The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-04-18
TUBERCULOSIS ID BE CHIEF THEME. Medical Men Will Hear Lay- man Discuss Subject JELKS AND THE BOND ISSUE 1t is Thought That Another Call For Bids Will Not Be Made
 Before Next
 Fall.
JELKS AND THE BOND ISSUE

Tar as the medical pfOfeSSlon IS con- cerned, the turning over of a part of the discussion on a well known and hard to handle disease. consumption, to a lay man. This will be Wednesday afternoon, at what has been named a "Tuhercu- losis Symposium when Hon. Eli P. tor of the Birmingham News, will tell of laymans impressions of the disease. and how to combat 1t. from the standpoint of a man who has had experience.
 Mr. Smith broke down at his desk and had a number of severe hemorrages. He went to the west ana spent a year and so well did he fight the monster that he came back weighing much more than he ever did and is now able to do as much work and is as strong as ever. His idea is to promote an anti-tuberculosis com mttee whose duty 1t will be to help to prevent the spread of the disease and to teach sensible methods of handling 1t. Another paper will be by Dr. E. A. Jones. another Birmingham man, who went west for the same reason and who has spent some time there, settling in New Mexico permanently, by the way. He Is now re- garded as a lung expert.
 To Sons Meeting.
 The delegates to the general council of the Sons of the Revolution in Wash ington will leave here tonight and reach Washington in time for the opening ses- sion. They will include Mir Hardwick Ruth. Dr. Thomas NJ. Owen, and Hon. Warren S. Reese, United States district attorney. While in Washington MT. Reese will see the Attorney General and work out with him several matters of interest to Alabamans. MT Reese oc- cupies a very remarkable place in the politics of his state and city Born into democratic family he espoused the cause of the republican party on reach ing his majority and has made a repu- tation as an officer of the government courts here.
 He supported in effective way the ef- forts of Judge Thomas c. Jones of the federal court to eliminate the crime of peonage in the state and has directed the prosecutions for the offense that have been trld out. He Is an ample illus tration of the assertion of Editor Craig head of the Mobile Register. when he told William E. Curtis of the Chica go Record Herald and the Washington Star, that the time had come in the south when a man stood on his merit and not hv
 
 the life of Thomas Jefferson at the meeting of the Sons of the Revolution, In Alabama last week. MT Reese mad9 ver@ fine impression and his remark are to be preserved in the archives of the society.
 The Bond Issue.
 The refusal of Governor Jelks to ac- cept any of the bonds for the proposed issue of refunding state bonds has been the subject of much talk around the capitol and the capital city since last week. It is the unanimous belief that he has acted for what he thought to be the best interests of the state, and that so believeing he could not have done otherwise. There are any number who think he will have hard time to get better offer than a basis of 3 43 but all are of the opinion that he has some lnti- nation that he will In some way better the outlook
 It Is thought there will not be an- other call for bids for some time pos- silly not before fall the impression be- Ing that there will be more prospect of business of a satisfactory nature then The state will have to float $S.403, 600 of securities to take the place of the amount coming due in January and July, 1906 and the governor believes that the state ought to have at least an offer at 1-4 There were some of the bids opened on the 4th that run that well but as a whole there was nothing better than the 3.43 offer.
 Deaconness Order.
 The ordination of deaconesses of the Methodist church. south. yesterday seems
 to have marked the general approval of the church of the plan. The idea was fought by many at the general con ference in Dallas, Tex, in 1902, W. F. Vandiver of this city, being one of the most strenuous of the opposing laymen. The fact Is. Bishop Galloway. who con ducted the ordination ceremonies yester- day, was not enthusiastic, believing that the church was not ready for It. Exper- fence has served to change a number of minds on the subject, however. and now there is unanimous opinion that 1t Is one of the best moves ever made. One of the deaconesses ordained yesterday was Mrs Mary Newman Carr, daughter of the first Methodist missionary to Brazil, and a woman past middle age. She assisted In the establishment of one of the first homes of the movement, that In Bir- mingham, and has been received in the service because of her long experience in such work. She spent number of years in Brazil and Is one of the best posted women. or men either. in the country on the religion and politics of that progressive state.
 Governor Pardons Williams.
 The governor has pardoned Henry Will Hams, charged with burglary in Mobile county, and sentenced to one year in the penitentiary. The executive says of the action: This young boy has only one month to serve the state and his physical condition Is such that the end may come for him at any time. It is or dered that he be pardoned."
 Clark Reappointed.
 Gen. L. V. Clark has been reappointed to the brigadier generalship of the Ala bama National guard. He was first in the military at Tuscaloosa in the early eighties. He served as captain of the Tuscaloosa company and of Company G.. Second regiment, Birmingham. Later he was colonel of the Second. In 1897 he was appointed brigadier general after the pas sage of the act creating the office. He lives in Birmingham and is an insurance agent. representing large companies.
 CIebourne County Case.
 The governor has set Wednesday to discover, or go into investigation of the matter of the removal of the county seat of Cleburne county from Edwards vile to Hefiin. A petition has been gen erously signed asking for the election for this purpose and the date set will be one on which assistant state examiners will endeayor to ascertain whether the names signed to the petition are those of bona f1de voters. Until this is deter mined nothing will be done.