The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-14

During the day there will be various kinds of athletic contests and a>'prize will be offered to the winner of each event. There will also be baseball games during the day, as well as other events, and at night there will probably be fireworks. The programme, which is to be arranged later will be quite extensive. Many-out- of-town visitors are expected to be prse- ent
 Maj. William II. Long, Jr., of the Third regiment Alabama National Guards turned home this morning from Flor ence where he mustered out of the service yesterday the Joe Wheeler Rifles.
 At one time the Joe Wheeler Rifles was one of the best companies in the state militia. but for some time past, it seems 1 that lack of interest caused the com pany to go to pieces and they failed to attend the last state encampment held at Huntsville.
 Within the next few days Major Long will muster in a new company at Athens, fourteen miles north of Decatur.
 Interest continues to grow In the edu- eational meetings that are being held over the county in the various precincts. Dur ing the past few weeks several of these meetings have been held in the county and l others are to be held from time to time during the summer and fall
 On August 22 meeting will be held at Lacy Springs and on August 31 an other meeting will be held at Neel These meetings are 10 be addressed by S. s. Broadus, Decatur. .-. P. Troup, New De- catur, Samuel Blackwell. mayor of New Decatur, Prof Henry T. Lille, president of the Falkville college, and other promi- nent speakers.
 These meetings have been the cause of creating much interest in the question of education and better schools for the rural districts of the county. The meet ings are doing more for the betterment of the country public schools than anything that has ever been done in the history of the county and with the interest which has been created it is believed that with in few more years the rural schools of Morgan county will rank with the best of any state in the union. Such is the purpose and intention of the meetings which are now being held throughout the county.
 On August p, big ghborhood pie nic will be held near Moulton in Law renee county. The picnic will be given under the auspices of Moulton Council Junior Order United American Mechanics but it is understood that the entire popu- lation of Moulton and vacin.ty will be invited to participated. During the day speeches will be delivered by Congress- man William Richardson, of Huntsville, Maj. w. II. Long, Jr., of Decatur and others.
 At Moulton Heights, a suburb of this city, a crazy negro woman has been the cause of much annoyance and worry to the citizens of that community She has gone to the homes of several of the citizens there and demanding something to eat has terroriZed the women and chill dren by her strange appearance and con- duct.
 Yesterday the woman's clothes were found in @ strip of woods which skirts Moulton Heights, but the woman was nowhere to be found. The finding of her clothes and her sudden disappearance seems to be somewhat of a mystery, but it Is believed that she is wandering around somewhere in these woods in a perfectly nude condition. It was learned that the woman's home was in the western DOT tion of Decatur, but her name could not be ascertained It is said that she disap- peared from home several days ago and her relatives wer unable to find her Mir. Rhodes, an architect and contrac- tor of this city has been mysteriously missing since Saturday and nothing can be learned of his whereabouts.
 So far as known he had no cause for leaving the city He seemed to be doing a good business here, and only recently drew the plans for a number of costly buildings. among these being St. Paul's Episcopal church and four school build ings in New Decatur.