The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-23
KEEP UP FIGHT
 FOR FORD URGED.
Albany-Decatur Chamber Rais- ing $10,O00 For Civic
 Activities
TENNESSEE VALLEY BUREAU


 ALBANY-DECATUR, Ala, Jan. 22.-Directors of the Albany-Decatur Chamber of Commerce Tuesday tele- graphed Congressman Almon as fol- low: The directors of the Albany De catur Chamber of Commerce are unan- imous for Henry Ford as the lessee of the Muscle Shoals project We request you to continue your efforts to that end" W. W. Rahm, President. Committees which solicited member ship in the Chamber of Commerce Tuesday met Tuesday evening at the civic organizations headquarters to tabulate their return. It was shown at the night meeting that the committees believed they will be successful in rais- ing the $10,000 quota asked to keep up the work of the Chamber of Com merce during the ensuing year.
 @ The one sday drive Tuesday followed a preliminary meeting Monday evening when the committees were named and the territories assigned to each worker. The meeting was presided over by w. W. Kahn. president. Many expressions of encouragement were given the cam paign, several citizens making short addresses pledging their cooperation.
 Contractor HI
 Local friends are very anxious over the condition of E. c. Goodrich, head of the c. c. Goodrich Contracting com- pany, who was reported as having been taken very i'll in Anniston Monday aft ernoon late. The company has con tracts for construction of practical ly all the roads now being built in Morgan county.
 4 Health. Report Made
 The report of Dr. H. O.. Mckee, county health officer, for 1923 was made public today. It showed the de- partment has been very active during the preceding 12 months. Nearly 10,- 900 people, listened to addresses by health workers in this county dur ing the year. Many inspections were made of dairies and places where meat is handed. School children were given physicial examinations mad many de- fects' remedied.
 Baptist Women Meet | Baptist women of Morgan county held on all-day meeting Tuesday at the Hartselle Baptist church. Mrs. w. 1 c. Jones, president of the Woman's Missionary union of the Southern Baptist convention, was the principal | speaker.
 Dividend Distributed | A dividend distribution of $25,000 was made by the stockholders of the North Alabama Building and Loan as- socitaion at their annual meeting. Of ficers were elected as follows: Clyde Hendrix, president; s. A. Lynne, at, torney; A. T. Hanson. secretary: w E. Sivley, J. A. Thomson, and F. H. Pointer, vice president.
 Attends Mothers Funeral H. NJ. Eggers, prominent local mer- chant, has returned from Louisville Ky, where he attended the funeral of his mother. Mrs. Elizabeth H. Eggers who died Friday mroning at an early hour. She was buried Sunday at Cave ! Hill, Louisville, Ky.
 :, Urged To Pay Tax 1 Poll tax payments are being made slowly in Morgan county mad officials issued a warning today that the tax must be paid by February l. Pastors Plan Club
 l The Pastors union of Morgan count, has decided to support the movement l to organize0 an "Evangelistic Club ] similar to the ones in the other cities The club was suggested by Dr. James k. Hunters. 9' Funeral For. Mrs. Garrett Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon by Rev. Edwards for Mrs o. T. Garrett. Interment was made ill the city cemetery.
 To Meet At Austinville
 The next meeting of the County B. Y. F. IL. will be held in Austinville That city was selected at conven. tion held in the Decatur Baptist church when Miss Hannah Reynlods of Mont. gomery, state secretary, delivered the principal address.