Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 40, Number 34, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 January 1908 — State Holds Waters-Pieree Company. [ARTICLE]

State Holds Waters-Pieree Company.

• The Texas Supreme’Court has decided that it has final jurisdiction in the disputed receivership for the debarred Wat-ers-Pierce CHI Company and" Attorney General Davidson has moved the appointment of a Stale receiver to take charge of the property, pending a final disposition of the penalty and ouster proceedings. A " ■ 5" Col. A. S. Colyar, aged 90 years, noted' jurist, statesman and author, died at bis home" in Nashville, Tenn. He was a member of the Confederate congress.