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THE UNION-BANNER, CLANTON, ALABAMA. HUNDREDS VISIT BANNER HOME STRUCK BYVLIGHTNING I CLANTON GRAMMAR SCHOOL THE UNION -BANNER ON LAST SUNDAY MORNING I OPENS ON NEXT MONDAY OFFICE TO SEE FREAK Since the paper was published last During the rain and thunder storm Sunday at noon the home of Mr. Ed Kelley of Maple Springs community Please allow me to remind you that the Clanton Grammar School, will week announcing that we had at our office a real snake with two heads, there have been hundreds of anxious, open on next Monday, August 27th. The incidental fee will be the same Published every Thursday at Clanton, County, Ala. W.

M. WYA and T. E. WYATT Publishers and Proprietors. T.

WYATT, Editor curious spectators here to see this was struck by a bolt or lightning. Four occupants of the house were badly hurt, and the 3-year old baby of Mr. Kelley is dead from the result as it was last year. You can get exceptional freak of nature. There your receipts for this fee at the have been people here from all parts Aired Drug Store.

Let me insist that of the stroke. I of the county both young and old I have shown a profound desire to see The lightning seemed to have struck the top of the stack-chmney, I what this by-cephalic Entered April 15, 1913, at Canton, as Second Class mail matter, under the Act of Congress of March 3, 1879. looked like. We wish that we could publish all the different and varied coming down it into the house. Mrs.

Kelley and her mother, Mrs. DuBose were sitting one on each side of the ideas that have been expressed re you buy your text books before Sept. 1st, if possible, as the price of school books will advance from 10 to 100 per cent on that date'. I hope that I may have your cooperation in this school, for without it, it would be impossible to conduct a successful school. With your cooperation it would be possible for a very poor teacher to teach a successful school, but without your co-oper garding this snake and also the dif- fire place, and the baby was on the floor in front of the fire place.

The lightning severely tore up the mantle SUBSCRIPTION PRICE: ferent names that have been given the reptile, but if we should we would not nave room in tne PaPer fr any- and the wall next to the chimney, and one small prong oft the stroke o- L-w 1 thing else a a Auuuuia, came up through the floor from un But some one of those hundreds ation the best teacher in the country would fail. We earnestly ask you to who came here must have slightly der the house and tore a hole in the floor very similar to that where a Beat Youf HoYse (Strictly Cash in Advance) give us a fair chance before offering bullet is shot from a rifle, through a plank. Mrs. Kelley was struck on misconstrued our invitation to come here and see the snake; because when we started to write a letter Saturday evening we found that we were minus any criticism. and Have Him Haul the JLoad I shall offer a list of suggestions TKAUEV- WITH a perfectly good brand new five-dol her left side, and the shoe on her left foot was torn off and literally torn into shreds, although her foot was not badly hurt.

The clothes of Mrs. DuBose were set on fire, and she lar fountain pen which was left lying through the county papers from time to time. I will thank you to read these suggestions and apply them as much as possible. Before offering these suggestions, they must meet on the desk during the day. But probably someone thinking that we was quite seriously burned.

sold fountain pens here just bought They say Mrs. Calvin Coolidge is.u. j. i that one and forgot to say anything A young girl, Miss Blalock, who the approval of the teachers and school board. washer.

Yes; and Abraham Lincoln gure when ft Qn was visiting there, was in the dining room, which joins the room where Mrs. Kelley and her mother were, and I know of nothing that will help i their memory will be refreshed and But he quit splitting rails when he they back and make the schoo slo much as for us to have a friendly conversation in regard to the school and your children. If she was shocked badly. A cupboard which was in the dining room was almost torn to pieces. The course You can always tell what kind of a farmer a man is by the condition of bis stock.

If his horses are lanky and lean, ill-fed and poorly cared for, you can set it down that he is not prosperous. If his wagons, machines and other farm implements are not kept in good condition, you know right away that he is not a successful farmer. Every good farmer knows that it is the best policy to feed his stock well and repair his implements and take care of them. Then he will get the most service out of them and in the end make more money. The railroads mean a great deal to the farmer, because they haul his produce to market and bring back to him the necessities and comforts of life.

But the farmer must appreciate that a raiiroad cannot be built and maintained without money. Neither can it be run at a loss. To Get Prompt FreJchl Service You Murt Let The Railroads Earn Enough To Pay Expenses let the railroads earn rates high enough to pay expenses, to keep their equipment in good condition and to enable them to provide needed improvements. It will be cheaper for you in the end. You cannot cut down freight rates and then expect the railroads to have all the freight cars you need, when you need them; and you cannot expect them to run their trains promptly when their tracks are not kept in good condition and their locomotives and cars are in bad shape.

proper arragements with us. How- which the lightning took in the walls your child has any peculiarities or physical defects, please make this known to us before school opens. ever, if this shoud not be the case, Those go-to-the-right signs in Clan- we sincerely hope that the present ton are proving to be a decided ad- possessor of the fountain pen gets the vantage in keeping traffic straight, full five-dollars worth of good out of of the house is very mysterious, and seems almost a miracle that the Hoping that we may have your house was not set on fire. However, it is not an uncommon sight the article. yet to see somebody halted by Mr.

Hawk or Mr. Foshee and shown which MINNESOTA MENTION is their right hand. co-operation in conducting this school I am, Yours truly, W. E. MARTIN; Principal.

NEW 10-POUND BOY A biff 10-oound boy was born to Minnesota attracted attention to Mr. and Mrs. Ben Duke if Route 4 Saturday night. Ben now boasts that i ou cannot starve a railroad any more than you can starjre a horse, and get service. he has two boys and one girl to call him daddy.

The bill before the legislature pur- itseif by electing Magnus Johnson to porting to combine the offices of cir-! tne United States Senate. Now its cuit clerk and register in chancery principal city, Minneapolis, breaks in the small counties is a very worthy tne- limelight. Its socialist city measure. In small counties like Chil- councii gave a public banquet to a ton one man can easily look after just returned from serving two We are indeed proud to see Joe Mims out on the street again. Joe has had a tough time fighting against a severe attack of colities, and his many friends are proud to learn that he is now well on the road to WILL WILSON COMING BACK Dr.

Will S. Wilson, dentist, who has been practicing his profession in Montevallo for the past two years is making his arrangements to corns back to Clanton. He will be located tnese two auiies. I years in Leavenworth prison for ob- structing the conduct of the war. In Yes, indeed, it pays to advertise.

responding to his welcome, the ex-Since we published last week that we convict declared that he was proud had a two-headed snake at our office, 0f njs war reCord. Demonstrations of we have had more visitors than we tnat sort may be classed as sporadic, have ever had before in ten times I The sentiment that now seems to con-that length of time. So you see, the troi Minnesota does not appeal to the people don't fail to read The Union-1 rest of C0Untry, and will soon Banner. i gjve wav tj a healthy patriotism. the south-east corner of the second story of the new Hayes Building, and will be ready for business about the 10th of September.

BOLL WEEVILS ARE BAD BUSINESS CONCERN SOLD CABINET PAT The recent action of President! Coolidge in appointing Ex-Congress-i Tom Taylor and Jesse Baker have sold out their store on. Main Street to Mr. V. J. Elmore.

We have hot learned what style of business Mr. Elmore will operate there, but we feel safe in saying that it will be a wide-awake, jam-up place of busi man Slemp of Virginia as his private Tt understood that all members secretary has caused some comment 0f tne Harding cabinet, with the ex-and much thought in political circles, ception of Mr. Mellon from whom It shows that our new president has word js expected, have assured Presi-a keen eye for business. It is lucky dent Coolidge that they will remain that we have one president who re- at tneir posts. All of their assistants alizes that the South is a part of the I lave gjven similar assurance.

That Union. means that the men who supervised the details that made the Hardipg The Alabama Power Company, in administration so successful will con-making E. C. Melvin of Selma its 1 tinue their effective direction of the director, takes a broad step toward executive departments. Their action making the company a real Alabama js also a testimony to the high regard concern.

Mr. Melvin has built his in which they hold Mr. Coolidge. The ness of some Mr. Elmore is a hustling young business mas, and "is always on his job when it comes to oing things.

LIBERTY HILL NEWS WHEN IT RAINS SO MUCH Army worms are threatening Chilton County cotton. WEEVILNIP will kill all the boll weevils if you will use it according to directions. Guaranteed to do as well as dusted calcium arsenate and to cost les, and to be more easily applied. Mix FOUR gallons water with ONE gallon WEEVILNIP and spray the cotton heavily and you will kill every army worm, caterpillar, louse; flea, or other insect pest damaging your cotton. Act now, or the season will be too far gone for you to save your cotton from these enemies.

$25.00 REWARD For proof of any falsehood or misrepresentation that you ever see mentioned by Weevilnip Sam. Watch this space for him and his wise and true philosophy every week. Our singing society met Sunday af lorcune, maae ms inenas ana newea cabinet members see in the new an enviable career from Alabama President a man eminently suited to ternoon with a large crowd. Our materials. He is a typical example carry forward the Harding policies, which they all had a hand in of that American manhood which Alabama produces.

NEW ROAD BUILDING SCHEME directors were Mr. Leonard Culp, Calvin Parrish, Misses Birdie Bridges, Etta Foshee, Frances Lowery, Neacie and Claudie Smith. Organists were! Misses Marie Morris, Gussie Little-j john, Lillie and Caudie Smith. Mr. and Mrs.

Frank Littlejohn were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. El- i bert Littlejohn Saturday. We have Sunday school and B. Y.

P. U. every Sunday morning. Every- body come and be with us. The Union-Banner appeals to the citizens of the county to stand behind the new road law which the commissioner's court is now framing.

No system of working the public roads can be a success without the undivided support of the citizenship of the county. So, let us not allow politics to enter into our road work and hamper it as we have several other things in the county. A shovel full of gravel in the road is worth more than a ton of politics. TAX COLLECTOR HURT i Mr. J.

T. Rockett, our tax collec-tor, was very painfully and very near seriously hurt one day last week. He fell backward and the sharp corner' of a plank struck him in the small of the back. Tom says that he came as near as a pea breaking his back, He is able to be about again now. We are continually getting letters from various members of the state legislature appealing to the people of the state to help out in getting certain measures enacted into law.

Now, if this isn't the height of folly, we don't know what the term means. If every citizen in the state were to get down on their knees and beg that body till doom's day for certain legislation they wouldn't get it unless it was the will of the Democratic machine at the State Capitol. So, why do thev ask for the help of the Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Minor spent Wednesday in Montgomery.

The commissioners court, in session last week, settled on a new plan of keeping up the roads over the county. As we understand it the new system is something like this: With the gasoline tax money the county is to buy four tractors and four complete road scrapes and road working outfits. One of these outfits is to be placed in each of the four commissioner districts of the county and is to be kept there to work the roads of that district. We understand that the present system of working everybody on the road ten days each year will be abandoned and that everybody will be required to pay instead of work. From what we have been able to learn, this seems to be a very feasibla scheme, and with the extra road money derived from the gasoline tax together with the regular road fund of the county, there ought to be enough road money colected to krep the work going.

The commissioners sincerely ask the co-operatio nof the citizens of the county in this work, because no system can successfully work the roads all over the county unless the people stand behind it. A public meeting is called at the court house next Saturday for the purpose of discussing and hearing discussed the different phases and problems now confronting the county. We hope that as many people as can will meet the commissioners here Saturday and exchange ideas regarding the building of our county's roads. Feeling 0 Fine!" CAR LOADINGS Tha week ended July 28 marked a new record for car loadings. In that week 1,041,044 cars were loaded with revenue producing freight.

Ever since the first of the year the figure has been mounting, indicating a steady increase in industrial and agricultural production. "I was pale and thin, hardly able to go," says Mrs. Bessie Bearden, of Central, S.C. "1 would suffer, when 1 stood on my feet, with bearing-down pains in my sides and the lower part of my body. I did not rest well and didn't want anything to cat.

My dolor was bad and 1 felt miserable. A friend of mine told me of 3 WEEVILNIP 5AM- HAHD WUK NEVAH HURT NOBODY BUT DE VE'V THOUGHTS OF HIT MAKES A HEAP O'MEN SICK CONFIDENCE IN COOLIDGE NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS The Woman's Tonic 1 Everybody who comes from a conference with President Coolidge predicts that there will be no coal strike. Just what measures the President will U'ke to protect the public is not diseased, tut that the public will be protected every one may rest assured. Enforcement of the law is the cardinal feature of Mr. Coolidge's public policy.

PRICES OF WEEVILNIP FREE AND IMPARTIAL The Commissioner's Court of Chilton County, Alabama, will let a contract for the erection of a steel bridge at Cooper, Alabama, over the Chestnut Creek. Bridge will be in two strands, one 60 feet in length, the other 80. The court desires two propositions, one steel bridge with cement floor, the other steel bridge with wooden floor. Bridge will be paid for in county warrants. All bids must be filed with the court on or before September 24, 1923, at 10:00 o'clock a.m.

The Commissioner's Court reserves the right to reject any and all bids. File bids with L. H. Reynolds, Chairman Court of County Commissioners, Clanton, Alabama. L.

REYNOLDS, 8-23-4t. Judge of Probate. Relations between Great Britain France are becoming more and and J. R. ANDERSON Antreville, S.

Aug. 1st, 1923. To Whom It May Concern: This is to certify that I have used WEEVILNIP on fifteen acres of cotton and find that it will do all the manufacturers claim. To date my cotton is clear of weevils, being impossible to find a punctured square. This is all anyone could expect from any poison.

I am well pleased with WEEVILNIP and wilt continue to use it until my cotton has matured JOE P. ANDERSON. Barrels (50-60 gals.) 70c per gallon. Half 75c per gallon. 'Ten-gallon kegs, 85c per gallon.

Five-gallon cans, 90c per gallon. P. O. B. Factory, New Orleans, La.

TERMS: Five dollars per or half-bbl. cash with order, Ibalance on delivery. Send all cash with order for kegs and cans. Order from the WEEVILNIP LABORATORIES Birmingham, Ala. Or.

From W. T. BEAN, Agent, Ala. and I then remembered my mother used to take it After the first bottle I was better. I began to fleshen up and I regained my strength and good, healthy color, lam feeling fine.

I took twelve bottles (of Cardui) and haven't had a bit of trouble since." Thousands of other women have had similar experiences in the use of Cardui, which has brought relief where other medicines had failed. If you suffer from female ailments, take Cardui. It is a woman's medicine. It may be ist what you need. At your druggist's or dealer's.

E92 more strained. One can imagine the position of the United States were this country a member of the league of nations and forced to take a stand on the difficulties that keep those two governments apart. Thanks to the fundamental Republican doctrine of non-entanglement, we are free to maintain the friendliest relations with both the English and the French. Mr. and Mrs.

M. A. Gore, Mrs. Luckie and son, Joe enjoyed a motor trip to Montgomery Tuesday. Subscribe for The Union-Banner HI mm.