The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-03-06
Piucky Judge.

are giving the schools high class and
effective service.
Plucky Judge.
Probate Judge L. II. Reynolds. of Chill
ton county, is another Of those men who
propose TO see that the school interests of
his county do not fall down if he can
help it. There was some mistake made
in the ballots used at an election held
last week for the ten cents tax for
schools in the county and some have
made kick with a view of dlseounting
the election. Mr.. Reynolds says that is
all right. If it was wrong he will see
that it does not injure the cause or cost
the county a cent to rectify it, This is
taken to mean that if there is another
election called he will see that it is regu-
lar and that there is no loss because of
the error, If error there was
The friends of the local tax for schools
carried the county by an overwhelming
majority and the sentiment is greatly
in favor of it. However, it may be that
there will be another election to make
safe that no one win refuse to pay and
claim bad law as a reason for it.
Mr.. Hill has contributed 500 each for
school houses in Jackson, Pike and De-
Kalb counties
Kick on Depot.
A complaint has been filed by President
h. IL. Conner of the state railroad COM
mission against the Louisville and Nash
Vile railroad, alleging inadequate depot
services at Mobile. 1t is not shown in
the case as docketed just where the
trouble lies, but simply shows president
OF the railroad commission VS.. the Louis
vile and Nashville railroad, depot faciIi-
ties at Mobile Mr.. Conner is not in
the city and the clerk of the commission
was not posted as to the details.
Gen. William w. Brandon. adjutant gen
eral of the Alabama National Guard. will
muster in new company at Onion
Springs tonight. He will be assisted by
Col. c. r. Bricken and Adjutant w. w.
Brame of the Second regiment. The com
pany will take the place in the Second
regiment now held by WetumplSa. which
gives up its membership in the regiment.
There was an important meeting of the
capitol commission today. at which con
ference was held with the architect look
ing TO plans of remodeling and extending
the buildings.
Poole Is Sangune.
Col. Robert r. Poole, commissioner of
y.
opinion that while there have been large
sales of fertilizers in the month of Feb
ruary, there will be no more acreage in
cotton than last year. He is informed
that the question of labor is as bad as it
was last year and that many who had
farm hands then have not now. He is
also informed that much of the fertilizer
is put under other crops than cotton you
may say continued Colonel Poole that
there will not be. unless l am badly
fooled any more real acreage In cotton
this year than last, surely than the year
before, and | believe that we are going
to have vastly more breadstuff and other
things needed at home this year than
We have ever had"
There is a disposition to raise cattle and
other stock now that did not exist before
and IT is dove-tailing in with conditions
so well as to look like providence The
lands that are poor and do not Yield
handsomely are put into pastUrage and
made to bring up the stock. This leaves
more help to tend the richer lands and
they make more crops, the result being
that both ways return greater revenue
while the lands used as pastures are be-
coming more fertile all the time The
year looks good" to Colonel Poole so
far as the farmers are concerned.