The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-28
NEW WARD SCHOOLS
 FUR NEW DECATUR
MethodiStS Will Build Home for
 Aged Ministers
BRIDGE NEARLY FINISHED
Confederate Veterans Are Holding An nual Reunion at HartseIe-Capt. Roy Horton Attends Target
 Practice at Fort Perry, 0.

Decatur, August 2L-(SpeciaI) J. New Decatur is to build four ward school buildings. The buildings are to be built the day, and will be superintended by one of the city officials.
 Some weeks ago the city sold $25.OOO worth of school bonds and this sum is to be expended on the construction of the four school buildings. Plans for the buildings were drawn by an architect and accepted by the city md few days ago bids were asked for. Several bids were received. but all of these bids were for amounts considerably more than the amount of money that the city has to spend on the buildings. Therefore all bids were rejected and now the city will build the school houses by day work.
 New Methodist Home.
 It is now certain that the Methodists of North Alabama will erect in the De- caturs home for the superanuated min isters. Alrea1 ay start has been made. James E. Penny and John l.. Brock have donated a lot for the home in West New Decatur and the location is an ideal one. A lady in Athens, whose name is not made public, has also donated $100o.
 The home will be named in honor of the late Dr. Anson West, who died only recently and who during his lifetime was one of the most able ministers In the North Alabama conference of the Methodist Episcopal church, south. Near ly all the years of his life were spent here in this portion of Alabama where he labo-.1 for the Methodist people and for this reason they deem it fitting that the home should be named 'trhe West Memorial Home" in honor of the memory Of Dr. West.
 The home will cost $1O,OO0 or more and the most of the money used 10 build it will be furnished by the North Alabama conference. It is quite likely that work on the building will commence this fall.
 New Railway Bridge.
 The steel material 10 be used in the Southern railroad bridge crossing Swan lake, just north of this city has arrived and will be placed in position as rapidly as possible.
 The Southern Is building an entirely new bridge across this lake and work OI tue Di1uSt Has Dteli BOlllB Oll lOI some months past. Some of the stone piers, which have been leaning for n.m- Der of years, will also be replaced with new ones. The new bridge will be doubled tracked. This improvement will cost several thousand dollars
 The Southern will also build a new bridge on the old piers across the Ten nessee river here. The survey of the bridge has already been made and the
 
 This bridge is in good condition, but ow- ing to the lmense traffic it has become necessary to double track this bridge and in order to do this the bridge will have to be made wider necessitating the building of a new bridge.
 Encampment Closes.
 After two days of songs and speech making, of music and story telling around the fires at night, the annual encampment of Camp No. 3S3, United Confederate Veterans, commanded by Capt Dan Wal den of New Decatur, well-known through out the state as former member of the state legislature from Morgan county, came to a close with an old-fashioned barbecue dinner.
 The encampment was held on the camp grounds of Camp No. 3S3, one mile from Hartselle, this county. It was one of the best attended and most enjoyable encampment ever held by the camp. The attendance of visitors was the largest, but around the camp fires there were many absent faces, for during the past year death has claimed several of the old soldiers. Silently but rapidly these old heroes from Morgan county who did service for Alabama during those trying years of 1S60-65, are answering to their names as the last roll Is called by the great commander-in-c chief of all the old confederates and of the old fed erals alike.
 The Seventh Day Adventists are hold ing a protracted meeting at Austinville. The meeting is being largely attended and many converts are being received nightly. The meeting will continue for several days yet