The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-09-02
LABOR DAY WILL
 BE CELEBRATED
 BY THE TRI-CIT|ES
Exercises Will Be Held at Spring Park in Tuscum- Sheffield Schools
 to Open

Sheffield, September 1.-(special) Plans have been perfected for the celebration of Labor Day next Mon- day at Spring Park in Tnscumbia, where the people of the Fri Cities sec ton will assemble for the occasion, the programme having been especially arranged by the City Beautiful club of Tuscumbia.
 The various labor unions of the Fri Cities will participate in the celebra- ton and there will be addresses oy prominent speakers and Boss band will furnish the music. The programme provides for various amusements and attractions for both young and old, and large attendance from nearby sec tions is anticipated. A boat trip down the river to Shiloh battlefield is also a feature.
 Prof. L. E. creel. superintendent of the Sheffield public schools, has per fected arrangements for the begin ming of the 1917-1S school term Tues day, September 4. The local schools this year will be taxed to capacity and with splendid faculties highly successful school year Is predicted. | One change is noted in the faculty l of the high school. Miss McDaniel of i Marion will fill the place made vacant | by the resignation of Miss Fox. Prof Paul Hanlin will be principal of the grammar school.
 | Joseph E. Hurston of Tuscumbia, secretary of the Tennessee Valley Fair association, Is mailing out cataloss l and premium lists of the fair that will take place the latter part of this { month at the fairgrounds at Tuscum bia, which promises to excel any fair hitherto attempted by the local asso ciation.
 The people of the Fri Cities and of Lauderdale and Colbert counties arc looking forward to most prosperous times The resumption of operations at local industrial plants is having a healthy effect on business conditions In Sheffield every boarding house is filled to capacity and all hotels are enjoying splendid business. There is a big demand for residences and new mercantile concerns are being es- tablished
 Two young white men were arrested in this city by Special Agents Hack worth and Myrick of the Southern rail way and upon investigation 1t devei- oped that they were deserters from the United States army, and rewards were standing for their apprehension. The 1 men gave their names as Marshal Meriott and Lawrence Rice. They were taken to Fort Oglethorpe to be turned over to United States army officers During the past week the Sharp Realty company of Florence sold to G. E. Pickens 241 acres of land, known
 as the Striplin farm, lying on the
 Waterloo road in Lauderdale county
 the consideration being s12,00o. MT
 Pickens also. acquired farm of 23t acres adjoining from Judge j. E
 Koonce, for which he paid s11 ,500. Ii
 is stated that Mir Pickens will estab
 fish a model stock farm. Numerous
 other deals in lands are being made
 in this section.
 In the person of Leonard Colagross
 this city has town farmer who
 has established quite record this
 year and he states that he proposes
 to have ripe tomatoes for his Christ
 mas dinner from his own garden. Wa termelon. on Christmas day is one O his regular delicaces MT. Colagros. is using many of the methods used by
 the gardeners of his native country
 Italy-which is the secret of his sue
 cess.
 As an evidence of the increasins
 freight business in and out of Shef
 field. the Southern railroad has put ol
 several more truckers" to expedt
 the handling of freight. The Southern
 Northern Alabama and Louisville an, Nashville roads are all doing a 1arg,
 business from this point now.