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The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-07
Engineer Lea Talks
 Of Road Construction

s. H. Lea, district engineer in charge of road construction in Mineral county, W. Va, is in Birmingham, having come to attend the funeral of his father, the late Col. Sumter Lea. MT. Lea will remain in the city until Saturday morning. He is with his brother, sum ter Lea, Jr., at East Lake.
 A road bond issue of $50. 900 is to be voted upon in West Virginia in November. Mir. Lea states that some wonderful road work Is now being done in West Virginia. A road con struction programme amounting to ap- proximately half a million dollars Is now in process of construction in Min eral county. MT. Lea's home Is in Keyser, w. Va.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-07
ETCHING EXHIBIT
 OPEN SATURDAY

Exhibition of etchings of Miss Anne Goldwaithe. native of Alabama, will be held in the Watts building on Saturday afternoon.
 This exhibition has been brought to Birmingham by the Alabama Art League. It contains several interesting subjects, including baseball. skating, polo and landscapes, several of which are scenes from Alabama. There are also a number of dancing figures among the collection.
 Miss Anne Goldwaithe was formerly a resident of Montgomery before going to Paris to study. After making a success in France, she returned to this country and made her home in New York. Her exhibition is open to those who may de- sire to sell it, and any interested in pro- curing any of these works may do so.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-07
MONTHLY MEETING
 DENTAL SURGEONS

The Birmingham district of dental surgeons will give their banquet and regular monthly meeting tomorrow at 7:30 o'clock at the Tutwiler hotel. The dental profession will have the privege of hearing a paper of pr. c. E. Bray, pediadontist or childs specia- list, of Birmingham. This is the new est field in dentistry and is the con- structive side, dealing with preven- ton of dental lesions in children and the building up of a perfect dental structure. Focal infection is the most prevalent disease of childhood and the most lightly consulted, and the only way to eliminate this is through pre- ventfve dentistry.
 pr. Scale. Harris, M. D., will read a paper on Focal Infection in Refer ehce to Castro intestinal Disturbances"
 pr. H. S. Ward, M. D., will read d paper on Focal Infection in Refer ence to Internal Medicine and Neur- lcgy.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-07
ESTES LUMBER co.
 TO IMPROVE PLANT

The Estes Lumber Company yesterday announced that contracts have been let for it's plant that will make it one of the best equipped lumber yards in the south Among the improvements will be the in- stailation of new steam plant and new dry kilns. The cost of improvements will amount to S15,0Oo. According to W. Thorn ton Estes, president, the retail lumber business has been good enough to jus tify expansion.
 Home building Is a little behind on account of the bad weather said Mir. Estes, but there have been large num- Der of repairs and also the erection of two large apartment houses We believe that building activity will be greater in Birmingham in sixty days than it has ever been.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-07
Furniture Dealers
 IndOrse TwO-Mill Tax
 For School Purposes

Resolutions indorsing the two-mill tax for educational purposes. which Is to be voted upon Saturday by the peo- pie of Birmingham. were unanimously adopted by the Birmingham Furniture Dealers Association at it's monthly luncheon yesterday. The resolutions urged the adoption of the additional tax and favored the fixing of teachers sal aries by the board of education at a figure which will bring the best teach CTS available to Birmingham.
 All of the entertainment features of the luncheon were eliminated and the affair developed into business meet ing Ira F. Randall, president of the association, presided. F. E. Mahoney of Chattanooga and S. G. Wilson of Jackson. Miss, were guests.
 A detailed report of the convention
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-07
Return Engagement Of May Day Festival
 At County School

A return engagement of the May day festival will be staged at the Jef- ferson County High School Friday night at 7:45 o'clock. The elaborate performance will be repeated at the re- quest of a number of the patrons of the school and others who were un- able to attend the first performance given several days ago. The proceeds of the affair will go to the musical and athletic funds of the school
 The performance Friday night will open with a motion picture. Here and There" Thank Goodness the Table Is Spread' will be presented by three boys and three girls. "The Irish Colleens'' will be presented by four girls. The next number will be four acts of vaudeville by six boys and three girls "The Contest of Seasons" will be re. peated by the freshman class. Mile Celeste and the famous French dolls will complete the programme.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-07
PERMIT ISSUED FOR
 NEW WAREHOUSE

At the cost of $12.oOo, new ware house is to be erected by the Union Cotton Oil Co.,, on their grounds at Forty-Second street and Second ave- nue.
 Expanding business made it neces- sary for more storage space so the company decided to erect the new build ing It is to be constructed of galvan- ized iron and will be practically fire- froof. The permit has been issued by the city building inspector and work will begin immediately.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-07
2 NEW COUNTIES TO
 JOIN MANUFACTURERS

Houston counties will be enrolled in the membership of the Alabama manu- lecturers association next week, when L. Sevier, president, goes to address meetings in Eufaula and Dothan. He will speak at Dothan Wednesday night and at Eufaula Thursday.
 MT. Sevier will also visit Montgomery where steps will be taken to further increase the membership in that county.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-07
THIRTEEN

of retailers and manufacturers, which was held in Chicago was made by NJ Hood, who represented the Birming- ham Association at the gathering.
 F. E. Mahoney spoke on the buying stampede and s. G. Wilson on the bene- fits derived from organization.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-07
Election Returns

tabulation of the election returns will be made on the night of the pri- mary by James F. Hawkins, tax col lector, who is a candidate for re-elec- ton. MT. Hawkins has mailed re- quest to all election officers asking them to phone the complete returns on each race to his office, Main 5996, as soon as the votes have been counted on election night.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-07
Brennan Outfights Anderson

Rochester. N. Y., May 6.-Bill Brennan of Chicago outfought Ole Anderson of Tacoma, Wash, here tonight in ten- round bout Brennan hit Anderson al- most at will after the fourth round but could not land a knockout blow.
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kenYa Colony.

A huge volcanic mountain with its
base almost on the equator and its
summit high in the regions of snow
is giving its name to the new British
colony which has hitherto been a pro-
tectorate, under the title Of British
East Africa.
The new name assigned to the for
mer German East Africa is also taken
from the chief natural feature. Of the
country, the great lake which was the
goal of the ancient Arab highway
from the coast, and which is now
reached by the central railway and
is known as Tanganyika Territory
from the lake of that name. 1t is
hoped that Uganda, Kenya and Tan
ganyika Will cooperate In opening the
vast portion Of tropical Africa which
is comprised in these three countries.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1920-11-04
Teach With Rubber Stamps.

"Stick the stamp on the upper right
hand side of the envelope" says the
French government TO the people by
way of the rubber stamp that cancels
the postage. Since ii seems to be
rather late date to be teaching the
public elementary rules in the use Of
the mail, one decides that there must
be a new class writing letters. Can IL
be composed entirely of friends of
the expeditionary forces-Amerlcan
Australian, British. Italian and In
dian?
The use of the stamp In this fashion
exemplifies how characteristlcally ev-
cry nation develops available oppor-
tunities. Germany, before the war.
would have used 1t for verboten sign.
Americans turn II into a money-mak-
ing scheme, for Burleson, yielding to
the advice of publicity experts, allow
ed the cancellation stamp to carry ad-
vsrtlsements of Liberty loans, the near
East relief and many other patriotic
and phllanthropic causes. And now
the French write message in accord
ance with the purest bureaucratic
tradition.-Indianapolls News.
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ALWAYS AT WORK
Mans Network OF Brains Never
Really at Rest.
Every Action Of the Body Controlled
by Thousands Of Nerves Of Which
Few Persons Have Any Ade-
quate Conception.

II is only within recent times that
the brain has been recognized as
thinking organ, the ancients having To-
Gated the thinker In the liver.
But even In the good old days there
were Psychologists who regarded the
kidneys as the real seat of the mind.
Even nowadays we speak Of person
as being "of the same kidney" as
ourselves.
We speak OF coward as "white-
llvered" individual. An ill-tempered
person we call "splenetic," because In
earlier days the emotion Of anger was
supposed to be engendered in the
spleen, indeed the word spleen is In
our language synonym for angry ir-
ritability.
It was formerly imagined that the
gentle emotions were engendered in the
heart, an idea that even now holds its
grip to considerable extent. Thus
we speak of "kind-hearted' person
or of flowing heart The lover
calls his lady fair his Sweetheart"
To refer to the hearts that decorate
every valentine seems superfluous.
AS a matter of facr. the heart is In
n certain sense an emotional center.
Joy makes 1t flutter; fright will cause
II for q moment or two to stop beat
ing.
This Is because there is in the heart
considerable assemblage of the
"ganglia," which are in effect tiny
brains, being mainly composed of the
same sort Of gray matter that goes to
make up the cerebral cortex. Acting
as a group, it is their business to
control the rhythmic pulsations of the
heart.
These little brains. strung like beads
along the sympathetic nerve. are dis
tributed through the body. One finds
the biggest bunch Of them In a COM
plex interplacement of nerves behind
the stomach. This is the "solar plex-
us" we have heard so much about
1t is, of course, highly sensitive piece
Of apparatus, so much so that
hard blow in the stomach may kill
man.
You nave prosaDly noticed that keen
anxiety will give you an uncomfort-
able and even sickish feeling in the
region Of the stomach. The solar
plexus Is responsible.
1t Is perfectly true that some Of
your thinking is done for you by your
liver. your heart, your kidneys and
other parts Of our body. Ninety-nine
per cent Of the things you do are done
automatically and without conscious
effort of the mind. The thousands
Of little brains distributed throughout
your body are at work helping. They
know their business better than you
know 1t. Try to fix your mind on the
tying Of your forr-in-hand scarf and
you are likely to find yourself doing
it much more clumsily than If you
"let the thing do itself"
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liCht. He could perceive nothing of the
approaching rider, but whoever the fel.
low was he made no effort at secrecy.
He drove his horse down the bank and
into the stream at gallop. splashed
nolslly through the water, and came
Looping up the nearer incline. Almost
In front of the bunk-house he seemed
suddenly struck by the silence and
gleam of lights, for he pulled his pony
up with a Jerk. and sat there, staring
about To the marshal, crouching
against the earth. his revolver drawn,
horse and man appeared a grotesque
shadow.
"Hullo !" the fellow shouted. whats
upi Did you think this was Christ
mas eveY' Hey, there-Mendez; Cate
ras."
The little marshal Strengthened up,
and took step forward; the light
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Great soldiers Monuments.

Greatest of all monuments Of Em-
peror Napoleon are the two arches
of triumph, LArc de Triomphe and
L'Arc du Carrousel, both Of which
were erected by the devoted Parisians
that all the world might know the
military supremacy which was theirs
under Napoleon. Equal TO these In i'm
portance is the tomb of the emperor.
Les Invalides, which he decided
should be "a home for aged and dis
abled soldiers, but which the Parisians
turned into a great museum to house
countless trophies OF his wars and
articles Of his personal equipment. az
well as the body of the national hero
who wished to be buried on the banks
Of the Seine amidst hin beloved
"rhildren."
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CHAPTER xlIl.-continued.


swell, what's 1t like7 For Gods
sake speak up-there's gon' ter be
h 20 pay In minute"
"Thar's two rooms ther outside door
an winder are In the front one, which
IL the biggest. The other ls whar
hendez sleeps. an' thar's n door be-
tween EN-"
mo windows In the rear room?"
'None ever see"
"And nlst the one door; what sort
o partltlon2"
"Jns, plain log, ] reckon"
That's all right jim" and Westcott
felt the marshnIs fingers grasp his
arm. 81 go. IL sized up proper. Who
ev< them folks are, they've bnrricdded
inter that back room. Likely they've
got dend range on the front door.
an them Meyes have had all they want
yryin' to get 70 'em In that way. SO
now they're crawlin' IN through the
window. There'll be some hulabaloo
In there presently TO my notion. an I
want ter he thnr ter see the curtain 20
up. Wharnbouts are we, Matt?"
Back o. the bunk house. wnar do
yei want ter 90? I kin travel 'round
yere with my eyes shut"
"The front o. Mendcz' cabin" said
the marshal shortly. "Better take the
other side; n that VI Is down wen
take those fellow ,Ie rear ofore
they know what's happenInp" He
chuckled grimly. "We'ye sure played
in luck so far, boys: 20 easy now and
draw yer guns"
They were halfway along the side
wall when the firing began agnin--but
II was not the MexIcans this time who
began II. The shotgun bnrked: there
wns the sound OF n falling body two
revolver shots and then the sbnrp ming
OF a, Winchester. Brennan lenpcd past
the boy ahead. and rounded the cor.
ner. A Mexican stood directly I'm front
Of the shattered door peering in. n ri.
ne yet smoking in his hands. with
one swift blow Of a revolver butt the
marshal dropped him I'm his tracks. the
fellow rolling OF the steps onto the
ground. with outstretched hands he
stopped the others. holding them hack
out Of any possible view from within
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her hair disheveled revolver still
clnsped In her hand. half leveled as
though she yet doubted her realization
Of what had occurred. She emerged
from the blackness OF the rear room.
advanced step and stood there hesl-
tating, her wide-open eyes gazing about
IN bewilderment on the strange scene
revealed by the glow OF the amp. That
searching, pathetic glance swept from
face TO face about the motIonless cir
cle--the cowed Mexican prisoners with
uplIfted hands backed against the
wall the three dead bodies hudded on
the floor; Moore, with the slowly ex-
piring match yet smoking in his en-
gers; the little marshal. erect. n re-
volver poised In either hand. his face
set and stern. Then she saw West
colt, and her whole expression changed.
An instant their eyes met then the
revolver fell TO the floor unnotIced and
the girl sprang toward him, both hands
outstretched.
"Y0ul" she cried, utterly giving way.
forgetful OF all else except tire sense of
relief the recognition brought her.
"Youi Oh Now know II is all right
] was so sure you would come"
He caught the extended hands eager
ly, drawing her close, aud looking
straight down into the depths of her
upllfted eyes. To him. at that moment.
there was no one else In the room, no
one else In the wide. wide world
"You knew would Gomez" he
echoed. "You believed that much In
me2"
"Yes; have never had doubt.
But" her lips qulvered. and there were
tears glistenIng In the uplifted eyes
"you came too late for him"
''For him The man who was with
you. you mean? Has he been shot?"
She bent her head. the lips refusing
TO answer.
"Who was hep"
"Mr. CavcndIsh-oh
II was a cry OF complete reaction;
the room reeled about her and she
would have fallen headlong had not
Westcott clasped the slender form
closely In his arms. An instant he
stood there gazing down into her face.
Then he turned toward Brennan.
'Leave us alone, Dan" he said sim
ply. Get that gang Of blacklegs out
OF here"
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CHAPTER XIV.
In the Two Cabins.

The marshals lips smiled.
"Sure, jim" he drawled. "anything
to oblige. although this Is new one
on me. Come on, Matt; II seems the
gentleman does not wish to he dis
turbed-- Well. neither would un-
der such circumstances. Here you
line up there In single file and get a
move on you-prontol Show 'em what
mean, Matt; put that guy that talks
English nt the head Yes. he's the
one. Now look here, amigo you march
straight out through that door and
head for the bunk-house-do you get
that?"
"Sl. senior; | savvy!"
Westcott watched the procession Ale
out, still clasplng the partially uncon-
scious girl In his arms. Moore. bring
ing up the rear, disappeared through
the entrance. and vanished into the
night without. Except for the three
motionless bodies, they were alone.
From n distance Brennan's voice
growled out n grufr order TO his line OF
prisoners. Then all was STILL The
eyes of the girl opened slowly, her lids
trembling, but as they rested on West
colts face, she smiled.
"You are glad | cameT"
"Gladl Why never really knew
what gladness meant before"
He bent lower, his heart pounding
fercely, strange words struggling for
utterance.
"You love me?"
She looked at him. all the fervent
Irish soul OF her In her eyes. Then
one arm stole upward to his shoulder.
"As you love me-" she whispered
softly. "as you love Tne!"
81 can ask no more, sweetheart" he
breathed soberly, and kissed her. At
last she drew back. still restrained by
his arms, but with her eyes suddenly
grave and thoughtful
1--WE forget" she chided. "where we
are. You must let me go now, and
see II he Is alive. l will wait on the
bench here" ~
Poor old Fred, I'll do what | can
for hlm-rll not be away minute,
dear"
He could see little from the door
way, only the dark shadow of mans
form lying full length ON the floor.
Then he took the lamp down from the
shelf, and held II so the feeble light
fell upon the upturned face. He
stared down at the features thus re-
vealed. unable for the moment to find
expression for his bewilderment.
"Cnn you come here, dear2" he
called.
She stood beside him. gazing from
his face into those features on which
the rays OF the lamp fell.
"What is it?' she questioned breath
lessly. us he dead?"
II do not know; but that man is not
Cavendlsh. VIII YOU hold the lamp
until learn IL he is aliveY"
She took it lip trembling hands, sup
porting herself against the wall, while
he crossed the ROOM and knelt beside
the motionless figure. A careful ex-
animation revealed the mans wound
to be painful therxh not particularly
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States With Record crops.

According to the latest available fig-
ures Kansas contributed one-fifth OF
the winter wheat crop. North Dakota,
Minnesota and South Dakota nearly
three-fifths of the spring wheat and
seven-eighths Of the flaxseed; Pennsyl-
vania and New York nearly two
thirds of the buckwheat, Louisiana
about one-half Of the rice. and that
state, California and Texas nearly
seven-eighths. Tobacco is highly con-
centrated in Kentucky and North Car
olina, from which more than one.half
Of the crop came.
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friends, gently. Matt, frisk 'em and
see what other weapons they carry.
Ever see nicer bunch o. lambs. JimY"
his lips smiling, but with an ugly look
to his cleaning teeth, and steady eyes.
r'Why they'd eat outer yer hand.
Which one of yer is Mendez?'
He dead, senor," one fellow man
aged TO answer in broken English.
r'That heem lie dar."
well, that's some comfort" but
without glancing about. "Now kick
the guns over this way, Matt, and
touch match TO the lamp on that
shelf yonder; and, Jim. perhaps you
better stamp out the fire; Wen not
need It any more. Great Scott What's
thisf'
II was Miss Donovan, her dress torn,
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"Hands Up, BiII!" He Said Quietly.
from the cabin window glistened wick
edly on the blue steel of his gun bar
rel.
Hands up. Bill r. he said quietly, in
q. voice carrying conviction. None of
that-don't play with me. Take your
left hand an unbuckle your belt-I
said the left. Now drop 1t into the
dirt"
"Who the HI are you?"
THAT doesn't make much difference.
does it, as long as I've got the dropY-
asked the other genially. But If you
must know to be happy-rm the mar.
shal o. Haskell. Go easy, boy; you've
seen me shoot afore this, an l was
born back In Texas with a weapon in
each hand. Climb down off'n that
hoss."
Lacy did so, his hands above his
head, curslng angrily.
what kind of a low-down trick is
this, BrennanY' he snapped, glaring
through the darkness Mt the face of his
captor. whats become of Pascual
Mendez2 Amt his outfit yere?"
His outfits here all right, dead an
alive" and Brennan chuckled cheer
fully, but not being no gospel sharp
| can't just say whar OIL Mendez is.
What's left ov his body is in thet cabin
yonder, so full O. buckshot 1t ought ter
weigh a ton"
"Dead?"
"As a door nail, II yer ask me. II
was some nice ov yer ter come ridln'
long here ternight, Lacy. Ii sorter
helps me ter make A. good, decent
cleanup ov this whole measly outh..
| reckon III stow yer away, along with
them others. Mosey up them steps
there. an don't take no chances lookin'
back"
II was a hard, slow journey back
across the desert Moore's team and
wagon were reGuisitioned for the pur-
pose, but Matt himself remained be-
hind to help Brennan with the prison
ers and cattle until the party return
ing to Haskell could send them help.
Westcott drove, with Miss Donovan
perched beside him on the spring-seat,
and Cavendish lying on n pile of blan-
kets beneath the shadow OF the canvas
top. They stopped to lunch at Baxter
springs, and to water the team. and
II was considerably after dark when
they finally drove creaklng up the
main street of Haskell and stopped In
front of the Timmons house to unload.
The street was devoid of excitement,
although the Red Dog was wide open
for business, and Westcott caught a
glimpse of Mike busily engaged be-
hind the bar. A man or two passing
glunced at them curiously, but, possi-
bly, because OF failure TO recognize
him in the darkness, no alarm was
raised or any effort made to block
their progress. Without Lacy 10 urge
them on, the disciples of Judge Lynch
had likely enough forgotten the whole
affair.
AS Westcott clambered over the
wheel and then assisted the lady TO
alight the face of the landlord was
sufficiently expressive OF surprise.
Your he exclaimed staring into