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The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-01-07
EUFAULh PREP ARES TO CELEBRATE HER
 1 OOT H BIRTHDAY
Home Coming Event Set for February 23-Parade Is PIanned-Lieut. Gov.
 McDoWeII to Speak

EUFAULA, Ala, Jan. 6.-(Special.) Eufaula will celebrate the one hun dredth anniversary of the settling of the town on February 23, 1923, with a centennial and HomeComing' that will be elaborate and unique in every detail. and a throng of visitors are expected here to take part in the celebration.
 Mayor Conner and other citizens are enthusiastic over the project and the Commercial, Rotary and Kiwanis clubs, Federation of Womens clubs, Elks and city schools will be asked to help make it great day
 To Stage Parade.
 In the big parade there will be handsome floats of business firms and miscellaneous enterprises. The motion picture, The Naming of Eu faula," made here by local actors, seven years ago, wlli be shown again at the vandette theatre. The grades of the city schools will represent the eras of time between 1923 and 1923.
 The centennial address will be by a brilliant orator, native-born Eu- faulian, who has resided in another state for 25 years. A band of In- dians will escort the Queen Flu faula," crowned that day, and with her will ride the oldest and young est person born in Eufaula.
 Early Settlers.
 The five men who came down the Chattahoochee river in canoe, land ing under the high bluff late in the afternoon of February 23. 1923, and afterwards naming the Indian vil- lage that they settled and made their home, "Eufaula," were John Delo- chion, Thomas Mark Williams, Alex Williams, Floyd Lee and Wen Led better.
 Over 300 descendants of the first three named reside In southeast Ala bama, a number of them now living in Eufaula.
 First Home Still Exists.
 The first residence built in Eufaula is still here, having been preserved through all the years. It was built in 1892 by Alex Williams and is now owned and occupied by MT. and Mrs. T. A. Mashburn. It stands on the bluff overlooking the place where these men who were migrants from South Carolina landed and near where the first settlement was made by them.
 Mcdowell To Speak.
 Lieut.-Gov. Charles S. McDowell. ex-mayor, will be asked to give the address of welcome to the home com CTS and visitors. Mayor Conner will be master of ceremonies and will present all the speakers, among whom it is hoped to have Rev. Frank Willis Barnett of Birmingham, S. H. Dent of Montgomery, James Pugh, Washington, D. C.; William T. Shee- han, Montgomery, and A. K. Merrill, Dothan, all of whom were born in Eufaula.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-01-07
OPENING SESSION MAY CUNT |NUE FUR
 ONLY TWELVE DAYS
Four-Cornered Fight Indi- Cated for Speaker of House. Taxation Will Be the
 Main Topic
STATE CAPITAL BUREAU r
 THE AGE-HERALD Montgomery, Ala, Jan. 6'l

Alabama's legislature, elected in November and composed entirely of democrats with three exceptions, will begin it's quadrennial session at the stroke of 12, noon, Tuesday.
 Eyes of all Alabama will be cen tered upon the lawmakers during their deliberations, which will con tinue until late in the year, because the members were elected at time when no overshadowing issues en- tered into the campaign and when the public mind was calling for the election of Judge W. W. Brandon as governor During the campaign little attention was paid to the cleo ton of the legislators who will as- semble here Tuesday and no pre- diction can be made as to what line of thought will be taken up by them.
 All will be serene in the senate, because there is no fight for leader ship. James B. Ellis of Selma will be elected president pro tenn of the senate and will preside in the ab- sence of Lieut.. Gov. Charles s. Me Dowell. But in the house of repre- sentatives there will be a battle from the beginning. Four persons seek to be speaker and have been making active campaigns for the honor. It is probable that this fight will continue into the demo- cratic caucus, which will be held either Monday evening or Tuesday morning.
 Battle Royal For Speaker.
 The candidates for speaker are J. Lee Long of Butler, Charles B. Yer ner of Tuscaloosa, Hugh D. Merrill of Calhoun and R. J. Goode Jr., of Wilcox. Mir. Long probably has shown more activity and claims to have a sufficient number of pledges to elect him. However, friends of Judge Merrill and MT. Werner have shown great activity in recent days and have declared that the battle will not be a one-sided one. MT. Goode is hopeful that a deadlock will force the selection of himself as speaker.
 Brandon for Werner.
 Supporters of Charles B. Werner of Tuscaloosa and Judge Hugh D. Mer- Till of Anniston, candidates for speaker of the house, gathered in Montgomery Saturday night and started the political battle which will end when the house meets at noon Tuesday for the purpose of begin nirg it's quadriennial session.
 The first official act of MT. Yer ner in his campaign was to make public a letter written Saturday by Governor elect W. W. Brandon to Senator J. M. Foster of Tuscaloosa, in which the next governor said he personally solicited MT. Werner to be- come a candidate for the legislature and assured him at the time that his election as speaker would be agreeable to me" In Verner's head quarters at the time the statement
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-01-07
W|N-C|T|ES WILL. PAY OUT $350,000 ON SCHOOLS ALONE
Building Boom Includes Large Knitting Mill and $400,0OO Worth of Pike Roads.
 Paving Planned
TENNESSEE VALLEY BUREAUl
 THE AGE-HERALD ! Albany-Decatur, Ala, Jan. 6

Building projects, plans for which now are well under way, to- taling more than half million dol lars to complete, probably will be finished in Albany and Decatur during the current year.
 Unless there is an unforeseen re- action in business circles, every in- dication points to the most pros porous year in the history of the Twin Cities, those in close touch with trade conditions declare.
 Contracts already have been let for new high schools in Albany and in Decatur by the boards of educa- ton of the respective communities. Plans of the educational authorities call for the complete renovation of all existing schools, as well as con struction of the new ones. The funds spent on educational instltQ- tions in the Twin Cities this year will aggregate more than $35O,0O0.
 S40.0O0 Knitting Mill.
 Work also will be started soon on the new knitting mill, to be erected by Cooper-Wells company of St. Joseph, Mich, at a cost of $40,O0O. Lots on which the mill will be built already have been bought.
 The Louisville and Nashville rail- road plans to spend considerable money on improvements of the local railroad Y. M. c. A.
 The City of Albany now is nego- tiating with bond buyers, with view of obtaining money with which the street paving program will De resumed, Approximately $10O,OOO will be needed to complete all or the streets considered necessary to be paved.
 The new Albany Decatur chamber of commerce plans the erection of a handsome home, which will be sur ficiently large to permit the chamber to have it's offices and auditorium on one or mores floors, utilizing the remainder of the building for offices and storerooms to be rented out to the general public.
 S40O,OOO For Roads.
 The state highway department all ready has projects under way Tor further road construction in thls ana neighboring counties while the county of Morgan is spending $4o0,- 5000 on construction of pike system throughout the county. Work was started last summer late and con tractors generally are holding or ganizations intact with view Of re- suming work on a big scale as soon as weather permits.
 The Alabama Water company Is constructing and has nearly com pleted big sedimentation tank at it's local plant, capable, it is said of providing a water supply for city of 100000 people.
 Rumors are numerous of other building projects being considered by firms and individuals and gener- ally speaking optimism in 4epany and Decatur seems to be founded on something more substantial than guess work.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-01-07
PROBLEM IF SPACE WORRIES ETOWAH SCHOOL OFF F|C|ALS
Enrolment Is Doubled and TripIed - Gadsden Plans S150,000 High School
 to Meet the Demand
GADSDEN BUREAU | THE AGE-HERALD { Gndsflap Ala .Ian q

So rapid has been the growth of the educational movement in Eto- wah county in the last three or four years that the county high school, like the rural schools, the city schools and the higher institutions of learning in the state, is facing serious problem in meeting the calls upon it.
 Illustrative of this growth and the expansion that is sure to come within the next few years, Prof J. l. Rid de, principal of the county nigh school states that about four years ago the seventh grade graduates numbered only GA. Last May the graduating class consisted of 204 and there is every indication that at least 400 boys and girls will gradu- ate this year from the seventh grade and the rural schools alone.
 Three years ago, MT. Riddle points out, the enrolment of the county high school was 153. Today it is 316. The faculty has grown from one man and two women to one of nine college graduates in the academic department. music and expression teacher, It has grown from two rooms to IS rooms. The library has
 
 umes. A large economic department has been added and modern sani- tary system has been installed in the building.
 Transportation Trucks Used
 Aside from the Disque High school in Gadsden. there are three accredit- ed high schools in the county; at Attalla. at Altoona and at Glencoe. TDrT, growth 10 several agencies. He pays high tribute to County Superinten- dent of Education E. P. Murphy and the business methods of the board of education which has inaugurated a modern transportation system. Three trucks are now collecting the children and bringing them to the county high school. one truck is carrying children to the Glencoe school and one is used by the Gas ton school Others are to be es- tablished as the schools are con solidated.
 No district in Etowah county has ever failed to vote in favor of the three mill tax and as result they are erecting buildings as rapidly as they can be organized More than dozen model ones have gone up in the past two years, costing any where from s7.000 to s30.OO0. Most of them are equipped with central heating systems. libraries and model desks. the plans being furnished by the state department of education. Half a dozen new buildings are now under consideration.
 Plan New High School
 Gadsden is preparing to let the contract for a S150,000 high school building and is erecting three bu.ld- ings for the elementary department. Plans are being drawn also for large school for negroes. while an other is under construction.
 Authorities declare that Etowah is making great strides in an educa- tienal way and that few counties in Alabama can show record equal to it in the past three years.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-01-07
 ALABAMA LEGISLATURE GETS UNDER WAY AT NOON TUESDAY
ng Operation Ls Started In Albany an
NATIVE SANDSTONE FOR NEW PULLMAN CHURCH

CULLMAN. Ala, Jan. 6.-Spe- cial. .)-The contract has been let for the getting out of the stone to build the $65,000 church which the Methodist congregation has been planning here for some time. This stone will be gotten from a new quarry, Cullman being situ- ated on top of Sand mountain, is famous for its beautiful sand stone, which ranges in color from light tan to deep pink. The en- tire church will be of stone.
 Rev. s. o. Kimbrough is the popular minister of this church. Some of the wealthiest citizens of CuAman are among the 500 mem bers of this church. The ladies of the church already have a nice sum raised with which to install a new pipe organ.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-01-07
POWER COMPANY MAY BUY WETUMPKA PLANT

WETUMPKA. Ala. Jan. 6.-(Spe- cial.) are now pend ing between the city council and the Alabama Power company for the sale of the local light plant. It Is un- derstood that the city authorities ex- pect to receive abta. 10000 for the light plant (the. water system and reservoir not being included), and that the present rate for current for lighting will be cut about 40 per cent to local consumers. besides an un- limited supply of power will be avail able for industrial purposes at the lowest rates prevailing anywhere in the coEnty.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-01-07
Half Million Worth of Building Op
WOMEN INDIGNANT AT GUARDS OF OWN SEX

WETUMPKA, Ala, Jan. G. Special )-Indignan at having only women in charge at the state penitentiary here, the women prisoners cut the belts to the ma chinery in the sewing room and removed the bolts holding down the machines. This happened sev- eral days ago when pr. Wikle, former warden. turnedsthe affairs over to Mrs. Kirkpatrick, who has recently been appointed warden of this prison. It is estimated that s400 is the approximate dam age resulting from their putting the sewing room out of commis- sion.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-01-07
AGRICULTURAL SCHOOL GETS $18,0O0 WORTH
 OF FARM MACHINERY
GADSDEN BUREAU !
 THE AGE-HERALD !

Ex-service men who are taking vo- cational training at the Seventh Dis trfct Agricultural college at Albert vile will not lack the means to be- come experts in modern farming methods, it was disclosed here today with the announcement that the gov ernment had contracted for slS,000 worth of farming machinery to be de- lvered at once. The machines arc h be furnished by the International Harvester company and it is stip- ulated that they are to be used by "trainees"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-01-07
NEW MANUFACTURING MANY DOLLARS CHANCE PLANTS MAY CHOOSE HANDS IN HUNTSVILLE
 SITES IN SYLACAUGAI REAL ESTATE DEALS

SYLACAUGA, Ala, Jan. 6.-Sev eral manufacturing concerns are making investigations with view of locating in Sylacauga. The Ex- change club is securing data for several interested firms. It is point ed out that the city is located on the Louisville and Nashville and the Central of Georgia railroads, with ideal freight Schedules and rates. The main distributing substation of the Alabama Power company is To- cated just outside of the city. Nearly everything used in building is man ufact1ira6 here
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-01-07
BRICK COMPANY CHANGES HANDS AT ANDALUSlA

ANDALUSIA. Ala, Jan. 6.-(Spe- cial.)-O l.. Benson of this city. has purchased the holdings of Ed Wright of Montgomery in the brick company at River Falls. The transfer or stock has been made and the new owners of the brick company are now o. L. Benson and Hal Stanley of River Falls. The owners plan some extensive Improvements which will materially increase the capacity of the yard. This plant carries with 1t more than 5000 acres of land and the soil adjacent to the plant Is known to make bricks of the very best quality. The name of the firm will be Andalusia Brick company The office will be maintained at An dalusia and the yards will be at Caw- thon.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-01-07
DECATUR BRICK CONCERN GETS SCHOOL CONTRACT
TENNESSEE VALLEY BUREAU
 THE AGE-HERALD

The effect Of the school building program is being felt in local indus trial circles. The Decatur Brick cor poration announced today that the contra ctor for the Decatur High school has placed an order with the plant for 750,0OO brick to be used in construction of the building.
 With Decatur and Albany both spending hundreds of thousands of dollars in the erection of larger edu- cational institutions. the new year is expected to bring real revival in business circles, in the Twin Cities
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-01-07
COUNTY SUPERINTENDENT OF CLEBURNE RESIGNS

HEFLIN. Ala, Jan. e. -tSpecial.) )- The county board of education. In session here Friday. attended to rou- tine business and discussed plans for conducting the rural schools during tt.e coming year. G. B. Roman, coun- ty superintendent of education for the past eight years, rendered his res ignation to take effect July l. It was accepted. The board allowed him two weeks vacation owing to declining health.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-01-07
TO MAKE BUDGET

With prospective revenue totaling $l20.000 as a basis. the county com missioners will meet Monday to make up a budget for the county, the first it has ever had It is expected that the appropriation for the various de- parements will be 10 per cent under the estimated receipts in order 10 pr eserve a margin of safety. The board will start with a clean slate. having wiped out all floating and debts
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-01-07
REWARD FOR NEGRO

Judge H. J. Brogden informs that he has completed plans now for in creasing the reward offered for the negro, Teague. who killed his brother, Posea Brogden, several weeks ago, to s1,0O0. There are two negroes charged with the crime, and they are particularly anxious to ap- prehend the one who actually did the killing.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-01-07
GINNING REPORT

HEFLIN, Ala, Jan. 6.-(SpecialD- According to T. J. Brown of Ed wardsville, county cotton enumer- ator there were S5S bales of cot ton ginned in this county from the crop of 1922. as compared with 2,580 ginned in 1921.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-01-07
TO HOLD BOND ELECTION

HEFLIN, Ala, Jan. (Special.)- The court of county commissioners will meet next Thursday for the pur- pose of electing a county treasurer and Toad overseerJ for this year. At this meeting they will also canvass the bond election votes. The bond issue election will be held Tuesday. Much interest is being manifested in the coming election and it is thought by those who are supposed to know that the issue will win by small majority.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-01-07
BLIND DOG IS HERO.

Eph Ledbetter, farmer, living a mile east of here, owns beagle hound, which for some reason lost his eyesight short time ago. Un- daunted the little dog is faithful and active as ever. He goes with the pack on hunts. He is very careful when walking along the road, and keeps to one side close to the dltch to avoid being run into by vehicles.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-01-07
nnn EEILoWs ELECT

J. O. Bottoms, head of the voca- tional school at Glencoe, was elected president of the brotherhood district No. 8 of odd Fellows at it's semi annual convention at Hoke's Bluff Thursday W. J. Haegler was elected vice president. G. N. Day secretary. The next convention will be held at Glencoe July 20.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-01-07
ro RERIfILD STORES.

Plans have been completed ana work will soon begin on the re-erec- ton of the block of business houses hnr,ed here ebfore Christmas. There will be nine stores all of brick.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-01-07
TO INSPECT ARMORY

One officer each from Companies F, F, G and H and the howitzer cont pany of the One Hundred and Sixty seventh infantry, Alabama national guard, have been ordered to report to Capt. Robert Joerg, U. S. army, Tn Gadsden Sunday to receive instruc- ticns regarding preparations for the annual armory inspection which will soon be conducted by regular army officers.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-01-07
sTuLLs CAPTURED.

The sheriff captured three stliis and their operators near sycamore this week. The officers took in charge George w. Manuel and Fred well Waites. They were placed In ia
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-01-07
Ex-JUDGE MOVES.

George Stewart, who has served as probate judge in Rockford, Coosa county, for a number of years mas removed to Sylacauga, where ne VIII enter business.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-01-07
ENTEr-AINs STEWARDS.

Rev. A. = Majors. pastor of the First Methodist church, entertained his board of stewards at his home Monday night,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-01-07
NOLAN TO SPEAK.

w. B. Nolan. banker, lawyer, and ex-officer in the United States army, will deliver a lecture to the brother hood class of the Methodist church Sunday morning.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-01-07
JUDGE BRICKELL WILL
 RESUME LAW PRACTICE
TENNESSEE VALLEY BUREAU
 THE AGE-HERALD !

Huntsville, Ala. Jan. 6 Judge Robert c. BriCkell, who will retire from the judgeship of the Eighth judicial circuit January 15 at the expectation of his term will open law office in Huntsville. He prao. ticed here until he was appointed at. torney general of Alabama during the administration of governor Emmet ONeal later succeeded Judge D. w. Speake as judge of the Eigth circuit and succeeded himself for e full term of six years.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-01-07
ANDALUSIA CITIZENS| BACK PLAN TO ERECT COTTON MILL THERE

ANDALUsIA, Ala, Jan. 6,-(Spe- cial. Seherf of the An dalusia Chamber of Commerce Is in correspondence with the manager of a Tennessee company now operating a chain of cotton mills, and the as- surance is given that this company is considering the opening of a mill in Andalusia at an early date. They propose to begin plans at once pro- vided' sufficient cheap power can be assured, and local business interests will subscribe stock enough to put up $50,0OO building.
 This company vii lbuy the build ing back, paying 6 per cent interest and absorbing the plant in 10 years at s5.e00 per year.. Secretary Scherf says that-he finds the busi- ness men here in hearty sympathy with the plan and feels that if the Tennessee firm is really on the look out for plant they can find the best site and finest prospect for devel- opment right here.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-01-07
KIwANIANs HEAR MOORE

The Andalusia Kiwanis club began the new year with most interesting meeting at the lunch hour Thursday. As the principal feature of the meet ing, Emmett Moore of Birmingham, who was a guest of the club. was in- troduced and made most interesting appeal for the boys of the land.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1923-10-19
MORE Bible READING
WITH'EVERY YEAR

London-(A. P.)-People are read
ing the Bible today more than ever
before, says the Daily Telegraph,
which quotes figures of the British
and Foreign Bible Society to support
it's assertion.
There was an increase in the num-
Der of Bibles published in the English
and Welsh languages during the war,
followed by a decrease after the close
of hostilities. The year 1922 again
showed an increase, however, which
points to revival of Bible reading
in the homeland"
Significant in the worldwide in
fluence of the Bible are the society's
figures of their issues in all lang
uages for the past century and a
quarter. The figures are summar-
les of totals at intervals of % years,
and include Bibles, Testaments, and
portions of the Scriptures:
1908. S1,l57 1883. 1864, ,636
1888. 536,S41 1908 5 5,6SS, ,3S1
1858. 1,6O2,1S7 1929. .S,679, 1884
Take, too, the test of translation.
Homer has been rendered into more
than a score of foreign languages,
and Shakespeare into nearly forty.
Both together fall far short of the
translations of the Bible, for the
Gospel has been actually printed in
more than 700 different forms of hu-
man speech, and the Bible Society, as
their share of this work, has helped
to spread the message in 55S langua-
ges and dialects.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1923-10-19
II. OIL LVANDAL S DEFEAT W.S.C. 14-O

kicks. Score IA to 0, Idaho. Martin
for Slater w. S. G. Hickey kicks off
over goal. Ball taken to 20yard
line. Fitzke makes 25-yard run
through broken field. Davis two
yards. FitZke no gain.
Fitzke punts to 20-yard line. No re-
turn. Hicky loses yards. Glenn
for Zaepfelt, tales to Martin, 5 yards.
Pass Hicky to Johnson 20 yards.
Cameron for Davis Idaho inter-
cepts pass and makes five yards.
Fitzke makes 20 yards. No gain.
Fitzke for three yards. Conference
for Idaho. Stivers makes two yards.
FitzSe one yard. Cameron four yar1s.
Fitzke three yards. Fitzke to Que
yard line. No gain. No gain again.
Third down and one to go. Fitzke
no gain. End. Use victory lead and
26 point Cougar offense threatens
twice. Final score IA to 0.