The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-08-17
PULLMAN

l Cullman, August 16 Especially Thirty teachers passed in the recsnr examination held in this county, out of about 60 who stood examination for teachers licenses There were four young sisters from the Sacred Heart convent here. who successfully stood the examination Miss Elizabeth F. Cook was the only successful first grade applicant.
 l For the first time in many years 1 there were two negro applicants in the county. Both of them were success l fuI in getting certificates. l On September 12 L. N. Buell., deputy grand master of the odd Fellows of Alabama, will go to Baltimore to at
 tend the sovereign grand lodge. Ball. timore is the birthplace of the odd Fellow fraternity and the meeting in 1 September will celebrate the one hun dredth anniversary of it's organiza- tion.
 George Stiefelmeyer. grand patr.- arch of the state. will also go to Bal timore to attend the grand lodge MT. Buell. and MT. Stiefelmeyer hold the second and third highest offices in the state in the Odd Fellow fra ternity and they will be appointed to the highest offices in the state at the convention Of Odd Fellows, which will meet in Cullman next summer According to physicians reports re- ceived by Dr. R..I. Baird, county health officer, there arc now about 20 cases of typhoid fever in various parts of the county This fever seems to De more prevalent in the rural districts of the county than in town
 The cause of fever in the county, dc- eording to Dr. Baird is mainly from drinking water from low wells. There are usually more cases of this fever over the country this time of the year than there are at present. Dr. Baird | thinks that the heavy rainfall and the full wells have caused the decrease in the number of cases.
 Ward Parrish & Hendrix have scld out their store here to J. H. Guthrie & Co. This store contained a good stock of general merchandise which will probably be closed out by Mir. Guthrie
 The truck farmers of the county are shipping sweet potatoes now and hun dreds of barrels have already been placed on the market. Among those who have been most successful is A. T. Scott of Vinemont, who has made $14i per acre on Dooleys. He receives $5.25 per barrel for his potatoes Commissioners court met here this week and among the reports turned in was that regarding the three mill tax elections in eight of the districts The result of the election was as fol- lows: The law passed in Cold Springs New. Union, Midway Prairie Grcve. Garden City,, Baileyton and Hulaco, and was defeated in the Providence district
 Elections for this tax will be held in number of other school districts in the near future.
 Mir. and Mrs w. c. Windsor of this city have areceived news that their son. Privafe John K. Windsor. was cited for bravery by the commanding general while the company to which he belonged was in action in France in'November. The notice says:
 Private Windsor. during the days of the engagement, acted as a run ner for four platoons. carrying mes sages under heavy shell fire. with the greatest coolness and efficiency, and was ready at all times for any duty. however dangerous"
 
 mont by the Rev Move the member ship of the Baptist church there was increased to 43 The Baptsts have no building in Vinemont and the buy ing of the schoolhouse which will not be used after the completion of the junior high school. Is heinz contem- plated. The school building will he remodeled and made into an attractive church.
 The Chero-Cola plant here was sold this week to J. A. Nesmth & Son This plant occupies the Flowers build ing in West Cullman and is one of the best businesses in town. MT farnigan. who formerly had charge of the plant sold out in order to m ove his family to his farm few miles out from town
 big reinforced concrete chimney in Japan. 55o feet high and tanering from 2 feet inches to T feet inches. is the second tallest in the world. Measure ments have shown that wind of F miles an hour vibrafes the top less than one twenty-hfth of an inch. A wind of 54 miles increases the vibration about an 1. Inch. and with hurricane force it reached ,