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The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-25
SITE NOT NAMED
 FOR NEW SCHOOL
Trustees Of Trade Insti- tuition To Make Decis-
 ion Later
(Gadsdeu Bureau.)

GADSDEN, Ala, July 24.-The board of trustees of the Alabama school of trades left Gadsden Thursday morn- ing without having selected a site but will hold another meeting here within 10 days to finish the work. It is un- derstood the trustees eliminated all the sites offered except two and one of these will be purchased shortly.
 Few Fires Reported-Chester H. Johnson, who was in GadSden Thurs day on his way to Anniston frem Fort Payne, declared he found favorable conditions in the district and that there had been no serious fire in Gadsden for sometime. He said the sheriff re- ported the rural districts of Etowah county had been unusually free from fires during the year.
 To Light Up School-The city board 0 feducation Thursday contracted with the Alabama Power company for a white way along the front of the new high school building on Twelfth street. Six of the most powerful street lights made are to be installed. The board also decided to install a modern moving picture machine and curtain as a part of the school equipment.
 Farmer Dies-C. G. Smith, 24, a prominent young farmer of Alberts- vile, died at local hospital Wednes- day night.
 z Union PIanned-All officers of all young peoples societies of the Protes- tant churches of Gadsden are scheduled to meet Friday night for the purpose of adopting a constitution for the union which the societies recently formed for personal serivce in the city.
 Resort Is Planned-S. V. Bacon and Miss Lillian Held of New York have leased Rahe's lake near Attalla and will convert it into one of the largest pleasure resorts in the state, it is an nounced. The lake will be enlarged to cover 10 acres and improvements call ing for expenditures of $15,O00 will be made.
 Kiwanians FrOIic - More than a score of Kiwians spent Thursday at Cave Springs, Ga., the occasion being an interstate meet with the Rome, Ga, Atlanta, Chattanooga, Gadsden, Anniston and Taladega clubs furnish ing joint program. John A. Lusk, president of the local club, was the principal speaker.
 John Henry Smith-John Henry Smith, 65, died late Wednesday as the result of blood clot in one of his legs. The funeral was held Thursday after noon at 3 o'clock at Pilgrims Rest church.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-25
MOSAIC TEMPLARS
 HOLD CONVENTION
More Than 1000 Delegates At.
 tend At Decatur

ALBANY-RFCATUR, Ala, July 24. Especial. )-The fourteenth session of the nineteenth year of the district state grand lodge Mosiac Templars of Amer ica, representing 500 lodges with an aggregate membership of 42,O0O, Juris- diction of Alabama, was called to order at the First Baptist church, negro, Rev. R. Tillman, pastor, Tuesday morning by the State Grand Master l.. l.. Powell, of Montgomery, Ala.
 Devotional exercises, attended by more than 1000 delegates, were con ducted by Rev. B. J. Smith of Tus- kegee, Ala, Grand Master Powell in- trOduced w. W. Rahm, president of the Decatur Chamber of Commerce, who de- ivered an address of welcome in be- half of the Twin-Cities, Decaturs and Albany.
 Addresses were delivered by Nation al Grand Master Dr. S. J. Elliott, of Little Rock, Ark; W. E. Dancer, of Jacksonville, state grand master of Florida R. A. BlOunt, of Birmingham, grand chancellor Knights of Pythias {; W. H. Terrell, of Rome, state grand master of Georgia, and Dr. W. H.. Mitchell, of Birmingham, past grand master of Alabama.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-25
DOUBLE HANGING
 SET AT MERIDIAN
SIayers Of R. H. Bryant Will Be Executed
 Together

MERIDIAN, Miss, July 24.-Gov- ernor Whitfield having refused to in- tervene arrangements are complete here for the double hanging tomorrow afternoon of Frank Atkinson and Clyde Greer for the murdre of R. H. Bryant last June. His body with Il bullet holes in the back was found two days after his disappearance from his home in company with the condemned men.
 This will be the first time any white man has ever been legally executed in this county and. will be one of the few double hangings ever taking place in Mississippi. Both men will be placed on the trap of the gallows and hanged with single touch of the death trigger.
 The men received without show of emotion notification that the governor had declined to intervene, but later At kinson broke down and wept and asked a minister be sent for. When the min ister left he informed Atkinson if he desired to be baptized he would return prepared to perform the ceremony.
 Atkinson declared he was not party to the actual killing and Greer said if he killed Bryant he had no recollection of it, being under the influence of liquor at the tirze when the killing occurred.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-25
DEPUTY SHERIFF
 TO FACE HEARING
Charged With Shooting Homer
 Logan Near Searles
Tuscaloosa Bureau)

TUSCALOOSA, Ala, July 24.- Deputy Sheriff Sam Sellers, charged with killing Herman Logan, near Searles, will be given a preliminary hearing before Justice of the Peace J. c. Shelton Saturday morning at 10 o'clock. Sellers claims that he fired at the time at Logan's car to stop it, believing that it contained liquor and that the shooting of the man was &C., cidental. The same bullet caused a flesh wound in Odum Turner's right leg. Turner was in the car at the time. It was alleged that several gal Ions of liquor in the car at the time.
 Exchange Club Outing-The Ex- change club enjoyed an outing at River view. park Thursday afternoon and had luncheon on the ground. The members were joined by their families and few friends. No meeting of the club will be held Friday.
 Singers Hold Session Christian Harmony singers from this and adjoin- ing. counties held a two-day session at the court house, under the auspices of the Tuscaloosa Christian Harmony Mu- sic association. The meeting opened Wednesday. A, A. Vines, president of the State Christian Harmony Music as- sociation, presided. Officers elected Thursday were: E. c. O'Quinn, presi- dent; R. F. Matthew, vice president i; Miss Pauline Harden, secretary; NJ. L.. Sturdivant and J. T. Lewis, chaplain.
 Boys To Camp-The annual camp of agricultural club boys and Boy Scouts of the county will be held at Camp Horne from August 4 to 9.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-25
MOSQUITO FIGHT
 SHOWING RESULTS
Few Of Malaria Breeders Seen
 In Selma

SELMA, Ala, July 4.-(Special. J. The total absence of mosquitoes in west Selma is being noted with much ap- preciatiOn for the anti-malaria cam paign which is being quietly waged by Dr. L. T. Lee of the Dallas county health department, and Engineer c. c. Kiker of the United States sanitary department, with a number of labor CTS. Draining, ditching oiling and closing up of old wells, is going on so quietly that it is only known by it's results.
 Parties Are Given-A number of de- lightful midsummer parties are being given this week in honor of Miss Gladys Pugh, national chapterian of the Rap pa Delta sorority of Union Springs and Miss Mabel Yerby of Greensboro, who are visiting Miss Elizabeth Mcleod.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-25
CHARGES DROPPED
 AGAINST TWO BOYS
Father Of Mobile Youth Effects
 Compromise


 JACKSON, Miss, July 24.-(Spe- ial.)-H. E. and S. M. Outlaw, two young men brought to Brookhaven and lodged in jail after being intercepted at Natchez on charges of robbing a Lincoln county storekeeper, Hiram Smith, and toll keeper TouchstOne at the HomochittO bridge Monday eve ming were free Wednesday, compro- mise having been reached. The young men were travelling by automobile from Mobile to Louisiana when the arrests were made. Their version of the event leading to the. arrest was that first Smith and then Touchstone each gave them $10 too much by mis- take in exchange when they paid for Touchstone denied that they voluntarily parted with the amounts named but agreed to the compromise in which they were repaid their losses and all costs and damages were borne by the de- fendants.
 The father of the young n,eE G. l.. Outlaw of Mobile, arrived in Brook haven and exerted himself in their be- half. He said that he had bought the new car in which his sons were travel ing and had agreed on their spending their vacation in the car and with friends in Louisiana.
 Petition .Necessary-Petitions con- taining at least 50 names each will have to be submitted in each county, before the name of Robert M. La Toilette for president and Burton Wheeler for vice president are placed on the general election ticket of Mississippi as pro- gressive party nominees, according to attorney generals office. The mere an opinion issued this morning by the fact that an elector signed the ticket does not mean that the signer is obli- gated to vote the progressive ticket.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-25
STATE MAY GET
 MODIFICATION i IN FAMOUS CASE
Plea For Change In Me ! ridian Rate Structure
 Granted
State Capital Bureau


 MONTGOMERY, Ala, July 24.- Through the efforts of the Alabama Public Service commission modifica- tio-.. of the decision, of the interstate commerce commission in the famous Meridian case affecting rates on cotton, clay, concrete and shale products and gravel, has been recommended in the report of the examiner of the interstate commerce commission who heard the evidence on the request for modified tion of the original order. The public service commission was notified today of the examiners recommendation.
 The Meridian case was reopcned on motion of the Alabama commission which sought notifications of the in terstate commerce commissions order relative to cotton, clay, concrete and shale products, hay and gravel. The commission was asssited by the traffic department of the Montgomery chamber of commerce and Alabama bureau hay association in presenting testimony. The examiner who heard the evidence has recommended the modification of the order so as to allow the application of the Alabama commissioESs rates in tils territory affected by the Meridian decision on all the artlcses enumerated above except hay.
 It was announced that the Alabama Public Service commission and the Montgomery intervenors will file excep- t1ons to the portions of the examiners report denying their requests as to hay rates, @g
 To Discontinue Line-The Alabama public service commission in an order Thursday granted the petition of the Demopolis Telephone company for per- mission to discontinue it's Linden-O Spring Hill line. A petition was dock eted with the commission today by the Silver Hill garage, c. N. Anderson, proprietor, seeking permission to estab- fish an electric generating and distri- button system in the town of Silver Hill. The petition was SC. for hearing at Montgomery August 5.
 Pythians To Meet-TRe annual con- tion of the Eighth Pythian district will be held at Shorters Wednesday, July SO, according to announcement today, Extensive preparations have been made for the entertainment of the conven- tion and large attendance of Knights from Montgomery and from other lodges of the district is expected.
 Paroles Granted Governor Brandon Thursday, upon recommendation of the pardon board, parolde the following 1: Jodie Hornsby, Chambers county, con victed of manslaughter September g, 1921 and given 10 years; Cecil Draper, Lamar county, convicted of distilling September 5, 1923, and sentenced to 12 to 13 months; Willie Lee Clements, Macon county, convicted of distilling October 5, 1923, sentenced to 12 to IA months; Judge Smith, Barbour county, who received a sentence of 54 months, and Herman Cobb, Madison county, who received years sentence for man slaughter November 16, 1922. Secre. tary of State S. H. Blan dissented from te majority recommendation of the pardon board in the cases of Her. man Cobb and Judge Smith. The gov. ernor also pardoned W. c. Shackleford, committed to the reform school for ju- venile negroes at Mount Meigs from Jefferson county May 31, 1923.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-25
REFORM SCHOOL
 OVERCROWDED
Refuses To Accept Girl Com mitted From Anniston Court
IAnnisfnn Ruraaul !

ANNISTON, Ala, July 24.-Vera Rogers, 15-year-old daughter of Mrs Frances Rogers, who was committed to the Alabama Girls Training school in Birmingham, on delinquency charge was returned to Anniston late Wednes- day afternoon by officials atathe, school who stated that the capacity of the school was already exceeded and that it was impossible to find room for the Rogers girl.
 Following hearing before the juve- nile officer, J. P. Whiteside, al recon. mendation was made that Y Judge Thomas W. Coleman, judge of the juve- nile court, have the girl committed to the Birmingham institution. Judge Coleman issued the papers of commit. ment following another hearing and the girl was taken to Birmingham. by deputies.
 In refusing to accept the girl the school officials stated, although the ca pacity of the school is 112, approxi. mately 1855 inmates had been accepted and that it was an impossibiiity to ac- cept any others.
 Fire Marshal Inspects-State Mar shal Chester E. Johnson of Montgomery was business visitor to Anniston for a short while Thursday aftefuoon and while here made several inspections of theatres and other public and business places with fire prevention in view. Mir. Johnson said that there had been very few fires here for the past 60 days and that this report was one of the best ever made by Colhoun county.
 Student Gets High HOnOr-Charles Murray Tatum, student at the Citadel Military college, whose home is in Cope, s. C., won the medal offered for the most proficient R. o. T. 0. stu dent appearing in the prize drill, held at Camp Mcclellan this morning. The students, taking part in the driIt had been selected on competitive basis from the compdnies of the battalion and represented the cream of the R. o. T. c. camp.
 Augustus Dixon Williams, Jr., of Emory university, whose home is at Millidgeville, Ga, took second place in the contest, while third place went to Eben Fletcher Tilley, also of Emory university, who halls from Atlanta,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-25
MOTION ARRANGES
 FOR NEGRO MEETING
National Business League Ses-
 sion Set At Chicago

TUSKEGEE INSTITUTE, Ala. July 24.-(Special.)- Robert R Moton, president of the National Negro Business league, announced today that G. w. A. Johnston of Tuskegee insti. ute has been asked to serve as the district director of transportation in Alabama for the Silver Jubilee" and twenty-fifth annual meeting of the ma tional negro business league, which will be held in Chicago August 20, 21 and 9.
 Reduced rates for the round trip are offered by all lines leading into Chicago. V. H. Tulane of Montgomery and J. T. Harrison of Birmingham will be asso- ciated in this work of the district di- rector of transportation.
 Throughout the country it has been found necessary to appoint the district directors of transportation to facilitate the handling of the transportation de- tails of tickets and reservations for the prospective attendants of the meeting to aid the general transportation agent Claude A. Barnett, 3423 Indiana ave. nue, Chicago, III.
 The National Negro Business league was founded by Booker T. Washing ton, founder of the Tuskegee Normal and Industrial institute, Alabama. in Boston in 1900.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-25
HOT IN GOODWATER
Crops Being Parched As Result Of
 DrOuth

GOODWATER, Ala, July 24.-(Spe- cial. l.)-Goodwate and surrounding country have experienced the hottest weather for the past two or three days it has. had in several years. The ther- mometer registered in the shade as high as 08 degrees. While there have been partial showers in this community, the relief from the heat has been small ana crops not helped very much from the extended drouth.
 Sunday School Convention is now in progress at the negro Methodist church here Sunday school convention of this district with Presiding Elder Ragland in charge. The convention will continue during the week. There are some fifteen or twenty ministers of
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-25
NEGROES RETURN
 HOME FROM NORTH
Scarcity Of JoEs G4ven As The
 Reason
lNIuscle Shoals Bureau.l


 SHEFFIELD, Ala, .aly 24.-Co- lumbus Butler, negro assailant, of white woman is sti.l at large having eluded officers who were thought to have had him surrounded last night Of- ficers from Lauderdale and La,, renee counties are now searching f him in the vicinity of Courtland whcss he has been traced.
 Tells Of Convention-The Sheffield Rotary club heard another partial re- port today oD the recent intcrnAt=n1l convention at Toronto by district gover- nor Turner.
 citizenship, made by Collis Weeks, of Geneva county, convicted of distilling.
 Other cases denied were: H. W. Allen, alias H. J. Allen, Mobile county, forgery, 2d degree; Henry Baker, Clay county, making liquor; Hezekiah Blank enship, Morgan county, burglary; Homer Carmack, Lee county, murder; Mint Carter, Lauderdale county, dis tilling; Lepolia Griffin, Jefferson coun- ty, murder; Fred Lehner. Shelly, dis tilling; W. Massey, Geneva, murder, 2d degree; Lee Moore, Clark, murder, 2d degree; Ali Sparks, Marshall, distilling; Zack Taylor, Mobile, manslaushter, first degree; John Tripp, 1dllapoosa, nllpslau2hter, first degree.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-25
BRIDGE TO REOPEN
Repairs About Completed On Roy
 Structure

MONTGOMERY, Ala, July 24.- Especial. l-Travel over the Roy bridge on the Birmingham-M Montgomery high way can be resumed in about two weeks, according to announcement to-, day. of Thomas S. Edwards, county engineer. The bridge has been closed to traffic since repairs were started more than two months ago. The bridge will be a free one in the future, it having been taken over by the state and Montgomery county.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-25

on the executive board of the Chicago Florida Highway association, the p1r- pose of the association being to route tourists from Chicago to Florida. Mr
 Meininger has invited the progressive citizens of the cities to meet with him in the chamber of commerce rooms t,, to discuss the routing of the tourists so so that they will pass through the Twin
Imperial Valley press., 1924-10-01
FEARED he WOULD HAVE
TO GIVE UP HIS WORK
Took Tanlac at Druggist
Advice and Is Now in
Fine Condition, Says.
Pierce. t@ A'JN

FThere is nothing too good for
me to say about Tanlac, for the
medicine has made new ard diff
fercnf man Of me, is the empha-
tie statement of Sidney G. Pierce,
l697H Santec ST., los Angeles. Mr..
Pierce has been a chef for 80 years
and is regarded as an expert in
all matters pertaining to culinary
work.
A complication Of stomach. liver
and kidney disorders, indigestion,
.an.tipation, dizziness and shat
tered nerves had weakened me
down uatil it looked like J would
have to give up my worl; entirely.
1t all followed an attack cf carbon
diox;dc poisoning about n year ag5
and my health was just about
wrecked.
Finally .. a druggist advised
Tanlac and the first six bottles
put me on my feet. So | kept on
taking it along during the year
and am now in the best condition
| have known in years. y
Tanlac is for sale by all good
Imperial Valley press., 1924-10-01
ORDER OF NOTICE THEREON

Southern District of California,
Southern Division, IS:
On this oath day of September,
1924, on reading the foregoing petit
ton, it is
ORDERED BY THE COURT that
n hearing be had upon the same on
the 1st day of December, 1924, be-
fore the said Court at Los Angeles,
California, in said District at ten
clock in the forenoon, and that
notice thereof be published in the
Imperial Valley Press, d newspaper
printed in said District, and that all
known creditors and other persons in
interest may appear at the said time
and place and show cause, if any
they have, why the prayer of the
said petitioner should not be grant
ed.
AND IT IS FURTHER ORDER
ED BY THE COURT, that Huber
A. Collins, the referee in Bankrup-
tcy shall send by mail 20 all known
creditors copies of said petition and
this order, addressed to them at
their places of residence stated.
WITNESS, the Honorable, VIM. ?.
James, Judge of the said Court, and
the seal thereof, at Los Angeles in
said District on the oath day OF
September, 1924.
CHAS. N. WILLIAMS,
Clerk
BY G. F. Gibson, Deputy.
l(SEATA Oct l IL
Imperial Valley press., 1924-10-01

, DETROIT - Largest problem
ever undertaken in automobile
transport is that of the Macabees
motor caravan which will be con-
centrated at 7 washington in the
sumner 2f 1928. According, to
plans made putisc BY A. w, Frye.
supreme con.;HanIer of the Mac
cabees, at headquarters OF the. fra
ternal beneynlent order, t2re, the
state caravans will TGs,tr more
than UUU automobiles
When Tobillzed in q solid body
the Maccabees automobile caravan
could enter Washington two
abreast in procession five miles
Imperial Valley press., 1924-10-01

FL Centre and the Arizona boun-
dary.
Possibly If YOU come from Tie
metropolitan area yoa viii return
md tell lurid tales of shifting sand
dunes, ella monsters, how yorr car
was chased off the highway by
rattlesnakps, and lament on the
absence OF soda fountains in ihat
district.
And possibly-it is just possible
if YOU have any sense or feeling
YOU will write Il very nice letter
to the nearest office Of the Auto
| Club. enclosing n membership fee
and telling the officials how nucl
| you appreciated the rescue effect
icd by their patrol the day you of
/ fercd up like Wellington, u shor
prayer for help before nightfall.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-10-01
Patrol Service
Help to Autoists
(ContirueG from page ~


tion. OF course, primarily, that
Auto Club members alone. fer they
are the Red Cross Of the highway.
Still, they are the Good Sanlaritans
also, and if Il limp and helpless
brother sailing over the desert
highway stalls, then if they are
passing they will stop and assist
the unfortunate one in his troable.
Have to Encyclopedias
Besides having to pass eXanina-
tion on all, known makes of ears
and interrogation on some that are
nos made, but just induced together,
the patrol men have to know the
traffic laws in general and the
different and particular one Of ev-
cry city and town that is found in
their territory. Then he must know
how far it is from here TO there,
and back again round by Bill Simp-
kina what ears have been stolen
within the past "a hours, where they
were taken from, and the probable
place they viii be found in.
The traffic patrol men are cX-
perts in locating the trouble on cars.
They will spend half an hour wi.h
fyou if the adjustment of the riga
magig Will take only that long; but
if the adjustment of repair requires
more time to be spent upon it they
will low you to the nearest house
! OF refuge, positively refusing an,
tip and requiring only 4 signature
| of acknowledged service
/ Two weeks are spent in an emel
gency hospital at. Los Angeles fo
the purpose of Qualifying each maj
with & real first aid knowledge, S,
Imperial Valley press., 1924-10-01

New developments in the cup
preston Of foCt and mouth disease
in California are unusually encour-
aging. This was the opinion of
officials of the United States De
partment of Agriculture in sum
mary of the situation September
23. The last case of infection re-
ported was disposed of August %,
making an entire month with no
occurrences. Even in the Stanis-
laus National Forest, in Tuolumne
Count, where virus of foot and
mouth disease is suspected to exist,
no new eases Of the disease have
appeared. BY order of the forest
service, cooperating with the bureau
Of animal industry, stoekmen have
been notified to round up and re-
move' their animals-eattle and
sEeep-before October /. This is
the usual time that scarcity of pas
ture. combined with cold and stormy
weather, forces animal life TO seek
| lower attitudes.
| After October /, when the ranges
| have been freed as fully IS possible
from domestic livestock and wis
! life, the. inspectors will gather u
i or shoot nh stray and wild animals
thereby preventing the possibilit
of the disease spreading 10 othe
regions.
In other portions of the stat
iwhere infection formerly existed
all reports show evidence that meth
DDS of eradication were 100 per cen
effective. More than 800 premises
! have either been restocked entirely
or in part through the admission OF
/ test animals without showing any
| sions Of the plague. Restrictive