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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-10-28

Talk about adventuresi
Men IN the Navy come home
with the kind Of experiences that
most chaps read Of only m books
Here's your chance if you are a
he fellowi
Uncle Sam has, as you know, a
big Navy and gives red-blooded
young fellows IKE you an opportu-
nifty to step aboard and shove off,.
What win you get out Of it?
Just this:
A chance to rub elbows with
foreign folks in strange parts Of
the world.
The chance for good honest work
ON shipboard-the kind of work
that teachesyou somethingreal; the
kind Of work that puts beefonyur
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-10-28

To any father and mothers
In the Navy, your boys
food. health, work and play.
and moral welfare are looked
sitter by responsible experts.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-10-28
land from there we went to Japan

shouiders and hair on your chest.
You win get 80 care-frce vaca-
ton days a year, not counting
shoreleave in homeor foreign ports.
You win have the kind Of com
radeshipin travel that sailors know.
You win have regular pay, over
and above your meals, lodging, and
first uniform outfit good stud,
all Of it.
You can join for two years.
When you get through youn be
physically and mentally tuned
up" for the rest Of your life. You'll
be ready through and through for
SUCCESS.
There is Recruiting Station
right near you. If you don't know
where it is, your Postmaster win
be glad to ten you.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-10-28

Rumania. even under pressure, Joined
forces with us, the Russian army wouio
have been outflanked. This offered
great possibilities. IT,. under pressure
from us, Rumania turned to the en-
tente, we should, Mt any rate nave
known how matters stood. We couid
net without delay with the troops on
the spot at the time.
The German offensive at verdun in
March brought on the fifth Isonzo bat
tie. This italian attack, therefore, took
place long before the contemplated
Austro Hungarian offensive. 1t was
anna mora unsuccessful.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-25

demonstration garden on Avenue C, be- tween Twenty sixth and Twenty-seventh streets, on the southside. Prizes also were encouraging factors. three being offered by the Southern Ad. company MT. F. A. Ribble, president, for the best plots in the garden"
 "In February 19lS" Mrs. Jackson said, "a group of trained farm and home demonstrating agents from Tuskegee in stitute, working under the U. s. De- partment of Agriculture and the Ala bama Polytechnic institute, through its extension service director. pr. J. F. Duggar, held a 'moveable school in Bir- minsham in the thicNly settled negro community of Avenue c. Sixty-seven families were given plots in the demon stration garden which they have cui- tivated under my direction A record of 50 plots shows they averaged $S3> net to the plot, totaling $4,150 saved by these families in vegetables at the market price, to say nothing of the awakening of community pride and it's education al value. for they were taught some thing-namely system and how to gel the largest crop possible from the small est space. They were also taught can
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Montgomery, April 4.-(Special.) )-Nine- teen Alabama counties Thursday wired w. S. Keller. State highway engineer, asking for the use of army trucks of two, three and five tons, which will be available in 8 short time. The tele- commissioners and other county offi- cials of letter by MT. Keller, in which he told of the decision of the War De- partment to give the trucks to counties desiring to use them for road work
 Jefferson county wired late Thursday asking for twelve of the trucks. Frank lin county asked for two trucks. MT. Keller expects all counties in the state to request use of one or more trucks. The trucks will be shipped direct to the counties from the nearest camp where they are located.
 "As you know, the state highway de- partment is not as yet engaged in the construction of roads other than aiding counties. therefore in order to take ad- vantage of the government offer, we de- sire to ascertain from you if you would care to have one or more of these trucks on payment of the loading and freight charges" said the letter to the officials of the sixty-seven counties in the state. ssThe title to such trucks will of course have to remain with the state highway department, but for many months yet to come the county would have the free use of such trucks. I do not know how many trucks Alabama will receive, but this department will award them to the counties as equitably as possible.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-25
Negroes Make Success
 Of Community Garden
Last Season 50 Families in One Block Averaged $S3 Ne to the Plot-Garden Work Resumed This
 Year With Enthusiasm

If you happen to be passing along Ave nue C, between Twenty sixth and Twenty seventh streets, any bright, pretty spring afternoon. stop and look at the community garden" which is being so successfully conducted there by the negroes.
 It is really a great tribute to their cleverness and ingenuity. their thrift and ambition, and is an excellent example ef public spirit civic pride and econo- mic purpose.
 Mrs. Pauline H. Jackson. who is the efficient "home demonstration agent, representing the L. S. Extension Service in Alabama, is capably and wisely di- recting the activities of the community garden work, and deserves great cred if for her fine leadership.
 In speaking of the success of the com munity garden project, Mrs. Jackson says:
 ''The negroes are very proud of what they have done in the community garden work and it has been largely due to the encouragement given us by the white people who donated half a block for a
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-25
BrOlDn Sues Ballard for
 "MutildtiOn Of Trousers"
By w. J. BOLES

| Wilbur G. Brown and Wiley P. Bal lard are the best of friends, or at least they were until last Sunday, when they went for an automobile ride into the country Now Brown is plaintiff and Ballard defendant in damage suit and all about suit of clothes. or part of a suit
 Mir. Brown and MT Ballard were in party of friends that went out to J. n, McCary's farm across Shades mountain, there to look at the cows and drink but termilk. In the party were MT. and Mrs. h. H. McCary Miss Edith Orr, Miss Helen McCary, Miss Gustrine Milner, Carroll McCary and Mir. Brown and MT. Ballard.
 Brown rode in Ballards car and there by hangs the tale. When the car stop ped in front of the McCary country home MT Brown discovered that his trousers were securely fastened to the seat, and in extricating himself he tore a large section "of the part that gets slick first" out of them.
 Imagine his embarrassment when he finally extricated himself and realized that modesty compelled him to stand facing his companions at all times throughout the >1ong day,
 Consulting his attorneys, Allen and Jemison, on his return to the city, MT. Brown caused suit to be instituted against his erstwhile friend and com panion, Wiley Ballard, setting out as cause therefor the following statement of alleged facts:
 Plaintiff claims~of the defendant the whole seat of one pair of trousers, or an equivalent shield, as damages, for that heretofore, on to-wit, the 10th day of
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-25
TWO BOYS INJURED WHEN KNOCKED DOWN BY AN AUTOMOBILE
Driver of Automobile Speeds Away Leaving Victims Lying Bleeding
 on the Ground

Howard Liner, aged 1T, 71O Princeton avenue was seriously injured, and Martin McHale of Graymont was painfully hurt when they were struck by an automobile driven by an unknown white man, at Sayre avenue and Third street, at O o'clock, yesterday morning.
 According to witnesses, the boys were standing on the corner of the street preparatory to boarding an approaching street car, when struck by the automobile, which was being driven at a fast rate or speed The driver speeded away, leaving the victims bleeding on the car line, and at late hour last night had not been apprehended.
 The boys were rushed to the Birming- ham infirmary in a passing automobile. where it was found that Liner was inter- nally injured besides being severely bruised and McIIale sustained severe bruises about the face and body.
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, April, 1919. the plaintiff was a passen- ger in an alleged five-seated Maxwell touring car, of the model of 1SIS, and defendant concealed and neglgently and willfully maintained on the back seat of said car a spring, or sharp pointed, protruding device, and while riding upon said back seat of said car, and while attempting to extricate himself from said back seat of said car, the afore- vice did enter, penetrate. tear. rip and mutilate the seat of said trousers. and did further enter, tear. rip, mutilate and bruise the person of said plaintiff, and as a proXhnate consequence he suf- fered much physical pain. modification and mental anguish. and did with great difficulty. annoyance and discomfort avoid the insistent gaze of his fellow passengers; and was forced compelled, constrained and otherwise unwillingly subjected to a prolonged stay in bed, or the discomfort of a raincoat pending adjustment of said torn, ripped and mu- tilated trousers seat to the proper con cealment of said plaintiffs youthful form from profane public, all to plain tiffs damage in sum sued for.
 ALLEN & JEMISON,
 Attorneys for Plaintiff. Plaintiff demands a jury for the trial of this case.
 ALLEN & JEMISON,
 Attorneys for. Plaintiff" All of the members of the party have been subpoenaed as witnesses to testi- fy in the behalf of Mir Brown whose injured feelings can be. appeased only by the recovery of judgment for a new pair of trousers or their value, with a little additional thrown in as compensa- tion for a skin Duncture.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-25
Newspaper Ads Bring
 PhenOminal Sales

The largest shipment of aspirin tablets ever made south was received yesterday by the Arnold -Masberg Drug company, when packages aggregating over 2,00O,oOo tablets were delivered by the express company. Accompanying the shipment was a statement from the manufacturing company stating it was the largest con signment made south and congratulated Dr. Masberg on the large increase of business the shipment indicated. Dr., Masberg stated that his sales for aspirin was phenomenal and attributed this con- dition to newspaper advertising having nude feature of this popular remedy in his ads.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-25
READ OF BIRMINGHAM

While in France l read with delight and pride of how Birmingham had always exceeded it's quota in buying bonds, and in Red Cross and Y. M. C. A drives. I am very happy to see that Birmingham is doing so wei! with the Victory Loan. We should remember that while 2,500,000 men have been demobilized. there are still 1,5O0, 900 men in the American army, more than 1,000,000 of whom have to be brought from France. The United States had many contracts for ship building which are essential for the future development of American com merce and there are thousandes of ex- penses incident to the war which brought us victory that still have to be paid. A good citizen is patriot in peace as well as in war. I believe that Birmingham and Alabama are the best people in the world and that they will not fail in their duty to oversub- scribe our quota of Victory Bonds.
 We need not worry about who won the war. As Admiral Schley said at Santiago, There is. glory enough for us all The people who buy Victory Bonds will share in the glory of win ming the war as well as in taking part in the reconstruction of our wounded soldiers. The Victory Loan is also needed to assist in re-establishing g normal conditions in the United States
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-25

borhood has caught the spirit for side walk gardens, and vacant lots are be- ing cultivated all around. We have a greater number of requests for vacant lots than we can possibly supply
 This week being cleanup week in Birmingham, the community garden vi- cinity is being put in apple pie order. Harry Simms, the district agent, and leaders of the club are cooperating with Birmingham's 'clean-up' spirit in this neighborhood
 The home demonstration work among the negroes is reaching at the very bot tom of the situation in an effort to raise the standard of home life. which ip most instances is in a formative state"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-25
DEATHS

Mrs. Gussie Avirett-Aged 31, died at the residence, 112h Twentieth street. south, yesterday morning. Funeral services will be held from Elmwood chapel this afternoon at 3 o'clock, with interment in Elmwood. Rev. J. A. Bryant will officiate. Mrs. Avirett was a devout member of the Method ist church and had many friends in Birmingham who will regret to hear of her death. She is survived by her husband L. D. Avirett of Birming- ham: parents. MT and Mrs. J. w. McLemore; two brothers. owen Mc- Lemore and Grady McLemore, and two sisters. Mrs. Myra Covington and Miss Claudia McLemore, all of Colum- : bus Ga.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-25

ming and cooking at the branch Hoover kitchen during the summer months.
 Recently at the church of the Rev. Dr Hawkins a rousing meeting was held which proved of great encourage ment State and district Agents T. M Campbell, Harry Simms and Mrs. T. J. Coleman were present and spoke. Prizes were awarded for the 1918 gardens as follows:
 First prize, Della Tally, two baby bonds; second prize, Rose Scott one baby bond and s in thrift stamps: third prize, Ann Peterson, one baby bond
 This years garden has started off with the same enthusiasm; the neigh-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-25

lies, which also played big part Tn winning the war. The American army was the best fed of any army in his- tory, and the food we furnished the troops of our allies kept them in much better physical condition than the Ger man army, which, near the end Of inc war. suffered very much from the lack of food So that the people who de- nied themselves meat and wheat in or der that they might be shipped to France, Italy and England, helped ;o win the war. Of course. the war cost a tremendous amount of money, and the United States loaned the allies a lot to carry on the fighting. Those who bought Liberty Bonds, therefore, helped tremendously in bringing vlc- tnr fca,. Ia n11 io-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-25
COMMISSION GRANTED

Montgomery, April A.-(Special )-Com- missions granted by the governor on Thursday follow: A
 Chiffon county-F. B. Collier, Clanton, notary public.
 Coffee county-W. D. Hawkins, New Rrockton, notary and justice of peace.
 Fillmore county-W. Howell Morrow. Wetumpka, notary public; w. w. Thig- pen Deatsville, notary public
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-25
SIBERT SPEAKS
Fireman Killed When
 Baltimore Industrial
 School Swept by Fire
By Associated Press

Baltimore MT, April A.-One city fireman was killed and 10 hurt when wall fell on them at the ruins of St. Marys Industrial School for Boys. The school was swept by flames earlier in the evening with a loss of $500,000
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-25
Euents of the Day
 Al he State Capital
By WILLIAM l.. GoRMLEY

Escambia county-Ida Mae Lowery, At more, notary public.
 Henry county-R. M. Kirkland, New vile, notary public
 Jefferson county--L C. Albright and Christine Vickery. Birmingham, notaries public; c. B. Tutwiler, Brookside, jus tice of the peace
 Mobile county-Marie Holmes, Mobile notary public.
 Tuscaloosa coanty-Eula Strickland Tuscaloosa notary public.
 SIBERT SPEAKS
 Montgomery, April 24-(Special.)-" person who fails to do his part imposes on some other man an extra obligation for the work must be carried on, said Maj. Gen. William l.. Sibert to members of the Montgomery Chamber of Com merce Saturday afternoon. He was in troduced by Lewis A. Moore. chairman of the Montgomery Victory Loan com mittee. Asking for subscriptions to the Victory Loan the general compared the cost of the civil war with the recent war
 General Sibert spoke at the Grand the .atre Thursday night to a crowded house
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-25
FOlwell to Coach

FOlwell to Coach
 Philadelphia. April 24.-Robert C.. Folwell has agreed to coach the Uni versity of Pennsylvania football team next year. it was announced today.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-25
ARRIVAL IN FRANCE

.I arrived in France in May, last wear. just after the British retreat. IL was in the latter part of May tha1 the Germans made jthe drive towards Paris, and the French themselves gave the credit to the American soldiers for stopping that drive at Cantigny, when those of us who were in France telt was the turning point of the war. Theh came the battles of Beneau woods' where the marines fought. Chateau Thierry where the First divislon' m cluding the Alabama troops, fought; then St. Mihiel and the Argonne- Mouse campaigns when the Americans did some of the most wonderful fighting Tn history. There is no doubt but that the Americans brought into the war the balance of power which finally won. Of course, the greatest credit 10 Americans should go to the men WHO faced German cannon and stood up and fought when the machine guns were pouring death into their ranks, but IL is not entirely fighting that won the war. Those at home who were in the army were just as brave and just as anxious to go as those who had the opportunity of fighting in France.
 America furnished food to the al
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-25
THE WEATHER
Weather Forecast

Alabama: Fair Friday, cooler north and central portions, probably showers at night or Saturday, north portion, fair south.
 Georgia: Fair. cooler Friday; Satur- day fair moderate north winds
 Mississippi: Partly cloudy Friday. probably showers at night, cooler north and central portions; Saturday showers.
 Tennessee: Fair, cooler east portion, showers west portion Friday or Friday night; Saturday probably showers
 For inc "A hours ending at D n
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-25

Lieut.. Col. Scale Harris, medical
 eorps, who left yesterday for
 short visit to his old home in Cc-
 dartown, Ga. before returning 10
 Washington, praised Birmin gham's
 vigor in pushing the Victory Loan'
 ~W-hile at the meeting of the Ro- tary club with the loan committee, lis- tenine to the reports of the excellent work that was done by the Allied Armies in the campaign for the Vic tory Loan," said Colonel Harris, T thought of the part that each of the allied countries had played in winning the war Had it not been for the ht- tie army of the Belgians, who held the Germans for a few days while the French and British armies were being ,nobilized, there is little doubt but that the Germans would have captured Paris. So the Belgian army saved the world.
 Had it not been for the wonderful fighting of the French in the first pat tie of the Marne and around VerdGn, which stopped the onrush of the Ger man army. France would have been oyerrun with the hordes of the Huns. So that France suffered most and ln so doing prevented a German victory with a German peace. The first 14o,- 900 of the British that held the Ger mans in northern France represented the best blood of England that poured out on the battlefields of Flanders. Had if not been for them the Germans would have encircled Paris and would have won the war The British navy played a tremendous part in winning the war by the effective blockade Of the German ports, thus starving the Ger mans into submission--in addition 10 the fact that their armies were beat en. So that Great Britain played great part in winning the war.
 While in Italy I was shown over the battlefelds where the Italians and Austrians fought three years, and there is no doubt but that we do not ap- preciate properly the really great hght- ing that was done by the Italians. Had not the Italians kept the Austrian army from going to the aid of the Germans, Germany would certainly won the war. Everybody now despises the Russians, hut we should not forget that in 1914, when the Russian armies threatened Berlin, the Germans had to send 1OO,Ot0 soldiers from France to protect thelr eastern borders. So Russia helped in a great way in preventing a German victory, Likewise, the Serbians, Itu- manians and Montenegrins played their part to prevent German domination CT the world.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-25
COL. HARRIS SPEAKS IN PRAISE OF WORK
 HERE ID WIN WAR
Birmingham Man Discusses Various Factors Which Contributed to Great
 Victory

Lieut.. Col. Scale Harris, medical corps, who left yesterday for short visit to his old home in Cc- dartovn, Ga. before returning 10 Washin gton, praised Birmingham's
The Washington times., 1919-11-08

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The Washington times., 1919-11-08
11aS4SH7E Rs4aT TRUCK SOLVES ITS OWN FUEL PROB

Mich, give fair estimate OF the
immensity OF the distribution prob
lem in the oil and gasoline industry.
In the city of Chicago. there is one
motor vehicle to every thirty-three
persons. Every one Of these ears or
trucks must have its ration OF gaso-
line to enable 1t to make mileage. A
minimum of two gallons of gasoline
per day, which is very conservative,
makes over 10000 900 per day to be
distributed. In addition to this, the
gasoline must be convenient to the
motorist. 1t must be distributed from
roadside stations from one end of the
country to the other. In every big
city there are thousands Of oil sta
tions-throughout the rural districts
they are dotting the landscape. and
noVy even the general store" at the
crossroads has it's gas station.
The problem of supplying gasoline
to these stations mas been success
fully solved by the motor vehicle it.
selfx-it has worked out its own SAL
vat6n. AS an Illustration of the i'm
The Washington times., 1919-11-08
PNEUMATIC TIRES
HAVE MANY USEs

When pneumatic tires for motor
trucks first appeared. the strong
point In their favor was that they
afforded projection to loads of per-
ishable and breakable goods. II was
not long, however, before it became
evident that penumatic tires were
protecting the mechanicism Of the
trucks and making possible great
savings in repair bills.
Pneumatic tires are now operating
successfully in many kinds OF SER
vice that IL was formerly thought
would not be reached for years. For
Instance. the Long Leaf Pine Com
pany. OF Sydney, Fla. operates a big
lumber truck. on Goodyear pneumatic
tires, which Is used in hauling lum-
Der three miles from the mill TO the
railroad. The truck makes seven
trips daily, performingN the same
work formerly done by two teams
OF mules, at a saving Of about $1,000
a year.
The Washington times., 1919-11-08
AUTOMOTTVE
SECTION
TRUCK SOLVES OWN
FUEL PROBLEMS

The immense problem OF supplying
the world with gasoline for use in
automotive vehicles is best illustrated
by the fact that there are over 60OO,-
ooo motor vehicles in the United
States today. and the demand Is far
outreaching the supply. The allied
countries Of Europe have $50. 900
motor vehicles. In 1917, in the United
States alone. there was one motor
vehicle to every eighteen persons.
These figures, compiled recently by
the research department OF the Fed
eral Motor Truck Company of Detroit,
The Washington times., 1919-11-08

mense organization and business
equipment which is necessary to per-
NIT you to buy gasoline conveniently,
let US tell you of one convenient CEN
trail oil distributing station in Chi
cago.
This station-the STANDARD Oil
Undiana) plant at 1850 South Leavitt
street, Chicago, employs $50 men.
Here more than 200 motor trucks are
seryiced, rebuilt, new bodies made for
them, and the whole organization
works twenty-four hours per day to
keep the trucks on the job-supply-
ing gasoline to the wayside stations
of this company in Chicago. With
the system utilized by this company,
this big plant is able to instantly
repair a damaged truck; thus the
truck is idle minimum time and the
gasoline is kept going into the capa-'
cious nav of the motor vehicles
tank.
All this is done to supply Chicago
with motor fuel. 1t is only typical
example of what is being done in
every part of the United States.