The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-01
ALBANY

Albany, April 3o.--(SpeciaL) 1.-TWO pa rades, one in Albany and the other in Decatur. will mark the celebrat ton to- morrow of May Day in the Twin Cities The Decatur parade will be patriotic in nature and will form on Bank street at ? o'clock. Led by the Second regiment
 band of a5 pieces and the negro band from the Normal school near Huntsville, the parade will move through the prin- cipal streets of the city. Mayor James A. Nelson will march at the head of the parade, and Senaca Burr, prominent business man, will be the grand marshal. | Col. Joe Gibson of Hllsboro, dressed as l Uncle Sam, will ride a horse of man. 1 moth size. At the conclusion of the pa- rade patriotic addresses will be deiv- cred by former Gov. Emmett O'Neal, Judge w. W. Brandon of Tuscaloosa and Ernest II. Hill of Dothan.
 1 The Albany parade, with a patriotic 1 tinge, will take the place of the usual | May Day affair. The May queen will be supplanted by the Goddess of Lib erty, 1 in recognition of the martial nature of l the times More than 1000 school chill dren will take part. The parade will 1 form on the High school campus at 2 l O clock and will march to Moulton street up Moulton to Second avenue and then back to the campus, where the children will form a gigantic American flag and various drills and other exercises will take place. Passing Wheeler park, where 1 is mounted the historic cannon presented to the city shortly after the close of the Spanish-American war, the parade will halt while new flag is raised Maj. Charles Bassett, who purchased the flag pole and staff, will be in charge of these exercises The children will sing The Star-Spangled Banner as Old Glory is run up the halyards.
 Indications are that as soon as the con- scription bill age limit has been agreed on by Congress and President Wilson has signed the army bill, that the young men of the Twin Cities will make rush for the recruiting stations. The popular opinion of the south against conscription will be in evidence again, judging from many expressions heard on the streets Among the local boys who will try for commissions by attending the officers
 raining school at Fort McPherson are fIlifton Almon, son of Solicitor D. C.. Almon; Hayward Martin, a prominent Decatur cotton man; Judge Thomas w {. Vert, Morgan county's famous prohibit ton Jurist; Edwin Shackelford son of w. B. Shackelford cashier of the City National bank; Joe Woods. a graduate or the university or Alabama, and many others. Thomas Gardiner, a young cot ton man, has already stood the examina- ton for the aviation corps, while Marvin Rankin. Roy Billings and others will also attempt to qualify as birdmen.
 War time bread prices will reach the Twin Cities tomorrow, local bakers hav- ing announced that on May Day they will raise the price of the loaf from to 10 cents. They promise, however. to in crease It's size.
 Robert Taylor Odom, a prominent young
 white man. was shot and killed this morn Ing at Hilsboro by Dick Madry, accord
 ing to information received by local of ficers, who were asked to keep @ sharp
 lookout for Madry, who made his escape
 The men are said to have quarreled over a mule.
 With the prospect of securing uniforms
 and rifles for the use of the Albany home
 guards. interest in the organization has
 increased. It Is expected that the federal
 government will supply the guard with
 rifles of an obsolete pattern, while the
 uniforms will be purchased by popular
 subscription. Joe M Petty, captain of
 Platoon B and former captain of Com
 pany E, Alabama National Guards, is ex-
 pected to resign in the immediate future,
 as he will volunteer for the army