The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-09-13
COTTON CROP WILL
 BE VERY SHORT
Such is the Opinion of Com
 missioner Poole
DISCoURAGING REPORTS
Judge Tyson Reports Item In Cam paign Expense Account of a Cup of Coffee Bought In Birmina-
 ham-other Accounts.

ham--other Accounts.
 Montgomery September 12.-tSpecial)- In the opinion of Commissioner of Asri- culture R. R. Poole, the Alabama cotton crop of this year will be the shortest in ten years. and that it will not exceed .o000Oo bales He also hears discouraging reports from the Carolinas and Florida, where, he says, things are more discour- aging than in this state. He advises as a result. that the farmers secure ad- vances on their cotton receipts and hold the staple for 10 cents.
 i, @The government reports" says Mr. Poole, in a letter sent out today. puts the condition on August 25 at T 9-1O Per haps that might have been correct up to that time. but the reports coming into this office indicate great deterioration since that time. In my last statement said that I thought the crop of the state of Alabama would be off something like 100000 bales. Owing to the further decrease of the crop l now think it is the shortest we have had in ten years. The indica- | tions point to not over a million bales.
 ''The reports l get from Georgia, the | Carolinas and Florida are more discour- aging than those in Alabama, and while the outlook on the lst of August was promising for aslarge crop, the indications in the whole section today point to a crop not over ten and half to eleven and half million bales It is possible that the receipts of September will be large, ow- ing to the fact that nearly all of the cot ton is open, but l feel quite sure that the crop in Alabama will be one of the shortest in several years.
 ''I earnestly urge the farmers to market their cotton clowly. If it is rushed upon the market the impression will prevail | that we have a large crop, and the price will go down, but if marketed slowly every bale should bring 10 cents pound. realize that great number of our farmers have obligations maturing in De- tober early, and will be compelled to meet them Where this Is the case my advice is to take the warehouse receipts, hypothe cate them. at the banks and borrow money to discharge their obligations l will en- deavor to keep the farmers posted in re- gard to the conditions of the crop as re- ported to this office from time to time" In statement issued yesterday, Presi- dent w. H. Seymour of the Alabama di- vision of the Cotton association, gave it as his opinion that the crop of the state Is very short and that the total yield will not exceed million bales.
 Expenses of Candidates. Judge John R. Tyson testifes in statement made to the secretary of state. that his race in the recent contest in the democratic party for the nomination for chief justice of the supreme court cost him $45S. 75. He goes very much into detail. noting from cup of coffee in Birmingham to an item of $5325 for printing.
 The account of Judge Tyson is the most complete of any ever filed in the state. The smallest detail Is noted. Every railroad ticket bought is shown. where from and where to- along with the meals and the beds he has had to consume and use. Separate bills of stamps are put down. and everything seems to be shown in full
 Tn contrast to the account of Judge Tyson which fills three closely typewrit- ten pages, Is that of A. H. Benners. nominated for chancellor of the North western division. He returns $30. 75. the 80 being the assessment of the commit tee, and the balance telegrams. 1 J. A. B. Lovett. who ran for commits sioner of agriculture, had an expense of S4S1 .50: William w. Brandon, for audi tor, slO30.45, and Frank Julian, who ran so well for secretary of state and won, $173.15.
 Causes Comment
 l It is remarked about the capitol that | the expenses turn out to have been 1 far below what the general public ex- | pected. in the light of the hard campaign made. It Is also presumed that none of | them contain what was spent gratis by 1 friends of the candidates. It is well known that friends of number of the candidates spent money for them in one way or another.
 One of the candidates saved a lot of money as result of the work done by | friends in the way of sending out liter ature. these often paying the postage ! bills their interest in his election being so great. Another had number of lifts in the way of help from sections of the state where he could not reach. For instance a number of the friends of one of them at Mobile got together and made ] up a purse for him. These things, of i course, have added to the cost of the election, but not to the expense of the man who did the running.
 Lee Is Named.
 The governor has appointed Fitzhugh | Lee of Eufaula, an examiner of public accounts to succeed w. F. Wilkinson. who recently resigned to become chief clerk to the commissioner of agriculture. | MT. Lee is brother Of Lawrence Lee. reporter of the supreme court As he has number of relatives who are closely allied with the Conner wing of the democ- racy he will be able. no doubt. to hold l over into the new administration. l Jim Pitts of Macon county. convicted in the fall of 1905 on the charge of bigamy. has been paroed by the governor on the promise that he will take care of his legal wife and children. There is nothing said | about the care of the other wife. Pitts married the second wife under the im- pression that he had a divorce from the first He plead guilty to bigamy when 1t was shown that he had no right to the second wife. The judge and the solicitor asked the governor to pardon.
 Jim Morgan of Lee. who had a two years sentence since last spring, for as- sault with intent to murder. has been pardoned on the advice of many citizens :! and the pardon board Eight of the jury
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