The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-06-04
FLORENCE CITIZENS
 PLAN OBSERVANCE
 REGISTRATION DAY
Occasion to Be Made day Of Patriotic Demonstration By Entire People of
 County

Florence. June 3. - (Special) | Tuesday, June 5. which will be Reg istration Day throughout the Unlteu States, will be an occasion Of patrlollc E demonstration in this city. At meet ing of the Chamber of Commerce committee of 9 was appointed ana plans were adopted for the programme to be carried out All ministers of ths city were requested to preach ser man today appropriate of the present crisis the country is facing. At the country courthouse next Tuesday ap- propriate exercises will attend the raising of a large American flag over the courthouse. There will be pa triotic parade which will be formed in part by automobiles and floats Summer students of the Normal col lege will join in the procession. Be- tween the hours of 10 and 12 all busl- ness houses will be closed and the city will be decorated profusely in the ational colors. At : o'clock in the morning all whistles will blow and bells will ring to notify the people that the polls are open for registra- tion. Short addresses will be made by prominent speakers and special music will feature the programme.
 Everybody has been asked to join in making the day for military reg istra tion genuine success. As far as known there will be no hitch in the work of registration in Lauderdale county.
 At a meeting of citizens at the courthouse in this city speeches were made by Dr. H. J. willingham, Col. R. T. Simpson, Attorney w. H. Mitch ell and MT. Biting, who aroused their hearers to new enthusiasm and op- timism concerning the present and fu- ture of this section. The feeling was emphasized that the time is not far distant when the hopes of the people will be realized-that the nitrate plant will certainly be awarded 10 Muscle Shoals. The opinion Is preva- lent that Muscle Shoals stands a bet ter chance than ever to land the gov ernment great nitrate works.
 The Burrell (negro) Normal school of this city. maintained by the Amer ican Missionary association of New York city, has just closed a very sue cessful year under an able faculty headed by George N. White. A. B., principal.
 During the session 275 students were enrolled, representing all sections of the Tennessee valley. The graduating class numbered eight this year. Com- mencement address was delivered by Robert Elmer Brown head of the science department at Agricultural and Mechanical college at Normal.
 The chautauqua season opened in this ing well attended. A number of ex- cellent attractions are on the pro- gramme for the ensuing week.
 The summer school of the Normal college here will begin Monday. Stu dents are arriving on every train. All the rooms in the dormitory are filled and the dormitory annex also. Near by cottages have been rented for use of the students. The Normal college has just ended a highly successful year, due largely to the splendid man agement of Dr. H. J. Willingham, pres ident, and an efficient faculty
 The board of education of this city has selected Prof. F. T. Appleby of Lafayette to serve as principal of the Florence city schools. He succeeds Prof. W. R. Harrison, who had re- signed to enter another field. Pro- lessor Appleby comes highly recom- .-91 pressed at the action of the board.
 Miss Annie R. Hood of this city was chosen to fill the vacancy in the Bran don school. succeeding Mrs. Nettie Walden, who recently resigned.
 A committee from the membership of the First Methodist church of this city. composed of Judge J. F. Koonce, Thomas M. Rogers, J, J. Douglass and John E. F. Westmoreland, have raised s2300 to pay off long standing in- debtedness upon the parsonage. Re gently the members of the First Pres byterian church raised among its membership $500 to liauidate debt on their church.
 Mrs James K Powers of this city announces the engagement of her daughter, Elizabeth Lee, to Milo Smith Long, the wedding to take place at the home of the bride on the even ing of June 5.--
 Invitations have been received by friends in this city to the wedding of Miss Martha Louise Ellis to Ed mond Vanderveer O'Brien on Satur- day, June g. Trinity church, Brooklyn Heights. Miss Ellis is the daughter of William A. Ellis of this city. After the wedding the bride and groom will spend several weeks with the brides aunt, Mrs w. S. Hatch, in Sheffield.
 Socialists Arrive