The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-01-30
CAPT, BOOER WILL !
 ENTER THE RACE Will Announce Tor Office of SeCretarypf State SCHOOLS ARE A TER MONEY One in Bullock andone in Madison Will Get Part off the Fund Of
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SCHOOLS AREA TER MONEY

Montgomery. JanuaE 29.-(Speiall- Capt. E. W. Booker. atone time mem Der of the state board bf convict nspec- tors and now a we'll -lnown platter of Montgomery, is to be il the race for the | democratic nominationlfor secretary of state and will make publication of his platform in a day or sd it is understood. Captain Booker formefy resided in El- more county, and is wsl known all over the state. This will hake th{ list of likelihoods in the contest thre-Frank Julian of Tuscumba k. c. Sexton and | E W. Booker of Montgomery MT. Sex ton is at present chief Jerk to the seere- tary of state.
 Other announcement of interest are | expected. It is undehtood hat Capt. l James Crook of Ja9Ssonvile. former president of the convict board. and Dr. J. A. B. Lovett president bf the Ninth Dis trict Agricultural scho5 at Bountsville, will enter the running flor commissioner of agriculture. Captah CrolS is one of the most successful farmFs in the south, and has a fine hbme and business in Calhoun county. D1t Lovdt, besides his educational position, is a member of the executive committed of tn, Southern Cotton association and vice president of the Alabama Cotton association. He has made the question of agriculture study though he has not been activey engaged in farming for some time.
 Schools Get None.
 State Superintendent of Eduation l. W. Hill has received many aspirations for $l0o which he proposes to gi'e each of the first ten counties meetig require ments he has laid down. 1he plan is this: He will give S1O0 each o the first ten counties to help build scIool houses provided the house is not tl cost less than $500 and is deeded with the lot fee simple to the county board f education for the district in which It $ built. He has $1000 for the cause given him by the Peabody board.
 Two districts have been agreed upon for the help. One is in Madison county and the other in Bullock. As soon as they build the houses by plans furnished by Superintendent Hill they will have the money.
 Reform Sentiment At a meeting in Court Street Methodist church last night Rev. Crawford Jackson, | A establish in some one of the southern states reformatory, called better pro- tectory, to look after @ayward boys and girls It is his idea to raise SoO0OV TOT the cause and to take care of both sexes of all races, keeping the sexes and races separate, of course The meeting develop ed a great deal of enfi1usiasm and vii likely result in vast good
 In the course of remarks made by pr John A. Rice pastor of the church. | said that the local jail was a shame ar should not be tolerated in any cIvilize community. Other speakers took muci the same view of the outlook for bette things that MT. Jackson did
 It was thought Saturday that Governor Jelks would preside but he declined, not because he does not believe in thls class of work but because the state has an institution of the kind, and he did not care to take active part in anything that might detract from interest in that school
 Court and Politics.
 The Supreme court takes up this week the eighth division, composed of the coun- ties of Colbert, Franklin, Jackson, Iaud- erdale Limestone Lawrence, Madison, | Marshal and Morgan. However. there will be nothing done before tomorrow as the court never goes down the first day.
 There are a number of prominent men here to attend the court and one hears that John Wallace of Huntsville, will l stand again for the Lower House of the | Legislature. and also be a candidate for speaker. Mir. Wallace Is well known as a lawyer and politician and author, having written "The Senator From Alabama a book that attracted much attention
 Col John Eyster of New Decatur. a member of the state democratic commit tee is among the visitors today He says l things are quite lively in North Alabama politically and there will be a large num- Der of candidates for all kinds of offices.
 Minor Appo ntments.
 J. T. Purifoy, a member of the board | of registrars in Dallas county, having | moved to Wilcox county, the governor has appointed w. l.. Pitts, Sr, to the | vacancy. MT. Pitts was the only appli- | cant. A. J. Loclridge has ben appointed constable at Piedmont, ana G. w. Dean | a notary public and justice of the peace at Sellers.
 These new corporations hve been re- | | ported to the secretary ofstate:
 Quinn Furnace company pf Gadsden; | capital $3O0 900; incorporators IA. H. Quinn, | P. P. Williams and W. F. funston. Iron is to be manufactured at qdsden
 Durr Drug company, speeding the Gay, Hardie x Durr Drg company, 1 Montgomery.
 The Pulley Supply and Anufacturing company, Huntsville; E. Il Pulley and others. incorporators; capita $5O,OOO
 Big Insurance Retns.
 Deputy Insurance Commilioner H. R. Shorter has turned into theState treasu- Ter the sum of $lOOO. reItsenting the fees Of his department fd the month of January so far. Howevi, he has re- ceived $150O0 in round fiyuts but up to Saturday there had not oeh much over $10,000 in such shape as loschecks as to be available to the treasry If this rate keeps up as it likely VII the returns for the year are going at $1O0OOO the goal sought by Commaher McDavid and Deputy Shorter lastyar At this time of year tshnnual state l ments begin to come In nt 1t keeps the office force busy for so1seveeks to get them tabulated and gottndn shane for record As all of them haeto be verified | 1t takes a long time to insh them up . | This department Is one dte most rro i ductlve Tn the state. l.asHar it ca nd i nearly s100.000. with an spnse acco. [ of less than 5000
 Chinamen Held in fsissippl. Jackson, Miss, January4- 4-(Special1- | cir