The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-04-14

not renew the lease. That means that millions of acres of cutover pine lands in the southern part of Mississippi have re- mained undeveloped. The timber has been cut off and manufactured into lumber, leaving vast tracts covered with stumps anG growing up in bushes. weeds and briars. The law has cost Mississippi dearly, nor was it repealed until the rep of that great country bor- derfng the gulf succeeded, in spite of strong opposition on the part of the at torney general of the state, in having the law so amended that the owners of ths cutover aud wild lands may improve and cultivate and sell 20 per cent of their holdings. It is understood that the great landholding corporations, most of them engaged in the lumber business, were behind this movement, and that they will begin at once to clear up and put in cultivation many thousands of acres and which are later to be sold to homeseek- sers at reasonable price. These lands are now the cheapest in the United States. it is said. and it is confidently believed that once put on the market on long and easy terms, the demand will be great.
 The amended law provides that as the 70 per cent of lands are sold off other lands may be taken into cultivation so as to keep up the 20 per cent ratio at all times.
 MIR. M'ADOO IN JACKSON
 Secretary McAdoo will arr.-e in Jack son at S:15 from New Orleans Sunday morning and remain until S:45 p. m., when lie leaves for Houston, Tex. He will be met at the station by reception committee composed of several of the more influential citizens of the state, with Chief Justice Smith of the su- preme court as chairman. The commit tee will escort the distinguished visitor to. the Edwards, where an all-day in- formal reception will be held. At F clock luncheon will be served and at l:9o D. m. MT. McAdoo will be escorted to the Century theatre, where he will find himself facing an audience of pa trotic Mssissippians sufficiently large 5in numbers to tax the capacity of the building. Children have been advised to remain at home
 LIKES WADE'S SUGGESTION
 Prof, P. P. Garner, commissioner of agriculture of Mississippi, has given all possible publicity to letter recently sent out by J. A. Wade, commissioner of az riculture of Alabama. This letter de- clares that the farmers and farm hands of the south are wasting entirely too much time and suggests the elimination OL tUe SdluIudS sIdll flOhNdy, " "iiSi the farmers have for limetime seemed to think themselves entitled. And perhaps they are, under ordinary condi- tions, but not during this war with the horrible Hun. The loss of every Satur- day afternoon means the wasting of 70 good, long days during the course of a year. and may mean all the profit on the farm. MT. Wade hits the nail right square on the head when he says: Or ! r;.. A.x- far fa ary,1 hand abors about five days in the week at most, and that only applied to about three months of the year, during the growing season. A long adopted habit of going to town on Saturday morniHg to do 20 minutes trading, and spending the whole day, has seized upon three fcurths of the farming population and has unconsciously become second nature with them. more especially with the col ored people" Mir Wade states that if this wasted 26 days per year could he saved, the productive power sof the farms of the south would be increased perhaps 20 per cent. The letter from the
 Alabama commissioner struck respon- sve chord in the heart of the Mississippi commissioner. and it has been given as great publicity as possible in the hope that the habit of loa fling every Satur- day afternoon may be cured.
 TEACHERS GET THEIR MONEY During the week the state auditor has sent teachers pay warrants to every county and by now it is supposed the teachers, some 12.0o0 of them have their mcrev The total sum appropriated for public schools in Mississippi is $1,9S5,s95 per year, but that is divided into two distributons--two-t thirds in April and one-third in October. The amount just paid is $1,Sa5, ,9So. This money is paid ac-