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COTTON SEED CRUSHERS IN BANQUET AT HILLMAN The Alabama Cottonseed Crushers' astempt to bring the railroads to a recognition of the fact that co'tonseed is a sociation met at the Hotel Hillman last perishable product and wants it undernight to discuss business matters of instood that it must be moved faster to terest to the organization. By means of prevent its deterioration in value. An such a social gathering the members keep effort will be made to get a special prein touch with each other and the marference before all other traffic for this ket. There were some forty oil mill men product, thus making it of higher value around the banquet table-a representato the farmer as well as to the manutive body of the pushing business men facturer. of the state. Wit and humor fairly A number of those present told of the sparkle in the toasts and specches which hardships they had suffered during the were delivered. present season with seed rotting in the Among those who made the most notable cars, and coming into their warehouses addresses were Col. J. W. Black of Montgreatly deteriorated in value. The seed gomery, Col. O. C. Wiley of Troy, S. from the storm district, having been alJ. Cassels of Montgomery, E. B. Newmost ruined in the fields, was said to have some of Tuscaloosa, J. C. Wright of been worth nothing after the railroads Roanoke, R. W. Henderson of Talladega, had left it for weeks in the yards. E. Lamar of Selma, and Dr. A. St Clair Mr. Tennille also said that cleanliness in Tennille of Montgomery handling from the gins through the oil Mr. Tennille quite aptly branched off mills would insure a prime material for from the merrymaking in his talk to reghigh efficiency edible oil, which would be ister a complaint, not only for the cotequal to the imported olive oil for use ton crushers, but for the farmers and on the table and would bring instead for the business men of the state, directed of 3 cents as at present, as much as 8 toward an end which, he said, if accomcents at the least. Further it was brought plished, would mean much to the indusout that to reach the proper standard try of the state. He spoke of the movein meal for both man and animals it ment by the railroads of the cotton seed is necessary to keep the seed perfectly from the ginner to the manufacturer. good and pure, a thing impossible under The association is determined to atthe slow system of handling. Charter of the First National bank of and that there was $25,000 missing: that he Ensley is offered in evidence and identidecided to close the bank Immediately, and that he was appointed receiver. fied. DuBose Confesses. J. B. Barnett Testifies, The witness said there was a meeting In answer to Judge Roulhac, J. B. Barthe directors held in the First National nett said that he was a practicing atbank in Birmingham, at which it was torney living in Monroeville, and was tried to make arrangements to carry on president of the Monroe County bank; the Ensley National bank: that while the that H. C. Du Bose, a brother of Gordon meeting was being held Du Bose come in Du Bose, was cashier and one of the diand said: "I'm the most miserable hurectors of the Monroe County bank; that man being on earth. If I had been in the Monroe County bank never received my right mind it never would have any security from Gordon Dir Bose for curred;" that Du Bose admitted he lost its indorsement; that such an indorsement the money in stock and speculations and was never authorized, and that H. C. Du would make it all good. Bose had no authority to make any such The witness stated the nature of the indorsement; that the by-laws of the bank arrangements, which had been made by did not give authority to any officer to inwhich the Ensley National bank resumed dorse in the name of the bank; that the business. The witness also read a statebooks of the Monroe County bank showed ments of all the transactions of Du Bose transactions with the First National bank with the bank since October 7, 1905, in of Ensley, but not with Gordon Du Base. which was shown the dates of the disOn cross-examination, witness said he count of the notes amounting to $43,000, was not familiar with the methods of and also the expenditure of the money bookkeeping in banks, but understood received on these notes. The statement banking business: that he knew the handshowed that over $20,000 of the money was writing of the officers and identified 11. paid by check to Loveman & Co., brokC. Du Bose's handwriting in the indorseers, that Ware & Leland, brokers, had ment; that Du Bose was the active man been paid about $2500; that large checks at that time in the bank, and had authorhad been paid to Gibert & Clay. brokers, ity to make small loans, not exceeding 10 and Abercrombie & Co., brokers. per cent of the capital. The reading of the statement by the H. J. Cummins. witness occupied nearly an hour, and H. J. Cummins testified that he was aseach item of expenditure is the basis of sistant cashier of the First National bank a suit in the indictment. of Ensley, and that he identified the inWhen the witness closed his direct exdividual account of Gordon Du Bose. The amination the court took a recess until witness read the entries of deposits and 10 o'clock this morning. checks in the account in which the credits
