The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-02
CHURCH MAY BUY
 S5l,OOO HOSPITAL
Montgomery To Transfer Interest In Memorial
 To MethOdists
(State Capital Bureaul,

MONTGOMERY, Ala,. Aug. H. Formal resolution directing the trans fer of the city's interest in the Me morial hospital, now being erected here to the general hospital board of the Methodist Episcopal church, south, was adopted by the city commission today. Under the agreement, the church will assume the city's obligation, as rep resented by bonds to the amount of $50,00O. issued at the time the con struction work was started. The church agreed to pay the outstanding interest as we'll as the principal of the bonds.
 As soon as the church pays over the money and the contract is executed, the city commission will give the former deed to the property. Construction of the Memorial hospital was started shortly after the end of the World war. Money ran short and work was sus- pended until the church agreed to com plete the buildings and to take over the investment made by the city.
 ThOringtOn Funeral-Funeral serv- ices for Mrs. J. Winter Thorington, wife of the judge of the court of com mon pleas, who died late Thursday night after a long illness, were con ducted at the residence, B Goldth- waite street Friday afternoon and the body was buried at Oakwood cemetery. In addition to her husband and infant child, Mrs. Thorington is survived by large number of relatives, some of whom reside at Mobile and Memphis.
 Mrs. Thorington was born at Mem phis, being the daughter of Raphael Semmes. She spent several years in Mobile before moving to Montgomery. She was married to Judge Thorington December 30, 1916. "
 0Zier Sentenced-Oren Ozier, who pleadeds guilty early in the week to the charge of assaulting c. A. L. Duncan, aged news. dealer, was sentenced to three months and 120 days at hard la bor by Judge Leon McCord in circuit court today. sOzier attacked Duncan when Duncan had him arrested gon. a charge of being a vagrant.
 Wade l.. Hill, who was convicted of violating the prohibition laws in four cases, received four months and 105 days. He was sentenced in three cases during the week and under the law the court was required to impose hard labor sentences.
 George Hurt, convicted of stealing an automobile from a rent company, received an indeterminate sentence of three to four years in the penitentiary
 Brandon To Attend-Governor W. W. Brandon and a number of other state officials will attend the barbe- cue to be staged Saturday at Richburg in Coffee county, at which Clifford Boyd will be host. Among those who will ateend will be Governor Brandon, Chief Justice John c. Anderson of the supreme court, Judge J. J. Mayfield, Judge Herzberg and Judge Pitts of. the state tax commission, James Aston and Judge James, Rice of Tuscaloosa, B. H. Cooper, J. P Hanks, Mayor w. A. Gunter, Jr., of Montgomery.
 AbercrombIp To Speak-Dr. John w. Abercombie, state superintendent of education, has accepted invitations to deliver two addresses at educational rallies in Madison county. He will speak at Walnut Grove school August :, and at Gurley August g. !;
 Bids Advertised-Bids have been ad- vertised from the state highway de- partment for concrete and steel bridge over the Conecuh river, near Can't, in Covington county, on the highway between Luverne and Anda- lusia. The bridge is expected to cost abont S3O0On