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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-09-20
CONTRACT AWARDED
FOR COUNTY SCHOOL
Bid Also Asked for Addition to High
School by County Board

A contract was let yesterday by the
county board of education for the build
ing of a two-room schoolhouse to take
care of the overflow of the Morgan
school district at South Bessemer. The
contract was let to the Southern Con-
struction company of this city and calls
for immediate operations. 1t is expected
that this addition will be completed in
about six weeks. The amount of the con-
tract was $4,000.
The architect also was instructed to
ask bids on the six additional classrcoms
to form the third addition to the Jeffer-
son County High school These will cost
10000 and were decided upon by the
board at their Thursday meeting.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-09-20
Form Fraternal Society

THE Worlds War Comrades in Ser
vice" a new benevolent and fraterual
society. flied notice of its intention TO
incorporate in the state OF Alabama
Yesterday In the probate court. This
action was the outcome of an organ
ization meeting held Wednesday, at
which resolutions to this effect were
adorted
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-09-20
Form Jewelry Company

Notice Of Incorporation was filed by
the johnson Jewelry company of Biz
mineham yesterday with the probate
court. The incorporators are NJ ~.
Johnson of Pinson, Ala. president; r.
L. Ro1ton. vice president; G. C. Karin
and p D. Posey. all of Birmingham.
The capital stock is authorized at
$4,000 and the company will carry Oh
general retail jewelry business.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-09-20
Donation for Library

Among recent donations to the pub
lie library is a collection of value. the
gift of Robert II. Walker OF East Lake
These books. numbering about 100
volumes. are to go to the East Lake
branch library. in memory Of Mr.
Walkers wife. They will be known
as the Dora 3. Walker collection. and
include among other works of value.
set OF the Encyclopedia Brittanica.
Dickens works and The South in the
Building of the Nation"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-09-20
Technical Engineers to Meet

There will be meeting OF the
American Association of Engineers in
the civic associations rooms in the
Jefferson County Bank building at
S:15 o'clock tonight.
This will be the second meeting OF
the month and an interesting pro
granlme is planned. 1t is desired that
an members be present and bring their
engineer friends.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-09-20
PICTURE HOUSE IS
DAMAGED BY FIRE

Fire. originating in the operating room
of the Best theatre, created a little ex-
element among the patrons yesterday
afternoon about 8 o'clock.
According to Abel jackson. operator.
a short circuit started the blaze. The
film that was being shown at the time
caught fire and Jackson, while trying to
extinguish the blaze, was severely burned
about the face and hands. Damage TO the
extent of $500 was done to the operating
room and nearby sections of the theatre
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-09-20
Carpenters Win Out

BY Asseesated Press
Chicago, September 19,-Chicago's build
ing strike and lockout which for more
than two months has made idle more
than 10000 workers and halted construc-
ton contracts aggregating S50.0o0.oO0 was
announced as ended tonight when the
construction employers yielded to the de-
mands of the union carpenters for 81 an
hour.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-09-20
Civic Association Meeting

A general meeting OF the civic associa.
ton will be held on Monday evening to
hear reports on certain legislative mat
tiers and other activities. There will also
be a discussion Of several important fl
nancial questions. and it is desired that
as many mem ers as possible attend.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-09-20
Marriage Licenses

The following marriage licenses were
sterday by the probate court:
n. e Wilson and Miss Verna Noer.
G. n. Williams and Jewell Leonard
of Ensley.
Alfred E. Taylor and Miss Alba r.
Riggle.
Franklin.
g. T. Duncan and Miss Millie F. Jones.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-09-20
Poison Causes Death

Mrs Mary Gray, 60. of Hanceville.
died yesterday at a local infirmary as
the result of blood poisoning caused
by a small silver of wood entering
one of her fingers five days previous
iy. The poisoning developed rapidly.
sprea ding through her hand and arm.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-09-20

Wallace c. Johns was yesterdSy
granted a permit by the city building
inspector to erect a brick veneer resi-
dence at Third Street, southwest and
Tuscaloosa avenue. West End. The
building is to cost $4,000
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-09-20
Record SIS, ooo Land Sale

Hattie p. Levi and Emil P. Levi re-
corded with the probate court the sale
OF two parcels of land on Forest ave.
nue. near Whitaker street yesterday
The purchaser was DAILY H. Brown AID
the price paid $4,000.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-09-20

j. Reese Murray. head of the local
department of justice is expected to
return today from New Orleans where
he has been on business for the past
week.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-09-20

Ralph Quinn, assistant United States
district attorney is Improving after
recent Illness at his home on South
Twentieth street.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-09-20
PERSONAL

DR.. ]. d. S Davis, who has been in tn.
mountains of North Carolina during the
summer has returned to the city.
Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1919-07-10
THE WIRES LEAD HOME.

BY August l all wires, telephone
and telegraph, will have returned to
their owners, and the doxology will
be sung by 0,O00, 900 people.
The attempt OF Government control
Of public utilities has been a disma
failure. Absolutely correct in theory
1t has fallen down completely in prac-
tice. and very naturally men are ask
ing the question why" The answer
Is plain. We are not yet ready for
this step. AS a people, we have no:
yet arrived at that point where OH
representatives are efficient or honest
enough no handle the public proper
ty. AS a wartime measure, possibly
the taking over Of the wires and othc,
public utilities was justified, but new.
er was a case more conclusively prov
en- than this one Of the utter inabilit
of the Government to run priv:
enterprises.
Absolute failure has heen the result
Welcome home, oh wires. Now lets
have the railroads as soon as possible"
A dollar in Cheraw is worth 1O(
| cents, the same as everywhere else
| but 1t will only buy about thirty cent.
worth Of grub here. Wonder il it i.
the same way everywhere?
Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1919-07-10
SUMNER READING.

1t isn't often that we call q mans
attention to the fact that he owes it
to himself and the community in
which he lives to have his name upon
the subscription list of his hometown
paper. But yesterday we suggested
It to one gentleman and he replied:
"It's getting round to where it's too
internal hot to read"
There is o man whose conversation,
then, is only interesting in cool wea-
ther. For it Is only when a man
reads that he can talk in an interest
ing way. And there is also a man
who falls to understand that the old
world, 10 still whirling along at a rap
i'd rate in hot weather the sare a.
In the cooler months. and that II
he expects to keep up with it he will
have to read Summer news" just the
same as that dished out by him home
newspaper in the fall.
But the fact OF the matter is the
home paper is a home institution, and
as such is entitled to support twelve
months in the year. 1t would be a
fine community il we quit going to
church and kept our children out OF
Sunday school just because the house
of worship is not as comfortable in
summer as 1t is in winter. And
wouldn't 1t be bad judgment to quit
doing business with the banks through
the summer months, or to buy up
enough groceries in the early spring
to last until cold weather?
The man who argues that it is toe
hot--any day in the year-to read
and keep himself posted on affairs
about him Is on a par with the ole
fossil who once told us that 'he took
more papers than he could read"
Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1919-07-10
Is COST OF LIVING DECREAsING9

According to recent statistics living
costs In the United States are drop
ping: It is claimed that they have de-
creased some four or i've per cent,
but. frankly. to the citizen It does no.
thus appear. Judging by the prices
We are paying prices are not lower.
On the contrary. we note an actual
rise in some lines and . stationary
condition in most, while a few-a
very few show a small decrease.
We have kept close tab OF our house
hold expenses for the past two
months. and they are rising instead
OF falling. The quality We are using
is not better: nor is the quantity
more-only the price total mounts.
We should like to know what are the
experiences of others. Are their ex-
periences similar to ours? Do they
note any decrease?
The question very naturally arises
why is this condition? Why is 1t that
prices do not drop, and drop consider
ABLY? We common people have al
ways considered that with the return
of the men from abroad: with the
hlling up OF the depleted labor ranks
wages and commodities would drop
but even wages appear to retain their
position. Fifty cents pere hour was
theprice demanded for a handy man.
work around the garden the other
day. and none could be obtained less
than IS cents an hour. This for un.
skilled labor, that was bringing Is
cents previous to the war. What is
1t holding things up? Will the dror
come and come with a flop? Is it q
case OF someone putting muscilage
On the Wheels" or what is preventing
q set-back to ordinary prices and or.
dinary conditions?
Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1919-07-10

One OF the hardest things we have
to fathom in looking at some gardens
in and around Cheraw is to tell whir
Is the vegetable and which is the
weed.
Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1919-07-10

As one Cheraw man said the other
day. when you find an autoist who
uses his horn too much you'll also
ind man who uses his mouth toe
much.
Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1919-07-10
Feeling Blue?
Liver Lazy?
Take a Calotab

Wonderful How Young and Energetic
You Feel After Taking This Nau.
sealess Calomel Tablet
II you have not tried Calotabs you
have a delightful surprise awaiting
you. The wonderful liver-cleansing
and system-purifying properties of
calomel may now be enjoyed without
the slightest unpleasantness. A Gallo
tab at bedtime with swallow of
water-that's all. No taste, no salts,
mar the slightest unpleasant effects.
You wake up in the morning feeling
so good that you want to laugh about
1t. Your liver is clean, your system
Is purified. your appetite hearty. Eat
what you wish,-no danger The next
time you feel lazy, mean, nervous.
blue or discouraged give your liver
thorough cleansing with a Calotab.
They are SO perfect that your drug
gist is authorized to refund the price
as q guarantee that you will be de-
lighted.
Calotabs are sold only in original,
sealed packages. Price thirty-five
cents. At all drug stOres.-(adv.)
Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1919-07-10

One war gardener declares that tn,
worms are eating his cabbage. bee
ties are riddling his cucumbers ant
moles are undermining his beans
but he's going to have 4 good CT
OF radish seed.
Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1919-07-10

A Detroit girl is missing from
home and in describing her to the
newspaper reporters the mother said
she had . birthmark Just below the
right knee. Keep an eye out for her
Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1919-07-10

!. I'VE don't know what Kind Of
place the average man likes to spend
his vacation in. but for our part we'd
like to md one where the baass bite
as often a. the mosquitoea..
Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1919-07-10

Remember, that even II you cam
do anything else you can at least hell
things little bit by keeping out o.
the other fellows way.
Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1919-07-10

Something has gone out of the life
Of man when he no longer has a
long summer school vacation to look
forward to.
Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1919-07-10

The fa2f HAT there were 400 men
|dfAWfng salaries as a result OF the
peace conference comes pretty near
explaining why they were stringing
it out
Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1919-07-10

Some of these days the yirls will
learn that It 10 as often what they
don't have on ~ what they do have
on that causes comment
Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1919-07-10

We have also noticed that rubber
heels are getting to be almost a
common in this country as rubber
necks
Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1919-07-10

II any man in Cheraw feels uncom-
Portable during the next few weeks
but fails to have the usual dark-brown
taste in his mouth he should be wise
eonugh to keep his feelings strictl.
to himself
Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1919-07-10

It's a pretty fast world, but we no
tice that burglar-proof safes are still
being robbed while fire-proof build
ings burn up every day.
Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1919-07-10

A grass widow is generally one who
Is looking for "green fields and
pastures new"
Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1919-07-10

And what are you going to do Il
the dealer tells you that since pro-
hibition came the ptice Of raisins
has doubled.
Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1919-07-10

The wall of the Huns appears to
be due to the fact that they never
knew a square deal had 80 many
sharp edges.
Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1919-07-10

1t is wise child that goes out Of
the room to laugh when the old man
mashes his thumb.
Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1919-07-10

Villa was reported to hove lost a
leg three years ago but nobody has
Deen able % =; - Il eas:sh
Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1919-07-10

What has become Of the old-fash-
ioned man who used to insist that
his trousers be equipped with hip
pockets, and long deep ones. besides
Cheer up and quit kickin about the
high cost OF living-you can get a
postage stamp q cent cheaper now
than you could during the war.
Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1919-07-10

~t0 corroborate the report.
The Evening Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1917-1920, 1919-01-09
PERSONAL NOTES

l.. S. Belcher went to Moberly this
morning on business.
Mrs. L. Morris went to Centralia to-
day for a visit with relatives.
Leslie Faucet, postmaster of Halls
vile, is in Columbia today on business.
Mrs. Sewer left for Mason City, Ia,
this morning where she will spend the
, winter.
Miss Arch Dunning left for Kansas
City this morning where she will study
engraving.
Ralph Mitchell. who has been here
on business, returned to his home at
Renick, Mo-, today.
The Sunset Club will meet in the
YM,C.A Auditorium Sunday after
noon at four o'clock
There will be the regular meeting of
the Y.W.C.A. Thursday. Jan. 16. in
room 1870, Academic Hall.
George Shepherd went to Kansas
City today to attend meeting of the
Modern WOOdmen of America.
DR.. F. J. Brandenburg of Fort Ogle-
thorpe, Ga, has returned to St Louis,
after visiting friends in Columbia
Clyde Wyrick returned to his home
in Granite City, ILL.,, this morning aft
er visit with l. W. Lynes of Colum-
bia.
Pope Singleton returned to his home
in Mexico, Mo-, today after a visit of
two days with William Powell and
family.
b. B. Ryger, a student in the Uni
versity. was called to his home at Stan
berry, Mo-. on account of the death of
his brother.
Lieutenant E. n. Henderson of Car
ruthers Field Forth Worth, Tex, has
returned to st. Louis after visiting
friends in Columbia.
Miss Isabel DOdson has returned
from her home in Nevada and has re-
entered the University. She is a SEN
ior in the School of Journalism
The Girls Clee Club will meet next
Wednesday evening at o'clock in the
Y.M.C.A. Auditorium. All girls who
are interested, are invited to attend.
The Evening Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1917-1920, 1919-01-09
WHAT NEXT!

A new method of displaying electric
signs has just been invented whereby
a man sitting in his office at the type
writer may display the words he is
writing upon an electric signbOard
somewhere above him.
Every letter that he makes on the
typewriter is lighted on the sign
board above him by means of electri-
cal arrangements. \ message may be
flashed before the public in a few sec
onds and can remain upon the board
for any desired time. In case a mis-
take is made by the typist the letter or
letters may be corrected without
changing the whole of the sign.
Soon people in the metropolitan
cities will be reading the latest news
from electric signboards. This new
invention more fully impresses upon
our minds that the resourcefulness of
electricity IS still in its infancy.
The Evening Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1917-1920, 1919-01-09
FEW CITY PUPILS ARE ILL
Only One Case Of Influenza Among
School Children.

The general health conditions OF
the school children of Columbia are
excellent, according to- the reports of
n. H. Hickman, city health officer and
at present acting school health officer
during the absence of ]. NJ. Penning-
ton.
Influenza is the cause of illness in
only one family, SO far as is known.
Mary Frances Kampschmidt, the
daughter of DR.. A. W. Kampschmidt
was reported as ill with pneumonia.
Two cases of German measles were
the only other sickness, except one
case of scarlet fever by child, years
old.
Some parents have kept their chill
dren out of school because of the
fear of infection. However, when a
member of the school board investi-
gated these cases, he found that the
children were not as carefully guard
ed at home as they would have been
at school.
The Evening Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1917-1920, 1919-01-09
BACk TO CIVILIAN LIFE

We are all going back to citizens
clothes these days. The soldier, the
sailor, the marine, women motor me-
chanics, Red Cross workers, all are
going through a sort of mOulting pro
cess. Soon uniforms will be seen only
on policemen, the pOstman, the Saliva
tion Army worker, and the visiting
nurse.
Until that time the regulation army
coat is likely to be worn with the sport
cap, puttees and boots will be seen
with all manner OF attire, there Will
be looseneSs here and tightness
there, a great deal of that feeling that
goes with knowing that one is not
dressed just right. Many pre-war con-
yentionalities will be broken until war
insignia is relegated to the attic where
the heirlooms are stored.
What holds true in clothes holds
true in business and other lines of
human activity as well. But in get
ting back to the pre-war basis there
will have developed a new way Of con-
dUcting business, a new way of edu-
eating, a new religion. The uniform
of war for business will not go to the
cedar chest. On the other hand we
have a lot of pre-war methods which
will be ''junked"
The Evening Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1917-1920, 1919-01-09
CASUALTY LIST

The following MissOurians are on
today's casualty list-all privates un-
less otherwise specified:
Killed I'm Action.
Ralph T. Tracy, st. Joseph.
Guy Derringer, Saline.
Jackson H. Farris. Neolia.
Died of Wounds.
Floyd Williams, Joplin.
Wilbur +. Feaster, Iconium.
Died of Disease.
Robert f. Lee. Kansas City.
Earl H. Neal, ST. Louis.
Ralph II. Prettyman, Westline.
Theodore Shagon. st. Louis.
Michael Zeller. st. Louis.
Wounded Severely.
Tom Maloney. st. Louis.
John F. Murphy, Kansas City.
Augustus A. Davis, Kansas City.
William NJ Graham. Hamilton.
George F. BOdwell, Leonard.
Austin Erwin, St Louis.
Conrad B. Schallert, st. Louis.
Sergt. Horace A. King, Snyder.
Corp. John HOuk, St. Joseph.
Corp. Joe F. Mildred, Thompson.
Wagner Joe j. Sneehuyzen, St.
Louis.
Charley NJ Williams. Rogersville.
Missing In Action.
Clarence L. Buffum, Kansas City.
Sick in Hospital previously reported
Killed in ActiOn.)
Vernon Arthur Martin, Anderson.
Christophere c. Plummer. Matthews.
Wounded, Degree Undetermined pre-
yiOusly reported missing in aetiOn.)
Jesse o. Ables, Bolivar.
James J. Porter, Pennington.
Charles r. Riley, Mendon.
Wounded Slightly previously report
ed missing is action.
Charles T. Ford, Branson.
Returned TO Duty previously reported
missing i'm action
William II. Hopper, GayosO.
Joseph H. Merrill, Sedalia.
William Ambrose KunZ, st. Louis.
Lauren X. Price, Gilman City.
Died of Wounds previously reported
killed in action
Capt Leon E. Briggs, Joplin.
The Evening Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1917-1920, 1919-01-09
FOR A BETTER NATION.

No one can accuse the colleges and
universities Of war prOfiteering, and
yet their proportional gain from the
war will be exceptional.
The value of a college education has
long been a subject of dispute, but I'm
Gle Sam has said and proved most
emphatically that it pays. In search
ing for officer material, it was to col
lege men he turned. In the training
camp and on the field of battle the col
lege man has indicated himself. The
value has always existed; the Army
mas given that value gigantic advertis-
ing.
The S. a. T. c. was planned and put
into operation because the powers at
Washington were unwilling to have
Yale and Harvard become as oxford
and Cambridge. They were unwilling
ly to let fall into disuse the manufac-
turing plants whose products are
leaders of men.
Wilson himself, not only a college
graduate but a university professor
and president, by his remarkable eff
ficiency has given the lie to those who
claim that college tends to make one
unfit for the struggle of life.
The returning men are returning to
hn
there are turning to college.
The Evening Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1917-1920, 1919-01-09
Fined $500 on Liquor Charge.

John Emerson, a negro, was fined
$500 and costs in police court yester-
day on charge of storing and
the fine and was committed to Jail.
Emerson was arrested Monday night
by Policemen Batterton and King.
The Evening Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1917-1920, 1919-01-09

keen life and health in the body oi
someone.
America, Columbia, has learned TO
give. The last twenty months have
driven home to us the necessity OF
sharing our plenty with those in want.
We have responded to every call and
have responded well.
Now, close at hand, comes the op-
portunity to help, TO help in way that
will count and to help in a way whose
direct results we can ourselves see.
Columbians, givei
The Evening Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1917-1920, 1919-01-09
ENECUTRIX NOTICE

Notice is hereby gwen, that Letters Tes-
tamentary on the Estate Of Ebeneger d..
Bewick deceased, were granted to the un-
dersigned on the nth day of December,
1918, by the Probate Court of Boone COun-
ty, Missouri. All persons having claims
against said Estate are required to ex
hibit them for allowance to the Executor
within six months after the date of grant
ing of said Letters, or they may be pre-
cluded from any benefit Of said Estate; ;
and IL such claims be not exhibited with
in one year from the date OF granting
said Letters they shall be forever barred.
Attest: JNO. +. MURRY,
Judge of Probate.
MARGARET POPE BEWICK,
Executrix.
The Evening Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1917-1920, 1919-01-09

It might be well for the inhabitants
of the lately renamed Wilson avenue
to get together and practice telling
on what street they live. One says he
lives on Keiser avenue and another
one says Wilson avenue.
The Evening Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1917-1920, 1919-01-09

Eight of the postal employees have
been off duty recently on account of ILL
ness. The need for workers was so
great that the janitor was pressed into
the service of carrying special deliv-
cry letters.