The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-17

Montgomery, January 16.-(SpecialC- Alabama is regarded as being fortunate in being the territory for the trip taken bv railroad men and the commissioners of agriculture of Alabama and Mississip- pi which came to an end here today The idea of the movement is the diversihca- tion of crops, a main feature being to en- courage corn and forage raising and to hiring about a revival in the canning ln- dustry.
 Alabama has lead of late in the progress siyeness of It's farming operations. A large part of the credit for this IS gwen +o the appropriation of s67,oo0 a year for the building and repairing of school houses in the rural territory. It IS eaao bv men who are keeping close watch on this class of country that in every case where new schools have been located and new buildings provided, the Kind ana class of farming has become better.
 This is to be one Of the main lea- tures of the meeting of the heads ot the aericultural schools at Auburn the lat fer mart of the month. It is proposed to get if possible, a progressive line or thought in every county in order that the output of the farm may be made oet- ter and produced in more generous vol ume.
 More Laws Are Bad.
 The week has added one more impor- tant act of the legislature to the llst or dead ones" in the inyalfdating oI the provision by which part of the road ana bridge funds of the counties may be at,,en +o the cities for street and bridge work If means a loss of $SO,o0O a year to Montgomery and fully as much or noore to Mobile and Birmingham with lesser losses to cities of the second class. If may also be said, in passing that the failure of the act grew out of faulty t,tle not the lack of attention on the part of any clerk. .r
 Tba John pistol act however. is still here all the stronger for having been de- c,ared valid by the supreme court. MT. Justice Mcclellan with the approval or tbe rest of the bench has declared it con stitutionaI, on the appeal of case or an officer of the law who was fined. Col. w. John. the author of the rlh, who was here this week, said that the lact that the officer of the law could not break the act made it certain that 1t will stick as this class of men are doing more than all others to break it down.
 mWhat Is He After?"
 Emmett O'Neal of Florence was here this week He had rlgnI to De HeIe- in fact. it was his business to be here. He was one of the electors Of the state and came to help cast the vote for Bry- an and Kern In doing so. however, he took occasion to say a few things that had the ring of what do you think Of that?" in it. and since that time the nolitical "dopesters have been wonoer1ng what he has up his sleeve. we do not consider the election or Mir Taft a benediction to the south, said MT. O'Neal, or words to that effect. "Trhe democracy has and ever will be the great bulwark of safety to the people and we are not going to rest until II IS aoop. ed by the nation as governmental pol jcv" or about that. was another thfng | that he gave voice to. The result ls natural. What Is he going to run TOT | has been the cry since. The 1act that | he did not want to run for elector leads many to believe that he is not going to run for anything.
 Sweeping of the New Broom. 1 Few men have ever gotten down to cases jn a state job quicker than pr. C. | F Bush. the new head of the jail and | mill inspection bureau. He mas not oniy | posted himself on the demands or the place but has sent the word along that | iails must be kept clean, mills not aiioweu l to become nsanitary or children worked | in factories without having been Hr scnooi l for the required length of time. He be- gan bv pronouncing the Montgomery county jail one of the best in the pusi-