The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-06
'llLlfERACY ] WAR IN ALABAMA H
 PLAN OF WOMEN
Week Of March 21-29 To Be Devoted To State
 wide Campaign
(sTArE CAPITAL BUREAU)

SI0Om1nI, Ald., ceO. U. bue
 week of March 21-29 will be devoted
 literacy, it was announced Tuesday by
 . conference with Gov. w. w. Brap-
 don. The conference in the. governors
 office was called by Mrs. Val Taylor
 of Uniontown, president of the Alabama
 Federation of Women's clubs, and Mrs. Frank Thomas of Auburn, chairman of
 the illiterecy committee of the federa- I tion.
 During the campaign stamps will be
 sold and an active fight waged to wipe
 out ilfiteracy in the state. Those pres
 ent at the conference Tuesday morn
 ing were Governor Brandon, Mrs. Fay
 ior, Mrs. Thomas, Dr. J. w. Aber-
 crombie, state superintendent of educa-
 Brevard Jones of Montgomery, Mir. and
 Mrs. c. w.. Blassingame, R. V. Ellzey,
 state superintendent of the Alabama | Sunday School association Miss Agnes Harris, state home demonstration
 agent; Mrs. Frank Cade of Katherine
 and Mrs.. Churchill Marks of Mont Eomery.
 Build Record Platform l OIk OI CUuHLEuCt1u8 VAdtlOIm tO
 run 30 or 10 feet along the side of the Tuesday. The object of the platform l will be to hold the records of the office % that more floor space will be avail able for the working forces.
 Musgrove Confident l Col. L.. B. Musgroye, candidate for democratic presidential nomination in tho March primary, visited the capital Tuesday on business connected, he said, with the state board of education of which he is q member. Nc expressed confidence that he would be winner in tn ethree-cornered race with Dinsmore and Underwood.
 Bridge To Be Flooded A Covfngton county delegation was present Tuesday morning at the meeting Inference to !. bridge over the Conecuh river which is liable to be flooded by the baclwatrs of the dam of the Horse Shoe Lumber company at Can't, Ala. The Covington county men wanted to know if the state was thinking of building a new highway in the county which would mean a new bridge between the dam in question. This would obviate the neces- sity of raising the old bridge above the flood line.
 No additional road building in Gov tngton county is contemplated by the state in the immediate future, they were informed.
 Violations Reported Five game law violations were report X cd from Tuscaloosa county to the state N conservation office. They were Dave Barger, hunting without license Wes- ley Manson, hunting without license !; Roscoe Gregg, hunting without permit !; l c. +. Glazner, hunting without permit l; s. c. Chesser, hunting without permit. N Each was fined $10 and costs. Treasury Flushed
 After checking up the business for \ the past 24 hours, George w. Ellis,
 state treasurer, announced Tuesday \ that the preceding day wassone of the B biggest that the treasury had expe- N rienced in some time.
 R The state received payment from the
 purchasers of series B highway bonds, \ the receipts from this source being
 $500 900. Other receipts brought the ! total to $319, ,S33 .S7 taken in during the
 day, while the total disbursements were Il $332, ,7S9.37.
 The purchasers of the series B bonds N are Veil, Roth and Irving company
 of Cincinnati. Ohio, and the. Sutherlin, ! Barry and company of New Orleans, La. The total amount of this issue is N $3,000,00O. 5 II Fertilizer Rates Set Hearing was resumed Tuesday by
 the Alabama public service commission K on the fertilizer rate case which has II been pending some time before that
 body. During this session the shippers N testimony was heard, the railroads hay N ing offered their evidence at previous ! meeting. The hearing of the complaint 1 of the Mobile Chamber of Commerce and Business league against the Louis vile and Nashville Railroad company was postponed to March 3 by order of the commission. This complaint is on N the subject of rates on various com modities from Mobile to points on the Louisville and Nashville in Alabama south of Montgomery and east of Myrtlewood.