The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-03-19
SECRETARY JULIAN
IS VERY BUSY MAN
Work of First Session May
Reach 100000 Words
NAMES THE DEPOSITARIES
Governor, Conner Desisnates Sixteen
Additional Banks Where State
Funds May Be Deposited.
Seymour Named.

There has been a degree of strenuosity
| In the office of Secretary of State Frank
N. Julian since the recessng of the legs-
| lature that would make Teddy Roosevelt
| look like a summer shade tree. Jump
and go has been the order of the day,
and not only Mr.. Julian, but his large
| force of clerks have been busy as bees
to get the laws passed before adjourn
ment copied and printed, SO that the
| public may understand what was done.
Mr.. Julian estimates that the work of
! thu first part of the session will reach
| 100000 words.
| While this is rather a small run for
the first division of the session, as COM
pared to other years, it is to be remem-
| bered that most of the important gen.
| eral laws were passed before adjourn
| ment for the recess, whereas in other
years the heavy general bills legislation
\ was left to the last There are large
| number of local measures on the calen-
| dar for the after-recess session, but COM
| paratively few general. 1t is expected
that If the rush of local laws is not too
heav:- after the reassemblng the session
will end inside the fourteen days yet
given them.
| Mr.. Julian has had his hands full to
| get the mass of work incident to the ses-
sion of the legislature and outside the
| copying of bills, out of the way. Among
| other things he has prepared for the
printer and will have out in ten days or
| less all of the general laws in pamphlet
| form.
Capitol News Notes.
! One of the most generously Endorsed
| men who has applied for office in some
| time is c. 8. williams of Coalburg, for
| the position of Justice of the peace made
vacant by the removal of j. R. Tate to
Birmingham There are more than a
score of letters file in his behalf,
| though no one seems to have opposed
him. Mr.. Tate asked that Mr.. Williams
! be appointed
The Tennessee Chemical company of
| Na5hville with capital of s1tJ0O0, has
| filed a copy of its charter in Alabama.
with a view to doing business in the
state.
w. Fl. Collins has been appointed con-
| stable for beat No. 9, Pickens county,
and C. C. Thompson in beat No. II. FL
| more county.
W. Z. McGehee has been appointed no
| tary public and ex officia justice of the
| peace at Baker HILL
|
Davis, NJ. L. Bonner and Jack T. STALL
ines, Birmingham. ss4
| Names Depositaries.
| Governor Conner has set aside sixteen
more banks as state depositaries, allow
ing each one of them to have $4,000. This
| is the amount that will be allowed all
| the others that apply under the law.
Treasurer Seed and Auditor Brandon
wero with the governor and assisted in
making up the list 1t is as follows:
| Farmers and Merchants National,
J Troy: First National, Luverne; First Ma
tonal, Brantley; Troy Bank and Trust
| company. Troy; Bank of Alfalfa, Alfalfa;
| First National. Hartford; Brundidge
Banking company. Brundidge; First Ma
| tional. Oxford: Peoples Bank and Trust
| company, Selma; Union Bank and Trust
| company, Montgomery City National.
| Selma; Cfanton bank, Clanton; First Ma
tional, Troy; Pank of Greenville, Green
Vile; Bank of Wetumpka, Wetumpka;
First National. Wetumpka.'
| Methodist College.
| Plans for the securing of the Methodist
| college for women in Montgomery are
still materalizing. AT present the great
est interest is being manifested on all
sides by the citizens of Montgomery, who
are extremely DESTROYS of having the in
stitution here, both as commercial bar
| At the close of his sermon yesterday
morning to the Court street congregation,
| DIR. o. c. McGehee stated that Montgom-
cry looked to the Methodist of thai
church to raise $4,000. 1t has developed
| that an understanding between the Cont
mercial club and the Methodist commits
sion is that the Methodists of Montgom-
cry should raise three-fifths of the neces-
sary amount, leaving the remaining two
| flfths for the city at large
| The arrangement brought about be-
tween the two organizations seems to
| have met with favor. In view of the
fact that the college will be denomina-
| tional it seemed not at all improper for
| that sect having control to contribute
| the greater amount, although viewed from
| the commercial view point the institution
! would prove as beneficial to the denom-
nations at large as to Montgomery Meth
odists
An active campaign for the raising of
| the two separate amounts is now on foot
| in dead earnest. Dr. McGehee, who is
| taking particular interest in the college.
was the first to open the subscription
books with fiery intent, and from the
warning that he yesterday extended 10
| his congregation 1t would seem that that
congregation will be the first to come
| forward with a good majority OF the
amount required of the Methodists.
seymour 1etS FIdCcs
w. II. Seymour, president of the Ala
| bama Cotton association. was appointed
today by the governor as director of the
| Alabama buerau of cotton statistics.
| This appointment recognizes the cotton
association which has done much good
| work for the planters. Mr.. Seymour has
devoted all his time to the work of the
association without pay. He is man of
ability and his appointment will be pleas
| ing to the farmers of Alabama. The law
requires that he give bond of $4,000 and
| that the cotton ginners must file once a
| week a list of the amount of cotton
! ginned. These reports are to be made
through the federal and state depart
ments of agriculture.
| The director receives no salary, but Is
allowed 5000 for office expenses, such as
stationary. stamps. and clerical assist
ance.
Mr.. Seymour has been in correspondence
with the bureau of census at Washington
and they recommend most highly that the
Southern Cotton association get UP their
own statistics.