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Evening journal., 1915-12-02
IN NAL SERVICE ss YEARs.

Four-local letter carriers completed
twenty-five consecutive years in the
postal service yesterday and here
after each will wear a silver star on
his coat sleeve. The honor men are
Lewis Wilcox. Alfred l.. White. As
bury Sterling and James A. Oliver.
The four carriers treated their fell
low workers to cigars yesterday in
honor OF their anniversary.
Evening journal., 1915-12-02
MISSIONARY LECTrRE.

Under the auspices of the Junior
Christian Endeavor Society. stereopti-
con views. with an evening of song
and story. OF "The Life OF DR.. Gren-
fell. the Missionary Hero of Labra-
DOR Will be given in the Central
Presbyterian Church this evening. n
is expected that large attendance
will be present. A silver Offering
will be taken.
Evening journal., 1915-12-02
yETERAN RAILROApER RETIREs.

After a continuous service Of forty
two years as a brakeman on the Penn
sylvania railroad, Benjamin f. Low
den, of Delmar. has retired on the
pension fund OF the company. Ills
name appears in the Railroad Roll
Of Honor" in the railroad company's
publication. Information" Mr.. Low
den served on the railroad for forty
two years and four months.
Evening journal., 1915-12-02
MR. GrmpA Is pEGREE MAsTER.

AT it's weekly session on Monday
night, Christine Encampment Of Odd
Fellows elected J. B. Guilda degree
master II was also announced that
an active membership campaign will
be waged by the encampment this win
ter. A social session was held fol-
lowing the business transaction.
Evening journal., 1915-12-02

Last Saturday we had a dandy time
on the joint hike. About 100 Scouts
from the different troops in this vi
cinity attended. Before going on the
hike we held a meeting on the Court
House lawn, where Chancellor Curtis
presented merit badges to the twenty
eight Scouts who had qualified in their
tests about a month ago. We hope TO
have another hike soon.
Evening journal., 1915-12-02
HALT DMELLING FInr

The Weccacoe Fire Company re-
sponded TO still alarm of fire last
evening at No. 719 West Fifth street
where a blaze was discovered in a
room occupied by Clarence Cooper.
The damage was slight.
Evening journal., 1915-12-02
Don't
Suffer
From Piles
Send ror Free TrIal rreatment.

No matter how long or how bad go to
your druggist today and get 20 cent
box OF Pyramid Pile Treatment. It
Evening journal., 1915-12-02

The Scouts of Troop No. . have or
ganized a very successful engineer
corps under the leadership OF Fred
S. Price, civil engineer. During the
three weeks existence of the corps
they have made several maps and
built q bridge. Patrol Leader George
Hudson is chief engineer. The Scouts
wish to express their appreciation for
Mr.. Prices instruction. IL is the in
tention OF this corps TO measure the
width OF the Brandywine creek in
three known ways.
NELSON FRITZ. Scribe.
Troop No. /, OF Richardson Park,
held their regular weekly meeting
last Friday evening and decided To-
attend the joint hike with the viii
mingtOn Scouts. We arrived Just in
time on Saturday afternoon to attend
the merit badge presentation. We
thoroughly enjoyed ourselves on the
hike.
Troop No. 3. Of the Y. NJ. G.. A.. viii
hold their regular weekly meeting on
Saturday afternoon. Dues will be coll
lected this week II Is desired TO have
every member present The hrst-class
Scouts will attend hike for special
instruction on map making. The other
members Of the troop will also attend
Evening journal., 1915-12-02
Ladies Desks

A great number of styles in Fumed Oak,
Golden Oak, Mahogany Mahogany finish,
Circassian Walnut and Birds-eye Maple.
Prices range from $lI.OO to $500 each.
Evening journal., 1915-12-02

a hike. The troop basketball team
viii play at Hagley House this Satur-
day night We want crowd OF root
ers to go along.
Evening journal., 1915-12-02

Judging the PAST the tendency this year to
gifts enduring character For the
bedroom there wealth of choice here Handsome
Of William and Mary and Adam designs Mahog
any Ccasan American Walnut that would delight the heart
recipient They mostly our-piece Suites consisting OF
Bed Dresser Chhonier and Toilet Table and priced from 500
O $i00 each.
There odd in abundance all woods Dresser
Chonr Toilet Table Princess Dresser Cheva Mirror
would make handsome Christmas present and would be
ciated in any home.
Brass Iron Bed often needed many folks have put
buying Christmas There's ample choice
here Select now-delivery will be made at request
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-22
MRS. DUPONT THOMPSON, PRESIDENT OF
 THE WOMANS CIVIC BOARD TALKS ABOUT
 RETRENCFIMENT CRISIS AND RELIEF WORK

great crisis came in the citys government and we were fortunately thoroughly or ganfzed, and so were ready to drop into the breach To our delight the various or ganizations of the city came nobly for ward and offered their services and the Equal Suffrage association especially was most cordial in its cooperation with the board, and their assistance was gratefully. received and thoroughly appreciated The work which the women of Birmingham want to do in assisting the city at this critical time is to be a united effort of women individually, as well as in organ ized form. It is our desire to have every woman visit her butcher, baker and groceryman at least once a week and take a personal interest in the surround ings at these places. In other words, what we want is to arouse the civic conscious ness of the women of Birmingham to the conditions now prevalent, and which wom- en can do such big part in ameliorating. We do not believe in force in thees af- fairs, nor do we advocate 1t in any form. because we have a profound belief in the public spirit of the men and women of Birmingham. and we know that the shopkeepers realize that all this means more and better business to them. Wherever we have visited we have been kindly received, and the owners and man. agers of shops have been quite willing to take suggestions although they may regard us as amateurs. It is the belief of the woman's civic board that this crisis into which the city has been plunged is going to rebound to its credit by giving every individual in this community an op- portunity to realize how important a place he or she holds in our civic life, and out of this time of mutual suffering and cooperation there will be aroused . citizenship having a keener consciousness and greater solidarity of purpose
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-22
MRS. BOWERS HOSTESS AT AFTERNOON TEA

Between 15o and 200 guests called at the home of Mrs. P. B. Bowers in Norwood yesterday afternoon between 4:30 and 6 o'clock to meet Miss Johanna Leuth of
 Kansas City and Mrs David Meyers of
 Louisville.
 The reception hall was made lovely with pink roses and ferns, the mantes being
 banked with great quantities of these dainty flowers. Here the guests were vel
 comed by Mrs. L. C. Branscomh, Mrs
 Belle Gore, Mrs. F. F, May, Mrs. Russell
 Hunt, Mrs. G. N. Bowers, Mrs. B. F. Les ter, Mrs. R. B. Watts. Mrs. J. ]. Eaton,
 Mrs. Elliott Karper. Mrs c. B. Smith
 Mrs. Waide and Mrs. Whitehead. In an
 alcove the punch table was stationed. The bowl was embedded in a mound of pink rosebuds and a cooling drink was dipped by Miss Mary Bowers and Miss Frances Bowers.
 Mrs. Bowers and her honor guests, wear ing beautiful afternoon gowns of summery materials, stood in the parlor with Mrs
 John Sparks, Mrs. Walter Reynolds. Mrs. Darby, Mrs G. B. Allen. Mrs George Jan cite, Mrs. Irving, Mrs. Alice Johnson, Mrs. l. w. Mathews. Mrs. J. w. Fain, Mrs. Summer, Mrs. F. P. Glass, Mrs. William Hood. Mrs. J. s. Hard, Mrs. w. S. Brown
 and Mrs. Richard Massey. The parlor was
 attractively decorated with ivy and shasta daisies.
 In the dining room the table had a cluny lace cover over yellow satin and its central ornament was a beautiful basket of yellow lilies and golden glow with bows and a shower of tulle of yell low extending from the chandelier. The chosen color motif of yellow and white was effectivelly carried out in the hints, bonbons ices and cakes Those receiving In the dining room were Mrs. w. T. Hill, Mrs. Summerfied, Mrs. Ralph Rus sell, Mrs. Winning Currie. Mrs. J. B. Cummings, Mrs. Robert Ezele. Miss Mar
 garet Ragland, Miss Mary Bowers and Miss Julia Bowers
 This delightful entertainment was one
 of the most interesting events of the week in social circles of the city.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-22
| SOCIETY AND HOME TOPICS FOR WOMEN
RANDOM NOTES

Mrs. Edwin c. Ball and Miss Mary Ball left yesterday for Milwaukee and the great lakes. They will be away until late in the fall.
 Mrs. Frank Y. Anderson, Jr., Is visiting her parents, MT. and Mrs. J. A. VanHoose at their country home near Bangor.
 
 Mrs W. D. Nesbit is convalescent from an illness of several weeks Mrs. Jelks Cabness and her little daughter are spending few days with MT. and Mrs. J. A. VanHoose al Bangor. Mir and Mrs. I. E. Ioveman and their little son of Baltimore are guests of MT. and Mrs. B. Loveman. Miss Ella Gaines Parker of Livingston is the guest of Mrs. J. A. Going.
 
 Miss Elizabeth Houser has returned from visit to Miss Dorothy Quinn in An niston.
 Miss Katherine Weakley is the guest of Mrs. W. r. Helms In Nashville. Miss Madeline Alexander has returned from visit to friends in New Decatur.
  MT. and Mrs. P. C. Ratliff are visiting Capt. W. T. Ratliff In Raymond, Miss.
  Miss Evelyn Westmoreland is visiting Dr. and Mrs. Trotter in Helena, Ark Miss Inez McAlister is attending a house party at Sulligent.
  MT. and Mrs Hale V. Tarrant and their little daughter have returned from St Sinons Island. Ga, where they spent sev eral weeks.
 Mir. and Mrs. T. s. Herren returned yes terday from an auto trip to Montgomery and other points.
 Mrs R. A. Mullins expects to leave soon for Atlantic Beach, Fla, to spend several weeks.
 MT. A. w. Miller is rapidly recovering from his recent illness at the Johns Hop- kins hospital in Baltimore. MT. Joe Chaffee is attending a house party in Hendersonville.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-22
<<-r is no reflection on the me,

<<-T is no reflection on the men that the woman's civic board should want to assist in dimin- ishing the cost. of handling the garb- l age of the city and having woman i food inspector appointed,' said Mrs. Dupont Thompson, president of the woman's civic board, yesterday for
 men are not supposed to know about such things, while women have been
 bred through generations for such poe sitions"
 That Birmingham faces crisis at present in it's civic government scarcely ever encountered before in all 1 its history Is a question that needs no further discussion since every phase of , it has been presented to the public within the past few days.
 Always as in every crisis whether social or civic. the women have come
 to the front and offered their services,
 the woman's civic board and the Equal
 Suffrage association being conspicuous in their efforts to relieve the tense sit uation.
 Mrs Thompson, the boards efficient
 and able president, is a born leader; she possesses a tremendous amount of sound, practical sense; she is a worker primarily.
 Her personality is as vivid as her civic patriotism is intense, and under her leadership, the woman's civic board cannot fail to measure up to the high standard set by the IS women who compose the official roster
 q wish all personality to be elimi-
 mated in the remarks I am going to make concerning the work of the womans board in the present crucial fairs" Mrs. Thompson insisted, when I asked her some pertinent questions yesterday about the proposed part the women are going to take in the present crisis. q do not wish to arrogate to myself any of the credit, for there are so many women who are doing far | more than I am in this matter. There Is Mrs. w. r. Motion, who, in her quiet unpretentious way, has done and l is doing more genuine good in this city | that nobody ever hears about that al most any woman l know. There Is l Mrs. J. H. Wallace who Is a tremen : 1 dous factor in this work. Indeed this | is not one woman affair at all; 1t IS not a one organization affair; it's name | is unity--an amalgamation of every | force that can possibly be commanded
 at present"
 '"ro go back to a bit of history Mrs. Thompson continued, when the | ordinance was passed last January re-
 garding the woman's civic board, and six weeks later-sometime in March
 the board became reality, there were l two things dominant in the minds of | those connected with that organization namely. the desire to help the city
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-22
HUNTSVILLE
City Commissioners Get Out Pruning Knife-Big Cattle Sale Held-CharIes PaffOrd Drowned.

Huntsville, July Especial. )-The
 city commissioners of Huntsville have
 begun work with the pruning knife and at the same time have taken under consideration various means of increas- 1 ing the city revenue with the view of making the best showing possible against the S25,000 annual deficit facing them through the abolition of the city dispensary which went out of business when the state wide prohibition law went into effect. The city, government Is facing situation that may be i'm possible to overcome without greatly impairing its functions. Every depart | ment will be cut down to the lowest possible point and efforts will be made
 to increase the municipal income at
 every possible source. Water consum
 CTS will probably feel the change first. , The city owns the water works and | this is one of the few revenues that
 can be increased. since the tax rate is
 fixed by the state and it appears very l likely that the price of water, which l Is one of the few beverages left to
 Alabamians, will be put up to an un- | usual price. It is announced that
 property owners who have not paid l tHei street paN1nR assessments Will | he sued unless payment is made imme- | diately.
 | The greatest cattle sale ever held l in this part of the state was held yes terday at Piedmont farm near Hunts vile under the auspices of the Here 1 ford and Berkshire associations Thirty-five of the best Herefords bred 1 on Alabama Tennessee and Kentucky | farms were sold at an average price oi | S24O per head and the Berkshire hogs | also commanded satisfactory prices. | Charles l.. Pafford. a clerk in the | income tax department of the treasury | at Washington, has been drowned. ac- cording to a message received by his sister, Mrs. Elmer Wick of this city The body will be brought to Camden | Tenn. for interment.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-22
EASTMAN TO ERECT
 DENTAL DISPENSARY

Rochester, July 21.-Announcement that George Eastman, president of the Eastman Kodak company, is to build for the city of Rochester, at a cost of about s3O0,00O free dental dispen- sary. was made tonight at a meet ing of the Rochester Dental society
 Eastman will also provide $30,OO0 a year for the dispensary maintainance for five years and at the end of that time will provide an endowment fund of s75o0oO if the institution proves a success
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-22

to diminish the expenses of handling the garbage, and the appointment of a
 woman food inspector. As I said pre- viously. this was no reflection upon
 the men, because it Is not a man 8 work. When man wants a piece of engineering done, he employs an ex-
 pert engineer; when he delves into N- nances, he employs the services of an expert accountant; when he goes 10 court he employees the services of a lawyer, the best he can get, and so when he goes to clean up the city he
 needs the services of an expert"
 Another thing, what body of men do
 you happen to recall that would have att
 tempted to accomplish what the woman s civic board has done without any funds?' Mrs. Thompson observed. When the or
 dinapce was passed regarding the board We had in view an educational campaign. We had expected to send communications to the various merchants, grocerymen, bakers. butchers and other shopkeepers, but when we looked around us we found ourselves in the situation of bricks with
 out straw and confronted by a most complicated question which was difficult of solution. No man would think of trying to overcome such obstacles, but it all ways falls to the women's lot when the establishment of new organ in the churcn IS necessary, Dell in the steeple or anything like that, but women do such things gladly, and being content to have the small things left to their care they
 are willing to have the germs turned over to them. Just so long as there is sick ness and disease, immortality and vice,
 womans innate desire to serve will all
 ways impel her to action"
 Our ideas crystalized after the board S organization and we have bravely gone on with our plans despite the lack of funds Mrs Thompson said cheerfully
 and enthusiastically, "knowing that this was not sporadic effort, but permanent, and so we formulated definite arrange | ments and had expected in September to | offer the city certain plans, as we had
 every expectation of getting hold of some
 funds. but in the midst of it all this
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-22
MRS. SMITHS DANCE FOR MISS PARK FER

An interesting happening of last even- ing was a small informal dance which had Mrs Algernon Smith as charming hostess at her home on Sycamore street complimentary to Miss Ella Gaines Parker of Livingston. the attractive guest of Mrs James A. Going.
 The entire lower floor was opened to the young people and prcttily decorated with garden flowers. An excellent or chestra furnished music and dancing was enjoyed until a late hour, when light re- Treatments were dispensed. About S5 in- vtations were sent to friends of the hos tess and her lovely honoree.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-22
MIR. AND MRS. JEMISON HOSTS AT DINNER

MT. and Mrs. Robert Jemisons dinner party last evening was another of the small but delightful affairs which ave helped to make the stay of Mrs. R. S. Cathcart in this city pleasant. Mrs Cath cart is a guest of her sister, Mrs. John Mlner Caldwell
 Included in this hospitality were: Mrs. Cathcart, MT. and Mrs. Caldwell, MT. and Mrs. Hugh Morrow, MT, Ersl<ine Ramsay and Mr. and Mrs. Jemison.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-22
WEDDING SOLEMNIZED

The marriage of Miss Emmaline Louise Barclay to MT. Forrest Jefferson Chan cellor of Chidersburg took place Mon day. evening at o'clock at St. Mary son. the-H Highlands.
 The wedding was quiet event. the cer- emony being performed by the Rev. Will loughby N. Claybrook. in the presence of the immediate family and few friends. There were no attendants. The bride wore a becoming travelling suit of dark blue silk with hat to match and carried a shower of white roses and valley lilies.
 After brief wedding journey in the east, Mir and Mrs Chancellor will make their home in Childersburg.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-22
PARTY LEAVES FOR CAMPING TRIP

With Mrs. Marion Allen and Mrs. Me Caulay as chaperones a party of young folks left yesterday for Wilsonvile on the Coosa river to spend week or two camp ing
 Those included were Miss Verna Van sandt, Miss Ethel Mays, Miss Hattie Jo Mays Miss Mary Strudwick of Demopo- lis, Miss Clemme Roy of Gadsden, Miss Marguerite Norris, MT. c. J. Ussery, MT l. R. Obenchain, MT. c. Vandihoof MT Owen, MT. H. Vansant and MT. Mckee.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-22
TO PREVENT FURTHER
 NICKEL APPROPRIATION

Toronto, July H.-After charges that nickel from Ontario mines had reached Germany since the wars outbreak, How ard Ferguson minister of lands tonight announced the appointment of commis- sion to investigate the nickel situation in Ontario with a view to establishing an industry that will be under observa- tion from the time the product is mined until it is marketed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-22
ARRANGEMENTS

The A. O. H. club will give card party at the Press club Thursday afternoor from 3 o'clock to 5:30 for the benefit ot the East Lake orphans.
 The Young Peoples branch of the Womans Christian Temperance union will meet Thursday afternoon at o'clock at the First Methodist church to celebrate the birthday of the national president Anna Gordon. A full attendance is re- quested.
 The Norwood Epworth league will pre- sent 8 mock trial at the Norwood Method st Episcopal church on Friday evening July 23, at 8 o'clock. Something is prom ised in the way of a mock trial and every one is assured a good time small ad- mission will be charged.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-22

Jennie Bank, Miss Tybe Light, Miss Mollle Bank, Miss Fannie Elsky, Miss Estelle Levy. Miss Sarah Lipsitz, Miss Dorothy I.ipsitZ, Miss Bessie Levy, Miss Bessie Rotenstrich, Miss Iilrz Williams, Miss Emma G.ngold. i!fs:ss ftosa Alper, Miss Francis Gordon, Miss Lena Schoul- der. Miss Doro Goldman, Miss Ida Kar- tus, Miss Bertha Pizitz, Miss Bessie Erlich Miss yiolo Bernstein, Mr. Jake Levy Mir. Louis Levy, Mir. Henry War her, MT. Jake Goldstein MT. Julius Cohen, Mir Ben 1.abesky, Mir Joe Aper, MT. Dave Alper, MT. Abe Levy, MT. Barney Schulman, Mir. Isidore Engel, Mir. Louis Bonefeld, Mir Louis Welzel Mir Jake Cotton. MT Perry Sevolwitz, MT. Julls Croietski, MT. William Engel MT. Harry Ginsod, MT. Abe Williams. MT Ike Abel son. MT. Saul Adelson and MT. Nose La bonoff
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-22

was honor guest at a dinner party at the Tutwier Tuesday evening. the hosts for the occasion being Mir. and Mrs. Gentry Hilman
 The following composed the party: MT. and Mrs I. D. Kirkpatrick, Miss Helen MoCary, Miss Bland Tominson, MT. Fred innick, MT. Randolph and MT. and Mrs. HillInan
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-22
FLOOD CONDITIONS
 REMAIN SERIOUS

Columbus, O., July 21.-Reports to- night indicated that flood conditions in the Scioto march region. southwest of kenton, were still serious. Several hundred persons were reported ma rooned with limited food supply.
 The marsh is covered with back water from the Scioto river.
 Crop loss and property damage due to the flood in this region is estimated at $1, 1,000, 000
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-22
NORWOOD BOOK CLUB
 HOLDS MEETING

The Norwood Rock club met yesterday afternoon with Miss Anna Belle Stith The
 guests enjoyed an interesting game on the lawn, after which ices, hints and cakes, in pink and white tints, were served.
 Those present were Miss Mary Keller, Miss Frances Deveaux. Miss Mildred Stein Miss Doris Marler, Miss Mary
 Leone Simpson, Miss Winifred Wither- spon, Miss Hazel McKenna, Miss Eva Boyett, Miss Mildred Cunningham, Miss Joy Hansberger, Miss Martha Wright, Miss Edna Lou Hill and Miss Stith.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-22
MRS. ROBERTS IS
 CLUB HOSTESS

The regular weekly meeting of the Nor
 wood Luncheon Bridge club took place yesterday with Mrs. J. B. Roberts as hos tess at her home. Tables for them were arranged in the reception hall and after a dainty luncheon the club game was played. pair of silk hose being awarded to the player having the highest score. Only the members were present.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-22
MIR. GOLDSTEIN
 ENTERTAINS INFORMALLY

MT. Abe Goldstein entertained with a delightful lawn party at his home on Fifteenth avenue. A splendid evening was enjoyed by those present, and re- treatments were served late in the even ing:
 Those present were Miss Elizabeth Cohen of Atlanta, Miss Bele Branda of Memphis, Miss Lillie Isemma of Memphis, Miss Ester Cohen of Montgomery, Miss Minnie Light, Miss Anna Light, Miss
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-22
AUSTRIANS TAKEN
 ARE QUARANTINED

Uoine, Italy, July 21.-CVia Lugano and Paris, 6:20 D. m )-More than 2000 Austrian prisoners recently arrived here. Some have been isolated as r~ecaution against disease. The others left on special trains. Quarantine sta tions have been established along the railway lines with view to checking cholera should it develop.