The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-17
LOCAL OPTION BILL
 TO BE INTRODUCED Decatur Legislator Takes Ac-
 tion for County WEATHER IS BETTER
WEATHER Is
Lower Tewperature in Vicinity of De- eatur Welcomed By Fruit Crow CTS Who Expect a Good
 Crop This Year .g's asl

.s Decatur, January -(Special.)-In a
 new spaper print ed 7'Fin;' New Decatur to- day there appears ars advertisement fsigned by A. G. Wllhite one of the members of the state legislature from this county, giving notice thatshe will introduce in the present session of the
 state legislature bill providing for local option In this county.
 The notice of the bill as printed is as follows s
 "Notice-That. a local option bill will be introduced in, the state Legislature. Notice is hereby given that bill will be introduced in the state legislature
 of Alabama to permit. regulate and re- strict the sale or other disposition of
 alcoholic, cyinous or malt liquors or
 beverages in precincts 1 and in Mor- gan county, Alabama, by providing for
 an election in said precincts to de- termine whether the sale or other dis position of such alcoholic. vinous or
 malt liquors or beverages shall be permitted, regulated and restricted therein"
 Precincts 1 and 19 are the cities of
 Decatur and New Decatur. Up to this time no dispensary bill har been ad-
 vertised for the Decaturs, but there Is strong talk of such bill being ad- vertised and introduced in this session
 of the state legislature.
 Peach growers of this part of the state were glad to see much cooler
 weather this morning. The thermometers was almost down to the frost mark. For the past few days the weather here had been remarkably warm for
 this season of the year. Already the peach buds had commenced to swell and fruit growers feared they would become so far advanced that later on
 they would be killed. The change in the temperature last night has saved so fruit growers say. | In the southern part of this county and around Hartselle are some of the | most extensive peach orchards in the state. The peaches grown here are 1lbertas and they are of the finest kind. Large quantities of tlfese peaches are
 now canned every year right in the orchards and they always bring a good
 price and meet with ready sale on tile
 market.
 1 On next Wednesday the will case of
 the late William Sch harfenberg, well known merchant of New Decatur, who
 died last November will be contested tl1 Ala$ l,o cision of the case will Se left to d jury.
 l On one side of the case is the widow l of MT. Scharfenberg and on the other side is son and daughter of MT
 Scharfenberg by two former marriages | The case Is one of much interest. It was set for a hearing on January 10 | but jury trial was demanded; hence it's continuance until next Wednesday. Mir. Scharfenberg left a beautiful
 home, some valuable store property on
 Second avenue. New Decatur, a stock of
 goods. bank stock and other property. Some of the best known lawyers in the two Decaturs are employed in the case
 on either side.
 A special term of the Morgan county
 law and equity court convened this morn
 ing for the trial of a number of jail | cases Judge Thomas W. Vert Is pre- siding. The regular spring term of this
 court does not commence until Febru- ary 6.
 There Ire a number of prisoners in the county jail here and among the number are several charged with capital of lenses. Among the number is young white man charged with the murder of three other white men in the southern part of the county few weeks ago. At term of the grand jury few weeks ago he was indicted in three cases for
 murder In the first , degree
 The following Is the complete list of new county officers of Morgan county who took charge of the various offices of the county today: Probate judge, William F.. Skeggs. re-elected circuit clerk Al. S. Blackwell succeeding James S. Fowler Sheriff R. M. McCuloch. sue ceeding Thomas R. 5hipp; commissioner | first district (the Decaturs), A. A. Hard age, reelected; commissioner fourth dis trct, John L. Foote, succeeding Rev. J. D. Mechanism; judge of the Morgan county law and equity court. Judge | Thomas w. Vert, re-elected judge of this judicial circuit, D. w. Speak, re- elected: circuit solicitor. David c. AL mon, reelected: chancellor of this chan
 cery division, Judge William H. simpson, | reelected. i'
 All of the other county officers hold over for few years yet. The citizens of Trinity this county, are raising money ry popular subscription to build about seven miles of turnpike road to connect that town with the De- catur and Courtlandi turnpike. north of them With this stretch of road piked it would give Trinity and that portion of the county fine turnpike into the
 Deoaturs and other portions of the coun- | ty. However, the public road between | the Decaturs and Trinity never gets very bad as 1t passes through sandy section
 of the county the greater part of the way.
 I. l. Transue, the well known architect 1 and contractor of New Decatur. who was stricken with paralysis several days ago | while at his farm near Hillsboro, Law renee county. is still reported in dan | serous condition He is now at his home 1 in New Decatur whore he Is getting | every attention possible.
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