The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-31
MIR. MEALES LOSES
 BOTH HIS ARMS Are Caught in Ginhead at
 WeStmoreIand. CHURCH DEBT IS PAID Members of the Athens Baptist Church Will Burn Cancelled Mortgages Next sunday-Fine Gravel
 
CHURCH DEBT IS PAID

Athens, January SO.-(S l.)-A fearful accident happened at the gin of Beasley & Corder, at Westmoreland, in the western part of this county, yes- terday afternoon at which time Marsh Meales, one of the best known anl most popular farmers of that part 1f tile county, got both his arms caught Tn the gin head of the plant and both were so badly mutilated that they had to come off above the elbows.
 Mir. Meales is man of 50 years of age, and was reared in that neigh-- oorhood His great misfortune is sin cerely regretted by many friends. lie may survive the operation but his physicians are uneasy about the out come. He is a brother of Mrs. James c. Gordon of this place.
 Just how the accident happened is not known. His brother-in-Iaw was telephoned to late in the afternoon about the accident, but no particulars were given.
 The Baptsts of this place are going to make the service nexS Sunday at their handsome new church a day long to be remembered. At the morning service the pastor and deacons will consign to the flames the last mortgages held against the church property which have been paid. This leaves the handsome structure free from debt. The church cost several thousand dollars and was begun some years ago by the congre- gatiOn. nllnberiner Q in on rauob laoc tba,, 90. The congregation has been for most of the time for 25 years without a pastor, but the organization was kept together and at last it was de- cided to build a new church and the present edifice was commenced and finished, and now the debt is paid The congregation is small yet, but they have most excellent pastor, Dr. A. A. Hutto, who is in favor with all the people of Athens and the membership under his pastorate is growing.
 Now that the handsome new state school building has been finishe ed movement is on foot to turn the former handsome building into dormitories for young men and women The building is admirably situated for this purpose.
 It is proposed to cut the building up into living rooms, and then furnish each room with the necessary furni- ture and put the building in charge of a matron and allow young men ani young women to come in and do light housekeeping or live in messes so 8 to cut the expense of, living while they are at school.
 The building could comfortably house a hundred young people, and it is be- lieved that this will greatly add to the number of students at the state school. It will put education within the reach of all who are ambitious.
 The question of gravel for the bikes now being built in this county has been a serious one, until yesterday when a gravel bed of great value was discovered one mile east of Athens and it is said that there is sufficient of the finest gravel to build a thousand miles of pike. The bed was discovered by the grading hands who were passing through new portion of the roadway and down some depth they found the top of the gravel beds and a close inspection finds it in inexhaustibla quantities. This means a great deal for the county roadways.
 J. Milton Brown, one of the most popular farmers living six miles north of Athens, died yesterday after short illness with pneumonia. He was member of the Brown family of Ten nessee, prominent in it's history since the civil war. a native of Giles county, and a man of fine character. His re- mains were carried to the old family burying ground in Tennessee for ia1