The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-05-11
FARM BUREAU AND.
RAILROADS CAN'T
AGREE ON RATES.
Dunn Construction Company
Loses Right To Build Bes-
Semer Highway
STATE CAPITAL BUREAU !
THE AGE-HERALD
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Alabama railroads and representa-
tives OF the Alabama Farm Bureau
federation were unable to reach
privileges at an informal conference
with the public service commission
Thursday afternoon and the commits
sion postponed further conferences
until June z.
The farm bureau federation con-
tends that Alabama cotton con-
sumers and cotton producers are be-
ing Disseminated against and that
consumers of other states have an
unfair advantage because they are
permitted concentration privileges
and reshipments at through rates.
while those paying transportation
charges on cotton between points in
Alabama are forced to pay local
rates t. the point of concentration
and local rates from the concentra-
ton points to the consuming points
The proposal of the farm bureau
federation was submitted to repre-
sentatives of the railroads, who an
nounced that they would be unable
to announce their position until they
had consulted with their companies.
The commission postponed the con-
ferences until June in order that
the matter may be referred to the
proper officials OF the railroads.
TYRUs LAWSON FREED
Tyrus Lawson. whose release on
parole was refused by Governor Kill
by last year, was given his liberty
by Governor Brandon, according to
an order made public Thursday.
Lawson was convicted of second de-
gree murder in 1916 and sentenced
to II years. The body of a man was
found in a swamp in Jackson county
and it was alleged that Lawson
killed him several months before
that Lawson had forged the mans
name to checks and contended that
the motive for the murder was es-
tablished by Lawsons fear of ex-
posture.
Two boards of pardons and the
trial judge and solicitor recommend
ed clemency. S. II. Blan, secretary
of state. dissented from the majority
report of the present board, saying
Governor Kilby's resons for refusing
clemency last year were concurred
in by him.
Lawson's home Is at South Pitts
burg Landing. Tenn, and several
prominent citizens of Tennessee be-
came interested in his case. He was
granted temporary parole recently
and returned to his fathers farm,
where he began preparations for
crop this year.
LEE STILL DESTROYED
Lee county furnished a 1.500gallon
still to raiders of the state law en-
forcement department Thursday. &C
ccrding to a report to headquarters.
e. ght hundred gallons of beer was
poured out. No arrests were made.
Two stills were destroyed in Mobile
with 1850 gallons of mash
and 80 gallons of liquor. Five stills
were confiscated in Shelby county
and 400 gallons of mash was
poured out. Cleburne county fur
nished one still. 500 gallons of mash
and eight gallons of liquor.
DUNN LOSES OUT
Jefferson county's board of reve-
bids for the construction of S.14
miles of road between Farf' I'D and
Bessemer under a final deciEaon of
the supreme court Thursday in the
case of Dunn Construction company
versus William /. White. The su-
preme court several weeks ago held
that the board of revenue could not
permit the Dunn Construction COM
pany to have the contract under a
bid submitted under a period of high
prices in 1920. White obtained an
injunction preventing the board from
letting the construction company do
the work, and the supreme court az
firmed the decision Of the jefferson
circuit court. The order Thursday
overruled the application for rehear
ing filed by the construction COM
pany.