The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-02-24
in the impeachment of Governor Ames
WHAT THE STATE OWES


 Responding to a request of the house for a concise statement of the states financial condition and as to when the deficits began to occur, Auditor wilson reports that in 1904 the receipts began to fall below the Legislative appropria- tions by more than s600,000, and that such has been the case every two years save one. The total excess in appro- priations over receipts is now, in IF years, S4,397, ,300.11, and the prospect is that the present legislature will add another million. There does not seem to be any way for the state to escape increasing the tax levy from to mills and issuing at least sS,000,000 in bonds.
 APPOINTMENTS CONFIRMED
 After wrangling several hours the state senate finally confirmed two inn portant appointments by the governor. There was no objection to the new men, except that their appointments were entirely on political grounds. One of these was Dr. Hall of Jackson to be superintendent of the Institute for the Deaf and Dumb, as successor to Pro- lessor Dobyns. a very competent man, while Dr. Hall cannot make the letter "o' on his fingers, it is said. He was opposed for that reason by quite number of the senator's The other place to be filled was as superintend- ent of the east Mississippi Insane hos pital at Meridian. where Dr. Buchanan has held the place for 30 years, or ever since it was established. He is looked upon as one of the foremost alienists in the land, while his suc> cessor, pr. Hove of Newton county, has had little experience with the in- sane.
 OFFERED IMPORTANT POST
 Dr. S. L. Rodgers, superintendent of the state Charity hospital in Jackson, has been notified of his selection as commanding officer of one of the great military hospitals in the United States. The notification comes from Mai H. H. Johnson of the medical corps, U. S. A., at Washington. and was quite surprise to Dr. Rodgers, who was in no sense an applicant for the place.
 FRENCH WAR BABIES
 The Rotary club of Jackson is going to take care of 50 French and other "war babies," the cash having already been secured. This takes about 5000 per year, and there were some very liberal individual subscriptions to this worthy cause. I. c. Enochs, head of the big lumber manufacturing firm of Enochs Brothers of this city. and who is also owner of the Edwards house, the biggest hotel in the state, it is said, agreed to give all the receipts accruing from Rotary weekly dinners for the first year, and which will amount to $50 or $60 per week. The Jackson Rotary club is looking for ward with great interest to the ap- preaching district conference, this comprising the states of Louisiana and Mississippi. There will be about 200 delegates, it is said, and the meet ings will be presided over by Sam W. Mason of Shreveport, the district gov ernor. John Shelby of Birmingham Is on the programme for an address.
 A BIG FOOD CROP
 Penitentiary Trustee Thames was in Jackson a day or two since or, his monthly inspection of the sev- eral convict farms and reports crop prospects fine, a great deal of fall blowing having been done and the land being in good shape. We raised an immense crop of corn and other foodstuff last year, says MT. Thames. having several thousand bushels of corn for sale, though it takes 100000 bushels of corn to run our places. However the food crops raised last year are going to sink into insignif- icance beside the crop to be produced this year in event of average sea- sons. We will make corn. wheat, oats, alfalfa, sugar cane, potatoes and peas by the carload to say nothing of 5000 or 5000 bales of cotton worth around s200 per bale, not counting the seed at $76 per ton. MT. Thames reports that the convicts are in fine spirits, being well fed and we'll clothed, and that all live stock is looking good.
 THE PINK BOLLWORM
 A few days since more than 100 del- egates and expert men employed by the government and from all cotton growing states, save Oklahoma, held a convention in Jackson for the pur- lpcse of discussing the pink boil worm, the greatest cotton crop enemy ever known and which gets all the boil weevil leaves. seeming to prefer grown bolls and even the hard seed into which it bore and seals itself up for shipment by oil mills to various parts Of the world. Delegates from Texas told of it's ravages there and of the great fight being made against it. I. was admitted by all the experts that with the weevil and the worm both at work there will be no more cotton. The legislature was urged to take &C., ton now to head off the worm.