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newspaper mems conversations With the prisoner were cut short by police officials Mrs. Fox, the prisoneE-- wife, called at the jail twice, leavin. the second time without seeing heA husband when she learned newspaper men were seeking her. Other reports said she was i'll at her home and reporters who called there were turned away by an unidentified man.
 It was learned today that some time ago that Coburn was poisoned while Iunching with a man whose name has not been announced. Last month, it is said, threatening not was delivered to the Coburn home.
 The body of Captain Coburn was to leave tonight for Savannah, where funeral and interment will be held
 
 The United Textile association, rep resenting half a million workers in the cotton industry in Great Britain decded at a recent meeting to take active steps to bring before the no- tice of the public the deplorabie. con dition of the cotton trade. It was stated at the meeting that for three years the textile workers had been suffering, and in consequence union funds had been practically exhausted
 Three big department stores and scores of smaller shops Tn Butte' Mont. closed indefinitely when em- ployers dispensed with the services of more than 700 clerks because their union had refused to order back striking drug clerks.
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Transfer of blood from one person to another is an effective treatment for at least 2S specific maladies,
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NE W SYSTEM |S
 TRIED IN SCHOOL
Individual instruction Throws Off ShaCkIe Of Lock
 Step

WINNETKA, ILL, Nov. 6.-(By As sociated Press)-Pupils don't fail" any more in the public schools of Winnetka. It is not that these school children are different, but because the Winnetka board of education has thrown off the shackles of the old class lock-step system" and has pro- vided every child with individual in- struction, accroding to Carleton w. Washburne, superintendent of schools. Reputed to be the first complete example of individual instruction in public schools Winnetka's experi- ment already has gained wide atten- i ton. Last year alone" MT. Wash burne said, the Winnetka schools were visited by hunureds of visitors from all parts of the United states and from Australia, New Zealand, Japan, Sweden, England and Belgium. This widespread interest" the superintendent continued, shows general awakening to the evils of class lock-step and to the need for 1 individual instruction. For four years we have been working out the tech nique of individual instruction in the public schools of Winnetka. While our work is still crude in many ways, l we have demonstrated beyond ques- 1 tion that it is possible for a public 1 school system to give individual in- 1 structlon and individual promotions without changing the size of classes and increasing the number of i teachers.
 Already Demonstrated.
 "The general value of individual in
 struction already has been demon strated by Burk al the San Francisco | State Teachers college, Sutherland of l the Los Angeles public schools, by | Horn in Iowa, and by Courtis in De-
 troit Jessie MacKinder in London has shown the possibility of putting l individual instruction in large city school classes, even with five and six year-old children.
 All of these experiments have shown that individual instruction eliminates failures and grade repeti- tion, that it stimulates childrens in- terest in school, that it strengthens their initiative, sense of responsibility and self-eXpressive activities more than is possible under the old class lock-step system"
 O O O
 Recognize Prowess.
 The Winnetka public schools are operated upon an individual system | which permits each child to progress
 at his own natural rate, not forced too rapidly by those who are quick
 CT, nor held back by those who are
 slower. Promotion is by subjects. A
 child may be promoted in reading at
 one time, for instance. and in arith-
 metic at quite another. Promotion
 does not necessarily involve a change of rooms. Pupils in the same room
 may be doing two or even three
 grades of work.
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STUDENTS JOKE PREMIER
Lloyd George And Asquith Please
Cambridge University

CAMBRIDGE, Eng, April 21.-Col-
lege students in Britain proba bly,
carry the sport of Raging" to fur
Their extremes than in any other
country. The installation of a
former prime minister of the king
dom as chancellor of one of its old
est universities might seem to be a
ceremony that would command the
respect even of undergraduates. But
when David Lloyd George was made
chancellor of Edinburgh University
some time ago. the whole proceedings
was a joyous riot, which the faculty
of the institution took as matter
of course.
Another former prime minister,
Herbert II, Asquith, made speech
here recently. aud the students of
the ancient seat of learning framed"
a plot to kidnap him on his way.
The plot miscarried, but if Mr.. AS
quith had been ten times a prime
minister the students would not have
hesitated to drag him off his train.
Apparently the scheme was to kid :
nap Mr.. Asquith on his way from
London. He was to have been mo-
tored to Royston and there given a
dinner Referring to this plot in the
course of his speech, Mr.. Asquith
said.
1T is only owing to the grace OF
Providence or the accident of fortune
that | am here tonight. There are
tales of false brethren who, I'M
known to and unsuspected by me, APP
pear to have endangered my journey.
Through your vigilance and excellent
staff work | escaped them and am
able to be here with you now"
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GERMAN CITIZENS
ORGANIZE AGAINST
UNEMP LOYED BAND
Many Lives Lost When Riot
ing Breaks Out In
MuIheim

MUELHEIM, April 20-tBy AssC-
ciated Press.)-The citizens of Muel-
helm and it's vicinity are tonight or
ganizng for protection against
the unemployed bands which were
dispersed this morning from the CEN
ter of the town and are now assem-
bling in the outskirts. Armed with
improvised weapons the people of
Muelheim are ready to repel any fur
Their invasion of the town by the mall
contents.
The Red Cross society's representa-
tives say that nine or ten persons are
dead and twenty are injured in con
sequence of the mob rule; but this
count is not an accurate one, mas
much as those who had besieged the
Rathaus and other parts of the town
carried away some Ct their dead and
injured. Most of those among the
unemployed who were injured were
beaten over the head with clubs,
Ten of the defenders of the Rathaus
received bullet wounds.
In the suburbs where the bands
driven out of the town are gathering
it is reported that they are holding
up pedestrians and plundering. Some
of the men entered restaurant
owned by man named Rtsenthal
and ordered meals and drinks. When
the bill was presented fight was
started and Rosenthal was killed and
his son shot four times.
German officials assert that most
of those enga ged in the disorders are
communists. About 80 of the leaders
have been arrested. The citizens OF
Muelheim and vicinity assert that
they intend to take measures tomor-
row which will entirely end the &C m =
muniSt movement,
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WORTHLESS u. S. NOTE
GOES FAR IN RUSSIA
$4,000 Bill Is Accepted As Genuine
By SOyiets

kIEN, Russia, April 21.-An Am
erican sailor and ten thousand
dollar bill recently disturbed the
Ckrain money markets.
The sailor came from one of the
American destroyers which put i'll
now and then at G .ssa, on the Black
Sea. Where he got the ten thousand
dollar bill is a mystery, though 1t is
inferred he acquired it in the China
service.
The bill had all the earmarks of
United States legal tender. save that
in a corner We're printed four stars
calling attention to the word "speci
men,"
The bill appears to have been
passed for a trillon or SO roubles
in Odessa, and gradually to have
worked its way into the interior,
leaving a trail of wonder and then
of disaster as each of it's various
owners discovered the actual value
of the paper.
The bill came to Kiev in the hands
OF money changer, who walked
into the offices of the American Re-
lief Administration and asked the
office chief to change it.
The chief used to such requests
concerning odd lots of Confederate
money, was nonplussed The bill
looked good until the word "spec-
men was noted.
Further inquiry showed that the
bill was part of some samples
printed up for China some 40 years
ago. when an endeavor was being
made to persuade the Chinese to
adopt paper money for large
amounts.
The Russian money changer said
he had paid Il hundred dollars for the
bill. Now | guess I'll have to sell
it to somebody else" he added.
So ii went on further travels
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R0UMTREE 4 CA | N
ELECTED LEADER
Of R D A D BODIES
Leon Jones Chosen Vice Pres
ident of Bankhead High
way Association

GREENVILLE, s. c., April 20
Former Gov. o. A. Larrazola of New
Mexico today was reelected president
of the United States Good Roads
association and Bennehan Cameron
of North Carolina, was chosen presi-
dent of the Bankhead Highway asso-
citation at the closing formal session
of the joint convention of the two
organiza tion. Except for conferences
cussions of road work, tomorrow
morning. all business of the conven-
ton was completed.
The officers chosen all were re-
elected. besides the presidents, the
others being:
United States Good Roads associa :
ton, former Senator Charles e
Townsend, Michigan; Gov. w w
Brandon. Alabama; Mrs. Albert B.
Thornton, Atlanta. Ga, vice presi-
dents. and j. A. Rountree, director
general. Governors of 40 states were
reelected state vice presidents and
all state directors We're elected.
Bankhead National Highway as
ISOLATION. Leon G. Jones, Alabama
treasurer; and j. A. Rountree, di-
rector general. state vice presidents
remain the same except that J.
Sprunt Hill, of North Carolina. is
succeeded by T. l.. Kirkpatrick. Ro-
bins Jones to succeed j. l.. Thomas of
Tennessee, and Mrs. Charles E.
Townsend was elected to the wom-
ems commission to succeed Mrs.
Edgar B. Kay of Washington. d. c.
The date for the 1924 convention at
Albuquerque. y. NJ, will be selected
later by the presidents and director
general of the associations.
I he convention today heard ad-
dresses by United States Senator Nat
b.. Dial, former Gov. Wilson G Har-
Ney and Representative II. p. Fulm er
of South Carolina and Representative
w. H. Bankhcad of Alabama. A
number of resolutions, including one
by former Senator Townsend APP
proving federal aid in construction OF
state highways and insisting on CON
tinuance of this aid and another in
dorsing Che request of Hawaii for
federal aid in road building were
passed.
Representative Bankhead. In his
address, dealt chiefly with the agri-
cultural needs of the country. He as
serted that when the next Congress
makes its appropriation for land re-
clamation, the south must receive a
proDortinate share for drainage pro
iects
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RE VAL UAT|0N Of
ALABAMA P0NE R
COMPANY ORDERED
Company Cited by Public Ser
vice Board-Case Expect
ed to Go to Court
UContinu ed from Page One,

filed by the Alabama Power COM
pany, and If the, contentious of the
Mobile Gas company are followed by
the Alabama Power company it will
contend that since no protest or APP
p!ication for rehearing was filed the
tentative valuation. without further
order of the commission, became
final at the end of 80 daEssnd that
an irrevokable contracs as made
between the state and the utility
whereby the valuation will be re-
tanned at the figure set by the ten
tatiNe order.
Order for RevaIuation.
The commissions revaluation or
der follows:
Upon consideration by the COM
mission of this cause. and the order
of valuation made herein on Decem-
Der 10, 1922, and in view of the pro
visions of the act of the legislature
of Alabama approved on, to-wjf.
February 10. 1923, amending sec
tons Is, 16 and AZ of the Alabama
public utility act OF 1v2o, the com
mission is of the opinion and finds
sufficient and which the commission
deems sufficient to make revalu-
alton of the property of said Ala
oama Power company.
1T is, therefore, ordered by the
commission that for reasons which
are sufficient, and which are deemed
sufficient by the commission, re-
valuation be made by this commits
sion of the properties of the said
Alabama Power company for rate
making purposes, and that said re-
valuation be and it is hereby ordered
to be made. as provided under the
act of the legislature of Alabama
senate bill No. liz, approved Feb
ruary 13. 1928.
1T is further ordered by the COM
mission that it is the intention of
the commission to proceed to such
revaluation of the properties of said
Alabama Power company.
1T is further ordered by the com
mission that notice as required by
law be given to the said Alabama
Power company of the conmi ssion' S
said intention to proceed to re-
valuation of the properties of said
company, and that Tuesday, the first
Cay OF May, 1928, at IL o'clock a. m,
is hereby set down for hearing this
matter at the offices of the COM
mission in the state capitol at
Montgomery, Alabama. at which time
end place the said Alabama Power
company may appear and show
cause, if any it has, why said COM
mission should not proceed with
such revaluation of its said proper
ties"
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GREENSBORO SCENE
Of GREAT BAPTIST
CENTENNIAL EVENT
Baptist Conventions Found
ing There 100 Years Ago
Celebrated

GREENSBORO, Ala, April 20
Especial To-day was red letter
day in the history of Greensboro
Baptists. when they celebrated with
many spectacular features the CEN
tennal of the founding OF the Ala
bama Baptist convention in Green's
boro. At 10 o'clock huge parade
of Is floats formed at. the college
and passed through the streets. l..
r. Fuller was marshal of the day
and led the procession. Next came
the Tuscaloosa band, donated as spell
cial compliment to the Baptsts by
the citizens of the town.
The first float was a perfect rep
resentation of old Salem Baptist
church where the convention was
founded in 1928. Miss Compton.
dressed in quaint dress and Stat sun
bonnet, sat on the steps. The JUDI
son glee club, % in number, occu-
pied float. Two floats showed Ma
and of the Alabama Baptist. TINY
tots dressed in white were in the
float representing the Sunbeams.
Eeach float in turn showed some
phase of Baptist endeavor in the
past century.
When the crowd reached the
church it was found so large that it
was divided, the women going to the
court house. Mrs. Logan Fuller very
gracefully presided over this meet
ing, Introducing the speakers. Mrs.
w. II. Sanford, state president Oh
the w. NJ u, was the first speaker.
She made an interesting talk on
women who have made Baptist his
tory. Miss Hannas Reynolds was
the next speaker and spoke of the
Young people's. work in the church.
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CASPER BUREAU /
THE ERALD )
ALL a il Oh


Walker county is endowed with
unsurpassed resources and the de-
velopment of them is we'll under
way. From practically every point
i'm the county come reports of new
industries being established and of
old ones being enlarged and i'm
proved, of - time for the miners
at the mines and of new buildings
being erected. A Veritable building
boom is sweeping over Walker
county.
In Jasper there are in course OF
construction 100000 hospital a
$50, 600 theatre, thousands of dollars
worth of paved streets and numer-
Gus substantial homes in every part
of the city. HouNes are also in
course of construction at CordoVa,
Dora. Carbon Hill. Oakman, NauYoo
and every other important point in
the county. New banks are to be
established at Carbon HILL Nauvoo
and Jasper.
Among the prosperous industries
of walker county is the CordoVa
mattress factory. which has recently
enlarged and improved its~eiant at
Cordova. The company has put in
a water system of its own which
adds to the conveniences of the
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Texas Citizens Are Caught In Meses OF Government Oil Probe
HARVEY KEEPS SILENT
Refuses To Comment Upon His Rep
ortoria1 Jaunt

LONDON, April 2o.-(By Associated
Press. )-Amb as sadtr Harvey's repor-
torial jaunt into Norfolk county yes
terday to investigate the English
farm strike has furnished but little
news for the American newspaper
correspondents. At their weekly con-
ference with the American envoy to-
day he said that inasmuch as the
strike question was before Parlia-
ment at present it would be impos-
sible for him to comment on it, He
was enthusiastic, however, about the
move he made during his Norfolk trip
for improvement of British American
postal relations, which are expected
to be the subject of negotiations be-
tween the American and British pos
tai authorities as soon as Colonel
Marvey returns to America. which
probably will be in about three
weeks.
Upon questioning as to whether he
found any parallel between the Brit
ish and American farming system,
the ambassador declared the trans
port problem was common to both.
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Charged With Killing Man Eleven
Years Ago

ALEXANDER CITY, Ala, April 10.
Especial. AFTER having enjoyed his
freedom for 1i-years, Luther Cosby,
a negro, was captured in Birmingham
this week and was taken to Chambers
county, his former home, where he
was lodged in Jail by Roy Simpson,
sheriff of Chambers county. Eleven
years ago Cosby. in the neat of an ar
gdment, killed another negro named
Ad Cnislom, in Beat 4. Chambers
county, and made his escape. From
that time until this week he has lived
IN Birmingham, unmolested, without
ever being recognized by any one
from his old home until few days
ago, when cousin of the man he
killed recognized him and turned him
up to the police of that city, no i'm
mediately arrested him and notified
the Chambers county sheriff. Cosby
admitted his identity and Sheriff
Simpson went to birmingham aud
brought him back to Alexander City,
where they spent the night en- route
to LAFAYETTE
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Walker County Prosperous
AS Resources Are Developed

plant. Jess Cocker, one of the own
ers of the factory. delivered load
of mattresses to the Crawford Mer-
camille company here few days
ago. 1t is not generally known that
Walker county makes mattresses
that are being sold in Jasper and
giving satisfaction. Mr.. Cocker stated
that the factory would probably
have gone to the wall soon after it
was. established at Cordova had it
not been for the liberal patronage
of Cranfords of Jasper, Shepherd of
Cordova and Lehaman of Dora, who
took large part of the factory
output and paid cash for it, enabling
the factory to pay off.
Preparations are being made fer
the construction of a product
plant at Empire costing thousands.
The state and federal governments
are spending sS50.000 in the con-
struction of a hardsurface road
through Walker county running east
and west New mines are being
opened at Dora. Cordova. Calumet,
Nauvoo. Hillard, Carbon Hill, Coropa
and other points in the county.
Preparations are being made to re-
open the Corona Coal company big
mine No. l at Townley.
The foregoing are only the signs
of prosperity in Walker county.
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DEDICATE HOSPITAL
Series OF shrine Institutions Will
Care For Children

SHREN EPORT, La. April 20.-Tte
first of number of hospitals for
crippled children to be constructed
In various parts of the country, by
the Ancient Arabic Greer. Mobiles of
the Mystic Shrine, was dedicated here
today in the presence of Shriners
from all parts of the country, includ-
ing j. S. McCandless. imperial poten-
tate and several other members of
the imperial divan. The hospital
which represents an outlay of $780,
900 VIII accommodate between 60 and
10 Children
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Stop Cough Following Flu

Stop coughs resulting from Flu.
Grippe, Whooping Cough, Asthma
and Bronchitis with Foley's Honey
and Tar. THE Flu left me with a
severe cough which was quickly re-
lieved with Foley's Honey and Tar"
writes Mrs. K. D. Drake, Childs, Md
A few cents worth of Foley's Honey
and Tar will offset serious diseases
by checking your coughs and colds.
saving you many dollars. Contains
no opiates-ingredien printed on
wrapper Insist upon Foley's. Re-
fuse substitutes. Sold everywhere.-
Adv.
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CLAIMS LEAGUE HONOR
British Officer Says He Formulated
Play For BODY

LONDON. April 21.-rhe latest at
tempt to take glory from men cred
tied with high honorS is that of Il
British Neomanry officer. Lieut. Co.'S
onel Frank Hllder. who declares HI.
formulated the plan of the League
of Nations long before the idea was
thought of by Woodrow Wilson.
He says he published a book called
"A Senate of Civilization" at his own
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PEACE SEEN IN D. A. R.
AS ELECTION is HELD

disabled soldiers Of their respective
state. return to their home states all
sick aud wounded soldiers TO be
cared for in government hispitals
and turn over to the state commits
stons government hospitals in their
states which are owned or leased by
the United states and provide for the
leasing or building or such hospitals
in states where no are available
o o o
War Measure Loses.
resolution introduced by Mrs.
William Cumming Story. who with
drew as a candidate for president
general after she had been nomi-
mated. indorsng the stand of Secre-
tary Weeks i'll opposition to organi-
zation with pacfist tendencies was
lost after some discussion. Its con-
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EVERY MEMBER CANVASS DAY

The pastor of Alexander City Meth
odist church has set apart next sun
day as every member canvass day for
the purpose of raising the connec-
tional claims of the church. Teams
have been appointed and captains
named. and it is expected that. the en-
tire 'connectional claims for the
charge will be raised.
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expense which contained the plan for
the League of Nations. and which he
circulated to all heads of govern
ments of the world
colonel Hilder who is a member os
Parliament, admits he got the origi-
nal idea from the Roman Catholic
League Of Nations which existed cen
turtles ago.
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BIG INTEREST IN GAME.

The largest still Ever found IN
high school in the base ball game
Saturday afternoon between Dotnan
and the high school at fair ground
park here. Practically the entire
student body of the high school viii
attend. The boys of the older boys
conference have been asked to be
present as the guests of the high
school. A big parade will be fea-
ture of the game and will be held just
before the game.
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tents were regarded as having been
covered in a resolution, adopted a

tents were regarded as having been
covered in resolution, adopted a
year ago.
Other resolutions adopted today
favored compulsory study of the con-
stitution in every normal and public
school of the nation. condemned as
unfit for school use history text
books which "defame or ignore our
herioc forefathers which misrepres-
ent the consecrated causes for which
they struggled and sacrificed, which
teach socialism," urged Congress to
pass legislation for the acquisition
of privately owned virgin timber
along public highways to prevent its
destruction for commercial purposes;
indorsing the efforts of the Near
East relief; advocated enactment by
Congress of bill to permit the
women's overseas league to incorpor
ate and requested that Congress ap-
propriate sufficient money to con-
tinue the work of the army.
Bill Kennedy of Port Chester. \.
V, the bricklayer, who won the race
in 1917. finished eighth just within
the medal list, His time was . hours
80 minutes ~ seconds.