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The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1920-01-22
Hail and Farewell
FAREWELL TO THE OLD

Old Year. thy life is well-nigh spent,
Thy feet are tottering and slow,
Thy hoary head with age is bent,
The time is here for thee to go;
Already in the frozen snow
A lonely grave is made for thee;
The winds are chanting dirges low.
Upon the land and on the sea.
Old Year, thou vert friend to some
To some thou vert of worth untold,
Thy days were blessings, every one.
More precious far than shining gold:
But unto others, thou foe
Did prove thyself-an enemy.
Relentless as the chains of woe
AS ruthless as the maddened sea.
Some will rejoice to know thee dead,
Others will mourn thee as friend;
Some will look back on thee with dread,
Others their praises to thee lend:
I neither offer praise ror blame,
Old Year, for what you brought to me,
For unto me both Joy and pain
Your active hands gave lavishly.
Thy solemn death-hour draws a-nigh--
And harki / hear thy funeral knell
Slow pealing through the darkened sky
Farewell Old Year-farewell, farewelli
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1920-01-22
Little oldlastyear's I
resolution is as !;
good as any. and 6
probablywinwear I
fully as long as a !
new one. &

brightness. April will spread her
feast of flowers. June will display her
green perfection of beauty. August
will offer the ripening grains; October
the laden orchards. The year will
take no heed of the crime that has
been done by man or Of the vengeance
that marched inexorably.
DOETS died In the trenches OF Gal.
l. lipoli and France. watching Gods
sunrise or the wispy clouds In the
blue. British gentlemen caked with
the mud of Flanders wrote detailed re.
ports of their observations of migra-
tory birds and of the effect of drum
fire on bird life. French students and
scholars, bearded and dirty, made
careful notes of the flora of the
Meuse and the Somme.
These men visited Olympus and did
not fall asleep while the gods con-
versed. Neither did they permit the
roar of mans fury to drown out the
divine voices.
So 1t must be a good year that Is
ahead. There can be no bad years.
The years are measured by God and
not by the evil that men do.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1920-01-22

OMMY-TROT," christened
Thomas Trotwood Birney,
sprawled on the table Mt
his fathers elbow. He was
engaged in printing some
thing which he carried
about with him. ITS an
awful hard job, amt IL,
daddy? But l guess gentle
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-06
ROTARY'S DISTRICT PRESIDENT COMES Birmingham Men Will Dine Him and Show About
 the City Today

Birmingham Rotarians will have as tteir guest today at their luncheon at o'clock in the ball room of the Tut wier hotel, W. R. c. Dick) Smith, of Atlanta. district governor of Rotary
 MT. Smith viii arrive this morning at 9:30 o'clock over the Louisville & Nashville railroad from Huntsville and Sheffield. A committee from the local club headed by pr. Percy Woodall. pres ident, will meet the distinguished vis- itor and take him on tour over the city. Other members of the reception commit tee are LeGrande c. Wilson. vice pres ident: Hill Ferguson. John c. Henley, Jr.. and Clarence Lloyd.
 MT. Smith will address the club at the conclusion of the meeting and will the Rotarians to the Alabama State Fair grounds, where he will be the guest of Rotarian R. A. Brown, president of the fair association. He will meet a delegation from the Bessemer Rotary Club there and will accompany them to the marvel city where he will visit that club. Mir, Smith expects to leave Birmingham tonight for Anniston, where he will be the guest of the Rotary Club of that city tomorrow.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-06
DAREDEVIL DIVER
 INJURED IN JUMP Despite Injuries Wilson Goes Ahead With Act-AII
 Part of the Game

Daredevil Wilson, who has daily thrilled the crowds that have packed into the grandstand at the fair grounds with his hair-raisng leap from ladder seventy-two feet high in the air and landing on slanting track that turns him upon his feet to the ground, was seriously injured in making his jump about o'clock yesterday afternoon when his arm and shoulder hit the sharp edgs of the track upon which he was to land.
 Several people ran to him immediately and he was unconscious when they picked him up. A physician who is sta- toned on the grounds found that his shoulder had been dislocated. minute later the daredevil diver opened his eyes but tainted away again when the phys- elan attempted to pull his shoulder in place.
 Ten minutes after his shoulder had been set Daredevil Wilson declared that he would go ahead with his act.
 Injuries like this is nothing new 10 me. he declared 10 the people standing around him. flor the last time I had a fall I got silver plate in my head and also received couple of broken me two silver plated ribs which I re- ceived when I was learning this trick. Many people think my act is dangerous. but it's not. that is, if you don't mind being shook up. getting few broken bones and loosing q good set of teeth once in while
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-06
CHILDREN IN
 STATE ARE AIDED
Report Covering Three Years Is Made at Executive Com
 mittee Meeting of Society

Three years of service were covered in the report of the Alabama Chldren's $ Aid Society at the meeting of the execu- tive committee yesterday afternoon.
 A total of 1922 children cared for in some way is the record of this statewide society
 It was stated by Superintendent Bar row that the volume Of children's mat ters that is now being handled by the society is larger than that of any other organization in the state, except probably the juvenile court of Jefferson county.
 "Of this total number of children handled" said MT. Barrow, lover 300 are under constant daily supervision; and the majority of these are placed out in fan,- fly homes throughout the state
 S. E. Thompson. who presided over the meeting in the absence of the president Crawford Johnson. emphasized in his talk before the committee that sixtyNone children had been referred to the society this month. and thirty-four have beea cared for in the receiving homes of the society during the month.
 Among those attending the meeting were: Mrs w. l.. Murdoch, Mrs. c. B. Spencer. MT. Clement Gazzam, Dr. Henry M. Edmonds. s, E. Thompson, and Sup erintendent Barrow.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-06
COMMITTEE ID
 NAME CANDIDATE

An independent candidate to oppose Jere Gwin, democratic nominee for mem Der of the board of revenue will probably be named at meeting called for tonight at eight o'clock at the court house. when the committee appointed by Fred M. Jackson to select candidate, makes It's report
 The committee consists of N. w. Scott, Ensley: R. E. smith, Nit Pnson; Dr. E. w. McNeil. Bessemer: D. c. Ewing, Bir- mingham; A. c. Esslinger, Fairfield; O. H. Bowen. Birmingham, and Dr. J. C. Anthony. Birmingham. It is understood the committee has the names of several prominent citizens under consideration as an independent candidate, and will announce their selection at the meeting tonight.
 At called meeting held Monday night at the Chamber of Commerce building, MT Jackson was authorized to select the nominating committee and at confer ence held at his office yesterday morn ing the committee was named as above.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-06
CANDIDATES MAY FILE OBJECTION ID USE OF NAMES em0CratiC Nominees Cannot Be Placed on independent Ticket Without Their
 Consent

Will the democratic nomi- nees for the board of revenue of Jefferson county with the exception of Jerry Gwin be placed on the independent ticket in the November elec- tion?
 This is a question which voters arc asking since the mass meeting held Monday night at the Chamber of Com merce auditorium to select an indepen. dent candidate to oppose Mir. Gwin, president of the board of revenue and democratic nominee for another term. It was announced following this meet ing that the other four democratic nominees for the board would be placed on the ticket with the independent candidate.
 Whether or not names of any demo- cartic nominees are placed on the in dependent ticket is left entirely with the candidates, according to J. F. Stiles, judge of probate. "All candidates must certify their declaration of candidacy for office in the probate court twenty days prior to the election" said Judge Stiles. However, it is possible for the officers of the mass meeting to certify that the candidates were nomi- mated to run on the independent ticket.
 If the names of the democratic
 nominees arc certified to appear on
 the indc cndent ticket,' they may
 then object to this and their names
 will not be used. On the other
 hand if this is done and they do
 not oppose it, their names will ap-
 pear under the .'rOOster- with that
 Of Jerry Gwin and again on that
 column under the head of 'indepep-
 dcnt' with the Independent con
 dfdate selected to oppose MT. Gwin.
 Several of the democratic nominees were seen yesterday, but did not wish to be quoted as they had not look d into the matter and knew nothing about 1t only what they had seen in the pa per. Each man stated that he was the democratic nominee and expected to run on that ticket and knew nothing about being placed on an independent ticket.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-06
WATERWAYS WORK
 ID bE EXPLAINED
Managing Director Morrow of Mississippi Valley Associa-
 ton Will Speak Today

J. B. Morrow managing director of the
 Mississippi Valley Association will be in
 Birmingham today for the purpose of telling the citizens of Birmingham something about the plans of the associa- ton for the commercial and economical development of the twenty-seven states comprising this territory
 Leading citizens have been invitec to ,meet MT Morrow in the Chamber of Com Amerce at il o'clock. those interested in Warrior river development being especial ly invited to De. .SS~<ent
 The Wednesday meeting is preparatory to a larger one to be held later, at which time the entire territory in this section
 is to be organized into a supzone to carry on the activities of the associa- tion
 The association recently performed a m,estion of parity rates between Mobile and New Orleans in application to the Missssippi- Warrior barge service ana at the last meeting of the directors it was decided to include Birmingham in 
 the Alabama district, 10 DC known as Zone l.
 The general plan of the association is to get behind the government and have the entire Mississippi valley river devel- opment speeded up To this end it Is sought to align all the twcnty-seven
 states in the association to the common
 purpose
 It has been shown that these twenty seven states have a majority of 45 votes in the electoral college, and 53 per cent of the voting strength of the entire coun- try. If is intended to throw this com bined strength into the campaign for con- tir.ued development of the inland water ways in that territory.
 Mir. Morrow will outline the manner in which the newly organized Alabama Waterways Association may become as- socated with the Mississippi Valley As- sociation to Alabamas s benefit
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-06

These areNthe conditions which render Springfield the lone exception in the cities of the United States, enjoying cheaper coal at retail than Birmingham does v
 ALL QUIET
 The coal field here quiet yes terday with reports of an increased pro ductoin at number of coleries and many men returning to work over to- ward the Warrior river.
 One large producer mined fifty tons more yesterday than on the same day last week.
 It is understood that false reports have been circulated that the coal operators, it they win the strike, would reduce wages The operators have agreed with the government to maintain the present wage scale for two years from last April. or until April l. 1922.
 The military are maintaining order lu the mine field and will probably not be withdra VII very soon. They were with drawn in July, 1892, when strike was or. but were recalled before the train Lad left the city by outbreaks of violence that caused several deaths.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-06
WOMAN FARMER
 WINS PRIZE AT FAIR s'ars '-rs rarsons Shows Benefit of Diversification In Rais-
 ing Farm Produce

Mrs. c. A, Parsons, of Montgomery county farmer and housekeeper, is dem onstrating to her fellow Alabamians that women make just as good farmers as men do at the State Fair this week,
 Her individual exhibit which won third prize among the individual exhibits ir the Agricultural building is an example as well as d right to vote. Mrs. Par sons has a husband but he is running g sawmil business and leaves the manag- ing of the farm entirely to his wife.
 In her booth there is every known veg etable and fruit which grows in Ala large crop of peanuts
 Mrs Parsons motto is "The secret of good farming is diversification," and her judges agree that she has proved the theory for she has made a sandy hill in South Alabama bloom with all things that are needed to keep body and soul together.
 Besides her ability to grow things, Mrs Parsons has an advantage over the average farmer She is able, with out lnS Hctp VI diiyoHe, to Cdii, JcilS , preserve and conserve all the surplus which is produced on her ground. She uses or sells every ounce of produce on her place. There is no such thing as waste on that plantation. The sides of the exhibit are lined with cans jars and bottles. which contain the produce that she has put up during the past summer Hundreds of containers of food are stacked and stored for winter use.
 Hanging from the rafters are the sides of bacon and home cured hams whict. will be needed during the long winter raonfhs
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-06
bESSEMER STACK
 TObE BLOWN IN 75,O00 Tons of Ferro- Manga neSe to Be Handled at Con-
 venient Point

Having used up t- supply of ferro- manganese and needing new supply for operating purposes, the Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad Company is about to blow in a stack at Bessemer on the man
 ufacture of ferro-msnganse The ore, which was recently brought
 from Brazil, was placed in the yard of an Idle Bessemer stack on account of it's availability. While this stack will op- crate for a short time on ferro-man-
 ganese, another stack that has been in operation will remain banked. SHIFT OPERATIONS The Tennessee Company shifts it's fur mace operations n this manner, accord- ing to the requirements of it's cois ur.ling mills
 The company is at this time operating as many blast furnaces as it has at any time this year, present operations being as follows: Six stacks at Enslcy and one at Alice on basic; one at Bessemer or foundry. and. one now about to blow in on ferro-manganese.
 The T. c. I. has not extensive,y usr- tcpated in the general iron nlarset in several years for the very simple reason that it consumes the vast bulk of it's iron production in it's own finishing steel mills. inc mlllS of the American Steel and Wire and Chickasaw Shipbuilding and Car i Company also participating in the con sumption of it's iron output ! The acute problem of tho finishing 1 mills of the district is tho car situation While pig iron stocks were re1nccd large ! ly in August, there are huge piles of steel products on yards waiting move l ment by the railroads
 1 f5.O00 TONS
 : There are 75,000 tons of products Of the i Bessemer, Fairfield and Ensiey mills on wards, representing several millions ot
 dollars and waiting on cars to move
 them.
 [ Both Fairfield and Besscmer plate. i mills have became so congested tha.l f'ir
 order to prevent the material frond beins rusty from long storage, and in Rorder tc , relieve the congestion, the Fair9hcd plate mill was ordered closed down for the week beginning on Monday <sand the Bes- semer mill has been orderred closed down for the week Of October / II.
 No industry in the dnstrict has banked fred or suspended oyd account of failure to secure raw material It has not aI- ways been an easy job. with all con- l, cerned, but all/ have gotten enough to keep going.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-06
KlWANIS LUNCHEON
 AT THE FAIRGROUNDS
Distinguished Members Introduced In Their Right" Characters By
 Ballyboo Artist

Members of the Kiwanis Club met at the Alabama State Fair yesterday at o'clock for luncheon and the special purpose of having some of their most distinguished members introduced in their right characters to their fellow Kiwanians Secretary Wiley announced.
 Josh Billings or Billings, Mont. live wire and "ballyhoo'' artist of talent, con- nected with the Johnny J. Jones Shows, introduced the celebrities.
 They were: champion fat man, Alex Walker; champion thin man, Louis Salt CT; dyed-in-the-wool wild man. Jeff Bailey; India rubber man. Frank Gaf- ford.
 feature of the program was the music by the Forty-eighth Highlanders. and . song by Harold Swain, band soloiat.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-06
GOVERNMENTAL EFFORTS

"The government has been the inter mediary in all vital labor disputes look : ing toward the accomplishment of higher labor prices and higher labor conditions. and yet the government is in the most radical way declining to all low the use of the usual business credits to function to the relief of the depress- Ing influences which are now oppress- ing the entire agricultural field and which will radically affect larger number of laborers than all the work CTS, union and otherwise. and which as an inevitable result will reduce from fair pay more laborers than all com bined.
 "The governments effort to reduce the high cost of living is accomplishing results not intended and If continued to be radically carried out. then un- necessarily hard conditions viii follow.
 "AvOND ALE MILLS
 By E. F. COMER. Pres. and Treas"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-06
EVENTS OF TODAY
 IN RIP MINGHAM

Alabama State Fair-Gates open at o'clock.
 Rotary Club luncheon at the Tut wiler at 1 o'clock.
 Waterways meeting at Chamber of Commerce at II o'clock.
 ADJUSTMENTS Jefferson-Mrs. Fiske in "Miss Nell of N Or1eans."
 Lyric--Ixeith vaudeville and pictures. Loew's BiJou-Vaudevillc and pic- lures
 Majestic-@Thc Wolff Strand-Thomas Meighan. in "Civii- ian CIothes.c
 Triaron-Norma TslmadEe, in ''The Branded Woman.-
 AIcssar-OIive Thomas. in "Darlins Minc.r
 RfaIfo-WiIIiam Russell. in "The Man Who Dared"
 CoIoniaI-CharIcs Ray in "Homer Comes Home." Princess-NHfdden Hangers. OdeoD--~Moonridcrs.o Edgewood Park-M0untain View Inn Cabaret.
 Miles School of DancinE-Dancins
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-06

There are no retail yards in Springfield The coal is hauled from the mines by drays at a cost for haulage of S@ per ton, the coal costing at the mouth of mine SEQ. There is no freight, no war tax, no shipping charges. no loss cf weight in transit
 NOT WANTED
 The Springfield coal, declare local men, could not be sold in Birmingham at all in competition with Alabama coals on ac- count of it's inferiority. If such coal was mined in Walker county and was brought to he Birmingham market it would have to stand the 20 cents freight and war tax, the S to $ for yard ex- penses, which would make it cost $40 to $40 for run of the mine. Analyzing z it's costs, 1t is said that if the retail dealer made a profit Of 50 cents it would cost the consumer s6.So to s7.S0 ton. If sold in prepared sizes it would cost % cents per ton more, which would bring it up to $40 and S. 70 per ton for a grade of coal the inferior of anything that is sold in Birmingham and could not be sold here at all.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-06
NEW COMPANIES

Papers of incorporation were filed In the probate office yesterday afternoon by the Bankston Taxicao Company. with an authorized capital stock of 2.O0. The firm will begin business with N,O0 of this amount paid in Officers are: ". R. Rankston. president and general man ger. l.. J. Haley, vice-president. and l.. R. Haley. secretary ana treasurer.
 Name of the Oliver Walstrum Arrna- ture works has been changed to The WaIstrum Armature Works Of BirInins- ham. The capital stock of the concern was increased from sio0oo to $2a. coo Papers making these changes in the com pany were filed by A. H. Wastruin. president. and H. r. Walstrum, secre- tary, who were authorized to take the necessary steps for the change of name and increased capital stock.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-06
RECEIVER ASKED FOR DENTAL FIRM
  Petition Filed In the Chancery Court Asks for Distribu- ton of Assets

Seeking to have receiver appointed for the Birmingham Dental Manufacturing Company, Ernestine Piez and David Ber- ger filed petition in the chancery court yesterday afternoon.
 | The suit was against the Birmingham Dental Manufacturing Company, a corpo- ration; William Piez, D. F. McLendon sam Blake, Frank $. Address, Phil B. Bowers. E. F. Craig, J. w. Hanchey Miss M. Ligon, Dr. J. M. Hankins. Miss Phoebe Craig, Mrs. Augusta Robertson, Butler-Garrett Real Estate and Insur-
 ance Company, H. B. Norton, J. A. Thomas. Dr. w. D. Hankins, R. A.
 Smith, s. B. Klippelt, S. C. Hill, Miss | Christie Cook, A. l. Bernstein and S. II.
 Ferris.
 In the petition the complainant asks that receiver be appointed to take over
 the assets owned by the respondent cor poration and to conserve and administer such assets under the orders of the court pending final outcome of the cause. and upon final hearing that degree be issued dissolving the corporation. After the sale of the assets it is asked that the proceeds be distributed to the cred
 itors of the corporation ratably after the payment of all costs, and that any excess be ratably distributed among the stock holders.
 Complainants aver that Piez owns 100
 shares and Berger owns 20 shares of the capital stock. It is alleged that the corporation engaged in the manufacture
 of dental appliance with capital stock of s75000, of which s50,0o0 has been is-
 sued and is outstanding. The petition
 stated that the corporation has done successful business, but that the busi- ness has always been conducted at a loss and on August 15, 1919, suspended ordi- nary business for lack of funds
 Complainant ayers that the corpora tion has ceased to be going concern, and does not possess the means and ability to pursue the purpose of it's or ganization and has no reasonable pras- poets or expectation of carrying out it's business.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-06
CITY NEWS IN BRIEF

Will of Annie C. Centerfit was filed before Judge J. P. Stiles in the probate court yesterday The entire estate which is valued at s4.o0O was left to her sister, Mrs. Mary r.. Moss, and her nephew, Elmer L. Moss.
 Mrs. William Vaughan of Ensley, IS reported to be resting well this morning after undergoing an operation yesterday morning at the Tennessee Coal Iron and Railroad hospital at Fairfield.
 There will be a meeting of the Cray mont School Improvement Association a, the Graymont school this afternoon al 30 o'clock.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-06
SHUT UP SHOP

The manufacturers to protect them selves can shut up shop. It is useless to say that while it is fearful and drastic proposition. the only defense the farmer seems to have at this time is to
 do likewise, shut up shop. for it is evil dent that the more he offers for sale. the lower the price will go. It Is also evident that in continuing to sell to meet obligations, he is simply putting the economic condition where it gets into that paradox, the more obligations he meets the fewer obligations he can meet. Tt is to the economic interest of everybody that cotton, which was 40 cents, and is now 20 cents, and still on the toboggan, has reached It's bottom only when the farmer stops selling and hefnrn.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-06
NEW ENTERTAINMENT

A new entertainment for the childrer will be observed this afternoon at the central library, at the childrens room when Miss Margaret Duncan will tel Kiplin's story of "Rikki- Tikki-Tavvi. Story telling hour will be observed hert every Wednesday afternoon at 3:30. Mis-. Duncan will tell the same story to the 'children at Woodlawn library Thursday afternoon at 3:3o. and at Avondale Fiji day at the same hour.