The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-31
PIKE BUILDING
 ACTUALLY BEGINS Roads Around Athens Will Be
 Much Improved FIGHT ON THINNING CATTLE Cattle Owners Kick on Work of h. spectors-confedera Reunion Is Held at Golfers sprine-City
 Property Is Sky-High.
FIGHT ON THINNING CATTLE

Athens, August 30.-(Special)- )-The peo- pie of the county have at last seen the actual work of building of bikes begun, Engineer Dew with a force of hands is new engaged in making the preliminary survey of the Buck Island road, which leads west from Athens, and this being the mostly travelled road that comes to Athens and the worst in the winter sea- son the commission decided to start with this road. The engineer has decided to make survey cutting out all the crooks and curves possible, shortening the dis tance travelled and making better road way This will mean in some places an entirely new roadbed. The people are pleased with this movement. It is hoped that the survey of this road will be completed in time for bids to be re- ceived by the last of September and work to begin during the first of October.
 War on Cattle Inspectors.
 The work of the cattle inspectors in this county who have been engaged for some months now in ridding the county of ticks, Is about to receive a backset. The people and the inspectors all got on nicely until the head officials began guar rantining cattle in pens and then trouble broke out. One prominent planter wrote Senator Hayes who was in Montgomery, and the senator writes back that there is no law by which the inspectors can pen cattle in this county. This was soon spread from precinct to precinct and from farm to farm and a prominent lawyer has been engaged and the cattle owners are going to resist the dictates of the inspectors in pennng their stock. The legislature at its recent session passed an amendment to the law, whereby the counties of the state that did not have the mo fence law" were exempt from the operation of the quarantine law, and this applies to Limestone and the people are aroused over the effort of the inspec- tors to pen their cattle and a merry war will be on now.
 Confederate Reunion.
 The members of camp Hobbs, United Confederate Veterans, of this place, are holding their annual reunion at Golfers Springs five miles west of Athens, and large numbers of the old veterans are present today enjoying barbecue and other good things, and mingling once again. fighting over their fights and living over the days of the early sixties Everything in plenty is on hand to make the reunion a great success There are not many vacant places this year, death has not bene in the ranks to any great extent sin e their last reunion. They will ad- journ this afternoon after a very delight flu encampment
 Property Goes Up.
 I,.a- glyTr h aitrl1 1t seems from the way it has been sell ing the past week. Several houses have changed ownership on the public square the past week None of them over one story one store house brought 5000, and two others alongside of it on the north side of the square, sold for $500 each. A small office fifty feet long, one-story high or the east side, sold for $6000 and the building is now being torn away to give place to a modern two-story struc- ture which Is to cost $l0000. There Is but little property on the market even at these figures.
 Slaughter of Wild Game.
 There is a general complaint from the river section of the county of the failure of the county game warden to protect the game along the Tennessee river. The people are reporting the slaughter of game by wildcath unters. and daily the bottoms are ringing with the report of guns and the squirrels which, under the law are protected unti September, are being slaughtered. The farmers claim people are hunting without license and a general disregard of the game law is being indulged in. The grand jury meets pretty soon and there is likely to be some work for that body in this line.
 Changes In Business.
 Gavaral ebapppG busipesS lifa of Athens has already been announced for next year. The firm of Mcconnell Bros and Hendricks Bros, leading gro cers have been consolidated and will oc- cupy enc of the largest houses here next year. The firm of Hendricks Bros. will remain in their present large quarters to handle house furnishings and furni- ture. They will cut out groceries and hardware and it all goes to the consol- dated firm.
 The firm of Smith, Cartwright X Nell son has been organized into a stock com pany with new members added in the persons of Charles Sarver and Bruce Nel- son. The capital stock Is s2O,OO0 and a general furnishing business will be car ried on. The two new members come from the firm of McGavock X Co, that is going out of business on the first of the year.
 James Hughes Dead.
 James Hughes, one of the most popular and prominent citizens of Elkmont. died at his home yesterday after a short ill., ness. His funeral took place today and he was buried at Antioch. near Elkmont. He was a brother of Jack Hughes, who found dead in his bed not many months ago. Both were prominent in that community.