The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-05-26
BRONZE TABLET
 ID WAR GLASSES
Interesting Feature of Con-
 mencement At Auburn
TO BE UNVEILED SATURDAY
Many of the Capitol Officials Are Away Attending School commencements. Lawyers Receive Pay for
 State Litigation.

Montgomery May 25.-( Special .)-An interesting feature of the commence ment exercises of the Alabama Poly technic institute at Auburn this week will be the unveiling of a bronze tablet to the memory Of the war classes of the East Alabama Male school, the pre- cedessor of the excellent boys school now maintained at that point by the state. The idea grew out of a sugges- ton by Rev. H. M. Hamill of Nash vile, now at the head of the teacher training department of the Southern Meth odist church.
 This school was established in the | ffties by leaders in the Methodist church and is given a great deal of 1 notice in the history of the church in | the state. From 1856 to 1862, the agent was pr. E. J. Hamill, father of H. M Hamill, the instigator of the tablet idea The memorial will be placed with cere- monies appropriate on Saturday. It is leaf shaped tablet. On one side is the sentence, "In memorium, 1s61-65." On the other the words, From Alumni association" In the center is the fig l ure of a soldier and underneath these words: "To the students who fought under the stars and bars of the Con federacy."
 Seed Crusher Committee.
 The seed crushers of the south will look this year to Montgomery as the most important point in the territory this having been made the headquarters of the arbitration board On this board have been named the following gentle men, all of Montgomery: s. ]. Cas- sels, chairman J. ". Black, c. G. Hew- it, T. R. Cain and ". P. DeJarnette It is hoped that in the course of time Montgomery will be made the seed headquarters of the south.
 School closlnqs.
 School announcements have taken away many of the capitol officials the past few days, the greater number at- tending the closing exercises at the university. Governor Conner is there for two days, after which he will go to the State Normal, at Florence, and then double back to Auburn for Satur- l day, where he will attend the closing of the Alabama Polytechnic, and re- view, with his staff, the corps of cadets. On June he will be at Evergreen. State Superintendent of Education H. C.. Gunnels Is at Tuscaloosa and w. F. Feagin, his chief clerk, spent Tuesday at Wetumpka Gen. W. w. Brandon is also at Tuscaloosa for the week.
 Powers on Education.
 State Superintendent of Education 1 Powers of Mississippi, who spent Tues day at the commencement of the Fifth | District Agricultural school at We tumpka. and is going from there to | Dothan, says that one of the demands | of the educational system is industrial education. We are making profession al men galore, while sending the money of the south to other countries to pay { for things made from the raw material we send them. It Is for industrial edu- cation that the great fight in the south should be made" MT. Powers Is an old Alabama man, having been reared in | Hale county. He is one of the best known educators of the south now.
 Money for Lawyers.
 So far the state has paid attorneys fees in the rate litigation cases to the extent of s20,171.3S. The last pay ment was made this week, 5000 to Judge S. D. Weakley and 5000 to H. c. Selheimer. There have been five lawyers to participate in this distri- l button, authorized by section 52 of the railroad commission act as follows; Judge S. D. Weakley H. c. Selheimer, Judge R. w. Walker, Horace String fellow and Frank s. White. At. this time Judge Weakley and MT. Selh elmer are the only ones employed.
 Strother In City.
 J. w. Strother, state senator, with residence in Tallapoosa county, who has been here this week, says there is some agitation in his county over the large amount of fees the probate judge gets, mention having been made In the local paper, but no general discussion of the subject.