General Notes

Custom Field:<_FA#> Sep 1926 thru Sep 1932: Mayor of Atmore, AL.@@S726784@@Date of Import: Jul 31, 2003
Custom Field:<_FA#> Filled an unexpried term as probate judge of Escambia County, AL.@@S726784@@Date of Import: Jul 31, 2003
Custom Field:<_FA#> Oct 1922 thru Oct 1924: Mayor of Atmore, AL.@@S726784@@Date of Import: Jul 31, 2003
Custom Field:<_FA#> Oct 1910 thru Aug 1915: Mayor of Atmore, AL.@@S726784@@Date of Import: Jul 31, 2003
Custom Field:<_FA#> Sometimes called the Judge.@@S726784@@Date of Import: Jul 31, 2003
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ATMORE WATER SUPPLY
With the installation of a new centrifugal pump now under way, which
will have about 500 or 600 gallons a minute from the new well recently
sank by the Gray Artesian Well Company, Atmore’s future water supply
seems enough, on the opinion of Mayor W. E. Rushing.
Mayor Rushing is no little concerned to prevent the recurrence of a
water famine in Atmore such as was the case a few weeks, ago, when a
cave-in disable the old pump for nearly a week.
Water from the new well has been tested and approved by the State
Board of Health.  When its operation is begun, Atmore will have two
sources of water supply either of which is adequate to the demand.
Installation of the new well and pump, which is under a bond
guaranteed by the Gray Company, will cost the city $500.(1)
WEED PATCH OWNERS GET LAST WARNING FROM COUNCIL
Atmore property owners, who so far have neglected cutting the weeds
form their premises, may expect to find themselves afoul of the law,
unless the job is attended to in short-order.
For Mayor W. E. Rushing, speaking for city authorities, has declared
that persuasive tactics have been followed long enough, and that those
who failed to cut the weeds will be subjected to the rigid enforcement of
the city ordinance covering the matter.
It is optional whether the delinquent lot owner be summoned before
the city court and fined for failure to comply with the ordinance, or
whether the city have the weeds cut and charged against the property.
Judge Rushing pointed out that many property holders, in fact, the
majority, have complied with the ordinance by  having weeds cut from
their premises and keeping them cut, but a considerable number have
failed to do so.
Legal proceedings against these will begin at once, the mayor
stated.  Chief Miller has been given instructions to act.
Cutting the weeds is required since it destroys the harboring places
of mosquitoes thereby aiding in the fight against malaria fever.(2)
ATMORE PAVING PROJECT MAY BE UNDER WAY SOON
Perhaps the long promised paved sidewalks for Atmore are to be
realized in the not distant future.
For more than a year the project has been delayed due to the lack of
a reasonable market for the $40,000 bonds voted by the City of Atmore to
raise the necessary money.
The bonds could have been sold, but due to the inflated condition of
the stock market, with brokers paying as high as 20 per cent for call
money, bonds bearing a mere 6 per cent interest, ceased to be saleable,
unless at a considerable discount.
Authorities of Atmore refused to discount the bonds, and they
remained unsold.
But, now, according to Judge W. E. Rushing, mayor, the high call
money rate no longer exist, since stocks have lost and are still losing
much of their watered valuation.
And, states Judge Rushing, it appears that Atmore will be able to
sell the 6 per cent bonds as soon as the present confusion in the money
market has subsided -- which means that the project of paving the
sidewalks of Atmore can be resumed.
The project includes the paving of almost all the unpaved sidewalks
in the business and thickly settled residential sections of Atmore, which
would almost double the number of feet of paved sidewalks in Atmore.
According to Judge Rushing, it may be several weeks yet before actual
paving work can begin, but the prospects for it to be done are brighter
now than ever.(