The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-10-09
FINE LAW POINTS
 CAUSE LITIGATION DiSpenSary Wants Part of Li-
 Cense Returned DUNCAN ISSUES ADDRESS Alabama Plant Breeders Association Will Work for Better Crop Promo
 ton and CuIture-New
 Stove Factory.
DUNCAN ISSUES ADDRESS

Stove Factory.
 Montgomery. October S.-(Special) 1.-Two fine points of law are brought in litiga- ton growing out of dispensary litigation in Montgomery and Wetumpka. In the city court of this county the town of Tal- 1assee is suing the state for 9.65, part of a license to run a dispensary, it being shown that the dispensary was closed on the ground of the law being unconsttu- tional The state is resisting, holding that as the law did not close the dispensary it was due the amount of the license. In the second case citizens of Wetumpka have gone into the chancery court to pre- vent the authorities from turning over a part of the proceeds of the dispensary to the county, holding that the law re- 1 quiring this to be done is not good. Tho ] town holds that the money belongs to the town. As there are other counties in terested in this ruling the outcome will l be watched.
 The Tallassee situation is quite unusual. After the dispensary had been going for a while certain prohibition citizens made attack on it, holding that the law by which it was established was not legal. The contention was good and the supreme court knocked out the sale of liquors there. A law says that where legislative act cuts out liquor business there shall be return of license, but nothing is said of court action, so the auditor is holding it up.
 For Better Crops. The officers of the temporary organiza- ton of the Alabama Plant Breeders asso- l ciation l.. N. Duncan, president and C. H. Billingsley, secretary, have sent an address to the people of the state ! urging that the most approved methods be used to get at the best in crop pro- motion and culture. "rhere is wide l spread movement in behalf of better 1 seed" says the address. The farmer l as he selects this ear of corn to plant because of it's good qualities, and rejects | that ear because of its poor qualities, 1 either consciously or unconsciously ad- ] mits that there is something in the seed. l The astonishing statement is made that 1 12.7 bushels is the average yield of corn l in Alabama. This appeal for better things l says that with little care in the selection | of seed this can be doubled. The farmers  surplus of corn by little care along this line. "The breeder who adds new and 1 productive variety to any of our crops is, | indeed. a benefatcor and should receive the lasting gratitude of his fellowmen, . concludes the address.
 The Objects In View.
 "The Alabama Plant Breeders asso- ciation recently organized. has mainly the following objects in view:
 q. To bring together often as 1 possible the scientists and practical breeders for the mutual benefit that may result from free discussion and interchange of ideas.
 "2. To encourage the breeding of bet i ter and more productive crops, vegeta- i bles, fruits and flowers.
 "3 To labor for the establishment of ] some standard rules and regulations in regard to naming and publishing new | varieties of crops, vegetables, fruits and flowers.
 A. To stimulate the general move 1 ment on the part of the seedsmen in l insisting on a high quality of seed i from the grower, in order that a guar i anteed product may be offered to the l public.
 i "5 To emphatize the importance of i securing seed adaptable to local con- l ditions.
 e. To arouse the farmer, trucker, fruit grower and florist to the import ance of securing the very best seed possible.
 "It is earnestly requested that all parties interested in joining a move ment to encourage the breeding of bet ter vegetables. fruits, flowers and crops, forward tn cir names either to the secretary or to the president.
 "L. N. DUNCAN, President, Auburn, Ala. 1 "C. H. BILLINGSLEY, Secretary, 1 Montgomery, Ala
 New Stove Factory. 1 M. M Freed and J. c. Virden have organized and incorporated the Howelr 1 Manufacturing company at Montgom- cry, with capital of $5O,000. The pur- pose of the enterprise is to manufac- | ture stoves and other like iron output. l There is a goodly lot of money behind 1 the venture, it is said
 The Canebrake Hardware company, at l Uniontown. is anohter incorporation with capital of $6000
 Abbott Taken Away. A. A. Abbott, alias c. IT. Pope wh O l came to the city last week with a story of having 5000 in bank in Nashville, finally agreed that he was 8 l and has been sent to the barracks at l Fort McPherson, Ga. Abbott says that he is a literary man of New York. 1 that he went to the army while out of l work and that since deserting in New I Mexico about a year ago he has been 1 with the Munsey publications in New York. He came south a short time 1 ago hunting work. He is a nice look | ing fellow, evidently having been well | fixed at some time in life. l Cannot Move College. H. L. Mckee, head of the Presbyter- ian orphange at Talladega, who has been doing some work in Montgomery, l says that the oh urch cannot take the 1 synodical college from Talladega. as ] proposed, and keep faith with the peo- l pie of the state. He also says that | there Is debt that must be carried l wh erever moved and that there is every | obligation on the part of the church | to maintain the situation as it Is. An 1 niston, he said, and other places had l given up intention to get 1t away and he did not think there would be any 1 effort to make the change. I
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