The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-11
TIE DECATURS WILL HAVE GOOD SHOWS Bruce Conquer Has Leased the
 Payne Theatre TO ERECT NEW BUILDINGS New Decatur Will Spend $25,ooo at Once on School Structures.
 Business Men to Play
 Baseball.
TO ERECT NEW BUILDINGS

Decatur, August 10.-(SpeclaI)-Brucs Conquer, manager of the Casino at Oak land Park, has just leased the Payne the atre in New Decatur for the coming sea- son. He will take charge of the the- atre on September 1.
 MT. Conquer Is himself an actor os ability, besides being a manager of repu- tation, and under his management the amusement loving public will have the opportunity to witnessing some good shows this season at the Payne.
 The Lyceum theatre in Decatur wlB again be under the management of Thorn as Polk Littlejohn. The Lyceum is in the Klaw & Erlanger circuit, and all the best shows of that circuit play this house. Thus it will be seen that the De- caLurs will be well supplied with amuse- ments during the coming season.
 The Casino at Oakland Park continues to draw good crowds and only the best companies are playing.
 New School Buildings.
 New Decatur Is to spend s25, 900 on the erection of ward school buildings.
 There are to be four buildings erected in all and these are to be of brick, . trimmed in stone, and of the very latest design. The plans and specifications for the buildings have already been drawn and accepted. The plans now in the hands of contractors for bids, and work will commence as soon as the contracts can be let.
 City bonds to the amount of $25,0O0 were issued and sold to pay for the erection of the buildings. These bonds were sold at a figure considerably above par and shows that the financial standing of New Decatur is of the very best.
 Good Melon Crop.
 The watermelon crop In this locality is better than it has been for many years. Thousands of melons are marketed hero every week. The cantaloupe crop is nas as good here this season as 1t has been in former years. The drought. it is said, injured the crop.
 Baseball Game.
 The baseball craze has hit New Decatur, and hit it good and hard As a result, a game out of the ordinary will be played here next Tuesday, and it is ex-  by several thousand people.
 The contesting clubs will be composed of business men, one team of the busi- ness men from the east side of Second avenue and the other team from the west side of Second avenue. The promoter is Secretary George Winslow, of the Young Mens Christian association. Editor J. C. Orr of the Morgan County Times has al- ready been selected as the captain of the East Side club. The captain of the other team has not as yet been selected. Tine star feature of the game will be the pitch ing of the first ball by Mayor Samuel Blackwell of New Decatur
 The lineup will be as follows:
 East Side Club-Herbert Hughes. J. H. Stone, J. R. Cantrell Sam Spielbergcr, R. R. Brown, B. L. Malone, Charles Johnson, O. W. Stinson, J. E. Morrow, Guy Wheelan, E. l.. Wann, J. N. Hen drix.
 West Side Club-D. c. Martin, H. F. Hildreth, Herbert Odom, "Sox" Sorber, T. Wommack, Frank Stephenson, Atlee IIoff, R. M. Lipscomb, Raymond Clark, Lynne Morrow, A. M Barnett, John Adams and the bull pup Grip" as mas cot.