The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-05-09

be nothing to the contest 11OWeNei,
 the outcome will be looked for with in
 terest here has been some talk of a possible contest of the Valhermoosa
 box One of the candidates for sheriff is not satisfied with the result at that box.
 Since "Red" Luther Thompson, for
 merly of Decatur, has turned up in the flesh in Birmingham and has been iden- tifed by his mother there beyond ques- ton, the question arises here as to who was the man that was buried here about twn weeks ago as Red" Thomp- son? There is some probability now of the body that was buried here be- ing taken up by the authorities of Pa ducah, Ky, for the purpose of trying to identify 1t as that of another. As has been stated in the newspapers ire quently the man who was buried here as Red" Tn ompson was found mur- dered in Paducah, Ky, some weeks ago and two young men who were in the Kentucky town at the time, and who
 had formerly lived in Decatur, are now | having murdered Red" Thompson hanging over them. As has been stated
 before the body buried here was iden-
 tified by Mrs Lum Thompson as that of
 her son, Red" Thompson, it was also
 identified by Undertaken Frank Brown Captain Rowden and Captain Ferguson
 all of Decatur, as being Red" Thomp- Rofv ic ordn lad ,c mystery here and is the cause oi much, comment Whether or. not the body buried here can be identified as that of another man Is not known, but
 an effort will be made by the authori- ties at Paducah, Ky.
 The Texas Oil company, a company in
 dependent of the Standard, is erecting
 four large oil tanks here for the supply of the trade in this portion of the state
 Decatur has been made the distributing
 point for this section of the state for the
 Texas Oil company and they are taking
 nearly all of the business away from the
 Standard Oil company. owing to the fact
 that many people here refuse to buy
 Standard oil. The Texas oil company is
 also furnishing the government steamers
 on the Tennessee river here with all their
 oil, and this alone amounts to quite a big
 item every month.
 A heavy rain fell here last night, and
 in some portions of this part of the state
 the rain was preceded by a heavy hail.
 storm which is reported to have done
 considerable, damage to growing crops. In
 this immediate section the rain was badly
 needed. In some localities the ground had
 become too dry to plov, and the crops
 were suffering for rain.
 The Huntsville Lumber company, which
 has been operating a large sawmill in De.
 catur for several years and which con-
 pany has had large and extensive offices in the east, have moved their offices from
 Jamestown, N. Y., to Decatur, and the
 bulk of the business will now be trans
 acted from the Decatur office. This is
 one of the largest mills in the south. Will McCutchen. a well-known plar.er of the east end of the county, fell dead at his home yesterday. His death was due to heart trouble. Several years ago he was chief deputy sheriff under Si eriff James H. Wiggins. His death came as quite a surprise, as he had not been il at all.
 It was learned today that the repub- licans of this county are thinking of nom- mating full county ticket to oppose the democratic nominees. meeting of the republicans will be held within the next few days, and the matter will then be decided. For many years. at least. the republicans of this county have never had a full county ticket in the field, and since
 the reconstruction days no republican candidate has ever been elected to of. flee in this county.