The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-12
FEVER HAS PROVED EXCELLENT LESSON pr. Banks Has Returned from the Detention Camp MCCLELLAN IS NOT WELL Chief Justice Has Gone to His Home In Athens for Few Days-Other
 News of the
 Capital.

ing the summer, and while little tanned, looks none the worse for his stay in the woods.
 Doctor Banks says that he thinks the 1905 seige of the fever will be a great help to the people of the south. They have learned one of the most valuable of lessons, not become panic stricken. He is also of the opinion that most of them now realize that the mosquito the ory is the only correct one. and are will ing to be governed by it. That the fever has been stamped out of both New Or leans and Pensacola ahead of frost is an evidence he points out, that the theory is good
 More Insurance Complaint.
 The publicity given certain mutual aid insurance practices in the papers is causing a flood of information as to prom ises made and broken to come into the office of State Insurance Commissioner E. R. McDavid. letter came from a negro at Selma this morning It read something like this: q have been told that if I would write you you would help me to get
  I have paid up my policy and was to get all had paid in less what had been given in benefits. l have written the company and seen the agents but can hear noth- ing from either. l am hard working colored man and need this money which l have worked hard for many years to save. 1 will be very much obliged to you if you will help me-
 MT. McDavid said: That Is one of the first of the policies issued by this com pany that has been paid up. It is evil dently one of those which was to give back all paid in in ten years. 1 am sure the negro should have his money and will see what can do to help him"
 The company finds that it has so much of this class of business on it's books that 1t will cause heavy loss to pay it and are trying to replace them with policies of better features. However, if the hold CTS refuse to exchange, preferring to take the money promised, they will very like ly get it.
 Mcclellan Not We'll Thomas N. Mcclellan. chief justice of the supreme court will leave for his home in Athens tomorrow, to be gone a week or ten days. He is not at all we'll and it is thought few days among his neighbors will do him good, He has not been feeling fit for several days and has not been at his office more than two or three times in ten days.
 | Because of the enforced absence of Jus 1 tice Mcclellan he will not be here Mon | day to open the November term of the court. However, it is hoped he will not be kept away for any great length of , time
 Hill to Choctaw. l State Superintendent of Education Hill | ic pranariDe to tal bu trin to get to two appointments in Choctaw l county, one at Mt Sterling and the oth- CT Silas He will be among the few state | superintendents who have gone into this l county on school business, and has made an appointment in order that he might 1 get an idea of what is being done down 1 here. He will travel about one hundred 1 miles by wagon road to make the places.
 R. H. Hambrick has been appointed | trustee of the Pratt City schools to sue l ceed Job Going, who has moved to Bir- mingham.
 The Haley Furniture and Manufactur- ing company has been organized at Shef- field, with capital of $50000 The incorpor- i ators are c. L. Haley. W. w. Stanse and J. J. Challen. The company will not only 1 buy and sell furniture but run blaming 1 mills as well. Alabama Presbytery. | The Presbyterian synod of Alabama will meet here next Tuesday, and will be in 1 session all the week. Some of the leading men of the church will be hand and take part in the proceedlnes. The ses- sions will be held in the First Presby- terian church, with the Rev. Dr. Patter- son, pastor. as host
 Insurance Department Receipts. The receipts of the state department of insurance of which Secretary of State F. R. McDavid is commissioner and Col. Harry R. Shorter Is deputy, shows re- ceipts for the ten months ending October 31, of s96.65i10, with expenses of s24S2S2, lea wing the net amount sent to the treas ury s941 16S 2S. The entire receipts of the department in 1904 were sS6.353.S0. with