The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-09-25
ALBANY

Albany September 4.-(Special) )-Wil- liam Teague and James A. Nelson, for mer jury commissioners of Morgan county, have received many expressions of congratulation from friends on their complete vndication of charges brought against them seven years ago and which. after hanging fire in the courts for
 many years, resulted in a complete vic- | tory for them in the Limestone county court at Athens yesterday.
 The charges against the ex-commis- sioners involved the rights and duties of their office and attracted much atten- tion all over the state. Charges were brought in two forms, one seeking their impeachment and the other seeking crim-
 nal prosecution. The impeachment pro- ceedings were abated several years ago Monday the criminal Cases were called by Judge Brickell in the Limestone court,
 where the cases had been taken on change of venue, and Judge Ed Horton was named to preside Shortly afterward the charges were thrown out of court for l lack of prosecution.
 Mayor Nelson now is serving his third term as mayor of Decatur. In the last eelction he was unopposed.
 | The Albany Decatur team will meet | the Nashville Southern league club l here Friday and Saturday. Manager 1 Scott of Albany-Decatur's reorganized squad announced today. While coming heraied as the Vols" is is stated the Nashville team has several star city | leaguers in the lineup. Albany-Deca- | tur last week took two out of three
 from the Birmingham all-star City l league aggregation.
 l A dragnet all over north Alabama ! has been thrown out in an effort to | apprehend the burglar or gang Of burglars who robbed three Albany res- idences Saturday night or early Sun day morning. A diamond ring, watch and Masonic emblem was taken from lsthe home of Dr. w. A. Rickles: $10 ia
 cash from c. A. Hitch. two watches | and sS in cash from the residence of 1 Gilbert Crane. The robbers were un- disturbed in their work and made clean getaway.
 Baptist of the northern division, com prislng ten or more counties. will hold
 great all-day mass meeting Wednes- day October l, at the First Baptist church, Decatur, according to announce ment today of Rev. G. c. Walker pub licity director for the s75.000,0oO drive inaugurated by the Southern Baptist convention. The mass meeting is one of five to be held in the state and is called for the purpose of further setting forth the purposes of the big money campaign. pr. Scarborough, campaign director for the state will be one of the speakers. and the programme will | include addresses by several of the leading ministers and laymen of the denomination A lunch will be served by the women of the four Baptist
 churches of Albany and Decatur. r The first legal notices now are being served on the property owners of AL bany demanding that they make sewer connections within the next 30 days or suffer the consequences. City ordinances
 recently enacted require that the con nectons be made and provide that ! maximum penalty of $10O fine and sia months on the streets may be given. Previously city ordinances had required that should citizens fal to connect with the sewers the city should do the work and charge it against the property. The new ordinance is in line with the drive
 for a more sanitary municipality. started
 recently by officials
 s. w. Irwin, we'll known Decatur real estate dealer has sold the Wade prop erty on lower Bank street to c. F. Frost anu A. J. Reyes Of Athens, 1t was an- nounced today It is understood the property will be made into handsome re- tail houses.
 The purchase of the building is the
 latest of series of purchases made by Athens and Hartsene men here recently. C. A. Alexander of Hartselie has bought nine stores within the past few months in Decatur's retail centers. and an Ath- ems syndicate headed by R. II. Walker. recently bought the buildings occupied by the Brock and Splght wholesale grocery company. The Wade property was pur-
 chased by MT. Irwin on September l. and
 it is stated it was sold less than month