The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-09-03
SEEKING LAWS TO
 HELP CHILDREN Governor Is Heartily in Favor of Child Labor Jaws
REFORMS ARE DEMANDED
Committee Which Has Charge of Ar engagements to Entertain Presi- dent Taft in Jackson in Mo-
 vember Perfects Plans.

vember Perfects Plans.
 Jackson. Miss, September 2,-(Special) Governor Noel has received a letter from MT. A. T, stovall, an attorney at Okolona, in which he tells of his visit to Detroit, Mich, as commissioned delegate from the state of Mississippi to attend the conference of commission CTS on uniform state laws.
 MT. Stovall states that he was 'hon- ored by appointment on several stand ing committees, and especially by ap- pointment on the special committee of five to investigate child labor legisla- tion, and report at the next meeting in August, 1910, the draft of a bill to be submitted to the American Bar Associa- tion for approval, and by it recommend ed to the various legislatures"
 Governor Noel is heartily in line with any effort that may be made for uni formity of laws-not only as to child labor laws, but in several other respects, and the next legislature that assemblies in Jackson will no doubt find some sug- gestions as to the best modes of proce- dure.
 In this connection it is eXcusable to note the agitation of the demand for an increase in the age of consent law, as it goes hand in hand with child labor laws. The last legislature increased the age of consent from ten to twelve years, and the w. c. T. U. and other kindred organizations were disgusted. They de- manded Is or IS years, but would have been somewhat content with IA, but they never got that, and they will be before the next session of the law-making body with a demand for an increase in the number of years, and there are thou sands of virtuous men in the state who will back them up in their demands.
 In all of these demands the women Of the state will find Governor Noel is with them cheek by jowl, and that he will do everything in his power to secure the reforms they are demanding in laws that affect the children of the state or Mississippi.
 The committee charged with the en- tertainment of MT. Taft on the occa- sion of his visit to Jackson on the nrst day of next November held meeting yesterday at Pythian castle and arrang- ed all the preliminaries for the recep- tion and the entertainment of the Presl- dent of the United States. All of the members of the committee showed their interest in the matter by being present at the meeting of the committee and
 I.,Vrf n evening.
 Governor Noel was among those pres ent ,and stated to the committee that he would entertain the President ghen he came to Jackson at luncheon, and gave his very hearty endorsement to all mat had been done by the committee.
 It was resolved by the executive com mittee that the personnel of the iecep- ton committee should not be gwen out for the present. . A letter from Postmaster Generat Hitchcock to Mayor Crowder was read fin which he stated that he would be present on the occasion of the Vislt or President Taft to Jackson if possible. R. l.. Saunders. chairman of the pan ouet committed stated that the banquet would consist of nine courses, and estl- mated that about seven speeches mlght be indulged in during the course or the entertainment, provided each did not eX- ceed 10 minutes.
 At 3:3O the President will be gwen an automobile ride around the city, winding up at the capitol, where he will De lhtro- duced to the multitude that IS supposeo to assemble there during the afternoon. The Jackson speakers at the banquet will he Judge A. H. Whitfield chlef Jus tice of the supreme court; A. L. CroWuer' mayor of the city, and Hs M Qulnh' member of the legislature. Goverhor Noel and Judge Niles of the federal court will speak as the representatives of the state, and Judge Dickerson, Post- soaster General Hitchcock and the Pres ident will be among the responses, the president being last on the list.
 The newspapers of the city and the corresnondents of the out-of-toWn papers were requested to announce that the price of seats at the banquet to the Pfesloeh' will be only $25 per plate.
 Robert P. Farris of St. Louis mas sem to Superintendent J. R. Dobyns Of the Mississppi Institution for the Deaf and Dumb a well-preserved s10O Post note that was issued by the Brandon bank ID 1sae. and MT Dobyns has turned same over to Director Rowland of the depart ment of archives and history and 1t has been placed in the Hall of Fame for safe- keeping.
 This old note calls up chapter or t"o of state history that is full of interest ii was Issued in the flush times of Mis- sissippi and helped no little to make them fush during its rather short career The note is handsomely engraved for those early times, bearing the likeness Of a handsome woman in the center of the upper edge, and on the right end pic t,lre of DeSoto. On the face of the note is the following;
 .arwelye month after date the Missis sinpi and Alabama Railroad company nromises to pay $100 to the bearer on de lnand with per cent interest per annun until paid Brandon, July l, 1889.
 The signatues of the president anc cashier have faded out long ago. The nresident, however, was w. H. Shelton ana he committed suicide fin Pearl river here when the great bank went to thu wall. it's specie having been seized b, limited States Marshal Gwin in Jack aon hank. It was found that the Bran don bank (which was really the railroad company had $4,Oooooo of such notes out standing, and that its profits for severa years had been about S0,oo0 annually Yts crash brought ruin to hundreds O citizens in all parts of the state and ere ated a panic, the like of which ha never since been seen in this section.