The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-01-13
HUNTSVILLE MAN PNEUMONIA VICTIM
 IN MORALES CAMP
News Is Received of Death of Lieutenant Tisdale. Sanders Planning Bee
 Line' Highway


 sIbany, January 1z-(special.) )-The re- mains of Lieut.. Shirley Tisdale, Com pany F, Fourth infantry, Alabama Ma tional Guards, victim of the epidemic that has swept the camp of the state troops at Nogales, Ariz., were shipped from the border town today, and are ex- pected to arrive here Tuesday, Lieutenant Tisdale died there late yesterday, accord ing to brief telegram received by rela- tives here, which came only few hours later than a letter from the officer him. fering from a severe cold, but had not gone to the hospital for treatment.
 The death of Lieutenant Tisdale is the second to occur among officers of Com pany E. the local military organization, which went to the mobilization camp after strenuous duty at Huntsville, where it had preserved order during the excit- ing days following the discovery of the murder of Probate Judge Lawler of Mad ison county. Captain Horton, who went out at the head of the company, and was later breveted major, died late last year.
 Funeral services for Lieutenant Tisdale will not be announced until it is known definitely when the body will arrive. The dead officer is survived by his widow, two children, Mary and Louise. aged Il and 13 years; his mother, Mrs. M. M. Tisdale of Birmingham, and by three sisters and two brothers. He had been connected with Company F. for many years and was greatly beloved by his men. #
 Following the awarding to Huntsville of the branch line of the Jackson high way, and the exclusion of the Bee Line' route from any participation in the name of the proposed thoroughfare, local dele gates, following the leadership of Col. w. T. Sanders of Athens, today set on foot plans for building an independent highway. Colonel Sanders has suggested that the new road be named .The North and South Highway" although there is a strong sentiment here for calling it The Wilson Way in honor of the Pres ident of the United States. Colonel San ders today announced that he will, within two weeks call a meeting of the road enthusiasts all along the line from Pu- laslSi, Tenn, to Mobile, Ala, at which time definite move will be made for the beginning of the new thoroughfare. Mayor James A. Nelson of Decatur, w. E,. Crawford, Morgan county director of the Jackson highway. B. l.. Malone of Albany and other representative citizens are enthusiastically in favor of the lay ing out of a new highway, which will con- meet this section of the state with the roadways of Tennessee and over which tourists can travel from the north to the gulf.
 been conducted at the Central Methodist church by Leon c. Palmer and five other workers of the Alabama Sunday School association, came to a close tonight. The meetings have been largely attended and extended over three days.
 More than ssG,ooO has been paid out in dividends this week by the Central and Morgan county national banks of Albany and the City National bank of Decatur The Tennessee Valley bank of Decatur will not have it's annual meeting of stockholders and directors until January IS.
 Manager Beauchamp and Auditor Wat son of the Alabama Power company to- day announced that the company would Opcil StPdl dlc OiliCtS III DttdluT, Wltn Walter O. Smith as cashier, and would handle Albany and Decatur business en- tirely separate hereafter. Under the new rule customers even who own residences in Albany and do business in Decatur will settle light bills for each in the cor poration in which they are located. De- catur, it is recalled, recently voted bonds for the erection of municipal lighting plant, which so far has not been con structed.
 Officers of the City National bank were reelected at the recent directors meet ing as follows: C.. c. Harris, president; J. l.. Hutton, vice president; John D. Wyker vice president; John l.. Brook, vice president; w. B., Shackleford, cash fer; w. k. Roper, assistant cashier Di- rectors chosen were: c. c. Harris. J. l.. Hutton, John D. Wyker. John l.. Brock, w. B. Shackleford, A. F, Jackson, R. P. AfcEntire, A. D. Jervis, John B. Weakley, J. Fl. Peebles, E. F, McLemore, Thomas w. Vert J. Fl. Calvin, l.. A. Neill, T. M. Dix, D. D. McGehee, J. T. Jones, J. l.. Gunter
 Officers of the Central National bank were reelected as follows: A. A. Hard age, president; T. H. Mattocks, vice president; Thomas A. Bowles, cashier; Stanley Wyatt, assistant cashier. Direc- tors: A. A. Hardage, T. H. Mattocks, T. A. Bowles, c. V. Dupont, Samuel Blackwell, $. M Thompson, J. S. Patter- son, F, M. Schilcer o. B. Moebes, Charles M Eyster, J. L. Gunter.
 Officers of the Morgan County National bank were reelected as follows: W. A. Bibb, president; William E. Skeggs, vice president; F. A. Bloodworth cashier;