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The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-30
FLORENCE PLANS DEFENSE PROGRAM
Mayor Asks Citizens To Observe
 Partial Holiday
{ (NIuecIe Sh0aIs Bureau. ]

FLORENCE, Ala, August D. Plans for the observance of National Defense day in Florence on September 12, are nearing completion. It is stat ed the full program for the day will be given out soon. Mayor ". s. Eastep has issued n proclamation calling on all citizens of Florence to observe q holi- day from 4 to 6 p, m,
 To Close Labor Day-Practieally all the business houses of Florence will be closed Labor Day, allowing their employees to join in the Labor Day eel ebration to be held at Spring Park in Tuscumbia.
 To Gull POultCy-SeTerai poultry cul1ing demonstrations will be given in LauderdAle county next week by County Agent Deal, who will be assisted by Mir. Gardner, poultry specialist from Auburn.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-30
400 WILL ENROLL
 IN ETOWAH HTGH
Prof. Riddle Announces Com
 pIete List Of Teachers
(Gadsden Bureau)

GADSDEN, Ala, August 29.-The Etowah County High school, the second largest in the state, will open next Monday with the prospects of an en. follment far in excess of 400, the fig. ure for the attendance for last session The buildings have been repaired and new equipment has been added in every department. J. I. Riddle, principal, an. nounces the following faculty: R. L. Clemens, assistant principal; H. D, Thomas, athletic coach; R. c. Brad ford, Sam W. Johnston, Lucy Kate Clark, Edna Pate, Jesse Bayless, Mary Cox, Mary Hall, Mrs. ". R. Wright, Mrs. Annie B. Johnston and Miss Bes- sic Ruth Steele.
 Store Damaged-Fire late Thurs day did damage of about $500 to the Belcher, store on Twelfth street. The fire is thought to have been started by waste basket
 Hungry Burglars-Hungry burglars broke into the Adams store in East Gadsden Thursday night. They twisted off paddock op the front door and after getting inside took nothing but some bread and sardines.
 Starnes Elected-Joe Starnes of Guntersville was elected president of the third district convention of Knights of Pythias at Guntersville Thursday. c. w. Peters of Gadsden was. named vice president and J. E. Bathune of Crossville was named secretary-treas- urer.
 Mrs. Mary GrOss-News was ,-re- ceived here Friday of the death of Mrs. Mary Gross at Marysville, Ohio, We'd nesday. She was the mother of D. N. and Charles F. Gross of Gadsden.
 ROtarians Entertained-The Boy Scouts, in a two weeks camp at Shin bone Ridge, entertained the Rotary club at dinner Thursday night, the pro gram being under the direction of Charles F. Smith, o. R. Hood and Dr. A. W. Rails. The scouts court of honor conferred the eagle rank on Her bert Rosenblum. Merit badges were given to Grisby Christopher, Herbert Harris, Acton AIachim and Herbert Rosenblum.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-30
RESIGNS
 ASC. OF (. HEAD
w. M. Martin Named Successor By Sheffield
 Organization
Muscle Shoals Bureau)

SHEFFIELD, Ala, August 20.-At a called meeting this morning of the board of directors of the Sheffield Chamber of Commerce the resignation of Dr. A. M. Eaton as president was accepted and W. H. Martin was elected to fill the unexpired term of approxi- lnately four months. Dr. Eaton re signed to devote all his time to the publication of the Tuscumbia News, which he has purchased. During the 20 months he has been president Dr. Eaton has worked successfully for the promo tion of the city's interests ,and his friends regret that he is seyering his connection with the organization and also with the Sheffield Standard, with which he has been associated with Will ma c. Go0dlow for some time. Mir. Martin is. one of the leading business men of Sheffield and is among it's most public spirited citizens. Dr. Eaton's last official act today was to appoint A. k. Cannon and Plopper Almon a committee of two to cooperate with n like committee to be appointed by F. A. Menninger, president of the Tus- cumbia Chamber of Commerce. These four men will select a fifth man from the county and the five will have re- fcrred to it all matters from both or ganizations affecting the commercial welfare of the county, matters having county aspect rather than Sheffield and Tuscumbia bearing alone.
 Relics ,Unearthed relics were uncarthed Thursday at the Indian mounds at the mouth of Town creek bv Gerard Fowke of the Smithsonian institute. Washington, and his assist ants. The excavators found skulls and other portions of Indian skeletons. The burial mound is about 25 feet in diameter and the skeletons showed a great preponderance of children under 10 years of age. 4 curious custom of the Indians, as shown by the mounds excayated, was that the heads of the braves were placed near together in a circle. The excavations are being made nt the request of the Tennessee Valley Historical society, of which Frank R. King of Leighton is president, ayl Dr. W. H. Lake of Sheffield vice presi- dent. The society secured the cO-opera- tion of the government in making the exploration at this time because of the fact that before completion of Wilson Dam the waters backed up will inun- date the mound and make further ex- ploratiOns impossible
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-30
RIGHT TO ABANDON
 BRANCH LINE GIVEN
Power Of Utility Head Limited
 By New Ruling
lStata CapitaI Bureau. !

MONTGOMERY, Ala, August o. X federal court in Colorado has decided that railroad may be allowed by the interstate commerce commission to abandon intrastate service on branch line if it is part of an interstate line and losing money, according to infor- nation received by the Alabama Public Service commission Friday from John D. Benton, general solicitor of the na- tional association of railway and utili- ties commissioners. The case is of con- siderable interest, involving the pow CTS of the interstate commerce commis- sion. 1t has not been passed on by the United States Supreme court.
 The case originated when the Cobra do Southern railroad asked the inter- state commerce commission to allow it to abandon a branch in that state. The Colorado utilities commission moved to dismiss the case on the ground that if the transportation act purported to empower the interstate comerce commission to authorize aban- donment of intrastate operations, it was unconstitutional, The interstate commerce commission by 6 tos6 vote, allowed the abandonment
 The case was then carried to court, and heard by three federal judges in Colorado, who upheld the interstate commerce commission, holding that it had Q right to allow abandonment of the line intrastate if it was part of an instrate line and shown to be losing money. The statement from Solicitor Benton to the Alabama commission, announcing the decision, was headed with the statement that "the transpor- tation act continues to receive favor able and expansive treatment at the hands of the federal judiciary"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-30
TEACHERS PASS
 FROM JEFFERSON
Successful List Is An nounced By Superin-
 .tendent Abercrombie
tstate Capital Bureau

MONTGOMERY, Ala, August 20. Announcement was made today by Dr. John W. Abercrombie, state su- perintendent of education, of the list of successful applicants for teachers certificates in Jefferson county, from the July examinations.
 Following is the list
 Life (white): Mrs. Hettie P. AL len, Leeds; Bessie Harden Bagley, Woodlawn; Mollie Brown, Tarrant City; Ada Edna Gaddy, Oiney; Daisy Henry, Anniston Georgia Elizabeth Wilson, Irondale.
 First grades (white): Lorena Dale Parrott, Marion; Catherine Grace Wise, Birmingham.
 Second grade (white) Ethel Darden, Pinson; Lucille Goar, Graymont, Bir- mingham; Mrs. Frank o. Reagan, Bir- mingham;.
 Second grades (colored) Mary Joyce Cook, Birmingham; Bessie Fields, Bir- mingham; Ruth Hall, Birmingham 1; Ethel E. Odom, Birmingham; Mabel Wood, Birmingham.
 Third grades (white): Mamie Chiles Aleverson, Birmingam; Elizabeth Lee Aust, Birmingham; Mildred EIoise Brummit, Birmingham Catherine Clark, Birmingham; Elizabeth NJ. Crow, Birmingham; Sarah Elizabeth Goodman, AvoDdale; Odette Hall, Ensley Mrs. T. A. Kilgore, LittIeton 1; Mrs. Nettie Stith Mcdonald, Birming- ham; Mary Odergfell, Cullman; Mary Emma Peterson, Bessemer; Hallie Yenni, Fairfield.
 Third grades (colored) Gladys Es- tella Acree, Birmingham; Buena V. Aimery, Birmingham; Maggie Averytt, Ensley; Blanch F. Bell, EnsIey John Haywood Bostick, Birminkham Ger trude Elizabeth Byrd, Birmingham {; Carrie Caldwell, Birmingham Ruth Christian, Birmingham; Allie NJ. Clark, Birmingham Grover Cleveland, Bessemer; Rosa Lee Cleveland, Bes- semer; Thelma Ernestine Coleman, Bessemer; Lettie Duncan, POwha an 1; Lucille Ensley, Birmingham; Elizabeth H. Garrett, Dolmite; Claude H. Cor don, Fairfield; Essie l.. Heath, Bir- mingham; Jessie Eriine Heath, Bir- mingham Jessie Victoria Johnson, Bir- mingham Eannle Jones, Birmingham 1; Rosa l.. Mxwell, Birmingham MarYe- line Marshall, Birmingham Thelma Mccoy, Birmingham; Lillian J. Me- Duff, Ensley; Olivia Merkerson, Bes- semer; Georgiana Rice, Birmingham i; Leona Sanders, Ensley LuelIa san ders, Birmingham LuciIe l.. ThOmp- son, Birmingham; Josephine Antoin- cite Truss, WoOdlawn; Zackie TubDs, Birmingham; keuDen White Vaughn, birminRham
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-30
AHOUer Alabama In Brief

SELAIA.--Dr. E. E. We1ch of Sweden, was a distinguished visitor to Selma on Tuesday, coming over from Montgomery to study the malariAl con- trol work which is being done in Selma and Dallas county.
 HEFLIN. Congressman Lamar Jeffers was the principal speaker at the big Odd Fellow celebration of the Reason Mill lodge held Thursday at Micayille.
 TROY.-Thursday morning, August 2S, at the home of the brides parents on Elm street, the marriage of Miss Sallie Le Boyd to Dr. John Rankin Mcclure was solcmnized in the presence of the families and few intimate friends.
 BERRY.-Financed by the county at large, tractor, grader and men are now spending two weeks in each pre- c1nct working roads over the county. EUFAULA. = Bufaula's handsome $4O,OO0 court house is complete and the county and city officials have moved
 
 finishings and equipment, are an orna- ment and credit to the county and city. The contractors. Giuse Shields Lumber company of Dawson, Ga, have begun the work of repairing and re- modelling the court house at Clayton, Alabama.
 OPELIKA-Col. Dallas B. Smith of the veterans bureau, with head quarters at New Orleans, is in the city on a few days visit to home folks, HARTSELLE. = The farmers of Morgan county will go to Tennessee for three days the last of this month to inspect the methods of farming and dairying on small scale there.
 TUSKEGEE.-The dry weather of the past week has greatly damaged the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-30
BAPTISTS MEETING
 AT PHENTX CITY
Rev. w. J. Layton Serving As
 Moderator

PHENIX CITY, Ala, August o. Especial. )-With approximately 500 in attendance the fortieth annual two-day conventio9 of the Russell County Bap- tist association opened yesterday morn- ing at the First Baptist church of Phenix City. Rev. w. J. Layton, pas tor of the West Side Baptist church, was elected moderator. c. H. Wood was named clerk and G. l.. Sallis, treasurer.
 A statistical report was made by Theo Sommercamp, who is superinten- dent of the Sunday school of the Girard Baptist church. Contribution to local expenses by churches of the association was $10, 0,413.7O; mission contributions, s, S,355.35; report of membership for 1924 was given as 1,810; Sunday school membership 1,565 with an attendance of S65. The increase of membership was 313.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-30
FOUR GENERATIONS
 HAVE HAIR BOBBED

TUSCUMBIA, Ala, August B. Especial. )-Hair bobbing must still he the fad. At least it seems to be here when four generations of the same fam fly appeared at barber shop yester- day and had their tresses shorn.
 The oldest of the four was the great grandmother, 83, who has to be assist ed into the barber chair. The next was the grandmother, 60. Then came the mother, 30, and the little daughter, age s.
 The family recently moved here from
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-30
YES, RHEUMATISM
 CAN BE. STOPPED
Mir. w. A. PenIy, Asheville, N. C., Took TayIOr's Blood Medicine Two Years Ago. He Says He Had Not Been Able to Work for Months, But Since Taking TaylOr's Blood Medicine He Has Been Working Every Day, And Feeling Fine.

TaylOr's Blood Medicine eontains IOdide of Potash and other vegetable ingredients, such as Sarsaparilla, Dam delion, Gentian, Wintergreen and Sas- safras, which act as fine tonic to the stomach, while the Iodide of Potash absorbed by the blood destroys the poisonous acids which lead to rheuma- tism and paralysis. Get a bottle of Taylor's Blood Medicine today from your druggist. It will stop those head aches, backaches, pains in the fingeis, arms and shoulders, hips and knees. It will bring weight if you are thin and pale. Taylor's Blood Medicine Is pure ly vegetable, pleasant to take, will tone up your stomach and make you feel fine.
 Price $1 a bottle, and if you are not satisfied it helped you, after taking three bottles, which should last you about thirty days, return the bottles to your druggist and get your money back.-Ady.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-30
ORPHANS BETTER
 AFTER DRINKING
 POISONED WATER
Illness Of Inmates Causes
 Near Panic At MethO- dist Institution

SELMA, Ala, August 29.--(Spe- cial.)--More than 100 inmates of the Alabama Methodist orphanage here are recovering today from poisoning, be- heyed to have been contained in the drinking water.
 The children began getting sick late yesterday afternoon and by night all available doctors and nurses were called out to render aid. At first it was thought the children had eaten some thing which had disagreed with them, but as more became ill near panic was caused among the officials of the orphanage.
 Those effected became nauseated and several were completely prostrated as q result of the poisoning.
 Rev. c. w. Eorthcutt, superinten- dent, stated today that some new water piping had been installed on First avenue and the theory is that chemicals and other material used in soldering and painting the pipe accounted for the poison, the effects of which. was some thing like that from ptomaine poison.
 The fact that several families liv- ing nearby were also made sick fur ther strengthens the belief that the water was responsible.
 The orphanage, which serves both the Alabama and North Alabama confer ence, has 165 orphans in its care, but forty were away visiting friends, it is stated.
 None of the children will suffer any permanent injury from drinking the water according to Superintendent Northcutt,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-30

crops of Macon county. Half grown bolls are drying up and falling from the stalks. sThe weevils are not doing any hurtful damage to the crop, but where the weevils are failing the dry, hot days are making good.
 AIARION.-C Capt. John Sanders Ford died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. J. F. Pope in Marion, after an illness of several months. He was born and reared in Perry county and when only It years of age, enlisted in the Con federate army and served throughout the war.
 MOULTON-The terracing school being conducted near Mount Moriah this week is proving success thirty or more interested parties are in at tendance; the work is in charge of Mir. LeBroun, terracing expert of Au- burn and s. l.. Morrow, county agent.
 GREENvILLE.-Crop conditions in Butler county continue more unfavor- able as the days pass by reason of the continued dry weather. Farmers report young bolls and blooms to be shedding. Cotton is rapidly opening and is being ginned at once.
 CHATOM.-The board of education was in session at the court house Tues day. At this meeting three members of the board resigned, those who ten- dered their resignations were G. w. Hurst, chairman of the board; D. D. Powell and w. Nathan Mills. R. G. Pearson of Leroy, Ala, was appointed in the place of D. D. Powell and J. L. Jordan of Chatom, was appointed to fill the other place.
 FOLEY.-The 12-year-old son of Mir. and Mrs. A. F. Moseley, who lives on the Lillian road, was bitten by ground rattler while digging potatoes last Wednesday.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-30
OFFICERS PREVENT
 ESCAPE FROM JAIL
Butler Man Caught In Act Of
 Saving Bars
fstats Canital Rnrsan. l.

MONTGOMERY, Ala, August 29.-- Joe Mathis of Butler county, held in the Montgomery county jail on a charge of bigamy, was almost ready to leave the prison when officers inter rupted him in his plan early Friday. Mathis had sawed the steel bars to such an extent that he was about ready to obtain his liberty illegally. Mathis had been brought to Montgomery for sake-keeping because of the bad con- dition of the Butler jail. The sheriff had been given warning and he was denied the privilege of the corridt rs.
 Three other prisoners of Butler coun- ty were in the corridors and officers believed they aided Mathis. Such progress had been mads in cutting the bars that the officers believe the prisoners had worked several days. Five hack saws were found in Mathis cell. Daggers made from wire were found. The handles of the weapons had been wrapped with cotton, 50 the hands of the prisoners would not be injured in the handling. -4
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-30
DAMAGE ALLOWED
Turpentine Company Must Pay Fol
 Trespassing

HEFLIN, Ala, August S9-(Spe- cial. )--Tuesday's session of the Cle- burne county circuit court was fea- tured by the retnrn of two damage suit vsrdicts against the Teloco Turpentine company, one for $500 being in favor of Mrs. Elizabeth York for $500 and another for $200 in favor of S. F. Moxom.
 The claim was made tha tthe de. fendant companies had trespassed against the timber property of the plaintiffs in their turpentine operations in the county several years ago.
 Murder Trial HeId-The state has about completed introduction of its tes- timony in the case of Columbus Gam, who is charged of having shot Larkin Allen to death in the southern part of this county two years ago S0- licitor J. E. Sanford of Talladega is prosecuting the case while Merrill and Allen of Anniston, are the attorneys for the defendant
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-30
STILL. nIsPI.AYEn

ATHENS, Ala, Aug. 29.-(Special.) ) An exhibit that has caused more excite ment here than a captured lion has been that of an up-to-date wild cat still displayed in the show window of Sam M. Bowen Go. The outfit was taken during a raid in the southwest part of the county Monday by Officers Glenn and Root.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-30
MRS. TIMBERLAKE DIES

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. August 29.- Especial. )-Mrs. Martha Mildred Tin berlake, "A, died here Thursday nigh She'was the wife of the late D. A. Tin berlake, noted Confederate veteran whose name has been mentioned for place on Stone mountain. Mrs. Tin berlake was born in Corinth, Miss but moved here early in life.
 Among her five surviving daughter is Mrs. W. c. Davis of Birmingham.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-30
ERECTs sT0REs

GREENvILLE, Ala, Aug. D. (Special)-A. B. Boutwell, is erecting several brick buildings in West Green. vile, which indicates tat business is moving further out on Commerce street
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-30

Moore's interest in the real estate firm of Cole and Moore. Mir. Cole also re- ported that several new developments are being planned for Commerce avenue.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1924-10-29

particular interest to the women is
the further announcement that DR..
Nellie L. Perkins, director of the
Wayne County P~sychopathic clinic,
Detroit, Michigan, will also appear
on the program. DR.. Perkins is an
authority on the problems connected
with the bringing up of children dur
ing modern days, and her message
is said to have an especially strong
appeal to parents. Her work with
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1924-10-29

$500 w. - A02G
The real truth Is that the mining
industry pay more taxes and more
Kind Of taxes than any other in
dustry in the state.
1t is being urged by those In
favor Of this gross production taT
measure, that only the big fell
ows will have to pay it. and that
1t does not hurt the small mine
owner. This is not true, and is
only another sample of the sauna
old campaign stuff going the
rounds. Even now I am being held
down and hampered for want of
money to properly equip the mine
l am now operating in the Little
Rockies" in Phillips county. and
the reason given me by men with
money is. that they want to wait
and see whether this
passes. 1t If does. I can't get il.
My belief is that this gross pro-
duction tax is but a fore-runner
and the entering wedge for the
gross production principle of tax
alton and hat within this decade
attempts will be made to fasten it
upon farming. stockraising and
other industries.
Yours very truly,
CHAS WHITCOMB.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1924-10-29
Weekly News Letter
From State College
J. C. TAYLOR,

me livestock population of ola
Fort keogh, now the Range Livestock
Experiment station, operated jointly
by the United States department. OF
agriculture and Montana State col
lege, has been recently increased by
the addition Of 10 head Of purebred
Hereford cattle and - head Of Here
ford calves, according to c. y. Ar
nett OF Montana State college, VINO
shares in the management OF the new
enterprise. The cattle are all range
bred and Of the proper breeding to
insure a Good foundation for the
range cattle herd experiments plan
ned.
Mr.. Arnett advises that one Of the
chief efforts of the cattle work will
be to deyeloD = strain Of rance stock
which will reach marketable nronor-
tions in a shorter thine than at nres-
ent. Other feeding and breeding ex-
periments are also PROPOSED
The sheep work Of the station will
include an experiment as TO the nos
sibilitv of deyeIopinp . sheen foedirr
industry under ranca conditions in
which Montana grown feeds are used.
augmented by a little oil cake. Feed
ing and aDagem governments
have also been outlined f,r ,baen and
especial attention will he naid 70 tho
noesibiT4,. ~
the wool clip through eve cpIIing and
careful breeding.
The use and management Of ranro
for livestock feeding rno will
also come in for careful consideration
For sheen governments ION boo5
Of sheep have recently boor rIaood
on the farm. includir@ 500 hood ~
range lambs. half Of which arc -
be used in feeder ovnorin,o,+s +b;s
winter and Skinned 70 market and +bo
other half alone with Goo boad or
R~ambouiIIet ewes will no ,,sod ~ fool
ing and management worL
With, o sbo,t .;a
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1924-10-29
DYKE PROTESTS.

The future Of mining development
in Montana rests solely on what dis
position voters Of the state make Of
the metals mine tax at the Ncvem-
Der election. Howard J. Young. man
ager OF mines for the American Zinc.
Lead and Refining company. declared
in Great Falls Saturday night.
1T is equally as unfair to tax the
farmer on the gross profits Of his
wheat crop as it is to a the mnies
on their gross profits" Mr.. Young
said.
Several years are required at times
to develop a mining operation to the
extent that it Will yield dividends.
says Mr.. Young. and it is in this in
stance where the proposed amend
ment will do the greatest wrong In
the development Of a mine thousands
Of dollars are sometimes written in
the red" before any profit is re-
ceived. but this will not he considered
in the amendment. he argues.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1924-10-29

tons can hold their meetings to con-
slider their problems and to carry on
their business, and, at the same time,
where they can be provided time and
opportunity to meet with other or
carnations and groups to consider
the problems confronting agriculture
and livestock production as a whole.
President Atkinson speaks of the
trend as a wholly desirable one, and
one which is greatly appreciated by