The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-12-19
BAY ANNETTE WILL TAKE NO CHANGES Petition to Settle Court House Matter by Election OLD TROUBLE IS REVIVED Seek to Prevent People of Daphne Get ting Building By Action
 of the Supreme
 Court.
OLD TROUBLE IS REVIVED

Montgomery. December 1S.-(Special)- Preferring to take no chance on the su- preme court holding that the county seat should go back permanently to Daphne, the people who favor Bay Minette the county town of Baldwin, have today filed with the governor a petition containing 5O9 names, asking that he order an cleo tion to settle the matter. The petition follows:
 His Excelleney William D. Jelks. Gov ernor of Alabama: We, the undersigned qualified electors of Baldwin county. Ala bama. respectfully petitioning your ex- celleney, pray that an election be held in said county for the purpose of deter mining whether or not the county seat of said county shall be removed from Daphne. Ala. to Bay Mnette Ala, as provided by an act of the legislature of Alabama, approved March 3, 1903'
 There has been much trouble about this court house. 1t was removed on the face of the returns from Daphne at an election held shortly after the act of March 3, 1903, and court house built. The Daphne people made a fight and got decision from the supreme court to the effect that there was something irregular in the is sue of bonds This has been taken to mean that 1t was not removed. Some weeks ago Judge Brown of the Mobile dis trict called the court at Daphne. The sheriff and clerk refused to go there, and he had them fined and ordered inn prisonment for contempt. It has seemed
 to rest since then, until the petition of today.
 The filing of the petition Is taken to mean that the Bay Minette fellows are fearful that they will lose in new case to come from the supreme court this week. Evidently the desire to hedge in every way against having to go back to Daphne where they are not overly be- loved as a result of all the litigation that has followed the attempt.
 The governor will ascertain that the petition carries the requisite 300 qualified electors necessary to order a call for an election as is asked by the petitioners. If
 that is proven to be so he will appoint commissioners to proceed in due time to
 hold the election
 Pay for Soldiers.
 An urgent appeal has been made to the governor to have the information neces- sary to have the men who went to the Spanish war paid for disputed service. As the court of claims has set
 January 1 as the last day. Benjamin Car ter of Washington, who is looking after the matter, today asked the governor to
 wire all those officers who are behind with their list.
 This pay is for the time between the | day of actual enlstn1ent and the time they were mustered into the service. In | many cases recruiting officers would go into towns and gather up men for regi-
 ments already organized or forming. They would be held until squad was gotten to- gether and then forwarded to place of rem
 dezvous. However, the pay did not begin until they were actually mustered into
 the service.
 Mir Carter has been at work on the matter for some time, and will be able to get the money for all who have rolls properly certified in by the lst of Janu- ary.
 Capital Notes. The governor has remitted fine of $50 assessed Marion MacGee of Pike county for carrying a pistol He was advised by the solicitor that the guilt was only tech nical and the boy had no idea of of lending: that he was taking the pistol to another; that the grand jury did not find a bill and he has a good charac- ter
 The Citizens Land company of Cleve- land, Ohio has notified the Secretary of State that 1t has an office in the Title Guarantee building of Birmingham, with H. R. Townsend as Alabama agent. The capital of the company is given at S50,000 These officers have been appointed by the governor: W. I. Rowell justice of the peace Mobile; J. F. Pouncey, Daleville l NJ c. Pugh. Chiffon; notary publics, j.. | T. Glover, Birmingham; O. F. McKissick, | Taladega; J A. Edwards, Talladega.