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2B Tuesday, August 24, 1993 Montgomery Advertiser ALABAMA ROUNDUP Ms. Eldridge resigned from the district attorney's office in October 1992, after the examiners began their audit. She was hired as a clerk in 1986 and was promoted to the unit's chief clerk in August 1990. The report also held Ms. Eldridge and two other officials, all administrative personnel in the Worthless Check Unit, responsible for another $51 1 missing from the unit over the four-year audit period, but does not accuse them of wrongdoing or require them to The report also recommended the office stop supplying refreshments for employees, reserving those for grand jurors and witnesses.

District attorneys staffers routinely keep coffee and snacks available for court witnesses and -grand jurors. It spent $28,847 on those during the four-year audit period, the report states. Ms. Brooks said the office stilL supplies soft drinks to grand jurors and witnesses, but "we liter- ally put a large quantity under lock and key," she said. repay that money.

The examiners recommended that an independent administrator balance receipts and deposits in the check unit weekly; that the unit's bank account be reconciled monthly; and that money coming into the district attorney's office be turned over to the Montgomery County Commission for "proper recording and safekeeping." All those recommendations have been implemented, Ms. Brooks said Monday. AUDIT from page IB combination of monies payable to worthless check victims and fees due to the district attorney." In 1992, the unit handled an average of $80,551 in worthless check fees and restitution every month, Ms. Brooks said. For 1993, the office has handled a monthly average of more than $88,000, she said.

imwcletr charges SELMA Justices' ruling gives seat to Lide The Alabama Supreme Court on Monday affirmed a lower court ruling that Democrat John Lide should fill the District 2 seat on the Dallas County Commission. The long-awaited opinion may be appealed by attorneys for independent Curtis Williams, who has held the seat since November's general election. Circuit Judge John Bush ruled in April that Mr. Lide had won the commission seat by 10 votes, but Mr. Williams has remained in office since that time during his appeal.

After Monday's regular commission meeting, Mr. Williams said he had not had an opportunity to confer with his attorneys on whether to file an appeal. In their ruling, the justices said Judge Bush was correct in not allowing eight votes for Mr. Williams by convicted felons who had not had their voting privileges restored. EUTAW Greene OKs tax hike for schools The Greene County Commission approved a one-cent sales tax increase Monday in an effort to help the public school system open by the end of the month.

Greene County educators, facing a one-month delay in opening schools because of a continuing financial crisis, indicated earlier that schools might not be able to open until mid-September without an infusion of funds. The sales tax hike is expected to generate about $200,000 during the next 18 months and should be enough to allow schools to open on Aug. 31, officials said. Schools were to have opened Monday, but Superintendent of Education Charles Miles said earlier that would not be possible without more money. Greene County will be the last school system in Alabama to open when it finally begins classes, said Dean Argo, spokesman for the State Department of Education.

GULF COUNTY, Fla. Alabama men die in boat crash Two Alabama men were killed Saturday afternoon when their boat collided with another boat at a sharp bend in a Gulf County, river. Sam Casey, 83, of Dothan, was pronounced dead at the scene of the collision, and his passenger, Frank Wilbourne, 42, of Selma, died shortly after he was taken to Bay Medical Center, said Lt. Stan Kirkland of the Florida Game and Freshwater Fish Commission. Their 15-foot boat was coming around a blind curve in the river when it collided with an 18-foot bass boat driven by Randall Fuller of Destin, Fla.

Mr. Fuller and his passenger, William Clark Plumb of Panama City, were not seriously injured. The accident occurred in an isolated part of the Florida Panhandle, about 35 miles from the nearest hospital, Lt. Kirkland said. SELMA Selmians go to polls today Ten federal poll watchers have arrived for today's federal court-ordered City Council election that could give blacks a majority on the council for the first time in Selma' 173-year history.

All eyes will be on Ward 4 where Selma High School librarian Nancy Sewell, who is black, is trying to unseat white incumbent John Ingram. Under terms of the court order, five of Selma's eight council wards now have populations that are predominantly black. Ward 4 has a black population of about 65 percent, but black leaders are not taking anything for granted and spent the weekend urging voters in the area to go to the polls today to support Mrs. Sewell. Blacks represent about 58 percent of Selma's population of 23,000, but until U.S.

District Judge Brevard Hand mandated today's election under redrawn district lines, the council has had four white and four black members. MOUNT OLIVE Fire in mine forces evacuations A fire in an abandoned underground mine forced the evacuation of about 50 residents from their homes in this Coosa County town over the weekend. Methane gas leaking from the abandoned mine likely was set ablaze by a wood fire which was started by someone burning trash, said Mount Olive Volunteer Fire Chief Larry Langham. MOBILE Defendant wants trial moved A drifter accused of decapitating a service station attendant here last year is asking that his trial be moved out of Mobile. Samuel Ivery, 36, filed for a change of venue, claiming the shocking nature of the crime and extensive pre-trial publicity will make it impossible to conduct a fair trial in Mobile.

Mr. Ivery has been held in Mobile County Metro Jail since being arrested over a year ago for the Aug. 15, 1992, killing of Debra Lewis, 27, of Chunchula. Mobile County District Attorney Chris Galanos had no comment on Mr. Ivery's request.

The trial is set for Sept. 27. ON THE FIRE RUNS, Aug 20 12:26 a.m.: 3808 S. Smiley Circle Apt. wound.

1:48: Route 12 Box 652 Fuller Road, breathing difficulty. 1:49: 14 Bruner Drive, wound. 2:10: 868 Bell no service needed. 2:31: 2438 Carlisle no service needed. 2:32: 21 0 S.

Court seizure. 2:47: 1 771 Plum no service needed. 3:03: 3227 Patrick Road, canceled by caller. 5:15: 1622 Foster obgyn. 5:20: 898 N.

Union Circle, no service needed. 6:39: 200 Washington system malfunction, 7:28: 1020 S. Perry no service needed. 10:04: 2105 E. South steam rupture (Veh).

10:14: 2715 Fairmont Road, system malfunction. 10:38: 364 S. Ripley breathing difficulty. 11:01: 4057 Brighton Road, chest pain. 11:10: 3506 Young Drive, sprains strains.

11:19: 1600 Hunter Loop Road, no service needed. 11:28: 431 4th St. (Boylston), general medical. 11:35: Madison Avenue at N. Ripley Street, closed wound.

11:42: 3100 Mobile Drive, accidental alarm. 12:24 p.m.: 3914 Macdoma Drive, diabetic problem. 12:36: 1878 Gibbs Circle Apt. B. no service needed.

12:39: S. Union Street at Washington Avenue, seizure. 12:55: 1-65 southbound at W. South wounds. 1:50: 81 0 W.

South seizure. 4:36: 1624 Oak breathing difficulty. 2:49: 700 block of Dagger Hole Road, woods fire. 3:06: 3339 Suwanee Drive, woundcanceled by Engine-91. 4:16: 860 W.

Fairview canceled by FIRE RUNS, Aug 21 12:49 a.m.: 241 Georgia no service needed, 2:58: 3717 S. Smiley Circle Apt. D. general medical. 3:22: 1701 Gloria Court, chest pain.

5:34: 4365 Sunshine Drive, breathing difficulty. 5:44: West Fairview Avenue at Rosa L. Parks Avenue, patient left scene. 6:28: 155 Shadyside Lane, death. 6:42: 2174 George Mull general medical.

6:46: 31 15 Fairwest Place Apt. no service needed. 6:48: Mildred Street at Morgan Avenue, no service needed. 6:50: 5713 Darien Drive, no service needed. 7:05: 995 W.

South general medical. 7:36: 425 Auburn wound. 7:39: Across From 988 Oak smoke scare. 8:00: 1004 Madison general medical. 8:30: 4401 Narrow Lane Road, chest pain.

8:39: Forest Avenue at Rhodes Street, no service needed. 8:42: 21 Woodall Circle, chest pain, 8:57: 2205 Upper Wetumpka Road, assist patient. 9:12: 5841 Atlanta Highway, oil leak. 9:44: 231 Wayne brush lire. 9:50: 2634 Woodley Park Drive, undetermined (Vehicle).

10:27: 213 W. Jeff Davis wound. 10:44: 1 1 7 Eugene general medical, 11:07: 43 Pickett refused treatment. 11:18: Route A-12 Box 784 Fuller Road, cancelled by E-93. 11:38: 228 Prairie Vista Drive, general medical.

FIRE RUNS, Aug 22 1:03 a.m.: 122 Calhoun Rd assist patient. 2:11: 2768 Norwich Drive, seizure. 2:17: W. Fifth St. at Forest no service needed.

3:26: 250 S. McDonough child labor. 3:48: 1801 Park Place, refused treatment. 3:54: 3007 Ravenwood Drive, death. 4:10: 3686 Norman Bridge no service needed.

4:26: 135 S. Panama St. Apt. 204, general medical. 5:16: 1837 Upper Wetumpka electrical short.

6:36: 3102 Guymar wound. 7:34: 1042 Highland Village Drive, death. 8:12: 1161 Chandler general medical. 9:01: 935 Key no service needed. 9:37: 2424 Mill sprains strains.

9:51: 312 Canna Drive, wound. 9:56: 640 Oakbrook Drive, chest pain. 9:59: 1 509 Oakland wound. 10:26: 45 W. Edgemont fracture.

10:36: 3300 Lynchburg Drive Room 112. general medical. 11:23: 441 N. Ripley breathing difficulty. 11:32: 422 S.

Bainbridge general medical. 11:45: 820 Hill general medical. 12:00 p.m.: 2001 W. Fairview accidental alarm. 12:29: 3021 Gaston general medical.

12:33: 402 Edward general medical. 12:38: 101 Commerce wound. 1:26: 356 Azalea Drive, wound. 2:14: Court St. at Ogden wound.

2:16: Day St. at Highland Village Drive, cancelled by caller. 2:16: 351 7 Lancaster Lane, death. RECORD caller. 4:25: 5700 block of Atlanta Highway, gen-' eral medical.

4:27: 114 E. Woodland Drive, trash fire. 4:44: 21 Woodall Circle, general medical. 4:50: Day St. at Shalter no service, needed.

4:58: Highland Avenue at Ann Street wound. 5:06: 438 Larkwood Drive, general medical 5:32: Overlook Drive at Coliseum Blvd wounds. 6:01: 2000 Congressman Dickinson Drive Ulbiudliuil. 6:04: 1609 Oak general medical. 6:10: Oak Street at W.

Fairview Avenu. canceled by car 25. 6:19: 2669 Ashlawn Drive, stroke. 6:29: 1 700 Halcyon arson. 7:14: 582 Virginia trash fire.

7:26: 2273 Day obgyn. 8:15: 3530 Eastdale Circle, general medical 8:30: Stephens Street at Oak Street wound. 8:43: 1 15 S. Perry general medical. 8:44: 218 Camden chest pain.

9:07: 4490 Virginia Loop Road, system mal-' function. 9:23: 512 Wade general medical. 9:30: 351 5 Otis Lane, general medical. 9:38: Forest Hills Drive at Atlanta Highway, wounds. 10:07: 21 Woodall Circle, breathing difficulty.

10:10: 907 Thomas Court, refused treat ment 10:20: 832 N. Union Circle, wound. 10:33: 207 2nd St. (Boylston), general medical. 11:10: 56 Eugene no service i.

11:34: 2334 Dillard wound. 11:36: 1 808 Goode Iracture. 11:55: 320 N. Ripley no service needed" 1:34 p.m.: 1503 Bell general medical, 1:40: 3324 Thomas trash fire. 2:09: 1-65 al West Edgemont Avenue, no service needed.

2:17: 3125 Fairwest Place Apt. Q. no service needed. 3:14: 3827 Norman Bridge Road, backlne (Vehicle). 3:25: 1510 Yougene smoke scare, 3:27: 5474 Atlanta Highway, wound.

3:42: 3505 Otis Lane Apt. chest pain. 4:18: 939 Thomas Court, chest pain. 5:19: 1 4 Johnson chest pain. 5:19: 2045 W.

Jeff Davis wounds. 5:26: 1 Rouse cancelled by 5:47: 2700 Lagoon Park Drive, general, medical. 6:20: 925 Goodwyn Drive Apt. general' medical. 6:28: 180 Duncan Drive, general medical.

6:39: 867 Westview Drive Apt. wound. 6:40: 2606 Knollwood Drive, wound. 7:00: 515 N. Ripley general medical.

7:01: 2310 Spruce wound. 7:57: 614 South Greyhound power line' arcing. 8:01: 2000 Girard St. Apt. B-3.

breathing difficulty. 9:09: 3348 Brookwood general medical 9:23: 1 239 Mobile Road, chest pain. 9:32: 135 S. Panama St. Apt.

204. general medical. 9:40: 3934 E. Smiley Circle Apt. general medical.

11:04: 228 Tensaw Road, electrical short. 11:15: 4540 Wimbledon Court, generai medical. 2:28: 1 05 Carey Drive, general medical. 2:29: 3501 Clearview second-degree burn. 3:00: Atlanta Highway at Ann no service needed.

3:18: 3027 -George Edmondson, wound 3:41: 1-65 northbound at North Boulevard unable to locate. 3:46: 4425 Brewbaker Drive, system malfunction. 3:56: 835 Park system malfunction. 4:01: 2810 Fairwest St. Apt 205.

wound 4:09: 1 520 Hill cancelled by caller. 4:15: Taylor Road at 1-85 southbound, general medical. 4:18: 4316 S. Court wound, 4:19: 2416 Cloverdale Park, system malfunction. 6:07: 200 Broadway chest pain.

6:22: 3578 Young Drive Apt. medical. 6:24: 254 Lynwood Drive Apt. chest pain. 7:05: 1831 Capitol gas grill tiiegf1.

neral medical. 8:05: 3141 Wilmington general medi cal 9:05: 3725 Mobile Highway, trash fire. 9:16: 3204 Margaret Ann Drive, generai medical. 10:22: 4141 Piedmont Drive, wound. 10:35: 1285 Parker system malfunction 11:07: 2750 Chestnut St.

Room 403. nb service needed. 11:11: 1110 St. James no service needed. 11:11: 1601 Oak sprains strains By Matt Smith ADVERTISER STAFF WRITER Only three days before trial, prosecutors dismissed capital murder charges against a Montgomery man in a January slaying on a west Montgomery porch.

Johnson Scott, 39, was scheduled to stand trial Monday in the Jan. 7 killing of 62-year-old John James Carpenter. But prosecutors dismissed the charges late Friday afternoon after witnesses expressed uncertainty about statements they gave to authorities shortly after the killing, Deputy District Attorney David Glanzer said. Mr. Scott, who had been held without bond in the Montgomery County jail since his January arrest, was released after Circuit Judge Joseph Phelps approved the dismissal of charges.

Prosecutors accuse 24-year-old Angela Faye Williams of killing Mr. Carpenter during a fight that began at the Cleveland Avenue Grill. Authorities charged Mr. Scott as an accomplice, accusing him of pulling Mr. Carpenter out of a car at one point when its driver stopped to help him.

Mr. Carpenter was stabbed in the chest and died on a woman's RESTORE from page IB Mrs. Allen, straining to be heard over the nonstop buzz of cicadas from the shroud of magnolia trees and the industrial groaning from a nearby gin machine plant founded by Mr. Pratt. But with the Prattville City Council's blessing and a $12,000 appropriation, an effort to restore the 150-year-old cemetery has begun.

The Historic Prattville Redevelopment Authority along with the heritage association has decided it's time the city begin paying fitting tribute to the South's first industrialist. Enlisting the services of the archaeological division of the Alabama Museum of History and Natural Resources, the groups hope to get an accurate census of just how many graves are included in the cemetery that Mr. Pratt reserved for his family and his closest friends. Using a ground scanner, which operates similar to a fish finder, archaeologists hope to pinpoint, without digging, an estimated 20 to 30 graves that lay both inside and outside the fenced area. "We have a lot of headstones, and we're making sure they haven't been moved so they aren't actually on the graves, and we're also checking for unmarked graves," said archaeologist Scott Shaw.

He believes some graves actually might be under the fence, which was erected years after the cemetery was started. The locating device, recently introduced to archaeology, is pulled along the ground like a sled and is connected by wire to a printer that indicates any changes in soil density. LH-BOV RECLINING LOUESEATS 8 SOFAS priced from just AT MONTGOMERY'S ONLY LA-Z-BOY SHOWCASE SHOPPE ATLANTA HIGHWAY AT BELL RD. Shop Monday-Friday 10arn-8pm Saturday 10am-6pm Sunday 1-5pm $E(5)(P) porch in the 1200 block of Rosa L. Parks Avenue.

Witnesses said they saw Ms. Williams leaving the crime scene with money and Mr. Carpenter's watch, but no witnesses said they saw him being stabbed. Ms. Williams' case is set for trial Oct.

12. The new questions about the case will not affect the charges against her, Mr. Glanzer said. "We were getting ready for trial last week, interviewing witnesses, and they were becoming inconsistent," he said. "We decided to regroup and reinterview." Defense attorney Mark Cava-naugh did not return telephone calls seeking comment.

Prosecutors want to further investigate Mr. Scott's role in the killing and return the case to a grand jury for new charges, Mr. Glanzer said. A grand jury could review the case as early as October, he said. Where witnesses had previously said Mr.

Scott had been on a porch waving a stick around as a fight began, some witnesses said they were no longer certain that what they told investigators was accurate, Mr. Glanzer said. "More than likely what you're seeing is the grave shaft where the dirt was escavated and the body placed in. You don't see any remains," said Mr. Shaw, who hopes to have the results by this week.

That may be the easy part. With few cemetery records available, identifying any new grave sites could be difficult. Also difficult could be repairing several headstones that have been removed from the cemetery to prevent further vandalism. Ted Bugay, director of the redevelopment authority, who is married to a descendant of the Pratt family, has no doubts those obstacles can be overcome by establishing the cemetery as one of the main sites in a Prattville tour. This is one of the few cemeteries anywhere that's included in a historic district.

"That should tell you something about its importance," said Mr. Bugay. "This is our heritage. Where would this city or this state have been without Daniel Pratt?" In addition to building developing cotton-gin manufacturing and a textile plants in Prattville, Mr. Pratt also was among to the first to begin the iron and coal industry in what is now Birmingham.

Mr. Bugay said restoring the cemetery could serve as a centerpiece in attracting people to the city, which still reflects much of the New England flavor that Mr. Pratt, a New Hampshire native, gave it when he designed it. "We envision this being a major tourist draw," he said. "We know they are coming here already, because we have a proliferation of antique shops right off the interstate.

"Plus, we feel what's good for the historic district is good for Prattville," he said. BUSTS from page IB charges in connection were served with summons, saying they must appear in municipal court: Mojgan Bedford, 28, 306 John Tallassee, on charges of promoting gambling and conspiracy to promote gambling at Spur. Jose Navarete, 47, 6328 Old Pond Road, on charges of promoting gambling, conspiracy to promote gambling and possession of gambling paraphernalia at Spur. Gerald Finkelstein, 49, 2833 Montrose on charges of promoting gambling and possession of gambling devices at Mac's. Alice Faye Barlow, 22, 2303 McCarter on charges of promoting gambling at Mac's.

William Wood, 59, 2039 Miller on charges of promoting gambling at Mac's. From staff unci wire reports mm. Mel Gibson A ADVERTISER FILES 100 YEARS AGO (1893): Ham Brothers Store in Scottsville. was entered last night by burglars. The safe was blown open and about SI 0,000 in cash was taken.

Ham Brothers has kept money on deposit there since the bank at Scottsville failed. People are greatly excited. The burglars are still at large and may be headed south, although there is no clue to their identity. 50 YEARS AGO (1943): Picnicking by the Reynolds Mill Stream on Wednesday evening were Frances Sledge and Lt. John Nicrosi, Lucy and Edgar Stuart, Arlene Ford and Hugh Carr, Lee McPherson and Bugs Beale, Margaret Nicrosi and Stuart Foshee.

They ate themselves into a happy nightmare despite rationing. A bright wood fire kept the mosquitoes away, and the moon lent atmosphere. 25 YEARS AGO (1968): A feature story pictures Dr. Aaron Decalu'r Cowles or Ratner, who will celebrate his 88th birthday anniversity. Dr.

Cowles is believed to be the only active physician between Montgomery and Troy, and since 191 1 he has bound up wounds, healed the sick and spanked life into more than 1,200 babies. Through typhoids and epidemics of all sorts, Dr. Cowles rode the trails. His antiquated office enables him to cling to the past, but in his modern home, he keeps pace with all that is new in medicine. Dr.

Cowles still is ready to practice, but you must heed his advice: Don't come at night, don't smoke in the back room, and remember, his fee is double on Sundays. STARTS TOMORROWNO DISCOUNT TICKETS MATINEES DAILY 1:30 (4:00 300) 7:15 9:45 Baldwin Smith compijes this column (Aug. 24, IWij.

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