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The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-11
NEW FIRMS FORMED

An extension of the work or the r ed- eral Phosphrus company and the south ern Maganese corporation to include two additional corporations IS under way here, it was learned from officials of the two local companies today. One of these. the Federal Carbide company, has already petitioned for a charter and a petition for the other company under the name of Federal Abrasive company will be made this month, it was stated.
 The Federal Carbide company has been formed for the purpose for manu. featuring carbide and substances Of similar characteristics while the fed- eral Abrasive company will devote its work to the manufacturing Of alumni ous abrasive carbide.
 Petition for charter for the Federal Carbide company was filed here in the probate judges office by Theodore Swann, president of the Southern Manganese corporation and the Federal Phosphrus company, R. I. Ingalls, Of Birmingham, vice president of the two concerns, and C. M. Jesperson, secre- tary treasurer of the two plants III AnnistOn.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-11
SHERIFF DESTROYS
 S4.OOO WORTH RUM
800 Pints Are Found In Aban-
 doned Car

HUNTSVILLE Ala, Dec. 10.- (SpeciaD A cargo of Canadian bot tied in bond whisky worth nearly S4.OOO at local bootleg prices was de stroyed here yesterday by the sheriff's forces. Nearly 500 pints of the liquor was found in an abandoned automobile on Whitesburg pike. A man and woman were in the car when 1t was first seen and Deputies Craft and Troup who set out in pursuit of it were pain fully hurt when their car turned turtle into ditch. The occupants of the liuuor car are believed to have escaped in n companion automobile that was ac- companying them from the coast to some point north of here.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-11
232 BUILDINGS
 OGOON BLOCK
Property At Nitrate Plant To Be Sold At
 Auction
Muscle Shoals Bureau. )

SHEFFIELD, Ala, Dec. 1O.-Iwo hundred thirty-two buildings and fix lures at nitrate plants Nos. and Tn Sheffield will be sold at an early date according to an announcement from the office of the commanding officer today. All buildings with the exception of three are located at plant No. 2. It was not possible to secure an accurate estimate of the total cost of the build ings to be sold but it is stated the original cost to the government totaled many thousands of dollars.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-11
Quick Way To
 Break HeavyCough

Many have been astonished now quickly a bad cough disappears when treated with new douple. action treatment that is simple but wonderfully effective.
 Here is the method, which Is based on a remarkable prescription known as pr. Kings New Discovery TOT Coughs: You simply take one tea. spoonful and hold 1t in your throat for 15 or 20 seconds before swallow ing. without following with water. The prescription has a double ac- tion. It not only soothes and heals soreness and inflammation, but also loosens and removes the phlegm and congestion which. arc the direct cGaSc of the coughing. When the cause Is removed, the severest cough quickly disappears.
 This treatment is for coughs. chest colds, tickling, sore throat, hoarseness, bronchitis, spasmodic croup, etc. Recommended for chill dren as well as grown folks-no narcotics or opiates. Economical, too, as the dose is only one tea spoonful At all good druggists Ask for
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-11
NEW POWER LINE
 WILL BE ERECTED
Second Extension Will Connect
 Selma And River

SELMA, Ala, Dec. 10.-(Special; )- E. c. Wilson, manager of the Ala bama Power company, announced Iues- day that the company had begun its sur veys for building the second high power transmission line to Selma. This line will be built from Lock No. 16 on the Coosa river and be pushed to com pletion. Right of way in the majority of cases has already been obtained and a large number of surveyors have be- gun operations at the other end of the line
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-11
DECATUR WINS
 FIGHT TO PLACE
 STORM SEWER
Temporary Injunction Against City Dissolved
 By Judge Kyle
lTennessee Valley Bureau. ]

ALBANY-DECATUR, Ala, Dec. 10. With what was said to be the first court decision by an Alabama judge on the legal question, which was raised in con nection with the case, Judge o. Kyle of circuit court here decided for the defendant in dissolving a temporary in junction and permitting the city for Decatur to continue storm sewer under the l.. anG W. railroad and into Dry creek.
 T. Nj. Jones and R. G. Courtmer filed bill against the city of Decatur to enjoin the city from carrying water across their property without their authority and condemning the right of way without paying for it. Judge Kyle held that as the disputed route of the sewer was the natural drainage, the city had the right to construct the sewer.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-11
OFFICER NEAR DEATH

William P. Hampton, state law en- forcement officer, who was shot by mis- take while breaking up still in Law renee county when federal raiders came upon the scene and thought he was moonshiner, is not doing so well, ac- cording to information received by rela- tives. He is in the Benevolent hospital in Albany and complications are de- clared to have developed that may cause hia death
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-11
ELECTION CALLED
 ON SCHOOL LEVY
Lawrence County Board Sets
 Date For Vote

MOULTON, Ala, Dec. 10-(Spe- cial. .)-A special meeting of the board of revenue was held Monday and along with important business transactions there was authorized special election on the Town Creek. Moulton and Land ersville school districts for the purpose of determining whether or not tax of fifty cents on each $100 dollars worth of taxable property will >be levied for the purpose of building school houses or paying for those already built. The election is called for the second Tues day in January.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-11
100 FARM BOYS
 TO TRY PROJECT
EtOwah Farm Agent Plans Experiment In
 Cotton Culture
(Gadsden Bureau

GADSDEN, Ala, Dec. 1O.-C. E. Stapp, county farm demonstrator, an nounced Wednesday that he wanted one hundred members of the boys farm club to agree to plant two acres each of cotton next season, using fertilizers and methods of cultivations as he made direct. Results from projects undertaken this year show that the boys can produce not less than three hundred bales on two hundred acres by adopting Auburn methods of fertilization, he declared. Organization for this undertaking will begin early in January.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-11
PAROLE GRANTED

recommendation of the pardon board paroled John Farmer, Randolph coun- ty. who received a 10-year sentence for second degree murder August 31, 1922, and Curtis Crossland, Lawrence county, who received a two-year sentence for forgery December 4, 1923. Secretary of State $. II. Blan dissented from the majority recommendation of the pardon board in the Farmer case.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-11
A. H. CARMICHAEL TO ENTER RACE FOR GOVERNOR
Has Definitely Decided To Run, Senator Car
 michael Says
(State Capital Bureau)

MONTGOMERY, Ala, Dec. 10.-A. H. Carmichael of Tuscumbia has de- finitely decided to make the race for governor of Alabama, according to Senator A. A. Carmichael of Geneva, his nephew, who was visitor to the capitol today. Senator Carmichael said his uncle, A. H. Carmichael, has reached a positive decision to enter the next ract for gubernatorial honors and has authorized him to say that at the proper time he will make announce ment of his candidacy.
 Senator Carmichael stated that his uncle has decided as to an issue upon which his campaign will be based and which will be presented to the people of the state in due time.
 A. H. Carmichael has been promi- nently mentioned as a likely candidate for governor for some time. He held n prominent place in the legislature Of 1919 as a member of the state senate and won much of the credit for con structive legislation accomplished at that session.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-11
CHRISTMAS RUM SEIZED

Great activity in enforcement of the prohibition law in Jefferson county was reported today to state law enforce ment headquarters. Reports were re. ceived of capture in Jefferson county of 1741a gallons of corn whiskey, l35 quarts of Scotch whiskey, 15 quarts Of Gordons Gin and car. One still or 100 gallon capacity, one of 300 and one of 500 gallons, with 22O gallons Of beer were seized and a total of Is arrests were made in the raids reported from Jefferson.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-11
SUPERVISOR VISITS

Miss Mary D. Pierce, supervisor of schools, from the state department of education, Montgomery, spent Thurs day, Friday and Saturday with the county supervisor of schools, Miss lid we'll. Four schools were visited and Saturday spent with the meeting of teachers at Hatton. A pleasant feature of the melting at Hatton was the din- ner served by the teachers and the aft ernoon meeting of the Community club heard an address by Miss Pierce.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-11
JUDGE BROWN DIES

Judge Ernest Brown died at his home in Natchez Monday night after brief illness and funeral services will be held at 12 o'clock Wednesday, according to message received here by relatives of Mrs Brown, formerly Miss Henrietta Michell, of Jackson. Judge Brown IS survived by his widow and two sons, Ernest and Joseph.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-11
SCOUTS DO GOOD TURN
Have Charge Of Fair At MonrOeville
 The Past Month

MONROEVILLE, Ala, Dec. 10.- Special )-The Monroeville troop Of Boy Scouts have been very active dur ing the past thirty days. During the county fair, held last month, the scouts acted as ticket takers, policemen, and assisted in promoting the fair in gen. eral. They had their own tent on the fair grounds with a sign in front of it with the following: Boy Scout head quarters and ladies rest room"
 At their regular meeting last Wed nesday night the boys decided to give a fire works party Christmas night and invite all the children in the county.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-11
Simple Mixture for
 Gas on Stomach

Simple buckthorn bark, magnesium uulph, c. D., glyccrine, etc., as mixed in Adlerika, helps any case gas on the stomach unless due to eep-seated causes. The pleasant and QUICK ac- tion will surprise you. Because Ad- lerika is such an excellent intestinal evacuant it is wonderful for consti- pation-it ofen works in one hour and never gripes. Eugene Jacobs Drug Store.-Adv.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-11
TO PUBLISH BANK DECISION

In order to give extended circula- ton to the important decisions of the Mississippi supreme court in the case of the Mississippi banking department ct al vs. c. Adams Liqudating agent, Blocton Bank and Trust company, handed down by President Justice F. o. Sikes of division B of the tribunal on Monday. Secretary George V. Power of the State Bankers association is planning to set forth the opinion in full in the current number of the Missis- sippi Banker, of which he is the of ticial compiler.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-11
HOLIDAY RUSH ON

The Christmas rush has begun in the Huntsville post office and Postmaster Murphy has put several additional clerks and carriers to work in order to handle the increased business with dis patch. Record breaking business is ex- pected to prevail from now until after Christmas.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-11
MARTIN PROMISES AID

The following telegram was received by the Tri-Cities Daily from Thomas w. Martin in Birmingham today:
 "We thoroughly appreciate the friend ly attitude of the people of the Tennes- see valley and wish to assure the Fri Cities public as we'll as the citizens of the Tennessee valley that we will at once enter into the spirit of their efforts for sound and continued devel- opment of the resources of that section"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-11
PAROLES GRANTED

Gov. W. w Brandon today on recom- mendation of the pardon board paroled Henry Meadows, DeKalb county, who received a two and one-half to four year sentence for distilling August 31, 1923; Jakey Jackson, Walker county. who received sentence of a year and a day to a year and five days for distill- ing May 2S, 1924, and Dewey Turner, Mobile county, who received a two-year sentence for assault to murder Decem- Der 1, 1923.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-11
LEAGUE ORGANIZED

league of America was organized here Wednesday with the following officers :: President, Mrs. Earl Price, vice presi- dent; Mrs. w. R. Rigell, secretary i; Mrs. Fred Agricola, treasurer; Mrs. Barker, director of bureau of exchange j; Mrs. A. w. Rails, press reporter; Mrs. k. l.. Neff.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-11
5s5 LICENSES ISSUED

c. NJ. Harwell district game warden, reports that 5S5 hunters licenses have Eeen granted in Morgan county, fifteen more than were taken out last year. Mir. Harwell proposes to organize hunt ing and fishing clubs in the Twin Cities and Hartselle as well as in other towns throughout the district.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-11
TO ADDRESS EXCHANGEITES

J. Fred Johnson, department com mander of the American Legion, is go- ing to Selma Thursday, where he will address the Exchange club luncheon at noon and a banquet of the American Legion post Thursday night. The Sei- ma post of the American Legion IS planning to launch it's membership drive for 1925, and has invited the depart ment commander to speak at the ban ouet preliminary to the drive.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-11
JTJNIOR CHAMBER
 PLANNED AT SELMA

SELMA, Ala, Dec. 10.-(Special.)-| A number of representative young peo pie met at the chamber of commerce with the object of forming a junior chamber of commerce. It was decided among other constructive measures to have E. D. Banks, president of the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-11

association of junior chambers with headquarters at Anniston, to come to Selma soon and assist them in forming the junior chamber in Selma. The young men present at this meeting were: Joe Hull, Harry Gamble, Bob Cater, Will Hinson, James Rowell, Will Rountree, R. F. Hammer and H. NJ. Blagg.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-11
NEW nREDGE ARRIVES

MOBILE, Dec. 0.-(SpeciaD The United States engineers dredge Pasca- goula arrived here today for work in in this district. The Pasagoula was as- signed here to replace the dredge Wah- alak which is at work at the state dock sites and which will go into the boat yards for repairs.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-11
MILK THIEVES SOUGHT

and two assistants are rounding up negro boys reported to be stealing milk from residences from every section of Gadsden. The boys are said to have been drinking the milk and selling the bot ties to dairymcn.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-11
FLORENCE ISSUES
 l 300 WARRANTS
City Takes Action To Col lect Street Tax As
 sessments
Muscle Shoals Bureau.)

FLORENCE, Ala, Dec. 10.-Three hundred warrants have been issued for residents of Florence who have not paid their street tax, according to an- nouncement made Wednesday by Recorder o. B. Hill. The warrants hoye been issued at the request of Chief of Police Hal c. Young and he states they will be served as rapidly as possible. The added cost will be en- forced in every case and work on the streets will be required where pay ment is not made, officials state
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-11
LEGION POST ELECTS

l.. l.. Sutherlin was Tuesday night elected commander of the Etowah coun- ty post of the American Legion. Other officers named were: Vice commander George Philips; post adjutant, Tom Whitworth secretary treasurer, Fred Gallant; sergeant at arms, J. w. Black lock-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-11
TO REBUILD GIN
Fire Causes Much Inconvenience To
 Farmers

ASHVILLE, Ala, Dec. 10.-(Spe cial. )-Since the burning of the Farm CTS and Merchants Gin at Ashville. the producers of the fleecy staple have been put to deal of inconvenience. getting their cotton ginned, some going to Sprinsville and Gadsden with it. Re pairs have bene made on the Whitney gin outfit but so far they have been un- able to run steady Judge sam High, the owner of the burnt gin, expects to rebuild for the 1925 season in Ash viI1a
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-11
RIVER RISES A FOOT

The river here stood at five and one half feet on the gauge Wednesday morn ing, foot higher than Tuesdays read ing, which was a low record for the year. Traffic on the river has started with a rush and it is said a shortage of boats is noticeable.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-11
CAR TIRNS OYER

Mrs. A. M. Bonham was injured Wednesday afternoon when an automo- bile, which she was driving, was struck at the intersection of two down streets and turned over. The driver was alone in the car and her injuries were thought not to be serious. The car was turned on it's side and badlly wrecked.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-11
THREE ACT PLAY GIVEN

A three-act play, entitled ''The Road to the City," will be given at the court house Saturday night in Ashville by St. Clair talent. This play has been rem dered at other places previously. The proceeds will be for worthy cause.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-11
STORM DOES DANAGE

Quite heavy wind storm accom- panied the heavy rains here, doing some bit of damage about Moulton. The front of a store was torn down and a smoke stack at the Stephenson and Alexander gin turned oyer
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-11
GARAGE LOOTED

The garage of Lee Maddox on Second street was entered Monday night by thieves who secured large amount of automobile accessories. The front win dow was broken. No arrests have been made.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-11
UNDERGOEs OPERATION

J. Robert Miller, who was hurt in an automobile accident Tuesday after noon, underwent an operation Tues day night in an effort to save his life. Hospital authorities report that he is very seriously injured, his head being hurt interally. MT. Miller is AS years old
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-11
WORK ON HIGHWAY

The contractors are putting on the finishing touches on the state highway since the fains have fallen. It IS said there is a good deal of work yet to be done before the state will accept same
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-11

MERCHANT FOUND DEAD
 s. H. Evans, well-known merchant of Hartselle was found dead in his bed Wednesday by members of the family with whom he was boarding.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-11
COOSA IS RISING
Over Four Inches Of Rain
 Recorded

Coosa river was standing at stage of ten and seven tentis feet Wednes- day morning and was rapidly rising, as a result of four and thirty seven hundredths inches of rain on the upper reaches of the stream Sunday night and Monday morning. This represented a rise of nine feet in two days.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-11
CITY AND COUNTY INVOLVED

The city and county are reported to be unable to get together on the mat ter of rebuilding the eleventh street bridge over Black creek which was burned Thanksgiving Day. The county built the old one twenty years ago, but about ten years ago the city seems to have taken it into it's corporate limits without knowing it. The council and county board have appointed commit tees to confer on the problem.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-11
HIT BY TRUCK
Lee DuttOn Better After Accident On
 Monday Night

Lee Dutton. age IS years. who was hit Monday night by truck, said to have been driven by employees of the Held and Antonio Bakery, was reported as resting well at Lukes hospital this morning. Dutton sustained slight ln- juries on his shoulders and one lung was bruised. Dutton was said to have been walking down South Noble street when struck
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-11
CLEANING PLANT LOOTED

Thieves broke into the plant of the American Cleaning company of Decatur Tuesday night and escaped with clothes belonging to customers valued at $500. The robbers were very fastidious, taking only the choicest stock from the room.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-12-03
Chicago Cattle Market
Chicago, Dec


CATTLE-Receipts 1900; most kill
clearing slow; ragged; broad remand
for yearlings: spots strong: prime
kind 1900; several lots 1915 $50;
heifer yearlings up to Il.50: best
weighty steers 100, average weight
1892 pounds: several loads heavies av-
eraging 1870 to 1867 pounds 10000
1925: rough and less desirable feighty
steers 925G9.75: short fed but rather
meaty natives 6.7JG7.25; most fed
steers selling under 1900: most beef
heifers 500 600: grain fed light kind
G.50M $50: Gamers mostly 2.60N3.1
few weighty bologna bulls upward TO
425: mostly $3.50 400; vealers active,
closing 81 higher: packers upward to
1900; bulk late around $50: stockers
and feeders slow. largely 800 q $50.
HOGS-Receipts $4,000: opened fair
~ active. 10 to 90 higher than Mon
days best price. or 10 to so higher
than yesterdays opening; under
weights showing % to so advance:
closed dull. lower grades little chang
cd; top go; bulk good and choice $40
to 3o5-pound butchers 9.J0@9.S0: bulk
40 to 200-pound weight 9.00M $40:
100 to 150-pound average largely 500
ass: bulk packing sows $50 M9.@o:
majority strong weight slaughter pigs
7.OOm 7.50:e stimated holdover $4,000.
SHEEP-Receipts 21.a00; fat lambs
generally steady; bulk fat natives and
fed westerns $500 @ 1873: top 1870:
fall shorn clipped 1926 q ESQ: fat
sheep unchanged: bulk handy weight
fat ewes 7.73G'S.50: feeding lambs
steady TO strong; bulk 1850 l3.o0;
top 1910.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-12-03

wheat at Liverpool was a reason given
for selling. Wheat prices here closed
unsettled to 1sc net lower. Deem
Der 1.52} to I.52s and May 1882 to
1.s9s. Corn finished unchanged to &c
higher, oats at ic OF to &c up, and
provisions varying from &c decline to
1t was only after the wheat market
had shown something of an advance
that selling ordefs in any great volume
began to operate. The result, however
was a sharp break which IN some
cases amounted to three cents BUSH
came only In part. Weakness of quo
acted as a decided handicap on friends
Of higher prices here. Meanwhile Ca
madam terminals were represented as
glutted with wheat and export de-
mand in this country rather limited.
Notwithstanding an unusual upturn in
foreign Exchange.
Builish crop advices from a Chicago
expert who IL investigating conditions
in Argentina had fore or less to do
with the temporary strength shown
by the wheat market here The bull
ish news. however. was virtually lost
Sight of when selling in great volume
set in. and the buying support proved
to be dispropoftionatc.
Corn and oats owed their hrmneSs
largely to the fact that farm sales of
both were light, with feeders active
ket was responsiveVto crop damage
reports from Argentina.
An upturn in hog values helped 10
strengthen the provision market. and
so. TOO, did decrease in larg stocks
here