The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-11-09
Rival Land Companies Be.
hind Towns.
An Quiet In Bay Minette and Dapnhe'
Rut n Rumor Prevails That
Hostilities VIII BE
- Resumed.

nav Minette, Nov. S.--(Stan CoIre
.nondence.) THE controversy betweeH
Eav Minette and Daphne for the sen. az
government forms unique oh"p
There is a temporary lull IN acei rsa y, .
IN BALDWIN County after yesteraaa aa
fiasco on the part TT Of aa tne Minette court
Sause bv storm, but the bitterness pc
tween the two towns Is perhaps sys n
creased and another ruptvtr ~ cause the
, rme serious Complications. The con
servative people CT both factions, now
ever. now seem to be In con., " ard
o my anv disorder until the Supre.ne
on on" NJ Alabama decides where the
courthorse rightfully belongs. .ress
80 a. aldwin County during the past few
Years is largely due the sirain sst
ssonditions between the county inrsets
towns. Both Daphne a1,sy ana th sds to their
nave tsa Courthouse properly belongs.
Courts of Justice presided over py apie
men have decided In favor Oh
Fight between Land COmpnnes.
potS towns are being rapidly puiit
IN by the rich land companies .n .ae
have brought Baldwin promihTShheiS an.3
rconsnanies of Daphne naturally wan !.
The courthouse at that place, Inc i Pns
Minette land men are equally anAlV3 IL
10 reta'- their hold on the county site,
10 r rees Land companies are willing to
snenS M 1ncy to have the courthouse IN
The particular locality in Wnlcn tnssS
Pay Minette citizens are furnished with
he sinews of legal war, and Iikewise
the Daphne citizens are not lacking III
FUNDS for carrying on , .ne ecomnanies
has Inspired more than ordinary inter-
est in the. minds Of the people, ana tnes
have been worked up 70 pit ta s Mne os
they are willing to do tnlhss u heeP "a
take the courthouse.
No one doubts the integrity Of Judge
Samuel B. Browne around wnom sne
Iievss he thinks he is right in the steps
he has taken. and 1t is equally conn Il
dent that altf ough he may peheVe ne Is
'-e where Lawyers Disagree.
Some of the strongest lawyers IN
Alabama have advised t Sner nit,zen Amt Of
raw Minette to stand their ground.
0tTers I.myc advised the Daphne people
70 take the court records. Armstrong
"'i In 1909 the Legislature Of Alabama,
passed en- act authorizing the removal
Of che county seat ii Baldwin county
wins maiden boom was on and Bay Bay
Minette was growing as last as the
proverbial pumpkin The Daphne PEG
pie didn't care care to gSe to up turn ovsp the
records Then and there the people OF
| Bay Minette did what the Daphne peo-
pie started to do yesterdaayi; T. one hod nuh To
Daphne. seized the court records.
4 marched back and put the court RECORDS
i in the handsome new courthouse
whi,h is the pride of every Bay Mi
The courts upheld the constitutions l.
ity Of the act of the Legislature au-
+ thorizing the removal of The courthouse
4 ana fo- ave years court was held in
Bay Minette.
A few weeks ago. the matter again
bobbed up The question was raised
before Chancellor Thomas Smith of the
i Southwestern Chencery Division that
the court had never been legally moved
from Daphne. and Chancellor Smith
upheld this point. Judge Samuel B
+ Browne. who had recently been chosen
Judge of the Baldwin County Circuit
Court, held that, under this decision
he was bound to hold court at Daphne
e He ordered session of his court al
that point. And here came the hitch
To operate a court under the laws