The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-08
bIRM|NGHAM MANI GETS $100,000
Eight Miles Of Road From UniontoWn To Browns
 Station To Be Built
STATE CAPITAL BUREAU l
 THE AGE-HERALp |

' Mo0BBomcrys t<Ato's oon' . J
 Contracts Son two projects, bids on
 which were opened a short time ago
 were awarded Monday by the state
 highway commission meeting Monday
 at the state highway department 3building for the first time in 1924. 5 The contract for constructing SIT miles of graveled road in Perry coun-
 ty from Uniontown, to Browns sta
 ton was awarded to W. c. Mccoy of JLaFayette at a price of $110.781.13. lThe contract for building bridges of lcreosoted wood along this road was Igiver C. W. Cooper of Oxford at $2S,- l052S0.
 Jerry Gwin of Birmingham was lawarded the contract for building I3S2 miles of chert road in Jefferson land Blount counties at $110.476.sS. finnish the last link in modern road lway from Decatur to Birmingham.
 The commission also opened the Ionly bid received for the paving of lstretch of road in Goodwater. Mitch lell Brothers of Oneonta were awarded Nthe job at $14.0S6.12. The town Of
 Goodwater is to pay &2,soo of this
 amount.
 
 A Campaign in the interest of the
 ca ndidacy of Senator Underwood for
 the democratic nomination for Presf- Hdent of the United States was or |iganized by representative meeting Iof the democrats of Limestone coun- Ity at the court house in Athens Fri Iday night, according to information tiere today.
 ) Fred wali, who called the meeting lfto order, was elected chairman of the lUnderwood campaign for Limestone
 county. @
 l A central committee consisting of 1w. T. Sanders, Jr., W. S. Peebles, IC. W. Sarver, Henry Malone, W. W. IINTalone, A. J. Grisham and M. K. Cle- lnments was appointed to select |nchairman for each beat and to per fleet thorough organization of the ltcounty. A committee on resolutions of George Duncan, w. $. |lPeebles and W. E. Willisl was ap- IIpointed and committee on publicity, 1aconsisting of George Duncan, Henry faNalone and W. E. Willis, w. S. Sher- llrill was appointed treasurer. The iiAthens Masonic band was on hand II 4 number of the most prominent Hand representative women of the licounty attended the meeting. III A number of short talks were made, lkemphasizing the fact. that Senator 1fUnderwood was recognized as the kbest equipped man in the United l!States for President and that this sfact is recognized by the best inform # ed public opinion in all parts of the Limited States.
 E APPOINTED HEALTH REGISTRAR The state board of health at a sxmeeting Monday afternoon elected Nv. T. Tales of Baltimore as registrar Esf vital and mortuary statistics for Hthe state board of health depart
 ment, filling the vacancy created by Tthe death in October of Dr. H. G. |tPehry.
 X The new registTar, Is a graduate Dof HSrvard with bachelor of science -a..sn IS now at the John Hop akins health school at Baltimore. He .zwill take his degree of doctor of lpubiic healtha in April,s enaS as' tae 70 [fport for duty hero Aprif1. The work (which he has already accomplished Hsincludes an independent investigation | sof diptheria carriers in the city of HsBaltimore: the making of reports to | tthe United States public health ser Twice on expenditures. of health de- apartments of number of cities. and
 contributions to several leading Rjournals.
 It was announced that Dr. w. w. ItTIarper, president of the State Medi- 4cal association,, has appointed Dr. pouglas Cannon assistant to the Estate health officer, as secretary of the state medical association to fill
 Dr. Henry Perry's unexpired term. An election to fill the office will be held
 lin April, at the next meeting of the Association.
 Examinations will be given Tues
 day to the following applicants for
 medical licenses in Alabama. Henry
 si. Ford. Hoke Bluff; William T. AL Zen, Pike county; W. Lee Fitzgerald,