The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-05-10
HERO OF TWO WARS IS ID BE HONORED
Memorial Service to Gen. Joe
 Wheeler at CourtIand
WILL BE HELD TOMORROW
The Postmastershlp at New Decatur Is Creating Considerable Interest. E. p. Jennings Seeks
 disappointment.

Decatur May 9.-(Special.)-On Friday, , May Il. memorial services will be held
 in honor of the memory of the late hero
 of two wars, General Joe Wheeler, at
 Courtland, twenty miles west of this city
 on the Southern railroad.
 The services will be held from 10 o'clock,
 a. m.. until 12 o'clock, noon, and will be
 conducted by the personal friends of the
 late distinguished general.
 Courtland Is only four miles from
 Wheeler station, the late home of Gen
 eral Wheeler, and for this reason all the
 generals former neighbors and personal
 friends will be present and a number Of
 them will take part in the exercises. The
 old Wheeler homestead is one of the love-
 Hest spots in all North Alabama. The
 house is of the ante-bellum style and
 Is surrounded by large grove of giant
 oaks, adding a charm to the place. It
 was there at Wheeler station that Gen
 eral Wheeler owned several thousand
 acres of valuable farm lands and these
 lands are now owned by his daughters.
 The Misses Wheeler make their home at
 the old homestead, and it is expected that they will be present at the memorial
 exercises In honor of their late beloved
 father on Friday next. There will be quite a number of people to attend the exercises from the Decaturs and other towns and cities of North Alabama, and it Is expected that in all several hundred people will be present.
 Last night at the meeting of New De- ITpitpd American Mechanics the following off cers were elected for the ensuing term: Councillor John r. Lovln; Vice Councillor, c. F. Cushman; Recording Secretary, | Henry Love: Financial Secretary, Claud Daniell; Treasurer, M. l.. Hardage; War | den. Philip Stoveall Conductor, w. T. Staton; Inside Sentinel w. T. Barnes Outside Sentinel, A. M. Duniway; Trus- tees, D. F. Green, Lancer Baker and | John F. Lovn.
 This council of the order has now taken on new life and the members say that they are going to make of 1t one of the best councils in Alabama.
 | A light frost yesterday morning is re- ported to have damaged the cotton to a considerable extent in the Tennessee valley, but the fruit and gardens have not been injured The weather remains | cool. the coolest that has been experience 1 ed here at thls time of years for many l years.
 PostoGace Vacancy. l Eli P. Jennings time as postmaster oi l New Decatur expired the first of Febru- ary last and as yet his successor has not been appointed. Captain Jennings has l been postmaster of New Decatur for the past two terms, or eight years, and he | has made one of the best postmaster the city has ever had. Under his two terms | the business of the office has grown re- markably. New clerks have been added | to the force three rural routes have been established and the city has had l free mail delivery for the past several months.
 MT. Jennings is an applicant for re- appointment. He has the endorsements of the Presidents referees the state party | organization and almost the unanimous | endorsements of the business men from l the republicans and democrats alike. VIII l Warner, republican, and Claud McMil- | len, democrat, are also applicants foi 1 the office. It is said that Claud McMil- | len holds the endorsement of Congress- l man William Richardson of this district l It is said that VIII Warner has quite a strong republican backing from men oi | his party in Decatur.
 1 Just why an appointment has not beer made before this time is not known. Ii | Is true that Captain Jennings has beer 1 postmaster for two terms but from the | fact that the President has made other third term appointments it would seen | that this would cut no figure in MT. Jen nings case His friends here feel thai | his endorsement will insure his reap. pointment.