The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-07-04
ROYAL HEIR, JUNIOR, CHAMPION BULL, ID { BE RESOLD TODAY National Live Stock Go. Makes Second Donation to
 Red Cross Fund
LAVENDER'S LORD IS
 TAKEN TO CAPITAL
Many Alabama Cities Follow Bir- mingham's Example and Will Hold Red Cross Sales-Dr.
 Barnett to Make Grafton

Royal Heir. junior champion at the sold at auction again this afternoon in front of the First National bank, Sec ond avenue and Twentieth street, for the benefit of the Red Cross. The money paid for the bull at this sale will go to the chapter designated by the pur chaser,
 Royal Heir is roam, ea1ved March 25. 1917. bred by C. T, Nelson at Charlottesville, IL. and donated for the sale last Tuesday by the National Live Stock Commission company of the Ma tional Stock yards, Illinois. Henry Huschler, head steer salesman of the commission company was here Tues day and bid the bull in at $500 and imm mediately designated the money be credited to the Birmingham chapter of the Red Cross, The company yesterday instructed Mir. Derby to sell the bull again for the benefit of the Red Cross. and after conferences with several members of the local committee he de- cided to have the sale this afternoon.
 GENEROUS OFFER
 The National Live Stock Commission company is owned principally by southern men who are deeply inter- ested in the south and it's cattle in- dustry, and they are making this sec ond generous offer with the view to arousing a greater interest among the people of Alabama in cattle raising
 Col W. T. Parker of Birmingham, who acted as auctioneer Tuesday in the resale of two bulls that brought much larger prices at the second sale than at the first, will be the auctioneer this afternoon He is considered to be one of the best auctioneers in che country. Ed Jemison, who has been associated with MT. Derby the past IS years in the breeding of Sharthorn cattle, and is said to know more about that breed than any other man in the country, will lead Royal Heir into the ring this afternoon
 PRESIDENT WILSON Lavenders Lord grand champion, will be taken to Washington in few days by MT. Derby and shown to Presi- dent Wilson. MT. Derby said last night that he is satisfied that President Will son will be glad to have himself pho tographed with the bull as soon as he sees what a fine animal he once owned. When MT. Derby goes to Washington with the bull he will be accompanied by Ed Jemison of Sumter county, Rob- ert l.. Seals of Sumter county, southern representative of the American Short horn Breeders associations; Col. Carey l.. Jones of Chicago, Col. F. M Gross of Kansas City, and Mir. Hildebrand of the Hildebrand studios. Chicago.
 The Presidents check, which he re- mitted to the committee in payment of ttax, ltII k.1r I .,t date yet to be fixed. In the hurry and excitement of the sale Tuesday it was overlooked. An offer of $100 has already been made for the check, but MT Derby says he intends to get more than that for it.
 WONDERFUL IMPETUS
 w. R. Henseley, president of the Nat tional Live Stock Commission company, who donated Royal Heir for the sale Tuesday and directed the resale this aft ernoon, is a southern man, and has taken a lively interest in the Red Cross sale, realizing not only the great ben eft flowing therefrom to that great organization, but the wonderful im- petus the sale would be to the cattle industry of Alabama and the entire south.
 Ten car loads of bulls were shipped to their purchasers yesterday by MT. Derby and the others sold to parties away from Birmingham Will be snlpped just as fast as they can be gotten ready
 The Jersey donated by J. K Newman of New orleans. chairman of the gull division of the Red Cross, was shipped to Orrville yesterday and will be sold at the Red Cross sale there today.
 Enulating Birminghma's example sew eral Alabama towns and cities will pull off bull sales at early dates for the benefit of the Red Cross. One will be held at Orrville today, two of the bulls bought at the sale here last Tues day having been purchased for that nnrpose Frank Willis Barnett ef Bir- mingham will make the Fourth of July oration at the sale.
 SALE AT DEMOPOLIS
 On Saturday of next week sale of bulls will be held at Demopolis for the benefit of the Red Cross chapter of that city The committee from Demopolis, headed by C. c. Clay. bought 1S bulls at the auction Tuesday and they will be included in the list offered there.
 Livingston is arranging for sale for the benefit of the Sumter county chap ter at an early date yet to be fixed.
 That the Red Cross auction sale here Tuesday attracted nationwide atteh- tion is evidenced by two telegrams re- ceived by The Age Herald last night. One of them came from The Washing tor Farmer, published at Spokane. wash. asking tor a full report of the sale. and the other from western cat tle journal requesting pictures of the grand champion bull taken in the Tut wiler hotel