The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-01
TROY

Troy. March l.-,Speciat )-Three little
 negro boys, who had started out on a career of bold robbery had their aspira- |. tions suddenly cut short sunday when two of them weer captured and the other
 barely escaped
 The boys were evidenly hungry and ambitious to dress up They first went to Schulmans bakery, on Elm street, which they entered through cellar. They filled up on cakes and good things and then
 took about $5 in cash,
 After that they entered the clothing | store of Youngblood e Swain. on South Three Notch street. entering from the rear They fitted themselves out in style with a new spring suit each shoes, stockings, caps, silk shirts and other wearing apparel
 They were tracked by the police down 1 to branch, where they dressed up. They stroled around in the woods for some time "all dressed up and nowhere to go." then put their old clothes back on. l Most of the clothing stolen was found i by the policemen.
 I Two of the boys, Delacey and Jackson, were caught but Jackson managed to sliF away when allowed little freedom.
 The other boy, Booker T. Flowers, alias | Stnker.f was not caught.
 
 l Troy was visited by an airplane Mon
 day morning, when F. P. Loot, who rep | resents the Ohio Aviation school at Lo. rain Ohio. flew into the city from Union 1 Springs, landing at the fair grounds, where he was met by committee ot citizens from the Board of Commerce. He l intends carrying passengers on fiights 1 and doing commercial advertising whila here. The first passenger carried up was | -r ttx Effr1 cF Hanchey
 ] Two trojans had a narrow escape and very bad fright sunday when they were on train going toward Atlanta and were caught by the cyclone near La
 lGrange, Ga. They were l.. M. Bashinsky and Miss Mary Elizabeth BashinsRy. The
 train seemed doomed for some time, mn
 ally escaped with no one injured.
 1 pr. Wiley Beard left Saturday for Chi
 cago and will later go to New York
 where he will take special courses il
 | medicine. He will make a special study
 | of childreE's diseases and later in X-ras l york. He is son of Dr. and Mrs J. $ | Beard of this city and has been practicine here with his father and brother since his return from France, where he was with the army.
 |
 1 At a recent meeting of the proprietor' of the various retail stores of Troy with l the salesmen and saleswomen, the matter ! of closing the stores at o'clock in- | stead of 6, as recently announced, was discussed. It was unanimously agreed to close the stores at o'clock from the | first of April to the S1 st of August. every l day except Saturdays.
 The trains on the Atlantic Coast line were delayed Monday on account of a wreck near Banks, when four cars jumped the track and piled up in a heap. The track was torn up for some distance and traffic greatly delayed. The passen- gers had to be transferred and trains turned back on the schedules of other passenger trains.
 The death of Mrs. Thomas J. Young blood occurred at the family residence on Montgomery street Saturday night She had been i'll for seven weeks. following a stroke of paralysis. She was 69 years old. Her first husband was Dave Stroud, and several of their grown children are living. She was married last fall to Thomas J. Youn ngblood Of Troy who sur wives her
 The funeral services were conducted at the residence by Elder B. ! Wilson of Glenwood Interment was made at Elam cemetery near Goshen.