The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-05-04

annum shall be paid for the maintenance | Of each inmate of said school"
 Had il been the intention of the legis- l lature to further restrict the payment to | those inmates who did not pay tuition,
 that intention would have been clearly | expressed.
 Hobson's Tour. | Capt Richmond Pearson Hobcon, Ala
 Dama's hero congressman and publlcist, passed through the city today en route to Tuscaloosa, from which place he will be-
 gin an unique tour of his district, having for it's object the instruction of the peo-
 pie in agriculture, forestry, road making | education and rural mail delivery possi- 1 bilties. In addition there will be in- ! struetion with regard to fish hatchings l and arrangements will be made to supply i all who desire them with fish for stocking l streams.
 Mrs. Hobson will accompany her hus- 1 band. He will have with him a road i builder. forester, an agrlculturlst. d { soil man, an educator and a rural de- | livery inspector. Each of these men will ] have time for a talk at every appoint l ment They will instruct the farmers in | thelr several departments, telling them | how to locate and use soils, how to better | the country roads. how to preserve the l trees fast becoming valuable and how to | | joyed.
 All these men are at the expense of the l government, giving their time and ex- l perenee to the good of those who need it. | After them the rural route man will map
 out routes for new mall lines and thus | increase the conveniences of the citizens. 1 Though these men might be had by all | parts of the state, the plan is expected to 1 prove of great value because of their | travelling in groups; also it Is expected
 that more will turn out to hear where
 there is crowd. and the appointments
 are made iollifieatlon times.
 He Is Criticised.
 Interest in Captain Hobson will be ln- | creased by the publication in the current | issue of the urday Evening Post of
 a rather sarcastic article about his career. l The writer does not make much for the young hero and gets back on the old story
 of the ineffectiveness of the service rem | dered in Santiago harbor. Hobson, how ever, keeps right on doing things to get ! himself talked about and his latest propo- sition to get money to duplicate each | thousand dollars put up by the state for new country school houses has given him a line of comment from education forces | that will no doubt be far more effective l than he has ever received, as education is now the most popular thing in Ala l bamd politics as well among men and l school conditions.
 | It Is understood that the educational forces will take advantage of the offer of | Hobson to have educational matter | franked part of the Congressional Record. He suggested that if such is | furnished the congressman it can be l formed into speeches and with leave to l print" sent to every voter in the state
 Crumpton Is Delegate. At a meeting of the executive board of
 the Baptist state convention. held in
 the office of pr. w. B. Crumpton, the secretary and treasurer today delegates were appointed to the Southern Baptist | convention which meets in Richmond, Va,
 May 16 Alabama is entitled to To dele gates, but the board did not complete the | list today and other names will be added l as they are sent to Dr. Crumpton, the l secretary.
 Besides these delegates there will be one ] representative from each of the seventy l four associations in Alabama.
 Those present at the meeting today
 were; Dr. w. B. Crumpton, Judge N. D. i Denson, G. w. Ellis, G. G. Miles, w. R. Sawyer of Montgomery and H. J. Will
 lingham of Wetumpka, M. M. Wood of
 Furman and ]. B. Ellis of Selma. ! The total amount of contributions of | the Baptists of Alabama to foreign mis-
 sons this year amounts to $27,5S2, and home missions S17.637
 ! This is one of the best showngs made 1 by the Baptists in this state. They a1-
 ways contribute literally to mission work. l The contributions to home mission work
 is about $30O0 more than last year. Last year T. G. Bush of Mobile contributed | Sl0,000 toward foreign missions, making total colectin in the state for foreign missions $30,205, making the amount con | tributed by the Baptists of the state with
 out the contribution of M-. Bush $20,0O9. l This year the amount subscribed Is $21,- l 5S2. There is single contribution of Sl0,o00 included in this amount, and makes
 the amount this year over $7O00 more than last.
 Will Attend Meeting.
 Dr. Thomas M. Owen, director of the
 state department of archives and history, will attend the meeting of the American l Library association at Ashville, N. C., | May 23 to 29 for the purpose of enjoying
 the sessions and to read a paper. He is | president of the Alabama Library as- sociation, and was largely instrumental in
 bringing about it's organization. Those
 who will attend from Alabama are Dr.
 and Mrs. Owen. Miss Laura Elmore of Montgomery, Miss Louis Thompson of 1 Ensley, Miss Lena Martin of Gadsden. ] Carnegie librarians: Mrs. F. H. Hopper of | the Y M. C. A. library at Mobile and the librarian of the Carnegie library at | Decatur.
 | w. F. Feagn, chief clerk to the super intendent of education, will deliver the
 address before the Gladstone and Cal | houn Literary societies at Troy; also the commencement addresses at the agricul- | tural schools at Albertville and Blounts- vile. II. J. Wilingham will speak to the 1 closing exercises at Geneva and Enter 1 prise.
 John H. Jack has been appointed jus 1 tice of the peace at Greensboro. He takes | the place of E. V. Otis, who resigned. 1 JIM. Holloway has been appointed jus 1 tice of the peace for Beat g. Monroe 1 county the vacancy arising with the res 1 ignation of S. w. Lambert. F. l.. Goodwin has been appointed con ! stable at Farmersville, Lowndes county. and s. H. Dean notary public for Beat ] II, Conecuh county.
 < l.. l.. HerZberg, one of the best known men of the state, was here from Gadsden I today. en route to Atlanta. Re found | here his friend Lawrence Lee. of the su- preme court and was shown many cour- tesies Colonel Herzberg was once very prominent in state military circles. and has many friends who remember the old | gold lace days.
 | R. A. Mitchell of Alabama City was here | yesterday to see Governor Conner on some | men, having been his personal and polit- | ical friend for years. MT Mitchell Is | one of the most successful cotton mill men in the south.
 ] J. B. Ellis, former grand chancellor of