The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-12-30
WANT NEW COURT.
Huntsville Asks for Law and Equity
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 Huntsville, Dec. 29--(SpecIal. )--The members of the Huntsville Bar Associa- ton held a special meeting last night and recommended the enactment of law creating a law and equity court In this city with Jurisdiction concurrent with the circuit and chancery courts. also the establishment of a court Of inferior jurisdiction, to replace the three justice courts of Huntsville,
 The proposed law and equity court would be the same as city courts in other cities and would facilitate the trial of civil eAses as well as criminal cases of all kinds. The members of the bar do not contemplate making any changes In the eighth judicial circuit OF the chancery court divisions. They wish the ssgo courts to remain as they are except that the terms of the Cir cult Court will be reduced from four annually to two.
 The inferior court proposed would do away with the County Court held by the Probate Judge as well as the jus tices courts of the city and misdemeanor ana small civil cases would be tried there. Lawrence Cooper. R. p. Smith and Fancred Betts have been named as a committee to draft bill covering the recommendations of the association.
 fire that threatened for time last midnight to prove very destructive 10 the business FAOuuSeS on EXcnduBe Row, burned in the basement of Met calfe's clothing store. The blaze was located among the boxes and waste pa- per in the basement and the place had to bo flooded before it was gotten under control. The damage by water was considerable. Insurance covers the loss.
 John H. Wallace, Jr., commander or the Fourth Brigade of the Alabama Df@ vision, Sons of Confederate Veterans, has announced the following appoint ments of members of his staff: David A. Grayson of Huntsville, Adjutant- General and Chief of Staff; John D. Rather of Tuscumbia, Inspector General Lawson Sykes of Courtland, Quarter master General New camps will be or- EaYfzed through this section.
 Mrs. J. W. Hill, aged 52 years, died last evening at her home on North Church Street. after an Illness of sew era1 months with consumption. Her husband and five children survive her.
 Bob Cummings, negro, died last night at the Oaklawn Nursery. from the effects of bullet wound received in a gambling row on Christmas Day. Sam Fruit, the negro who was arrest cd for doing the shooting, Is In jail on a carge of murder, and Holder Miner, charged with being implicated in the affair is also in jail. Cummings wounds were not considered fatal until complications developed
 4 very unique feature, Rube Car nival, was held at the Huntsville skat- ing rink last night and several hum dred skaters, attired in Rube costumes, participated In the fun. Miss CornleI Wingo and Master Ike Dillard were awarded prizes for being the best RubeI couple
 Congressman William Richardson left last night for Washington after having spent the Christmas holidays at homei in Huntsville. Miss Barnes Richardson,I his daughter, accompanied him to Wash- ington.
 None ol the saloons of Huntsville will quit business the first of the year a1- though the chances favor the enactment of a bill putting them out of business later in the season and substituting a dispensary. Petitions for State and county saloon licenses are being filed in the Probate Court and all the saloon proprietors will take out licenses for the whole year. No saloon man will quit business unless compelled by the new law to do so.