The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-02-15
STREET IS RETICENT ABOUT GROCERS' CASE
District Attorney Says Nothing Is to Be Given Out Concerning the
 Compromise

| That nothing was to be given out al | this time relative to the reported offer of compromise in the case of the United | States against the Southern Wholesale Grocers' association was the statement | made here yesterday by O. D. Street, | United States district attorney. He was In Birmingham engaged in conference with postoffice inspectors regarding the prosecution of some alleged illegal postal offenses and said the grocers' case was still inactive
 It has been stated here for some time that the attorneys for the grocers' asso-
 citation have made overtures to the gov
 ernment in an effort to arrive at peace full conclusion of the litigation The gov ernment has worked for the disbanding of the association on the grounds that | terstate commerce and in violation of the Sherman act.
 Although this Is said to be the status
 of the case, the, government has not given
 any answer to the offer of peaceful dis solution said to have been made by the grocers' attorneys.
 It is the firm conviction of several prominent men that the case will be of fered up as compromise soon by the
 dissolution of the association under con- ditions imposed by the government. In that event great deal of time and trou- ble will, it is said, be saved MT. Street said he had nothing to add
 to what had already been said and would not talk about the compromise proposi-
 tion. He returned to his home last night --~~~~~~~~~~>~~~-~~~.~ are used in only one department the school can still be counted as a graded school, if it is up to the1standard on the other points.
 4. Adult classes organized Classes 16 years of age or over organized with the standard class officers and commit tees Gas indicated in International adult department leafiet No. g. this leafet free on application to state office) and holding. international certificate. 5. Workers meeting. A regular meet ing of the teachers and officers for the
 study of the lesson and study of the school.
 6. Systematic plan for substitute
 teachers. Some plan by which prepared substitutes are ready to take the place of absent teachers.
 ' Teacher training class. A class
 composed either of teachers or of young people not teachers. or both, taking an
 approved teacher training course, lead ing to a diploma, and enrolled with
 the state association and the denom- ination. 8. Cradle roll. Composed of babies too young to come to Sunday school, but
 who are enrolled as cradle roll mem bers. lA g. Home department Composed of persons who do not attend the regular sessions of the Sunday school but who
 do unite with it by at least half an
 hours regular weekly study of the les sons at home.
 10. Cooperation with district coun- . ty and state associations. Includes CD CD written statistical report sent to
 the district or county officers annual
 ly; (3) contribution to the state and
 county Sunday school work A front line Sunday school has all
 the points of banner Sunday school''
 and, the following additional CD Uses
 international graded lessons in all de-
 partments for which they are prepared;
 CD elementary departments are separ-
 ate from the main school; (3) every teacher holds a teacher training di- |ploma; (4), mission superintendent or committed: t5) 75 per cent of the church members enrolled in the Sun day school ati
 A front line county is a county whose schools average 70 per cent computed according to the above standards.
 
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