The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-06
DOGS ON TRAIL OF
 ROBBERS IN DEKALb Quantity of Goods Stolen
 From Lebanon Store FAIR IN NOVEMBER
Professor Drummet Gives Public Demonstration at Fort Payne of How He Located Oil Wells.
 Immense Pumpkins

Fort Payne, October 5.-(Special. )-The store of Majors Bros. at Lebanon was broken into last night and quantity of goods and provisions were taken. Sheriff Harris was telephoned for and went inn mediately to the scene of the robbery, dogs from Chattanooga were also brought and placed on the track of the robbers, and it is believed that 1t will not be long before they are apprehended.
 About two weeks ago this same store was broken into and five negro men are now languishing behind the bars of the county jail charged with the crime.
 Oil We'll Demonstration
 Prof. w. H. Drummet. who located the oil wells in and near this place. was here this week and gave a public deru- onstration of how he located the wells with his instrument. called magnetometer. Quite number of citizens witnessed the demonstration at the Saunders farm. about four miles north of here.
 Professor Drummet located a gas well In the flats east of the Alabama Great South ern railroad and south of Main street, also a well Is to be drilled in the Peek pasture, a 10 acre field in the heart of Fort Payne These locations all seem to he on the same vein of gas and oil which has been found
 A derrick is being built at the Saunders farm and as soon as it is completed work on boring will be begun, the outcome of which is anxiously awaited for.
 The Wells Valley Oil and Gas company has secured the aid of outside capitalists, as well as number of | ort Payne citi- zens, and there seems to be no lack of ready money with which to proceed with the work of drilling and building derricks. . etc., and it is believed that gas and oil will soon be found in paying quantities. Fair Prizes
 Several hundred dollars are to be given away for prizes at the DeKalb county . fair, to be held here November 6-9 The many interesting features of the fair will . no doubt have much to do with its being 2 well attended. Arrangements have been 2 perfected for a large carnival show, to be present, and there will be many other in- teresting features also.
 DeKalb Exhibits at Fair
 A number of DeKalb county farmers have exhibits at the state fair in Bir- mingham, among them being J. B.. Bohannon, who has fine exhibit of corn grown near Heuegar, on Sand mountain, and Dan Webster, who has doubtless one of the finest apple exhibits shown at the fair. These apples were grown on Look out mountain, and each show the possi- bilities of both mountains in DeKalb county
 2000 Hear Speakers
 It is estimated that nearly 20o0 people heard the speakers sent out last week in a campaign for the county fair, the Confederate veterans monument and bet ter schools in DeKalb county.
 The campaign was conducted by Judge w. w. Haralson, Col, J. B. Isbell, Prof. E M. Baker and County Superintendent of Education J. Valdor Curtis.
 $64 to Democratic Fund
 John A. Davis, county chairman of the democratic party of DeKalb county, a few days ago sent $64 to the Wilson and Marshall campaign fund raised in a short while by popular subscription
 Immense Pumpkins
 M P. Hunter, the champion farmer of Sand mountain, and the man who took number of prizes at the DeKalb County Fair last fall, has a pumpkin the equal of which has never been seen in this county before. It is seven feet in circumference and weighs 110 pounds. He will exhibit at the county fair to be held here this fall.