The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-02-10
THE cALCIs COURT HOUSE.
Shelby County is Stirred Over the
 Matter.

Columbiana, Feb. 9.-(Special.) .)-The Commissioners Court held a special ses- sion here Thursday and Friday, all of the commissioners being present. They were called to consider the claims of certain architects and men, who had furnished material and done work, for the county's court house in this county This matter is somewhat In a muddie.
 It will be remembered that the Con- stitutional Convention established, by the adoption of an ordinance, a separate court district in Shelby County, and pro- vided for the holding of an election to determine the location of the court house in the district. The election was held, and the election resulted in favor of Calcis, The Commissioners Court proceeded to | employ an architect and contract for the | erection of a court house and jail. In
 the meantime great opposition had de- veloped throughout the county to the proposed court house and court district.
 Finally a motion was made by the at- | torneys of certain railroads, supported | by petitions for the Commissioners Court | to set aside its orders looking to the erec- | tion of the court house and jail. The
 motion was continued from time to time,
 until mandamus proceedings against the
 Commission ers' Court were begun In the meantime the material for the |
 been shipped to Calcis, and the architects
 want their pay.
 Notice is being published that a bill
 will be introduced in the Legislature to | repeal the court district. The county at large, outside of the special court dis l trict, Is decidely opposed to the court
 district. They say there Is no need for 1t.
 that it will be very expensive to the | county to erect the court house and jail l and to maintain a separate court, and 1 that it will be unjust and oppressive to
 the citizens and taxpayers outside of the district to have to be taxed to meet this l expense, when, under the terms and pro- visions of the ordinance, only those in- side the court district are allowed to liti- gate In the court, or can in any way re- ceive any benefit from the court.
 It Is said that large majority of those inside of the territory included in the court district are very much opposed to the establishment of the court, and would have voted against 1t had this question been submitted to the voters of the ter ritory. The friends of Calcis deny this, and insist that a majority in the district are in favor of the court. It is reported that the Calcis people will fight for the court to the bitter end.
 The Commissioners Court allowed the claims presented by the material dealers and architects.
 TheJuvenile Missionary Society of the Presbyterian Church gave an oyster sup per at the Central Hotel last night. It Is reported that they made clear of all expenses about $20.
 The new bank, which is called the Co., lumbiana Savings Bank. is in full opera tion. W. B. Browne is it's President; W. l.. Farley, cashier, and James Robertson, Assistant Cashier.
 J. IT. Robertson. Tax Collector, and John s. Pitts, Tax Assessor. were in Montgomery last week in attendance on the meeting of the Tax Collectors and Assessors.
 There is talk that a rural free delivery mail route is one of the things to be es- tablished in this section in the early fu- ture.
 Quarterly meeting of the M. E. Church, South. has been in session here. The Presiding Elder was present There is a report that Gordon DuBose contemplates, at an early day. converting | his bank into a national bank. | Walter Harper of Anniston, editor of
 The Southern Sentiment, a literary maga-
 zine, is in the city.