The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-07-07
DECATUR MAY HAVE
 BUILDING AND LOAN
New Business Venture With
 $1O0,OO0 Capital Proposed
RIGHT EYE REMOVED
Floyd Roberts Perhaps Fatally Shot by Thomas Carroll-Furniture Factory--Odd Fellows Con-
 vention This Week

E Decatur, July 6.-(Special)--A new building and loan association. with a capital stock of $1o0.O0o. to be known as the Tennessee Valley Building and Loan association, perhaps will be or ganized here. The initial steps in the organization have been taken at a meeting of the directors and the stock holders of the Tennessee Valley bank, held in the banking house here. The men present at the meeting rep resented a combined capital of about s6, ,0o0.000, it is said. A large amount of the stock was taken at the meeting already held. On account of the lack of time the organization was not per fected at this meeting. Vice President D. F. Green of the Tennessee Valley bank acted as chairman of the meet ing. On motion he appointed w. H. Avcock and W. R. Seeley to select nine stockholders to act as directors of the association temporarily.
 This association will not only do bus mess in the other Is towns of the Ten nessee valley of north Alabama. where the Tennessee Valley bank has branch band.
 Shooting in County
 As the result of a quarrel of long standing, Floyd Roberts lies in a hos pital in Birmingham with a serious pis- to1 wound. in his body and Thomas Car roll Is in the county Jail here charged with assault with intent to murder. The shooting took place yesterday at of he and Roberts was rushed to a hospital in Birming gham with the hope of saving his life.
 After the shooting Carroll surren- dered to an officer and was brought here to jail There had been bad feel ing between he and Roberts for some time.
 A Proposed Furniture Factory
 A. P. Harris and E. NJ. Curdy of the Harris Furniture company. one of the largest, concerns in the country, arrived here today and are looking over the city with a view to locating furniture fac tory to cost about $75,0oo These gentle men were induced to come here by H. H. Hit, president of the Hit Lumber company, one of the largest lumber mills III uOIln ii'ts fered to take 5000 worth of stock in the furniture plant as an tinducement to 1t to locate here.
 Odd Fellows Convention The Independent Order of Odd Fellows will hold a district convention here next Tuesday and Wednesday. The sessions will be held in the odd Fellows hal on Second avenue, New Decatur The district is composed of the lodges of th' following counties: Morgan, Cullnan Limestone, Madison, Jackson and Law renee.
 There will be a number of the state officers and other members of the order of high rank present at the meeting Among the number will be Grand Master Walter K. MeAdory and Grand Secre- tarv H. c. Pollard. The state officers will confer the grand lodge degree. Ii is expected that there will be fully 6f members of the order present. Right Eye Removed Miss Myrtle McDermott of West New Decatur had her right eye removed by a specialist. Illness caused her to lose the sight of this eye, it is said, and 1t was removed to save the other eye.
 Mail on Bicycles The city letter carriers in New De catur will in the future use bicycles or which to deliver the mail. The city has granted them permission to ride theil wheels on the sidewalks in the outlyine districts of the city