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The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-13
KOLB'S NEW VENTURE
Buys Interest in Steele By-Pr0ducts
 Is Vice President

Val Kolb, recently discharged from the army, has bought an interest in the Steele By-products company. For several years he has owned and operated the Alabama Potash company and the affairs of this company will now be handled by the Steele By-products company.
 Prior to his entrance into the army MT. kolb was for number of years secre tary to the vice president of the Tennes- see company and later assistant sliperin- tendent of the company's Bessemer roll ing mills. Upon his entrance into the army he had charge of high explosive steel production.
 The Steele By-products company was organized in October, 1918, and has han died large volume of business in cot ten, linters, irregular cottons, cotton mill waste, bagging and ties and will now add to these lines fertilizer materials and cot ton seed products. Officers of the com pany are: l.. c. Steele, president; P. " Kolb, vice president and treasureE; w D. Nesbitt, secretary. Offices of the com pany are 1S03-1S06 Jefferson County Bank building.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-13
MAN ISFATALLY WOUNDED BY WIFE To Protect Herself and Baby Woman Shoots Brutal
 Husband

Julian James, a white man, apparent ly 32 years of age, an electrician em- ployed at the Terminal station, was shot through the left breast and prob ably fatally injured by Mrs. Ethel James, his wife, at their home at POOH Fifth avenue, about 115 o'clock this morning.
 According to witnesses James was beating hist wife when she fired the fla tai shot. People passing the Tutwiler hotel, on the opposite side of the street, hearing the report, telephoned police headquarters and Captain Simmons. Sergeant Brent and Officers ABarfield and Shell rushed to the scene and found the woman dressed in a night robe and bending over her husband. who was in bed.
 In her arms she carried a 1-year- old baby and she asserted to the officers that she fired to save herself and baby. She used al 32 pistol and the bullet took effect in the lower part of his left breast. Mrs. James is apparently 25 years of age, and though grief stricken, she told the officers in "a calm manner the: details of the shooting.
 He came home about 1 clock she said, and began cursing and abusing me and the baby. He slung me around and beat me for some minutes. When l saw that my life and my baby's life were in danger I drew the revolver from under the pillow ard fred
 When the. statement was made she broke into sobs. Owing to the fact that Mrs. James had no one to care for the baby and taxing the entire situation into consideration Captain Simmons allowed the woman to remain at her home throughout the night Johns ambulance was summoned and the injured man was rushed to the Birmingham infirmary, and at an early hour this morning was re- ported to be in a critical condition.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-13
HARRY BLANCHARD
 WITH WITTICHEN
Becomes Manager of Building Ma terial Department and Enters New
 Duties With Thorough Experience

The building public of the Birming- ham district will be interested in the announcement that Harry Blanchard has become manager of the building material department of the Wittichen Coal and Transfer company. He was formerly sales manager of the Coosa Portland Cement company and the Kirkpatrick Sand and Cement com pany
 Building material is a new depart ment of the Wittichen Coal and Trans fer company, which they have added to their rapidly growing business. Carl Wittichen, it's president, was for 13 years prior to 1913 general manager of the Kirkpatrick Sand and Cement company, and as well as MT. Blanchard is thoroughly familiar with the build- ing material business.
 They now have their sand pits in operation on the Louisville and Nash vile railroad at Jackson's Lake and on the Central of Georgia at Howard, Ga.
 Within the next two weeks they will have a full line of building supplies in the new warehouse, which is being erected on their property at Avenue c and Sixteenth street. The equipmnt of the company. with its record for prompt and efficient service, at the command of the building material de- partment will put them in position to give the users of building material a few surprises in the way of prompt service.
 This announcement will be of es- pecial interest to those real estate owners of the city who are contem- plating building and improvements in the near future.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-13

business affairs discussed. There were 5C members present, and Henry Hydan acted as toast master. The auditorium was beautifully decorated with flowers do mated by Mrs. A. K. Lambly, manager of the American Flower shop, North Twentieth street. and the banquet was prepared by F. O. Harvey, chairman of the entertainment committee.
 The officers elected were las follows: R. L. Fuller, travelling president; vice presidents, F. O. Harvey, ". B. Cloe, Henry Hydan, s. G. Fullerton and T. R. Bradley. w. R. Mabry was reelected secretary and treasurer for the tenth time The members of the board of d. rectors will be: A. T. Baugh, J. L. Pow ell C. V. Mason, Horace Adams and A. L. Holmes, with MT. Baugh as' chairman. The Rev. J. M. Brady, who has been chaplain for the past three years, was reelected.
 Committee chairmen are as folloWs' Railroad, Col H. E. Shropshire; press, C.. A. Mcintosh; hotel F. Seelbinder; les1s- lative, S. P. Wall employment, R. l.. Gormand; good roads, C. B. Rogers; SICK and relief c. E. Abrams.
 Probably the subject most discussed was the hotel laws, and F. M Meades, Colonel Shropshire and Herman Beck made short talks on the new hotel laws now pending before the legislature
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-13
Pretty, Wavy, Curling
 Hair Without Hot Iron

Let me tell you of a simple method which is a favorite of the belles Of certain exclusive social set. I'm sure you would like to know of it because IL will give your hair such a pretty curli- ness and lustre and permit you to do away with the ruinous waving iron forever.
 Just get from any druggist a few ounces of ordinary liquid silmerine. and at night apply a little with clean tooth brush, drawing this down the full length of the hair. In the morning you will have real surprise, the fascinat- ing, fluffy, wavy effect will appear so natural and there will be no greasy, gummV, streaky or other unpleasant trace bf this harmless liquid. You will also find this a splendid dressing for the hair-Mona Morrow in The Club woman-Ady
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-13
FORMER PREACHER
 STO|CAL IN FACE
 OF NEW VERDICT
J. T. Terry Undecid ed About Asking for Rehearing. Says if Necessary Will
 Serve Like Man -

The Rev. J. T. Terry, Methodist minis ter of Franklin county, convicted last November of the murder of Dr. Thomas Hughes, and given a life sentence, and whose sentence was confirmed by the su- preme court Friday, announced yesterday that he was undecided at present about asking the court for a rehearIng.
 He has Is days in which to decide.
 "The matter rests with my attorneys" said Mir Terry yesterday afternoon. "If they think it best to make strides toward getting my case reconsidered, I will ask for a rehearing. If not I will go to the penitentiary and serve my sentence like a man"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-13
Washbur1l Loses Out
 in the Tennis Tourney
R, Assaciated Press

London, April 12.-Capt. Walter M Washburn of the American army was eliminated in the semi-finals of the covered court tennis championship al the Queens dub today by P. M. Davi- son, who is rated as among the best of the Engli$h covered court players The score was so, 6-3, 46. 7-5.
 The match was sharply contested throughout, Washburn volleying more than usual. Davison played in extraor- dinary form
 Miss Ryan of California was defeated in the women's semi finals by Mrs, Chambers, the British women's singles champion, 6-5, 6-1,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-13
New Treatment That
 Knocks Rheumatism

75c BOX FREE TO ANY SUFFERER
 Up in Syracuse, N. Y, a treatment for T rheumatism has been found that hundreds of users say is a wonder, reporting cases that seem little short of miraculous. Just few treatments even in the very worst cases seem to accomplish wonders even after other remedies have failed entirely. It seems to neutralize the uric acid and lime salt deposits in the blood, driving all the poisonous clogging waste from the SyS- tenn. Soreness, pain, stiffness, swelling just seem to melt away and vanish.
 The treatment first introduced by MT. DeIano is so good that it's owner wants everybody who suffers from rheuma- tism or who has a friend so afflicted, to get free 75c package from him to prove just what it will do in every case before a penny is spent; MT De- lano says: "To prove that the Delano rheumatism, no matter how severe, stubborn or long standing the case, and even after all other treatments have failed. l will, if you have never previously used the treatment send you a full size 75c package free if you will send your name and address with 10c to help pay postage and distribution expense to me personally"
 F. H. beIano, 53s-W, Wood Bldg,- sy- racuse. N. Y. I can only send one Free Package to an address.-Adv.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-13
KUMAGAE KOPS
 SINGLES TITLE IN
 TENNIS TOURNEY
By Associated Press

Pinehurst, N. C., April 12.-William T. Tilden, Jr., was defeated, 1-6, 6-2, 6-3, 6-4, by Iehiya Kumagae here today in the finals of the mems singles of the north and-south tennis tournament.
 In the menfs doubles Tilden and Vim cent Richards, the national indoors sin gles champion, won from Kumagae and Howard Voshell, 6-9, 7-5, 1-6, 6-3.
 Miss Marion Zinderstein, one of the national doubles champions, playing with Richards defeated Miss Florence Ballin and Tilden in the mixed doubles,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-13

Porto Rico is consuming 50 per cent more coffee today than she did before the island went dry" according to d. San Jgan coffee dealer. This fact. to- gether with an island coffee crop of only half of what it was last year and a heavy demand from Spain and Cuba, has sent up prices throughout the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-13
CITY TO
 HAVE GOLF TOURNEY
By Associated Pres,

Montgomery, April 12.-The eighth annual invitation golf tournament of the MontgomGry County club will be held June ,. G and ', according to an- nouncement made here today. Six flights of 16 have been scheduled, also a team match event for which hand some trophies will be given.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-13
Jockey Left Big Estate

Louisville, Ky, April 12.--Jockey Frank Robinson, who was killed at Bowie. Md. race track more than a week ago and buried here, left an es- tate estimated at s50.000
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-13
American and Briton to Meet

London, April 12.-Angie Rather, an American boxer, has been matched to meet Johnny Bashan, the welter weight champion of England in 20-round bout at the National Sporting club June 16 for a purse of s6000. The men will weigh in at 154 pounds.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-13

have another de luxe skyscraper apart ment house Fred F. French will build
 it on the northeast corner of Fifth ave- nue and Seventy second street He, paid $1,225,000 for the 62.2x172 site to the estate of James Stillman and plans for of s1,750,000. It will be the latest idea in such houses, apartments renting at from $40,O00 to $50.0o0 a year for 30 rooms.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-13

The Torrens system of registering the ownership of real property is lr legel effect in California, Illinois, Mas sachusetts, Oregon, New York, Nor, n Carolina, Ohio, Mississippi, Nebraska South Carolina, Virginia, Georgia, Utah. North Dakota, South Dakota and Tennessee.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-13

Tba Kaiser William canal was off, cial1y opened June 21, 1895. 1t Is lit He more than 61 miles in length and for tbe easterlv part of its course fol- lows the line of the old Elder canal. It is 197 feet wide at the water surface and 72 feet wide at the bottom, With dentb of 29 feet inches The total cost of the canal was s30,o0o,0o0.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-13
TRAVELLERS ELECT
 NEW OFFICERS AT
 POST 3 BANQUET
Pending Hotel Laws and Other Matters Are Dis cussed by Travel
 ing Men

At A banquet given by Post B of the Travellers Protective association at the auditorium of the Chamber of Commerce last night, new officers were elected and
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-13
WOMEN IN CHARGE

The decorations for this section of the city have been turned over to the women on this committee, who are as follows: Mrs. Walker Percy, Mrs. Leo K. Steiner, Mrs. F. w. Smith, Mrs Borden Burr, Mrs. Oliver ChalifRulx, Mrs. w. M. Walker and Mrs. Arthur CEowder
 This committee will meet Tuesday morning at 10:30 o'clock in the audi torium of the Chamber of Commerce to complete arrangements for the decor ations of the city
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-13

There is money in butterflies. Miss Ximena McGlashan, who combines good looks with business ability, has proven that. When she left normal school and returned to her home at Truckee, Cal, she made up her mind she could not stand the humdrum of school teaching. Butterflies solved the problem for her. First she caught specimens with net. These she sold at such prices to collectors and museums that she averaged fifty dol lars a week for the first ten weeks. Then she began breeding the beauti- ful winged creatures and already has accumulated a comfortable fortune.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-13
THIRTY BLOCKS TO BE EDECORATEDFOR RETURN OF 167TH
Monster Pageant Staged on Highland Avenue, With Automobiles and
 Floats

Birmingham will be decorated as never before in history when the 167th infantry regiment, "Alabama's own arrives in this city, if the plans of the decoration committee are carried out.
 Joe Saks is chairman of this com mittee and yesterday was in confer ence with Virgil Sheppard of Atlanta, who decorated the streets of that city recently in honor of the 114th en- gineers. Several other professional dec orators are expected to submit iplans to the committee before final decision is made
 There will be 30 blocks of decora- tons in the business distr,cr According to MT. Saks, who states a triumphant arch will be erected on Fifth avenue, a drawing of which will be made and submitted to the committee at the earl lest date possible. The plan is to con- struct this arch of papier ma fhe ma terial so as to make II proof against bad weather. It will be finished to rep resent marble
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-13

The highest altitude in Missouri is 175O feet on top of Tom Suk Mountain, ih the Ozarks. The highest point in Texas is 9020 feet, on top of Fl Capitan, in tho Guadaloupe mountains.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-13
THE AVENUES DECORATED

Fifth avenue will be decorated from the terminal station to Eighteenth street." said MT. Saks, and all ave- nues in the business district will be decorated from Eighteenth to Twenty hrst streets, while Nineteenth street will be decorated from First to Fifth avenues and Twentieth street from Capitol park to the Louisville and Nash vile station Highland avenue will be decorated from Five Points Ito the Country club"
 A monster pageant will be staged on Highland avenue between the hours of 5 and o'clock and an interesting feature VII be the large number of handsomely decorated floats and auto mobiles to carry the soldiers through this section, where the carnival spirit will reign
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-13

revotyinr fan recently invented is attached to the back of a rocking chair and whirled over an occupant IS heao as ha rnnks
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-13

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-13

island. Retailers found the price ai- most doubled overnight, and the res taurants rltised their prices to 10 cents a cup.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-13

The employment of women as rail way postal clerks is said to be among the possibilities of the near future.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-13

w. M. Carter-Aged 75, died at the Old Soldiers Home at Mountain Creek yesterday morning. Funeral services will be conducted from Woodins s chapel this afternoon at 3 o'clock. with interment in Forest Hill. He is survived by three sons, A. G. Carter of West End, Ed Carter of Nashville and H. M. Carter of Kentucky, and three daughters, Mrs. A. M. Wachter of Mobile, Mrs. H. A. Walker of Chat tanooga and Mrs. Charles Haly of Kentucky and one brother, Ed Car ter of Albany.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-13

EIgin CremOrne LOcbrane-Aged 23, died at the home of his mother, Mrs. J. H. Gilpin, at Fort Wayne. Ind, April 6. Funeral services and in- terment were held in Atlanta yester- day. MT. Lochrane was the son of the late Judge O. A. Lochrane, chief justice of Georgia, and the grandson of Mrs. Josephine Lochrane of Bir- mingham, and nephew of Mrs
 George w. Connors of Birminkham
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-13

Mrs. Mary F. HOllingswOrth-Age 62, died yesterday at the residence, 2509 Twenty sixth avenue, north. Funeral services this afternoon at o'clock at Walkers chapel. Survived by son and daughter.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-13
DEATHS

Mrs. Mary Allie MitchelI-Aged, 40, died at local infirmary yesterday morn morning. The remains will be sent Loy.
Weekly Caledonian. (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1919-1920, 1919-03-19

tnd sitter time she replied:
Il .uc,, ii mn; be hccnuSn preach
~, are supposed to represent ~
Il al finest and best IN manLnod.'
l'u il hrr heart he khcw il wa,
more than that. Perhaps ore ether
Mary could have framed The i!ra in
Wcrd' twenty centur;ea a"o.
"lll be thankful il he grow up t.
be anythin%,-So long as it ism. 4
ncwspaperman.'
Sam came over around oi.@ht o.
ciock bringing the paper. Wh'n he
had seen the new baby, spoken en- :
ly to the inert woman, and rorc,
Jack came into the bedroom with tho
newspaper in one hand and Il DIM
med light in the other. He gair
Mary the nights Telegraph" prov
crly folded to the designated place.
Then he held the lamp, turnin" it
up momentariIy to give her the illu-
mination to read:
Weekly Caledonian. (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1919-1920, 1919-03-19

Ic''. soc how il will work on
Ii"rb.ri. Please do"
Ten minute aiterward, he watch
ed him disappear through the fall
luLc leaves, with II heart fun Of sad
nr@+--and happiness. There wa,
adnc-, there for Herbert; there wa
hanpinc+4 here that she had drlibol-
"trly put out Of her mind that after
noon the thought, which had tried
to force their way in after Mihb had
left her.
Weekly Caledonian. (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1919-1920, 1919-03-19
CHAPTER Nv.

In Which a Long Lane Turns Just
Little Bit and Then Resumes It's
Course Again Away to til. Horizon.
Over thirty years have passed since
that evening. Today Judge Farmer
is tall. grim. big-boned Vermonter
with a Mark-Twain head of hair, a
hawk-iike nose containing a mole ia
nous in. three states, and a pair Of
enormous gray moustaches which fall
Weekly Caledonian. (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1919-1920, 1919-03-19
LAST MINUTE NEWS!

Boln-To Mr.. and Mrs. John Purse
of Pleasant Street, this afternoon, a
son, weight eight and threc-Qua,tcr
pounds. Congratulations!
Weekly Caledonian. (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1919-1920, 1919-03-19

A pleasant social time was
held last evening on Pleasant
Street when about fifteen friends
and neighbors gathered to give
Il house-warmine to Mr.. and Mrs.
John Purse. The evening was
spent with games and music and
refreshments were served. The
guests presented the young
couple with a valuable parlor
clock and the members of the
office force as Il body contributed
toward 4 bronze horscman to sur
mount its top.
Weekly Caledonian. (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1919-1920, 1919-03-19

Still further onward under date of
February the twentyffth and prom
inently displayed on the front page
where it occupied two columns, an
obituary which opened thus:
Weekly Caledonian. (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1919-1920, 1919-03-19
CHAPTER II.
So Now We Get Down to the Bust
ness Of Living and Enter Room
Where FOOTBALLS Arc flushed to
Witness the Almighty Sending a
Miracle.

Back to the Files Again. Under
date Of December the 10Th. What is
this that we find?
Weekly Caledonian. (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1919-1920, 1919-03-19

The community suffered a
great shock last evening when
Sllas nj. Truman, one of the
towns most prominent business
men and leading citizens, passed
away in his magnificent Main
Street home of Il complication of
diseases. He took to his bed
over u fortnight ago, leaving his
affairs in the hands of his son.
lie grew rapidly worse and the
end came at twenty minutes to
seven last night. He WAS G7
years old.
Weekly Caledonian. (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1919-1920, 1919-03-19


years old.
Follows an elaborate obituary. The
grim comment about the town next
day revealed the universal sentiment
that Sam Hold had overdone it bit.
There are few real tears at the death
of I. highly successful platc-passer
and mortgage forecloser.
But greater even than the death
Of Herbert's father and his sons in
heritancc of the house, the wa~o~
works and the family money-at
least to the Importance Of the de-
ncuemcnt of this narrativc-is one
little four-linc item found in an Aug
ust issue after several months Of
newspaper silence regarding the "Tcl-
cgraph" folk.
The Purse tenement had been a
coy little place that first winter
Jack and Mary had both joined the
Calvary Methodist church and be-
ing willing, accommodating little
body, the girl was in demand at all
sorts of social functions where there
were rooms to be trimmed or chill
drcn to be drilled or dishes to be
washed-which was not without its
compensation in the matter of a per-
mancnt place in the village social
circles and among the younger mar
1icd people. There were many little
"affars" in the upper Purse tene-
mont, many surprise parties, many
attendences on singing schools where
the girls clear soprano and Jacks
fire tenor increased their popularity.
But toward the end of the Spring,
Mary left US. One April morning
she failed to report for work. Jack
carried home her black kimono apron,
the extra pair of emergency rubbers
and umbrella that had stood for so
long ut her case and the corner of
the wall.
She gradually dropped out of
church society; she attended but one
lawn party. Jack went around with
a worried look and sought every OPP
of running up overtime
for reason other than the creditors
moral claims upon his slender pay
envelope.
July fourth came with its unholy
racket in the gray of the morning
and it's parade at ten o'clock, ending
with fireworks in the evening which
Mary watched from the little front
porch over the front steps. Lazy
August was upon us. And one day
the small Ashley boy who lived
downstairs under the Purses, padded
into the back room in his bare feet,
the strings of his blouse hang
ing down and his nose very damp.
He found Jack making up the last
@allcys into the front page.
"Hey, Mister Purse" he announced
cxcitedly so that all the office heard,
you better gctcher hat and go
home quick. Somebody's brought
you a baby"
Jack went home with a strange
feeling in his heart. He hardly had
the strength to climb the outside
back stairs. He went in through the
kitchen. Mrs. Ashley was there,
and Mrs. Potherton from the next
house and-Dr. Johnson.
"Your wife, son." announced john
son, rolling down his sleeves 80 he
stepped into the homely little sitting
room from the bedchamber on the
east, "-has just given birth to a
whale of baby SOM" He stepped
before the bewildered young husband.
'You can't go in there" the doctor
declared, "Not until you come across
with cigars! Good ones! Two bits a
piece!"
Nevertheless, Jack went in.
A great American author has since
declared that there are three earthly
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