The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-01-24
NEGROES ARE TOLD
 WILD STORIES BY
 SEEKERS OF LABOR
North Alabama Agents Are Said to Be Using All Kinds of Ruses to
 Employ Men

Albany, January 2s-(speciaL) )-C Carline
 the home of her mother, Mrs. E. R. Clarke
 as the result of blood poisoning and pneu-
 monia. Several days ago the child cut
 her lip slightly with a knife while eat
 ing an apple. Blood poisoning resulted
 Funeral services will be held tomorrow
 afternoon, conducted by Rev. w. F.
 Stuckey, pastor of the Austinville Bap-
 tist church. Interment at City cemetery.
 Labor agents operating in, Albany, De-
 catur and vicinity are throwing scare
 into the blacks of this section by the circulation of numerous weird reports, ac-
 cording to advices coming to the ears
 of city officials. Negroes are told, they
 say, that the name of New Decatur
 was changed to Albany for the purpose
 of driving all members of their race away They are also painted pictures of social equality if they go nosth. Mrs. w. B. Edmundson, who operates a large plantation near here, complained today that the labor agents had told her negro tenants that the soil they now till is ~ANO federal government will send troops here to restore the negroes their landed hold insg, and will drive the negroes off. So alarming have become the reports that it is stated that many negroes are pre- pairing to desert their homes. County and city officials have both been requested to see if some measures cannot be taken to prevent negro labor from leaving here for northern points.
 All Sunday school superintendents and assistant superintendents of Albany and Decatur will be banquetted at the Hotel Hilda Thursday evening, when plans will be made for the observance of Sunday school day on February IL The observ- ance of the day will be statewide and 1t is hoped by the Alabama Sunday School association to break all records for Sunday school attendapee. '
 At the meeting of the Albany council last night the city marshal was directed to use force in the payment of all city licenses and taxes, beginning with Feb- ruary l. After that day the penalty for delinquency will be collected, the council ruled At the meeting Alderman T. c. Masterson, who was recently elected by the council to succeed Alderman Dille- hay, who had been elected president of the council, was sworn in.
 Great enthusiasm is shown today in Albany and Decatur as the result of the meeting at Birmingham yesterday, at which the association to build the north and south national Bee Line Highway was formed. Returning delegates state that they were much impressed with the earnest purpose of the meeting, and will take steps at once to see that the Morgan county link of the highway Is constructed. movement has been launched here for bond issue for the purpose of building the road through this county, and also for the construction of a num- Der, of additional bikes.
 The body of Mrs w B. Lamon was laid to rest today in the family cemetery at Lanes beat. She was 65 years of age and is survived by her husband and the children: W. w. Lamon, James K. McMurray. Mrs. J. S. Walker, Charles Lamon, w. R. Lamon, R. l.. Lamon, I. W. Lamon, L. T. Lamon, w. F. Lamon, E.. B. Lamon, Claude Lamon and Minor Lamon.
 Will Wyl1er. prominent hardware man
 
 in the Everglades of Florida, has writ ten home that he has bagged his first deer, secured after six-night vigil. MT. Wyker and a party are hunting in the Everglades unaccompanied by guide
 The strange case of J. W. Early of AL bany, and Mrs. Wiley Baxter of Hunts vile, who lived in % miles of each other for % years, each unconscious of the proximitp of the other, was given another tinge of the unusual today when w. L. Early of Warrior came here to visit his brother at the same time with his sister. He, too, had not seen Mrs Baxter for a quarter of a century, having been under the impression that she had moved away. I. w. Early was thought by his sister to have been killed under a lumber pile and she was only advised of the fact that he had recovered from his injuries through a friend. There was an affecting family reunion at the Early home here when the two brothers met their sister after so ftov,