The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-08-02
WARM CAMP AIGN IS
ON IN MISSISSIPPI
Senatorial and Other Candi-
date Are Busy Speaking
STUDYING ROAD WORK
jackson Business Men Unite With
Those of Adjoining County in
Plan To Improve the Pub
lie Roads


The scene of the political war will be
shifted to the Fifth congressional district
this week Hon. Adam Byrd. present
congressional incumbent. and Hon. Sam
Witherspoon of Meridian his only OPP
ponent for the denomination, will cross
lances at the Neshoba county fair, near
Philadelphia. and at the Patrons Union,
near Lake Neshoba, is Mr. Byrds home
county, and he is invincible there,
The senatorial candidates-Percy, Alex
ander and vardaman-are booked for
speeches at both places during the week,
but not all on the same day, so that the
many farmers who attend these meet
ings will have plenty in the way of po-
litical advertisement after satisfying their
appetites for fine hogs, poultry cattle
and other live stock, as well as farm
products.
These two gatherings are among the
most interesting and important that oc-
cur in the state in the course of year.
The Neshoba fair and the Patrons of
Husbandry have long been in existence,
and always make very creditable sho>S-
ings. They have accomplished a great
deal OF GOOD IN their ltSptCtiNC NoiiiT
munites, for the simple reason that they
have never dabbled in politics. The Pa
irons have been holding their fairs at
Lake Neshoba for 80 or 40 years-encour-
aging the membership to invest in bet
ter stock, to diversity their crops, i'm
prove their homes and make better sur
roundings for their families. Success has
crowned their efforts, and for years the
neighborhood has seen and felt the eff
feet of such encouragement. generous
rivalry has been created between farm
ers, and the results are astonishing.
delegation of Jackson business men
went down to Raymond today to appear
before the board of supervisors in the
interest Of good roads. Kinds county
has been under the contract system for
two years, and has made wonderful i'm
provement in her public highways but
the city of Jackson is not satisfied. They
want something in the way of perma-
nent improvements and are willing to
nay for them Every road leading to
the city of Jackson must be good and
vp-to-date road, says Jacksons board of
trade, ana the SupeINlSoiS nave DSSH
called on to issue bonds in the sum of
5000 600, same to be used in the con-
struction of good roads under govern
ment supervision. Congressman Collier,
always alive to best interests of the
people of the district he represents, and
Senator Percy whose tendencies are de-
cidedly in the same direction, have
promised jackson that in the event the
county issues the bonds, they will see to
it that the department of agriculture
sends road building experts to make the
surveys and assist in the work OF con-
structing roads that will be credit to
the county. More than 1000 taxpayers of
the district have signed a petition ask
ing the supervisors to order the bond is
sue. and there is very little doubt 1t will
be done.
Attorneys and representatives of the
sch DOL book publishing houses inter-
ested were assembled at the supreme
court consultation rooms Saturday TO
take dispositions in the case of the
World Publishing company VS.. Dr. Ma!
Jones ct al, the latter being charged
with infringement of copyright IN the
publication of the book Of hygiene ana
sanitation that was offered to the state
text book commission a month or more
ago, and about which there was con-
siderable row at the time, and which
is vet to be aired in the courts. Be
cause of this alleged infringement the
commission declined to select the book
in which 1t was most interested and
made a contract with a Texas publish
ing company to furnish the book on
hygiene for the next five years. The
taking of the dispositions at this time
has no connection with the trial of the
case for infringement, which Will be
before the federal court at Memphis,
perhaps but was asked by the attor-
neys as a perpetuation of the testi-
mony.
Auditor E. j. Smith has once more
called on the state bankers for state
ment of their condition. in response to
request from the comptroller of the
currency. The statement was asked for
two weeks or more ago, but there are
about $50 of the banks of the state
that have not as yet compiled with
the request for the information and
the auditor is doing everything pos
sible to secure it in order that the|
comptroller may have data on which
to base a complete report OF the flnan-
cial condition of the country. There
is no way to compel the banks to fur
nish the data, but the hope is ex
pressed that they will allcomprehenu
what a refusal means and respond
promptly to this second request.
Assistant Manager Jim Mcdonnell OF
the State Fair association declares the
fair being arranged for next fall will
be the biggest and best ever under
taken here, the applications for space
being unprecedented and several of the
most interesting attractions having al
ready been secured Efforts are being
made to secure an aviation exhibition
and the Wrights, the Curtisses, the
Baldwins and others are persistentlv
corresponding with the management. II
is believed that one or the other navi-
gators of the upper regions will be
booked before the end of the month