The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-09-22
WILL BORE FOR
 OIL AT DECATUR
OF ACRES IN NORTH ALABAMA. DECATUR SHOPS INCREAsE PAY ROLL-OTHER NEWS

| Decatur, September 21.-(Special.)- pany of Birmingham will very soon commence boring for oil and gas in this
 section of the state. 1t is thought that
 work will commence by the middle of
 December, if not sooner. Twelve wells
 will be sunk on a line running from a point on the Tennessee river a few miles west of Decatur to Fayette coun-
 by the company's engineers and geolo-
 gists as being the richest in oil and gas
 This line crosses the Winston county line at Nauvoo and enters Morgan coun- ty near Hartselle.
 It is said that this company has ai- most unlimited capital. It has already
 secured oil and gas options on 30.000 acres of land in Morgan county, 5000 acres in Cullman county 5000 acres in Lawrence county, 27,000 acres in Winston county and large acreage In Fayette county. Representatives of the company are now engaged in taking ali
 the oil and gas options they can get | on lands near the two Decaturs. | For a number of months since the | financial panic swept over the country | the Louisville and Nashville railroad shops in New Decatur have been pay | ing their employees monthly an aver | age of about $60,000. This month the payroll reached nearly $100.000 and 1t | is estimated that next month 1t will go over the s1oo.ooo mark. This is one of the strongest evidences of the return
 of prosperity to the Decaturs and to | the entire country.
 A branch bank has been opened in South New Decatur by the Commercial Savings Bank and Trust company of | New Decatur and is already doing a nice business, although 1t was only opened Tuesday. At present the branch | Is occupying temporary quarters in the store of Speak & Mobes. Later, 1t Is sal this bank will build a building of | their own.
 l Nellie Elizabeth, the little 5-year- old daughter of MT. and Mrs. l.. J. Kelley. died yesterday at their home on East Moulton street after an Illness of a | few days.
 Several negroes and two white men,
 whose names could not be learned, en- aged in a difficulty yesterday in which Daze Garth, negro, received two shots from a revolver which will likely prove | fatal
 | Mrs Groenendyke. a widow S5 years of age, seriously injured her right hip yesterday while milking COW. She | fell from the stool and the hip is badly sprained. Her condition Is regarded as
 quite serious on account of her age. The Lend-A-Hand Bible class of the First Methodist church has lively con- test on to increase the class member
 ship to 100 by next Sunday. There are two contesting parties, one led by S..
 H. Malone and the other by w. J. Nes- bit The party securing the largest number of members by next Sunday will be rewarded.
 | MT. and Mrs. F. J. Wood and MT. | nd Mrs. B. T. Lewis of St. Petersburg, Fla, arrived in Decatur yesterday in large touring car on their way home | in the completion of a 3000-mile Journey by automobile. Among the places vis- | tied were Niaraga Falls and New York city. The trip thus far has been made without accident and they report most pleasant journey. MT. Lewis Is a whole
 sale merchant and MT. Wood Is a banker.
 | Miss Viola Callahan and MT. Ben Riddle, both of Austinville. a suburb of
 the Decaturs, were married yesterday | at the home of Probate Judge Will liam D. Skeggs, Judge Skeggs himself officiating. Both bride and groom are popular young people of Austinville.