The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-19
ID ASK CONGRESS
 ID GRANT HONOR Want General Wheeler'S Title
 On Monument BLACKWELL IS CHAIRMAN Mayor of Decatur Will Conduct Cam paien for Prohibition In Morgan
 County-Filterine Plant
 Is Completed.
BLACKWELL IS CHAIRMAN

Decatur, September 1S.-(Special.) J. Alabama congressman will be requested by friends of the late Gen. Joe Wnee.er and by friends of the Wheeler family to prevail upon the United States Congress to allow the Confederate rank of General Wheeler to be engraven upon his monu- ment at his grave in Arlington National cemetery, at Washington. D. C.
 The monument to General Wheeler s grave In Arlington has just been com pleted. It was erected to his memory by his daughters. On one side of the monu- ment are two blank lines, where 1t was the wish of the generals daughters that his Confederate rank should be carved. But the war department objected, hence the two blank lines. This objection on the part of the war department at Washing ton was not only sad disappointment to the son and daughters of General Wheel CT. but 1t was disappointment and a surprise as well to the many friends of the late noted general in this section of Alabama, the section where General spent the better portion of his life.
 Building News.
 Ben M. Nelson has been awarded the contract for building three brick ward school buildings in New Decatur. The total cost of these buildings will be S25.- GOO. The money to be used in payment for the buildings is now in the hands of the city treasurer, it having been obtained by the sale of city school bonds some weeks ago. These bonds sold in New York at a premium.
 MT. Nelson says he will commence work on the buildings next week, and will push the work to completion.
 R. c. Ross has just been awarded the contract for building a handsome resi- dence In Decatur for John Knight, for | merly of Birmingham. MT. Knight Is a well known cotton man of the firm of Knight, Yancy & Co. He intends making Decatur his home.
 The dull season has not retarded 1ne building boom of the Decaturs. At this time there are more buildings being erect ed and under contract than there mas been for many months.
 AS an evidence of the Decaturs' prosper fty yesterday was pay day for the Louis vile and Nashville Railway company here. and more than s1O0,O00 was paid out by the company to employees in the shops in New Decatur and to the yard forces. Johnston to Speak. | It has been announced that United States Senator Joseph r. Johnston will deliver an address here on September 27 at the celebration of Admiral Semme's birthday, to be given by Joe Wheeler Chapter, United Daughters of the Confed- eracy
 The celebration will be held at Oakland park, and a basket dinner will be served It Is expected that large crowd will be present on this occasion.
 Prohibition Campaign.
 The Decaturs and Morgan county arc now In the midst of a prohibition fight, which gives promise of being waged to the bitter end The campaign on the part of the prohibitionists will be conducted by the following campaign committed which has just been selected: Chairman Sam Blackwell, Mayor of New Decatur secretary, Andrew Patterson of Falkville and the following other members of the committee Capt. Dan Walden of New Decatur, Hon. D. F. Green of New De- catur and Hon. S. A. Lynne of Decatur V of Morgan county, and MT. Lynne Is an ex-state senator and a prominent lawyer Before the close of the week petitions will be circulated in every section of the county in order that the required 9 per cent of the legal voters of the county may sign them, asking the probate judge William F. Skeggs. to call an election. Leaders of the prohibition movement say they expect to have the required mum Der of names within a short time, and the election will be called as soon as possible emains to be seen, but the prohibition lvocates are sanguine of success.
 Charged With Forgery.
 A deaf and dumb printer, Clarence E. tw who has been employed on the De- tur News. Is charged with cashing two
 ged checks on business men of the
 1aturs. The checks are forged on Wal
 M. Grubbs, editor of the Decatur
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 Fiiterng Plant.
 s50.0O0 filtering plant has been com
 q by the Decatur Water Works com-
 and will soon be in use The plant
 equal of any plant of the size in
 tire country. It is sufficiently large
 sr all water necessary for the sup
 a city much larger than the Deca-
 Every gallon of water pumped into
 ty water mains will first be fl-