The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-01-14
JEFFERSON POURS
 CASH IN TREASURY Total for Three Months of Last
 Year $488, 184.41 SLATE HAS A MILLION pr. John A. Rice of New Orleans Will Address the Laymen of Alabama at Meeting to Be Held at Mont
 gomery February 4.
STATE HAS A MILLION


 Jefferson county. desiring to promote the prosperity of the state at all times, comes forward with taxes for the treas ury to the extent of $4ss.1s4.41 for the last three months of the year 1909 ue total for December, just reported by George B. Tarrant, tax collector, being s427,797.57. The November report was $41,93S.7S, and the October report, $1s,- 448.11. Of the three months total $221,- 726.67 goes to the school fund of the state. and there are $so10 in polls, also part of the sch ooI funds.
 State Has Million.
 There Is just a mite shy of mil lion dollars in the strong box of the state and all fears of hard times have passed away for a long time, next fail, perhaps. Gov. B. B. Conner borrowed only $50,000, which he had right to do under the law, and 1t looks now as if this may be paid back and still have no distress for many months to come. There will be the monthly pay roll of the teachers running to about ss00,00o but with the taxes coming in as they are now there will be ample in to meet 1t in addition to that already in the coffers. Governor Conner is going to New York next week to call on the fiscal agents of the state, taking a run over from Washington after the meet ing of governors.
 New Bank Examiner.
 l.. P. Hosmer, tAe newly appointed assistant examiner of the banks, was today inducted into office by Bank Ex- aminer Rutledge, who made him &C., quainted with his duties MT. Hosmer, who is a son of pr. S. M. Hosmer, pres ident of the Southern university at Greensboro. comes directly from the Selma National bank, where he was general bookkeeper.
 New Corporations.
 These new corporations have been reported to the secretary of state: George A. Poetz Jewelry company, Mo- bile. capital $15,0c0; Tuscaloosa Col lege of Music. Tuscaloosa, capital $2o,- 900; Empire Pool company, Tuscaloosa, capital $2oO0; National Grocery com pany. Demopolis. capital $35.o0o.
 Making of Doctors.
 Holding an examination for license to practice medicine in Alabama Is no small Job, as the members of the board of examiners will testify. Eighty questions must be prepared every one checked over carefully by the board in session, there being eight sets of ten each. The sets are divided as follows: 1, anatomy; ?, physiology; 3. chemistry; 4, etiology, symptology, pathology and diagnosis. 5, obstetrics and obstetrical operations; 6, surgery; '. gynecology; 8, physical diagnosis of diseases; g, hygiene and medical jurisprudence; 10, dfseastes of the eye, ear. throat and nose.
 Will Address laymen.
 Dr. John A. Rice of New Orleans former pastor of the Court Street Meth odist church and prominently men toned for bishop of the denomination at the next general conference, will ad- dress the laymen movement for Ala bama, to be held February 4 to 6. in this city. The reflex influence of mis- sions, will be his topic. He will preach in his old church on Sunday, February 6, that matter having already been ar ranged.
 The list of speakers for that series of meetings is one of the most remark able ever brought south. The first on the provision programme is Dr. D. H. Ogden of Atlanta who will have "The World for Christ by the Men of Today" pr. E. W. Capen of Boston will present the Call of the East" to which his father, Dr. S. B. Capen, of the same city w1ll respond in the Answer of the West" Other speakers in clude, for the second day Drs. J. T. Henderson of Bristol, Tenn, Baptist; w. B. Dobyns, St. Joseph. Mo-; s. H. Chester. Nashville; Beverly Warner, New Orleans.
 There will be also Hon. Joshua Lev ering, Baltimore; Dr. D. c. Lilley, Nicholasville, Ky; w. B. Stubbs, Nash vile; pr. c. G. Hounsh ell, Corea; Gr. w. H. Park, China; Dr. R. w. Patton, Atlanta; Dr. M. Williams, New York: Dr. D. J. Willingham, Richmond; Dr. A. P. Parker. China; Dr. H. F. Will Hams, Nashville; Dr. w. R. Hotchkis>, Lumbwa, British East Africa.