The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-01-28
RECEPTION FOR
CAPTAIN SHIP
Banquet VIII Be rendered To
Returning Chattanoogans
CORN AND BEAN CONTEST
Four Rural High Schools of Hamilton
County Will Enter Pupils for
Prizes for Best Crops of
Farm Products.
CORN AND BEAN CONTEST

Chattanooga, January N.-(Special. "A
movement has been started for a recep-
| ton to Capt. j. F. Ship and his fellow
prisoners when they return from Wash
ington next Sunday afternoon. About Is
of his close friends held a meeting at
the city hall for the purpose of getting
arrangements under way. Committees
on arrangements and finances were APP
pointed. There will undoubtedly be an
| immense crowd at the depot to meet
them on their arrival and it is prob
able that an informal reception will be
held in the large meeting room at the
terminal. A banquet will be rendered
the party either on the night of their
return or on the next.
A big corn, potato and soy bean con-
test has been inaugurated among the pu-
pills of the four rural high schools of
Hamilton county by Superintendent
Brown. Prizes are to be offered for
the best crops produced the coming sea-
son in each individual school and be-
sides there will be prizes for the sec
ond best and special awards for such of
the pupils as may make creditable
showing although they fail to capture
either first or second prizes. After the
crops have been harvested and the first
and second prizes selected the winning
exhibits will be brought together at some
central point to compete for champion
ship prizes.
John Shelton, principal of Avondale
public school, who was stabbed twice
about two weeks ago by Arthur Haddock,
a pupil. is in a serious conditions. hav-
ing had hemorrhage from the wound
In the back. Young Haddock is still
at large and the county school board has
offered a reward for his arrest It is
believed he is IN Georgia Haddock and
his accessory, Sam Kelly. have been in
dicted by the grand jury for felonious as
sault
For the first time In the history of the
Chattanooga city government city Of
ffcials are in possession of an accurate
and full statement of the city's assets
and liabilities and the financial depart
ment is qualified to attend to its bus
mess as thoroughly and intelligently as
a bank or other business enterprise. The
first section of the report of Gaertner
& Co., the accountants who installed the
new system of bookkeeping, is devoted
TO this financial statement. II shows
that Chattanpogas assets as q munich
pality are valued at $4,192 ,2l8.16. OF this
amount property valued at ST. 499, 21S.16 is
actually salable and would produce that
amount of revenue for the city II put on
the market The remainder of the as
sets consist in streets, sewers and bridges
which are known as passive asset
that is, they cannot be transformed into
money but are valued at that figure by
reason of their utility as they are.
It had been generally supposed that
when the central labor union met on
Monday night 1t would join in the move
ment to boycott meat. that is now in
progress over the country but such was
not the case. The subject was introduced
during the meeting but those present de-
clined to act for the present. ma
jority holding that the boycotting OF
meat at this time would materially in
jure the retailers OF Chattanooga with
out affecting in any degree the packing
house people who are said by retailers
to be responsible for the high price of
beef The question was left open and a
protest against the high prices was reg
istered and this may lead later to
boycott of meat on the part of union
labor.
The militia of Tennessee, Georgia,
North Carolina, South Carolina and Ala
bama will participate in the maneuvers
at Fort Oglethorpe. The maneuvers will
be held in July and August. During
the month of May officers of the Geor-
gia guard are to report to Fort Ogle-
thorpe to attend the school of instruc-
ton for commissioned officers It Is said
there will be at least 30 Georgia Of
ficers at the camping grounds. The OBJ
1ect in having the national guard Of
ficers to stay at Oglethorpe for ten days
is to make them thoroughly familiar with
the tactics afterward to be fully ex-
planned to the men under their charge.