The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-08-05
ALBANY Y-DECATUR DOCTORS ANXIOUS
 ID SERVE COUNTRY
Four Volunteer, But Only One Accepted for Army. Many Morgan Men
 Claim Exemption

Albany, August 4-( Special )-Four of Albany and Decatur's leading phy- sicians have volunteered for service with the medical corps of the new na- tonal army, only one of them being accepted for the present because of physical disabilities. Dr. Frank F. Pet ty, well known surgeon and physician, was the man accepted, while Dr. H. D. Greer, pr. J. w Crow and Dr. k. M. Buchanan failed to pass, but may come in later if, the physical require ments become less rigid. In addition, two negro physicians Dr. D. Z Dar- den and pr. J. T. Taylor. were accept ed. Other physicians here have eA- pressed a willingness to do duty with the army and their applications will be turned in later. The examinations were conducted by Dr. Robert Gold thwaite of the United States medical re- serve corps, who is now lining up Alabama medical talent for army work.
 Vincent Walker. who has been at the training camp at Fort Oglethorpe. Ga, is here on furlough and will leave soon for Atlanta, where he will enter Georgia Tech for a six weeks course of instruction in running gasoline engine. He then will be sent to all aviation training field. Haywood Mar tin, who was at the officers school at Fort McPherson. is expected to also enter the aviation corps.
 More than 100 first-call men who came to the offices of the Morgan county selection board today to file their claims for exemption from army ...- T r-l.: due to the fact that the board has ruled that the men will have time on the day they are examined to file their exemption claims and that the 10 days additional allowed will be sufficient to submit proof as to the validity of their claims. There is now but little doubt that a large percentage of the registered men of the county will claim exemption. Indications, how ever( are that many of the claims will be disallowed
 The Albany public schools will open their fall term on September IT, 1t was announced today by President w. A. Bibb of the city board of educa- ton. The announcement was made to put a quietus on rumors to the effect that the term would begin in October and the regular nine months term would not be taught. The faculty has not yet been announced in full
 Miss Mabeile Biggart of New York city and London, England, famous traveller, student and ethnologist, widely known as the sunshine evangel," will give benefit performance in the interest of the Red Cross woork at the Decatur public school building Monday evening, under the auspices or the Recatur Red Cross Miss Biggart will also preach Sunday afternoon at the school grounds. The Decatur recruiting station of the regular army received instructions today to begin recruiting Monday for the Ala bama Naional Guard, which will be sworn into the federal service Sunday. The recruits, however, will not be signed up here, but will be furnished transpor- tation to some national guard encamp- ment where they will be sworn in.
 The contract for the new s45000 build ing to be erected here by the Southern Bell Telephone company has not been let it became known here today. How ever, it is expected that the contract will be awarded early next week, and that ground for the structure will be broken within few days.
 The Morgan county circuit court ad- journed today until Monday, when hear Albany against the Decatur Land com pany for the collection of contested as- sessments will be resumed. In the cases so far decided, juries have reduced the assessments in some degree, holding that they were in excess of the enhanced val uation of the property which they abutted.