The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-25
BREAK CAMP FOR
 CHRISTMAS SEASON "Peace on Earth" Reigns at
 State Capitol CHANGES OCCUR SOON Many New Faces Will Soon Be Seen and Many old Ones Will Disappear.
 A Partial List of Those
 Going and Coming
BY BERRYMAN G. BETTY

BY BERRYMAN c. BETTY
 Montgomery, December 4-(Spccial)- When officials of Alabama's capitol ''brcke camp today for the Christmas levities, they carried with them to most pronounced degree that priceless heritage of more than 19 centuries--the peerless gift of peace on earth; good will to- wards all men" At this Christmas sea- son of 1910 the gift is emphasized owing to the peculiar relations which exist at the capitol at the present time, when an aggressive administration of four years is nearing an end. and when the state is just settling to an equilibrium after a season of storm and turbulence.
 Previous Chrimstmases for the present administration have found the officials In a state of aggressiveness. at a period of ferment. But today there was quiet at the capitol. Officials who went to their homes to enjoy the mid-winter vacation went there with their work almost fln- ished. For three weeks from today there will be a shift Ion the hill,i when new faces will be seen in nearly all of the offices, and when the old faces will again Journey to the sections of Alabama from which they came, and there settle down again to private pursuits.
 It is true that some of the departments will be practically unchanged, but for the most part fresh group of officeholders will take hold of the reins of government and carry the state on it's prosperity road for another four years. Commercial gains and industrial progress are seen in the future, while peace to the state" does not appear far off.
 Thankful for Much
 Officials of Alabama, like the electors of the state, find themselves with much to be thankful for at this yuletide, and with many joyful songs trembling upon their lips. Outside of the political arena, the state has been steadily drifting along to health and prosperity Giant indus tries that had their conception within the past 12 months are today blending their songs of achievement with the carols that are harped at the older industrial estab- lishments, which within the year have arisen to greater and more glorious heights. Alabama orators who have en- tertained their audiences within the past year by brilliant peroratiors in which the achievements of the state were set forth did not violate the ethics of truth when they glaringly told of Alabamas growth since the beginning of 1910. In the opin- ion of leading men of the commonwealth, the half has not yet been told.
 politically the state has been at unrest, out involved in the kind of turmoil which was inevitable, and which in the nature of things had to be surrounted before the greatest commercial and industrial good could be reached. With the assem- bly, of the legislature, however, this tur- moll will be quleted Horizon signs are that peace, even here, will be restored and that simultaneously with it good will towards men will prevail.
 Dying Administration
 Present officials of the state whose ad- rnimstratlve candles will go out on Jan uary 16, are Gov. B. B. Conner. Auditor w. W Brandon, Treasurer w. D. Seed, Attorney General A. NJ. Garber, Superin- tendent of Education Harry Gunnels, and Commissioner of Agriculture J. A. Wilkinson. Appointees to state office whose terms expire at the same time are Judge J. J. Mitchell, chairman of the state tax commission, and Associate Com mlssioners J. B. Powell and Harvey E. Jones, and president of the state convict board, J. Craig Smith Members of the Alabama railroad commission who retire January 16 are Associate Railroad Com missioners Nesbitt and Lusk There will be one change on the bench of the 'su- pi erne court, when Associate Justice A. A. Evans retires to give way 10 Judge 0rpond Somerville of Tuscaloosa.
 Changes in the clerical stafs of the va fai n he eious, though uncertain at the present time.
 New Administration
 Men who will take the places of the re- tirjng officials are: Emmet O'Neal, gov ernor: Brooks Smith, auditor; John Puri- fov. treasurer; R. c. Bricllell, attorney general; Henry J. Wilingham, super intendent of education; Associate Rail road Commissioners Frank N. Julian and Leon McCord. Cyrus B. Brown. elected to the office of secretary of state, is all ready in that office, having been appoint ed to succeed MT Julian, who resigned from office in October of this year.
 Appointees of Governor elect O'Neal 10 succeed to the state tax commission and to fill the board of convict inspectors have not yet been announced.
 Officials now at the capitol, and who will remain in office are Charles Tender son, president of the railroad comn1is- sion: Dr. Thomas NJ. Owen, director of the department of archives and history; Supreme Court Justices Dowdell, Simp- son, Anderson. Mcclellan, Mayfield and Sayre; pr. w. H. Oates, inspector of jails, cotton mills and warehouses; State Game and Fish Commissioner John Ii. Wallace, Jr. t
 Bibb Graves, adjutant general Of the state.. retires from office in January to give way to the appointee of Colonel O'Neal not yet announced. Dr. w. N. Sanders, state health officer. will remain