The age-herald., 1900-09-21
SELMA HAS STRONG
 CASE OF CROSSING
Another Move in the Fight Between Rival Railroads-Clrcult Court an an
 End-A Death.

Selma, September 2O.-(Special )-The Southern Railroad last night removed the crossings that had been put in by the B. s. | & N. O. R. R. at Smiths Crossing. l It will be remembered that when the B. s. & N. O. R. R. got the grading of their extension up to the Southerns track at what is known as Smiths Crossing the lat ter road one night put in a sidetrack and placed thereon fifteen box cars, thereby efectually blocking the proposed crossing. The B. s. & N. O. then went into the courts and applied for an easement, which was granted, though an appeal was taken by the Southern. The next move was made by the B. s. & N. O., who one morning just as gray dawn was breaking started a force of hands to work, and after moving the cars off the property they had secured an easement over, proceeded to put in the crossing.
 The Southern then went before Chancel- Tor Smith and was granted an injunction restraining the B. s. & N. o. from inter fering with their sidetrack, nothing being said about the crossing already in on the main line. The next day the rails and stringers which were over the Southern sidetrack were taken up by the Southern and the cars put back as they were.
 This brings the case up to last night. This morning E. B. Martin, who was in the city, received a telegram from Martin that during the night the Southern had taken up the crossing that was on the main line and brought 1t into the city.
 The crossings were brought in and thrown off at the B. S. and N O. depot, Superintendent Marion being notified that they had been removed from Smiths Crossing, having been on the property of the Southern Railroad, that sompany not wanting them there.
 What next is an unknown quantity. The B. s. and N. O. are restrained from fur ther interfering with the Southern's side track, and Colonel Abbot has stated that they intend to await the course of the law. Whether the Southern Is liable for damages in taking up the crossing last night may also come up in the courts. In the meantime the work of the extension Is greatly interfered with.
 The civil week of the Circuit Court came to a close today owing to the continuance of a number of cases relative to the back tax matter pending an appeal on one case to the Supreme Court. The way of the back tax cases in Dallas has been any, thing but easy at this term of the court, and the final disposition of them, so far as this term Of the court IS concerned, IS al- most the death blow to the cause.
 The case against the Alabama Cotton OH Company, the only case that went to the jury, was decided in favor of the defend- ants by the jury after being out about 10 minutes. The case against V. B. Atkins and Company, which was in the Circuit Court on an appeal from the County Board of Revenue, was dismissed by Judge Moore on motion. The Back Tax Commissioner, through the attorney, Col s. W. John, ex- cepted to the rulings, and as the other cases, some twenty in number, were sim liar, they were continued pending the tel clement of the Atkins case.
 Word reached the city this morning of the death of MT. Oliver A. Mobly, which occurred at the home of his father at Snow Hill yesterday afternoon The deceased, up to few years ago, was member Of the firm of Holt, Agee and Company, but sold out his interest to go to Mexico in the hope that the climate there would bring him health. For a time it seemed that he had conquered the dread disease, but its fangs had been buried too deep and he came home to await the end Oliver Hob dy was a splendid young man in the very prime of his manhood, and his death came a shock to his host of friends in this