The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-14
GOOD ROADS ARE y
 BENEFIT TO MORGAN
The Westminster Presbyterian Church Elects New Omcers-Wflloughby Chapel ts Hold Memorial

Decatur, January 3.-(SpeclaL)- Since the building of the system of turnpikes In this county farm lands have advanced very materially in price, In many incidences the advance has been more than double that of their former value. There are more enquiries for Morgan county farm lands than there are farms on the market to be sold Near the Decaturs and near Hartselle along the county turnpikes especially there has been marked in- crease in the value of farm lands on account of the new turnpike roads. And another thing good roads has done Tor this county, they have had a tendency to not only improve the rural schools but they have increased the attendance at the schools. With the bikes the country boys and girls are enabled to reach the neighborhood school. whereas over the old mud roads 1t was almost a matter of impossibility-
 Some time during the night unknown parties broke the Yale lock on the door of the reading room of the Knights of Pythias building in Decatur and then smash ed to pieces a small safe and secured a small amount in change. It is thought that the amount will not exceed s3. The safe was kept there for members of the order to deposit small change for the benefit If the Knights of Pythias reading room and library.
 The general stock of goods of James H. Gray, who died a few days ago, has just been sold to Tobe Stout, who has also leased the building for 3S years. Mir. Stout will likely conduct the business himself. The Westminster Presbyterian church of New Decatur has elected the following officers for the ensuing year: Board of elders. J. H. Calvin. Baxter Crawford and D. 2. stith. The follow ing were chosen deacons: Lamar Pen- ney, J. W. Thornton. c. B. DuPont, L.. B. Wyatt and J. F. Dillehay; superintend- ent of the Sunday sch ool. Henry Har- tung; superintenden Raymond Clark. treasurer of the county school. A. A. Hardage; financial secretary of Sunday school. Jere Clark. number of re- ports were read which showed that both the church and the Sunday school were in a prosperous growing condf- II. tee showed that the ladies had raised more than 5000 for the organ fund.
 Next Sunday morning the congrega- tions of Willoughby Chapel and the Westminster Presbyterian churches of New Decatur will hold memorial ser vices in honor of Mrs. Willoughby, whp recently died in Tennessee. Her hus- band was for number of years the pastor of the Westminster Presbyte- rian church and Willoughby Chapel was tanned in his honor.
 Mrs Ward of Fairview. a suburb of New Decatur. fell from second story window distance of about 15 feet to the ground, yesterday and not a bone was broken and she was only slightly bruised. The strange part of the story Is that Mrs Ward weighs about 215 pounds and that when she fell she was struck on one of her shoulder blades She was examined by a phy sician who said he was unable to dis cover any injuries at all that amount ed to anything. The fall knock the breath out of her and that was abont the only injury she received.
 At Falkville, this county, yesterday, Dave Bell shot dead Ed Wells with a shotgun. Both are negroes Wells TO- ceived the entire load of shot in hfs face and after running over 200 yards fell dead.