The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-06
MUCH ACTIVITY
 BY DRY AGENTS IS REPORTED
Many Large Hauls And Several Arrests Have
 Been Made
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MONTGOMERY, Ala, Aug. 5.-- Great activity in prohibition law en-. forcement was reported to headquarters of the state law enforcement depart ment Tuesday. In Sumter county, two 6O-gallon stills and one of p gallons, with 760 gallons of beer and 20 gallons of whisky. and a houseboat were selzed.
 In Montgomery county 221a gallons of whisky and 174 bottles of home brew were seized.
 Capture of 21 gallons of home brew in Franklin county and six gallons Of whisky in Colbert county with one ar rest in each case, was reported. A 400-gallon still and 1,250 gallons of beer were captured in Greene county, four men arrested and two quarts of whisky seized in Jefferson county; 150 and a 100-gallon still, 2,500 gallons of beer, 10 gallons of whisky, Ford car and threee men in Jackson county Hudson automobile, 73 gallons of whisky and seven men arrested in Cal houn county; a 200-gallon still, 200 gallons of beer and four gallons of whisky in St. Clair county; one 1,SOO and one 1,20O-gallon still in Lee county, with 1000 gallons of beer and 75 gal Ions of whisy and a 500-gallon still with 800 gallons of beer in Chambers county. ~
 L. S N. Hearing Begun--The Ala bama public service commission began hearing Tuesday morning on the pe- tition of the Louisville and Nashville railroad for authority to discontinue its agency at Black in Geneva county, All fred Black and o. E. Gibson of Black appeared in opposition to the petition. They contended that the falling off in revenue at the Black agency was due to temporary depression, which will be made good in future.
 In discussing prospects for future business at Black, Mir. Black stated that crops in that section are much bet ter than any since 1914, and that, talk ing all crops on whole. they are the best on record in that vicinity.
 W. F. Black and M.. M, Caskie, of the Montgomery Chamber of Commerce, appeared, representing business inter ests and merchants of Montgomery op- posing the the granting of the petition.
 Ask LaFOIlete Emblem-Secretary of State S. H. Blan Tuesday mailed to Donald Richburg, attorney for the na- tional La Toilette Wheeler campaign committee, data sought by Mir. Rich burg as to requirements for copies of emblems to go on the ballot in Alabama. In letter to Mir. Blan, the La Toilette leader stated that he was arranging to file 150 copies Of the La Follete em- blm as required by Alabama law, to go on the ballot in this state. The emblem adopted by the La Follette-Wheeler ticket is the Liberty bell.
 Commissions Issud-The following commissions have been issued by Sec retary of State s. H. Blan:
 H. c. Stephenson, Enterprise, chair man board of registrars of Coffee coun- ty; Henry Watson, Enterprise, mem- Der board of registrars, Coffee county; M. M. Tucker, Elba, memebr board of registrars, Coffee county; Albert Yam, Coffeeville, Ala, notary public and ex- officio justice of the peace of Clarke county.
 Norties public: Robert Hopkins; Sheffield NJ. A. Hummer, Carbon Hill {; John W. Brooks, Bessemer; Mrs. Lutie A. Patton, Demopolis; Miss Josie O'Dell, Birmingham; W. NJ. Beck, Haleyville; c. A. Kroph, Carbon Hill ;. J. P. Ledyard Montgomery Mrs. Kate N. Duke, Tuskegee; w. A. Martin, Pat ton; Miss Allah Sheffield, Mobile; NJ. D. Maddox, Birmingham Robert NJ. l.. Strong, Birmingham; F. s. Haley, Oak man; Rogers Bite, Birmingham o. D. Bower, Five Points; G. c. Bagley, Bir- mingham.
 Granted Permits-The following for eigh corporations have recently been granted permits by Secretary of State S. H. Blan to do business in Alabama:
 Northern Alabama corporation, Delaware corporation, engaged in manu- featuring and mining, etc.
 Durnell Wright company, a Massa- chusetts corporation, dealers in coffee, tea, groceries, etc.
 The B. F. Hausman company .an Ohio corporation; dealers in building materials.
 Massachusetts Protective Life Assur- ance company, a Massachusetts corpora tion, life insurance.
 The Martin Semour co. pany, an H. linois corporation, dealing in varnishes, oils, etc.
 Robert G. Lassiter and company, a North Carolina corporation; general contracting.
 Birdsey Flour mills, Georgia cor poration; doing milling business.
 Yellow Cab, Manufacturing Sales cor poration, Delaware corporation; deal CTS in automobiles
 Georgia Electric and Construction company, a Georgia corporation; gen eral electric construction.
 The YoungstOne Steel Products com pany, an Ohio corporation; dealing in iron, steel and products of same. -