The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-12
THREE BOARDS,MAY
 GO IF BILL PASSES
Five Mississippi Trustees Are
 Under Fire In Probe

JACKSON, Miss, March 11.-(Spe- cial Leased Wire.)-In the senate to- day, Senator Voller of Yazoo City in troduced a bill to abolish the three boards of trustees governing state edu- cational institutions and substituting a new board to consist of 10 members. The bill is provoked by the investiga- tion now being made by a special house committee of five members of charges of extravaganza, missappropria- tion and misapplication of funds by the general board of trustees.
 In the house, MT. White of Grenada resigned aS a member of this probe committee, offering as his reason that he has a relative who is a member of the faculty of the state college for teachers. The house finance committee made a favorable report on the senate inheritance tax bill and the upper body returned the compliment when the sen- ate finance committee favorably re- ported the house income tax bill.
 Governor Whitfield sent a sealed message to the senate appointing new members of the state board of phar- mecutical examiners and state board of law examiners. For the first time on record, a woman lawyer was placed on the latter body, the honor going to Miss Lucy Summerville of Greenville, daugh- ter of Mrs. Nellie Nugept Summerville, of Washington county, only woman member of the lower house. Other mem- bers are R. NJ. Bordeaux of Meridian, Goode Montgomery of Laurel.
 New members of the state board of I,ap ,iy,ar (ha II Et Wilson of COrinth, F. W. DuckwOrth Albany, J. D. Harpole of Philadelphia and Miss Lena Burnett of Jackson. This was also the first time a woman has been named on the pharmacy board.
 To Call Up BiIl.-An agreement has been reached between the house leaders to call up for passage Wednesday morning the senate bill authorizing creation of a fire insurance rating bureau and providing for its supervi- sion. Governor Whitfield's objection to the effect that the matter of rate supervision is not properly safeguarded in the original senate bill has been re- moved by an amendment providing that the attorney general shall have right of appeal in behalf of policyholders when rates proposed are not satisfac- tory.
 SolOn Engaged.-T. Webber. Wilson, nationally y-known orator and member of Congress from south Mississippi, will deliver the baccalaureate address at the University of Mississippi 1924 com mencement exercises. Rev. c. w. Me Daniels, D. D., of Richmond, Va, will preach the commencement sermon.
 Officers Elected.-At recent meet ing of the McComb Rod and Gun club, the following officers were elected: H. D. Wood, president: Dr. w. H. Re- bean, vice president; T. J. Albright, secretary-treasruer. In addition to the above officers, R.. G. Williams and George H: Wolbrecht compose the di- rectOrs.
 Crops Damaged.-The light freezes of the past two days have done some damage to vegetable crops of Copiah county, but as yet the total results have not been figured, as the damage will not show up in some instances until the change to warmer days, but it is thought that beans, peas and tomatoes were hurt in some places. Cabbage, carrots and beets were not hurt.