The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-19
TAX COMMISSION
 ID SIT THIS WEEK Will Hear Intangible Tax Value
 Questions INTERESTING PROBLEMS
INTERESTING
So Far 31 County High Schools Have Been Located In the State-Sev- eral Counties Have
 Not Applied.

Montgomery, July 18.-(Special)- The sitings by the state tax commits sion next week to take up the ques- tion of intangible tax values promise to develop some interesting situations.
 It is anticipated that not only will
 several of the corporations begin move
 ments to resist the levy but others will seek to have values already made lowered The whole commission will sit and 1t is anticipated that 1t will take 10 days to get the matter worked off
 The case of the Montgomery Light and Waterpower company Is set for Tuesday, July 21, and the outlook Is that it will finally determine to make a fight against the new assessment as well as the old which it has so Tar refused to pay. President Chambers makes affidavit that the taxes and I licenses now put upon his company amount to per cent of its gross in- come. Attorneys for this and several other light and gas companies have been working on the matter and wiD soon decide whether or not fight wi be made.
 High Schools Located. So far 31 county high schools nave been located in the state, leaving 1T vet to be decided upon. In all 4S coua ties were eligible for the institutions | Of the F yet open it is strange fact that the following have not applied' Bullock, Butler, Greene, Jefferson, Mo bile. Montgomery Randolph and Rus sell.
 According to the law high schools cannot be established in those coul- ties, any one of which has already an agricultural school, normal school TOT whites. polytechnic institute, un1vers ty. or girls industrial school. In's cuts out the foloWing baiowl', RIount. Calhoun. Clarke, Conecuh, Dale' Fillmore, Hale, Henry, Lauderdale' Lee Limestone, Marion, Marshall fke' Shelby, Sumter, Talladega anu loosa. Tn those counties which are getting raadv to build houses auth ority has been given to open school in tempo ary quarters, the regular building 10 be finish ed by April l. Those Located. The high school commission Of Ala bama has located high schools as folioWs' with county location. of htsh schoo'' cost of building and chairman of build- ing committees: Barbour at Clayton, cost $l1'oV', chairman, J. S. Williams. Cherokee at Centre, cost Sl2,oo0; chairman, Dr. s. c. Tatum. Chiffon at Clanton, cost $lO,ooo' chairman, Tipton Mullins. Choctaw at Butler, cost $1O,00o, chairman, W. H. Lindsey.
 Coffee at Enterprise, cost, S350Oo: chairman, c. w. Simmons. Covington at Andalusia, cost, S25,OO'' chairman, c. A. O'Neal. Crenshaw at Luverne. cost $l2,ooo' chairman, M. w. Rushton. DeKalb at Fit. Payne, cost $12,5oo' chairman, T. J. Cook Escambia at Atmore, cost $12,50o; chairman, T. J. Peavy. Etowah at Attalla, cost $15,00; chair man, c. M. Frost
 Fayette at Fayette, cost $12,50o; chairman, Dr. W. A. Graham. Franklin at Russellville, cost, $10,00o; chairman, W. H. Key.
 Geneva at Hardford, cost $150O0; chair
 man, o. l.. Rivenbark. Houston at Columbia, cost $25,0OO; chair man, w. L. Lee. Jackson at Scottsboro, cost $2o,JO0;
 chairman, Virgil Bouldin. Lamar at Vernon, cost $10,OOO; chair man, Judge R. L. Bradley.
 Lawrence at Moulton, cost s10,000; chair
 man, Judge J. c. Cumpe.
 Lowndes at Ft. Deposit, cost s120oo; chairman, Hon. F. M. Coker.
 ,1ro vet ph ir- man, W. G. Stevenson. Madison at Gurley, cost $15,OOO; chair
 man, W. A. Walker. Marengo at Thomaston, cost $1O,oOO; chairman, Hon. B. F. Mason. Morgan at Hartselle, cost $10,0O0; chair man, M. Pattillo.
 Piclens at Reform, cost s12,5O0; chair man, Dr. G. B. Wimberly.
 St. Clair at Odenville, cost $12,500; chair
 man, w. T. Brown
 Winston at Double Springs, cost $10,000:
 chairman, Rufus I. Dodd.
 Wilcox at Camden, cost $10000; chair
 man, E. W. Berry.
 Tallapoosa at Dadeville, cost $1O,OO0; chairman, J. B. Rylance.
 Cullman at Culman, cost $17,5O0; chair man, Jack Griffin.
 Clay at Ashland, cost BPS, 900; chairman, Edgar l.. Whatley.
 Dallas at Plantersville, cost $l0,00O; chairman, J. E. Barnes.
 Chambers at Lafayette, cost $40,O00; chairman, Sam H. Oliver.
 Baptist Membership.
 The reports now being made up for the convention of the Alabama Baptists at Roanoke July 22 to "A show that the total membership is now 161, ,40S, or an increase of ZOOS over the figures of last year The
 total missionary contributions will pe s66,957, which is small decrease. There were 2S new church organizations. The Sunday schools have 95, 792 members.
 The convention will mark the end of the
 twentieth year of Dr. w. B. Crumpton as missionary secretary. He is the best known man in the denomination, not only in Alabama, but much of the state. He has been very active also in temperance work. being head of the Alabama Anti Saloon league. Incidentally Dr. Crumpton will pay a high tribute to the late MaJ John G. Harris, who has long worked