The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-03-19
North Carolina ' Wins in Tax Case .....
 Ouer Railroads
By Associated Press :

hale1gh, N. C., March 1S.--The state of North Carolina today won it's rail- road tax case, when the special court. consisting of United States Judges Waddiil, Boyd and Connor, dismissed the injunction asked by the 4Seaboard Air Line railway, railway, Atlantic Coast Line railway and the Norfolk-Southcrn railroad to prohibit State Collector of Revenue Watts from collecting taxes on the full amount of values, fixed for the roads. .s..
 Chattanooga. March 1S.-The Ten pessee, Alabama nnd Georgia rail- road was offered for sale at public outcry here today for the sixth time. No bids were received and the sale goes over to April i.
 San Francisco, March IS--The Atch- fsOn, Topeka and santa Fe Railroad company has embarked on a pro- gram to double track it's system from California to Chicago. accord ing to ". B. Storey, president of the company. His statement con firmed previous reports in unofficial quarters of the contemplated move ment.
 Washington, March 1S.-The Nor folk and Western railway was per- mitted bx the interstate commerce mission to-day to issue S666.0O0 i'm first consolidated mortgage i per cent bonds. which will he sold to return to it's treasury amounts all ready expended in various additions to its property.
 New Orleans, March IS.-FaiIure of the board of directors of the Liberty Bank and Trust company to approve the proposed plan of consolidation with the American Bank and Trust company has caused the merger plan to fnll through, 1t was announced to- day by II. II. FIasholler. president of the Liberty bank. minority of the stockholders disapproved the plan, it was stated. The American directors voted Thursday in favor of the mer- ger. The institutions have combined deposits of S3,0O0.00O.
 Denver, Colo. March 1S.-The Great Westerp Sugar company. the principal beet sugar refining com- pany in the Rocky mountain dis trict. today advanced the price of sugar 10 cents q bag, making n total increase of 70 cents n bag within comparatively short time. The new beet sugar basis. scaboard. is *5.30 a bag.
 Kansas City. Mo-, March 1S.--The Trans Mississippi Coal Operators as sociation. with mines in Missouri. Kansas. Oklahoma. Arkansas and Iova. will make it's own wage scale after April 1, and will not permit some other district to make the basic scale. ''in which we have no voice or vofe.s Harry N. Taylor of Kansas City. chairman ofs the. association, wrote Secretary of Labor Davis to- day. MT. Taylor's letter was in re- ply to one received from MT, Dayis.
 Washington, March .1s.-Conttnu- ance of soyernment loans to farm CTS through the war finance corpora- tion for another year was proposed in n hill introduced today by Senator Robinson, democrat, Arkansas.s He said there was demand for the bill particularly from the south and west. where he said depression was granuy embarrassing industry, par ticuiarIy agriculture. Under the-rc- cent law rcviying the wnr ffnahce corporation. it's loaniug functions would cease July without enact ment of the Robinson or. similar continnipg measure.f X Portland, orc.. March fS.--A straight drop of 70 cents hundred pounds on flour from here tn Atlantic coast ports is announced here. The new rate is n cents hundred