The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-06
DECATUR MAN TRIES ID KILL HIMSELF Jumps Under Rapidly Moving
 Street Car THEN SEEKS THE RIVER Office of the Decatur Weekly News Is to Be Improved-A Typesetting
 Machine Will Be In-
 stalled.
THEN SEEKS THE RIVER

Decatur, September 5-(Special.1Z Dutch" vogeler, an employe in the blaeksmthng department of the Louls- Vile and Nashville railroad shops in New Decatur made an unsuccessful at tempt to end his life this morning bv throwing himself in front of rapidly moving electric street car on Second ave nue, in New Decatur
 The motorman stopped his car as soon as possible but not until the mans body was pinned under the front part of the ear. It was with much difficulty that his thought that he was either killed or nor tally wounded, but it was found that 4e was only slightly injured
 After being released from the ear ae ran towards the Louisville and Nashville railroad, saying he would end his life under the wheels of locomotive. Sev- eral men followed and he changed his course towards the Tennessee river. He was tracd to the river. where he seems to have entirely disappeard and up to this hour he has not been found
 It Is said that despondency proba ply superinduced by an over indulgence of liquor. was the cause of the man making an attempt at self-destruction. which may have proven successful, so far a. known at this time.
 To Improve Office.
 Exetensive improvements will be made within the next few weeks in the plant of the Decatur Weekly News These i'm provements will cost Col. Walter M Grubbs, editor and proprietor of t1e News sum total of several thousand dollars. Among the improvements will be a new typesettng machine. This will doubtless be the only machine on week ly newspaper in Alabama.
 The News Is now running a voting con- test to decide who is the most popular lady in Morgan county. The lady voted the most popular will be awarded hand some s45O piano. the award to be made as n Christmas present on December 2i next
 The Decatur News is one of the oldest newspapers in Alabama. It was estab- Iished soon after the close Of the civil war or during the year 1870. The editorial pol icy of the News during all these years has been strongly democratic. and it's ed- itorial opinions have carried with them much weight and power in this section of the state. For many years. and up until the time of his death. the News was ed tied by pr. l.. Hensey Grubbs. who was one of the best known and most able edi- torial writers of his day in the south. Since his death the News has been edited by pr. Grubbs' only son. Col. Walter NJ. C;rubbs. who is himself one of the most able writer's in this portion of Ala bama.
 Casino Closes.
 The Casino a Oakland park, New Decd- tur, which has done such q fine business during the season, closed last night with the largest audience that has ever as- senbed there.
 The play last night was of unusual in terest from the fact that the piece was from the pen of Manager Bruce Conquer. of the Casino. The play was a charming military drama, entitled, "A Daughter Of the Confederacy" The time of the play was Just before and during the civil war. The place an outlying military post near Richmond, Va The play contains Just enough of comedy to keep the audience in good humor. while q charming love story is inter@oven throughout the scenes. The play made a decided hit
 MT. Conquer will have several com panies on the road this winter. one of his companies leaving New Decatur last night for their winter tour. MT. Conquer him. self will remain in New Decatur and manage the Payne theatre. which he has leased for the season. He will open this house September IS with "On the Bridge at Midnight" He has already booked an extensive line of plays for the Payne this season
 Manager r. P. Littlejohn of the Lyceum theatre, Decatur. will open about the middle of the present month Thus the Decaturs will be well supplyed with amusements during the coming winter.