The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-04-17
WILL HEAR GRAY PETITION APRIL 23 Suit Is Against Louisville 6
 Nashville Railroad HISTORY OF THE CAUSE Miss Julia Tutweiler Protests Against Places in Schools Being Given
 To Second and Third
 Class Men.
HISTORY OF THE CAUSE

Montgomery. April 16-(special.)-Th supreme court has set April 23 as a day for the hearing of the petition of Henry B. Gray and others, to be made parties to a suit brought against the Louisville and Nashville at Birmingham whethein is sought an accounting of the stewardship of the South and North railroad. In a series of cases decided against MT. Gray and associates he sought to force the major corporation to relinquish control of the minor. In the rulings, however, the higher courts held that MT. Gray had right to be made a party to the suits brought In Birmingham.
 The first effort of MT. Gray and his friends, holders of a small portion of the stock of the South and North, looked to the prevention of the sale of the smaller road to the larger, the Louisville and Nashville have maoe announcement of intention to buy it in at a set price for the stock, holding already 90 per cent of the securities MT Gray secured an injunction to prevent the voting of the majority of the stock Tor this pur- pose which is now in force. After that he tried to have receiver appointed for the South and North, failing in which an effort, also a failure was made to have the Louisville and Nashville de- prived of the right to operate the South and North.
 In deciding against MT. Gray In one of the suits, however, the supreme court held that he should seek redress for any injury in the suit filed by directors
 
 Benners at Birmingham, this suit de- manding an accounting on the part of the defendants for the use of the South and North. MT. Gray holds, with the oth- CT minority stockholders, that he has a right to keep and to hold his stock, and holding it he has right to a say in the matter of disposing of the property. He denies the right of any company to say what he shall take for the securities and also contends that as stockholder of the South and North heh as right to know what disposition is being made of the property and it's earnings.
 "Third Class Men,"
 In a protest against the suggestion of Dr. Wickliffe Rose, agent of the Pea body educational fund, that women should
 
 high schools, Miss Julia Tutweiler, presi- dent of the State Normal, at Livingston, asks the question if it is not better to have first class woman than third class man.
 The idea of the ''class man. was given her. she says, by president of lead ing university of the country, who, when asked for a first class teacher for some service. said that first and second class men did not become teachers for the reason that they made many times more money at some otner employment.
 Dr. Rose said at a meeting of college presidents Wednesday night that ne feared that Alabama might, because ol the scarcity of men teachers, be 1orced' as North Carolina had been, to put wom- en in the places of heads of the schools, which he thought would be unfortunate This leads Miss Tutweler, in an lnter- view, to say: "lhen, if It Is lmpossipie to get sufficient number Of nrst class men to fill these places, shall they De giyan to third class men or first class women? - or.
 Miss Tutweiler then continues lt should be remembered, however, that there are always compensations Tn na- ture. She is not a partial stephothel where she withholds one gift she gen earlly gives another or equal vsiue ane conscientiousness and fidelity or women, their careful attention to detalis' the beauty and refinement which they .require in their environment-all these ieatures of their work may do something to atohe for their lack of the qualities whlcn inake ut male principals desirable. At any ra.e the work of women principals might pc indorsed as a make-shift until the state can pay salaries large enough to temp. a greater number of the more capaple teachers into the work.
 Hard Labor Law Upheld.
 In the case of the State vs. Whhs Abrahams. from Monroe county, the iaw infiicting hard labor for vlolatlon ot ,a tn1 Abrahams was fineu s1oo and costs Tor the offense and the judge added 30 days in iail to the punishment, in which he is found to have been correct.
 Game vioIators Caught.
 Montgomery, April 16-(Speciai)-1onh
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