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The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-09-19
Doctors Stand Amazed ali Power
 Of BOn-OptO to Make Weak Eyes { Strong According tO Dr. Lewis Guarantee to Strengthen Eyesiqht 5O%
 In One Weeks Time in Many Instances

the trouble and expense of ever getting glasses. Eye troubles of many desc riptions may be wonderfully benefited by the use of this prescription. Go to any active drug store and get a bottle of Bon-Opto tablets Drop one Bon-Opto tablet in fourth of q glass of water and let it dissolve With this nqufd bathe the eyes two or four times daily. You should notice your eyes clear up perceptibly right from the start and in- fiammation and redness will quickly disap- pear If your eyes bother you even little It Is your duty to take steps to save them now before it is too late. Many hopelessly blind might have saved their sight if they had cared for their eyes in time.
 NOTE: Another prominent physiei.n to whom the above article submitted, said i:
 Yes. the Bon-Opto prescription is truly . wonderful eye remedy. Its cOnstitnent in- gredients are well known to eminent eye specialists and widely prescribed by them have used it very successfully in my own practice on pstients whose eyes were can highly recommend it in case of veal, watery. aching. smarting. itching. burning .yes. red lids. blurred vision or for eyes in- famed from exposure to smoke sun dust or wind It is one of the very few .sreparztions feel should be kept hand for regular use in almost every family" Bon-Opto referred to above. is not . patent medicine or . secret remedy. It in m ethical prepa- ration. the formula being printed on the package. The manufacturers guarantee it to strengthen eyesight 50 per cent in one weeks time fn many instances or refund the money. It can be obtained from any rood 3ruggist and is sold in this sity by the is.A. ing druxgistss-~AS>.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-09-19
ADDRESS TO NEGROES
Special Meeting This Afternoon at
 Metropolitan A. M. E. Church

Dr. R. B. Macon, who has been preach- ing at the Metropolitan A. M. F. Zion church for the past ten days, will deliver special address tomorrow afternoon at $50 o'clock. The meeting will be held at the Metropolitan A. M. P. Zion Church, corner Fourth avenue and Six teenth street. Prominent men and wom- en of the race will address the assembly
 w. B. Driver has bee ndesignated as chairman of the meeting and he an. nounces that Oscar W. Adams will speak on conditions as they affect the Alabama people. The suffrage question will be discussed, as well as other matters that have created unrest among the negro people in the laboring fields
 Pastors of the various churches and superintendents of Sunday schools are requested to make the announcement at the morning services, and pastors of the churches and heads of other organiza- tions are especially invited. Special music vocal and instrumental, will be rendered.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-09-19
TROY

Troy, September 1S.-The State Normal school has purchased the Foster plan tation of 130 acres, which is located at the top of the two-mile hill on Elm street. The formal transfer of the prop erty has been made and the normal will come into possession of the land on the first of January, 1921. The school will conduct truck farm and dairy on this place to supply the vegetables, milk and butter for use in the dormitories Dr. Shackelford stated that no farm super intendent had yet been obtained, but he is anxious to secure one.
 Officers are trying to apprehend the person who fired a shot into a room of the boys dormitory of the State Normal School. The shot was fired from 3S- calibre pistol It entered the room abouc two feet above the floor line, passed over bed on which a young man was sleeping and entered the wall on the oll- posite side. The shot was fired about a o'clock Friday morning.
 The paving on North Three Notch street has been completed and the en- tire street is now open. The appear ance of the street is greatly improved. South Three Notch street will likely soon be paved.
 Sam White, negro, met a tragic death
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-09-19
BIRMINGHAM AGEHERA1D SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 1e 1920

Thursday at the Foley slave mill. near town, where he was employed. He was cleaning out sawdust pit when he sud- denly raised his head and it came into contact with a large sixty-ineh circular saw. The saw passed through the upper portion of the negro's head, cutting t entirely off. Death was instantaneous.
 Andrew Boyd. son of Mrs Bette NJ. Boyd of Tracy, has gone to New York, where he will take a course in expert business methods. He is a graduate of Auburn and has made splendid school records, and his friends predict for him Ia bright future at the University of New York and in business circles.
 Miss Martha Jane Ballard will leave soon for Mobile where she has accepted a position in a high school to teach Eng fish. She is a graduate of Montevalo and of the University of Alabama and has had some teaching experience in the Troy schools. where she was teacher of the sixth grades.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-09-19
\ Free Prescription You Can Have
 Filled and Use at Home

n EIee IresCIiPtlon ou Ian rave
 Filled and Use at Home
 Philadelphia. Pa. Victims of eye strain and other eye weaknesses, and those who wear glasses, will be glad to know that and help for them. Many whose eyes were failing say they have had their eyes restored by this remarkable prescription and many who once wore glasses say they have thrown them away. One man says. after using it: T almost blind Could not see to read at all. Now I can read everything without my glasses and my eyes do not hurt any more. At night they would pain dreadfully. Now they feel fine all the time. It was like miracle to me-" lady who used it says: The atmosphere seemed hay with without glasses, but after using this prescription for Is days every thing seems clear. I can read even fine print without glasses" Another who used IL says '1 bothered with eye strain caused by overworked. tired eyes which in- uuced fierce headaches. have worn glasses for several years both for distance and work, and without them could not read my own name on an envelope the type writ ing the machine before me. l can do both now and have discarded my long dis fiuttering leaves on the trees across the street now, which for several years have looked like dim green blur to me can not express my joy at what it has done for me"
 It is believed that thousands who wear glasses discard them in . reason- able time and multitudes more will be able = strengthen their eyes se = ts he sDaEsl
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-09-19

enCe Curry reported in your paper or thiS date by Miss Helen Bethea, I feel that ,ne public should be informed as to some phases of such a case.
 Now, in the first place the Anti-Tu- berculoss Association Is constantly maN- ing efforts to find just such cases and it occurs to me that if Mir. Greeley is qualified to erye as humane officer he should be sufficiently informed as to the work of this relief agency. feel firmly convinced if this had been called to the attention of the Nuti-Tuberculosis Asso- citation relief would have been given at once It is hard to believe that with all the advertising and appeals for funds and their activities that the Anti-Tu- berculosis Association should fail to be noticed bv even the humblest citizen. As to the question of direct relief we have agencies in the city, who. if prop erly informed, would have gladly rem dered such aid as the circumstances war rant. In addition to the regular agencies the Red Cross has been at all times, and is still, amply able and willing to render relief where there is no other agency to do so.
 One of the features of the summer lecture course recently completed by the Red Cross emphasized the value and use of relief agencies both social and medi- cal The Red Cross made every effort LO nave IHt peOpIt dlbthu tHtot iCClul ' in order that they might know how to proceed in any given case. The news papers gave us very valuable publicity and we sent out five hundred letters by mail. I believe the public should know the other side in order that they may not form an incorrect Judgment of the case from the story as reported.
 J. K. BRoCKMAN, Chairman, Jefferson county chapter of
 the American Red Cross.
  To the Editor of The Age-Herald:
 sincerely thank you for publicity given case of Florence Curry who is now beyond reach of all our eieemosy- nary associations.
 AS to the societies who today scoided me and claimed they are anxious and willing to help. can only say that they keep only banking hours and their fn- vestigators let them suffer and die while they are untangling their red tape Twenty-Five cents spent for milk and ice at noon Friday might have saved this woman's life.
 P. J. GREELEY. To the Editor of The Age Herald:
 Having read in The Age-Heraid this morning MT. Greeley's appeal for help for starving, sick colored woman I at once set out to give my mite and also to collect money from door to door to at least make her last hours esier At 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon I was in formed by her colored neighbors that she had died and that her little girl had been taken care of by some charitable insti- tuition.
 We have humane societies for the pro- lection of animals and human being starves to death in rich city such as this is
 Evidently the Christian societies. to whom Mir. Greeley appealed vainly for help inthis case, have forgotten the message of the Master: 'In as much as ye have done it to the last of these, ye have done it unto me-
 MRS. FRANCES STEELE-wALLAc
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-09-19
NEW REALTY FIRM
Real Estate Men Form Partnership With Business Location on Fist St.

Announcement of the formation of the real estate firm of Barker, Henderson &
 Marks Real Estate and Insurance Com
 pany, Inc, composed of three of the
 most prominent real estate men of the city, was made yesterday. The new firm
 announce their location as No ! North Twenty-first street.
 Nat Barker, Marold M. Henderson and John Marks, who constitute this firm, have all been in the real estate business locally for more than ten years. All have
 been associated with local firms from time to time. MT. Henderson has been doing a buying, building and selling busi-
 ness for himself for thep asst few years, while Barker and Marks have been asso- ciated with the Pope Real Estate and ln- surance Company for the past year or two.
 The new firm announce they will do a general real estate and insurance busi- ness A great future is anticipated by local real estate men for the new firm.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-09-19
PRACTICAL HELP

Carrie Tuggle is very much worried over MT. Greeley's statement that he met With rebuff when he called up Tuggle institute. Herbert Glover, the colored man who attends to much of the outside work of the institute. yesterday said that tho board of directors was in session and he was away, and that Carrie had no one to send to the sick woman. but as soon as he returned Carrie sent him at once to the dying woman with aid and that all that could be done was done. later the body being cared for by Tuggle institute and the little girl taken to that insti- tution Monday she will be sent to a tuberculosis camp for observation. At present she is being cared for separately from the other inmates of the nlace
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-09-19
Germany Short of Grain ul~.

Berlin, September 1S.-Two million tons Of breadstuffs must be imported by Ger many, chiefly from America, as the 1920 crop wili be considerably short of the country's requirements, says an an nouncement by the president of the im- perial grain department. He points out that the prospect so far as cereal stocks is concerned is gloomy. The rye crop has been disappointment and this years harvest of breadstuffs is calculated to yield only 100000 tons, while land de- voted to breadstuff productions has di- unfinished more than per cent.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-09-19
More Factories Seized

Rome, September 1s.-Thirty thousand workers have occupied the factories at Terni in southern Italy. This is one of the most important industrial sectionN of the country. The only exception to the factories taken over is the Idros plant, where synthetic ammonia is manufac- tured and which is controlled by Amer
 ican interests
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-09-19

played when he appeared in the Boston lineup for three and one-third innings in yesterdays game with Detroit before being banished from the field by Umpire Owen.
 In the fourth inning, Bush, after sim gling and scoring two men, stole second
 Scott claimed that he tagged the Tige
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-09-19
PERSONAL

August Hirsch, who has been touring Europe for the past four months, arrived in New York Friday, and will arrive in Birmingham September 21
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-09-19
SCOTT ADDS ANOTHER
 GAME TO HIS RECORD

Detroit. September S.-Everett Scott, Boston American shortstop, added the 667th to his string of consecutive games
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-09-19
COMMENTS HEARD

some or them are.
 They have pest house to look after smallpox"
 Smallpox is no more dangerous than tuberculosis, in fact it kills few CT people,"
 Such a malignant case as that in the heart of town is a menace to the public health."
 There should be an emergency pest house for the last stages of tuber- culosis victim when it is found in the city"
 Birmingham should have an addi- tion to the charity hospital for the care of such patients"
 "At least, the health department should be furnished with an emergency fund which has no strings tied to it and which is available to workers in the department at all times for just such cases"
 Florence Curry will be buried Mon day morning in the Woodlawn colored cemetery. An insurance policy which she has kept up most of her life and which netted her s69 in return for a lifetime in its service, will take care of the expenses of the burial
 DonaNons from people wishing to help will be received by The Age Herald
 The following donations have beer made:
 FLORENCE CURRY FUND B en son Clark, postoffice
 carrier, No. 704, South High
 lands station ... ......... 5000 1 Maggie Taylor, 1925 Sycamore
 street rear) .....s........ .5O William R. Taylor 1925 Syca-
 more street (rear) ..... .25 Contribution .................. 1000 Contribution ................... 500 Birmingham Walters Alliance 621
 s121s6 In connection with the Florence Curry case the following communica- tions have been received: To the Editor of The X Age-Herald: Referring to the pathetic case of Flor
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-09-19

player as he hooked into the sack. Owei called Bush safe and when Scott's ptJ tests became too vehement waved hin from the field.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-09-19

Since the Declaration of Independenc 4,50o,ooo Irish have emigrated to th United States.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-09-19
HARDY AWAKENING

Birmingham woke up to it's responsi- bilities very early yesterday morn- ing. The first of the endless line of gift bearing visitors who arrived at the home of the dying woman were E. c. Baker and A. c. Baker, dairymen, of Tarrant City, Ala, who came with milk and butter to give strength to a body that had been a stranger to such delicacies too long.
 Throughout the day people who had been aroused by the story of her con- dition called to give sympathy or to help. Some negro women living near administered the bath and alcohol rub which helped her trough her last hours and made her bed with fresh linen so that she could receive her un- expected callers with dignity.
 She rallied just before her death and was able to say goodbye to her child, but there was no recognition for any of the people who surrounded her, she was to near gone to know that at last she was being looked after and that the welfare of her litle girl, through her childhood, was assured.
 Her house, permeated with tuber- culosis germs, will, it Is understood, be thoroughly fumigatad by the health department.
 People over all of Birmingham are feeling their inadequacy to cope with similar cases, should they come up for the attention of the city, and are asking each other what should be done about it. Numerous have been the suggestions.
 Very appropriate have been the ob servations that have been going the rounds among people everywhere in 1n affx
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-09-19

Sam White a negro. met tragic death
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-09-19
NEG[ECTEDU UNTIL
 LAST FEW HOURS;
 NEGRO WOMAN DIES
Sympathetic People Donate Small Fund to Faithful and Brave Little Child Who
 Stuck Through Ordeal

Surrounded at last, after it was too late, by representa- tives of charity organizations, representatives of health off cials and by doctors, Florence Curry died yesterday at 12 o'clock at her home, 1920 Seventh Alley, north, just three and a half blocks. From the city hall.
 Her little eight-year-old girl, Alberta, stood by and applied cooling ice bags to her head and water to her fever parched lips until the last breath was drawn and the last stab of pain suf- fered Alberta then turned a grey frightened face to the world of charity
 She was taken by members of her own race to the Carrie Tuggle in- stitute until she can be examined and pronounced free of tuberculosis, of which her mother is believed to have died. so that permanent arrangements may be made for her. The surround ings are as good as can be found for homeless children anywhere.
The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1920-05-07
MALLET CREEK

There will be a box social given by
the eighth grade at the town hall
Wednesday evening, May 12. Also a
fish pond, popcorn and peanut booths
Everyone bring an article for the fish
pond. 1t should be worth five cents
at the least. Money will be used fo1
athletics in the school. Come ano
help us raise money for this purpose
Ladies and girls bring boxes. Men
and boys buy them!
The Ladies Missionary Society OF
the Congregational church will serve
dinner in the town hall Thursday
May 13. School children are invited
The last number of the lecture
course will be given Saturday evening,
May 8.
The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1920-05-07
ARREYVILLE

Miss Nellie Steingass of Medina
and George Steingass Of Cleveland
spent over the weekend with theil
mother, Mrs. Mary Steingass.
John Weber of Cleveland was a
visitor from Saturday until Monday
with his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. G. A
Weber.
John Hitzelber and family and
George Ulmer and son visited Sunday
with Robert Ulmer at Medina.
Mrs. E. A. Gunkelman is on the
sick list.
John Rising and wife were guests
of Joe Kemp's Sunday.
Mrs. Lucy Smith of Medina is a
visitor at the E. A. Gunkelman home
Ed. Kemp and family of York Sun
dayed at Loren Kemp's.
Henry Bauman and family spent
Sunday evening at George Gunkel-
mans.
The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1920-05-07
POE

Mr.. Geo. Kaufman is moving into
the Gehman house.
Mrs. Kravers' place has been sold
to Akron parties.
Mrs. H. B. Kaufman is at the old
home again, where she expects to stay
for time. Mr.. Palmer is doing the
farming.
The ladies of the church met with
Mrs. Rickard but had only a small
attendance last week.
S. H. Hoddnott has recently pur-
chased a Fordson tractor.
The beautiful May weather is max
ing business move rather swiftly on
the farms.
Mrs. Cole has been spending sew
eral days visiting in Akron.
Mr.. Crookshank and family have
moved back to Akron and the place
is again for sale.
The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1920-05-07
THINNING OF FRUIT
SAVES ORCHAD TREES

Thinning of fruit is sometimes nee
essary with apples, peaches and plums
to insure the production of the high.
est quality of fruit.
An apple tree will often produce
sufficient bloom for 20 times the num-
ber of apples that it could possibly
mature.
In some years the June drop OF
fruit removes about the right quan-
tity, but at other times it is necessary
to thin fruit by hand to prevent the
trees from breaking down and to in
sure well-colored fruit.
For thinning apples, at the Ohio
Experiment Station, it has been found
that the best time is between A and
weeks after full bloom. Small shears
or the thumb and fingers may be
used to clip off the excess fruit.
With peaches and plums, thinning
lessons the danger from rot and keeps
the trees from breaking. On peach
trees distance of 6 inches may be
made between fruits.
The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1920-05-07
Wednesday Afternoon Closing

Il We, the undersigned do hereby agree to close our
business every Wednesday at IL o'clock begin.
ming Wednesday, May IL, and through the months OF
June, July August September and October.
The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1920-05-07
SOUTHEAST MEDINA co.
SHARON

The play, "Deacon Dubbs," given
by the Epworth League was great
success. H.
Mrs. Irwin Dague is spending a
few days in Akron. 4.
Uncle Henry Nichols, who broke
his leg few weeks ago, died Monday
morning. He was 81 years old.
| Mrs. Lula Bowles and sister, Alice,
spent Monday in Medina shopping.
! Miss Eleanor Wright returned to
her home in Medina Monday.
| Miss Breynton Of Litchfield spent
the weekend with her sister Helen.
Miss Beulahr and Master Francis
Baker of Wadsworth spent the week.
end at H. w. Santees.
Mrs. Ann Hazen is ill of lung COM
piications following the fue.
Ellsworth Haldermanv and family OF
FGhent spent Sunday at Adam Halder-
mans. ,f rn.-. tta'' u -,
.Leon& &waters; spent sthg wsek=end in
Akron, guest Of Ernest Swigart..
FlJFrank Copley and family Of Akron
spent the weekend at Clyde Copley's
and attended the play "Deacon
Dubbs." .. g.a.' ..,h. = =
| Miss Mable Hartman Of. Wads.
worth spent Saturday with Miss Pearl
Waltz oj la4rr ,-,.q .+.
Alabama" by Augustus Thomas,
q drama in four acts; will be given at
Granger high auditorium Friday
I night, May IA, at $3.50. This play is
given by Sharon high school and is q
4 pretty little romance Of love ard sum
mer time, redolent with the odor Of
magnolias and reminiscent of a day
gone by. The cast Of characters is as
follows: Colonel Preston, an old
planter, Lewis Holmes; Colonel Mob
erly, relic of the Confederacy, Stan.
ley Keller; Squire Tucker, Talagega
county justice, Raymond Holmes
Captain Davenport, northern rail.
road man, Burke Woodward; Mr.
Armstrong, his agent, Charles Hawk.
er; Lathrop Page, a southern boy
Herbert Chrisman; Raymond Page, q
party of business, Warren Chrfsman
Decatur, an ante-bellum servant, Rus
sci Miller; Mrs. Page, widow who
thinks twice, Altha Bennet; Mrs
Stockton, another widow, Fern Swig-
art; Carey Preston, an Alabama Bios
som, Norma Orton; Atlanta Moberly
Cecil Bowes. =
Eudoice Waters moved to his new
home in Wadsworth Tuesday. A
farewell party was given his family
Monday night at r. E. Browns, Jr
The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1920-05-07
SMITH ROAD

Mrs. M. E. VanOrman passed away
at her home at Troy Corners May ]
after three years of sickness from
diabetes; funeral May at the home
conducted by Rev. Chas. Searles OF
Hinckley. She leaves husband and
one daughter, Mrs. Earle Donley.
Frank Simpson and son, Paul
spent Saturday with his mother in
Barberton.
S. J. Wagar and family spent Sun
day at H. Baysingers'.
Fred Frost and wife of Akron, Adam
Goodyear and wife of Ravenna were
guests at the home Of A. E. Cox, Sun
day.
Daniel Ludwick and wife spent
Sunday at M. A. Johns.
John Rood of Akron, Emmit Good
year of Ravenna and Mary Rood of
Sharon were callers at M. E. Van
Orman's.