The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-04-07
ALL GUARDSMEN ON FURLOUGH CALLED
 BACK ID CAPITAL
Company K Members at Home in Sheffield Hurry to Answer Recall
 to Camp

Sheffield, April G.. Special )-First Lieut.. Jep Blake of Company K. Ala bama National Guard, who has been here on furlough several days, yesterday re- ceved a telegram from Captain Crowell at Montgomery instructing him to notify all members of the company at home on furlough to report at once in Montgom- cry, as all furloughs had been revoked. The boys left immediately for Montgom- cry Why they were hastily summoned back to Montgomery is not known, unless it is because the company is to be trans ferred to some point for police duty in guarding industrial plants.
 Deputies c, P. Miller and Albert King of Leighton made a raid this week in the mountains about 10 miles east of LaGrange, in this county The officers found two large stills in operation and about 1900 gallons of beer were destroyed and two copper outfits were taken in charge. The operator of the still made his escape by jumping from a 25-foot bluff.
 Arthur Shaw, young brother of Attor- hcy ". H. toudW Ol | uSCuillDio He'o SSSif appointed a congressional page by Con- gressman A. B. Almon, vice Robert Lee Johnson, resigned He has gone to Wash ington to take up hs duties.
 Luther Hopwood, formerly of this city, died at his home in Lawrenceburg Tues day of ptomaine poisoning. He is sur vived. besides his wife and five children, by his mother, Mrs. R. N. Hopwood; his sister, Mrs. B. A. Richey, and his brother, c. B. Hopwood of Sheffield, all of whom attended his funeral at Lawrenceburg.
 The civil cases on the docket for the present term of the Colbert county cir cult court being disposed of Judge Almon yesterday dismissed the juries and ad- journed the court until Monday, April IS, at which time the criminal docket will be taken up. Meanwhile the grand jury will be in session.
 Miss Pearl Cater and Walter Azbell, both of Sheffield, were queitly married Wednesday night at the home of the brides parents, MT. and Mrs. J. R. Ca ter, Sr., the ceremony being performed by Rev. MT. Harding of the Christian church, this city. They will make their home here.
 A large number of teachers of the Tri- Cities have gone to Montgomery for the annual meeting of the Alabama Educa- tional association to be held there. Among the number are pr. H. J. Willingham, Profs. w. R. Harrison, F. T. Nisbet, A. A. Wood. w. w. Benson and J. T. Me T. J@l n Ul,in FfHon 1nr ,nf Simpson, Charlotta Burt, Cora Bratton, Gabriella Knight, Cora Pearson, Corrine Nicely and Corrine Tuthill of the state normal college at Florence; Prof. w. H. Miner and Miss Laura Hunt of the high school, and Prof. Paul Handlin of Sheffield.
 Richard Richeson, bookkeeper of the Citizens Bank of Russellville, 20 miles south of here, has confessed to the em- bezzlement of $1400 of the banks funds and has been arrested. The banks direc- tors have issued statement 70 the eff feet that the bank is protected by bond. Richeson's case has been set for consid- eration by the grand jury in May.
 This is the second embezzlement to take place in Russellville banks during the past few months, the cashier of the Ten nessee Valley bank there having been found about $15,000 short in his accounts. This case has not as yet come to trial although it is understood that the short age has been made good by the former cashier.
 D. o. Matthews and John F. F'unke were delegates from Tuscumbia to the general good roads convention being held in Memphis this week, and they left Thursday morning for Memphis to attend the convention.