The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-02-12
ALBANY

Albany. February 11.-(Special) )-The this county was closed today, when Bond Bros of Elizabethton, Ky, pur- chased the Dancy and Garth Richie tracts, aggregating 6750 acres. The pur- chase price was not made public, but is understood to have been in the neigh borhood of S20o,000. The Dancy planta- ton, 5212 acres, was bought in fee sim pie Only the timber rights to the other tract were disposed of.
 The two tracts have been in possession of the Garth family for 100 years, and part of the land. is said to have been bought from the Indians. The remainder was entered under the old 'bit' home steading law, costing 121a cents per acre
 Bond Bros. will clear the land, which will then be cut up into small tracts and placed on the market. They have already opened offices here, with Clar- ence Bond in charge.
 Misses Mary Lou and Unity D. Dancy, who sold the larger body of land, are considered among the wealthiest resi- dents of north Alabama. having large holdings in both Texas anG Mississippi They own several other valuable tracts ol
 land in this county The sale carries witt 1t the handsome Dancy residence MT. and Mrs. Jesse T. Plunkett. resi-. dents of this city, are anxiously scanning the list of those who died when the British liner Tuscania was sunk by 2 German torpedo off the coast of Ireland Their son, Jesse F. Punk ett, first bat talion, Thirty-second division. 104th Mich. l igan regiment, is believed to have been on board the ill-fated ship Mrs. Plum from nervous suspense. So far the name of young Plunhett has not appeared in any published list either of the lost or survivors.
 T. E. Price, section foreman, whose wife and mother-in-law were recently murdered at Kimberly, was released from the Morgan county jail at noon te- day. He has given himself up after shooting and seriously wounding Almon Wilkerson, 17-year-old boy, whom he had mistaken for a highwayman. Tue boy had approached Price in the dark, and being partially deaf, did not hear the latter's commands to halt" So far no person has appeared as Prices prosecu- tor. and indications today were that he would not be brought to trial. MT. ard Mrs. H. H. Wilkerson, parents of the wounded boy. have agreed to compro. mise the case Both sides today named an arbitrator. these two to select a thiid in the event of a disagreement. Young Wilkersons s left arm was amputated. II is now thought that he will recover.
 NJ. Schulman, local produce dealer, was today notified by the United States food administration that hens and outlets could neither be bought nor sold untii after April l. The action is taken fol the protection of the birds during ths moulting period
 Special representatives of the revenue department who have been here for some weeks collecting income tax, will leave Thursday of this week for other the fact that 2000 Morgan county men are believed to be subject to income tax, only one-fourth of that number have filed their returns. During the last few days the income tax gatherers have been talk ing in 5000 per day.
 Charles l.. Price of the local bar has accepted an invitation to deliver the commencement address at Hiwassee col lege. east Tennessee, on May A.