The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-08-02
MALLORY SPEAKS ID NEGRO DELEGATES CoIored B Y. P. u. in Session
 in Montgomery GETTING TICKETS READY President Mel of the Alabama Press Association Talks of Work Con-
 tempIated During the
 Coming Year.
GETTING TICKETS READY

democratic committee, who was over from Selma today on other business, ad- dressed the state convention of the col ored Baptist Young Peoples Union, in session at the Dexter Avenue Bapts. church, giving the negroes some sound advice about education and betterment benerally of the race. Colonel Mallory is an enthusiastic member of the Baptist | church and for some years head of one of its largest associations. He has had, too, to do with a great many schmes for the betterment of the negro race.
 Colonel Mallory came over today pr- marily to confer with J. Kirk Jackson. private secretary to Governor Jeks, about the supplies for the state primary on Au- gust 27 MT. Jackson, as has beenN the case for many years, is looking after the printing of the tickets and other sta- l tionery for the voting precincts and vii! l have everything in ship shape by the 1 time the day for casting the ballots comes around.
 MT Jackson has been very busy on the ticket especially. Men have different views about how they desire names printed and he has been trying to get
 
 will be several days before the last of the proof reading is done, though the things needed will be sent out in time l to reach every box.
 l Colonel Mallory is very happy over the outlook for democracy over the state and thinks there will be fairly full 1 vote without special friction.
 Press Association.
 Robert E. l.. Mel, the young president i of the Alabama Press association, came 1 through the city today en route to his 1 home at Selma, after spending some days with the editors at their outing at Att l lantic Beach. He says everyone had a great time and all the visitors are prais- l ing the Flagler hotel there, under the management of H. E. Bemls. MT. Mel says the whole party expressed appre- citation of the way they were taken care of by Secretary Jacob Pepperman and voted him thanks
 President Mel is coming carefully the l list of members of the association that he make the very best selections for the committee, including the executive, the l legislative and the foreign advertising. 1 The questions that will have to be hand led by these organizations are of such | importance that MT. Mel thinks great judgment is necessary in making them l up
 MT Mel sees a career of usefulness in the future of the Alabama Press associa- tion, as there has been in the past. He l is going into his work at the head of 1t this vear with enthusiasm and believes he will be able to get good out of 1t for l all concerned
 Capitol Briefs.
 The August meeting of the Alabama railroad commission has been postponed from August to August IS. There is very little on the docket and it is not of l great importance that there be an Au- gust meeting at all
 The Mobile Construction company has been organized at Mobile with capital of s5OO0 A. J. Broyles and others are interested
 Another new corporation is the Eagle Protective association of Birmingham, a secret order, with a capital of N4,Oo. Il. H. Glover and many others are incor- porators.
 State Superintendent of Education l. w. Hill was in the office much or the week. 1 He is, however, spending the last few months of his term visiting those coun- ties of the state that he has not yet been able to reach.
 Attorney General Massey Wilson is In | Clarke county for a short business trip. He left immediately after his return | from Birmingham, where he attended the | John Williams trial.
 Miss Hattie F. Robertson has been ap- pointed notary public at Dothan.
 Cotton Crop outlook.
 That section of the south, including the l Mississippi westward, is having it's in- ming this year in bad cotton crops over those states to the east; and the farther east the worse the crop.
 Alabama is better off than Georgia. and Georgia is in better shape than the Caro- lnas.
 Texas is reported in ideal condition, but for the boil weevil This IS put to De written large.
 The Gazoo valley of Mississippi is in prime shape. with the boil weevil just | across the river, calculating future op- erations, and so it seems true of the oth- ! CTS west of us thus far.
 Conversations with Alabama farmers elicit the fact that the crop is spotted. On | the whole, 1t is in bad shape, grassy in | many places with an abundance of sa2 | and weed and in some places 1t is | drowned out. It will require ideal meter cological conditions to make an average crop. With continued dry weather follow ing the excessive rains the crop may be l expected to shed disastrously.
 D D. Smith of South Carolina reports | ruinous conditions in the Carollnas.
 There is nothing more uncertain than a | cotton crop, and even Texas and Missis- | sIppi and Arkansas are long ways rom registering a crop success
 Many Aspirants. In the event that the City Council de- | cides to elect a police commission for l Montgomery, the following are some of | the names so far announced as cand- dates for the office:
 l Alderman John Ryan of the Sixth ward, who will run for the presidency on the | six-year term; Gladden. Harrison. deputy | United States marshal; w. w. Hill, law yer; Dr. F. c. Stevenson, physician: Paul l Canguinetti prominent in military cir | cles: Paul Roeder. formerly alderman and now associated with the Light and Water Power company; pr. M. H. Futile. physi- cian. I. G. Conner railroad engineer: E. l ebman of Ward and brother of Alder man Nathan Lobman; Jim Gallagher, w. B. Holmes and c. B. Groom an well known to Montgomery, and prominent in various enterprises,
 It is expected that the question of elec- ton of this commission will come before the City Council Monday night. No hope, however, is entertained for settlement at an earlier date.
 Second Day of Negro Convention.
 There was a large delegation present at the opening of the second days session of the Negro Baptist Young Peoples con yention this morning in the Dexter Ave nue Baptist church. which is presided oyei by Prof B. H. Barnes, one Of the young negro educators of the state. There will be over a thousand negroes from all parts of the state in the city this week attend ing the annual session of the B. Y. P. L.. and the state Sunday school convention.