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The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-25
HAWKINS TELLSOF
 TAX COLLECTIONS
Collector Not Responsible fol Increased Taxes-Rec0rdS |
 for Payment Broken

Property owners are breafA ing all previous records in thu payment of taxes this year, ac| cording to James F. Hawkins tax collector for ,Jeffersor| county. Through Saturday 3824 receipts have been issued at thid office for the paymentiof taxed on personal and real property.
 This is more than douple the numbe paid during the first twenty-two days ol October, 1919, and is due to the card| sent out by this office notifying propertl owners of the amount of taxes due thl year.
 We are having many kicks about th| increased assessments, said MT HaW| kins, .tand. of course. we have nothing Il do with the fixing Of the tax rate q value of property. This natter canncI be adjusted in our office, nor are WI allowed to change any assessment. m tax rate on s100 property value is \ cents for the state, Is1.l5 for the counti and s150 for the city, making total o| s3.30 per hundred.
 For the first time in history we hav| sent all taxpayers cara sldlliis LII amount of taxes they were to pay thl year and this, we believe, is the reasol so many have paid their taxes tn 7 month. However, many persons wh1 failed to appear before the board of tai adjusters to protest against any rais in assessments have called at our offic as soon as they received the cards, ask ing why their taxes had been raised.
 ''They invariably say they forgot Il appear before the board and that thet feel their taxes should not have been yin creased. This takes up very much d the clerks time and we have placed large sign on the wall stating we carl not adjust the matter. nor can we chang| the assessment Our motto is efficier1 service and this we are trying to gS| 10 those wishing to nav their taxes
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-25
Balloons Headed For
 Canada. States Andrus

mingham they flew over northwest 5 Alabama, Mississippi, Tennessee, kentucky and Illinois. Weather indications from observations at o'clock last night are that the nai- looms are now floating in an east- bound wind of moderate velocity, but somewhat slower than they en- countered on the first leg of the Journey.
 ~ Unless marked changes take place. the drift will he over north ern Ohio into Pennsylvania or New York state, thence into the ex- treme northeastern section of the country or the province of auebec' in Canadn. There Is possibility that some of the balloons will land on the Atlantic coast, if they stay in the air until late this afternoon The weather along the route they will travel is partly cloudy and continues mild in temperature.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-25
NOT ONE M|SHAP
 MARRIED SUCCESS OF BALLOON RACE
Chairman Evans Makes State ment and Thanks Those Who Help to Make Big Event
 a Success

Following the wonderful demonstration of organization and up-to-date eff efficiency on Saturday afternoon, when the international balloon race was . launched before more than 40.6OO people without a single mishap, Virgil V. . Evans, general chairman, has issued a statement congratulating and thanking the various committeeman and others who contributed to it's success.
 The statement follows: "The 1920 in- ~ ~ternational balloon race will soon be his- tory, but the praise of Birmingham and this Ncity's people will continue to spread until it reaches the farthest corners Of Europe, to say nothing of this country. The biggest single event ever held in Birmingham was conducted without a mishap of any description, the biggest crowd ever assembled at once place was handled in an or ganized fashion never even hoped for, and the hundreds of de- tails, large and small, were attended to with clock-like precision
 Tt is with oeep appreciation that l extend thanks and congratulations to the different committees, both the members s and their chairmen, individually and col -lectvely. They worked hard for the sue , cess of the event. and l am sure have [ rei.Qereu d SeTVlce u ollmIiSHdin eh"e can never be valued entirely. l fear it must be long time before l shall nave the honor again of being affiliated with such worthy and capable men.
 NO CONGESTION
 q also want to flank and congratua- late the commissioner of police, MT John Taylor: Sergt. w. l.. Crump of the ro- lice department and all the officers who served at the races. These gentlemen handled the enormous crowd without confusion and in way to prevent any of the congestion usually experienced when so many people assemble
 Again living up to their name, ana this time even surpassing any perform ance previous, the Boy Scouts have lm-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-25
GEORGIA CONVENTION
Resolutions Said to Urge Support of
 Cox and Roosevelt
By Associated Press

Macon, Ga. October 24.-Thomas w. 'T5ardwicl, democratic nominee for the governorship of Georgia, and Thomas E.. Watson, the United States senatorial nominee, arrived tonight for the state democratic convention, which opens to- morrow morning. Both will be formally nominated at the convention.
 Resolutions being prepared tonight are said to express disapproval of the Will son administration, but will urge SUD- port of Cox and Roosevelt.
 At conferences late tonight Judge J. J. Flint of Spalding county, chairman of the state democratic committee, was agreed upon for temporary and perma- nent chairman. He is to retire from the chairmanship of the state committee.
 w. J. Vareen of Colquitt county is to become chairman of the state executive committee. E. w. Jordan of Washing ton county is to be secretary of the state committee and also secretary of the state executive committee.
 Although it had been proposed to re- duce the size of the state executive com mittee from P to 46, it was agreed late tonight not to do So
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-25

of my head at times. My bowels did not move for days and I could not eat without suffering. The doctor could not help me and one day told my husband that I could not stand the pain any longer and sent him to the drugstore to get me bottle of Lydia E. Pink hams Vegetable Compound and threw ,mthe doctors medicine away. After taking three bottles of Vegetable Com pound and using two bottles of Lydia E. Pinkham's Sanative Wash could do my own homework. If it had not been for your medicine don't know where would be today and am never without a bottle of it in the house. You may publish this if you like that it may help some other woman."-Mrs. M r SrENDER, l20 Orange St., Wyandotte, Mich.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-25

"Weatber conditions indicate that the seven entries in the interna- tionaI balloon race, which started from Birmin gham Saturday after noon, will land somewhere in the extreme northeastern portion of this country or in the western part of the Canadian maritime pro- vinces,' said c. C. Andrus, aeroIog- ica1 observer of the United States weather bureau.
 "The fact that they flew so far under adverse weather conditions during Saturday night and yester- day proves that they are excellent pilots. They escaped the adverse northerly winds of low altitude and the attendant foul weather by run ming ahead under the drift of the sOUth wiBd."
 Communications from people along the routes taken by the ball. lOOnfsts show that on leaving Bir-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-25
DEMANDS REFUSED
Trucking Companies Say Employees
 Must Work Ten Hours
By Associated Press

New York. October ~e4.--New York trucking company owners, meeting to- day. adopted resolutions refusing re- cent demands of their 5oo,ooo employees for shorter hours and increased pay, and notifying them that they must work ten hours for the present Enine hour wages. The resolution said:
 Labor should share with capital the burden of restoring a normal adjust ment of prices, and it is the sense of this meeting that substantial conces- sicns should be obtained from labor to make possible lower cost for truck ing in the city of New York"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-25
COURT MEETs MONDAY

Anniston, October 24.-(Special)- )-- Judge William l. Grubb and the offi- cials of the United States court will arr rive in Anniston over the Southern Monday before noon to convene the fall term of court for this district.
 The court docket contains forty-four cases against alleged distillers indicted at the last term of the court, and fully that many more cases are expected as a result of the grand jury examina- tionS.
 The grand jury will be organized and put to work at o'clock Monday after noon, and three or four day session of the court is expected.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-25
SIX STILLs DESTROYED

Anniston, October 24.-lSpeciaL)- Federal Prohibition Officers Bob Fer guson. Rich Griffith and John H. Dra- per have just returned to their head quarters in this city after spending a successful week in Cleburne county, a total of six illicit distilleries being de- stroyed during the week.
 In addition to cutting up the stills the federal officers poured out several hundred gallons of beer and corn whis- ky and arrested one man for the illegal transportation of untaxed whisky. The three officers will attend the sessions of the federal district court which begins here Monday afternoon and prosecute about fifty cases made by them on previous raids.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-25
ANNiSToN
LANFoRD RETURNS HOME

Anniston, October 24.-(SpeciaL)-- Homer Lanford, of the Anniston Auto Company, has just returned to his home in the city after attending the conyen- ton of Dodge Brothers auto dealers at Detroit. salesmen from every section oI the country attending. MT. Lanford re- turned home with an optimistic view of general business conditions for the next year and predicts great forward strides during the next year.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-25
Important Discovery

Glasgow, October IA party of arch aeologists which have been searching Tor some time in the Isle of Risga, in Loch Smart, for prehistoric relics. has dis covered what is believed to be a sacred isle of date long before the Christian era The rock sculpturing ofsthe priest ly leaders of long past ages have been found and the lines of the walls of their homes and temples have been traced The excavations reveal rows of black cir cular spots where uprights stood.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-25
ODD FELLOW VISITORS

Anniston, October 24.-(SpeciaL)- A large number of Anniston Odd Eel lows went to Coldwater Saturday night to take part in special meeting of the lodge at that place. the four ranks of the order being administered to two candidates.
 Members of Royal Oak, Blue Noun tain, Onward and Weaver lodge made up the party. The visitors were served an elegant supper by the thrifty womeH of the Coldwater community.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-25
Women In Pulpit

Geneva, October FEW omen's right to occupy pulpits has been recognized by the cantopal government of Basic. Two other cantons, already have taken this action and It is expected in church cir cles that the Geneva synod will do like wise. Interest in the question was quickened~ some months ago when Miss Maude Royden of England was permit ted to preach in the cathedral here dur ing the last international congress of women.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-25
T. K. ROBERTS HERE

Anniston, october 24.-(Special)--- Rev. T. K. Roberts, pastor of the OK ford MethodfN Church for four years before his enfosced retirement from the ministry a few years ago, delivered a special sermon al the homecoming serv- ice at that church Sunday morning, many of his old friends enjoying the message he brought.
 The evening sermon at the Oxford church was delivered by Rev. Robert H. Jones, the conference evangelist.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-25
Raising Birth Rate

Paris, October 13.-Frances efforts to raise the birth rate and lower the death rate by means of the new ministry of hygiene are too recent to be judged by comprehensive statistics. The importance of the problem, however, is given pesim- istic prominence anew by publication of the labor ministry's statistics for 1919. There were three deaths to two births last year. In only one department, Fin isterre. did births exceed deaths. In a number deaths were double and even nearly treble the number of births
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-25
CAMP NOW AN EDITOR

Anniston, October 24.-(Special.)-- Frank B. Camp, who spent several months here as war correspondent two years ago, is now editor and pub fisher of the Seward (Alaska) Gate- way, daily newspaper published at Seward. Mrs Camp will be pleasantly remembered by many Anniston people, he having spent nearly a year here.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-25

W l [ n O Il [ help. l h a V e had pains every month so bad that I would nearly
 double up. Some times l could not sweep a room with out stopping to rest, and everything l ate upset my stomach. T h r e e years ago l l o 8 t 6 c h i l d and s Il fl e r e d so badly that | was ont
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-25
English Can Go Wild

From "Mr. Choate in England ex-
 tracts from his letters showing his &C.,
 tivities while ambassador" edited by E.
 S. Martin, in the Sribner.
 T would like to put Sir Henry lon
 the stand" and hear his view as to the
 relative capacity of these two great
 peoples for enthusiasm. When I first
 came to reside among the English peo-
 pie had supposed from the account
 they gave of themselves that they were
 cold and unimpassioned people, un-
 willing to give way to their feelings,
 and that when an occasional ebullition
 of enthusiasm broke out on our side of
 the water they said, ''that Is quie
 American, you know" but that was be-
 fore certain recent events which have
 shown them in their true colors-be-
 fore the relief of Ladysmith and of
 Mafeking; in other words, before the relief of London. When these wonder
 full events happened they went as wild as human nature could let them go Never do I recollect, never have heard in our history of such a wild outbreak of the human spirit as occurred on those two nights in London. It recalled the enthusiasm on the other of the water when events made our experiment. a final an absolute. and a perpetual suc- cess"
 On the 14th of June he went to the 1 Leys school speech day at Cambridge and distributed the prizes. The dis course that he made there was ad- dressed partly to the boys and partly | to the five hundred guests who were ] present. About prizes he expressed his conviction that the boys who got them were those who had determined te have them. It was so, he thought, with | the prizes of life. The men who had the vii to get them, got them. He said he had known all the leading lawyers in America and many in Eng land for forty years. No two of them were alike in mental, moral, physical and natural endowments except in one and that was an absolute tenacity of purpose. striving like grim death for the object they had before them. ignor- ing everything but attaining that ob- ject by all the honorable <me ans in their power What prizes were worth
 the effort to get them. he did not dis
 cuss.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-25
Births Increase

Philadelphia, October Philadelphia birth rate has shown a notable increas in the first eight months of 1920, afte a decline during the war. The eXces this year has been 193 births mont over 1919 and if the present rate con tinues viii be far in exces of previou years
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-25
NEARLY
 DOUBLED ME UP
Nothing Helped Me Until l
 Took Lydia E. Pinkham's .a Vegetable Compound.
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' Wyandotte, Mich.-"For the last four years l have doctored of and on
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-25

South Africa is now manufacturing a new material to take the place of nitroglycerin explosives. It has been tested in mines and is regarded as both strong and safe. It'is called sengite. the first syllable being derived from the ini- tial letters of the words, substitute ek- ylosive. no glycerin-"
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1920-04-20

Matt Lair,
w. X. Dudley,
Sterling Dickson.
James Caldwell.
j. r. LettOn,
Geo. E. Reynolds,
w. S. Marsh,
Robt. S. Jones,
w. B. Kiser,
C. R. White,
C. H. Dalzell,
H. A. Marsh,
D. P. Hume,
Woodford Buckner,
John M. Clay,
VIM. Collins,
A. B. Hancock,
j. w. Young, Jr.,
Julian Frank,
Sam Houston,
Calvin Jones,
D. C. Clarke,
. John j. Redmon,
M. e. Rash,
Thomas Jones,
Clifford Hidden,
Warren Rogers.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1920-04-20
EYES OF THE WORLD A RE-
MARKABLE PICTURE

No one watched the recent brave
struggle of William F. Cody (Buf
falo Billy with the Grim Specter
more than Fred Burns, the actor
expert horseman.
For six years Burns had charge of
Cody's great stock ranch near Chey-
enne, WyO., where he "broke" wild
mustangs for Buffalo Bills great
travelling show, and the two men had
always been fast friends.
Burns. by the way, did some won
derful Workmanship in 1.-THE Eyes of
the World" Clune's new cinema
production, which is soon to be
shown at the Grand Opera House,
Wednesday and Thursday, April 81
and %. Many of the thrills in this
big feature are supplied by the won
derful feats of Burns and Wesley
Warner.
In 1.-THE Eyes of the World" one
Of the greatest episodes is the search
of the mountain rangers for the
kidnapped girl, Sibyl Andres. 1t is
this part of the story which supplies
the horsemen with opportunities to
do their remarkable feats. Burns is
a fine specimen of the typical bronco
buster. He is six feet two inches
high and weighs 200 pounds. After
This experience at Buffalo Bills
ranch he joined the Wild West
Show and travelled all over America
and Europe, creating sensation after
daring acts on horseback.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1920-04-20
Alloy. THERE, THE OVERALIS
BRIGADE.

bingham and overalls, instead of
silks, satins and broadcloth, may be-
come fashionable attire for Paris
men and women, if the high cost of
clothing does not come down soon.
An overalls club was formed in
Birmingham recently with a men,
bership of about 1000. The mer-
chants there retaliated by raising
the price of overalls from 81 to Sc.
Those backing the movement de-
clare a strong sentiment exists in
favor of fighting the high cost of
living by wearing cheap clothing.
Locally the overalls movement
has not assumed very large phase.
but there is every probability that
our citizens will swing in line to
fight the high cost of clothing. The
first one in the city to brave the
ordeal was Sherman Stivers, agent
and correspondent for the Lexington
Herald, whose appearance on the
street, clad in overalls and blouse of
blue denim, was the signal for much
good-natured bantering on the part
of his friends. But undismayed,
and determined to Stand the gaff''
in the interest of the lower cost of
clothing, Stivers persists in his new
venture, which is likely to be fol-
lowed in rapid succession by many
others.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1920-04-20
INTER-CHURCH WORLD MOVE
MENT CONFERENCE IN PARIS.

One Of the sixteen district con-
ferences of the Inter-church World
Movement to be held in Kentucky
will be held in Paris on Thursday
and Friday, April % and %. The
aim Of these conferences is to bring
before the people the plans and pur-
poses of this movement. The out
standing leaders of the various de-
noIssnations in Kentucky will be on
the programs.
The Conference to be held in Paris
is being looked forward to with a
great deal of interest, as a number
of visiting ministers and laymen of
the various Protestant denOmina-
lions are expected and will deliver
addresses. The following are the
team members: Rev. w. w. Crop
per, Paris, team leader; Rev. E. w.
Elliott, Glasgow, associate leader
Rev. Paul Powell, Ashland, Rev.
Hugh NJ. Leith, Covington, Rev. A.
o. Stockbridge, Louisville, Dennis V.
Snapp, Paris, Mrs. 4. X. Ewing,
Louisville, E. G.. Harris, Louisville.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1920-04-20
FORMER BOURBON MAN VIC.
TIM OF PARALYSIS.

A message received here by
friends told of the serious illness of
George A. Hill, at Christiansb:lrg, in
Shelby county. Mr.. Hill sustained
a stroke of paralysis several days
ago. He was a former resident of
Bourbon county, having been en-
gagged in farming near Centerville,
for many years. Some years ago he
purchased a farm in Shelby county,
on which he has since resided. MI.
Hill is now eighty years old. He is
an ex-Confederate veteran, and is a
brother of the late GanO Hill, who
was a prominent farmer and live
stock dealer in Bourbon county in
his day.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1920-04-20
VISITING NURSE GETS NATU-
REALIZATION PAPERS.

At Frankfort, Friday, a petition
for. naturalization as q citizen of the
United States was filed with Federal
Court Commissioner Charles Wizard
by Mrs. Harriet Pringle Minaker,
of Paris Mrs. Minaker came to
this country in 1908 from Ontario,
Canada, where she was born.
Mrs. Minaker is the popular and
capable Visiting Nurse for the
Bourbon County Health and Welfare
League. Her tireless and unselfish
work in the interest of the League.
and in relieving sickness and suffer-
ing has endeared her to the people
of Paris and Bourbon county, where
her name has become a household
word.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1920-04-20
PARIS GIRL MAKING GOOD AT
COLLEGE.

Miss Fay McWhorter, of Paris, is
one of the superior students of the
College of Arts and Science in the
University of Kentucky. She is a
Junior in the Department Of Jour
ralism and the majority of her
grades are AS, the highest mark
given in the University, and BIS the
next highest mark.
Miss McWhorter was formerly a
resident of Millersburg and attended
the Millersburg Academy during the
first two years of her college course.
She moved to Lexington last fall and
entered the University at the be-
ginning of her Junior year. She
had a splendid record at Millers-'
burg, both in her classes in the
school paper and was a member Of
the Glee Club. She also played on
the Girls Basket Ball team.
Because of her close application
TO work a very successful future in
Eer chosen field is predicted for Miss
McWhorter by her many friends in
the University.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1920-04-20
BOURBON MADE GREAT WAR
ACTIVITY RECORD

While in Paris few days ago. en-
route to his home at Spring Station.
in Woodford county, from a business
trip to New York, Mr.. VIM. Simms.
formerly of Paris, told of being in
Washington, where he met a num-
Der of Government officials. During
the war Mr.. Simms was Federal
Food Administrator for this district.
duties of that position bringing him
in contact with many high officials
Of the Government in the war &C
Invites.
Mr.. Simms said that on one occa-
sion he was speaking in the pres
ence of a number of officials of the
part Kentucky played in the war
activities. One of the officials turn
ed to him, and asked what part of
the State he was from. Upon being
told that he was a native of Bour-
bon county, and proud of it, the
official said to him: "Well, Mr..
Simms, you certainly ought to be-.
That native county of yours down in
Kentucky made a fine record in war
activities and we have often dis
cussed it here. Bourbon county
stood in the first rank in all the &C
tivities of the war in which the Red
Cross, the Knights of Columbus,
the Jewish organizations, the Saliva
ton Army, the Y. M. c. A., and all
other kindred organizations did So
nobly~ Your county was among the
first over the top in all of them
and when the results were coming in
iii the new drives, my chief cleri;
| would say, Well, we won't be long
in hearing from Bourbon county
Kentucky. There is surely some pa
triotic community Mr.. Simms
stated to his hearers that he had
never felt prouder of good old Bour-
hon county than when hearing this
praise of her citizens from the heads
of the most important bureaus in
Washington. He said 1t made him
feel that the people of the county
ought to know of the high ratine
they had obtained, and what the
country thought of their patriotism