The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-24
PULLMAN

1 Cullman, october 23.-t Especially movement is now on foot to raise over | S2o0,000 for an endowment fund for l the financing of the odd Fellows | Home here This will be used as a permanent endowment fund. the prin- cipal to be invested and only the in- I terest used to help defray expenses q. | the home.
 l Over 20,e00 pledge cards are being fsent out now to the Odd Fellows in l Alabama. Each member is asked to l contribute certain amount each year for five years The members are ex- pected to contribute at least s4 per year. No member is required to con
 tribute anything, however, unless he | SC desires. L
 l The home at present is maintained by tax of 10 cents per month on the
 members in the state. When the per
 nianent endowWent is raised this tax , will be taken off.
 cost of $15,0o0 in addition to thesfa farm 1 products which are raised by the cnil- dren of the home No cotton is
 planted, only food products being | raised. The entire crop of the home is used with the exception of sweet
 potatoes. A large amount of these are sold each year. Fine Holstein cattle and good purebred hogs furnish most
 Of the meat and lard that it takes to
 run the home throughout the year.
 There are now 100 children in the home. Four teachers are employed and a music teacher. ss @u
 The first wedding to take place in the home will occur on Wednesday night of next week when Miss Nettie Dinsmore will be married to young business man of Decatur. Miss Dirs-
 n1ore was reared in the home, both of her parents being dead. She is sweet
 and pretty and splendidiy educated. She has, been teaching in the home for the past two years. The Rebekahs all over the state have been giving hef showers and she will have hundreds of pretty garments and other gifts with
 which to start her married life. [ On Wednesday evening, also, the trustees. composed of tthe followins ,nen. will meet at the home: John ! ger of Birmingham. secretary; R. F. Ice of Cullman, treasurer; F. !
 Champion of Montgomery. Frank c. lErown of Decatur and Grand Master
 l. N. Buel of Culfman. This is the regularly quarterly meeting and much
 business will be attended to
 l Grand Master Buel has just re- turned from Mobile. He spends the !1srger part of his time going over the state in the interest of the Odd Eel IlcwsN According to him this popular fraternity is in a better condition both l financially and numerically than it has been for some time. The home here is enjoying unusual prosperity. There l will be a fine crop harvested and all 1 at the children are healthy and well. 1 The Odd Fellows now have fifty
 seven homes for the children and wid- ows of their deceased members. These are scattered all over the-werld. They house 10.s00 children. The fifty eighth home is being erected In Georgia 1 w M Shikles, who entered suit tagainst the l.. & N. Railroad Company some time ago for damages, was award-
 ed s20.ooo in the circuit court here We'd nesday. It was brought out in court | that MT. Shlsles was injured in 1sts while he was foreman of the switching l crew at Boyles. It seems that a negro brakeman did not make running switch. as he should have done, and that a sudden Iunge of the train caused Mir Shikles to fall from car. He landei on his feet, so it was brought out, and | had them crushed so badly that he is
 permanent cripple and has been able to walk very little for the past two years
 August Beller. one of the oldest Ger | man citizens in the county. died at his l home a few miles north of the city Oh Saturday. He was 73 years of age. Hef was a devout member of the Sacred Heart Church here. He is survived by several children and other relatives. The first services in the new church of | he First Christian congregation will De field in the basement on Sunday The 1 rest of the building is/ not yet com oleted The structure will cost over
 ts0o0o and is one of the handsomest in l he state. The case of E. R. voss and N V. Var boron.< twos men arrested here last l week. charged with having warned a gin ! to close until the price of cotton went sp was postponed in circuit court here | this week. | The drilling for oil near Hanceville has 6een postponed for time on account cf Line lack of water. All of the rigging is drilled The drilling is done by steam. and until sufficient water is secured, all work will have to cease.
 l Several important community fairs have been conducted at the following places. in the county this week: Trimbie, vipemont and Holly Pond. These fairs | are well attended the exhibits splendic | and the general enthusiasm unusually ll You'll Want to See II, the BILLY KIDS r