The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-10
MASS MEETING ID | DISCUSS UNION  Two Decaturs Will PrOba-
 bly, Amalgamate NEW TRAIN STARTS Service on Southern at Decatur Is
 Greatly Improved--Office of
 Anti-Saloon League in Decatur
NEW TRAIN STARTS

Decatur. May 9.--(Special.) LA mass meeting of the citizens of Decatur and New Decatur has been called at the courthouse in Decatur for Thursday night, May Il, at 7:SO o'clock. for the purpose of discussing the consolida- ton of those two cities by a vote of the citizens of each city
 The meeting Is called by Capt Dan Walden of New Decatur, one of the members of the state legislature from this county and the author of the Greater Decatur bill which recently passed the state legislature, and num- Der of other citizens. At the meeting Thursday night steps will be taken looking to the consolidation of the two Decaturs.
 Captain Walden Is quite optimistic as to the union of the two cities. He Is of the opinion that the people want 1t and that If they are given a chance to express themselves at the ballot box the count of the votes will show that they favor consolidation by a large majority In discussing the matter today Cap tain Walden said: "All that is neces- sary to call an election is to get up petition containing the names of "A per cent of the legal voters and pre- sent this petition to the probate judge of the county. When he is convinced
 that the petition does contain 24 per cent or more of the voters then the | law says he must order an election for the purpose of giving the people the right to vote on consolidation or no 1 consolidation"
 The case of the state against Fred Martin, for embezzlement, was mol pressed in the circuit court here to- day, there being no state witnesses to appear against him, and MT. Martin announced ready for trial.
 | In the circuit court here yesterday | afternoon Judge D. W. Speak ordered that two special juries be summoned for the trial of Will Wigginston and Mr. Johnson, each charged with murder. The case of Wiggiston Is set for trial on May II.
 | Wigginston Is under indictment for the killing of three men about year ago at the stave plant of the Holland Blow Slave company, near Hartselle At former trial the jury did not a gree and a mistrial was entered. Wig ginston and his wife had a boarding house at which the man employed in the stave business boarded. Wigginston claimed that the men grossly insulted his wife. hence the killing.
 | Johnson is charged with the murder of a MT. Mccormick some years ago. Since the commission of the alleged crime John son has been making his home in Lime stone county and was recently arrested. | According to a statement given out by the Rev. E. A. Page of Birmingham, De- catur will soon become a sub-office for the Alabama Anti-Saloon league. He said that the state would be divided into 10 districts with offices in Decatur for ono of the districts. He said that the recent Icampaign made by the Anti-Saloon league at the recent session of the state legis- lature had almost depleted the treasury of the league and that an appeal will be made now for funds. The office in De- catur will be established just as soon as | sufficient funds can be raised
 | Chancellor William H. Simpson of New Decatur left yesterday for DeKalb coun- Ety, where he will hold session of the chancery court until Wednesday even ing On Thursday, Friday and Saturday of this week he will hold court in Mar shall county.
 The new train which was put on by the Southern railway last Sunday be- tween Chattanooga and Memphis is prov ing very popular here because 1t is great convenience to the public generally. It is said that the train is already paying the railroad company handsomely. The new train gives a. fine service, with other trains, between Decatur and points east and west of Decatur.
 A claim against the United States gov |ernment, involving something like ss0OO0 for cotton taken by the federal soldiers during the war between, the states, has been filed with the government by Post master William Moseley of Decatur Dur ing the civil war federal soldiers took from the plantation of Postmaster Mose- ley's father. William Moseey, Sr, two and half miles west of Decatur, on what is now the Decatur and Courtland turn pike, BIO bales of cotton. valued at about 50 cents pound at that time.