The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-31
SCHOOL FUND WILL
 BE DISTRIBUTED
Mississippi Will Get Benefit of
 Nearly S1,000,000
STATE BONDS ARE SOLD
The Farmers of Mississippi Are in the Market for seed for Sugar Cane as They Are Planting More
 Than Usual

Jackson, Miss. December 3O.-(Spe- eial. 1.-The state of Mississippi is pre- pairing for the January distribution of the public school fund which amounts to ss49,Ss2 There are 712,o44 educ able children in the state and the above sum is distributed pro rata to the sev eral counties.
 There are about 5000 teachers in the state and they are paid salaries rang ing from s15 to s10o per month The principal of a public school may be paid as much as S100. his assistant S65. The first grade teachers are paid from s25 to s75 per month; second grade, SIS to sS0 and third grade from s15 to s3o.
 The warrants will be sent out as soon after January l as possible and there is every probability that there will be sufficient cash in the state treasury to pay them on presentation as taxes collected during the month of Decem- ber will be coming in by that time.
 The governor got rid of another bunch or two of state bonds this morn ing and is confident many more will be sold before the close of the year. After January l purchasers will lose the first interest coupon, but those who purchase now get the benefit of six months accrued interest.
 The First National bank of Jackson took over s15,ooo today and the Capital National of Jackson bought S13,000 worth. Both these bands have already bought heavily and express the hope that other bankers of the state will come to the rescue and take over the whole lot. thus keeping Mississippi money at home. There are 1900 of these bonds and more than 700 have been sold.
 The Farmers Union Warehouse com pany of this city is in the market for a few carloads of cane seed. the same to be delivered by next planting time, and the officers of the union have appealed to Commissioner of Agriculture Blakes- lee to assist them in locating a lot of seed cane Mr Blakeslee states that he will no doubt have to call on the planters of Louisiana for seed, as the farmers of Mississippi have never fallen into the habit of saving more than they need for their own patches. The prospect is that the acreage to cane will be almost, if not quite. doubled in this section next year. if having been demonstrated that the open kettle molasses finds a ready sale at good prices in the north and west.
 On Monday next Governor Noel goes to Ripley, and Tuesday will be at Iuka both appointments being in the north eastern sscorner of the state, where he will address the citizens generally at the courthouse. His subject will be Law and It's Enforcement" and his address will be along the lines of others that he has made during the past few months. At the same time he will defend his ad- ministration, court the closest scrutiny of his official acts and invite an investi- gation of his books and accounts.
 Governor. Noel has received an invita- tion to attend the Jackson Day National Democratic CeIebration' at Baltimore, on January r and will be present, if possi- hle for him to get out of town at that time.s This celebration, or democratic ral- ly, is or. the anniversary of the nomna- tion of Andrew Jackson, and every prom inent democrat in the land will be eX- pected to be present. and lend his time and talents to the healing of old. party wounds so that 1t may present a solid front during the next national campaign
 R. M and George Taylor, pioneers in the hog industry in this section, left to- <lo dio, txr-Iaa fHaV will visit several of the foremost breed- CTS of Poland Chinas in the United States and will buy at least two carloads of stock hogs for distribution over this section Never before was there such a demand for cattle of the beef breeds and for hogs as now. Farmers who have never given live stock more than pass ing thought are investing in the best stock that money can buy, with view to heading off and being ready for the boil weevil when he does come to their cotton fields.
 John Seaburg. a former Kentuckian, who has been growing tobacco for several years, and who is now living near Centre vile. Wilkinson county, writes Commis- sioner of Agriculture Blalxeslee that he has raised just as good tobacco in this state as he ever saw grow in Kentucky. wherefore there is no reason every farm CT should not put in a small crop, an acre or two the first year, so that they may learn how before investing too largely. He also states that he has Sold several hundred acres of his Wilkinson county lands to his old friends and neighbors in the burley tobacco region of Kentucky, and that in two years he expects to see a large acreage of tobacco grown by men who know the business and how toshandle a crop of tobacco.
 Col. Sam I. McCants of Meridian and Col. E. B. Baker of Natchez were here today in conference with Adjutant Gen eral Fridge as to National Guard work during the coming year. and closing up their business with that department for the year just ended. Colonel McCants has recently returned from the Garrison school at Fort McPherson. where other members of the Mississippi National Guard are now sojourning for the good of the organization.
 ACCIDENT TO NAURY CRAWFORD Daughter of President of Tennessee