ALABAMA. 



without incurring political dangers. Arms and 

 ammunition were supplied to the tribesmen through 

 Afghanistan, but the Indian Government was not 

 disposed to call Abdurrahman to account for any 

 covert action or complicity so long as his public 

 attitude was correct. Afr.'di refugees who sought 

 an asylum in Afghanistan were harbored, since the 

 Ameer was bound by his religion to receive them as 

 fugitive Mohammedans. Afridi envoys, however, 

 who went to Cabul in May, 1898, to solicit his aid 

 and protection, were dismissed without an audience. 



ALABAMA, a Southern State, admitted to the 

 Union Dec. 14, 1819; area, 52,250 square miles. 

 The population, according to each decennial census 

 since admission, was 127,901 in 1820; 309,527 in 

 1830 ; 590,756 in 1840 : 771,623 in 1850 ; 964.201 in 

 1860 ; 996,992 in 1870 ; 1,262,505 in 1880; and 1,513,- 

 017 in 1890. Capital, Montgomery. 



Government. The following" were the State 

 officers during the year: Governor, Joseph F. 

 Johnston; Secretary of State, James K. Jackson; 



JOSEPH F. JOHNSTON, GOVERNOR OF ALABAMA. 



Treasurer, George W. Ellis; Auditor and Comp- 

 troller, Walter S. White; Attorney-General, Wil- 

 liam C. Fitts : Commissioner of Agriculture, Isaac 

 F. Culver; Superintendent of Education, John O. 

 Turner; Adjutant General, Robert F. Ligon ; Chief 

 Justice of the Supreme Court, Robert C. Brickell : 

 Associate Justices, Thomas N. McClellan, Thomas 

 W. Coleman, James B. Head, and Jonathan Haral- 

 son ; Clerk, Sterling A. Wood all Democrats. 



Finances. The receipts and disbursements of 

 the treasury during the fiscal year ending Sept. 30, 

 1897, were as follow : Balance in treasury Sept. 30. 

 1896, $58,319.40; receipts, from Oct. 1, 1896, to 

 Sept. 30, 1897, $2.174,644.37; total, $2,232,963.77. 

 Disbursements on warrants of current year paid 

 from Oct. 1, 1896; to Sept. 30, 1897, $2,188,955.20; 

 outstanding warrants of 'previous years paid during 

 the year, $3,028.36; total, $2,191,983.56. Balance 

 in the treasury, $40,980.21. There were outstand- 

 ing warrants, $9,249.24; salaries earned and not 

 paid, $6,837.99 ; balance due the university on 

 appropriation, $3,000. Amounts due to special 

 funds : Penitentiary fund, $36,263.07 ; soldiers and 

 widows, $116,807.99; Agricultural Department, 

 $28,485.82; colleges of agriculture and mechanic 

 arts, $17,761.75; educational fund, $167,514.29; 

 2- and 3-per-cent. fund, $428.63 ; total, $386,348.78 : 

 deduct cash balance in treasury, $40,980.21, and the 

 net deficiency was $345.368.57. Receipts and dis- 

 bursements during the year ending Sept. 30, 1898, 

 were : To balance in treasury Sept. 30, 1897, $40.- 

 980.21 ; to total receipts from Oct. 1, 1897, to Sept. 

 30, 1898, $2,242,894.73; total, $2,283,874.9.4. To 



disbursements on warrants of the year, $2,205,- 

 244.37 ; to disbursements on outstanding warrants 

 of previous years, $3,387.32; total, $2,208,631.69; 

 balance in treasury, $75,243.25. Against this bal- 

 ance there were chargeable : Outstanding warrants, 

 $13,467.43 ; salaries earned and not paid, $4,713.60 ; 

 amounts due special funds : Pension fund, $122,- 

 136.24; Penitentiary fund, $85,680.13; educational 

 fund, $56,437.96; Agricultural Department, $15,- 

 52:!. 16; colleges of agriculture and mechanic arts, 

 $18,612; 2- and 3-per-cent. fund, $428.63; total, 

 $316,999.15; deducting cash balance in treasury, 

 $75,243.25, left net deficit of $241,755.90. 



Banks. According to the statement of the 

 Comptroller of the Currency, the condition of the 

 26 national banks in the State was as follows in 

 February, 1898: Resources Loans and discounts, 

 $5,721,483.14; overdrafts, $241,522.69; United 

 States bonds to secure circulation, $903,500 ; United 

 States bonds to secure United States deposits, $100,- 

 000 ; United States bonds on hand, $1,500 ; pre- 

 miums on United States bonds, $80,591.13; stocks, 

 securities, etc., $1,341,152.55; furniture and fixtures, 

 $411,377.42 ; other real estate and mortgages owned, 

 $224,514.78 ; due from other national banks (not 

 reserve agents), $1,281,419.41 ; due from State banks 

 and bankers, $446,756.37; due from approved re- 

 serve and other cash items, $61,502.23; exchanges 

 for clearing house, $59,099.24; bills of other national 

 banks, $148,439 ; fractional paper currency, nickels, 

 and cents, $5,414.98 ; lawful money reserve in 

 bank : gold coin, $360,197.60; gold Treasury certifi- 

 cates, $39,780; silver dollars, $157,062 ; silver Treas- 

 ury certificates, $117,180: silver fractional coin, 

 $43,607.66 ; total specie, $717,827.26 ; legal-tender 

 notes, $398,105; total, $1,115,932.26; 5-per-cent. re- 

 demption fund with Treasurer, $39,809.56 ; due from 

 United States Treasurer, $1,680,60 ; total, $14.292,- 

 525.59. Liabilities Capital stock paid in, $3,355,- 

 000 ; surplus fund, $650,965.84 ; undivided profits, 

 less expenses and taxes paid, $515,521.45 ; national 

 bank notes issued, $813,150; less amount on hand, 

 $33,340; amount outstanding, $779,810; due to 

 other national banks, $342,614.14 ; due to State 

 banks and bankers, $241,879.62; dividends unpaid, 

 $4,864.67 ; individual deposits, $8,153,142.61 ; 

 United States deposits, $81,624.55; deposits of 

 United States disbursing officers, $18,094.44 ; notes 

 and bills rediscounted, $134,003.77 ; bills payable, 

 $15,000 ; average reserve held, 40.53 per cent. 



Education. In 1898 the number of children 

 attending school was 567,110 whites, 312,660; 

 colored, 254,450. The total educational fund was 

 $425,319.41. A report issued by the Superintendent 

 of Education, giving the educational status of the 

 State from 1855, when the school system was organ- 

 ized, to 1898, was journalistically regarded as "a 

 splendid showing for the progress of education in 

 Alabama and for the present school system." In 

 1855 there was appropriated to the school fund 

 from all sources $237,515.39, and there were 145,588 

 pupils; in 1896 there was contributed from all 

 sources $657,516.64, and there were 308,507 pupils. 



Convicts. The gross earnings from the hire and 

 labor of convicts for the two years ending Aug. 31, 

 1898, was $325,196.10, and the expenses (not includ- 

 ing the cost bills) was $136,662.50, showing a net 

 profit of $188,533.60. There was a cash balance in 

 the treasury to the credit of the convict fund of 

 $82,619.39, in addition to which there was due from 

 contractors for the hire of convicts $10,780.56 and 

 the product of the Alabama Cotton Mill to the 

 amount of $25,102.56, making the available re- 

 sources of the bureau $118,502.51; the convict 

 cotton crop of the year was valued at $17,500, and 

 the Alabama Cotton Mill plant at $78,347.77, mak- 

 ing a grand total of $214,350.28. The Penitentiary 



