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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-10-21
FOX HUNTERS ENJOY
r r CHASE AT FURMAN
Alabama Organization Elects Officers
for Coming Year-Some Fine
Dogs Perform

c. Frank Stewart returned from Fur
man, where he took part in the anraul
hunt of the Alabama Fox Hunters asso-
citation. He reports a most successful af-
fair despite the fact that the lack of dew
interferred with the morning hunts and
prevented the judges from making the
usual awards
J. H. Wilder of Vincent was elected
president for the ensuing year, A. p. Pat
ton of Tuscaloosa, vice president; H. G.
Fountain of Burnt Corn, secretary and
treasurer. The following directors were
chosen: ST. John Wilson, Mobile; ]. ii
Lane Sylacauga; T. w Atkins, Monterey
and DIR. G. W. Salley of Atmore George
~. Garrett Of Midland, Tenn, one of the
best known breeders of fox hounds ir
the United States, was elected master OF
fox hounds.
Some of the finest fox hounds in the
country took part in the hunt" said MT
Stewart yesterday, ''and although th'
judges did not make the awards, they
spoke very highly of the work done II
the hunt by c. A. SINNERS 'Rudp. oh
and 'Highball,' George J. CARROTS
Nancy J. T. Denney's 'Crowner' ant
Woodrow, DIR. H. c. Fountains Frank.
DR.. G. w. Salleys Dora and w. NJ
Whiddon's Wilson
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Don't Neglect
Your Breakfast
The Fear of Indigestion Often
Prompts One to Start the
Day Wrong. Eat What
You Like, Take a Stu
arts Dyspepsia Tab
let and You're Safe

Breakfast offers many of the most
savory dishes of all the things we eat.
And yet more people than otherwise go
without breakfast save a roll and cup
or coffee for fear of Indigestion. If you
ike a fried egg or some buckwheat
or sausage for breakfast, go to it and
FOLLOW with Stuarts Dyspepsia Tab
let You'll have no trouble. The av-
erage person who neglects breakfast
will be hungry before noon. Most men
smoke to kill the appetite, or munich
or something to carry on till lunch
time. An empty stomach under these
conditions is not storing up energy, but
on the contrary, is susceptible to many
influences that may work hardship for
the next meal.
1t is advisable to eat three good
meals a day and digest them. If the
stomach seems to be weak, to help it or
give it assistance is the rational thing
to do. Try good breakfast and follow
it with Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets and
you'll soon learn that regularity of
meals follows a natural tendency, not
an acquired one. You will find Stuart's
Dyspepsia Tablets on sale in almost all
drug stores throughout the United
States and Canada.
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tCOnt1nued from Page Oue)
planned. owed England Ell, ,ooo, 900, and
although they are not counting on ex-
pected indemnities, If such indemnities
materialize. they will further reduce the
debt
mo government will stand in England
which would contemplate for moment
any weakening in regard to the payment
of our debts.' Sir James declared Eng
land is determined to pay her debts. She
has always paid her debts and always
will"
1T must not be supposed he added.
that individual citizens of Great Britain
are in a condition OF Indebtedness be-
cause the government is
Sir James expressed the belief that
the labor crisis had been passd in Eng
land, and that the laboring classes were
getting tired of strikes and gradually
putting more energy into their work
Employers in England are coming t.
realize he said, that labor must have
large remuneration, more of the ameni-
ties OF life and great share in the man
agement of industries"
Frances metal needs during the forth
coming year will be limited to 100000 tons
of ship plates and $1,000 tons of copper in
bars and ingots and electrolytic copper
according to information furnished
! American metal men by Pesson Didior,
representing the French Union of Metal
urgical and Mining Industries This mod
! est demand, he explained, is due to the
| fact that the extensive additions ia
| French metal resources represented BY
| the acquisition of large mines AMI plants
f! in Alsace-Lorraine have virtually placed
France on a self-supporting basis.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-10-21
COTTON PROBLEM TO
BE CONSIDERED AT
MEETING THURSDAY
All Men Interested in Cotton Urged
to Attend the Conference at
Montgomery

a meeting of Alabama men interested
in cotton has been called by the com
mittee on organization OF the Alabama
division of the American Cotton associa-
ton to take place in Montgomery Thurs
day afternoon at / 30 o'clock at the Elk
change hotel
The invitation which was issued yester-
day urges all men Interested in cotton,
in obtaining a better profit TO the
grower, in adjusting the supply so ina.
it will never be sold for less than fair
and reasonable profit, to attend the meet
ing. A special invitation is also EXTENDED
TO those who are interested in an intelli-
gent diversifcation of crops other than
cotton.
We expect to have D representative at
tendance at this meeting from all parts
of Alabama said J. Q. Thompson, MEM
Der of the committee, yesterday. 1t is
urgent that we organize and act intel
ligently and unitedly in the present situa-
ton so that the people of Alabama will
not lose the fruits of their abors and so
that all casses of citizens may be bene-
fitted. We expect representation at the
meeting from farmers, merchants, ginners,
bankers and from every branch OF com
mercial professional and agricultural life
because this matter affects every citizen
living In the state"
| The call for the meeting was signed by
the following members of the committee
on organization of the state division oil
the American Cotton association:
| E. C. Bassett, Troy; ]. c. Hoffman
Hartford; w. l. Bruce, Catherine; w y
Folmar, Troy; Judge c. Z. Thomas
! Prattville; Clarendon Davis, Huntsville
L. B. Sessions, Ozark; Robert A. New
| man, Abbeville; J. c. Banks. Eutaw; j.
| o. Thompson, Birmingham; 0. p. Ford
McFall; Clyde Hendricks, Decatur; Al j.
Driver, Lafayette; B. W. Pruett, Gads-
F, den; w. C. Coker, Greenville; William
i Fl. Smith, Prattville; j. f. Digger, Au-
1 burn; w. r. Greene, Montgomery
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DOES EVERYTHING WELL

When a generation does one thing
wei it does everything we'll Some
years ago Pierpont Morgan gave $780,
0d0 for a piece of thirteenth century
needlew ork--a robe. There is no need
to discuss paintings, as everyone is
familiar with the excellence of that
age. When the famous Madonna was
to be hung in the cathedral of Flor
ence in Italy half the city ceased work
to witness the event. What work CT
art would cause New York to declare
business holiday? Perhaps a white
hope or baseball series might inter-
fere but certainly not anything
mental
stained glass IS now a lost art. IT
reached it's pinnacle of excellence ani
beauty in the thirteenth century. l
have seen three men sketching a door
hinge in an English cathedral one a
Russian one an American and one an
Australian. Why? Because it was
thing of beauty. Yet it had been
the only hinge that heavy oaken doo-
has had for 700 years.
What are the stories most familiar
| to our minds not written by living
authors? They are thirteenth century
| stories and characters Tennyson, in
| his Idylls OF the King retells these
| stories. Launcelot. the greatest hero
! of all ages. was a thirteenth century
invention. How many of Chaucer's
stories are the basis of modern onas,
How many OF his characters have beer
copiede We copy without knowing it
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-10-21
NEGRO EMPLOYE OF
] E w ELRY STORE is
CHARGED WITH THEFT
Detectives Recover About $4,000
Worth of Stolen Property at Home
of Negro-Wife Is Arrested

VIII Austin, negro. and his wife, Ger
trude. of Rosedale. were placed in the
city jail last night about $50 o'clock by
city detectives HoI ms and Barfield and
Fred Bodeker and Harry Goldstein of the
Bodeker Detective Agency. Austin is
charged with grand larceny and his wife
is facing charge or puy,ng. receiving
and concealing stolen property.
According to the detectives, Austin has
been in the employ OF the Bromberg lew
elry company of this city for the past
three years, and during that time has
stolen approximately 5000 worth of china
ware, cut glass, jewelry and silverware.
The officers recovered about 5000 worth
'of the merchandise at the home of Austin.
His wife was taken in custody and
brought to the city. In a confession made
to the detectives Austin admitted that he
has disposed of about 5000 worth of the
stolen property within the past year. The
two negroes are being held at the city
Jail pending further investigation by the
detectives.
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DR.. WALSH SPEAKS
ON ACHIEVEMENTS
OF 18TH CENTURY
Literature, Art, Music, Med
icine and Law Reached
Pinacle in Past Century,
Declares Speaker

mr. lanes ]. Walsh, dean Of the med
ical school of Fordham University de-
livered two free public lectures al ing
jefferson theatre yesterday one IN the
afternoon at o'clock on cardinal Mer-
c4sr as a Belgian Patriot and one at SD
&, 4be evening on The Thirtieth Cen
turv, In both cases large audiences
hacked the house and showed keen III
,.rest in the subjects discussed. Before
tho opening of the evening lecture MISS
-et Antwine rendered two solos ana
w.rrnlv applauded. Major M. Ulimah
made a short talk on the Roosevelt me-
roorial. after which Thomas J. Cr'tten-
dan introduced the speaker OF the eve
ming, DR.. Walsh
In an engrossing talk lasting about an
horr and a quarter, which was inter-
s.,ersed with many pleasant little anec-
dotes the speaker compared the ihir-
teenth and Twentieth centuries, sno"
i,p that the latter has been the greatest
=, history in the development OF physlcaI
thines hut the former the plnnacie Oh
mental achievement. In opening, ne salu
at would be absurd to compare e1'iS
fine or age with the present when CON
sidering mechanical and physical things,
hut this is not so in things mental. MAJ
has made all his progress in this age N
fhings that relate to his body Ieie-
r,bones, airplanes. railroads, All greau
modern inventions are 'couNehlehceS ~
helm mans bocy. not to elevate nfs
mind. when we ask the question: lis
nan fr,proviug?' we must also consider
what progress man has made in his
thinking as well as in his habits OF
living Has he progressed as a thinker!
Progress OF the body we are fairly sure
sbout-but progress Of the mind there
hos heen none
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-10-21
Yankees Greet Prince

Niagara Falls, Ont, October 20.
Many Americans crossed the border to-
day to shake hands with the Prince
of Wales at public reception. Their
visit caused him to express the hope
that relations between the United
states and Canada would become
friendly and to regret his inability
to accept the invitation of the mayor
OF Buffalo to visit that city. The
prince reviewed guard of honor from
the original Princess Pats"
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other data had been ordered printed.
Secretary Leroy Jacobs reported that
he had hardly been able to attend TO
business for answering the phone ana
personal calls about the campaign, but
he intimated rather strongly that so far
as he was concerned business would
have to take a rest as long as the cam .
paign continued as successfully as IL
had been the first day
The four-minute men VIII make ad
dresses again tonight at the Bijou and
Lyric and plans are already under way
for a mass meeting hext sunday. lhe
details of this meeting have been let
to a committee but as ii is expected
that there will be several thousand ne"
members by that time an unusually IN
teresting programme is beng pianheu
Walter S. Brewer spoke at the Lyric
Ia st night and Richard F. Lussier at the
Riiou. Tonight G. L. Bales speaks al
the Lyric and G r. Harsh, Jr. at the
Riiou. tomorrow night Ben Ray at the
Lyric and w. NJ. Spencer, Jr., at the
Bijou.
Judge Horace C. Wilkinson, com =
handing general of the . membership
drive, acted as chairman of the lunch
con Yesterday. 1t was decided TO pre-
mare n statement setting forth in de-
tail the plans an dpurposes OF the amer
lean Legion and this Will be mace pup
lie tomorrow. This statement Is de-
signed to meet certain erroneous I'M
pressions which have been circulated IL
some quarters by those VINO are pre-
tn be ignorant of the league and what
All ex-service men and others inter
ested in the league and the campaign
can secure membership blanks or any
information desired at the Information
booth of the war camp community serV-
icse at the corner of Second avenue an
Twentieth street.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-10-21
SHAKESPEARE AND DANTE

aShakespeare and DAME WFote "orhs
that have not been surpassed, one lved
in this century one slightly after. Inc
test of value is endurance, il thing
ives through ages it is good, If 1t is
trivial it soon dies. How many modern
authors, men of mind, will endure seven
centuries? Recently in New York SIR
Henry Beerbohm Tree tried ShaKespe-
rian revival on Broadway, II Closed d
fajl,,re in two weeks, few blocks away
the modern play, 'Chin-Chin 1t con-
tanned nothing to think about, SO - ran
for two years and made millions of dol
lars Human taste in mental things is
certainly not progressing for this hap
pens in every case nowadays
In Shakespeare's time his theatre
which broke in on the business day for
night plays were' impossible for want OF
lights. was attended by such crowds that
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-10-21
First Day of Membership
Drive of American Legion
Musters 500 New Recruits
Members Enthusiastic Over Results and Determined to
Make Organization Real Factor in Community
.Life-Rvary Among Teams Growing
as Results Surpass Expectations

The American Legion to be real entity in the future OF
Birmingham and Alabama.
From unorganzed of potenales consisting of 90
inactive members days it has been welded into
thusasc compact organization fired with zeal and
to advance the principles for which the legion stands.
membership had but half 292 paid
who could the their showed
that $50 received by that time.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-10-21
PASSING WORTHLESS
CHECKS is CHARGED

j. w. Gordon was placed in the city
jail last night by City Detective G {.
Giles charged with three cases of forg-
cry. According to statement by Giles
Gordon had passed three worthless
checks of about $40 each to the Gordon
Loan company, j. r. Montgomery,
lawyer of this city, and s. #. Kelly.
The checks were turned over to Mr..
Giles for investigation and after work
ing on the case traced the checks to J.
W. Gordon. He will be transferred to
| the county Jail today.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-10-21
Would Hang Bomb Mailers

ashington, October 20.-Depost of
bombs or other internal machines IN
the mails would be made a capital a.
Tense under bill by Senator King. dem
ocrat Utah, favorably reported TO-DAY nv
the Senate judiciary committee. The
measure was introduced after May Day
homb outrages
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-
for we copy from the men who copied
from him. German. French. Spanish
and italian literature all descend from
the songs, ballads and stories of this
century.
MEDICINE AS TAUGHT
Surprising. indeed. is the fact that
medicine, as taught in this century.
had all the impossible improvements
we now know. though they were tor
gotten by man in the intervening age.
'Anaesthetics were used in opera
tons. antiseptics in dressing wounds.
Healings by first and section inten-
ton were discussed. The surgeons
accom- panying the crusaders operated
for fractured skull and many other
modern. difficult operations. These
are not simply historical facts. They
are found in the textbooks of that aga
and were taught in medical schooH
at that time. Men forget things I'm
accounta bly,: the cave man decorated
his cave with oil paintings. but oil
painting was rediscovered ages and
ages later
"Our common law. our jury system.
have they been discarded? They are
today just as thought out 700 years
ago.
Liberty was born then. What con-
stitution surpasses MAGMA Charta? Has
any legislature more freedom than the
first parliament. which was instituted
in this century?
Think of these facts and consider
whether mans qird has progressed or
whether he now 4 ~ al, for phvsica'
convenience rather than for mental i'm
movement. Ask what agency pre-
auced all these beauties of art. all
.hese monumental structures founded
literature and liberty and 1t cannot
hut he admitted that it was the
church THE churches have ALWAYS
sdvareed mans minds; commerce aJ-
vances the BODY"
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NEGRO WOMAN SHOT
AND KILLED BY RIVAL

Elrira Gardner, negro woman OF
9o1 North Thrty-frst street. was placed
in the city Jail by Detectives Clements
and Granger of the city detective depart
ment last night about 10 o'clock charged
with murder 1t is alleged that she shot
and instantly killed Pearlie Gillian OF N5
North Thirty-first street yesterday art
ernoon about o'clock at Elmlra $
home Officers Burkett and Wyatt, who
investigated the shooting, stated that
the women quarreled over negro man
The Gardner woman escaped but later
give herself up to the detectives
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One Dead in Shooting

Ranger. Texas. October 20.-Curtis
Sinner is dead, Carl Gallagher prob
ably fatally wounded, two other men
seriously hurt and three others are in
Jail as a result of a shooting affray
here today. Sinner is said by the 90
lice to have been acting as peace
maker. The tragedy followed a re-
vival of an old feud. according to the
authorities
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New Incorporation

Notice of incorporation was filed with
the probate court by the yellow Cab
company The company will operate
a system of yellow taxicabs in this city.
The officers are A. r. Redburn, presi-
dent and treasurer; w. M. Rogers. vice
president: c. d. Weller, secretary.
The new company is capitalized at
$1,000.
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Old people who are feeble and young
er people who are weak, will be
strengthened and enabled to 60 through
the depressing heat of summer by TAX
ing GROVES TASTELESS chill TONIC
1t purifies and enriches the blood and
builds UP the whole system. You can
soon feel it's Strengthening. Invigor-
ating Effect. Soc
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Hop Off on Long Flight
n. ks~oAi.$uA pr<ea

Pensacola, Fla, October D.-Lieut
Webster Wright. assisted by M. P. Cook
pilot, and Lieut.. Lambert Hewitt, as
sisted by Ensign Burrell Chase. pilot
made the hop-off from the naval air sta
ton at $50 o'clock on their long fligh'
to Rockaway. Long island. distance o.
800 miles.
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he retired with a quarter of a million
dollars. Egg throwing was introduced
at this period for people brought their
lunches to eat during the play. Yet these
people were rude, illiterate people who
could not read nor write; they changed
their clothes twice a year, spring and
autumn and never took a bath But they
were willing to use their minds and think
in approaching a play, whereas today we
only want to see, hear and feel, thinking
bores us.
RAG AND JAZZ
Our music is rag and jazz because
it appeals to the body. BY which can
you attract patronage to your modern
theatre classic or jazz music? Answer
this and consider whether we have pro-
crossed in mind or just in body
There isn't any such thing as the
use of the mind any more. We
progress, but it is on the way down;
our tastes are degenerating, that IS,
our minds.
Consider the scholastic thinkers.
They are the subtlest of all times.
Their philosophy is so abstruste that
1t is more difficult to follow than
| mathematics. This is why SO very few
can read it. How many have ever read
one single chapter of the original
authors of those days. and how many
protesting to know something Of
say. Thomas Auuinas works, are in
debted to a modern critic for their in
formation. The original writing is too
hard to read, it requires too much
thinking, so something easier is
adopted.
TN this century the university, as
| q means of education. came into being.
We still use it as our highest means
| to this end. Where have we impro> ed
upon this idea, 700 years old. The
ranking universities of the world, Ok
ford and Cambridge and Paris, were
founded in this century. Paris had
| 10000 students and oxford 10000 in
that time. Today. with Is times the
! population. they have only 5000 and
5000. respectively. Is this mental prog
ress?
| when it is desired to build beau
/ tful building today, what do we copy.
! What have the gems of modern archi-
| lecture been copied from? Simply
| thirteenth century cathedrals, colleges,
] town halls and mansions. The outcry
gainst the Hun was raised because he
/ destroyed thirteenth century buildings.
! Even the Woolworth building. in its
| details of beauty. copies these strCc-
n ~
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The Weather
Weather Forecast

Washington, October 20.-Forecast:
Alabama, Mississippi: Partly cloudy
Tuesday and Wednesday.
Georgia. Partly cloudy Tuesday and
Wednesday.
Tennessee: Local showers Tuesday,
somewhat lower temperature; "Wednesday
fair
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WOULD MAKE COAL LUXURY
Washington, October 2o.--Demands
of bituminous coal miners for increased
wages and a shorter work week, "if
met would make coal q luxury for the
rich only, and as manufacturing ma
ton we would be unabl etc compete
with foreign nations" Representative
Mondell, Wyoming, republican floor
leader, declared today during debate
in the House. The coal miners, Repre-
sentative Mondeu asserted. were among
the first workmen during the war to
get increased wages, receiving, he said.
perhaps as great an advance as any
one
The miners are demanding a flat in
crease of 60 per cent in wages; a five-day
week, six hours per day, time half
for overtime and double time for work on
Sundays and holidays.
According to President Lewis OF the
miners the average wage now is IS a day.
The hours per week are 4S. Mr.. Lewis
said the men would receive s. per day
under the demands, which he claimed
was the wage other workers received IN
less hazardous occupa tions.
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w. VI. Bennett-Aged 20. of 6o6 Prince
ton avenue. died as result Of
apoplexy yesterday morning at West
End while waiting for street car.
Funeral arrangements win be an
nounced later by Shaw.
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special chapel will shortly be in
stalled in ST Paul's cathedral, London,
in memory of Lord Kitchener. 1t will
cost $4,000