The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-07-20
PROMINENT ALBANY WOODMAN'S LOAN
 PLAN IS ADOPTED
Head Camp in Session In- dorses Resolution Passed at>DOthan Aimed to
 Aid Farmers

AlDany, July l9.-CSpecial. )-The ef- forts of Melvin Hutson, local attor- ney and former solicitor of the county. to have the $3O,000, ,o00 reserve fund of the Woodmen of the World subject to loan to Woodmen who are farmers, nave been successful. MT. Hutson in- troduced a resolution at the meeting of the head camp at Dothan, which was adopted, requesting the national Wood men Organization to take action in the interest of the farmer Today he re- ceived the following telegram from $. D. Slighter and II. K. Dickinson, Ala bama delegates to th@ national camp at Atlanta: Passed faym loan law after all-day fight. The {money will b4 loaned at low rate}of interest"
 The Morgan counE jury commission is now in session for the purpose of refilling the jury box with names of men eligible for july service The coln- mission is composed of Fred Tidwen of Albany ". R. Tea8ue of FalkviIle and A. P. Ford of Eva.(
 Capt. Fred Vass9 of this city is ex- hibiting monaF z peach from his young orchard& <thin the corporate limits of Albes hat weighs 12 ounces ana Is II ip $ H diameter.
 That ae "bon9 dry" law has de- ere A the nunFber of arrests for dis of .srly conduct fand drunkenness in Al pany and DecaE Eur is shown by the rec ords of the tw3 police courts. Two days this week th9 mayors courts did not convene, and flor the week there have been no conEictions for drunkenness. The city cle4ks state, too that the street tax iE being paid with an un-
 The jarsi in which the dollar" con- tributions ito the Benevolent hospital fund aref placed will be formally opened Saturday night at o'clock at a local 9arage, 1t was announced to- day Thef public will be invited to wit ness thel opening. As the campaign be- ing wagfd by the Ladies' Benevolent society Aas 5000 as it's objective, there will be "a big pile of silver displayed at the 8pening if the full amount is raised.
 Fifty Eight boys who went to Sun day scHFol every Sunday in June and whose Experiment was good, are now taking 8aily swims in the pool of the local " M. c. A., and that without charge They took advantage of Sec retarS Thompson's offer of the privi- leges} of the pool to all boys with good Sunday school records.
 In order to be able to handle the big dorn crop which Morgan county is expected to produce this year. the Lyle Taylor Grain company here has arran ged to install giant corn sheller with Ia daily capacity of 40o0 bushels on September l.
 Flour and sugar, already expensive cont fnodities, took another upward bound here today when quotations OF an increase of 25 cents per barrel on four and 25 cents per hundred on sugar we're received by local wholesalers.
 The rain which visited Morgan coun- ty earlier in the week did not extend to Lawrence county. according to re- ports from there today. However, a gooc rain. accompanied by a light hail. fell lthere yesterday. and crop prospects are ;good
 Forty three teachers took the exami- nations at Hartselle this week, accord ingi to County Superintendent J. c. Tid- we'll. Of these one was for life cer- tiffate, six for first grade, Is for on4 grade and 20 for third grade.