The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-26
DONATES LUMBER FOR NEW BRIDGE Fox Henderson, IT,, Offers to Furnish Material for
 Improvements

Troy August -(Special.)-Fox Hen derson, Jr., has shown his interest and
 appreciation of the efforts of the county
 to secure good roads by offering to
 donate all the lumber used in building q
 bridge and turnpike on the road lead
 ing to Thundering Springs. This re-
 sort near Troy was q great hobby of the
 late Fox Henderson, ST, and he had im-
 proved it very much by building bath
 houses, summer cottages and otherwise
 providing for the comfort and pleasure
 of those visiting there Hearing that the county intended putting in a turnpike and bridge Fox Henderson, Jr., told the county engineer to select the very best
 lumber and all he needed and he would donate it for the work
 New has come of the safe arrival over
 seas of two more Troy boys. Sergt Leon Gibson of the headquarters com pany, Thirteenth brigade, has arrived safely. Sergt. Joe Goldthwaite has also announced his safe arrival to his mother here. His brother. John Goldthwaita, previously arrived in France.
 Irving Gillis, son of MT. and Mrs. Claude Gillis, has been gassed in the re- cent drive in France and is now in a hospital there. He wrote that his rifle gas mask and pack were torn to pieces by a shell and his helmet knocked 10 feet from the trenches.
 Nelo Whidby. son of Mrs. Ben Whidby, Is also in hospital in France and has been for the past seven weeks suffering from wounds. His brother, Robert whidby, who had previously served two years with the French army and was discharged suffering from shell shock, has entered the United States army, and after training at Pensacola has again gone to France to fight. He stated that he felt as if he were going back to duty after a vacation.
 Pike county has been called upon to furnish 1G7 men in the first week in Sep tember. A call is made for 40 white men to leave on Septt. 3 and for 67 negroes2to leave on Sept. 1. The local board stated that they thought they wodld have 10 invade the 1918 registrants for the 40 white men as Class 1 has been exhausted.
 splendid meeting of the TroySalen1 Baptist association was held at Hep zibah this week. The meeting began Wednesday and every church in the as sociation has delegates present except China Grove. There was such large crowd present that all could not get into the church at one time. pr. F. M. Shack elford of Troy was moderator and Will Mott of near Banks was clerk. MT. J. D. Murphree was treasurer. Speak CTS for the two days, Wednesday and Thursday, were Judge A. B. Foster, J. D. Murphree. Rev. J. M. Loftin, Mrs. l.. M. Bashinsky. Rev. w. H. Black, Dr. Yarbrough of the state mission board. MT. Stewart of the Baptist or phanage and others.
 S l.. Hawkins of Birmingham has accepted a position with the II. Sacks store as advertising man. window decora- tor and showcard writer. He succeeds Peter Apt, who has gone to Albany Ga., to be manager for R. l.. Jones X CO
 " IT. Northcutt, who has been with the Farmers and Merchants bank here for sometime, has been appointed as an assistant bank examiner in the Sixth fed eral reserve district. He has gone to Mo bile to take up his new duties. Mir Northcutt has resided in Troy several years and married Miss Ruby Wright of this city. He is a steward of the Meth odist church and a prominent baraca worker.
 William Lawson, after an illness of several months, died Thursday night it o'clock at the home of his mothen Mrs M. J. Lawson on Madison street He had recently returned from the west, where he went in search of health. He was fl years old and is survived by his mother and eight children, who are Herbert Leonard. Mrs. Thelma Esham, L. T., Mary Panola. Johnnie and Charles. His wife died two years ago He was a member of the First Baptist church and had been an employe of the Atlantic Coast Line railroad as teic- graph operator The funeral was held Friday afternoon. Rev. H. O. Thread will of the Methodist church, and Dr. R. J. Bateman of the Baptist church, Me ridian, Miss, conducting the services The interment was made at Oakwood cemetery