The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-02-16
S0LONS WORK IN COMMITTEE Many Bills Passed on by
 Legislators. MANY DELEGATIONS APPEAR Several Warn Fights Bring Partisons to City.
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 Local Scraps.

House and Senate of the Alabama Legislature yesterday devoted all the day 10 committee meetings When the day was over. more committee work had been done than on any previous
 The Legislature adjourned Thursday 10 meet today in order that the com mittees should have all Friday to get rid at the mass of work that had piled up on them. The meetings drew to Montgomery the largest crowd or in- ternsted visitors that has been In the city since the commencement of the ses- sion. .
 Jefferson County and Coffee County ran a close contest as to which county rhould furnish the largest crowd Of visitors. Jefferson County was primar- flv Interested in the mining bill. rre- pared bv the Alabama Division or United Mine Workers, which seeks 70 provide a general system for the build ing of scaffclding and supports In all mines. and for the general protection Of the miners Mine operators and mine workers both came to the city to appea- before the legislators.
 Coffee County had its large delega- {, tion In the city because of local fight. l Representative Arrington's bill to es- tablish branch court at Enterprise has already rassed the House, and Is now in the Senate. E1ba Is fighting the bill all 1t can. Elba Is the county seat of Coffee County.
 Branch Court Fight In Coos.
 The sane fight Is on in Coosa Coun- ty and that county had large dele- gation from both Goodwater and Rock- ford. Rockford Is the cauntv seat. and fs fighting the bill favored by Senator whste to have a branch court for Good water.
 Pihb and Shelby County have a quar- rel on over the boundary line between those counties. There Is a bill pend- ing changing the line. and both couu- ties are fighting for the advantage in the change.
 Another large delegation was in the city from IJniontown headed hv Cant w J. Walden. A dispensarv brought that deiegation to Montgo S'ry. The 5ispensary Is located in tInionfown. Uniontown Is located in the extreme southern portion of Perry County on a little neck of land only a quarter of a mile from Marengo County, a couple of miles from Dallas. and only four miles from Hale. There Is bill before the Legislature to have half the profits of the dispensary go to the county. ans all of Uniontowp Is fight ing the bill. practically aileging that large portion of the trade to the dis
  Dallas Counties.
 These are by no means the most ir- portant bills which were yesterles considered by th. comnittes. but they were the measures which drew the larger portion of the crowd of visitors that filled up the hotels.
 The Coffee County contest was heard yesterday afternoon before the Senate Committee on Local Legislation. Tine Committee ascertatned there was some feeling between the two contesting del egations. and it was nnaily agreed to leave the adjustment of the differences 10 Senator Gardner who represents the senatorial District In which Coffee County is located. It iF understood a tentative agreement on the proposed branch court at Enterprise has been searhed and that the Senator may no. experience -nuch di1culty in solving he problem comm'tted to hiS care
 The delegation which represented Enterprise before the committee yes terday consisted of o. c. Doster. Jr. W. B Glenn, A. M owen. J. M Loftin Q. W. simmons, W. E. Law. W. &. Edwards, J. W. Kelcey. C. W. Bos- ton, W. N. Amory and H. H. Con- nors.
 Included In the delegation which ad. voca. ed the claims of Elba as opposed to the interests of Enterprise. were Malcolm Carmichael. F. P. Rainer. c. T.. Brown, J. M. Donaldson. P. J. Hamna,, W. M. BailC.. J. M. Hamm ST., J. D, Lee. B. F. Connor. J A Marsh, George Stevens, D. Mckinnor and a number of others.
 Would Harness Tennessee.
 An effort was made to get genera