The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-03
PR0CREX NOTED
 lRf ROAD WORK 0F 4 COUNTIES
!26rMiae Stretch In Coffee
 County Is Practically Completed
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MONTGOMERY, Ala, Feb. B. Sssisfactory progress has been made in road work in four counties visited this week, it was reported Saturday by C. N. Mitcham, third division engineer who has just returned from a trip of inspection in Coffee. Houston, Henry and Barbour counties. He was accom- pAnied by H. s. Houk, federal bridge enssAeef in Coffee and Houston coun- ties, while H. c. Wells of the United States bureau of roads, was with him tiss' entire trip.
 <. Tie project in Coffee has been prac- tsceI1y completed, Mir. Mitcham reports. Tnis is % miles from Elba by way of Enterprise to the Geneva county line near Chancellor. It will require an- oftef project to link this road with 0ensvx, the county seat of the county se ttat name.
 The project in Houston county is 22 miles of graveled road. The grading is aIl completed except about two miles. 1hs eolserts are about 35 per cent com pFsted and the ereosoted timber bridges abeut 65 per cent completed.
 The Henry county project covers Ills miles of sand, clay and gravel zEpm the Barbour county line to the red from Eufaula to Abbeville, Head land and Dothan. The grading is about 90 per cent completed; the cul- vetts, 60 per cent completed, and the epsfseing 75 per cent completed.
 In Bsrbour county the project con- sfsts of 13.6 miles of, sand, clay and Rravd road on the highway from Clay to ONrk. The grading is 98 per cent eesnpaeted, the culverts 0S per cent com pleted and the surfacing 90 per cent fin- ished.
 Sand Rate Approved
 sApprosal was given Saturday by the Alabama public service commission to the petition of the Western Railway of Alabama for authority to publish the saSne fate On sand and gravel from Ar row Head, Ala, as applied from Cooks to Alabama destinations. A new pit has been opened at Arrow Head which iensn' Montgomery county, a mile west of Mount Meigs and about mile and . quarter from Cooke.
 Arson Is Charged
 Chester B. Johnson, state fire mar ,shai. received the information Satur- day fiat Tom Leonard, a Birmingham neero, had been held for the grand jury on the charge of setting fire to his ho4ss flor the, purpose of collecting in- sunazioe. The wife of Leonard, who was also arrested as a suspect, was discharged att he preliminary hearing given the couple.
 s-Sas Hunters Fined
 For hunting without licenses, Jeff and Paul Grow of Clay county were each. fined $10 and costs, it was report cd Saturday to the state conservation office.
 - New Corporations \ Formation of two new corporations and the dissolution of one were re- pofted Saturday to the office of the sec refary of state through the probate of sioas, of the respective counties.
 Hhreve Store company, incorporated, base hanged it's name to Covington Stores company.
 Herbert eF. Young Lumber and Land company, Waterloo, Lauderdale county, c. AsHazard, Alex Russ, H. N. Young, W. D. Henry, W. Thomas Young, Her bert, E. Young. incorporators. Author ined capital STU, 900, all paid in; deal era in lumber, timber lands, etc.
 Y Heath Mercantile company, a corpo- ration, Coffee county, Enterprise, H. O.. c. M. and J. D. Heath, incorpora- tofus. Authorized capital $15,000, with $1n2oO paid in !; mercantile business. <, Dissolution of Suggs-Taylor Motor company. Covington county, is reported.
 Commissions Issued s The following commissions have been isaued by the secretary of state:
 AC. Hansard, notary public and ex- slEieio justice of the peace, precinct Na.-lQ Piedmont, Calhoun county; E. Gi Ballmtine, justice of the peace, pre- cihet 2, Ccurtland, Lawrence county i; William D. Hall. notary public, Hunts dlis, Madison county; Charles E. yitt1scp, notary public, Albany, Nor ;an cpun&ys e. l.. Rabb, notary pub ie. sAndafnsia, Covington county 1; ffank O. Manning, notary public,
 dAdison county; James H. Leslie, mo-
 akF puAl1r~ Birmingham, Jefferson coun-
 Vi W4U. Wood, notary public, Bir- 4lugkarn, Jefferson county; Fred Stone, notary public, Bay Minette, Baldwin countyI 0. A. Strain, notary ppbijo, Mobile county; Frank Carver, AqlaSy public and ex-officio justice of