The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-10-27
ALBANY

Albany, October 2e.-(Special,)--A civil service examination will be held at Al- bany on November B for the purpose of supplying a postmaster at Hartselle, the | recommendation of a postoffice inspcc- tor for the removal of Miss Elizabsth Simpson having been approved. So far | there are no announced candidates for ] the office. although it is understood that
 half dozen are working under cover and will be on hand when the examina- tion Is begun. Miss Simpsons removal
 is said to have caused considerable in dignation among her friends in Hart
 sehe, where she is quite popular, and
 is recognized as one of the most capa.
 ble business women of this section of the state. The recommendation of the postoffice inspector for declaring the of | flee vacant is said to have been due tc the reporting of minor irregularities which Miss Simpson refuted with affidl- wits, and which she claims were no more serious than occur daily in postoffices elsewhere. She charges that the inspec- l tion of the office was made while she was away from Hartselle, having gone | to Washington on business.
 l Charles S. Elliott a native of Morga n county, the son of MT. and Mrs. R. l.. l Elliott, is believed to have been killed Tor captured in the battle of Flanders. Having premonition of impending death MT. Elliott requested comrade-
 in-arms to write his sister. Mrs. Frank Ragland of Pine Bluff Ark, in the event that he did not come back from q l cherge over the top" This friend com piled with his promise, the letter being l forwarded to Mrs. Ragland here. where she was the guest of her cousin, Council B. Elliott, one of Aibanys leading busi- ness men. It stated that MT Elliott hal | been given up for lost. He was 31 years of age and enlisted one and half years ago with a Canadian regiment
 1 Joe Wheeler chapter, Daughters of the l Confederacy, announced today that 1t 1 had purchased liberty bond of the de- nomination of $150
 1 Joseph A Holt, a prominent citizen cf I Limestone county, who died at the home 1 of his son, James Holt, near Pettusville.
 was buried at the family burying ground there today. the funeral services being 1 conducted this morning by Rev. J. Pet I tey Ezell of Albany.
 | Owing to a change of plans, the 1 negro seectmen of Morgan county l will entrain nearly two hours earlier I than originally announced. The Nor l gan county exemption board today re- l ceived a telegram directing that the men leave at o'clock Monday after noon, october 2S, for Ft. Dodge. Ia, instead of at 6:O5 o'clock, as original ly directed. The special will also con. vcy troops from Cullman and Lime stone counties.
 The Decatur Cornice and roofing company, Albany's third largest man lufacturing enterprise, has just re- ceived an order for several thousand dollars worth of ornamental iron work and bronze to be used in the con-
 struction of the postoffice at Colorado Springs, Col.
 E. c. Rolker. proprietor of the new l Albany silk mill. left here today for his home at New York and will re- turn in about 10 days bringing with him number of experts to train the 1 local girls, who will become opera . | tives in the plant. MT. Rolker an
 nounced before leaving that he would give a formal reception to the public | of Albany and Decatur as soon as the 1 machinery was installed and the plant 1 ready for operation.
 A unique ad, one said to be without ], a parallel was inserted in a local pa per today. It was a boost for the I liberty loan and was one-half page. The advertisement was paid for by five Albany business men. who had the initials "W. R."-W. R. Smith, w. R.
 Hall. w. F. Shelton, W. F. Johnson
 and W. R. Spight.