The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-06-22
CASE MUST REST
 TILL NEXT FALL Gray Attorneys Said to Have
 Card Up Sleeve REWARD OUT FOR OLIVE Is Charged With the Murder of D. A. Beavers at Mineral Sprinss-5ir-
 mineham Corporations
 File Papers.

action of the supreme court In the case of Henry B. Gray vs the Louisville and Nashville Railroad. denying the right of the city court of Montgomery to hold the Louisville and Nashville in contempt be- cause 1t continues to operate the South and North after the issuance of a judg- ment of custer holding that it has no right to do so. sends the litigation so far has been brought out over to the next term of the supreme court. Moth ing can now be done that Is final until that time. even though other action Is brought by the attorneys for MT. Gray.
 In holding that the said Judgment of custer was superseded by the appeal, the higher courts sets next November for it's hearing. In issuing rule preventing the hearing of contempt proceedings by the lower court and making 1t returnable to the November term, that part also goes over. The suit pending In the chancery court of Birmingham, filed by the direc- tors of the South and North by request of MT. Gray. even if decided there soon, could not be reviewed by the supreme court until next term now, so that every thing will go over for a long time, save what may be sprung by the attorneys of Gray In the meantime. It is under stood that they have a new move in con- temptation, but what 1t Is cannot be sur missed just yet.
 Another feature of the situation is that not only will the contempt proceedings set for Saturday be postponed, but the hearing on the application of Walter Moore for a receiver for the South and North also. While it is not so shown in the papers, 1t is generally understood that the Moore case is party to the Gray lti gation, and that the Moore petition was filed with the idea that 1t would be in time to enjoy any of the conditions that might arise If the custer judgment was in force.
 Reward for Olive.
 Governor Jelks has offered a reward for the arrest delivery to the sheriff of Jefferson county and conviction of Walter Olive, white man. charged with the murder of D. A. Beavers also white, at Miriaral Springs. Jefferson county. on June 4. Solicitor Hefln says that while the relatives of the dead man are poor. they have deposited $50 to be given as a reward and thinks 1t well for the state to help out.
 Mr. Heflin relates that his information is that the killing was murder, and that if caught Olive will be convicted He has not been located since the killing, though diligent effort has been made to l find him. All the parties are we'll known.
 These officers have been appointed by the governor:
 Justice of the peace, w. l.. Wilson, Ro- anoke; notaries, C. J. Stevenson, Dothan; A. S. Kelly, Slocomb; J. W. Walton, Cen ter Star.
 Big Corporations.
 The secretary of state was notified to- day of the incorporation in Birmingham of three companies, with combined capital of s15O 900. with business men of prominence at the head. A company with $100,000 capi tai was reported from Montgomery. They are as follows:
 Shaefer Manufacturing company, Br- ming'ham, capital $50O0O. to manufacture transmission machinery. The incorpora- tors are J. V. Shaefer, W. II. Stockham, James Weisel, John H. Adams and W. N Johnson.
 Eclipse Coal company, to mine coal, with offices in Birmingham, capital s25OO0 W. c. Shackelford, J. B. Bicknell and B. A Treat are the movers and incorporators. MT. Shackelford owns and controls some of the largest and best bodies of coal lands In Walker and Jefferson counties.
 Woodlawn Supply company. stores at Woodlawn. a suburb of Birmingham, cap- ital $75.000. General merchandise and lum- Der will be the principal features of the business. The incorporators are F. Brew CT, George F. Brewer, George Edmondson c. R. Summers. Leland Jordan. Charles R. Jordan. Woodlawn Realty company. J. B. Gibson, C. l.. Robeptson, Robert Full lenwider and R. I. Smith.
 Interstate Finance company. Montgom- cry. capital $100 0O0. Incorpora tors w. W. Harper, A. A. Marshall. j. S. Pinckard and 1n pany will act as agents for all classes of insurance companies and other corpora tions, lend money and own real estate.
 Great Is Wire Grass.
 H. A. Skeggs IT,. candidate for rail- road commissioner, stopped in the city to- day, en route to his home ir Decatur, from whence he will go 10 Jackson county Friday He has just finished with Emmett O'Neal candidate for lieuserant governor a canvass of the wire grass section. and IS greatly pleased with it. If never get a vote down there l will be glad I went' said MT. Skeggs talking of tn country Take the towns of Troy, Luverne Anda- lusia. Geneva. Dothan and Ozark and you will find that none In tha south can beat them for grit and indus'ry. I cold hardly get along tho streets of Dotilnn for the crowds Everywhere I went 1t was push and pluck and prosperity, and that
 
 for all time to come"
 Mir O'Neal and D. J. Meador also a candidate for the place now held by Dr. Cunningham, went on to BirIningham this morning to attend meeting of the loco motive engineers at Germana park. They both agree with Mir Skeggs that the wire grass Is the most remarkable section l of the state.
 Reports on Montgomery County.
 tA books of Montgomery county, Assistant | Examiner Wilkinson gave the following 1 testimony to the care taken in the office |, of clerk of the city court under Henry | H. Matthews, who died only d few days | ago: Tt gives me great pleasure to bear l testimony to the fact that Mir. Matthews l conducted his business in the most meth l odical manner. and by his death the | state loses one of It's best clerks"
 1t is no more than just to say that l much praise may also be given to Henry | Hughes deputy clerk under Mir Mat | thews, but now the clerk, who had charge 1 of the books for several years and entire | ly for the time of the late clerks long | and severe illness. Judge Wilkinson also pays the office of |, Tax Collector Halls high compliment. say | ing that the books as kept by Charles | Teasley his clerk. are models of value | as systematic records. This system is A | fine one says the examiner and he thinks | II would be well If every collector in the | state would copy it. It is given 6 s follows: | l. Daily tax register. in which each stub l is itemized showing separately the diff | ferent taxes officers fees, etc. and the | totals of each. ?. Monthly tax register in which the |