The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-02
JACKSON FILLED
 WITH LEGISLATORS Every Train Brings Law
 makers to Capital QUIN FOR SPEAKER State Sunday School Association to Meet in GreenvilIe-Long Dis
 tance Walkers Stop Awhile.
 Darkey Deposits Savings
QUIN FOR SPEAKER

Jackson, Miss, January 1.-(Special.) The night and morning trains brought in number of members of the legis- lature and the hotel lobbies present a busy scene today. Scores of candi- dates are on the scene and the glad hand is extended to every new arrival who has ( vote. The candidates for the chief places, that is, the presiding of ficers are very well satisfied they are going to have walkover-Quin for speaker, and Anderson for president pro tenn of the senate.
 The liveliest contest, no doubt, will be over the cierkships. 1t is to all appearances, Fred Yerger against the field in the senate, and L. Pink smith in the house. In the event the Varda- man forces are lined up, as the leaders hope, and as they are trying to do, MT. Smith will be- defeated, but he is confident he has sufficient number of votes pledged from Vardamanites to elect him, and he believes they will stick to him in spite of the factional whip in sufficent numb CTS to elect him on his record. However he is aware of the fact that he has on hand the fight of his life. Heretofore he has been elected without opposition, and would be this time but for his ardent support of Mr. Percy for the Senate. He Is not only the editor of a red hot Percy paper at Greenville, but nc was one of the managers of MT. Percy's campaign and spent three or four af h To 5.ttt .rte,t last summer.
 Fortunately for Fred Yerger he was not mixed up in state politics last summer at all, being on the other side of the Mason and Dixon line for several months prior to and during the close of the senatorial campaign, and kept out of the fight. Thus he has strong friends and backing on both sides.
 Governor Brewer is not in town, and in view of the fact that he was in New York yesterday he will hardly be on hand for the opening of the session. It is not necessary that he should be here before the middle of January, as he is not inaugurated until January 16, though the other state officials take charge on the 18th Jackson, as usual, is prepar-
 
 which follows Governor Brewer will be expected to lead the grand march.
 The executive committee of the State Sunday School association has named Greenville as the place for the next state convention, and April 3, and as the dates. Secretary w. Fred Long made report of the years work, which was very gratifying.
 The dentists of the state are demand ing at the hands of the legislature ex- emption from license tax, such as is ac- corded physicians and others in their line of business, and will be found among the more active lobbyists at the ap- preaching session.
 State Chemist Mc1nnis, whose head quarters are at the Agricultural and Me chanical college. Starkville. has been down in Jackson stirring around among the dealers in fertilizers and foodstuffs, and has imposed a fine of $l00 and costs on D w. Wilkinson and the Taylor-Wills company, two of the largest wholesale dealers in this section, for selling inferior feed stulfs. It has been repeatedly charged that all of the worthless feed stuffs made in the country are dumped on Mississippi, or used to be, other states having stringent laws against the hand HE or SuCn SoOuS 1 llt Seiiiie lS U ut Ol fruit trees and nursery stock-any old stuff can be sent into Mississippi, bring ing all kinds of tree diseases, for the req son that there has been no inspection law to enforce.
 Al Edwards and his wheelbarrow ar riy ed in Jackson yesterday afternoon. He left Elwood, Ind, September 4 pushing wheelbalrow and under $10,00O con t-aa tp visit Stata canitaf. in the United States before the end of three years.
 On the same road, but from a different direction, came Walter Lee. aged IS. a New York newsboy, who is walking to SaE Antonio, Tex, on a $500 wager. In company with three other boys he left New York September 5, but the other fell by the wayside early in the game and re- turned home
 The white friends of "Bill' Lemly, an old time negro drayman of this city, were very much interested as well as amused a day or two since when he snuff fled into one of the banks and informed the cashier that he wanted to put little money in de bank He went down into his numerous pockets and from each and every one he drew wads of bills or silver and gold by the hand full, and the cashier had something to do for a while. When "Bill'' walked out he | carried little yellow backed book show 1 ing that he had an even $250D to his credit. l, He has been working hard for many years, but has been afraid of banks, and kept his earnings hidden about his prem ises.
 With the sinking of the gasoline launch on Pearl river few days since and by which half q dozen prominent JaclSsonites came near losing their lives, considerable propesty went to the bottom. Judge Longstreet had on board S25o shotgun, City Clerk Fred Luslx s125 gun, a me rife, etc Suitcases guns, pistols. shells and other picnic paraphernalia also went 10 the bottom of the river, but it is sup posed may be recovered when the rag ing waters recede.
 C. w. Little and Miss Leila Belle Me Fatter, two popular young folks of Jackson. took their friends and rela- tives by surprise last night when they announced that they were married. They had gone to the home of pr. 1 Borum, the Baptist minister, who kindly consented to perform the ceremony.
 The Gallon iron works of Gallon, O., | has leased commodious quarters on South State street and announce that 1t is going to make JackaNR great depot for the .distributioirs 0E-fSs goods in tlis section of the couptfS
 The New Orleans .Qreat Northern Railroad company has 1ease6 the en- tire second floor of sa large building on Capitol street, and has established d.