The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-09
ALABAMA ID WORK ID SAVE FORESTS Stale Forestry Commission is
 Organized SMITH SUCCEEDS COOK Auditor W. w. Brandon Pays a High Tribute to the Late Chief Clerk In His Office at the State
 Capitol.
SMITH SUCCEEDS COOK

i'5O Ohieiy, january S.-(Special)- me work that the state will do for the preservation of the trees and forests now standing and the culture or others is well begun with the or ganization of the commission author- 1 lzed by act of the last legislature. 1 Whlcn was accomplished at a meeting today at noon in the office of Governor 1 Conner. The first work will he done in the way of education right away. a committee being named to draft an ad- dress and provide for lectures in con nection withsthe department of forestry at Washington.
 1 The members of the commission are 1 Governor Conner, Commissioner of Az riculture J. A. Wilkinson, Game and f1sh Commissioner John IL. Wallace Jr, Tax Commissioner J. B. Powell. professor of forestry at Auburn. R. S. Mcintosh, and John l.. Raul of Bir. mingham All were present at the meeting save MT. Kaul, who could not l get away from Birmingham E. E. Carter of the national department was present and gave the members some 1 valuable information. By act Gov ernor Conner is the president. The body selected John H. Wallace Jr as sec retary.
 An address will be prepared at once telling how to keep down fires and to protect the trees; also to inform all with regard to tree culture To this end Messrs Wilkinson, Wallace and Powell have been appointed a special committee. A course of lectures will be arranged later.
 Smith Gets Place. | c. Brooks Smith has been appointed 1 chief clerk to the state auditor taking the place of the late Judge J. T. Cook. l b. w. Hauseman becomes warrant | clerk after MT. Smith, A bookkeeper for the vacancy thus made will be an | nounced in few days. q believe in the policy of promotion,' said Auditor | w. w. Brandon, "and to that end I | have raised the men in the office 1 have offered the place of bookkeepcr to man who will, hope, accept. but l cannot tell about this until later" With regard to the services and life of Judge Cook General Brandon was very cordial in expression. q have no hesitancy in saving that believed him the best posted man on the rev | enues of the state in the state More l than that he was a revenue expert | whose services can lilly be lost at this time. For fifteen years he had been | chief clerk in the office where ali mat | ters of this kind gather and he knew just what YVES to De done under all | circumstances. He was one of the | sweetest tempered of o1en. and we have | lost not only an associate in the office but at all times a devoted friend" Reports on Officers. | The governor has received Inc ra- ports of the state examiners on the accounts of the officials of the coun ties of Dale, Dallas. Henry and Hous- ton, only few small errors being found.
 1 Assistant State Examiner Lee re- l ported on Dale, Henry and Houston. and Assistant Examiner Brooke re- ported on the accounts of the officials of Dallas.
 In Dale county Mir Lee found Pro-
 
 state SIS; Tax Collector T. J. Feagin, $6 40; Clerk of the Circuit Court J. R. Leroy, S15; Tax Assessor J. A. Mcleod was found to be correct, as was B. l.. Anderson, the heriff
 In Dallas county MT. Brooke found Probate Judge P. H. Pitts due the state $35, and Tax Collector c. P Morrison s13S.94 The other officials were found correct
 In Henry county all the officials were found correct except Sam Davis the county superintendent of education. who is due the state s2 on a clerical error.
 In Houston county Examiner Lee found Probate Judge George Leslie due the state $25; Sheriff Butler, $9 90, and Tax Collector w. c. Grange, $17.64.
 Reward Offered.
 The governor today offered a reward of S150 for the arrest and conviction of Lee Sides and Chris Sides, who are charged with the murder of Thomas Kirk, who was postma ster at Guin, Ma rion county They had been arrested at Russellville in 1893, but broke iai The authorities believe that if a re- ward is offered at this time they will be captured and brought back to this state.
 w. M. Brightman Is Dead. Mir. William M Brightman of Hayne- vile, Ala, died at his residence early this morning, after a short illness MT. Brightman was one of the most prom inent and best known citizens of Lowndes county, having removed to Hayneville many years ago from Albany, N Y. MT. Brightman in his early days went into the mercantile business and for many years was the partner of the late and we'll known firm of John P. Streety & Co.
 New Corporations.
 The secretary of state was today in- formed of the organization of the fol- lowing new corporations: Crown Commercial company Atmore. Escambia county Capital $10,00O. h. corporators, M. o. Baggett, T. J. Cush- ion and D. J. Baggett. Farmers Union Warehouse company of Ashford. Capital $4000. Incorpora- tors. K J. Todd, D. E. Thompson and others.