The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-11-18
AUDITOR BRANDON
 ISSUES REPORT State Receives for Fiscal Year
 S4,661,9O2.35
DISBURSEMENTS 149,O49
Sponsors and Maids Are Named for First Reunion of United Sons of Confederate Veterans-Wal-
 lace First Commissioner.

Montgomery, November 17.-(Special) = According to the report of State Auditor William w. Brandon. for the fiscal year ending September 30 last, the state re- ceived from all sources the sum of s4- 661. .9O9.s5, which is S6s6 44S.O2 in excess of the receipts of the previous year. The disbursements were S5.149O45.52, in excess | of the previous 12 months by $l,14O 715.sl. A deficit of $459. 49S.17 is indicated by the fact that the balance of $1, ,794, ,57S09 at the beginning of the fisal year was offset only by Il balance of $1, ,3S5, ,079.92. The | books of the treasurer show balance of S1 ,S6O, ,S33.62, but there are outstanding war rants charged to the auditor of S25,753.50 | The excess disbursements exceed the ex- cess receipts by s454, 267.S9.
 The great amount of money used in school advancement and building and the | increased amounts to the old soldiers | have tended to make use of the money, 1 the increase for old soldiers alone being | s305ST .93 for last year. Another item of extraordinary expense is $58147.74 spent | to control the miners strike in the Bir- mingham district. The other unexpected increases came from the large amount
 appropriated for schools and school buildings.
 The resources at the beginning of the present year, therefore, amounted to s1,- 35,079.92, with liabilities as follows: Ed
 ucational fund, s1,376, ,30s.S2; pensions, $4So,-
 3Ss.37; two and three per cent fund, s4.- l 7O4.03; A and M. college, $39, ,131. .4S; ,in-
 terest on same, s507O; insane asylum, sS4,- 220.5o; feeding prisoners, estimated, s7Oo0; rural school houses, s29,14S11. Total $1,- s75.9727s.
 The sources of income are manifold ] mostly from taxes, licenses and convict
 funds. Taxes for the year 1907 amounted
 to $1944, ,6s5.99; lincess, $281, ,e1s.72; oil tax, { $3,Sol. 7s; recorfd of mortgages, sSS, ,s42 ss;
 solicitors fees, $35,SO6.70. The convict department turned in $S91, ,512S7 and the department of insurance, S1SS, ,051.47 The
 department of agriculture brought s9S,-
 63292 and domestic corporations, $26,- ! 543.57- A great deal was taken in for
 the sale of school lands in many items.
 The military receipts were $2,SS94S, and the game and fish department, $20 13l .54. | The total general fund is $2,776, ,122.1S. l were sl,41s,47 pension fund, s429,S69.as,
 and special fund, $36. 439.64
 Tennessee Department Reunion. The order for the first reunion of the l department of Tennessee, United Sons of Confederate Veterans, prepares for assem- bling in Mobile from November "A to 26
 large number of the fairest young and
 older women of the south as sponsors and
 maids. The department embraces the states of Alabama, Georgia, Florida, Mis- sissippi. Louisiana and Tennessee. The order, which is numbered 5, is sent out by Dr. Clarence J. Owens of Abbeville, the commander
 l The sponsor-in-chief is Miss Sara War 1 ren Wilkerson of Montgomery, who is one l of the prettiest young women in the state. Miss Georgia Richardson of Montgomery l Is sponsor for Alabama. Miss Elizabeth l Waddell of Jackson is sponsor for Ten nessee; Miss Ralston Green of New Or leans for Louisiana The department chaperon is Mrs. Virgil Griffin of Mont gomery. Mrs. E. M. Streator of Memphis is department matron of honor.
 The maids are as follows: For Alabama, l Miss Minnie Lee Rainer of Union Springs,
 Miss Ida Holey of Abbeville, Misses Frances Stakeley, Mildred Andrew, Geor- | gia Stafford, Anna Pezer and Kate Steiner ] of Montgomery. For Georgia, Miss Marie l Dickson of Atlanta, Miss Josie Easterling ] of Augusta. For Florida Miss Susie Mo reno of Pensacola. For Mississippi, Miss Sallie Hunt of Greenville. For Tennes-
 see, Miss Mary Yerger Henderson of | Memphis. For Louisiana, Misses Bernice
 Renwick, Gladys Broadway, Ethel Tis- sington, all of Monroe.
 | Miss Annie Warren Jones of Montgom- 1 cry is first maid to the Alabama sponsor l and Miss Vera Williams of Mobile second l Mrs. A. c. Sexton of Montgomery is state | chaperon and Mrs. J. l.. Moulton of Mo 1 bile. state matron of honor. Mrs. R. k. L. 1 Bynum of Jackson Is Tennessee chape- l ron Miss Corale Renauld of New Or leans and Miss Ethel Greene of Monroe l are maids for Louisiana.
 Wallace the First.
 | Gov. B. B. Conner on Tuesday signed the l first game and fish commissioner commis- sion in the history of the state the re- l turns of the recent election having been l counted John H. Wallace, Jr, was the man thus honored, he being the father of I the game law and the appointee of the re- i cent legislature by election of the two houses MT. Wallace YVES the first to be ] commissioned of the officers chosen at | the November 8 election.
 Must Make Copies.
 In an opinion by MT. Justice Mcclellan reversing the case of Henry Jackson vs. R. E. Mobley of Greene county, it is | held that copies of the dockets of the | court with the names of witnesses must | be served to the attorneys for the de- fense on their giving proper receipt in line l with the code. R. E. Mobly is clerk of the court. The ruling is more or less technical but of interest to lawyers. | Decisions were handed down as follows: | By Tyson, c. J.: J. Y. Brown, adminis- trator, vs. Alexander Finley, Calhoun probate court, affirmed By Dowdel J.: M. T. Sumner, trustee, etc., vs. Marie V. Hill ct all, Greene chancery court, af- firmed By. Anderson, J.: Emma Kyle ct al vs F. E. Slaughter, appeaI from Lee law and equity court reserved and re- manded. By Mcclellan, J.: Henry Jack son ys R. D. Bobley, Greene circuit court.