The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-09-06
TEXTBOOK SUPPLY
sJpERINTENDnNT HILL STRAIGHT
 EMS OFT A MUDDGE.
Inconvenience Caused by Disagreement Betweea Montgomery Depository and ruhlishers Causes Some Confusion Among Book
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As the result of new arrangements of the publishers who have the con tracts for furnishing textbooks for the Alabama Public Schools, the counties oi the Southern portion of the State VIII temporarily he supplied by Lovemsn, Joseph and Loeb, of Birmingham, who have charge of the depository or the Northern Counties. The pupils of the schools of Montgomery, by the same temporary arrangement. are now aots to All any orders the desire at the Montgomery Falr. of Montgomery.
 Had not the State Text Book Commits sion intervened day or two ago. even the teachers or students or the Moht- gemery schools would have been som relied to order their books from the Birmingham Depository The shake up resulted from a business disagree ments between the publishers and thelr agents. Fowler and Compeny, in charge of the Montgomery State Depcsltcry' The rupture from all accounts began about five weeks ago Some complaints about not being able to get books in the Southern portion of the state were made probably six weeks ago.
 It did not become known to State superinten ndent of Education I. w. Hill, however, that people in the Southern counties could not get books through the State Depository here. He had all along received written complaints or not getting orders filled with Fowler and Company This was acknowledged yesterday by Chief Clerk Harry c. Gun .nels. of the State Department He thought 1t was an error or omission Of some sort, though, and each time ad- dressed a letter to the depository re- questing that such orders be filled.
 oTn time" says MT. Gunnells, "the complaints, became quite numerous and we immediately took up the matter. MT. Hill began an investigation and found that some business misunderstanding had come up between Fowler and Com pany and the publishers. MT. Hill, tu protect the Southern counties of the State against extra freight charges caused by ordering books from Bir- rningham secured the temporary ar- engagement Of getting the. books fur Yished from that point minus tho freight. Until the law Is regularly complieT with the city schools here will by the same arrangement be able to buy their books from the Montgome- ry Fair"
 Mr. Gunnels said the complaints that had come tc the office of the State De- partment had been examined and 1t was found that during the five or six weeks breach between the publishers and the Montgomery depository those who ordered books out of Birmingham had to pay the extra freight. This has been stopped. It was also announced yesterday that the publishers will be held to the letter of their contract with the State and must re-establish the State depository here ready to supply the county agencies in the Southern part of the State
 State Superintendent of Edlcatton Hill is the executive officer of the State Text Book Commission. He has already written the publishers the ultlmatum of the Commission about their contract. He acted promptly in the emergency as snon as It was known but as 1t Is of no interest to him officially what agents the publishers may appoint for their Repositories he did not know of. the disasrements with Fowler aud Cohpa- ny. MT Hill has said that the Commits sion looks always to the publishers tc carry out their contracts and if they failed to do so the reason should be known.
 It seems that the Montgomery Fair 70 succeeds Fowler and Company for the