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The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-02-02
FAREWELL DINNER
 0F FOUR MINUTE
 MEN 0N TUESDAY
Banuuet at Tutwiler Will Be Marked by Splendid Pro- gramme-Hugh Locke
 Postmaster

The four-n1inute men of Alabama, after IS months active service, will become history following the farewell dinner to be given Tuesday night at ' o'clock in the ball room of the Tutwiler hotel at which time the members of this organiza- tion will be presented with honorable discharges Arrangements have been completed and the affair promises to be one of the most enjoyable ever held in Birmingham and will be largely at- tended.
 A splendid programme on which number of prominent men and women will appear and which includes several surprises for the members will be rem dered and is as follows
 Hugh A. Locke, associate state di' rector, toastmaster
 What the Four Minute Organization Has Done For Me" Clark Williams.
 If No One Ever Marries Me-" Miss Evelyn Going.
 why I Would Not Allow My Husband To Be a Four Minute Man" Mrs. Ken meth Charlton
 Troublesome Speakers I Have Met R. c. Arrowood. manager of Loews Bijou.
 How Four Minute Speeches Boosted Business" B. H. Mooney, Representative moving picture theatres
 Presentation of certificates of honor able discharge. T. J. Crttenden, state director.
 Recitation, Miss Evalina Wilkerson
 eIs Birmingham Railway, Light and Power Company's Gas Stronger Than Four Minute Gas?" Fred Moore.
 "Temperamental Lady Orators Mrs. Oscar R. Hundley.
 Pianologue-Crystal Song. Mrs. John D. Turner.
 What Will We Do With Nothing TO Do But Attend Our Own Business!' Ed Smith.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-02-02
G. l.. LEMON AND COMPANY PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS AND AUDITORS . | America Phone M 1924 Brrningh"m Ala French Army Band To
 GiuePatriotic ConcertAt
 The Jefferson Theatre
Noted Organization of Soldier Musicians Present Con- cert Under the Auspices of the Music Study Club. Every Member of the Band Soloist and
 Has Won Distinction in Service

ready given stands unparalleled in mu- sical annals. Captain Polfain. the band master, has on the programme the "Sambre ct Mouse" march, destined to win favor here as in France. where 1t Is the favorite with the populace. It Is the French soldiers battle march
 Musically a we'll trained assembly. each man solost of his own particular instrument. the playing of the French army band veterans inspires and awak- ems a new interest In our sister repub- lie. Back of the plans of the tour is the deep desire of both governments to closely affiliate.
 Members of the band were with the Blue Devils," many have been gassed, imprisoned or wounded in action. Their gallant bearing and significant French blue uniforms appeal nothing but our own red, white and blue can do. The Decentralization between the sister re- publics is being strengthened by the chords of music. The French army band veterans are touring America giv- ing a series of patriotic concerts under the auspcesSo of civic organizations It's martial music has been an inspiration to the Red Cross and Liberty Loa1 drives, and the T. M. c. A. has profited by the visits to their huts.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-02-02

The federal board of vocational edu- cation to which this all important work has been intrusted, has established IA district offices with branch offices in all principal centers of population. Ala bama is in the sixth district which also includes the state of Mississippi ana Louisiana A local branch for this part of Alabama has been opened in the offices of the county board of education in the courthouse, with Prof. B. E. Harris in charge and Thomas L. Cannon assist ing him.
 1000 JEFFERSON MEN
 It is estimated that no fewer than 1000 Jefferson county men either have re- turned or will return from the army in an impaired physical condition that will unfit him for taking up his former work. It is to help these that the vocational education system was worked out by the government.
 In a circular letter now being distri- buted among the returning soldiers the board says: "If, in your opinion, and in that of those looking after you, your injury Is such as to allow you to take up again your former occupation, 1t is to your interest to do so. You will most probably be more efficient in your pre- vious calling. even though handicapped, than you would be in a newly acquired one If you can be helped by training before returning to your old occupation, Uncle Sam will provide it for you through the federal board of vocational educa- tion. That board will also help you to get employment"
 If, however, a limb has been lost or a previous wound or other disability com pels the soldier to take up some new vocation, the government will make an allotment to the soldier during the train ing period in which he is being prepared for the new work
 GUARANTEE TO SOLDIERS "Through this board and it's branches offices Uncle Sam guarantees to every man disabled in the war under circum- stances entitling him to benefits of the war risk insurance act" the circular continues. ''the benefits of such Of the following services as he may require: Vocational advice and assistance in se- lecting suitable occupation; help Tn returning to the old occupation agaih
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-02-02
Teachers Urge Passage of
 Increased Salary Bill

The teachers of Jefferson county adopted resolutions Saturday morning at their regular meeting urging the legislature to adopt the bill providing an increase in their salaries. They as- sert that they are underpaid, and that the raise proposed in the bill would give them decent, living salary
 Arrangements were made for sending representatives to Montgomery when the bill comes before the house.
 A musical programme was rendered under the direction of J. H. McAfee, and there were speeches by Dr. W. B. Holiness who has just returned from France, and Dr. Julia Crotty, the gov ernment social hygiene worker.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-02-02
w. A. Allen Injured in
 Automobile Accident

w. A. Allen, a resident of Boughton, was painfully injured when the auto mobile that he was guiding became un- controable on the Twentieth street hill, on Southside, yesterday afternoon.
 His automobile had broken down and he had hired a driver with a truck to tow him into the city. He was guiding his car, which was being pulled by the truck, and when they started down the hill his brakes failed to work and the car had started "he4ter-skelter" down the hill when he jumped to save him. self. and in the fall he sustained dis located shoulder and other bruises. He was carried to the Hillman hospital
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-02-02
PERSONAL

Joe Goldstein of Goldstein Brothers. proprietors of Everybody Department Store. left yesterday for New York for an absence of three weeks on buying trip. MT Goldstein will purchase mill linery and ready-to-wear on this trip and will buy in anticipation of a great season this spring.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-02-02

if advisable; support while in training for new occupation or for greater proficiency in an old occupation; course of preliminary training; period of probationary employment; permanent employment irl desirable position; and follow-up work to protect him from mis- takes and exploitation"
 The board will have vocational ad- visors in the reconstruction hospitals of the war and navy departments who will assist in selecting new occupations for the disabled.
 HUNDREDS OF COURSES
 The government has provided hundreds of courses, among which there is one precisely suited to meet everyone need, II which everyone may become 100. per cent efficient, whatever the injury that may have been sustaind. Men Will be trained in professions, such as law, medicine, teaching, engineering, theolo- gy, agricultural occupations. including professional agriculture, forestry, farm management, general farming, dairyins, bookkeeping, poultry raising, swine herd- ing, truck gardening, horticulture, farm mechanics, commercial occupations in . cludng shorthand, stenotypy, typeWrle- ing, bookkeeping and general accountns' civil service ostions, telegraphy, sales manship. insurance and banking; trade
 
 metal trades, wood working, building electrical, automobile. textile, transpor- tation, chemical, shoe-working, clothing and many others, and it will also in- culde occupations such as autogenous welding, electric welding, wireless oper- ating, shipbuilding, moving picture op- erating and others.
 SELECTING VOCATIONS 1 The wishes and temperament of the dis abled soldiers and sailors will be con- suited in selecting the new occupation and when prepared to take position the board will help find suitable employment 'eThe same allowance and allotment l will be paid to your dependents as was 1 paid to them while you were in actiNe service" the circular adds. "lf you are | married, your wife will receive $4o a month, and s10 will be paid for each ad- | ditonal child up to three. If you nave mother dependent upon you, she Will receive the same amount she reeeiVeo while you were in the service" | Commissioned officers will receive the same pay that they received the last month of active service, and out Of tnls they will be expected to maintain their dependents.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-02-02
MOSS OPTICAL co.
Is Located at 1923 Second avenue and
 Not at 1922

The address printed Saturday morn ing on the opening ad of the Moss Opti- cal company should have been 1923, in stead of 1922, Second avenue. This firm is located on the south side of Sec ond avenue, opposite Woolworth's store.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-02-02
Federal Vocational System
 VIII Furnish Free to AM
 Disabled Soldiers Education
Not Only Free Vocational Training But the Disabled Sold iers Will Be Supported By the Government While Learning Their New Trade-Synopss of Bill
By w. J. BOLES

adopted by
 ability impaired result while the will be given free of he with his he while he is learning his
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-02-02
Pension Bill Passed

BY Assoc1ated Press Washington, February 1.-The annual pension bill. carrying s215. 5.03O.0oO. was passed today by the House and sent to the Senate.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-02-02
4OOO LETTERS 60
 ID BUSINESS MEN
 FOR CHARITY DRIVE
Committee Busy on Arme- nian and Syrian and Local Charities Campaign
 for $75,000

The Armenian and Syrian relief work CTS yesterday put the campaign on among the firms of Birmingham. the headquar- ters at 227-22S First National Bank build ing having mailed out 4o00 letters to the business men of the city proper, the en- tire territory from Twenty-sixth street to Eleventh street, and from Eighth ave- nue, north, to Avenue F, south, having been covered by mail.
 These letters will be received tomorrow morning by the business men, and they are asked to get busy with their em' ployes and see that the lists enclosed are filed out and sent by hand to the headuuarters by noon Wednesday.
 Chairman Mercer Barnett was yester- day busily engaged in lining up the va rious workers, and getting the office organizat tion into shape for the active campaign which begins Wednesday morn ing bright and early.
 Jeff Bailey is acting adjutant of the allied armies in the absence of Adjutant Bert Meadows, who was called out or town on business for the week. l.. E Harris, w. A. Steadman, Forrest Robert son and Boy Scouts assisted by the Wheeler, Massey and Spencer Business college forces handled the mailing of the 4OOO letters with three enclosures yes- tar
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-02-02
OUR OWN SUFFERERS

One of the enclosure sent out to all firms tells of the work of the various local charities, and the appeal FOLLOWS.
 The Children's hospital: Where babies are cared for under experts for those who have been hit by poverty, adversity and are unable to nurture their own chii- dren as they should be nurtured-and to whom YOU owe a part of the blessings which you have received, in lieu of which unfortunate parents are made to surfer because their own flesh and blood, In US helpless infancy, Is uncared for. HOW about your own-when will you be down! Do you know?
 The Neighb hborhood houses: Where those widowed mothers-those Worklns Wives-are allowed the blessed priVn- . epe of leaving their babies and their little tots during the day without charge while they go out and earn the money necessary to buy for them bread shoes and clothing, and pay rent on the invariably unattractive little nome that is the best they can anord. Heip mother make little men and women oi her babies-that duty is plain as the nose on your face. Would your wi1e De independent if you were called nome.
 The Mercy Home: A place where men place gifts inspired by the Master, who said. 'Suffer little children come unto Me"-for if there is just one solitary corpuscIe of the milk of red-bloodeo human kindness in mans heart Il would analyze-"Mercy Home'-foI therein is all of those things that you give your babies-with the exception of Daddy and Mother" love-and since you can't give that, make it something material for these little unfortunateS
 who without your aid haven't a chance on Gods earth.
 Anti-Tuberculosis camp: The white plague is no respector of persons-bu when the rich are stricken they ss west-they have the money to searcf for air that will rout the germs Of de struction But what about your unfor tunate brothers wife, or his boy, ol himself-he couldn't buy, street cal ticket to Bessemer-yet he has got tt do something for that stricken loved one-or perhaps it's himself. and ht can't stop work-he must slave on. ahe spread the germs-endangering thou sands of lives daily. No-he must no do this-you will contribute to the cause that supports a camp with nurses and doctors-who will care for him ant get him well. Humanity holds out hel hand to every citizen in Birmingham to do his part. Have you ever mad loved one stricken with TT. B.?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-02-02
Ehe
  Attorney

ylten works far into the night when kseparing an important case-"wadlng Dough a mass of fine typed legal doc ynents that demand the closest atten- lon For just one word left out or in Rlrted in phrase or sentence may kange the whole complexion of the F<se.
 Low important it is, then, that his sight keen and quick to catch every pos Dole point--how important It IS that Re glasses he wears be focused as ex- Ely as the law itself.
 rom berg glasses, fitted expertly after exhaustive examination, are ground
 meet the requirements as carefully Ind precisely as a good drug store fills prescription. And Bromberg's charges Ire as moderate as the service is skilled. M YOUR eyes need attention may we |onvince you of the excellence of this completely appointed department? E. ". Bronberg
 Optical Dept.
 20th Street and 3d Avenue
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-09-08
PariSianS Buy
Stock In An Ell
PaSO Oil Well
Several New York Sub
scribers Also Buy, All on
Local Recommendation.

Running through the stock books
OF the Hueco Basin Oil company to-
day. president George Theisen and
Secretary Ed Anderson picked out a
number Of names Of stockholders IN
France.
Investigating. they found that all
the purchase had been made through
an FL Pasoan. AIyrtil Coblentz. and
asked him how it came that he had
caused so many Pariians TO buy
These are all friends Of mine"
said Mr. Coblentz. who wrote me
that they had heard Of oil activities
in Texas and asked my advice as to
inveung. wrote them that from
what / could tell, the Hueco Basin
company offered the best prospects
Of returns Of any that knew of, and
they invested made my RECON-
mendations because the company has
z9,OOO acres OF land. which, II oil IS
struck, VIII make ii the richest COM
pany IN Texas. Then I am acquainted
with the promoters and know they
are clean. honest men"
The stockholders who have bought
Hueco Basin stock on the reccommen-
dation Of M Coblentz are:
Mrs. A Veil. % Avenue Victor HUI
go. Felix Brunschwig. IS Avenue Nc
Mahon, Mrs Felix Brunschvie- .
Avenue McMahon, GustaVe Kahn. a
Rue Condorcet. Nine. Emile NIaver %
kue La tayette, Pa is: Mrs. H. Rosen-
baum, Yering Davis. G. N. Piermont
City.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-09-08
Manager Earl NOLAN Goes
To A7iSOna; Boosts Boxing

A ANSWERING a number OF offer
n received from western promoters
for the services Of Ralph Lincoln. the
sturdy bantamweight and Al McAlan-
US lightweight boxer. manager Earl
NOLAN left Sunday afternoon for
Tuscon and Douglas. Ariz, after
spending several days in this city.
he characterized his visit here as one
Of the most pleasant he has ever
spent and regretted the fact that box
ing viii not be permitted in the FL
Paso military district after Wednes-
day night when Kid Fred George and
Johnny Sudengerg viii meet in a re-
studoriunp. Manager Mohan was &C
companied by Walter Wyman. a
prominent boxing fan Of the Pacific
coast.
straighten Out TngIe.
Following his arrival in Douglas,
he will get in ommunication with
promoter Shannon in Tuscon where
it seems something Of misunderstand-
ing has occurred in regard 10 match
other fast men of their weight on
Sept Is. According to manager NOLAN
plans were originally made to match
Chef Neff and Al McNanus at Tuscon
on this date but they were later
changed for Bobby Burns and Lin
coin.
This contest did not MATERIAL
fze after NOLAN had deposited
weight and appearance fOrfeits
and he was notified by promoter
shannon that Lincoln would be
matched with bne Of the PayO
boys Of FL PasO for the headliner
on this date
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-09-08

Sunday morning he received a tel
egram from Shannon calling off the
Lincoln engagement while a local
boxing fan who is on the look out
for the interests Of Payo received a
telegram that he could not use Payo
against Lincoln and the match was
off Promoter Shannon had also ne
gotiated with manager Roy Martin
for a match between Gene belmont
and Al McManus and Sunday notified
Delmont's pilot that he could not
use the Memphis crack also. As both
Payo and belmont ancelled dates
thinking that the Tuscon offer would
materialize each Is now out of a con-
test as a result OF this action and
consequently the little scrappers are
at a loss financially as a result Of
daily training
Has Been Training.
Lincoln has also been doing light
work here as Moltan anticipated a
meeting between him and Burns or
one of the PayO boys and hit is also
out Of an engagement temporarily.
The boxers are not worrying however.
as each one has received other offers
fir later dates and expect to be put
on within the next two weeks.
In the ease OF belmont in par
fIcular southwestern promoters
are passing up an excellent OppOr-
tunity OF signing this cieancut
little scrapDer who Is n credit the
game and makes n hit in every
city he appears. Those in charge
Of the glove game in Miami. Al
buquerque, Tuscon and Douglas
could certainly benefit by ar
ranging for his services nEainst
Al AIsAInnus, Eddie Shannon.
Young French or any other fast
b0T
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-09-08
Watch the Little Pimples;
They are Natures Warning

orders And the one remedy which
has no equal as a purifier Is s S. s.
the purely vegetable blood medicine.
which has been on the market for
more than fifty years. Il Is sold BY
druggists everywhere.
II you are afflicted with azy form
Of skin disease, do not expect TO be
cured by lotions. ointments. salves
and other local remedies. as they can
not possibly reach the source OF the
trouble. which is in the blood Be-
gin taking s S. S. today. and write
a complete history OF your case 10
our chief medical adviser. who viii
give you special Instructions. with
out charge. Write at once TO swift
Specific Co.. go swift laboratory,
Atlanta Ga--Adv.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-09-08
~ UESTIONS
= AND
Z 4 Ms WE r S
! What is @the eOhOrt Of the

n What is sthe eOhOrt of the
". dnmneds1 J. Y. 5.
4 The cohort Of the damned" is
an organization OF French airmen
whose recklessness caused their with
drawaI from the fighting front from
a fear that they had lost mental bal
ance. and who were sent for duty in
less important places.
@. Who is Dorothy DixG L. NJ.
a. The real name Of Dorothy Dix is
Elizabeth Meriwether Gilmer. She
lives in New York and has written for
newspapers for many years.
Q. How long have postage stamps
been useds E. n. W.
a. The use Of postage stamps Is not
more than a hundred years old The
Sardenian states issued stamped let
ter paper in 1913 The first .ad-
hesive stamps were issued in 1894
The British government offered a
prize Of 200 pounds for the best sug-
gestion for bringing stamps into gem
eral use. Their use was first prac-
tically developed in Great Britain.
q. Which live longest. fat people or
thin peOPIes T. ID. f.
A Tables prepared by insurance
companies show that people who are
twenty pounds under average weight
are longest lived. The more flesh
people put on above this minimum the
more likely they are to die. A person
who is sixty pounds over weight is
twice as likely to die as a thin per-
son. Few fat people live to be old.
When the system begins to break
down the vital organs are unable 10
support this burden OF extra weight
O. Can cotton be grown in Hawaii
r. E 6
a. There is a very superior cotton
known as Caravonica grown in Ha-
vail It is a cross between tree cot
ton and Sea Island and Is long staple.
It is not killed by frost as cotton is
in the United States. but is cultivated
year after year as an orchard Ger
tain difficulties have been met IN de-
velopiug il but II is expected TO prove
a profitable crop.
O. What IS the monkey drillf y.
T. II.
a. This IS the drill in the United
States cavalry in which the riders
perform fancy stunts on their horses,
rivalling the best circus riders.
O. Why are humble bees necessary
to cIOvers H. B.
a Many plants Will not bear fruit
or seed unless pollen Is carried from
one blossom to another by insects,
thus fertilizing them. The humble
bee is the only insect, which feeds on
clover. that has a long enough beak
to properly place the pollen in a
clover blossom. So. II there are no
humble bees the clover viii not bear
seed TO reproduce itself
(Any reader can get the answer to
any question by writing The Herald
Information Bureau. Frederic J. Has
kin. Director, Washington. D. c Give
full name and address and enclose
two cent stamp for return postage
Be brief. All replies are sent direct
to the inquirer.)
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-09-08

GatesviIIe. Texas. Sept s.-The No
well. on the J. S. Clark farm. IS now
shut down while a careful examlna-
ton is being made OF the formation
encountered at the present depth OF
$50 feet
The drilIers encountered a 20 foot
oil bearing sand which showed evil
dences Of oil at a shallower depth.
This formation was passed up in the
belief that another and better sand
would be encountered at greater
depth. However. should deeper drill
ing fail TO bring results. this forma-
ton viii be tested
Strickland has a fishing Job at az
feet in the No. 1.
The No. l Tienert Is spudding at
$50 feet.
No. / Gotcher Is drilling at 900 feet.
Numerous new locations have been
made and Corye1 county is 70 under
20 thorough ana complete develop
ment campaign
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-09-08
By BdOGENE BURCH
EARMERs' SUPERSTITION.

EETHE moon IS one OF the greatest
1 obstacles in the way Of agricul-
tural efficiency" said a well known
writer on the increased cost Of living.
And in explaining that statement he
cited a number Of farmers supersts-
lions:
Beans must be planted while the
moon points up.
Radishes planted in the wane Of the
mooa viii all go to leaf
All grating must be done in the
dark Of the moon in March.
II hogs are slaughtered when the
moon is decreasing. the pork Will
shrivei up when cooked
Although Friday is usually consid-
cred an unlucky day. still many farm
ers refuse to plant potatoes on any
other day of the week.
Cucumbers, TO grow long. must be
planted on the twentyfirst day of
June, the longest day Of the year.
Because Of these and many other
superstitions connected with farming,