The Cullman Tribune from Cullman, Alabama • 1

CttUman xhm Dept. History Arehieves wip No. 28 3 Pages CULLMAN, ALABAMA, THURSDAY, JULY 0, 1036. 5c Per Copy $1.50 Per Year VOL. 63 SACRED TEST CASE FORMER CULLMAN MAN TO VISIT HERE 1837 LICENSE TAGS PURPLE LETTERS ON WHITE BACKGROUND KIWANIS HORSE SHOW ALSO CALLED OFF Nineteen Private Utilities Bring Suit In Federal Court In Birmingham To Test TVA Authority OF HEALTH URGES FIVE ARE HEAD i GATHERINGS BE SUSPENDED OF PARALYSIS UNTIL PARALYSIS EPIDEMIC i PASSES 11 New Cases Gf Infantile Paraly- sis Reported Over State On account of the danger of the The new auto license tags foi 1937 are being shipped to Alabama probate judges and will go on sale October 1st.

According to a law passes in 1935 all motor vehicles will be required to carry both a front and rear tag on it in 1937. The color of the new tags is purple and white, purple numerals on white background. The tags were made in Kilby rison and the use of two tags doubles the capacity of warehouses at Kilby so for this reason tags were sent out early. spread of infantile paralysis the Harp singing will on Saturday and 11 and 12. The strongly urges Death toll from North Alabamas infantile paralysis epidemic had climbed to five today, while 11 new cases brought the states' oflIealth Annual Sacred not be held here Sunday, July case total to 94.

laj. jYe singing not be held on ac- Of the new cases, four are count of the numbers of people Madison County, two in Morgan come from the affected the has and one each in Winston, Lauder-1 areag whieh increase dale, Franklin, Marshall and Col- daner of the disease which ed with all the horrible details Hence, we place our hands upon our heart and announce were guilty. It is not the first time we have wagered two bits on the bounce of the dice, and after a prolonged A new suit to test the validity of the Tennessee Valley Authority has been started in the Federal Court at Birmingham, Alabama The suit is being brought by nineteen private utilities operating in the TVA region. Counsel for the utilities includes such distinguished lawyers and authorities on the constitution as Newton D. Baker.

The brief for the utilities points out that private investment in the light and power properties in TVA territory amounts to more than $600,000,000 millions invested by stockholders living in all parts of the country. It says that if TVA is finally held legal this vast private investment will be destroyed. The brief likewise shows why private utilities are unable to compete with the TVA. These utilities pay over $14,000,000 a year in taxes TVA pays next to nothing. The private utilities must raise all their money without benefit of subsidies the TVA has the Federal Treasury and the power of the Federal credit behind it.

The private utilities must pay every cost of operation out of their own pockets TVA receives preferen tial freight and passenger rates, franks all its letters and other mail matter, pays no workmens compensation costs, enjoys tax ex emption on its gasoline and motor vehicles, etc. And, most important, private utilities are strictly regulated by the state, and Inust m()od, you might bet they wont stare at the horoscope. indications are that possibly it wont be the last. We have never waged huge sums in cotton futures, nor participated in the annual Christmas Day sky-limit dice game held in a certain place of local fame. We havent that much money.

Had we done So, however, we would have been beyond the perils of the police. We will follow our custom and withhold the names of the five hell-bound brethren caught the other night. Moreover, if they are caught in the future we will not publish their names. And, Mr. Reader, should the brave cops crash your premises and end your niekle dice game or penny ante debauchery we wont publish your name or the names of your friends.

But we warn you. It has long been a palpable fact and one to which all the ministers will agree that a citizen is safer from the clutches of the law in Dothan if he makes his living selling whis key than whiling away an idle hour in an occasional dime dice game. In conclusion, if any member of the city administration, from commissioner to cop, is arrested for tossing the bones, The Eagle will not publish their names, either. If, we say, they are caught Ajjd, in case you are in a gambling Kansas City, Mo. Editor Tribune: In company with my family and a Mississippi cousin, the writer is contemplating a tour of the Southern states this summer, and is planning a visit to Cullman and the surrounding community where I was reared, the latter part of July, and I am wondering if I may not hope to have the great pleasure of again seeing many schoolmates and oldtime friend: of my boyhood days.

With this hope in mind, I wish to announce that I expect to be at Hopewell church on Sunday, July 26th, and at Good Hope church on Sunday, Aug. 2nd, and I earnestly hope that any and all of my oldtime boyhood friends and schoolmates who can possibly do so will attend one or both of these services, as 1 have not seen many of them in forty years, which is about the length of time since I was last in my boyhood community on a planned visit. I am planning to give a party at Pleasant Hill school house on the afternoon of my birthday July 29th, at which cold watermelon will be served free to all my friends who will come. And this includes an invitation to you, Mr. Editor.

A very unusual program will be given which will be educational in its nature, as well as entertaining, and I am sure it will be very pleasing to all who attend. Announcement will made later, as soon as definite arrangements shall have been made Moping that I may have the pleasure of again seeing many oldtime schoolmates and friends on this delightful trip and at my party, I am, Sincerely, Jesse O. Weeks. GOVERNMENT DEBT bert Counties. Fatalities listed with the State Health Department today were Dovie Virginia Pritchard, five, of Union Grove, Marshall County; Marjorie Elizabeth Phillips, 15, of Russellville, who died July 3 in a Memphis hospital Patsy Ruth Baber, eight, of Decatur, Henry Wallace, of Hartselle, and Clau-dine Vincent, seven, Negro, of Birmingham.

The Birmingham child died last Saturday, but the death certificate did not reach the state department until today. CHILDREN UNDER 18 ASKED NOT TO ATTEND CHURCH WASHINGTON SNAPSHOTS by James Preston Unemployment, like Mark Twain said of the weather, is something Washington has talked about a great deal for the last seven years, but does little about. Actually we have known as little about tliis subject as we did about the weather until 25 years ago. How many really are unemployed, are they white collar or so called wage-earners, are they skilled Or unskilled workers? All of these questions the doctor has not bothered to answer while he continued to prescribe for the pat ient. The following relatives have returned to their homes after attending the funeral of Rev.

L. Mullins, Mr. and Mrs. T. J.

Weeks, and family of Dayton, Ohio; H. Mullins, Dayton; Mr. and Mrs C. A. Mullins and daughter, Day-ton and Mrs.

B. C. Kelley, Akron, Ohio. reached epidemic proportions in some counties. The recent development of two eases of infantile paralysis in Cullman county has caused the County Board of Health to recommend that no gatherings of large groups be held until the danger of an epidemic is passed.

At a meeting of citizens at the court house Tuesday night the recommendation of the Health Department was adopted. It is urged that no meetings be held where many people from, large areas gather. Children, in. particular, should not congregate in large numbers because of a serious danger of the disease being spread. Some of the counties adjoining Cullman have already many cases of the dangerous disease and visitors from these affected areAs may spread the disease.

Through the cooperation of a number of organizations, scheduled meetings have been postponed. The Horse Show that was to have been held on July 17 by the Ki-wanis Club will not be held. The Annual Sacred Harp Singing that is attended by thousands of sing- be. Julian Hall. Due to the epidemic of infantile paralysis-in some of the northern counties of the State, with some eases reported in Cullman and vieinity, the Cullman County Board of Health, at a mass meeting Tuesday night, recommended that all meetings of groups of young people and children, small or large, be suspended indefinite- ANNUAL SACRED HARP SINGING HELD AT MT.

GILEAD JUNE 5TH Miss Katherine Gurley war brought home the first of this week from a hospital in Birmingham. Her many friends here hope for her a speedy recovery. ly. In keeping with that recommen- ers will not be held next Saturday dation, we the pastors of the vari-j and Sunday. July 11 and 12.

The ous churches of Cullman ask that eity park will be closed temporar-all children and young people be- ily. A band concert scheduled. ANNOUNCEMENT make an adequate allowance for depreciation. Last year TrA accounting took no notice of depreciation whatsoever, and its operating expense ledger allowed nothing for return on investment. Entirely aside from the legal issues involved, which can be decided only after long litigation in the courts, the facts here presented should cause every citizen and taxpayer to Jo some serious thinking.

If government can step into the electric and use its great powers to destroy private investment, it can do the same thing to the grocery business, automobile manufacturing, banking, insurance, farming or any other industry. DOTHAN EDITOR TELLS ABOUT ARREST IN 2-BIT CRAP GAME The total governmental debt of the United States now stands at the record figure of according to the United States News. The Federal debt accounts for $34,000,000,000. The balance, $19,000,000,000 is represented by state and local debt. Mr.

and Mrs. E. W. Chandler and daughter, of Sylacauga, are guests of relatives in Cullman this week. Mr.

and Mrs. W. B. Ellison announce the marriage of their daughter, Ruth Elizabeth, to Batson Milton Miller on Monday, the twenty-ninth day of June, nineteen hundred and thirty-six, in Ashville, North Carolina. Mrs.

Amzie Mitchell (nee Miss Ellen Richter) was called to her home in Detroit Monday on ac count of her husband having an appendicitis operation. She was the guest of her parents here, Mr. and Mrs. Otto Richter. House called to order by D.

E. Williams, sang Amazing Grace prayer by O. H. Handley. Election of officers as follows: S.

J. Tyree, of Helicon, Chairman; C. C. Davis, Vice Chairman; R. I.

Brown, J. H. Oakley and R. R. Driver, Arranging Committee.

P. Woodard, T. C. Waugh, N. Brown, and F.

M. Cleghorn directed the class 15 minutes each. Recess 10 minutes. House called to order by chairman Clark Woodard. Sam Tyree, Henry Bently directed the class 15 minutes each.

Dismissed one hour for noon. House called to order by singing V. M. Brown, Mr. Pool, Miss Stella Tyree and Miss Alpha Woodard ang 15 minutes each.

Recess 10 minutes. House called to order by chairman. Clovis Adams, M. Blackmon, W. E.

Humphries and Albert Humphries sang 15 minutes eash. The chairman saug a few sougs. Closed with prayer by O. H. Handley.

S. J. Tyree, Chairman, C. C. Davis, Vice-Chairman.

MARRIAGE LICENSES Citizen There Is Safer Selling Whiskey, He Says low the age of 18 be kept away from the Sunday Schools and Church Services until the threat has subsided. That all groups above 18 years will meet as usual in their Sunday School Departments and all regular worship services will be held twice daily, each Sunday as usual. We also ask that all picnics, camps and other group meetings sponsored by our churches be called off. We do this with the assurance that all will gladly cooperate with our health department in this emergency. Signed, John E.

Marion, Pastor Baptist Church. W. Glenn Bartee, Pastor Methodist Church. Theo Mehl, Pastor St. Johns Evan.

Lutheran Church. Cecil C. Helmly, Pastor Christ Eng. Lutheran Church. First Christian Church.

Henry Meyer, Pastor St. Pauls Lutheran Church. J. H. Brown, Pastor German Baptist Church.

West Cullman Church of Christ. P. U. Green, West Cullman Methodist Church. for this week will not be given, Sunday Schools will abandon their meetings for the intermediate departments and below.

Preaching services for the adults will probably be held in all the churches. No serious difficulty is anticipated by the health authorities if every person uses every precaution possible to keep the disease from spreading. Parents are advised to keep their children at home. The disease is highly contagious and congregating with-others who may spread the germs is dangerous. "8 REUNION 1 "i Mr.

and Mrs. Max Buettner entertained the following relatives with a reunion at their home in Cullman the Fourth of July: Mr. and Mrs. Carl Goehler and baby, Misses Alma and Anna Goehler, of Birmingham, Mr. and Mrs.

Spence Wix and children, of Sheffield, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Engel and family of White City, Mr. Ed Goehler and Mrs. Gertrude Goodwin, of Cullman.

-Q STIEFELMEYERS AND THOMPSONS WIN IN OPENING GAMES Mr. and Mrs. Walter Guthrie spent the past week at the bedside of their son, Walter, who is in a hospital in Birmingham in critical condition from the effect of an automobile accident a few days ago. BEG YOUR PARDON In the advertisement of the Normal School of Music to be held July 27th at Jones Chapel, the name of Prof. L.

O. Stevens should have been L. E. Stevens and the name of J. E.

Mann should have been J. E. Manor. This advertisement was published in the June 25th issue of The Tribune. For Mrs.

Jordan BALL GAME Dothan, Ala. Over the name of Julian Hall, editor of the Dothan, Ala Eagle, the newspaper carries a front-page story entitled: Editor In Toils Of The Law. The story follows The editor of The Eagle and a party of five friends several nights ago were arrested on a charge of indulging in what is considered in -some circles as a harmless pastime, but regarded in others as a highly unlawful and shameful crime. We allude to a two-bit crap game in the Eagle building. There probably wasnt $7 involved in the game, the amount of the fine assessed each of the six participants; The reason this very alarming story was not published when the arrests were made is that the paper followed a custom of years standing that of omitting the names of persons arrested in the privacy of their own premises for rolling the bones and playing penny ante poker.

Any number of these hellish pastimes commonly occur in various Dothan homes in the stilly night, and once in a while the parties are raided by fearless officers of law, order and society But The Eagle does not print the names of the sinners. Our case, however, seems to be different. The Eagle is critized because the story was not publish- WHEEL INJURES WOMAN Mrs. Newton Elliott, 70, Is Hurt While Sitting On Porch GADSDEN, Ala. A runaway automobile wheel that came off a ear as it was being towed by a wrecker, plunged down the rocky tree-studded side of Lookou: Mountain and struck Mrs.

Newton Elliott, 70, as she sat on her front porch on Mineral Avenue, breaking her arm aud inflicting other injuries. The bounding wheel gathered momentum as it sped along an apparently impossible course dowr the mountain side. The avenue on which Mrs. Elliotts residence is located runs along the foot of the mountain. When the wheel had dodged trees, jumped over rocks and gullies and other obstacles, it was traveling at terrific speed when it struck Mrs.

Elliott house. July 2, Preston Seymore, 20, to Miss Bertha Robinson, 20. July 2, Ersie Stone, 21, to Miss Mildred Moore, 19. July 3, Wilmer Smith, 21, to Miss Ruby Turner, 22. July 3, T.

B. Marshall, 50, to Miss Emma Laura Gilliland, 45. July 3, Eulice Knighton, 21, to Miss Marie BrisJoe, 18. July 6, Leonard P. Weaver, 22, to Miss Annie Ruth Harris, 22.

July 6, Thomas E. Roberts, 21, to Miss Margaret Quick, 19. July 8, Ira Sanders, 25 (col.) to Emma Craig, 20 (col.) July 8, Wm. Eugene Schuessler, 21, to Miss Cecelia Richard, 19 SWIMMING POOL AT SACRED HEART ACADEMY CLOSED Cullman baseball team playing Birmingham Casting Sunday afternoon at 3 oclock p.m. at St.

Bernard College diamond. Come out and support the team. SPECIAL NOTICE CONCERNING W.M.U. CAMP Misses Marguerite Cook and Oni Allgood were joint hostesses Tuesday afternoon when they entertained at a bridge party in honor of Mrs. Roy Jordan (Nell Neal) a recent bride, at the home of Miss Cook.

The home was attractively deco rated with summer flowers. At the conclusion of the games Mrs. W. D. Gunn and the honoree were presented with pretty gifts.

A delicious plate lunch was served to the following Mesdames M. L. Robertson, W. D. Gunn, R.

Griffin, R. Yost, Williamson, Fred Kelley, R. P. Johnston, Misses Margaret Hartung, Evelyn Neal, The Softball League got under way Monday night when Stiefel-meyers and Thompsons won from the Revelers and Agoga Bible Class. Much interest is being shown in the games.

Attendance has been very good. Fans are looking forward with much interest to the games Monday night when Stiefelmeyers Valley Grocery will tie up in what promises to be one of the best games of the season. These two teams appear to rank high among the teams. Agoga Bible Class and Thompsons will play Monday night in what promises to be a qlose game. Due to the precautions being taken to prevent the spread of infantile paralysis, the Baptist M.

U. Camp for Cullman Associa tion, scheduled to meet at Camp Joy next week, has been indefinitely postponed. If conditions make it possible for this- Camp to be held later in the summer, each Church will be duly notified. Mrs. B.

H. Supt. In order to cooperate with the City Health Department in its effort to prevent the spread of Infantile Paralysis, the swimming Maurice Norwood made a trip to Birmingham. pool at Sacred Heart Academy) and Freda and Elsa Hartung and will be closed until further notice, the honoree. man.