The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-06-27

The near-beer dealers of Jackson
nave hauled down their flags, or their
signs, having no desire to go I'D against
the supreme court again This closing
Is In response to the orders Issued by
the chief of police of Jackson. 1t was
agreed between the city and tine near
peer dealers. who took out licenses two
or three weeks ago, that IL the supreme
court decided that the sale of near beer
was illegal, they would go out of that
line OF business. Some of them closed
their doors Immediately rather than-r,ln
further risk of being hauled I'D before
the courts
In the event. that other cities have
done s was done In Jackson. and or
dered the near-beer Joints closed tho
breweries of the country will find their
sales In Mississippi reduced to a mini
mum In the near future.
The last ray of hope for the sale Of
the 100000 worth of 20-year 4 per cant
PONDS, ordered issued by the late leg
islature has taken unto itself wings in
sne departure from jackson Of c. H.
Culbertson of the Interstate Bank ana
trust company of New Orleans.
Mr.. Culbertson and one of his asso-
ciates In the banking business, Mr.. Din
kins, native Mississfppian. have been
IN Jackson several days since the date
FOR the proposed sale OF the bonds two
weeks ago, and have held several con-
ferences with the governor and local
bankers. hoping that some arrangement
could be made by which the bond issue
could be foated. AS has been stated
there was not a single bid for the bonds
but Governor Noel hoped that some deal
could be arranged by which the New
Orleans f1nanciers would take charge of
the matter and push 1T to successful ter
n a Tho
were anxious to float the bonds, but the
act of the legislature required that they
be sold for nothing less than par. and
there Is where the trouble came In -Four
per cent bonds were not wanted and
bond buyers made no bids. They could
place their money to better advantage
than the small rate of interest offered
by the state of Mississippi and It has
been impossible to interest them. The
New Orleans men had an idea that the
par provision of the act could be evaded
In some legitimate way, but the state
authorities could not see 1t, and all
negotiations are off.
This failure to float the $500, 900 of
bonds is going to place the state In an
embarrassing situation, It is feared, and
almost certain. The legislature was ad-
vised last winter that because of the
largely Increased appropriations there
was bound to be q deficit Of at least $500, =
DOC during the two-year period. and final
ly agreed to offer 5000, 600 worth In the
markets Of the world. The lawmakers
were urged to make the interest s per
cent but was the best they would con-
sent to offer In the way of interest
IT is believed here that Governor Noel
will be forced to the necessity Of calling
a special session of the Legislature be-
fore the end of the year, and certainly
before the end Of the second year. The
state had a hard time of 1t last fall
when the bottom of the meal tub was
scraped for three or four months and
current expenses of the government coultl
not be met. The state officials and en-
poyes did not get their salaries for three
or four months, and the board of con-
troll of the penitentiary had good deal
of trouble in meeting their bills, amount
| ing to about $4,000 per month. The
prospect is bright for more trouble of
the same kind.
| In accordance with the reluirer ents of
| section 237 of the code of 1906 Auditor
| Smith has issued a pamphlet giving the
| people of the state an itemized state
| ment of the cost of the last session Of
| the legislature, together with the appro-
| priations for the two years from last
January.
| The auditor may not have so intended,
and may not have known it, but this
statement is very interesting reading be-
csuse of the fact that 1t contains som
startling figures and a lot Of informa-
| ton not known to the general public.
| The session last 103 days. but just
the same is known as the short SEES
| sion. Members were paid s. day. Sc
| that their per diem amounted to s315
To this is added their mileage, which
gives each of the 1872 members of both
houses about SIS more. as follows:
Senate-Per diem, $23, $50; mileage
$11lS. 30; total, $24,s39 80.
| House-Per diem. $699S0 mileage
$ses2 60; total, $73,612.60.
Total per diem and mileage. $9S, 452 80
But the total expenses of the legisla-
ture of 1910 were s125,039 .9e. the differences
between this sum and the per diem and
| mileage being charged to contingent ex.
penses-that of the senate being a229S. 45
and that of the house $142S9 OIL.
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