The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-04-19
COURT AGAIN RULES AGAINST DRENNEN Former Mayor Must Pay Back
 Sum of S2. l65.48 LAWS ARE PUBLISHED George w. Jones Is Appointed District Attorney for the Louisville and
 Nashville to Succeed
 J. M. FaII<ner.
LAWS ARE PUBLISHED

Montgomery, April 1S.-(Special )-The supreme court has again ruled against w. M. Drennen Mayor of Birmingham, for three terms, in holding that he was not entitled to pay in excess of the statutory salary of $25OO for cities of the size of Birmingham. In so holding the court of last resort decrees that the aforetime head of the Magic City government must pay back the sum of s21s5.4S. The case has been to the supreme court three times. It was brought by George Griffin, tax payer.
 The court has also ruled that Ceeley Johnson of Perry county must begin a life sentence for cutting to death a wom- an with knife.
 Will Carter of Hale county, sent to the penitentiary for forty days and costs, has been paroled by the governor because he has tuberculosis.
 B. F. Clark of Jefferson county has been relieved of $500 forfeiture on the bond of Dorse Lumbers.
 The Cypress Creek Coal company has been organized at Tuscaloosa by W. E. Leake, w. F. Somerville and R. F. Rhodes. The capital stock is si00.0O0 Coal and mineral lands in Tuscaloosa are to be developed.
 A. R. Keller has been appointed Ala bama agent of the Alabama White Marble company at Gantt's quarry, vice W. B. Cosgraye resigned.
 Laws Are Published.
 Secretary of State Frank N. Julian has just completed and had printed com plete pamphlet of the general laws passed by the first session of the legisla- ture, which Is good work for the time he has to get them up. They fill a book of 423 pages, printed on clean white paper in large type and will be a handy volume for the student of the acts of the law makers
 The books are printed in accordance with a joint resolution approved March 2, and contain all the laws other than local acts. which are not contained in such book. There was a lot of hard work to be done and Mir. Julian kept himself and his office force busy for some days to get them copied, printed and the proof read and then bound in a well established book. These are for general distribution the same as the acts.
 The first bill reported is house bill No 9, with regard to the incorporation of towns. The last Is the act by which the organization of companies to insure cat iiV anu StOCh III tic Sidlc.
 Jones Succeeds FaIkner.
 The appointment of George w. Jones of Montgomery as district attorney for Ala bama for the Louisville and Nashville Is announced. He succeeds J. M Falkner, who will be retained by the road in an ad- visory capacity MT. Johes has been with the company for twenty-one years, sew enteen in Alabama. Eight years ago he became assistant district attorney and has been acting solely since the beginning of the illness of Colonel Falkner four years ago.
 Bids Are Accepted.
 Adjutant General Bbb Graves has ac- cepted the bid and the design of the Lilly company of Columbus, O., for the uni forms of the governors staff It is given out the brigadier generals will have full dress coat. collar and cuffs of silk vel- vet embroidered In fine gilt lace.
 Full dress trousers with silk velvet and gold wire lace stripes. Full dress cap, superfine silk velvet band embroidered in visor and a round band in fine heavy gilt embroidery, In japanned tin case. Pair epaulettes In japanned tin case. Full dress sash extra fine. imported silk
 Aiguillettes extra fine. gilt wire cord in japanned tin case Full dress belt, black worsted webbing, with detachable Russian ANolHtl oiiu5S, tiDi OiutItu III Icdl BOlu bullion, gold plaited trimmings. Fine leather boot top leggins, buckslSin gloves, drab, fine quality; sword knot, fine gilt wire cord and acorn.
 Full dress uniform for colonel and lieu tenant colonel:
 Full dress coat, trousers and cap, shoulder knots In japanned tin box. full dress belt in japanned tin box, full dress belt in japanned tin box, aiguillettes in 1An1nnn6
 Dress uniform for colonels and lieu tenant colonels:
 Cloth with fine gilt shoulder straps and gold plated collar ornaments and regu- lation Alabama collar devices.
 Dress trousers and cap, sabre knot, ex- tra fine gilt buckslin gloves, boot top leggins, fine black leather.
 Assessments Are Made.
 The question of who owns the Western of Alabama was up before the state board of assessment, it being shown that the Louisville and Nashville controlled 15,00O shares and the Central Trust company of New York the same number. The hearing with regard to the value of the property went over to April 26 because all the information could not be secured.
 It was shown that the road has 130 miles of track in Alabama bonded for S11,S20 q mile and has capital stock of So,Ouu,uuu. lie DDdIu ucslItQ lO hUOW what it would cost to build 1t now and other things, so let the matter go over. R. E. Steiner, local attorney, appeared for the road.
 The Montgomery and Tallassee, with 62S miles of track and 1 3-10 miles of side track, was assessed at $10,0e0 a mile for the first and $500 for the latter, the same as last year. The equipment is placed at $7160. The total assessment is S73,210, the same AS last year.
 Other assessments have been made as follows:
 Alabama Central-From $1500 on main line to $4000 and the side track was as sessed at s200O per mile and the rolling stock at $31O0.
 Tuskegee Railroad-From s750O to 5000 on the main line. The side tracks were assessed at s3000 per mile and the rolling stock at S15.000.
 Union Springs and Northern-From s45Oo to $500 on the main line. The side tracks were assessed at 5000 per mile and the rolling stock at $6000.
 The Maniste and Repton-From s1500 to $2500 on the main line. For three-quarters of mile side track s1250, and rolling stock at 5000.
 The St. Andrews Bay and Atlanta-The road was assessed at $2500 per mile and the rolling stock at S5500.
 An Open Letter.
 The following open letter with regard to the fertilizer trust investigation to be made by the legislature has been sent out by Chairman M. L. Leith Of the committee: B ij
 Montgomery, Ala, April IS, 1907. '~To the Farmers and Merchants of Ala
 ''On May 6, 1907, the fertilizer and cot ton seed oil mill Investigating committed,