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The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-02-07
CLAD SHE TOOK
 FRIENDS ADVICE Mrs. Messick Has New Life and Energy Since Talk
 ing Tanlac


 '1 just can't say enough in praise of Tanlac for the way it has given me new life, strength and energy" said Mrs. George Messick of Dallas City, III.
 "When I began taking Tanlac I had practically lost my appetite, and I suf- fered so bad from stomach trouble that the little l did eat disagreed with me. ;" continued Mrs Messicl1 "I was nervous and restless and at night I could not sleep well. I was losing weight con stantly and was so run down generally that I lost all the strength and ambition ever mad.
 T started taking Tanlac on the advice of a friend and now after finishing four bottles I am feeling just like new wom- an have a fine appetite and can eat anything I want without suffering any had effects. My nerves don't give me any more trouble. and I can sleep sound all night I have gained eight pounds and I just feel so fine and strong.
 My husband has just bought three bot ties of Tanlac and has started taking it., and says he wants an appetite like mine, so he can eat as much as I do and not have to suffer for it. I am certainly grateful to Tanlac and without doubt I i consider it the best medicine ever made" !"
 Tanlac is sold in Birmingham exclu- s;ively by Eugene Jacobs drug store and Patton Pope Drug Co.-Adv.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-02-07
Affairs In Mexico
 Grow Steadily Worse
 Says General Howze
By Associated rrsss

Fl Paso, Tex. February 6-Maj. Gen R. L. Howze commanding in the Fl Paso district testifying here today be- fore the Senate subcommittee investi- eating the Mexican situation said he regarded conditions in Mexico as fin tolerable." He said he believed the MeXicans themselves would be unable to improve the condition.
 General Howze expressed the opin- ion that affairs in Mexico had grown steadily worse in the last ten years and that left solely in the control of Mex jeans" the future of that country was "hopeless." The general said that SC far as he could determine. the Mexican government during this ten years had not done "one genuinely friendly thing toward our government" but, on the other hand. that government or its people had done no end of "contenptu ous and offensive things toward our government and people"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-02-07
lazzzzzzzzz11a C222,3hzzzzzzza DRUGGISTS!
You Can Guarantee
 This Prescription

So great has been the success of Plough's Prescription C-2223 in re- lieving thousands of people suffer ing with Rheumatism, Gout, Scia- tica, Lumbago and some conditions of . neuralgia nature, and also other troubles caused by poisons in the blood, known as Eczema, Sores, Pimples, and so on, that the manufacturers authorize you to re- fund the price of two $1.50 bottles in ease satisfactory benefit is not experienced by your customers. There is no fred tape" connect cd with this guarantee. When you ere assured that the claim for re- fu2d is a bona fide one, you give back the price which your custo- msr paid you, and report the case to us. A check for $500 is promptly sent you.
 Here are the conditions under which this guarantee is made: Your customer, or the patient, must take consecutively two S1.50 bottles. Four trial size bottles do not contain the quantity found in tha rs9ulaf or large size; therefore the guarantee cannot apply to pur- ehases of the trial size. Directions must bs followed carefully and suggestions as to diet and habits sompksd with as far as possible.
 U, after your customer takes two el.Ee bottles as above, no re lief is axper,enced--sufficient to justify . continuance of the treat ment-upon presentation of the empty bottles, you are to return the purchase price. $500, and re- port the refund, giving customers
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-02-07

name and address and any other information that may De of inter est. You will be quickly reimburs- ed at the same price, $500.
 Of course there are chronic cases of Rheumatism and Gout which require the use of several bottles, but even in such cases, two large bottles should bring about a change for the better.
 Prescription C-2223 ts real blood purifier. It stands above all other remedies as an alterative of great power. It restores normal functions to those organs or tis- sues which are not naturally per forming their full work. It changes diseased conditions into conditions of health.
 You can recommend it to your customers and be sure that they will bz satisfied, for if no benefit is experienced, you can give their money back.
 Before taking P Prescripti i 0 n C-2223, it is necessary that the liver should be made active and the bowels regulated. 2223 Liver Pills are different from most ca thartics because they act gently and do not sicken or gripe. For best results in taking Prescription C-2223, the use ofthese tonic liver pills is dssirable. They sell for 25c . package.
 Your jobbsr can supply yor with Prescription C-2223 and the 2223 Liver Pills, or you can write the Plough Chemical Co.,, Memphis, Tenn, for information about dis count and terms.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-02-07
SAY COAL MINES MAY CLOSE DOWN
Southern Appalachian Op- orators Declare Relief From Car Shortage
 Must Be Had
By Associated Pres,

Knoxville, Tenn, February Zone hundred and fifty coal mines on the Knoxville and Cumberland Valley di- visions of. the Louisville and Nash vile railroad. in eastern Tennessee and southeastern Kentucky representing investments of more than ten millions of dollars, and employing nearly ten thousand men, may be forced to close down immediately unless relief from the present acute car shortage is granted by the railroad administra- ton, according to the Southern Appa- lachian Coal Operators Association.
 The operators allege the railroad ad- ministration is discriminating against this district in placing empties for loading and declare that they are being "bled to death" as a result. Tn tele- gram to B. F. Winchel, regional di- rector at Atlanta, and in a letter to Kentucky and Tennessee senators and congfressmen at Washi~ gton, the op- orators threaten not only to close their mines, but to bring suit against the railroad administration for the several million dollars they say tkey have lost.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-02-07
SITUATION SATISFACTORY

Atlanta, Ga, February GAReplying tonight to a telegram from J. T.. Mo Ccy of Knoxville Tenn.,t secretary of the Southern Appalachian Coal Oper-
 at5rs' Association, declaring that op-
 eiators on the Cumberlan1 Valley d. vision of the I. & N. railroad were threatening to shut their mines and sue the railroad administration be- cause of car shortage, Regional Direc-
 tor B. l.. Winchel telegraphed Mir. Mc- Coy that no such car supply situation as the latter pictured existed along the
 L. & N. Mir. Winchelrs message said
 that mines of the Cumberland Valley
 division during the past three weeks
 had been given approximately S3 per cent car supply, based upon actual ca
 racity of the railroad for movement,
 and that the output of the mines dur
 ing that period had compared favor ably with the output in October under
 forced pressure in preparation for the
 strike
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-02-07
Pimples and Skin Eruptions
 Danger Signs of Bad Blood

s. is to cleanse the blood. It soaks through the system direetsto the seat of the trouble--acting as an antidote to neutralize the blood corpuscles, in creases the flow so that the blood can properly perform fits physical work. The dull, sluggish feeling leaves you the complexion clears up. Even long standing cases respond promptly. But you must take S s. s, Drugs and sub stitutes won't do. Get s. S. S. from your druggist. If yours is a special case and you need expert advice, write to Medical Adviser, 257 Swift Labora- tory, Atlanta, Ga.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-02-07
WHAT NEWBERRY MEN
 TOLD GRAND JURY IS IUNFOLDED AT TRIAL
Defense Fights Hard to Keep Testi- mony From Trial Jury, But COun- sel Overruled on Exclusion
 Question
By A,,oeIaisd Pres,

Grand Rapids, A1ich., February 6.-What
 three Newberry men told the grand jury which returned indictments against them the Michigan senator and more than a
 hundred other campaigners of 1918 were told of the case here today.
 The revelations of the inqHisitorial pro-
 ceedings came from c. R. Higbee of Ben
 ton Harbor. clerk of the grand jury. and
 Charles S. Potts of Hastings, a member of the body.
 They said the defendants whose testi- mony they rehearsed had waived immu- nity, testified voluntarily without receiv- ing promises of any Kind and with full
 knowledge that what they told the grand
 jurors might be used flor all purposes
 The defense fought hard to keep the testimony from the trial jury Martin W. Littleton of defense counsel was on his feet constantly questioning the ad- instability of the evidence and testing the memories of Higbee and Potts. He was overru1ed on the exclusion question: but Judge Clarence W. Sessions held that the testimony could be considered only against the three defendants whose grand jury testimony was rehearsed.
 Defense reServed it's cross examination on the grand jury testimony until tomor- TOW.
 Besides the grand jury testimony the day brought additional evidence regard ing the methods by which James w.
 Helme was nominated to run against
 Henry Ford in the 1918 democratic pri-
 mary. Two men from Grand Rapids told
 Of receiving s a day and their expenses
 to get signatures to the nominating peti-
 tions and all the petitions filed were
 brought into the court by attache of
 the secretary of states action at Ian sing. The prosecution asked only that
 the Helme petitions be impounded for the purpose of the trial but the defense also had the Newberry petitions left in the custody of the court clerk Helme him. self cross examined the witness from the Isecretarys office, but failed to learn who brought the petitions to the state house.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-02-07
PAL MOORE KNOCKED
 OUT BY ROY MOORE
By Assoola..i Ere.

Baltimore, February S.-Roy Moore of St. Paul defeated Pal Moore of Mem phis in twelve rounds. of fast fighting here tonight. Referee Frank (Pop) O'Brien handed down the decision at the end of the milling, which met with the disfavor of the Pal Moore follow ers. who claimed that the latter should have won The Memphis fighter, how ever. was unable to hold off the slash ings of Roy Moore, who kept boring in with right and left punches to the mid section
 The referees decision is accepted as official. according to the laws of the state of Maryland, the arbitrator be- ing appointed by the board of police commissioners
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-02-07
Avoid Suffering by Heeding
 These. Warnings.

.Pimples, scaly itching skin, rashes and burning sensations denote, with uafailing certainty debilitated' tswea akened and impure state of the blood The trouble is in your blood and no matter how you were infect ed. you must treat it through the blood. It is a blood disease. You must use S. S. S if you expect certain re- lief. For cleansing the system, noth- ing is equal to it. The action of s. S.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-02-07
British-SOviety Peace
 Negotiations Now In
 Progress, Is Statement
By Associated Press

Stockholm, February 6,-Peace nego- tiations between Great Britain and SOW jet Russia are now in progress, ace eording to a statement which the Svenska Dagbladet attributes to Adolph Joffe before his departure from Dorpat, where he headed the bolshevik peace delegation.
 NJ Joff, the newspaper adds, sald that Russia desired peace with all ra- tions and merely stipulated, as a main condition, no interference in her in- ternal affairs.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-02-07
REPRESENTATNESOF INTERNATIONAL s. s.
 ASSOCIATION HERE
American Leaders In Work Here for Five-Day Session. Committee on Education
 Will Meet Today

Representatives from all points of the United States and Canada are ar irving in Birmingham today to attend committee meetings of the Interna- tional Sunday School Association.
 The first session of the committee on eoucation was held yesterday morning at the Tutwiler hotel The special preparation of Sunday school teachers and establishment of schools for train ing were the topics under considera- ton. The progress of the training school already established at Lake Ge- neva. Wis, was discassed and plans
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-02-07
CURTAIN CAME DOWN

Just before the curtain came down yesterday and checks were flutterinS about the Empire building while sew eral men said-but what they said can't be printed. Stan announced that he was going to take over one of the big jobs with the Sloss Sheffield inter ests Somebody had the forethought to call up and ask to know. And the Sloss folks hadn't heard tell of it.
 Then Stan's knees weakened He mad moved from the Tutwiler to the Hidgely apartments. and then, without moving his baggage. he went back to the Tutwiler again By this time there was a distant paying down the road that did not please his ears. Some how he got a beilboy 10 gst his things from the Ridgely and into taxi, then the taxi. with btan and the grips. jerked couple of times, the clutch caught and the last anyone in Bir- mingham saw of Stanley T. Fenton was an auto cuttin' the buck through the suburbs.
 But all the police and detectives throughout the land have been no- tified
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-02-07
Closing Regulations
 Announced By Mayor
By Associated Press

tions for the opening and closing of wholesale and retail stores, office build- ings and manufacturing establishments to prevent crowding of street cars at the usual peak" hours were announced by Mayor Rowlett Paine in proclamation issued tonight New influenza cases re- ported here today numbered 23O and new pneumonia cases one, with two deaths from the former and one from the later malady.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-02-07
Miners Hoisted to Safety
By Associated Prsss

Picher, Okla. February 6.--A score of miners tonight were hoisted from the Picher-Miami mine while flame; ate through the framework of the hoisting apparatus The fire destroyed the mine. The loss is placed at $15o,- 00o
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-02-07
NoTICE TO DOC OWNERS

Section. 1880 of the City Code as amended provides that any person owning n dog in the City of BirminS- ham shall register same with the City Comptroller and secure tag. for which . fee of two dollars t&2D shall be collected. This license is delinquent after March the first und an additional fee of one dollar tSl will be eollected for all tags issued.
 J. N. JONES. JR.
 City Conptroller.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-02-07
ALL FELL FOR HIM

Then he put an ad in The Age Her ald-oh, yes, everybody fell for him advertising for stenographers. They came in droyes, but he would put them off with saying the place was already filled. He just wanted to hear them ask for a job; sounded good to him. and prosperous.
 Ever see any of his stationery? :? Frettiest you ever saw. zac Smith went to extra trouble to furnish him with the best to be had in the United States. but it isn't paid for. He used the name of c. B. Mccormick of Pittsburg with frequency and eclat twhatever that is). just like it was a magic wand. Anyway. it worked like one. Whatever Stanley wanted, he just said Mccormick of Pittsburg and it was his.
 Then Howard Fulenwider got on his trail One of MT. Fulenwiders em- ployes had been in town where Stan ley worked some funny stunts a few years ago and remembered him. All off then? Nav. Just case of mis- taken identity and all that. It held up the falling axe for time, but MT, Fulenwider had investigation proceed ings set in order and the answers that came back gave Stanley T. "a reputa- tion that one would need a gas mask to approach.
 One of the things he is said to have done was come within an ace of mar rying the daughter of United States senator in one of the western states. and they caught up With him just as the preacher asked:
 Do you take this" and so on.
 Stanley T Fenton liked jewelry. He lad two beautiful rings sent to his office of a Twentieth street jeweler and picked a ruby set in platinum. <
 Classp The last word But when the promised check did not show up the following day the jeweler got nervous, and so did Stanley. The jeweler go. the ring back. He was the only one who put anything over on Stanley, and at that he inst broke even.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-02-07
Stanley T. Fenton, Adonis
 of Crooks, Swindles At
 Will Here for a Month

(COntinued from Page FIve)
 day 1t was a rolling royal he was go-
 ing to buy, the next a foamer. the next yaddicac, then a packtight, all along the line
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1920-02-19

factories women are busy at heavy
manual labor; in the banks there are
apparently about ten times as many
women employed as men. and in one of
the biggest financial institutions in the
city positions of great responsibility
are held by women. Compared with
other countries where the spectacle of
women in what formerly were exclu-
sive masculine employments became
common during the war, Finland in
general and Helsingfors in particular,
carry the proposition of women much
further, for the man-power of Finland
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1920-02-19

he called Douglas and Lincoln. He
took fine care of Douglas but he used
to beat Lincoln numerically. That
was a long time ago, but he is still
living and still remembers his cats.
"My father was Democrat We
lived neighbor to the Childs, and one
day father took little Stephen to a
meeting where Douglas spoke. After
the meeting father had the boy shake
hands with Douglas, and he intro
duced him as 'ten-year-old Democrat
son of an Abolitionist.'
''My father-in-law was an awful
strong -Abolitionist. He sheltered col
ored people and helped show them
the way north. He had horse named
Pomp. They said he would put a col
ored runaway on the horse, send it
off and be pretty sure it would do
what was expected of it: would run
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Todd, too, slightly. She was naughty
After their marriage it hurt her that
Lincoln was SO plain and dressed so
plain; she wanted him to dress up.
When / first knew him he liked to
wear the linsey woolsey. He was a
homely man but drew people to him.
He was great friend to the poor,
made. more over ragged boy or girl
than any other kind.
Everyone around Springfield sor-
rowed when Lincoln was killed. l
remember as though it was yesterday
his body lying in state there in the
state house. And ] remember the day
my husband and went to pay our
respects that there was the biggest
fight on the streets of Springfield that
had ever seen. Colored people
had flocked there from all sides, they
were present in such numbers they
more than filled the sidewalks. There
really didn't seem to be any room for
any of the white people that wanted
to go to the state house. 1t was shout
ed that the colored people should go
out into the road, not take all the
sidewalks. A big fight followed. there
was much noise and confusion. But
the police finally stopped it. Lin
coin lay in state a day and night, an
army of people had opportunity TIC
pass along as he lay there with the
guards about him."
KATHERINE POPE.
sTjouid refreshments were sold in tina.
general store In New Salem where Lincoln
worked.
Copyright. 1920. Western Newspaper Union)
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Great War President Might Well,
He Had Wished, Boast OF His
American Ancestors.

So unique is the individuality OF
Abraham Lincoln that one is naturally
surprised to learn that the name has
ever been borne by anybody else. AS
a matter of fact, on the evidence OF a
recently published genealogical chart
of the former presidents family, there
have been four others. The fifth and
famous Abraham was of the seventh
generation of Lincolns in the Unlted
states. The chart shows that Sam
ueI, son of Edward Lincoln OF Hing
ham. England, was apprenticed to 2
weaver and mariner. and that he came
10 America in 1887, living first in Sa-
lem and afterward in bingham, Mass
Thus by about IL years, if the gene
alogy 81 correct. Abraham Lincoln
missed being a Mayflower descendant
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along steadily, then kick up its heels
and throw off its load right at the door
of another Abolitionist.
my father-in-law used to hide the
runaways in his cellar, which had no
outside door, just trap-door in the
house. Once he had lot of them
there and searchers came along, sus-
pecting him. Mr.. Child told them
they were welcome to search. They
looked all around, but not in the right
place. That night he loaded the col
ored people in the bottom of the
wagon, piled on top bags of hay and
started out for Salt Creek. On the
trip at the side of the road he met a
man who asked for a ride. Mr.. Child
raised his whip and told him to get
out of the way, that he didn't want
any one to ride and hurt his load
He got the people safely to Salt Creek
there in Logan county, then showed
them the way north.
Eyes, knew Lincoln. knew Mary
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MEMORIES OF
LINCOLN'S DAY
Told by One Who Was Ac.
quainted With the Great
Emancipation and His
Opponent, Douglas.

"A ERS. JOHN LYMAN CHILD,
IAN who is eighty-two years old,
knew Lincoln personally,
heard Lincoln and Douglas
debate, has a store of interesting IN
cidents connected with her father-in-
law. an ardent Abolitionist, as well as
tales of her father, who served as ad-
iutant-general of Illinois.
Mrs. Child's maiden name was Mary
Ellen Anderson. She was born and
reared near Springfield, lived in that
locality for eighty years, and now re-
sides in Chicago.
eyes, I remember when Springfield
was nothing but mud-hole, wnen
the horses were driven to the court
house. unhitched, tied to the back OF
the wagon and fed there. lived on
a farm not far from town; we knew
the people in town and went in to the
political meetings. In those days,
YOU know, two would talk together,
each trying to get voters for his side.
I heard Lincoln and Douglas stump.
Folks said that Douglas was the
smartest man but that Lincoln was the
shrewdest. Once l heard Douglas say
to Lincoln: You, sir, used to sell
whisky ~
"When Lincoln got up, this was MS
answer to that: Yes, | did. Ana
while I officiated in one way. you.
Douglas, did in another; you did the
drinking
"Douglas was a drinker. They said
ne made the best speeches when he
was under the influence. The day my
father introduced him to little boy
who was for Douglas, though the boys
father was strong on the other side,
know he had been drinking.
sThis boys father, Stephen Child
the boy had the. same name-was
known all around as an abolitionist.
The boy, only ten years old, for some
reason was not on that side. Once
the father while at work in the field
saw his team being driven by little
Stephen out to the road as fast as
they could 60. He hollered for the
how to bring the horses back but he
paid no attention After awhile Mr..
Child saw a gang of boys drive back
TO the house. They had a pole in
their wagon They took this out and
pretty soon began trying to raise it,
for flag-pole, in front of the house.
Mr.. Child (by the way, he later be
came my father-in-law) went over
and offered to help. although it was
hickory pole. But little Stephen
said. NO, this is a Democrat pole
and no Abolitionist shall touch it
"Little Stephen had two cats that
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Of the Seventh Generation

war recently related a small incident
that is as typical of Lincoln as any
of the thousands of others that have
gone before. This man had enlisted
in the first regiment enrolled in the
capital city. The recruits had been
drawn up on Pennsylvania avenue and
reviewed by the president and his Sec
rotary of war, Mr.. Seward. These two
dignitaries passed down the line of
troops and as they passed the man
who. now relates the incident, Presi-
dent Lincoln remarked:
Seward, | suppose there are hun
dred men in these ranks who could
hold your job or NINE"