will be Lowndes and Montgomery. The capital stock Is $50, 000.
 The incorporators are c. F. McGehee, Charles Schuler and w. G. Davis. They are using the equipment of the Opellka and Lafayette road, recently dismantled. and hope to get into a section of the country not now served by any railroad. The territory of the new line Is as good as any in the state. It composes a vast agricultural belt with plenty of bale to the acre lands and 1t seems to be safe to presume that the road will pay. Tags Burned.
 The officers of the state department of agriculture and industries are busy to- day burning up the left over tags from the sales of fertilizer permits for the year ending September 90. This is done by the commissioner in the presence of the treasurer and the secretary of state. Early this morning Commissioner Poole and Chief Clerk Adams called in Secre- tary of State McDavid and Treasurer J. Craig Smith and the work began. A showing was made of the number of tags bought at the beginning of the year and the number sold. It was then determined that Commissioner Poole had the differ- ence in the purchase and sales in stock