The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-09-12
REPUBLICANS ARE
VERY MUCH AROUSED
One County Acts Without Con.
sulting the Other
RIVER TRADE IS LIVELY
ness Has Improved I'm Consequence.
New Vault Is Being Put In
at the Courthouse

Decatur September 11-(SpeciaL)-
Because they were not consulted,
number of the republicans of Lawrence
county are quite wrathy at the men,
bers of their party in this county for
the nomination of a candidate for the
state senate. This senatorial district
is composed of the counties of Nor
gan and Lawrence, and short time
ago a meeting was held in Hartselle
at which T. P. Woods of Hartselle was
nominated for the state senate This
nomination was made without consult
ing the wishes of the republicans of
Lawrence county.
Friends of Hon. Charles M. Sherrod
of CORTLAND. the democratic nominee
for state senator, say that Mr.. Sher-
rod is not at all uneasy on account
of the republicans of this county hav-
ing put man out in the race. They
say that Mr.. Sherrod will win in a
walk, and that he will be a candi-
date for president pro tenn of the state
senate and that his chances for cleo
ton are most excellent. Mr.. Sherrod
was a member of the lower house of
the last general assembly of the state.
Traffic on the Tennessee river at THU
point Is brisker just now than 1t has
been for several months past. owing
to the fact that there Is an eight-foot
rise in the river here. While the river
has been quite low during the summer,
still the steamer John A. Patton has
not ceased to make her weekly trips
between Decatur and CHATTANOOGA.
Traffic on the Tennessee is constant
ly on the increase, owing to the fact
that the merchants of the Decaturs and
other towns along the river are TAX
ing advantage more of the low river
rates than they ever have before
The office of Probate Judge William
e. Skeggs at the county courthouse
here is being thoroughly overhauled
and a large fireproof vault, construct
ed of railroad iron, is being placed
in the office. In case of fire at any
time this vault will protect the rec
ords of this office perfectly.
Charles Thatcher, known as 1.-THE
Good Roads Apostle" the country over,
has just notified Charles Bassett, sec
rotary OIL the improvement company OF
the Decaturs, that he will visit the
Decaturs about September 20. Mr.
Thatcher is said to be one of the most
picturesque characters of the day. He
travels in an old fashioned prairie
sch ooner, drawn by two small mules,
and stops at many places delivering
addresses on good roads.
An old-fashioned camp meeting COM
menced in New Decatur this morning
at II o'clock and will continue for two
weeks or, more. The meeting is being
conducted by. the Holy Baptists, and
the preacher is the Rev. F. M Tur-
ner, well known evangelist of that
religious denomination. The services
are being held under large tent and
there are smaller tents for people who
choose to sleep there.
Miss Abigail Crawford, daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs Baxter Crawford of New
Decatur, has accepted a position on
the faculty of the Fletcher School of
Music at Birmingham, and will leave
in the next few days to take up her
duties there. Miss Crawford Is con-
sidered one of the best pianists and
organists In this part of the south.
For some time past she has been play
ing the pipe organ at the First Pres
byterian church, Decatur. Miss Pauline
Magness, teacher of music in the De-
catur public schools, will be the pipe
organist5 at the First Presbyterian
church from now on.