The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-03-14
NEGROES MAY HURT
 CAPTAIN ROBSON Over : Appreciative of His
 Brownsville Vote W. D. SEED TO SPEAK Will Address Bankers of Group at Montgomery Tuesday-Wilkinson
 Announces Dates for Farm
 Institutes In the State.
By HERVEY w. LAIRD.

By HERVEY w. LAIRD.
 Montgomery, March 13.-(SpeciaI)-In their anxiety to show him appreciation the negroes of Alabama are helping to dig the political grave of Capt. Richmond P. Hobson, is the opinion of a number of of men who keep an eye out well on the signs of the times.
 No more deserving tribute was paid to the cause of justice and the doctrines of equal rights than that paid by Richmond P. Hobson when he registered his vote in the House of Representatives a few days ago in favor of the reinstatement of the colored soldiers, whom President Roosevelt and Mir. Taft dismissed from the United States army without a trial and without honor," says the editor of the colored Alabamian, printed at Mont gomery.
 This paper prints a large double column picture of Congressman Hobson, with the following inscription under 1t: MT, Hob- son was the only congressman from Ala bama, and perhaps from the whole south, who voted with Senator Foraker to re- instate the eolored soldiers who had been dlSSId Dy IHcOQOIt INDOscNell III lulS one act MT. Hobson evineed a sense of justice that gives him high rank among the right thinking people of the nation" While there are many who believe that after all the position of Captain Hobson was right, a great number insist that the discharge of the negro soldiers was the best thing Roosevelt ever did, and they do not like any move that dis counts it.
 Seed to Speak.
 w. D. Seed, state treasurer will speak to the bankers of group five when they meet in Montgomery next Tuesday His subject will be ''Our State Depositaries '' It is also pretty well understood that the most important part of the meeting will be the discussion of laws that are needed from any regular special session of the legislature. The following counties compose group i've Chiffon, Autauga, Lowndes, Pike, Montgomery, Elmore, Macon, Bullock. Russell Chambers, Bar bour, Crenshaw, Dale. Coffee. Henry. Geneva and Houston.
 Pythlan Grand Lodge.
 The arrangements for the grand lodge of Knights of Pythias of Alabama to be held this year on May IS and l9 at Florence are being made. Grand Keeper of Records and Seal J. NJ Dannelly thinks that the work there will be very import ant and that the people are going to give the representatives great time.
 Institute Tours.
 Commissioner of Agriculture J. A. Wilk- inson will begin next week a tour of the state holding institutes He will be as- aiatad hu Professors Cray DYopar T, T Duncan of the Polytechnic institute at Auburn. The territory will be divided into northwest and northeast. MT. Wilkinson and MT. Duncan will go northeast the two others the other way. The dates are as follows:
 March 15-Guin, northwest; Odenville, northeast.
 March 16-Sulligent, northwest; Round MouEtain, northeast
 March 17-Vernon, northwest; Center, northeast.
 March 1S-Millport, northwest; Pied mont northeast.
 March 19-Berry, northwest; Choccoloco, northeast.
 March 2o-Fayette, northwest; Edwards vile, northeast.
 March 22-Reform, northeast; McFa1l, northeast
 March 23-Carrollton, northwest; Pell City, northeast.
 March 24-Northport, northwest; Chi1- dersburg, northeast
 March 25-Moundsville, northwest; Good water, northeast.
 March 26-Eutaw, northwest; Alexander City, northeast.
 March 27-Greensboro, northwest; Ope- lika, northeast
 March 29-Marion, northwest; Lafayette, northeast
 March 8o-sprott, northwest; Five Points, northeast.
 March 3l-Centreville, northeast; Roan- oke, northeast.
 Apri, 1-Lawley, northwest; Wedowee. northeast.
 April -Montevallo, northwest; Line vile, northeast.
 April Columbiana, northwest; Pyriton, northeast.
 May Open Girls School.
 The sale of the property of the Ala bama Conference Female college at Tus- kegee means that the work of the Wom- ans college of the Methodist church will begin at Montgomery next September. The sale allows occupancy for year. but it is not at all unlikely that there will be secured a building in Montgomery to open, as it is anticipated that the hand some new buildings are we'll under way and it Is likely that there will be meeting of the building committee this month yet to let the contracts. There are a number of places in Montgomery that could be used for this kind of ser vice temporarily.
 Court In Bibb.
 Judge B. M Miller will open court at Centreville Monday, 1t being special term to try Tolley Mason, the negro who early in the week cut to death Richard Megs, a prominent citizen. After the cutting the negro was so much in dan ger of being lynched that he was rushed to Montgomery, where he was kept until Saturday when Sheriff Oakley took him back Because of Judge Miller being en- Gi1rafnl1rnar.ll "