The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-03-21

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ed herein arc those in general demand,
and most important to parties requiring
information as to methods OF incorporat-
ing in Alabama, necessary charter fees,
annual taxes. etc.
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forms for use in Incorporating under Ala
bama laws. as it will be seen that in
corporation proceedings are required TO be
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county in which headquarters may be
established. hence the impractieablity of
providing or enforcing uniformity in the
matter of drawing up Incorporation pa
pers.
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tons are in separate pamphlets and will
be mailed to any address upon application;
Constitution Of Alabama. Insurance Laws
of Alabama. Foreign Corporation Laws
o. Alabama. Revenue Code Of Alabama"
The Plan Popular.
State Superintendent I. w Hill is of
the opinion that the movement of the
Jefferson county teachers to ask the next
legislature to set apart $4,000 year for
school Improvement is going to prove a
popular one. 1t is proposed to have this
money taken from the convict earnings
and that it be used TO better school
huoses and school house conditions and
make the school lives of the children as
happy as Il is possible to make them.
Some time ago Mr.. Hill had $1,000 given
him by the Peabody fund to use as he
saw fit in lettering the schools. He Of
fered it in 800 lots to counties which
would build school houses after plans
furnished by the state and deed them fee
simple to county boards in the counties
located. There was immediate call on the
proposition and as a result many houses
have been built
One feature of Improvement has at
tracted much attention Mr.. Hill says
and that is the preparing of lunches for
children at the school houses. This is
done at the High school in Birmingham.
and has proven a great help and con-
venience. Mrs. j. d. Matlock of Birming-
ham, Is pushing the work of school i'm
provement for the Woman Federation
and has been able to arouse interest all
over the state.
Music for convicts.
The convict department has been noti-
fled of the movement ON the part of con-
victs at Flat Top mines to buy plano,
and told by the chaplain, the Rev j. ].
ID. Hall, that the men inside have al
ready subscribed $50 to a fund to buy
an instrument. President Bragg is great
ly pleased with the spirit shown and
will help in every way he can. Mr.. Hall
thinks the music will have good eff
feet
Speaking of the conduct of the men
at the mines at Flat Top Mr.. Hall says
that they are behaving better than at
any time in the history of the state The
strap has not been off the hook for
state man for more than two weeks and
the discipline is growing even better
all the time. There is good health also
at all the camps. the death rate being
the smallest ever known. Only one death
is reported at No. 10, Pratt City in sew
eral months, and only about three at
Wetumpka, where the hospital is located.
President Shirley Bragg relates an in
teresting thing about the health of the
prisoners at Flat Top. When the camp
was located it was found that water
would have to be taken from creek and
he was. uneasy for fear that typhoid
fever would develop. But there have been
only two cases of that malady in four
years This is accounted for he thinks
in the acids that get into the creek from
the furnaces that line its banks fur
Their up.
Alabama Trade School.
State superintendent of Education l. w.
Hill believes that the Alabama Trade
school, to be built at Gadsden, is going
to prove a wonderfully popular institu-
ton all over the state Its object is the
education in the trades of white boys
They are to be taken in and given board
and tuition and other expenses free and
given an education and trade This
will be the only school of Its kind any
where to give such advantages to white
boys Care has been taken of the negroes
in this way at several places but SO far
the white boys have had no such chance
Work Is now going on to get the people
of Alabama interested. 1t is to be an
Alabama school built by the people and
will try to meet a condition of need just
now The secretary of the board of trus-
tees, ]. r. McMullen of Gadsden is get
ting ready to make a canvass of the
state and will present the cause to the
people of every community. 1t is under
stood that If the Alabama people take an
interest in the school others will help
and that it will get all the money 1t needs
in the future