The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-01-04
STRENUOUS FIGHT
ON At MONTGOMERY
Two important Trust Cases
Are Pending
POOLE CALLS A MEETING
Commissioners of Agriculture VIII
Meet at New Orleans to Consider
the Cotton situation-other
Montgomery News.
POOLE CALLS A MEETING

Montgomery. January ESPECIAL. )-One
of the most strenuous fights ever made
on an Alabama law is TO be waged
against the revenue act passed by the
last session of the legislature and by
authority of which the suits against fund
ing companies for the fling for records
of deeds of trust have oeen brought.
There two of these cases pending.
One Is against the Continental Trust
company of Baltimore wherein the state
claims s112,000 fees for recording a deed
of trust in Russell county to cover a
mortgage given by the Seaboard Air Line,
and the other an attempt of the Man
haitian Trust company of New York, to
recover $1,000 paid the Probate Judge or
Montgomery county for the same kind of
service on a deed given by the Louisville
and Nashville railroad to cover new
issue of bonds to make improvements.
Charles Jones and associates are MAX
ing the attempt to break down the law.
They claim that it is not constitutional
for a number of reasons including fail
ures to be properly passed through the
two houses of the legislature Mr.. Jones
has spent the greater part of the day
at the capital looking over the original
draught of the bill and the history of it
as recorded in the journals of the two
houses.
Messrs. Steiner. Crum & Wiel, attorneys
for the Seaboard Air Line, are also much
interested in the measure, as they will
have to conduct the local end of the suit
against the Continental Trust company.
Mr. Steiner went over the records him
self few days ago and is encouraged
to believe that the state is not justified
in laying such heavy tax on the recording
of papers of this kind.
When asked his opinion of the law, At
torney General Wilson smiled and said he
did not know what to say From the little
investigation he mad given he believed the
law was good. 1t had run the gauntlet
of several severe trials and seemed fully
protected. He had not however, gone
deeply enough into an investigation to tell
just what he thought of 1t in the light
Of its constitutionality.
To Talk Cotton.
1t having been suggested by commits
sioners of agriculture of the cotton states
Commissioner Poole of Alabama has call
ed a meeting of the Association Of Com
missioners of Agriculture at New Orleans
or January %, to consider the cotton
situation In other words he has sug-
gested this date and asked the others
If it will suit them. ne suggestion came
first from Commissioner Stevens of Geor-
gia, and as soon as replies are received.
ba or vii ha
The purpose of the session will be to
look into the cotton situation in all it's
phases and to discuss the suggested rem
cdies to meet the low price situation
and to undertake to devise means to
meet the Improbable business feature.
Going to China.
Rev. A. Y. Napier, for sometime pas
tor of the Southside Baptist church of
Montgomery, and Mr. L. w. Provence
of Tuskegee, will sail on the steamer
China of the Pacific Mail Line from
San Francisco, next Tuesday for China,
where they Will enter into the work of
the Baptist mission field. Mr.. Napier
will go to Chen Chow. $50 miles in the
interior and Mr. Provence will have
charge of the Baptist printing house in
Shanghai
Both are under the control of the for
eign mission board of the Southern Bap-
list convention. Mr.. Provence Is brother
of the Rev. II. w. Provence. now in the
foreign field. and for some time pastor
OF the Baptist church at Ensley. The
party was ticketed right through from
Montgomery to Shanghai, China. via the
Southern Pacific railroad from New Or
leans by Capt George w. Ely, the trav-
cling passenger agent of the Southern
Pacific, whose home is in Montgomery.
Minor Mention.
Acting Governor Cunningham is in Troy
today to attend the laying of a corner
stone of church.
The following minor officers have been
named at the capitol Justice of the peace,
@. W. Morris, Beat II, Covington county;
w. C. Emerson, Beat 20, Dallas county.
Constable, ]. p. Morrow. StonewaIl. No
tary public j. I. Pittman, Salipta l.. A.
Freeman. Birmingham; T. f. Gladney.
Hancevile; A. Holloway, Enterprise; J.
A. Carnley, Elba; A. ]. Lee and A. 0.
Brantley, Burnt Corn; H. f. Gipson,
Prattville; w. p. Murphy, Camden.
Mr.. J. o. Ely engineer with the Louis
vile and Nashville at jacksonville, Tenn,
has returned to his work after spending
the holidays with his parents here.