The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-04-09
PROHIBITION LAWS
 HANG IN BALANCE Supreme Courts Decision Is
 Expected This Week BILL IMPROPERLY SIGNED It Is Found That General Prohibition Measure Was Not Signed In Pres
 ence of the Senate-More
 Code Deficiencies.
BILL IMPROPERLY SIGNED

Montgomery, April S.-(SpeciaL)- )-The probability of the liquor laws of the last session being knocked out by the courts has been suggested about the capitol all the week. and once or twice the report has gone out that the decision had been handed down to that effect However, this is an error. Nothing has been done so far and possibly will not be until the end of the week.
 The justice of the supreme court who has both the o'clock and the general prohibition bills cases would not say how much longer it would be before some thing is given out. but there Is a re- port that the court is having some diff culty in reaching a conclusion. One of the troubles said to be met is the fact, which is fact with the general prohi- bition bill, that the senate journal does not affirmatively show that the bill was signed "by the president of the senate in the presence of the senate"
 More Code Failures.
 It has been discovered that no salary is provided in the new code for the state chemist at Auburn, as compensation for the analyses of fertilizers and other work done by the man who has to look after matters of this kind The old law provid- ed that he was to have $500 year and his expenses, but only the expenses are included in the new code. Dr. B. B. Ross is the chemist and it will mean the loss of $500 a year to him from now on.
 Big Case Is Set.
 The case of the Wood Dickinson Lumber company of Birmingham against num- Der of Birmingham railroads, Is set down for argument before the railroad com mission April 23 This is an effort on the part of this and other companies to have the trunk lines that enter Birmingham absorb the switching charges on the Bir- mingham Southern railroad.
 New Life Company.
 The Great Southern Life Insurance com- pany of Birmingham. capital $4OO,OOO has been reported as incorporated to the sec- retary of state. A. D. Smith, formerly a leading fire insurance man, is one of the incorporators. It is to do a general life insurance business In the southern states.
 Only One Negro.
 Mayor G. J. Beyer reports to the sec- retary of state that Cullman, the coun- ty seat of Cullman county. has 201 in- habitants, with one negro Cullman is made up of Germans mostly who have no use for the negro. There are very few of them in the county even. New Corporations. The Dallas Building and Supply com pany, capital 5000, and the Home Land company, capital $200, have been incor- porated at Selma.
 After Good Place. Among several persons who are seek ing appointment to the office of probate judge of Fayette county is J. M. Holli- man. The vacancy was caused by the death of Thomas E. Goodwin several days ago.
 To Entertain Teachers.
 Homes and boarding places are now being secured for the Alabama teachers who will be here April 16-1S. the local committee having gotten the matter well in hand Halls are being secured for the department meetings and good pro- gramme of entertainment is being made up Thursday night there will be re- ception at the Exchange hotel, Friday afternoon sightseeing over and about the city and free admittance to the local theatres.
 Education Conference. The Alaoama education board is very nluCn lnLeIeSteu III ildNiiS ldi SO dt- tendance of the Alabama citizens at the conference for education in the south tc be held April p to A at Memphis. Dr. B. J. Baldwin of Montgomery and Err win Craignead of Mobile are officers of the conference. It is very important to the campaign work going on in the state to have many leading men and women interested in such affairs at the Mem phis meeting.
 There are three distinct sources of eff fort in the south along this line, the southern education board, the conference for education in the south and the Ala bama education committed All are al work for educational advancement but each is a distinct body to itself. The Ala bama committee is headed by H. c. Gun nels, superintendent of education, with Edgar Gardner Murphy and E. J. Bald win. w. F. Fegin, chief clerk in the educational department is secretary.