The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-08-09

is the $1o,0oo asked for by the State
 College of Agriculture for extension
 work. Common schools and anything g
 that proposes to hold the farmer, are
 favorites with the Georgia legislators.
 both when it comes to appropriations
 and when 1t Is a matter of general leg
 islation.
 This extension work, which Dean A.
 M Soule of the State College of Agri-
 culture Is anxious to put into practice,
 will be, in effect, carrying the college
 to the farmer. It is proposed to hold
 farmers schools in every section of the
 state and to increase the work of dis
 seminating agricultural information,
 especially with reference to contending
 with diseases of plants.
 In fact it Is understood that there has
 been some little rivalry between the
 State College of Agriculture and the
 state department of entomology with
 regard to which one ought to have the
 appropriation for fighting black root
 in cotton. While the college wanted
 1t, the house has voted it to the ento-
 mological department.
 Legislature Down to Work.
 With only three more working days
 before adjournment, both houses of the
 general assembly will get busy this
 
 week, holding sessions morning, aft
 ernoon and night.
 The senate took hold of the general
 tax bill today. It has got to finish that
 measure and the general appropria-
 tions bill next week, besides pass on
 a lot of important measures which
 have been enacted by the house, and
 get ready for final adjournment
 Wednesday night.
 The house has not touched the bills passed by the senate and as is usually the rule, 1t will devote the last three days of the session to senate bills. Some time will also be taken up with
 reports on conference committees, though not so many disa greements as have been predicted are now look ed for. All indications seem to point to the fact that the senate will follow the house in putting additional restric- tions, presumed to amount almost to prohibition, upon near beer, which would do away with contest between the two houses upon the feature in which there was possibility of the warmest fight.
 It Is expected the house will accept other amendments to the general tax bill made by the senate without much objection. But some hard fights are expected on appropriations between the two bodies, and this Is where the worst tugs usually come, for the sem ate is noted for making concessions in appropriations, especially to state in stitutions.
 Nothing Is in prospect, however, to prevent adjournment in good season on Wednesday, unless it appears later Outside of the MeLendon matter Y, ir,or of ior ri ture during the session and the mem bers generally have maintained a pleasant and friendly frame of mind It can harly be said that the McLen- don matter brought any jars, as it was seldom discussed between members of opposing views.
 Last afternoon the entire general as- sembly suspended business to attend a barbecue given at the Gold Springs Cue club near Atlanta, by President John M Slaton of the senate in honor of the legislature. President Slaton has given this barbecue annually for several years past and it Is always looked forward to with great pleasure by the members.
 Namesakes of Brown. Governor Brown has established a "namesake" file in which he is keep ing all letters relating 10 h1S name sakes over the state. little colony of new arrivals which is constantly growing in number.
 Since he entered the executive office Governor Brown has received some 20 or more lettres from fond and proud parents over the state announcing that l they have named their young hopefuls | in honor of Georgia's new governor There are, therefore, now scattered over the state some two dozen "Joe Brown Williamses," Joe Brown Thom- ases, and Joe Brown Smiths, started on l the road to fame and fortune. Some | of those who have written announce | ing the arrival of a young Joe | Brown" have intimated that the little | fellow might enjoy present of some sort
 | One of these correspondents wrote that he was for Governor Brown in the I last race and that 1t had been his in l tention to name his new baby "Joe | Brown -" but upon arrival it proved | to be a girl so she was named Cora l Brown -" In honor of the governor | daughter.
 l Several have written asking the sig | nifcance of the M, which Is the gov 1 ernors middle initial; 1t stands fol
 Mackie. They said they wanted t'