The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-03-02
ALABAMA BRIGADE TOLEAVE MORALES ON 15TH OF APRIL War DepartmentAnno This Date to Montgomery Chamber of Commerce GREAT RECEPTION IS PLANNED BY CAPITAL Annual Convention of State Bankers Will Be Held in Mobile in May.
 Condition of Judge Pelham
 Is Improved
Rx FRED H. GORMLEY


 gales for the demobilization camp here about April 15, according to a mes sage received by the Montgomery Chamber of Commerce Thursday from the war department. Its had been thought the soldiers would be home soon after the first of April, but this telegram indicates that they will not return before about April 20
 The Chamber of Commerce is ar- ranging for the entertainment of thS soldiers when they arrive.
 BANKERS TO MEET
 Announcement was made by Harry T. Bartlett of Montgomery, secretary treasurer of the Alabama Bankers as sociation, that the annual state con vention will be held at Mobile May 10, II and 12. and that the group meetings will begin March IS. Group one will meet at New Decatur March IS; group two at Birmingham March IA; group three at Montgomery March 15, and group four at Brewton
 Group two, which will meet at Bir mingham, includes the counties of La mar, Fayette, Walker, Etowah, Blount, Cherokee. Calhoun. Cleburne, Talla- dega, Randolph, Shelby, Tallapoosa, St. Clair, Hale, Greene. Coosa,. Sum- ter, Bibb. Jefferson. Tuscaloosa and Pickens.
 Elaborate preparations have been begun for the annual convention at Mobile.
 JUDGE PELHAM IMPROVED
 Judge John Pelham, presiding judge of the court of appeals, is steadily inn proving at a local infirmary, where he was operated on several days ago. The crisis has passed and his friends Thursday stated that he has an even chance to recover Complications which were reported the latter part of the week are not giving the attendants so much trouble now and they believe full relief will come to him before the end of the week.
 Judge Pelham is fast regaining strength and this is aiding him in the fight. The fears of physicians and sur geons attending him had come be- cause of his weakened condition which prevented him from fighting the com plications.
 HIGHER RATE CHARGED
 Because of the disorganized condi- tion of the New York money market resulting from international compli- cations. the state will be forced to pay 4 per cent interest on the loan of s300.0o0,000 obtained from the Nation al Park bank of New York under tho section of the constitution which per- mits the governor to carry this tenn porary loan. The state has delivered it's note to the bank for this amount and it will be redeemable February 26. 1918.
 MARSHALL COMING
 Announcement has been made that Thomas R. Marshall. vice president of the United States will come to Montgomery March 20 for a lecture on National Tendencies.' which will be delivered under the auspices of the Young Mems Christian association. For several weeks it has not been known whether or not the vice president could fill his engagements on the lec- ture platform because of international conditions. but the announcement has been made that he will be able to leave for short time during March and April
 ARGUMENTS CONTINUE
 Arguments continued in the circuit court Thursday in the case of the state against the Atlantic Coast Line railroad involving the right of the railroad to pay franchise taxes as foreign corporation. As only questions of law are involved. no jury will be needed.
 The railroad contends that it ob- tained it's charter from another state and is operating in this state under 'Alabama's laws relating to foreign corporations. The state contends that regardless of the fact that the rail- roads charter was written in another state it is a domestic corporation un- der the Alabama law, which says that any corporation formed by the con- solidation of domestic and foreign cor porations becomes sA domestic corpora tion
 If the state is successful the rail- road in the future will be forced to pay a franchise tax on it's entire cap- ital stock. It is now paying only on the amount used in it's operations in this state
 WILL GROW FOODS
 Because of the high prices of food stuff, the state convict department has determined to exert every effort pos sible this year to grow the things which are necessary for the feeding of convicts. Ten mules were purchased by the department Thursday for use on the state farms.
 Because of the overflow of last sum- mer the states lands are richer and not so much fertilization will be need ed. The state sent man to the Ala bama Polytechnic institute for the pur- nI~cc~