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1 THE FLORENCE HERALD Serving Agriculture, Commerce, Industry And Education In The Muscle Shoals District 1 1 VOL. 65 FOURTEEN PAGES ESTABLISHED 1884 NO. 44 FLORENCE, ALABAMA, NOVEMBER 3, 1949 In The Weeks News Methodists Learn Of Appointments Nortons Inauguration Scheduled for Saturday Sidelights on the Passing Parade By HAROLD S. MAT Steel Strike Martially Settled: End Expected Club Women Are I Outlook For Agreement In Coal Dispute Reception Guests Rev. O.

K. Lamb To Serve Florence Firsf Church: Others Returned To Posts Ceremonies to be In Amphitheatre At Eleven Oclock Model Home Demonstration Meeting Greatly Enjoyed; Many Prizes Presented A filling station attendant told us today that now he has seen everything. He said that a woman drove into the station to complain that her car was using too much gas. The attendant discussed the matter with her a few minutes and then pointed to the choke lever which protruded from the dash board. "Do you know what that is for?" he asked.

Oh. that," said the woman airily, "I never use it, so I keep it pulled out to hang my hand-bag on. Bishop Clare Purcell, who presided over the recent North Alabama Methodist conference in Bessemer, announced the minis-te-ial appointments on Saturday. Those for the Florence district are ir follows; J. F.

Dunn, district superintendent, Barton, S. E. Maples; Belgreen, Raymond M. Kirby; Center Star-Elgin, J. E.

Alexander; Central, H. M. Stevenson; Cherokee; T. B. Jordan; Clover-dale, I.

D. Howard; Florence: First church, O. K. Lamb: Monumental Park, L. E.

Powell; North Wood Avenue. A. C. Blackburn; St. James, S.

W. Brooks; Weeden Heights, N. E. Austin. Freedom Hill, R.

L. Melvin; Green Hill, J. L. Fincher; Hackle-burg, L. B.

Stewart; Haleyville: First church, J. M. Shores; Circuit, J. A. Hunt.

Kiilen, Woodrow Williams; Lakeview Highlands, to be supplied; Leighton, H. C. Martin; South Leighton, Warren Kicker; Lexington, D. C. Pless; Margerum, C.

M. Nolen; Mt. Hope, Clahton Phillips; Oakland, J. H. Roberts; Phil Campbell, E.

L. Hunt; Red Bay, J. W. McBrayer; Rogers, Carl Harrison; Rogersville, W. L.

Morris; Russellville, J. Duncan Hunter, Shady Grove, Audie Gregg; Sheffield, J. L. Hallmark: Spring Valley, Lee Sanderson; Town Creek, J. R.

Rush; Tuscum-bia, McCoy Guthrie; Waterloo, L. Jaggers; Wesley Memorial, A. Scott Jones. Approved evangelist, G. M.

Hamby. Student, Candler School of Theology, James M. Godbey. Deaconess, rural work, Martha Al-mon. District missionary secretary, J.

L. Hallmark. District secretary evangelism, McCoy Guthrie. District secretary of education, O. K.

Lamb. In the worst airplane disaster in history, 55 persons were killed near Washington's National Airport, Tuesday, when an Eastern Air Line passenger plane was rammed by a Bolivian fighter as both were coming in to land. Only the Bolivian pilot survived and he is in a critical condition. Among those killed were Congressman George Bates of Massachusetts, Helen Hokinson, cartoonist of New York, und several others of prominence. A terrific explosion in the Postoffice Department Building in Washington on Tuesday did much damage to the interior of the $11,009,000 structure and injured a dozen or more persons, but none were killed.

Most of the 3,000 occupants had left the building because of a fire alarm a few minutes before the explosion. Vice Admiral Forrest P. Sherman, 53, has been appointed Chief of Naval Operations to succeed Admiral Louis E. Den-feld, who was removed from the post for criticizing the Defense Department and high Army and Air Force officers in recent Congressional hearings. Sherman has recently been commander of the Navys forces in the Mediterranean.

President Truman predicted Tuesday that the government would spend $43,500,000,000 (billion) during the present fiscal year, a peacetime record, and would end the year with a deficit of $5,500,000,000. This would raise the national debt to more than 260 billion dollars. Edward R. Stettinius, 49, former Secretary of State, died of a heart attack at his sister's home in Greenwich, Monday. He was board chairman of U.

S. Steel at the age of 37, and was the first U. S. delegate to the United Nations. Coleman A.

Lollar, first defendant to be tried in connection with activities of hooded mobsters in the Birmingham area, was acquitted of a charge of flogging last Saturday, but other indictments against him are still pending. In the crash of a French airliner in the Azores last Friday, 48 persons were killed, including Marcel Cerdan, former middleweight champion, who was en route to the U. S. to attempt to regain the title. 9 9 9 Red Cross reports from Cebu, in the Philippines, said Tuesday that 60 per cent of the houses in that city of 140,000 had been destroyed or damaged by a typhoon, which also swept several other towns.

Only two fatalities were reported immediately, but many were injured. Property damage was estimated at $10,000,000. 9 9 9 President Truman has signed the Armed Forces appropriation bill, but has ordered that the Air Force be limited to 48 air groups, instead 50 a provided by Congress. This story of a fisherman, just reported to us, could not be about any of our local anglers. It seems that an old gentleman was fishing from a boat tied to the bank of the river when he got a tremen-lous strike.

He pulled in a three-ound small-mouth bass, got it nto the boat, pulled a tape-line out of his pocket, measured its length and threw it back in the water. Again he cast and very soon got another strike. This time the fish was even bigger a big-mouth that looked like a "oung whale. As before, he took iut his tape and measured and igain tossed the fish back in the iver. Back in the river went his uit and in a few minutes he was to pull in a small perch, just jbout the length of the width of both his hands.

Again he measurd and this time he placed the ish on his string. A fellow who was watching from up the bank, could stand it no longer. He went I own and asked the reason for uch action. Well, I tell you, my riend, said the old fellow. "Those big fish were too large Ive only got a nine-inch frying pan." DR.

E. B. NORTON Fritz Heidelberg Jaycees Speaker Informative Address On National Cotton Council Is Heard By Members Dr. E. B.

Norton will be inaugurated as the ninth president of Florence State Teachers College, Saturday, Nov. 5, on the college campus. The Installation ceremonies will be conducted at 11 a.m. in the Memorial Amphitheatre. Dr.

Norton was elected by the State Board of Education last fall to succeed the late Dr. J. A. Keller; he assumed his new duties on Dec. 10, 1948.

Among the accomplishments of the Florence college since Dr. Norton took office are the following; a considerable increase in enrollment this fall, in a year when decreased G. I. registration has caused many other state college enrollments to decline; the revival of an inter-collegiate football program; the establishment of faculty participation in school policy; the employment of 20 new faculty members; expansion of the Florence college curriculum to include a four-year home economics course, a college band, a four company R.O.T.C. unit, and a general expansion of the curri culum.

During the recent session of the state legislature. President Norton helped to obtain appropriations for education for the teachers colleges of the state as wlel as for public schools. Dr. Norton was born in Jefferson County, Alabama, in 1902, the son of the late Rev. and Mrs.

E. B. Norton. He obtained his elementary and early high school education in the public schools of North Alabama and at one time attended Kilby Training School of F.S.T.C., when his father was Presiding Elder of the Florence district of the Methodist church. His A.B.

degree was received in 1923 and the LHD in 1942 from Birmingham-Southern; the LL.D. from Polytechnic Institute, also in 1942. From 1924 to 1934 he held teaching positions in Montgomery and Covington counties, and in 1934 he became Superintendent of Education of Covington County, holding office until 1942. In that year he was elceted State Superintendent of Education. After serving in this position for three Members of the Laude-dale County Home Demonstration clubs were guests of the Florence Chain Store Council at the Co-op Building last Thursday night when a Jelightful program and delicious refreshment were served more than 300 club women and other guests.

D. M. Levinson, of The S.S.L. Stores, served as toastmaster of the occsaion and presented John J. Beggs, of Ste-chi's, who welcomed the guests and expressed the appreciation of the council for their presence.

The response was given by Mrs. J. A. Angel, of the Kiilen club, who expressed the 'hanks of the members of the clubs for being invited to the event. An interesting feature of the Appreciation Reception was the presentation of a mock meeting of a Home Demonstration Club.

Mrs. Don Littrell served as master of ceremonies. The meeting was presented by members of the various clubs in the county and I neluded: I Mrs. Carl Mussleman, of Hope-well Club, who presided. Mrs.

J. H. Roberts, of Jacksonburg. was secretary. Mrs.

Henry Thornton, of Hopewell, was music chairman. Clothing project was presented by Mrs. J. E. Barnett, Mrs.

John Jenkins, and Mrs. L. H. Almond, of Jacksonburg Club. The Dress Revue winners, Mrs.

Tom Mussle-man, of Hopewell Club, Mrs. Grady Williams, of Underwood Club, Mrs. C. O. Herston, of Mitchelltown Club were presented.

Food Project was presented by Mrs. Albert Whitten, of Underwood Club. Report of Rural Electrification was given by Mrs. E. S.

Kennedy, of Crystal Springs Club, and Mrs. A. E. Trousdale, of Center Star. Flower Arrangement was given by Mrs.

Mamie Call, of Jacksonburg Club. Program was concluded with a poem, "Club Work, by Mrs. D. A. Grigsby, of Good Springs Club.

Of special interest, especially to the 27 women who were fortunate enough to hold the prize winning numbers, were the 27 attractive and serviceable prizes, the giftsi, of the Chain Store Council, that were drawn for during the program. Sherwin-Williams also gave each woman present a generous supply of DDT for home use. A most enjoyable organ recital was presented by Mrs. J. D.

Aid-rich on the Hammond organ made available by E. E. Forbes Sons (Continued on Page 2) Better prospects for an end to the steel and coal strikes are developing, although it is too early to predict just what may happen either dispute. Bethlehem Steel Company and Philip Murray, president of the United Steelworkers have reached an agree-nent which is expected to send he 80,000 striking employees of hat company back to work dur-ng the week. Bethlehem is the second largest iteel producer, and its action is to have considerable in-luence on the entire industry.

Several smaller companies had tarlier reached agreements with Ylurray, who is now negotiating vlth Jones Laughlin. another producer, with 42,000 on trike. U. S. Steel is still holding out igainst the demand for a welfare und to which the company alone would fcontribute, but this demand was modified in the Bethlehem settlement, and the larger corporation may accept a similar compromise.

John L. Lewis has called his 'olicy committee to meet in Chi-ago to consider the entire coal situation. His message to the pres-dents of all mining union districts said: This meeting will have before it reports of all negotiating representatives heretofore engaged in various conferences, and the policy committee will exercise its discretionary powers in the authorization of further procedures. The unions policy committee will doubtless follow any recommendations Lewis may make, as in the past, and he has given no indication of what these recommendations may be. The miners are said to be suffering greatly from their long loss of pay, and are probably becoming very anxious to return to work.

Philip Murray, who is president of the CIO and also of the Steelworkers, is having a busy week, with strike negotiations and the national convention of the CIO both on his hands. He is making a fight to rid the CIO of its Communist-dominated unions during the convention, with every prospect of success. Among the unions which may be expelled from the CIO are the Electrical Workers, the Farm Equipment Workers, Fur Workers, Harry Bridges Longshoremen and several others, which long have been controlled by Red elements. These unions combined are estimated to have about a million members. In his opening speech at the CIO convention in Cleveland on Monday, Murray declared that the organization would be purged of Communist influences before the convention ends.

He said the situation had become so bad that he has not always known whether he was talking to a pink, a Commie or an FBI man when conferring with some members of his own CIO executive committee. legiojT stevy tonight Appearing as guest speaker at the weekly meeting of the Florence Junior Chamber of Commerce at noon Thursday at Basils, Fritz Heidelberg, Alabama field representative for the National Cotton Council, made an informative talk on the councils objectives. Introduced by President Kenneth Darby, the speaker stated that the National Cotton Council is a relatively new organization formed with the realization that cotton, as an industry, needed means to meet the growing competition from the rayon and paper industries. Mr. Heidejberg explained that the National Cotton Council is not a Memphis organization alone just because headquarters are located there.

The council has 244 members who represent efcch state in the Cotton Belt with 18 of the Girl Scout Week Is Bein? Observed Special Programs Arranged By Local Troops To Mark Big 37th Anniversary An elderly maiden lady of sev-ral-odd summers and not a few winters decided that she needed life insurance and called on i young friend, just starting out the business, to sell her the olicy she most needed. After con-ider3ble discussion, he finally Now that amounts to an an-lual premium of $70.00 for -traight life. Thats what you vanted, wasnt it; ordinary life? Well, I dont know, sighed the fold maid (thats what she was), Id like a little excitement now and then. Florence Youths Returned To Jail Stowe Is First On Speakers' Program Initial Presentation In Series To Be Heard At Sheffield High School members from Alabama. He point- ed out that there are six divi- years he became Director of the sions of the cotton industry, each Division of School Administration, being represented on the Office of Education.

From These six he enumerated as November, 1946 to June, 1948, heM1) the growers or cotton farm-served as Deputy U.S. Commis- i ers (2) cotton ginners (3) cotton sioner of Education. Dr. Norton warehousemen (4) cotton merch In a certain ministers study, ve learn, there hangs the follow-ng sign: Marriage should resemble a pair of shears; firmly oined so they will not be separated; often moving in contrary direction, vet punishing anything or anyone that comes between them. Charges of Embezzlement And Theft Placed Against Three Who Left State And speaking of signs, recently jassersby in Cleveland noticed a on a parked car, which read: 'Attorney.

Inside attending to business. Scribbled below these vords were: Policeman. Outside ittending to business. An parking ticket was securely attached. ants (5) cotton seed crushers and (6) cotton spinrters.

At present, the speaker said, the council has 264 programs in the development stage, after which he outlined the five divisions which form the basis of operation: (1) Sales promotion. As an example of this division he mentioned the "Maid of Cotton contest and what this national event alone Jias done to help promote the use of cotton. Mr. Heidelberg also pointed out that cotton has been pusned to the point where it is recently held th eposition of Executive Secretary of Education, National Council of Chief School Officers. Principal Inauguration Speaker Dr.

Laurence D. Haskew, dean of the college of education of the University of Texas, will deliver the principal address at the inauguration ceremonies Saturday. Dean Haskew is a native Alabamian from Perote; and is the author of Building a Better South Through Education, published in 1944, and many pamphlets and periodical articles. He received the Sibyl Pool For State Treasurer A friend complains that nature has short-changed a great percentage of our people. Nature, he ooints out, gives everybody five senses touch, taste, sight, smell ind hearing.

But, he stressed, everybody needs two more horse common. B.Ph. degree in 1926. from Emory 1(pw tbe nations No. 1 fashion University; the M.A.

in 1934 at liber the University of Chicago; and (Continued on Page 2) Members of Florence Post No. 11, American Legion, of Waterloo will be host to Legionnaires and other veterans of that area at a chicken stew and post meeting at the Waterloo High school tonight at 7 o'clock, William F. Baker, commander, announces. Girl Scouts of the Muscle Shoaif Area are joining with the Girl Scouts of America this week in observing National Girl Scout Week, planned at this particular time to honor the birthday anniversary, October 31, of Juliette Low, founder of the organization. To introduce the week, which opened Sunday, Troop four of Florence presented a special program Saturday morning over radio station WLY, with the troop president, John' Silverburg, as emcee.

Ann Cosgrove gave the Girl Scout promise: On my honor, I will try: To do my duty to God and my country; To help other people at all time; To obey the Girl Scout laws, following which the emcee introduced a different troop member, each of whom on the special days of the week as follows: Sylvia Rupp on Girl Scout Sunday urging all Scouts to attend church as regularly as possible and to wear their uniforms to church on the next day which was Gil Scout Sunday; Martha McBray on Monday, Homemaking Day, when she also paid a tribute to Juliette Low; Audene Methvin on Tuesday, Citizenship Day; Marguerite Gresham on Wednesday, Health and Safety Dy; Ann Csogrove Thursday, International Day; Margaret Willis Friday, Arts and Crafts Day, and Nancy Casey Saturday, Out-of-doors Day. Approximately 50 Girl Scouts formed the studio audience at the broadcast, guests of officials of WLAY, who participated in group singing. All 60 troops of the district are holding meetings this week in celebration of the special date. Organized just 37 years ago, the American Girl Scout program has grown phenomenally. Today it is an accepted part of growing-up for girls between the ages of 7 and 18 to belong to the group whose aim is to Do a good turn daily.

Mrs. William Milliken is the Scout executive for the Muscle Shoals area, with offices in Trinity Parish house. Anniversary Of Church Observed Jessie Dickerson, aged 20, William Charles Prince, aged 19, and James Edward Lambert, aged 17, all three of Florence, were brought back from Springfield, Florence Sunday to face charges of grand larceny and receiving stolen goods, and Jessie Dicker-son is faced with an additional charge of embezzlement. The embezzlement charge dates back to October 24, when Dickerson, for many years an employee at the Patton school lunchroom, was sent to the bank to deposit about $300, a deposit he did not make nor did he return from the bank. An automobile belonging to Eugene Roberson of Cloverdale was reported stolen that same day and an alarm was sent out by the highway patrol.

On Friday, October 28, J. L. Potts, sheriff of Lauderdale county received a call from Springfield, stating that all three boys had been picked up for investigation the highway patrol. Warrants were issued for the trio. Sheriff Potts, Tommy Yeilding, alcohol tax unit investigator, and Mr.

Roberson left for Springfield Saturday morning. The two officers returned to Florence Sunday night with the three boys, and Mr. Roberson drove his automobile, which was found to be in good condition, home. Sheriff Potts reports that the boys had $226.09 in possession when they were arrested by Springfield police. Cumberland Presbyterian Celebration First Year Of Service In Florence (2) Utilization research program.

Listing just a few of the projects of this division, he mentioned the facts tbat a cotton fabric which is crease resistant is now being sought, ways and and means to combat tne boll wetvu menace are oeing studied and a new type cotton plant is neing experimented with to make the use of mechanical cotton picK-trs more practical. (3) Production and marketing division. (4) Legislative division, to; field service division. "me problem connected with cotton is not tne problem of growing enough of it, the speaker said, adding, out it is one of finding enougn uses lor cotton so it can meet tne competition it faces. in conclusion, tne speaner stated tnat the National Cotton Council can continue to operate without tne aid of eacn county, but he asiceu the question, can the county get along without the Council? i ms statement, was explained when ne toid about the expected cotton surpluses this year.

ne, ore tne meeting adjourned, ONeal White was presented as a near member. Senator Sheridan Downey (D. Col.) told one of the closing sessions of the Senate about a post ard he received from a San 'hego constituent. The message ead: My dear Senator Downey, I hope you roast a thousands years hell for every minute I have wasted over my income tax re-ort. The Senator said that the ard proved an important point, fe was a man an American who for the cost of one cent could write an open message, so the vhole world might read it, telling lis Senator to go to hell.

This was eal democracy. Senator Downey dressed. Senator Margaret Chase Smith, Maine Republican, will have less nylon trouble when the Senate igain convenes. Senator Smith re-oorted to the Senate Sergeant at Arms, Joe Duke, that she had snagged a score of nylon hose on rough edges of the chair assigned her in the Senates temporary quarters. Duke answered her cry of distress, sent the offending -hair to a carpentry shop and now it is back, the rough edge polished to a satin smoothness.

First in the series of lectures planned by the Tri-Cities Speakers Committee will be presented on November 8 at 8 p.m., in the auditorium of the Sheffield high school, when the noted lecturer Leland Stowe will be the attraction. Mr. Stowes 1949-50 lecture subjects are We Still Have Time to Win Peace and Man in the Middle U.S.A., the latter being the title of his latest book, published in April by Alfred A. Knopf. Sent to Paris in 1926 as foreign correspondent of the New York Herald Tribune, Mr.

Stowe has had the opportunity of observing the world-wide struggle between fascism, communism and democracy at first hand in Europe, Asia and South America. For his splendid reporting, during the war years, he was awarded the Medal of the University of Missouri School of Journalism for distinguished service in journalism; the Medal of Sigma Delta Chi, honorary journalistic fraternity, both in 1941. He had already won the Pulitzer Prize in 1930 for the exceptional accuracy of his reports on the four-month Young Reparations Conference in Paris. Only one other journalist (Paul Scott Mowrer) has ever won all three of these first-rank American awards for foreign correspondence. Citys Services In Weeden Heights Since Weeden Heights voted itself into the city limits of Florence Tuesday of last week at a special election, city business in that area has moved rapidly, with police jurisdiction and fire protection already established.

S. B. Howard, city clerk, reports that the pipe necessary to extend city water service to the newly acquired section has arrived and the only thing holding up the laying of the pipe is permission of the State Highway department which is necessary as the water line will be on Lee highway. Permission was asked of the Highway department the day after Weeden Heights citizens voiced their desire to become a legal part of Florence. City garbage service is being continued.

The November meeting of the Muscle Shoals Area Girl Scout Leaders Association will be held 1 in the recreation hall, Village Two, Sheffield, tonight at 7:30 oclock. FOOTBALL SCHEDULE FOR THIS WEEK-END MOVIE PROGRAM SHOALS Florence Thursday. November 3 STREETS OF LAREDO Technicolor, with Macdonald Carev. William Holden. William Bendix.

Fridav-Saturdav. November 4-5 UNDERCOVER MAN with Glenn Ford. Also Some of the Best. Sundav-Mondav. November 6-.

EASY LIVING with Victor Mature. Lucille Ball. Lizabeth Scott. PRINCESS Florence Thursday. November 3 THE SEA SPOILERS with Wayne.

Fridav-Saturdav. November 4-o BROTHERS IN THE SADDLE with Tim Holt. Sundav. November 6 MISS MINK OF 1949 with Jimmy Lydon. Lois Collier.

Mondav-Tuesdav. November -8 JUNGLE JIM with Johnny Weissmuller. Virginia Grew MAJESTIC Florence Thursday. November 3 Double-Feature WOMAN OF THE TOWTN with Claire Trevor. Albert Dekker.

Also DOCKS OF NEW ORLEANS with Roland Winters as Charlie Chan. Friday-Saturday. November 4-5 Double-Feature BOLD FRONTIERSMAN with Allan OF THE MORNING Technicolor, with Henry Fonda. An-nabella. Sundav.

November 6 Double-Feature RIO with Robert Cummings. Victor Mature. Basil Rathbone. Also THE AMAZING MR. with Turhan Bev.

Lynn Bari. Mondav-Tuesdav. November 7-8 Double-Feature BUCKSKIN FRONTIER with Richard Dix. Also CAPTIVE WILD WOMAN with Evelvn Ankers. John Carradine.

NORWOOD Florence Thursday. November 3 STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN-with Raymond Massey and David Niven. Fridav-Saturdav. November 4-5 Double-Feature DEAD MANS GOLD with Lash La-Rue and Fuzzv'' St. John Also PHILO VANCE RETURNS with Wm.

Wright. Terry Austin. Leon Belasco. Nov. 6-7-8 ABANDONED with Dennis O'Keefe and Gail Storm.

Wednesdav-Thursdav, November 9-10 Double-Feature THE ACCUSED with Robert Cummings and Loretta Young. Also I CAGED FURY with Richard Denning. Mary Beth Hughes. Buster Crabbe. Special services were held Sunday by the congregation of the Florence Cumberland Presbyterian church to commorate the first anniversary of the organization of the church.

It is the source of much gratification and thanksgiving to the members that it was possible to hold the first year anniversary in their own church at the corner of Tuscaloosa and Walnut streets, formerly the property of the First Christian chu-ch. For the past year the congregations of the Central Christian and the Cumberland Presbyterian churches have shared the same church, the former holding their morning service there, and in in the evening, the latter assembling there for worship. This same relationship will be continued until the completion of the handsome new Central Christian church, now being erected on the corner of Wood and Nellie avenues. Here for the anniversary observance was the Rev. E.

W. Johnson, field worker of the Alabama-Missippi synod, who held the morning and evening services. In the afternoon, starting a five oclock, a chicken supper was held, a feature of which was the cutting of the large embossed City Commission In Weekly Meeting Many complaints have been registered witn the police department as tne result ot damage done oy youngsters on tne prowl on Halloween night. Destruction of property cant be classed as fun, officers state. SIBYL POOL Secretary of State Sibyl Pool ended speculation about her political plans by announcing she will run for state treasurer next year.

She said she will qualify after the State Democratic Executive committee meets in January and will wage an intensive campaign. The incumbent in the treasurers office, John Brandon, hasn't disclosed his plans. He cant succeed himself. Miss Pool is the only woman ever elected to a constitutional office in Alabama and one of two who have served in the Legislature. She spent almost three terms in the House of Representatives from Marengo County before being appointed secretary of state in 1944 by former Gov.

Chauncey Sparks. When that term expired two years later she ran for the full term and carried all but three of the 67 counties. Born in Birmingham, but reared in Marengo County, Miss Pool taught school for a while, then became manager of the Marengo County Farm Bureau and later secretary-treasurer of the Linden Chamber of Commerce. One of the most popular pastimes of some years ago apparently is going out of fashion. A tecent report of the Agriculture Department reveals that less chewing tobacco was produced last year than in any year since 1900.

No doubt this also sounds the death knell of the spittoon. 1950 AUTOMOBILE TAG DEADLINE NOVEMBER 15 Florence State's Lions will be host to the Blue Raiders of Middle Tennessee State, of Murfreesboro, in Coffee Stadium Saturday night beginning at 8 oclock. The Tennesseans hold an impressive record and by far are the most rugged opponents to be faced by the Lions this season. Coffee Highs Yeliok Jackets take on the states No. 1 high school team when the Decatur Red Raiders descend on Coffee Stadium tonight at 7:30 oclock.

Shorty Ogles wonder team is given a big edge over the local eleven. The Tigers of Rogersville entertain the Lincoln High eleven of Huntsville at Rogersville tonight beginning at 7:30 oclock. The Tigers have lost but one game this season. City commissioners in session Monday afternoon for the weekly business meeting voted to postpone the collection of the city gasoline tax and the collection of the tobacco license tax from Weeden Heights until December 1, S. B.

Howard, city clerk, reports. A request was made by a Tuscaloosa firm to reconsider the commissions resolution prohibiting the development of a cemetery on the W. H. Myers property on the Jackson highway, which will be considered by the commission. Probate Judge Herman K.

Longshore today called attention to the Nov. 15 deadline for the purchase of auto licenses without penalty and urged that every car and truck owner in Lauderdale county make arrangements to purchase tags on or before that date. After Nov. 15 a 15 per cent penalty is Grandma" Worthington is said to be one of the most famous pickpockets in the nation. The 73-year-old woman has this to say for her profession: In forty years birthday cake.

During the social I have stolen close to $500,000. It hour, which followed, those pre-has been a wonderful life of travel sent were entertained with a pro-and fun. The police are all such gram of songs redered by the Be-nice gentlemen and my Bible thel College choir of McKenzie, comforts me. a chorus of 30 voices..