The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-06-20
QUESTIONS FUR
 TEACHERS GO OUT PreCaution Against Theft of
 Papers WOLATORS ARE PUNISHED Continued Rains Are Doing Great Dam- age Over the State-Judge Jones Will Consider Railroad Cases
 Again Tomorrow.
VOLATORs ARE PUNISHED

Montgomery, June 19.-(Special. )-H. J. Willingham, secretary of the state board of examiners of the department of edu- cation, is sending out the questions to the CT counties for the semi-annual ex- aminations of teachers on July D. and T. Profiting by experience the questions are sealed in canvas bags and tied secure fly so that they can not be opened save in the event that they are stolen out right. They are sent by express, re- ceipt being taken for each one, and ad- dressed to the county superintendents.
 MT. WiIlingham finds that there will be more to take the examinations this year than ever before, growing out of two things. The first is that the rather quiet times in the industrial and commercial world has left many who can teach out of places and they have sought this means of securing steady work. The oth- CT is that the gradually increased pay has led many to take up the work that would not otherwise have done so. A large number of teacher training schools having sprung up and there will likely be a greater number than usual to pass.
 Incident to the reference to theft of questions, it will be of interest to note that most of the active participants in this .Nactice have either been discov- cred al ' fined or run out of the state. The ma who stole the blanks a year ago was found and made a confession and was punished Of the accused ne- groes at that time 140 are still barred from taking the examinations until next January, and even after that If they are not able to make good showing for ob- servance of the laws since that time. MT. Willingham believes that there will be little more fraud in the taking of the examinations and certainly never again such a wholesale break as that of the time referred to.
 The county superintendents are allowed to open the question list envelopes only on the day they are used. On Monday, July D. questions of a preliminary na- ture, agriculture and reading will be given as well as orthography, physiology and geography. Tuesday, arithmetic, English grammar, United States history and Alabama history will be brought out, while on Wednesday the subjects will be algebra, geometry, school laws, theory and practice and physics.
 The fees for examinations are for first grade, $3; second g; third s1. Full in- structions are sent with the blanks for the conduct of the examinations Re- turns will begin to come in by the middle of the month. MT. Willingham believes that the supply of teachers this year will exceed the demand, thus enabling the school people to get better service by having a larger crowd to pick from. Crops Badly Hurt.
 Crops are being badly hurt by the rains, longer drawn out than at any time in the history of recent crop-mahing years. Grass, given live start by the early rains, has never been stopped for the reason that every time the hoes would get going good another downpour would run the workers into the house. Except in particular places and in the hill lands the cotton crop Is in bad shape.
 Corn has also been hurt but 1t will have chance to get back, while oats and other grains have been knocked down by rains or left to get wet In the fields. Much of the cotton lands will be put into corn later on, and in a great many cases lands will be turned over to potatoes where they are rich enough during the months of July and August. Hay has done well and most of the vegetable crops are show ing ample returns, but fruit, peaches es- pecially, are 75 per cent from a good crop.
 Railroad Cases Monday.
 The railroad cases will be before Judge Thomas G. Jones of the federal court again on Monday, at which time he will settle the matters to be referred to the master and act on pleadings with regard