The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1906-10-13
ENFORCE STOCK LAW
CASE OF CITRONELLE ARGUED
BEFORE CHANCELLOR.
Judge Holds That Municipality Can
Pass Any Ordinance Looking to
The Betterment of Its City
Affairs.

Mobile, Oct. AN In
teresting hearing was had befor'
Chancellor Smith today. 1t was
motion to dissolve an injunction whicl
Chronicle from inforcing stock Law
or ordinance which prohibits stool
from roaming in certain section o
Hiram Macon and others were petit
TONERS for the injunction and the!
were represented by FREDERICK q
Bromberg of this city: David H. Ed
Chronicle appeared against the petit
TONERS. The plea for the town o
Chronicle was that 1t had legal au
| thority to pass ordinances looking tt
the best interests OF the advancement
and pre- gress of the town. After able
arguments pro and con the Chancellor
sustained the town and quashed thu
Injunction.
At noon tomorrow at Coden will be
held d mass meeting of citizens OF
that place and Bayou la Batre. Th'
authority and direction of the Mobile
Relief Committee. for the storm sur
ferers in that vicinity, will partici'
pate in the meeting
This gathering is the outcome Of
one held at Coden Wednesday. Al
this meeting 1t was brought out thai
press reports of conditions In that
section were alleged to have been dis
solutely correct and in fact not pic
tured quite as correctly as they really
were.
At this meeting resolution OF
generously responded to the cries OF
the stricken and impoverished and tc
the general relief committee as
whole for it's noble work.
At tomorrow meeting will be dis
cussed the advlsability Of making ar
appeal to the country at large or al
lowing the effort of the Mobile Relief
Committee to continue as 1t has There
Is much manifested grief among the
substantial people of the two places
at the mere suggestion that the con
Bay and Portersville Bay have beer
grossly exaggerated.
At noon today bids for an electric
lighting plant with capacity OF 6Ol
arc lights for the city of Mobile were
opened by Mayor Pat. J. Lyons am
City Clerk Adolph Damn. The com
mittee OF the General Council on Elec
trio Lighting, John A Hughes, Thorn
as S. XAVIER and Harry T; Inge. were
also present. Only two bids were re
ceived
Joseph H. Lyons, representing E.
Bruckman of New York City, aske
that a former bid filed by his firm b
furnish the city 700 lights at q cos
| of $63.50 and in ten years turn tn
| plant over to the city in the best O
condition and operate same They pro
posed further to operate the plan
! with the engineer of the Water Work
| Department and his force. and thu
| save the sum Of $1,000 per year to tn
city. The bids were on plans an
specifications prepared by S.
Hinckley. engineer in charge of tn
, ard calls for a plant completely equip
ped and in readiness for operation t
supply 900 arc lights for the city. TIL
| Mayor and committee Of the Council
| decided to defer final action unit
Tuesday night
Mayor Lyons this afternoon report
ed receipts of contributions to thu
relief fund for the storm sufferers a
follows:
Chapman. Ala, $50; Larry Mcdonald
New Orleans. So; Brewton. Ala. SCI
Huntsville, Ala. $105.50; Mrs. Ameli
Lyons. $50: Hestle. Ala. $3.50. Tota
Larry Mcdonald, mentioned in thi
list. when a boy, sold newspapers II
Mobile, and is now financially wei
! fixed His contribution. he stated
was n slight token of appreciation TO
The Old Folks At Home"
Contributions received yesterday b.
Mayor Lyons and turned into tn
tire asury, were as follows:
Union Springs. Ala. $3.50: Ladle
CT Eufaula. Ala. SIS; School Childrei
Lancaster N. c.. IS; Miss Sophie q
Wright New Orleans. SO: Flomaton
Ala, S33; Mrs. Juliette ELAN. Basker
Vile. Va, $40. Total. $123.70.
Other contributions from afar OF
Through 8 Richard and Sons, TO
Srhlitz Brewing Company, Milwau
Iany, greensboro. KY. 500 each.
Through T.. o. Fowlkes. from Brow
Brothers and Company Of Rirming
ham, for w. II. wordsworth or Weld
Maine, $3.50.
Through Thomas Martin, for Chris
tian Moerline Brewing Company, Gin
cinnati, 500.
A live bird shoot was held this af
ternoon by the Mobile Gun CLUB OF
the now dila pidated club grounds OF
Blakely Island. The principal shoe
" as by teams at ten birds each, thirt!
yards rise, fifty yard boundary. Th'
result was:
Vincent 10; Webster, 10; Fowler. 10
Total 80.
Goodbrad. 10; Matlock, 10; Simon, 8
Total 26.
In six bird shoot at the same dis
tar &c, Johr stone defeated Suite by {
sc ore of 6 to 4.
Drs Rhett Iocde, President, an'
Henry Gcldthwaite, executive officer
of the Quarantine Board of Mobil'
Bay, will leave at noon tomorrow fo
for Washington. Tncy go there u
complete the sale of the local quar-
antine plant to the United States Ma
rihc Hospital Service.
Matinee