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The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-09-29
COULDN'T RAISE
 HAND ID HEAD 
Farmer Gains Thirty Pounds and Gets Rid of Rheumatism
 By Taking TanIac

fes sir, I can indorse Tanlac for I Know what it will do and I know from personal experience" said Robert Kersch well-known and prosperous farmer. liv- ing near Spencer, Neb
 My stomach was in such awful shape l Tell off from a hundred and fifty-five pounds to hundred and five" continued MT. kersch. Nothing l ate agreed with me and it seemed like I would die from the terrible cramping spells I would of ten have after meals. Gas would form on my-stomach so bad it would almost cut off my breath and I suffered from binding headaches every day or two had a pain in the small of my back nearly all the time, and if 1 stopped over could hardly straighten up again. Tn addition to all these troubles I had the rheumatism in my left shoulder so bad could not raise my hand to my head I just seemed to lose all strength and energy and got so weak I could hardly get about.
 "A man came out on the farm one day to build a bridge, and when he heard of my condition he came to see me and told me Tanlac had overcome similar troubles for him. After taking a few bottles I have gained back thirty pounds of my lost weight, am now sound and healthy and there isn't a man in this eouity "iio Hdo any ei'iiiS oii ihe. ENSl one or my troubles ie gone and | can do as big days work as anybody on the farm. That is what Tanlac has done for me, and you can bet your bottom dollar I willnever lose chance to praise it."
 Tanlac is sold in Birmingham exclus- ively by Eugene Jacobs Drug Store and Patton-Pope Drug Co.,, in Ensley; by Ezell Drug Co.,, in Bessemer; by Ps- gram-Patton Drug Co.,, and in Avondale by Robert W. Murray.-Adv.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-09-29
BLACK AND
 WHITE OINTMENT
Is an Unusual Beauty Aid.

Beauty and attractiveness which compels and pleases the eye is sought by all women of today. but how many use wise judgment in the selection of their cosmetics. The average woman goes into drug or de- partment store and buys the most attrac tive package, instead of one whose true worth has been proven by thousands of satisfied users.
 It is also well-known fact that beauty cannot be if the complexion is in any way mArred by pimples. dark, sallow discolora- tions, therefore, if you suffer any of these skin blemishes. begin at once the use of Black and White Ointment.
 Realizing the need of such preparation the manufacturers of Black and White Ont- ment have madt sure that their prepara- tion meets all the necessary requirements of real skin beautifer.
 Black and White Ointment gently mas saged on the face just before retiring, then washed of the next morning with Black and White Soap. will make the skin clear smooth. delicately tinted and all skin blemishes
 A trial will convince you and you will better understand the popularity of Black and White Ointment and Black and White Soap.
 These two beauty aids for sale at all drug and department stores. Black and White Ointment, 25c the package. (50c size con- tains three times as much), Black and White Soap 25c the cake Begin your treat ment tonight-Adv.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-09-29
CHILDREN OF MERCY
 HOME GUESTS AT LOEW'S

Children from the Mercy Home will attend Loew's Bijou theatre at the aft ernoon performance this afternoon as the guests of the management. The show for the first half of the week is especially pleasing to the children by reason of the fact that the bill is com rosed principally of Selina's Dog and Pony Circus and Wray's Mannikins, also Jimmy Lyons, the Hebrew soldier statesman.
 performance the orphan children will be taken back on the stage, where they will be entertained by the entire company of Loews road show. They will be allowed to play with the dogs and monkeys and ride the ponies to their hearts content, after which they will be served with ice cream through the kindness of the Jersey Ice Cream Company
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-09-29
AUTOMOBILE CLUB
 NAMES COMMITTEES

The Birmingham Automobile Club an nounees the following committees with their respective chairmen:
 Laws and Ordinance--J. D. Moore. Good Roads--I. c. Beatty.
 Signs and Road Painting-F. A. Rib ble.
 Publicity-John Sparrow.
 Membership-E. J. Rowe.
 Safety-James l.. Davidson. Traffic-D. B. Dimick.
 Auditing and Finance--W. l.. Wilson. Motor Trucks-Kelley B. Spencer.
 Auto Thefts--B. M. Allen.
 State Organization--Wal Cald- well.
 gislative-Kenneth Charlton.
 Womens Committee-Mrs. T. O. Mel ton.
 Entertainment--K. Landgebe.
 A meeting of the board of directors will be held the latter part of this week, James r. Dobbins, secretary of the club, said yesterday. MT. Dobbns stated that interest which for several months had been dragging was now picking up and things were soon to go forward with a rush.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-09-29
JEFFERSON'S ROW OVER INCREASES
 REACHES HOUSE
First Skirmish Ends With HonorS Even, Local SoIonS Voting to Submit Ques-
 ton to the Voters
By FRED Fl. GORMLEY Montgomery Bureau The Aee-Heraid
 22t-2 First National Bank Building

Montgomery, September 2S.-(Spe- cial)-Jefferson countys family row over proposed increases in salaries of it's officials reached the floor of the house of representatives tonight and the first battle ended with honors practically even. Proponents of the in creases had passed the bill increasing the salaries of the tax assessor and collector to s6,00o annually each, but cnly after opponents had succeeded in having adopted an amendment which submitted the question of an increase to the voters in the election in Novem- Der
 Every member of the Jefferson dele gation voted in favor of submitting the question to the voters, those favor ing the increases believing a solution may be found in conference committee which will be called for by the senate on motion Of Senator West, author of
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-09-29
NEGROES CHARGED
 WITH DYNAMlTlNG
 HOUSE AT FAIRFIELD

Mack Richardson and Fulton Barnes, negro miners, were bound over to the grand jury yesterday by the police re- corder of the City of Fairfield on @ charge conspiracy to commit felony. It is alleged that they fired charge of dynamite under the house of AL iison Malone, negro, living in Ingle- wood quarters, after he had refused to quit work in the mines
 The arrest of the two negroes was made by Chief Y l., Anthony of the police department of Fairfield and Patrolman George Alexander Chief Anthony stated that negro had come to his office and informed him that every night two negro men went through the negro quarters at Ingle wood telling the miners that if they didn't quit their work in the mines like the rest of the men had done that their houses would be blown up and that they would probably be killed.
 Chief Anthony also stated that he had been informed that a quantity of dynamite was stored somewhere in the negro quarters at 1nglewood, but that as yet he had been unable to find where it was located.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-09-29
APPOINTMENTS FOR
 TWO ALABAMIANS
NATIONAL LEAGUE

Washington, September 2S.-(Spe- cial.) l.)-Richard P. Lussier of Birming- ham. formerly connected with The As>- Herald, was commissioned a first lieu tenant of infantry, regular army, to- day.
 Washington, September 2S-fSpe- cial)-The state department announces today the appointment of George F. Waller. Jr.. of Alabama as vice con sul, assigned to Kobe.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-09-29
To Speak for Cox
By Associated Press

New Orleans, September Congfes man James O'Connor of New Orlss tonight announced he had accepted invitation of the speakers bureau of | democratic national committee to deliv number of speeches in New Jersey tho interest of Governor Cox.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-09-29
LEGAL NOTICES

Notice
 Notice is hereby given that at the expira- tion of two weeks from this date Mary Lucinda Osborne tcol.). convicted of mur- der in Jefferson County February 1st. 1917, and given life sentence will make application to the Board of Pardons and the Governor for a permanent parole.
 MARY LUCINDA OSBORNE. September 22. 1920.
 The Alabama Great Southern Railroad Co. Birmingham, Ala, Sept. 21, 1920. The annual meeting of the stockholders of the Alabama Great Southern Railroad Company, for election of directors and the transaction of such other business may be brought before the meeting, will be held at the office af the company in Birming ham, Ala, on Wednesday, October 6, 1920, at Il o'clock a. m.
 F. S. WYNN,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-09-29
For Good of the
 Community

INNING pr1ZeS to bOy'cOfn ana pig cluD o winners and to girl canning club winners did more for Alabama than all the lectures to hard-shelled grown-ups rigid in the customs of their ancestors.
 It was the entering wedge that cleft the armor of ignorance and bull-headed- ness Parents of the prize-winning boys will not admit it, but it is the record of these young ones that led them to better farming methods
 It is fine to have the school children of Alabama write compositions on "Why the voters of Alabama should vote yes on the stimulate them to that uplifting task by offering the sixty-seven county winners a free trip to the states only port and prize of SlOO for the best of all the papers.
 State Superintendent of Education John w. Abercrombie is right to the nicety of gnat's heel in his approval his sound reason being that 'Sthe mental activity which would be stimulated upon the part of the pupils and the knowledge of condi- tions which would be acquired by them would have great educational advant- ages. The idea is in keeping with the modern conception of the school as the center of community life"
 The motion pictures showing the status of Alabama waterways and the port and their mterconnection for the good of the state are rightly entitled "The Port and the People," It is precisely because 1t is case of their port and the people that the children of these people should know something about this port and it's arms reaching into the heart of the state.
 How soon these youngsters wear the boards and bear children. What duty is owing to them to Sec that they are pre-. pared for the adult state; that they may have shoulders broad enough, minds suf- ficiently alert and hearts strong enough for the burdens and responsibilities that must come
 Until very recently only those who studied the encyclopedias knew that Ala bama had 1,570 miles of inland water ways navigable throughout the year. Prior to 1912 hydroelectricity was an un- spoken word in Alabama. Until Lock IF was opened in 1915 the grand old War rior was good place to go fishing, noth- ing more.
 Until the past two years our conception of shipping at Mobile was the incoming of few steamers with bananas from the peoples south of us. Now our O,0OO-ton Alabama-made ships issue thence on their maiden trips making the circuit of the globe and carrying Alabama products to the faraway peoples.
 He who stops in the march of world progress is lost Alabama can no more afford to rest on her inland waterways and her only port in their imperfect state and content herself with applauding her natural resources than she can stop with the mud and dirt roads of past genera tion.
 The highways lead to the rivers and the rivers to the seas through the port. The chain is a broken one if the port is skimply equipped for the business that the high ways and rivers and railroad lines would bring to her for passage through to the nations.
 Uncle Sam will not build the seaport. Alabama must do it or it is not done.
 Let the verdict rest with the bright
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-09-29

Several minor amendments were adopt ed to the bill before it was passed It went to the senate during the after ,oon. While the house was disposing of the measure, the companion bill the public utilities measure, was being passed oy the senate without amendment. A hard fight was ma.e by the municpali- sies holding contracts with public service corporations for the elimination of that eetion which cancelled the contracts, ''it it was lost and the senate approved he house bin without amendment
 Governor Kiiby's bill creating a state fuel administrator and validating his contracts with coal companies of the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-09-29

USER CARs-we only offer cars In perfeof1 Matnr 9oIb st aoS Aue e'enneel
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-09-29

THt; BERG Anti Kick and Anti Th2T3 C-ank can prevent broken arms auf
 stelen cars. S26 Jeff. %. Bank Bldg, &
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-09-29

USED CARS--If It's a used car you wand
 we have it. Reliance Auto Co.,. 4le dl
 2lst st. Main 27f
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-09-29

USED CARS Exactly as represented-d5<
 pendability and value. Motor Saiea CorHf 3el $. goth St. Main 2t50. H
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-09-29

USED GAKS--Bargains in various makess cash terms. Consolidated Motor Co.,. 230l 1st Ave. Main i315.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-09-29

FOR SAI.E-Chevrolet 5-passenger, firsf4 class condition, for only s225 WednesdXS
 only seq, il at lsosf9 Ave. F. g.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-09-29

1917 6-passerger Ford, good condition. Haa4
 llday & farrell. li3 $. slst St. Main;
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-09-29

UsGD tARS--HonesI, genuine bargainS3 see them. Bunch Morrow Motor Co. t43
 S. Fist st. Main 95i4.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-09-29

PAIGE-19l7. 7-passengeT. in first-oI
 condition. will take small car in as 162
 paymf nt. See sOwner, at 1850 2d xVo.S or Main 25Ss.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-09-29

WE distribute Reos and Biarmons and have
 several good used Bissell Motou
 Cy Inc. 230s lst ave.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-09-29

1920 FORD for sals, good as new, prics "
 duced Phone Main 352l-L 3l
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-09-29
PREFERENTIAL RATE
 SECTION RESTORED
 TO BILL IN HOUSE
tcontinued from Page one)

rates for agricultural swell as for in dustrial enterprises.
 MINOR AMENnMENTC
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-09-29

poRp-Tonsing in good shape; will eel!
 cheap, easy terms. Edwards Motos O.. 21a $. Fist St.. Main 4O45.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-09-29

FOR SALlt--Slanley Steamer, late mode { excellent mechanical condition. Address Oscar Fisher Garage. Cullman, Ala. l HAVE a new automobile that has be e, run only 150 miles. need cash and vii sacrifice it. Phone Mac. Main S69S
 Motor Co.,. 424 & Fist st. NJ S3So-W
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-09-29

USED CARS--Various makes. see ours be.
 fore buying. Detroit Motor Car Co.,. Paige distributors 6l9 s. goth st. Main s2ss Y
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-06-03

The profteer, brazen, shameless,
greedy and soulless, has a genealogy
that extends back forty or more gen
erations. The dust of the ages has
been brushed aside, and there is
found written the nefarious practices
Of the ancient family of which there
is such a host of modern progeny.
The record was eXhumed by Ralph A.
Graves, of the National Geographic
society, and the story reveals that the
problem of 30-cent sugar is not with
out precedent.
The Nile was low in 967 A. D.,
says the record of an early profiteer' S
dynasty. The venerable stream did
not bring down it's fertile deposits,
and in the next year there was a fam
inc that swept away 100000 persons
in the vicinity of the city of Fustat.
Gawhar, a Mohammedan Joseph OF
his time; founded a new city, the
Cairo of today, short distance from
the stricken town, and Immediately
organized relief measures. Many
ships laden with grain came to the
port, yet the price of bread still re-
manned high.
But they had effective ways Of do
ing things in those old days. Caviar
lost his patience with persuasive
methods, and ordered his soldiers to
seize all the millers and grain deal
ers. In the market place the mer-
chants were heartily logged while
the people watched with a satisfac-
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-06-03
CO ID D =

the open, above very low tempera'
ture-its boiling point. AS fast as
heat is supplied, the liquid air eVa.p-
s. Question. Who said These
are times that try mems souls?"
s. Answer-This expression was
used by Tom Paine, and appeared in
the first of a series of pamphlets
which he wrote and published under
6. Question-Is the same prayer
offered each day at the opening OF
the sessions of congress?
s. AEswer-The prayers are eX-
temporaneous and differ from day to
day, Rev. Henry N. Coudon is the
chaplain of the house and Rev. For:
rest j. Prettyman is chaplain of the
senate on April IA follows: AL
highly God, Thou has touched our
poor human life with an infinite pur-
pose. Those who have desired to see
work of Thy hands but in the per-
feet life of Thy Son. Thou art the
God of the perfect life. We thank
Thee that the foundations of our CIV
ilization are based upon the qualities
of life that He has revealed to us;
morals( our highest ideals are in
Him. Grant us this day so to con-
struct our loves as that we may be
patterned after the image of Thy
Son. For Christ's sake. Amen.
Z. Question--Why, in translat-
ing Meme, Meme, Tekel, Upsarsen,"
did Daniel fuse the word Peres IN
stead Of Upharsin?
z. Answer-Peres is the singular
form and Upharsin the plural.
s. Question-HoW was it possible
to refuse Victor Berger seat in con-
gress when he was duly elected?
s. Answer-The constitution pre-
vides that leach house shall be the
Judge of the elections. returns and
qualifications of it's own members"
9. Question-How does the supply
of oil in the United States compare
with the rest Of the world?
9: Answering geological survey
which amounts to about sixty billion
barrels, forty-three billion barrels
may be regarded as definitely Gin
sight" as shown by actual drilling
with successful results. Foreign
countries are using only half as
much petroleum as the United
States, but have seven times as much
oil in the ground.
10. Question-What is catgut?
10. AnsWer-This is a material
employed in the manufacture of the
strings of Violins, harps, guitars and
other musical instruments, and also
used for cords, carrying clock
weights, bows for archers, and for
whipcords. 1t is generally prepared
from the intestines of sheep, rarely
from those of the horse, ass or mule,
and never from those of the cat.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-06-03
Negro Wandered ~ Years
In Africa; Has Returned

The Wierd Wanderings of Peter
Snow as he told them to immigra-
ton, officials at Ellis Island won him
adnlittance to the. United States as
a citizen.
. Having arrived as a cook on the
steamer Tuckanuck, he sought to
enter the country with the declara-
ton that he was native of Georgia.
He could not prove this, but mar
rated his tale of ocean and African
roamings in such good American
Southern" dialect that without ma
terial proof of his citizenship he
was admitted.
Snow said that something about
1895" he had Shipped as cook
from Savannah aboard the ship Ho-
say, which carried negroes back to
Africa. He said he spent about
tWenty-four years in Africa" he
landed In Monrovia, soon afterwards
he was robbed and dead broke" in
a land of black strangers, he began
wandering.
He worked intermittenly on what
they called FARMS" penetrating into
some of the darkest corners tof
Africa" He said he Gust missed"
Theodore Roosevelt when the latter
left a certain little town on one of
his African hunting expeditions.
Finally, Snow said, he was rescued
by British missionaries, for whom
he had worked four years.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-06-03
Cat Remains in Tree Five Days; Its
WaiGngs Attract Attention

the topmost boughs of the tree,
where it paused on a swaying
branch long enough to chatter some
thing in the squirrel language that
with a graceful leap. the squirrel
vanished into he recesses Of an adj
joining tree.
And the cat, claws outstretcnej,
stayed where It was on the topmost
bough of the OAK, afraid to go back
There it sw4yed, out of place and
unhappy, wholly incapable of enjoy
ing the distinction it's period of e!e-
walton had earned 1t as an integral
part of the wonderful skyline of
ring AS right descendsd the cat
registered wild, robust grief. 1t
nowled all right, and in the morning
sittespy-eysd neighbors discovered tie
Boys tried to climb the tree which
is about 100 feet high, got half way
up and abandoned the project. Boy
Scouts got on the job and found a
aft95 day kind-hearted folk of the
i!e1ghborhcoC tried to evolve u feas-
ible plan to rescue the cat. Then
the twilight would descend and the
cat would start to give expression
TO the anguish that was convulsing
DR.: Walter Hopkins, principal of
the Boys High school, had been an
interested observer of the boys en-
deayors to rescue the cat. He came
with a short ladder, which he propped
against the side of the tree. Then
he removed his coat. He climbed the
ladder ID to the top-most rung, twined
nj ms legs around the tree, Skinned up
twenty feet to the first bough and
top.
Rescued by School Principal
Beneath the tree a. group of boys
feet. from the top of the tree Dr. Si
Hopkins shook the boughs. The CAT,
weak from its long vigil, was unable
10 retain its grip on the bough on
which it had perched five days, let
go and crashed through lower
branches into the blanket.
when the cats nerves had been
soothed and its tail had assumed it's
normal dimensions it drank a lot of
m and ,sauntered slowly away in
me direction whence it came, a far
wiser animal than it was five DAYS
previous. N''' .
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-06-03
New Questions

New Questions
1 Q.-What is d curule chair?
2 Q.-How is the word derby pro
nounced?
3 Q.--How many women's Greeel
letter fraternities are there in the
United States.
Q.-What is meant by S. A. e
horse power rating?
Q.-Is there more than one re
ligion among the Chinese?
6 Q.-What caused Ralph Waldo
Emerson to resign his passionate II
Boston?
Q.-Who is the youngest WON
an college president in this coun
Q.-Are funds placed in a fed
eral reserve bank absolutely safe
from loss?
3 GA says that a tall briq q
says that it does not. which is right
10 Q.-Is color blindness curable'
Questions Answered
1. Question.-What causes light
/. Answer-Lightnin is a brill
liant flash of light between clouds or
between a cloud and the earth. Ben
jamtn Franklin proved this to be an
enormous electrical discharge. The
several miles. When the flashes are
between the lower clouds and the
earth, they are comparatively mar
row and brilliant and are accompa-
MED by thunder. When they take
place in the upper cloud region, they
become more effuse and thunder is
rarely heard Thunder is explained
by the fact that the electric dis
charge heats the air and the Kapor
lying in it's path to high tenfpera
ture, causing violent expansion. A
steep compression, wage or noise, fol-
lows.
2. Questlon-Of the soldiers who
take up some kind of vocational
training, how many complete their
courses?
3 Answer-Sta t1stics show that
only nine and two-thirds per cent of
training. OF these almost half stop
on account of recurrence of disability
or other illness.
8. Question-What is an orr
famine?
8. Answer-This was the ancient
banner of st. Denis, and early French
kings were accustomed on setting out
for battle to receive it from the Abb
bot of st. Denis to be carried before
them as sacred and royal ensign.
1t is used, therefore, in litera ture as
a standard or ensign in battle
4. Question-Can liquid air be
seen?
A. Answer-Liquid air is visible,
having the appearance of water with
a trace of blueing in it. 1t cannot be
kept longer than a day or two, and
should be placed in a Denver bulb
(thermos bottle) packed in heavy
felt or other poor-conducting mate