The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-02-05

 the children are noted in reports made to the parents who are cooperating with the health department in the child welfare work
 Sylacauga and the surrounding com munities including Mignon, Walco and Gantts Quarry. are to be made anti maarial according to plans being worlSd out between the county health authorities q citizens fthat section. Approximately 5000 will be made available for ditchfng, draining and oiling standing pools of water, one-hah of this sum to be pro- vided by the state health department. Mosquitoes have been numerous at Gantt's Quarry the past three yearf resulting in many cases of malarial fever, and the management of the quarry works have entered heartily into the plans to make the town free of malaria.
 John McLemore and w. H. Freeman, charged with the theft of an automobile from the streets of Talladega several weeks ago, were given preliminary hearing before Judge W. B. Castleberry O. the inferior court Tuesday and bound over to the grand jury under bond of s1oO0 in each case. McLemore and Free man were arrested in Rome. Ga, last week and brought to Talladega.
 Birdie Finch and Blanche Brown, two negro women charged with the murder of the day-old child of the former by admin istering pinch of snuff at their home in the western part of the city two weeks ago, were given a preliminary hearing before Judge of the Inferior Court W. B. Castleberry Tuesday, and were bound over to the grand jury. The Finch wom- an was remanded to jail while her sister, Blanch Brown, was allowed bond ill the sum of 5000.
 Services were rendered 3t, and 43 fami-
 lies were dealt with in January by the local Red Cross secretary. Miss Ruth Waters, according to report rendered by her to the regular meeting of the county chapter.
 Of the three main departments of voca- tioral school training, agriculture, trade and industries and home economies, Tal- ladega county is trying out two under the direction of the educational depart ment sof the county. About % pupils are enrolled in the vocational school of ag- riculture. run in connection with the con- , solidated school al Winterboro. The fe- suits thus far are very satisfactory and the pupils are manifesting much nterep in the work.
 Mignon. Sylacauga, has a live voca- tional school of trades and industries with a present enrollment of 20 Inssruc- tion is given in card room calculations, cotton mill arithmetic and spinning
 Three teachers are employed for the three different classes.
 County Superintendent of Education h. A. McNenl is very much ecouraged over the initial results from the two voca-
 tional schools and expects to enlarge this department of the educational work as rapidly as conditions will permit There were 1425 poll taxes paid in Tak ladega county. Approximately 251 paid taxes in arrears while five men pail up for 19 years, running in their delinquency as far back as 1901.
 Ben Gillian, white man. and Ed Pul- liam and J. B Patrick two negroes. were arrested in Sylacauga by Sheriff J. c. Cornet on charge Of violating the pro- hlbition laws. The two negroes are in
 the county jail. Gillian having made bond
 l The highest record for several yeays were scored by the Tailadega county l jail the first of the week. when 9 guests
 were on the register The prisoners are ! held on charges ranslng from petty mis-
 demcanOrs to murder.