The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-10-23
SOME EARLY GLIMPSES
 AT NEXT LEGISLATURE
MT. Henderson of Limestone Will Find It Is Sometimes Embarrassing to Bear a Governors Name
Bs HUGB ". ROBERTS

Bs HUGB ". ROBERTS
 once upon time Charlie o'Seal. a member of the legislature from Jeffer- son county. was introduced in a. crowd ot lobbyists gathered in the Exchange notel At an opportune moment a stranger who had persistent1y re- manned In contact with the circle. bur who had spoken no word. approached MT oNeal and addressed him as "Gov- ernor It was necessary, thereupon. ioF the legislator to declare that be- tween him and tine chief executive ehere was difference. and that. after all, there was something in q nan,a MT. O'Neal is not exactly certain whether or not it Is an asset to bear the name of the chief executive of the state.
 purlng the next session of the leg- islature there may be repetition of the little incident narrated above. for Charlie Henderson will be in the pov- ernor's chair, while in the house will pc Ferry Henderson, representative of the great county of Limestone Mr. hehoerson Is well known man. and DIS friends contend that if the other iienoerson does his part as well as their Henderson, Alabama, for the-naxt four years, will blossom like inc rose of Erin. o ioSe
 MT. Henderson was born in Missis- sippi but at the age of years was brought by his parents to Athens mere he has lived since. He has not ngured In the past history of the leg lsiature' but he has had certain ex- periehce Ill politics. For instance, he mas q surveyor of Limestone county for lo years, tax collector for IS years. and Tor three and half years, was city clerK or Athen. He was born Novem- Der 23, 1S41, and at the age of 20 en- listed Tn the service of his country, For four years he aided in repeIling the in- vader from the fields of Dixie, and hnaliy, with General Lee, laid down arms at Appomattox. He was educated Tn the common schools. Is a Mason and Baptist. He Is widower, and the fath CT of three children. It is unnecessary to add, inasmuch as he holds a com
 
 W. Overton. Wedowee; J. A. Wilkerson Irattville; Sixth district w. D. Seed Tuscaloosa; W. H. Fitts, Tuscaloosa; Seventh district, Judge ;L. l.. Herzberg, Gadsden; w. T. Brown, Ragland; Eighth district, G. A. Nelson, New Decatur; R. E. Pettus. Huntsville Ninth district, Dan Green, Birmingham; J. F. Kelton, One onta.
 AdjOurns Today
 The associa ton will adjourn tomorrow afternoon. The programme tomorrow morning includes an automobile trip to Rainer, about 15 miles from Montgomery and a ride over other roads of the county
 At tonight's session it was decided to send the following letter to the new leg isla ture:
 "A great emergency has arisen. crisis confronts us, and it appears absolutely Feeessary to prevent universal distress and perhaps bankruptcy that some heroic action be taken to meet the existing con Qitions.
 You have been nominated member CT the next legislature, and it Is uni- versally believed that some legislative action is imperative as speedily as pos sible.
 ''The purpose of this letter is to ascer- tain if you would be willing to have the governor convene the legislature at the earliest possible time, and endeavor to assist in working out solution of the problems confronting the people of the state.
 The undersigned disclaim any purpose to hamper you in your deliberations. but it appears to be exceedingly important to know from you, a member of the legislature after the November election. If you would be willing to forego all other questions and confine your delib- erations strictly to the purpose for which the extraordinary session is convened, that purpose being to deal exclusively with the emergency that has arisen out of the abnormal conditions as the same relates to the cotton situation of Ala bama.
 your reply largely depends the possibility Of relief to the farmers, merchants, bank CTS and other interests.
 '"The undersigned chairman of the conn mittee appointed by the Southern Cotton association. Farmers union and Ala hama Good Roads association, now as- sembled in convention in this city, act ing jointly, in pursuance of resolutions passed by the respective organizations have called upon the governor and urged him to call an extraordinary session of the legislature for the purpose of enact ing some feasible legislation for the re- lief of the present situation, have con- ferred this day with the governor and believe that a favorable answer to this letter will have great weight with him. as he expressed the desire to do any, tili1lS Ht COuiO tO dnOiu Icllel tO lHo people and is willing to trust to the wis., com of the legislature to be elected in November to adopt some feasible plan, but he does not believe that he alone should take the responsibility of calling you into extraordinary session. You un- derstand it is too late to convene the old legislature, and it is not deemed wise 10 await the regular session of the leg stature before taking some action in this matter, as financial conditions are daily growing more acute.
 Your committees will esteem it a favor if you will make prompt reply to this letter. directing the same to O. P. Ford, pr esident Farmers Union, Birmingham, Ala. Yours truly,
 70. P. FORD, President Farmers Union. Birmingham. "W. II. SEYMOUR, 'sPresident Alabama Division, Southern Cotton Association.
 JOHN W. O'NEILL, First Vice President Alabama Good Roads Association"