The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-08-08
TEST ID BE MADE OF HOLLADAY LAW Chancellor Is Expected to Rule
 on It Very Soon PLANS TO SAVE MANS LIFE Effort VIII Be Made To Show That Jud Elliot Was Insane When
 He Killed G. L. Rivers
 Some Time Ago.

Chattanooga. August 7.-(Specia1.)- Indications are that the Holladay law test case brought in the local courts by stockholders of J. w Kelly & Go. will be decided long before the similar suit instituted in Memphis will have been terminated. The supreme court meets in Knoxville in September, and the local case, which Is against the sheriff. the attorney general and the mayor and aldermen. will be decided by that tribunal then. Chancellor Mc- Cornell will rule on 1t soon, and at all events in time for an appeal to be perfected to the supreme court this year.
 The Memphis case has found It's way into the federal court, and the last hearing of 1t, Tuesday. was on a mo- tion to remove the case to the state courts. Whether it stays in federal court or reverts to the state courts. the merits of the whole case, from begin ming to end, must be rehashed. If it does go to the state courts, then the appeal. which Is certain to be taken, cannot be decided until the supreme court meets In Jackson next April.
 Besides a personal letter Attorney Robert Cameron has forwarded to Gov. J. M Brown of Georgia several other letters written by number of we'll known business men of the city. ask ing that the sentence of death imposed on Jud M. Elliott be commuted to life imprisonment All of these tell of the insanity that is known to have ex- isted In the mans family and express the belief that Elliott was insane when he killed G. L. Rivers. The impression prevails in the city that the Georgia governor will hardly be able to do otherwise than grant the request for executive clemency in face of the large number of letters that have been for warded to Elliotts attorney.
 Since the sch edules of the tariff bill have been finally agreed upon, there is considerable discussion in Chat tanooga as to what will be the local effect of the changes Special interest has been manifested in the effect that the decrease of the duty upon iron ore and pig iron would have upon the local situation. The duty on iron ore was reduced from 40 to 15 cents a ton, and on pig iron from $4 to $2.50 a ton. Not withstanding these decided reductions in the tariff, local manufacturers are confident that the effect here will be practically nothing except that the general effect of the fixing of the tar tac will ha fa1 classes of business
 "In my estimation" said Morrow Chamberlain, secretary and treasurer of the Citico Furnace company. and treas-- urer of the RoaRe Iron company, Chat tanooga and the Chattanooga district will not be at all affected by the re- duction in the tariff upon Iron ore and pig iron. We are too far removed from a seaport for the decrease in duty to cut any figure here.'
 N. B. Forrest camp, Confederate Vet erans, at its regular meeting Tuesday night, unanimously adopted a resolu- tion inviting the Grand Army of the Republic to hold its annual meeting in this city next year. and pledging itself 10 l6nQ LII d5SlStduce III US pOWor. luo members of the camp have promised not only to pull every wire 1t has In order to bring the meeting here, but also to do everything in It's power to entertain the army if 1t should come here. The army meets this year in Denver. The following is the resolu- tion adopted by the camp:
 Resolved, That this camp extend a cordial invitation to the Grand Army of the Republic to meet in Chatta- nooga in 1910. We pledge ourselves to lend our aid to the local G. A. R. and to the civic autorities in giving them a welcome should they come.
 Resolved, That an official copy of this resolution be forwarded by the adjutant to the G. A. F. convention to be held in Denver this month and that copy be given our local pa- pers."
 IT. B. Matthews has filed suit in the circuit court against the Alabama Great Southern Railroad company and the Tennessee Coffin and Casket com pany. Personal injuries are alleged, for which s5000 are claimed The plain tiff was unloading a car for the coffin , company when a door fell on him, frao- turing his left leg and otherwise in- turing him.
 
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