The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-22
HIGHWAY BOARD GIVES CONTRACT
 TO JERE' GWIN
Project Calls For Gravel
 Improvement Over | 29 Miles
(State Capital Bureau)

MONTGOMERY, Ala, July 21.- The state highway commission this aft ernoon awarded the contract for a gravel project, extending from the Roy bridge over the Alabama river in Montgomery county to Marbury in Autauga county, distance of 20 miles, to J. W. Gwin of Birmingham for $55,- 707.60. The award was conditioned upon the counties of Montgomery, Ell more and Autauga furnishing the gravel and right of way. The road is Q sec tion of the old Birmingham-M Montgom- cry highway, which is to be improved by the state and maintained by the three counties affected.
 The commission authorized the pre- pairing of estimates as to the cost of q bridge over Bear creek in Colbert coun- ty and construction of three miles of road in that county, in the Lee high way, between Margerum and the Mis- sissippi state line, and voted to build the bridge and road on the 1924 pro- gram if the estimates of cost are not excessive and provided Colbert county will furnish the money for the work, to be repaid from the next sale of state road bonds. This work will SUD- ply a much-needed link in the Lee high way, 1t was stated.
 Four Paroles Issued-Governor W. W. Brandon today, upon recommenda- tion of the pardon board, paroled Ike Williams, convicted of murder in Jef- :, ferson county, February g, 1906, and given n life sentence; Lester Cole; who received a ten-year sentence from Dale county for a statutory offense June s, 1922; Calvin Adams, convicted in Ge- neva county of possessing still, Junt 14, 1922, and given two to four years, and Will Kirky, Morgan county, con. victed of burglary, April 15, 1922, and sentenced to two to three years.
 The Cole case was recommended by a majority of the board, Secretary of State s. H. Blan recommending only a six-months' test parole. /
 Charity Leader Buried-Funeral services for John H. Douglass, for twelve years the head of the Associated Charities of Montgomery, were held Monday afternoon, the body being buried at a local cemetery. Mir. Doug lass died suddenly Sunday evening, after having been in i'll health for several months. He was eighty-four years old but had been active in the work of Montgomery charity organizations until q lCW udyS dbO1 NACu puJ5ASAahS u1- vised him to remain at home. -t
 Mir. Douglass gave his entire life to charitable work. Before coming to Montgomery for the purpose of organ izing the Associated Charities, he was located in New Orleans, where he held leading position in charity work for twenty-five years. Mir. Douglass was born at Warrington, a town near Augusta, Ga. His wife died several years ago and he left no near rela' tives.
 Chauffeur Is Held-A. W. Brown chauffeur, was held by city police to. day on a charge of disorderly con. duct, following the finding of Miss Alice Mosely, waitress, in an unconscious condition on an extension of South Court street. Miss Mosely regaineC consciousness at local infirmary anC stated that she jumped from Browns automobile ushtle the c1r was geing d high speed. Al <. = 1 E,
 The girl, said Brown, who is tht brother of her sisters husband, told hei he would take her to her home, but thai when she went into the car he went il another direction. Brown told police he was intoxicated the time and diC not know what he was doing. The gir