The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-07-02
JAMES IS ACCUSED
FRANKLIN COUNTY ATTORNEY
 CHARGED WITH ENTERTAINMENT
Solicitor and Representative Tn the Legislature Arrested in Shreve- port, La.. at ReGuest of
 Huntsville Man.

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 Huntsville. July 1.-tspeciaD-W. J. James. well known. lawyer of Rus sellville, county solicitor and represen- tative in the legislature of Franklin county. has been arrested at Shreve- port, La. on charge of embedding money. The prosecutor is R. Earl Smith of Hustsville, who claims that James embedded about s1 ,ooo belonging to the firm of Burk & Smith, attor- neys of Huntsville.
 According to the statement of Mir. Smith he sent James a mortgage to foreclose. James, acting as attorney, foreclosed the mortgaRe. sold the mort gagged property and put the money. about s1,000 in his pocket. This hap pened about month ago. He prompt ly disappeared from Russellville and was not heard of again until Mir Smith was notified that he was staying in Shreveport and preparing to go west
 James is In jail in the Louisiana town awaiting the arrival of reouisition pa- pers. There Is stiI another charge of embeZzlement against the prisoner is which a woman of the town of Rus sellville is the complainant. She charges James with taking $400 of her money just before his disappearance James is well known throughout North Alabama.
 Articles of incorporation os the Far mers' Cotton Oil and Fertilizer Com pany were filed is the probate court yesterday, the purpose of the company being to manufacture oil and other products from cotton seed, buy and deal in cotton, operate a gin and grist mill, soap mill and fertilizer factory. The capital stock of the new corpora ton is s1o0,000 divided in 1t0 shares. The stock Is distributed among busi- ness men of the city and farmers throughout the county There is no other industry in the city that has It's stock so generally distributed in the community.
 The new company has acquired the properties of the Butler-Kyser oil Company, including a fine new cotton oil mill. worth about s60,00o. The di- rectors of the new company are Wal ter Kelly. Robert Spragins, David E. Kelly. W. J. Matthews. H. Bond. J. Robert Jones, J. E. McCaleb, J. M. Payne, G. w. Wise W. F. Rodgers and J. R. Boyd. Robert E. spragins has been elected president, H. Bond. Sr., vice president; H. Bond. Jr.. secretary and treasurer. and Walter Kelly, gener- al manager.
 The cotton market of Huntsville has been unusually lively for this season of the year during the last week. Sev- eral planters who have been holding their cotton turned 1t loose on the mar ket. Nearly a thousand bales were sold at an average price of 10.37. With this cotton out of the way, 1t is believ- ed that very little remains in the hands of the planters here.
 Funeral services over the remains of the late Captain Daniel Coleman wsre conducted this afternoon at o'clock from the church of the nativity by Rev. J. M. Bannister and Rev. W. N Clay brook. The honorary pail bearers were Charles Mccaliey. Major William H. Echols. O. B. Patton, James P. Mat thews, c. L. Nolen and J. B. Laugh lin.
 The degree of Royal Arch Mason has been conferred on seven Masons of Guntersville by State Secretary George A. Beauchamp, assisted by Eunomia Chapter, No. 5. of Huntsville. The degree work lasted two days and at the close the new members of the de- gree were rendered a banquet at the Masonic Hall.
 Captain John W. Grayson of Gurley and R. Earl Smith of Hustsville, have announced themselves as candidates for the Democratic nomination for the Legislature on the anti-dispensary plat form. IL Is understood that these can didates were brought out by the peo- pie who are opposed to the establish ment of dispensary in Madison Coun- ty, and the entire force of the element will be concentrated upon them. The dispensary candidates are N. M. Rowe and A. D. Kirby. The fight over the question of dispensary or no dispen- sary promises to be one of the most interesting political contests ever seen in this county. Both forces are thor oughly organized.