The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-24
I. E.B.ALMON WILL NOT
 RUN FOR CONGRESS
Court Begins Monday in Decatur-Paper to Cele-
 brate Anniversary

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 Judge E. B. Almon of Florence has an nounced through the Tri-City Daley that ae is not at this time candidate for
 Congress from this district as has been reported by some of the news papers of the district. Judge Almon says that he is ''too busily engaged at present with his law practice He does not say,' however, that he will not enter the race for Congress.
 l Next Monday the law and equity court will be convened by Judge Thomas w.. Vert for a two weeks civil term. There are good many cases of interest on the docket. set for trial at this term of the court
 | The vault in the circuit clerks office at the county courthouse has undergone thorough overhauling and number Of steel filing cabinets have been installed. Many other repairs have been made on the interior of the court room. The wood work entire has been painted and the building has received a thorough clean ing up.
 The board of county commissioners has just accepted the new Hartselle and Dan yille turnpike, which was but recently completed and which is said to be one or the best turnpilSes in the county. Nor gan county now has So miles of as me turnpike roads as are to tbe found In the entire county, but of limestone rock of quality that cements together after nav ing been exposed 10 the air.
  The jury commission of this county IS in session here drawing juries for the courts of the county The board IS com posed of A. G. Patterson. Falkville; J. ID. Epperson, Somerville, and Dr. B. w. Watson, New Decatur. Dr. Watson 1e- gently moved to south Alabama, and VIII likely resign from the commission and the vacancy thus caused be filled by the gov ernor B ~
 fine horse driven by Charles H. Blanton, a well known horseman of the pccaturs, ran away yesterday afternoon in New Decatur throwing Mir Blanton out of the buggy and tearing the buggy to pieces. MT. Blanton was painfully but not seriously injured.
 There are now but r prisoners in the county jail here, the smallest number. Tor some tiinc. One of the most noted pris- oners is a young white man named ES- gieston. who is charged with having mur- Gered three white men at one time in the southern part of the county some time ago. His trial will likely take place next month here in the circuit court. The funeral of Miss Olive Hunt SlIeggse who died Thursday evening in hospital in Nashville, cook place yesterday aft ernoon at o'clock from the home of her parents, Judge and Mrs. William E. Skeggs in New Decatur. The funeral services were conducted by the Rev. J. J. Cornish pastor of St. Johns Episcopal church, New Decatur. The pallbearers were: Chapel Cain. Benton Woodruff Phil Pointer, Preuit Cartwright. Sym rall Wyatt and Atee Hoff. The attend- ance was large and the floral designs many and most beautiful The inter- ment took place in the City cemetery.
 The steamer Chattanooga, which has been at the New Decatur shipyards for repairs for some time, has just been completed and left for Chattanooga. It is said that she will be in the trade on the upper Tennessee river this fall and winter She is one of the largest and most modern steamers on the Tennessee river.
 Next Thursday, September 2S. will be the twenty second anniversary of the New Decatur Advertiser a weekly newspaper printed in New Decatur by Col c. J. Hildreth. Colonel Hildreth has announced that in celebration of the event he will print 1000 extra. copies of the paper for free distribution. The New Decatur Ad- vertiser is now the oldest newspaper printed in the Decaturs, and one of the oldest printed in this end of the state. It is almost as old as the city of New Decatur itself.