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The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-08
INCREASE IN ENR0LLMENTS
 CAUSES PROBLEM
Many Institutions Over crowded And Teaching
 Staff Inadequate
STATE MUST ACT
 SAYS ABERCROMBIE
Number Students During 1924 In High School
 Placed At 60,0O0

MONTGOMERY, Ala, June .1.--- High school attendance in Alabama has, more than doubled in the past five, years. or since 1919, according to esti- mates made at the state department of education. f
 Buildings used for high school ypur-- poses have been overflowing and of- ganizations for caring for the school students have been swamped by the rapid increase in enrolment, WI. Spencer. supervisor of elementary edu- cation, said.
 Now 234 Schools
 There now are 234 accredited high schools in the state of Alabama, an ln- crease of nine over last year, and about 400 unaccredited high schools. The total attendance at all these schools IS estimated at about 60,000, or an in- crease of from 800 to 800 over the for the year of 1922-19 Sixty-two of the 6( counties in the state now nave county high schools, under the direct supervision of the state department of education and the county superintendents.
 The county high school system was started in 1907, when there were only 15 or 20 county high schools in the state, and the greater portion of them below the standards of today.
 It is estimated at the state, depart. ment that about 5000 students. were graduated by the accredited high schools of the state this year, and as no check is kept of the unaccredited schools, there is no way of estimating the num- Der graduated from these in@itutions.
 "A Hopeful Sign"
 "We consider the rapid growth of, high school attendance a hopeful sign, although it does create an embarrassing condition" Dr. J. A.. Abercrombie, state superintendent of education, said. However, if the state does not take immediate steps to meet the de- mand placed upon it by this increase in school enrolment, it will lose all that it has gained. The school work will be brought to standstill and con sequently will go backward" .~.
 Dr. Abercrombie noted another good sign in educational work in Alabama. He said that about half of the 13,000. teachers in the state are enrolled in summer teachers training institutes at the various colleges of the country.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-08
SHOAISTO WORK
 300 MORE MEN
Will Be Used To Clear Land Which Will Be
 eOverflOwed
tNIuscIe Shoals Bureau.)

FLORENCE, Ala, June 7.-Offi- cials at Wilson Dam announce that 300 or 400 additional men will be put on the pay roll within the next few weeks to speed up the job of clearing the lands which will be overflowed by the completion of Wilson Dam.. Quite a number of men are already engaged in this work, but there is such large amount of clearing done that it is deemed adviseable to speed it up as much as possible. The new men will make an addition to the pay roll.
 Negro Killed-RObeft Moore, negro, was shot. and fatally wounded by ne gro known as Memphis Kid" at Smithsonia, this county. There were no witnesses to the shooting, but Moore made statement before he died that Memphis Kid" had shot him without cause, The slayer has been placed in the Lauderdale county jail.
 WOrthingtOn Optimistic That the men who have charge of the fight for the acceptance of the Ford proposal for Muscle Shoals have in no way lost hope is evidenced by a telegram re ceived by prominent local citizen to- day from Col. J. w. Worthington at Washington. Colonel WOrthingtOn stated that he felt there were today fewer obstacles in the way in. accept anee of the Ford proposal than at any time since Mir. Ford made his bid, and that he was confident of his ability to remove the existing obstacles.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-08
KTWANIANS ENDORSE NEW HEALTH UNIT
DemOpOlis Votes To Give $5
 Monthly To Work

DEMOPOLIS, Ala, June 7.-(Spe- cial-J-At tOday's luncheon the Kiwa- nis club unanimously pledged itself to give 8 monthly to the aIl-time county health unit. Mrs W. W. Riddick, chairman of the council of clubs, made a plea for the unit which met with i'm mediate response. Other guests were Mrs H. Mcdaniel, Mrs. B. F. Greg Ory. Miss Ocea Mae Culpepper, Mir. Wallace Futile. Mir. Woodcock, Dr. Lee of ClantOn. Mfr J. NJ. Breitenbach, Mayor N C. Floyd, Dr. c. N. Lacey, Major H. w. Hayden, Kiwanian Judge Carr of AnnistOn, and Kiwanian Frank Emerson. noted evangelist of Los An geIes-
 Mir Futile sang several entertaining songs with Miss Culpepper as accom- panist- Dr. Emerson gave an interest ing talk stFessing the growth of the community spirit at the expense. of the more selfish spirit of individualism.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-08
EIGHT HOTELS
 RATED PERFECT
 EBY INSPECTORS State Health Department Sponsors Cleaner Hand
 ; ling Of Milk THREE OTHER TOWNS
 TO GET INTO LINE 193 Dairies Visited Dur ing May By State
 Officials
(state Capital Bareau)

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 MONTGOMERY, Ala, June T. Seven Alabama cities have adopted the model milk ordinance sponsored by the state health department, providing for grading of milk and labelling as to grade. These cities are Montgomery. Selma. Gadsden, Tuscaloosa, Hunts villeS florence, and Mobile. Three otheft cities, Andalusia, TalIadega and Anniston are considering the adoption of the ordinance.
 The report on work of the bureau of inspection of the state board of health from May showed that milk control activities were conducted by inspectors of the bureau at Montgom- cry, Tuscaloosa and Selma during the month. There were 103 dairy inspec- tions and 16 milk plant inspections.
 4 Eight Hotels Perfect
 Other features of the inspection work covered in the report showed 4 hotels inspected, of which eight at- tained a pa.fect score. These were : Hotel Yrammel, Bay Minette; Hotel Knight, Sylacauga; Russco hotel, Alexander City, Demopolis Inn, Demo polls; Hotel Sumter, York; York hotel, York; Hotel Albert, Selma, and the Patterson House, Tallassee.
 Inspections were made of 64 cafes, 59 barber shops, 55 soda fountains, nine bakeries, 20 ice cream plants, 12 bottling plants, Is pasteurizlng plants, and A meat markets, total Of 40 inspections, made at 29 communities in IS counties. One bottling plant was
 III a n permanently closed.
 Chiffon Man ParOled-Governor ". W. Brandon Saturday paroled Ocie Mims, Chiffon county, sentenced Janu- arv 3. 1923, for manufacturing liquor, from one to one and half years. Ehe nardon board recommended parole. The governor also paroled May Houston, Jefferson county, sentenced to Ihe county farm for dope habit.
 Jefferson PrOspectSA-Business ap- pears to be good in Jefferson county, as indicated by figures as to new cor, norations and increases in capital stock from that county, furnished Saturday from the state auditors or free. The figures showed that for the month of May 39 new corporations were reported chartered in Jefferson county. with a total capital of $31S, O0O and six increases of capital stock were reported, the increase totalilng S1 ,3S6,O00.
 To Open Road Blds-Tne ssate highway. commission will meet Monday, on which day bids will be opened for s project in Barbour county, between Tonisville and Clayton. It is expected also that report will be submitted to the commission at this meeting by G. N. Mitcham, division engineer, as o t9 Carterhill roads in Montgomery coun- ty. The state will takea these roads over for maintenance it is expected, when they have been put in co4dition by the county. MY
 BTount Man ParOled-GOvernor w.; w. Brandon Saturday paroled hard skinner, Blount county, sentenced Au- gJlst. 1923, to one to two years for distilling. The pardon board recom- mended parole.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-08
$IO,OOO CAMPAIGN
 ON MALARIA OPENS
Selma Officials Busy Oiling
 Ponds And Draining Pools

SELMA Ala, June -7.~-(Special.) ) The Anti -Malarial campaign in which Selma is paying $5,O0O, and Dallas county is paying $5,00O, is we'll under way. All week the health contingent has been oiIing ponds in the city and draining the ponds in the low places, and small inlets. On Friday the big municipal pool was drained. A house toulouse canvass is being made and householders are being required to look sanitary engineer, c. c. Kiker, with mosquitoes. .. t,
 The work, is under United States sanitar yengineer, c. c. Mixer, with W. R. Jenkins foreman over 3O-day labOrers. Dr. l.. T. Lee, Dallas county health officer, originator of the cam paign, is not leaving a stone unturned to rid Selma and it's environs of the deadly mosquito, and do away with malaria. "We got a late start" he said, land so are making an intensive drive. The work will not be finished before fall. Everybody, however, must help"
 Negro Is Arrested-Morris Meyer, the negro who is said to have shot and killed Richard Gardner on the night of May Il on the Walter Harrison place, was arrested by Deputy Gaddy on Thursday morning at the saw mill of White Smith near Marion Junction. He is now lodged in Dallas county jail.
 After shooting Gardner, Meyer shot, but did not seriously wound a woman.
 Ever since the killing the sheriff s office has been on the lookout for Meyer, but only got word of his where abouts on Wednesday.
 Wedding AnnOunced-Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Gordon announce the engage ment of their daughter. Adele Isobel, to Dr. William Frantz Harper. the we'd ding to take place July 3, 1924.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-08
MARKETING OF HAY
 NOW INV FULL SWING
This Industry Is Next To Cotton
 In MarelgO

UN1ONTOWN, Ala, June T.-CSpe- ciaL Ll-Just now the farmers are busy cutting, bailing and shipping hay, which is the second largest crop of this sec tlOn, cotton having first place
 The principal dealers are H. C. Long and the FarmerS' Cotton Oil and Trading company, who ship about 1000 cars year and who have shipped about eighteen CATS this season
 Cameron Brown and S F. Couch also ship hay as members of the aSSOcia- tiOn- They haRdle about 100 cars a year and have shipped about eighteen cars this season
 The early shipments of alfalfa sold for $27 per ton The dealers are of the opinion that hay should be graded according to a standard as cotton IS graded This would give a stabilized market and produce more general sat isfaction among the dealer. producer and consumer
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-08
Cyclones Commonly Blamed For Damage By Tornadoes
State Capital Meterologist Says Tornado Is Right
 Word For Twisters

in contact with the earth where the damage is wrought By the time the tail end of the tornado has reached the earth, it is said that the currents of air have reached a veolcity of 400 miles an hour or more. This, however, can only be estimated by the phenomena caused by the tornado's passage over the earth, according to MT. Smyth, as no instrument is sufficiently strong to withstand the shock of the twister.
 The central part of the funnel is a partial vacuum, which causes house it strikes to collapse outward, and never inward, as the air rushed from the closed structure to fill that vacuum. The paths of these tornadoes are never more than a few hundred yards wide, and comparatively short.
 Jumpy Effect Noted
 It is the tip end of the funeral that causes the damage in tornadoes, and this is the reason for the "jumpy" ef- feet noted in the paths of these torn adoes. It has been remarked that all most every tornado has a way of strik- ing here, tearing up small area, and then jumpin about a half mile before hitting the ground again. However, the tornado does not jump at all. It moves smoothly along in it's path until it hits an obstruction sufficiently solid to break off the tip of the funnel, while the upper part tears on through the air. Presently the twister reforms and again extends downward until it touches the earth.
 The weather bureau never will pre- dict when there will be tornados, but it will tell you when there are not to be tornadoes, Mir. Smyth said. However, it will tell, if requested whether con ditions are favorable for or opposed to tornadic storms"
 March, April and the early part of May are the periods of greatest ire quency for tornadoes, partly because of the seasonal changes, MT. Smyth said, but tornadoes can occur at any time of the year,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-08
BOY LOSES FOOT
 AT ANNISTON PARK
Suffers Injury While Riding
 MerTy-GOROund
IAMaixtnn Bm@al

ANNISTON, Ala, June 7--Am Oper- atiOn for the removal of hiS left foot was performed Saturday morning upon Otha Abbott, 15-year-Old AnniStOn Lad in an effort to save his life following an accident The boy, late Friday aft ernOOn, while riding a merry-gO-FOund at Oxford Lake, an amuSEment park near this city, in some manner was caught in the mechanism of the riding device and suffered very serious in juries-
 He was rushed to Sellers hospital where 1t vas found that amputatiOn of his foot was necessary Physicians stated if no complications set i'm. the boy will recover He Is the som of Mir and Mrs Frank Abbott, of AnnistOn-
 Postal Receipts JumP-Receipts at the Annist0n pOStOfflce for May, 1924. show a substantial increase over the receipts for the month of May.- 1923. according to figures made public Sat urday by Postmaster L. T. Smith The receipts for Last month were S6.0O9-55, compared to the receipts for May, 1923. which were $5s375l55- This shows a gain of $634 in receipts for the mOnth-
 Ferg9y CAArgea-Ed Owens, a SOl- dier at Camp McC1eIlen- was bound over to the grand jury by Judge Thomas w. Coleman, i'm county court today on the eh2rge of forgery Bond was set at $500 It was alleged that Owens forged a name on a cheek on q bank in Georgia and cAShed it at a lO- cal bank last week
 Students At Heme-James Meigs. student at Vanderbilt university school of medicine, has arrived at his home here and will leave for Birmingham in the next few days, where he will be an nturn at the NOrEOOd hospital
 Band Back Frum ReumiOa-The Twenty-secOnd United States Infantry and Sixth Cavalry bands returned to Annisbon Saturday morning from Memphis, where they participated in the Confederate veterans reunion
 MAjar MaETisoa Weas-AnniStOn friends of Maj Harlee Morrison, form CT cOmmandant of the Alabama Mill tzTy institute here, and now professor of Spanish at Texas Military college, Terrell Texas. have received an nouncement of his wedding to Miss GGsSie SwearingtOn, of COmmerce. Texas
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-08

MONTGOMERY, Ala, June T. Cyclones have gone on through the years, maligned and bearing the blame for all the antics and malicious pranks of tOrnadores, according to F. H. Smyth, metcorolgist in charge of the Montgomery weather bureau office.
 Cyclones are not the twisters that cause all the trouble, MT. Smyth as- serted. Only through the mistaken im- precision of the vast majority of the public, has the word cyclone become to be used, MT. Smyth said.
 Children are raised on the idea that cyclones, are the twisters that swoop down upon community with terrific force and leave a path of destruction and death in their wake, he said, and that tornadoes are comparatively harm; less straight hard winds.
 But such is not the case, and the time now has come when the tornado should be given it's just dues, Mir. Smyth believes, in view of the large number of tornadoes that have swept the south.
 Tornado Is Twister
 A tornado is a funnel-like twister that strikes in compdratively small areas, while a cyclone is a general storm over territory of vast extent some times having a diameter of 1,500 miles, and is comparatively harmless. The word tornado" comes from Spanish word, meaning ito turn," and the term cyclone is applied to the storm of large areas only.
 The old theory that tornadoes grow from the small whirlwinds one sees on a hot day is blasted by Mir. Smyth. Tomatoes are born above the clouds. The reason for them is an abnormally warm stratum of surface air collNling with stratum of cold air above, caus- ing an overturning of the currents and resulting in the rotary movement of air which causes tornadoes. The rota- tion increases in intensity and begins to oxtand doxunuord until finally if cornAa
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-08
HIGH SCHOOLS DOUBLE 1919 ATTENDANCE;
 ESEVEN CITIES ADOPT MODEL MILK ORDINANCE
AUBURN TEAM
 WINS NATIONAL
 CHAMPIONSHIP

A UBURN, Ala, June 7--The "A pistol team of the fisH artI-
 lery branch of the R. O- T. C. units of the Alabama Polytechnic institute has won the national cham pi0nship for the second time. ae- cording to dispatches received here from the chief of the field artillery. of the United States var depart ment- The match was fired May 10
 Perdue ranked second and Prince Ion came third The Auburn team won in 1923. with Missouri second and Oregon, third The winning score this year was 2O06 out of q possible 224S-
 The personnel of the team this year was= J. H. Reeves, Eufaula !: T. B. Wilder, Andalu<ia :: w. E. Wood, Columbus, Ga: R. R. Saw son, Gadsaen, and NJ E. Smith, Dawson Only twO of the men. Reeves and Wood, were veterans of last year.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-08
EXCHANGE CLUBS MEET AT SELMA FOR CONVENTION Annual Session Will Open Thursday In Central
 City VISIT TO CAHABA WILL BE FEATURE Mayor Hall Of Selma To Deliver Welcome
 Address

SELMA, Ala, June 7.-The program has been completed for the fourth an- nual convention of the Affiliated Ex- change clubs of Alabama, to be held here June IF, 13 and 14.
 The program for Thursday will in- elude registration of delegates in the morning; qualifying rounds of golf tournament. Country club; motor car rides over the city, and a banquet at the Ex-K1-Ro club rooms.
 The convention session will open Friday morning at the armory. A shopping tour and motor car ride for the women will be conducted during the business sessions of the meeting. Play in the golf tournament will be resumed. after which a barbecue and swimming party will be held at Kenan's mill A baseball game, bridge parties and a dance will be included in the Friday program
 To Visit Cahaba
 Saturday the finals of the golf tour. nament will be played, after which the delegates will make a tour which will Alabama. and other points of interest in and near the city.
 Speakers at the convention will in. clude: w. B. Hall, mayor of Selma Thomas w. Bailey, Meridian, Miss, second national vice president; Ray Lange, Birmingham, past national president; Luther B. Giles, Anniston, and Bruce K. Craig, Selma.
 Officers of the state association are Bruce K- Craig, Selma, president; j. Fred Johnson. first vice president Hugh A. Locke. Birmingham, second vice president; 1T. J. Miles, Montgom. cry, third vice president; F. H. Aus tim, Tuscaloosa, secretary B. B. Conner IT.. Sylaeauga, treasurer; D. F. Adder holt, Piedmont, marshal; Claud N. GiIley, Fairfield, sentry. '.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-08
MASnNN ERCT

UNIUNIUWN, AIa, June s--VSPe- cial l-FOll0wing a delightful supper Union Chapter, No 90, Royal Arch AEasons held its annual election of Of- ficers on ThurSaay evening" The new ly elected officers are w H. Lang horne, high priest; H. O. Pride. king. T. R. Long. scribe: F. M Golf. treas urer: J. T. HarwOOd. secretary; Joseph Pach, captain of the host: Thomas r. Huckabee. principal sOjOurners F. M. Rankin. Royal Arch captain; w. A Cammaek. master of the third veil T. c. Collier, master of the serQnd veil : R. F. Fellows. master of the first veil ; F. L. GiEenzs sentinel
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-08
NEGRO SETS FIRE
 TO MARENCO JAH
Hits Officers With Plank And Attempts To
 Escape

DEMOPOLTS. Ala, June T-(Spe- eiaL Ll@Saturday morning at 1 o'clock W H. Coleman. negro, set fire to the city jail in am attempt to escape When his cen was unlocked he hit PO- kcenen McLAmOre and BacehuS with a plank and painfully injured them
 He was again placed i'm jail and fired the building for the second time in ap- other unSuccessful effort to get away.
 Coleman was arrested Friday evening for severely heating and cutting his wife and a man who attempted to act as peacemaker in the family quarrel
 The fire in the jail was exteinguished without murh trDuhge.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-08
SAILOR VISITS HOME
Thorsby Boy Now Stationed at Pen.
 SacOla

THORSBY, Ala, June T9-(Spe- cial.)-Mr. and Mrs. Martin Peterson, of Thorsby, have had as their guest for the past week, their son, Leo Petersen, from Pensacola, Fla. Mir. Petersen was horn in Thorsby in 1901, and lived with his parents until 1918, when he en- listed in the air service of the United States navy and was stationed at Pen sacola.
 Within six years from the time of his enlistment, he has become a full fledged mechanical engineer, detailed as mechanic on one of the four most pow erful airplanes of the, United States navy. Each of these planes has a crew of three men, a pilot, an assistant pi- lot and a mechanic.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-08
VETERAN SUCCUMBS
 WHILE ON TRAIN
Was Returning From Reunion
 At Memphis
fNTuscIe shoals Burean.l

SHEFFIELD, Ala, June 6.-E. S. Rotharock, age 64 years, son of a Confederate veteran and insurance man of WinstOn-Salem, N. C., died on the Memphis special last night near Shef- field, while en route home from the Confederate reunion in AIimphis.
 His body was removed from the train at Sheffield, and was accompanied by Mrs. Rotharock. She will leave at midnight for home, with her husbands s remains.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-08
TALLADEGA NEGRO
 DIES AT AGE OF II3
Remembered Time When Indians
 Lived Near Home

TALLADEGA, Ala, June 7.-(spe- cial. )-Adam Hall, negro, died here to- day at the age of 113 years. He re- called the time when Indians occupied the site here. Although past the cen- tury mark he was active up to his death. He was well liked by the white people.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-08
PLAN TOURIST HOTEL

CARBON HILL, Ala, June 7.- Erection of a large tourist hotel is con templated here, and the site already has been selected, it has been announced. The structure will cost more than S1O0,OO0. according to estimates based on present plans.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-08
STILL CAPTuREn

TALLADEGA, Ala, June T. Au- drey Bannister was arrested and a 90- gallon still and outfit destroyed by the sheriff Friday night near here. It was ready to run when captured.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-08
NEW FLAMING MILL

FAYETTE, Ala, June 7.-The $45,- 900 blaming mill which has been erected here is ready for operation, it has been announced.
El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1924-08-29
Ell plan Dawes no sera
aprobado por Ell Rel.
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cen indicar que Ell plan Dawes no sera
aprobado por el presente Reichstag
pues es impossible conseguir las dos ter,
ceras partes de los votos a su favor.
Esta noticia no ha causado la menor
impression en- los circulos politicos fran
ceses, pres existe Ia creencia de que
81 Sc, disuelve Ell presente Reichstag y
Sc celebran nuevas elecciones, ell gobier
no obtendra una, aplastante mayoria y
Ell 6xito del plan Dawes estara asegu-
rado. Las nuevas elecciones en- Alema-
MIA seran un yerdadero duelo muer-
te entire los moderados y los militaris-
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El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1924-08-29
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