The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-30
LIE CARTER HAS
 APPEALED CASE
Decatur Man Takes Distil- lery Charge to the Su-
 preme Court

Decatur, April 29.-tspecial )-Lee
 Carter, the soft drink stand man who
 was convicted in the federal court at
 Huntsville a few days ago on the
 charge of having been connected with
 the operation of an illicit distillery on Bank street. in the very heart of
 Decatur, and fined S100 and Is months.
 mas returned home after having takei.
 an appeal to the United States su-
 preme court MT Carter's bond was
 fixed al $1200 four well known business
 men of the Decaturs signed the bond and the bond is easily worth s150.ooo
 The decision of the jury in MT. Car
 ter's case was very much of a surprise
 to his friends in Decatur, where he is
 well known and generally liked His
 friends here do not believe that he
 had any knowledge of the distillery or
 any connection with 1t and that he has
 simply been made a cats paw by oth-
 CT parties who operated the distillery
 The members of the Decatur public
 school board have just been reelected
 for another year. They are: F. R.
 Beason, D. D. McGehee, John A. Tom
 ason, George D. Williamson and John
 D. Wyker. All have ben members Of the board for number of years. Commencing tomorrow Decatur will have two new passenger trains on the Southern railroad. These trains will run from Chattanooga to Memphis and from Memphis to Chattanooga. The new train will arrive here about o'clock in the evening from Chattanooga and about 5 O clock in the morning from Memphis, The "short dog train, which has been running between Chattanooga and Hunts vile, will then be discontinued. These new trains will give the people of Decatur a
 most excellent passenger train service to Chattanooga and Memphis, and way sta tions. These trains have been badly needed, and it was through the efforts of the business men of Decatur, assisted by
 the state railroad commission, that the Southern was induced to put on these trains
 St. Johns Episcopal church. New De-
 catur has just elected the following as vestrymen for the ensuing year: w. A.
 Bibb, w. H. Jarvis, H. K. Hildreth, w..
 F. Bixby, Thomas H. Mattocks. George A.
 Hoff, H. B. Beard, J. D. McNabb G. B. hIOOTe, 1fOy V. I1OIloll, h. NIiei On account of muddy roads. caused by such heavy rains for the past few
 weeks, the three New Workers, who ar
 rived in Decatur yesterday In their au- tomobile on their way from New York to San Francisco and return, have abandoned the trip at Decatur They
 have had their automobile shipped from here to Memphis by freight.
 
 The Rev. T. E. Roberts of Austin vile, a surburb of the Decaturs, who
 was seriously injured a few days ago is now on the road to recovery and all danger is passed. He will be out again within a few, days. While driving a team of mules few days ago the
 mules became frightened and ran around a barn, pinning MT. Roberts in tightly between the barn and the Wa | gon, and seriously mashng him. Tn the police court in New Decatur | eight members of Dick Adams Rifles. Company E. Alabama National Guard, were fined $13 60 each on the charge
 of having engaged in a game of craps.
 The young men promptly took an ap- peal to the higher courts, believing that the decision was not just one. The trial was quite an exciting one and the young men were represented by attorneys.