The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-09-17
FAMOUS SUIT IS
 NOW BEING ARGUED
Alleged Discrimination Of Gen.
 tral Of Georgia
AGAINST UNION SPRINGS
Charge Is Made That Cotton Is Hauled By This Town to Montgomery for compressing Through Medium
 of Reduced Freight Rates.

Montgomery, September 16.-(Special.)- The now famous suit for alleged discrim- ination on the part of the Central of Union Springs, brought by the state of Alabama, through the railroad commits sion, Is before the courts, having been argued today in the city court, Judge A. D. Sayre sitting, by Attorney General A. NJ Garber and his assistant, Thomas w. Martin, for the state, and R. E. Steiner director of the railroad in question. for the defendant
 It is contended that there is a cotton compress at Union Springs that the rail- road company will not patronize; that the right of the shippers to compress rates and advantages is recognized by allowing through bills of lading and other things of that kind, but that all the time cotton is hauled by Union Springs to Montgom- cry for compressing. It is further alleged that if the cotton is compressed at Union Springs 1t does not get the said advan- tages, all to the hurt of the said compress at Union Springs, which is thus deprived of its rightful trade. The state is asked
  sion, therefore. is trying to do so.
 Chief of the charges is that the Central owns or controls large stock in the At lantic compress at Montgomery, itself a member of a combination of presses, and that 1t brings the cotton here to the profit. of its own stock. In the contention is involved the question of the right of a road to refuse to make use of an en- terprise of this kind; also the same thing as confronts the coal roads, the right of road to own property incident to rail- road work which it may advance and favor to the detriment of other invest ments It will take several days to get a ruling, as Judge Sayre has taken the matter under advisement.
 More School Money.
 The educational outlook is very much better this year than for last It is shown by the estimated returns in the office of the state superintendent of education that the per capita for each child of school age next year will be $2 40, as compared to g. .08 the present year and s1 .5O the year before. It is figured now that from all opui cSS ltSl year the luna Tor general education was s2.244,0O0; for the comlng year it will be at least S2,50O,OOO
 Will Organize Bryan Clubs.
 At meeting to be held in the court house Friday night a Bryan and Kern club will be organized. Gen John w. A. Sanford is busy getting up the names and the membership will be made up of leading democrats. The work of securing funds has been carried on by the local press, the Journal and the Advertiser hay ing sent in way up toward S1000. George w. Jones, chairman of the county com mittee, has been active in the organiza- tion of the club.
 Must Be Electors.
 Under the new law all men must be qualified electors before they can be- come notaries public. This does not ap- ply to the women, however. This is a new law and few have taken the trouble to look into the requirements. As a conse- quence it is often necessary to refer such matters back to the applicants before they can be commissioned by the rightful au- thorities