The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-09-09
FINAL PLANS ARE MADE FOR ALBANY
 BOOSTERS TOUR

Albany, September 8.-(Special )-Final plans were completed today for the trip to be made by the Albany boosters to many neighboring towns for the purpose of creating better business and social re- lations The boosters, in 25 automobiles, will leave Tuesday morning early on the initial trip, and will, during the day, vis- it Priceville, Somerville and Six Mile Other trips will follow, seven in all The following firms and individuals have ten dered the use of their automobiles for the trip: Patterson Mercantile company, i'urk Auto company, J. H. Calvin Co, A. z. Bailey Co, John F. Lovin, Albany Decatur Daily, Crow & Crow, John L. Proctor, R. E. Chandler Siveley & sand lin, Alabama Power company, Speake & Moebes, w. H. Aycock & Co., Cook Bros, Furniture company, Morgan County Ma uonal bank Central National bank, s. M Thompson, Ory-Cohen, Sam H. Ma lone, Charles Rountree. Malone Coal, Grain and Morton company. In connec- tion with the trip the Albany Board of Commerce is planning an extensive ad- vertising campaign, which includes the insertion of page advertisements in six newspapers with circulation in the counties of Morgan, Cullman Limestone and Lawrence for a period of 12 weeks Much additional advertising matter will be distributed by firms and individuals.
 The first bale of cotton for the present season wass brought here today by J. G. Finley of Decatur and was ginned J.x. Owing to the decline in price, Mir Fin ley declined to sell the cotton. although offered a premium over prevailing quota tions.
 Walter Griffin, a carriage maker, ap- peared before the Decatur city council last night and urged the city to back him in proposition to manufacture a new patented wagon, the feature of which is an axle of different construction from that generally in use The council ad- vised MT. Griffin that it had no authority to take such action, but that called sessIon would be held at which the alder men, as individuals, would take the mat ter under consideration.
 By the terms of an agreement concluded between Decatur aldermen and the South- ern railway, the road is to furnish Il carloads of gravel to be used in improv- ing the Bank street wharf.
 Thomas A. Bowles, cashier of the Cen tral National bank, has been notified of his appointment as chairman of the Al bany liberty loan zone composed of the counties of Morgan, Lawrence and Lime stone. MT. Bowles will name chairman for each of the three counties, who will aid him in making the second liberty loan success in this territory
 Dan BraclSen, a negro, arrested two weeks ago charged with the murder of his wife at Oakyille, just across the Law renee county line, has pleaded guilty in the circuit court of Lawrence county and accepted a sentence of life imprisonment.
 James L. Draper, secretary of the Nor gan county exemption board, in state ment today made 1t plain that 1t was no fault of the county board that men who were examined here for the new national ton blanks. The government failed to furnish these blanks, MT. Draper stated, and the exemption board had no author ity to purchase them.
 c. M. Livingstone was elected "truant officer by the Albany council at it's meeting last night. His duties will be to enforce the compulsory school law, which becomes effective on October 1. From that date until the Christmas holi- days all youngsters in the city will be required to attend school regularly.
 So numerous are the manufacturing es- tablshments that have been located here by the Albany board of commerce during the past year, that the board has been unable to find buildings to house them.