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The Adair County news., 1920-01-07

son OF DHH0r. ). z. HIIureCn paIQ
ST., 500 for Dominique, son of Peter
Ounce. Hildreth is said to have re-
fused an offer of $150,O00 for the three
year-old Purchase. Larry Waterbury,
a successful New York broker, paid
$4,000 for the three-year-old Sennings
Park. Mr.. Tranter, who keeps a close
watch ON the thoroughbred market,
generally estimates that some two and
half million dollars will have chang
ed hands in transactions in thorough
bred blood before the first of the year
Many horses of various ages will be
sold in Kentucky this fall.
1t was thought that the top limit Of
American buyers as regards auction
sales prices was reached in the sum-
mer Of 1918 when Mrs. Walter NJ. JEFF.
fords, Of Philadelphia, paid SIS, 900 for
a French-bred yearling by Sweeper out
of Zuna, which won the Saratoga Spe-
cial in August under the name of
Golden Brook; when Commander J. X.
L. Ross, of Montreal, paid S14,5O0 for
a colt by Black Jester out of Primula,
and Joseph E. Widener paid $4,000
for a son of Vulcain and Fairy Gold
which claims Friar Rock, Fair Play
and Flittergold for half brothers. But
this theory has been badly shattered.
Ten thousand dollars and $4,000 were
common prices for good looking
thoroughbreds last August A breeder
offering a youngster that looked like a
thoroughbred and boosted of fair
pedigree who failed to get from $4,000
to $4,000 for his stuff went back to
Kentucky or Virginia utterly disguised.
A Few Big Prices.
W. V. Thraves, a Virginian, who. Is
about to embark on a thoroughbred
producing enterprise at Long Ridge
Farm in Fayette county, KY, paid
$24,500 for yearling son of Ultimus
offered by John Oliver Keene. Com
mander Ross paid $4,000 for an i'm
ported son of Sunster and Marian
Hood. Philip T. Chinn, acting for Mr..
Waterbury, paid $22,5OO for son of
Celt and Sand Dune that claims the
Splinter The Boy for half brother, w.
R. Coe paid $4,000 for brown son of
Celt and Patricia ". Commander
Ross paid $4,000 for Melody, brood.
mare by Meddler out of Ballantrae,
that was offered at the dispersal sale
of the Mackay stud.
The yearlings from Claiborne and
Ellerslie studs offered by Arthur B.
Hancock brought the unexpected total
Of $146,200, an average from Claiborne
of $3,o71.43 and for Enerslie of S..
070.59. Other breeders of American
stock that is in vogue just now Jared
equally well.-Adv.
The Adair County news., 1920-01-07
HIGH PRICES ARE PAID
ThOroughbreds Are Sold At
Fancy Figures
Fashionable Gatherings at Saratoga
When Aristocracy of Horse Family
Are Placed on the Block.

An astonishing expansion Of the
thoroughbred horse sales business and
an amazing increase in thoroughbred
values is revealed in the cast up Of
the eastern traffic in running horse
stock for the fiscal year ending August
81, by E. ]. Tranter, president Of the
FaSig- Upton Company, of New York.
The Fasig-TiptOn Company has undis-
puted control of the eastern sales bust
ness now. And the sales in so far as
thoroughbred yearlings offered in the
eastern market are concerned are held
mainly in the month of August and
conducted in a splendidly appointed
establishment built by Mr.. Tranter
three or four seasons back after the
best European models, but with certain
American establishments. Everybody
who is anything in the thoroughbred
world, or ever hopes to be, fiocks to
Saratoga in August. The thorough
bred yearling sales, and especially
those held at night under the glare of
electric arcs, have become social func-
fions. Men never think of going out
to the night sales from the palatial
cottages and the great hotels save in
evening dress. Women attend them
Invariably in evening dress, or .un-
dress, according to ores point of view.
The best appreciation Of the expan-
sion of the thoroughbred auction sales
business and Of the increase In tho
rOughbred values is to be obtained by
comparing the records Of 1919 with
the records of 1917 and 1918. Two
hundred and seventy-three yearlings
we're led to the auction block in 1917
and they brought a total of 1888, 275,
an average Of S1,404 head. Sixty
seven horses of racing age brought
S116,100 an average of $1,732.S3 a
head. In 1918 two hundred and thirty
i've thoroughbred yearlings brought a
total of $24S, $40, an average of ST.
O57.96 head nine brood mares fetch
ed $20,950 an average of $2,327.77 q
head; and 152 horses of racing age
fetched $2O0,s1O, an average of ST.
B2l12 a head.
Run Into Big Money.
More than three-quarters of a mill
Hon dollars-SS79, 210 to be exact-was
realized at the auction block at Sara
fOga for the thoroughbreds the Tran
ter Company offered to bidders. Two
hundred and twenty-seven yearlings
brought S6oS, 500, an average Of ST.
l656.58 a head; nineteen broodmares
Ifetched $136,300, an average of ST.
a7S60 a head; three stations brought
R21800, an average Of $7,26T,. and
le1ghty-three horses in training fetched
i9117,6l0, an average Of $1,417. These
figures relate merely to the auction
lsales business Many horses of vari-
ious ages have been bought and sold
spriVately. Montford Jones paid $4,000
IN June fpr the 2-yearsold Brookholt,
The Adair County news., 1920-01-07

According to report. the grand
champion Angus bull at the Inter-
national Live Stock Exposition
died on his way home from in
juries sustained in the car in
which he was being shipped,
which burned. He was owned
by DR.. ]. L. Higgins. cambridge,
Tenn
A sale recently held by the
Sherman County. Ore. Short
horn Breeders Association at
Moro. Ore, at which an average
of 1869 was secured
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-02-27
.DR. M'NE|LL. URGED
 ID DECLINE CALL Congregation of Highlands Church Hold Meeting.
 Adopt Resolutions

At an unofficial meeting of the South Highlands Presbyterian Church congregation Wednesday night attend ed by d large number of the members, resolutions urging the pastor Dr. John McNeiil. to decline the call to the Fort Washington church, Washington Heights New York City, were adopted.
 Supporting the resolutions, James Bowron, John w. Sibley, Borden Burr and one or two other officers advanced a number of reasons for Dr. McNeill to remain in charge of the South High lands congregation.
 pr McNeill stated, in response to the resolutions and the talks of the of fcers that he had not committed him self merely advising the vacancy com mittee of the New. York church that he would consider the call when il came officially, if it came at all. and added that in any event, he would not leave here until he had completed year of his ministry at this church He came here last May.
 pr. J. A. Bryan, pastor of the Third Presbyterian Church, attended the meeting at the request of the officers and added his plea to that of the con gregation that pr. McNeill remain In Birmingham.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-02-27

Bee culture in Alabama has not been very extensive in the past but the reputation of Alabama bees has gone abroad and they are in demand even as far away as Canada. f
 w. D. Aehord of Fitzpatrick. down in Bullock county. has twenty-siX 'lo cations" in radius of forty miles where he has been engaged in the bee culture for the last twenty years. In the last few years he has been selling some of his best stock to other sec tions of the country and has had many inquiries from Canada. but on accouEt of shipping difficulties it was only re- gently that he could fill these orders.
 Some time ago an apairist up in the northern part of Canada offered to send an airplane down to Alabama provided MT. Achord would load it with swarms of bees for transporta tion by the air route back to Canada. MT. Achord agreed and arrangements have now been made for the airship to come south at an early date. It will land at Taylor field, Montgomery a which place MT. Achord will deliver the bees to the Canadians agent,
 The order is for $l600 worth of swarming bees. and 1t is probable -sss [ about half of these will be loaded into the airplane, the others going by ex- press.
 MT Achord uses three auto trucks on his bee farms and employs five lnen. He raises from fifty to hun dred Italian queen bees daily for abouf
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-02-27
AUTOMOBILE CLUB TO EMPLOY DETECTIVE TO RUN DOWN THIEVES
Eighteen Cars Stolen In Past Three Months-Many Recovered By Au- thorities-Insurance Con-
 panies Cooperating

An expert detective will be secured by the Birmingham Automobile Club in it's effort to put a stop to automobile thiev- ing. according to a decision reached yes terday It is stated that the man being considered has had varied experience in tracing stolen automobiles and running down motor thieves.
 During the past three months eighteen cars of members of the local automobile club have been stolen. Seventeen of this number have been recovered, but the owners want this practice stopped ana believe the only way to accomplish tnis is to catch the thieves and prosecute them. They are of the opinion that this planswill stop the wholesale thieYing that has been going on here.
 Automobile insurance companies are CO., operating with the local automopiie cup in it's efforts, and it is expected that inc man will arrive in Birmingham and begin his new duties within the next few days. Not only will the clubs de- tectives investigate the cases of thefts where the car belongs to members and was insured, but will work on all theft cases.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-02-27
DECREASE IN COAL PRODUCTION DUE
 TO CAR SHORTAGE
Production In District Thirty Thou- sand Tons Below Previous Week.
 Labor Shortage a Contribu- ting Factor

Coal production in the Birmingham district fell off nearly 30.000 tons last week, compared to the previous week, the output being 2s2,9ss tons and 320,- 900 tons, respectively.
 The decreased production is due principally to the car situation, which is more serious than at any time in over two years. According to reports made by the operators to the Alabama Coal Operators Association 75 per cent of the decrease was due to car short age. Is per cent to labor shortage and 10 per cent to mine disabilities. The la for shortage is attributable to the in- fluenza. large number of the miners being laid up with the disease during the week.
 There Seems to be no relief from the car shortage in sight. The railroads have not bought any new cars in over two years and Dne have been ordered Until the owners get control and take stock of conditions and the situation they are not likely to purchase any new equipment.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-02-27
MIAMI POLO TEAM
 WINS FAST MATCH

Miami, February 2s.-The Miami Hunt and Polo Club of Dayton, Ohio. defeated today Palm Beach in the fastest game of polo ever played hsre by score of 51z to Az The eighth period ended with the score tied, 41s to 41a. \. Cooley of the Dayton four broke up mass play and the game by driving the ball between the goal posts for the winning talley four min utes after the play-off period began. IT. E. Talbot and F. B. Patterson were the leading scoring men for the Day ton team. while Rodman Wannamake Ter II and Barclay McFadden starred for Palm Beach.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-02-27
LUMBERMEN'S CLUB TO HEAR TALK BY
 MISS ANNE MORGAN

An address by Miss Anne Morgan. daughter of J. Pierpont Morgan. and distinguished war relief worker. will be a feature of the monthly dinner to be given by the Wholesale Lumbermen's B Club of Birmingham at the Tutwiler Friday night.
 Miss Morgan replied by wire yester- day to an invitation extended by Jay Smith, president of the club. and sai she would be very glad to have the op- portunity to speak before the lumber men. Her subject will be the work of rehabilitation in the devastated sec : Another speaker at the dinner will be l.. R. Putnam. a prominent lumber man of Pittsburg, who is, said to be an eloquent and interesting speaker
 Ladies Night" will be observed by the club for this occasion. and every member is requested to bring a lady with him.
 The dinner will begin at e:30 o'clock
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-02-27
SUIT ID ENJO|N
 RATE WITHDRAWAL New Order Effect Vs 0aly in Southern Te tory
 According to H p0rt

Suit will be instituted il fe1tf4i court her tomorrow, accord pgsa t plans, to enjoin the withdra eSg
 and import rates from intd sials in the south through the gulf N snFH At- lantic ports. Defendants td e A the bill will be the Cnited Z ai'roas administration, Walker D. | iaY
 general the interstate cc n9ges e- mission and the various ra 4a4
 Un1er order No. 2S, effc leaA @ 1918, the railroads were authorized at
 such time as they saw fit to withdraw
 these rates. but up to the present time no further action in the matter has been taken.
 If has been reported from time to time during recent months that just prior to lroturning the roads to their private own CTS the rates would be withdrawn and February 2s Is now fixed as the date for
 romulsating the order, it is stated. Rates on commodities for export anu
 ol articles imported have for years taSen
 q rate o and from interior points all over the country considerably lower than the domestic or local rates. IL Is understood that the proposed withdrawal of tHss
 rates now eontemplates making the new order effective only in the southern tariff territory, thereby putting handicap on the gulf and south Atlantic DOTS. | The domestic or local rates 10 the gulf and south Atlantic ports are from 9 to 800 per cent higher than the export amt { import rates and to withdraw tBe latter, | it is claimed. would seriously interfere
 with shipping through Mobile, New Or leans, Pensa cola. Savannah and other ports in the south, If 1t did not stop n
 altogether.
 i Attorneys are said Co be drawing up the petition to be filed tomorrow in the evert
 the withdrawal order is published. and
 notice of this action has been served on ! the railroad administration.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-02-27
BOOSTS JOHNSON
 FOR PRESIDENCY
Former Secretary of Presi- dent Roosevelt Urges Cal ifornian for Chief
 Executive

NO matter whom the republican party
 ncmnates for President. that nominee
 can count on the interested and undivided
 support of Hiram Johnson. United States senator from California" said w. J. Hays, former secretary to Presiden. Roosevelt, who Is in Birmingham for a
 few days looking after Senator Johnson s
 Interests among republicans here. Under no circumstances, Mr. Hays continued, twill Senator Johnson leave the republican party"
 Mir. Hayes was President Roosevelt E secretary from 1912 to 1917, and says those years constituted the most interesting
 part of his life. up to the time he resigned
 his secretaryship and went into the mili- ttary service.
 He believes that Senator Johnson is
 sure of getting the republican nomination because of his great following in western
 states. his attitude against the League of Nations as it Is now written, drawing | him support not onlyein republican states but in the south as well, and finally on his record as a statesman and an Amer ican.
 From republican standpoint" says Mir. Hayes, Hiram Johnson represents | the golden mean between virile American- 1 ism and conservative statecraft- He Is going after this railroad question for a settlement fair to the railroad workers
 and fair to the people who depend on the
 roads for service.
 1 "As far as the league is concerned | Senator Johnson is for modified all ] lance between nations that will help tc ll:eep peace. but which will not assign t
 European manipulation the peace anc pr osperity of this country. And he wanti
 to see whatever treaty is made an obliga
 tion written in the simplest and most un lderstandable terms. something the aver.
 age man can read and get the straight of"
 1 Mir. Hayes has been on a tour of tho
 southeastern states and Says he found | everywhere a warm interest in the can didacy of the California statesman.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-02-27
Perpetuation of the
 Names of the Great

That the names of the great shall be remembered was strongly att tested to yesterday in the circuit court when one George Washing ton, n gentleman inclined to deep chocolate hue in complexion, ap- peared and asked for license for his "dawg."
 It developed that George lives and has his being on the corner of Lincein avenue and Franklin street Of the Magic City, and re- auested n license for his dog, who is known and answers to the name or .sTeddys Roosevelt"
 When asked if his horse was not named Christopher Columbus. he replied, .1Boss, I ain't got no hoss, but dat sounds good. ThineS P1 name my mule dat. Maybe he'll travel little bit betfer.S
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-02-27
Marriage Licenses

Marriage licenses issued in the pro- bate clerks office yesterday are as fol- lows:
 Wayne c. Lever. Warrior, and Miss Annie Key.
 E. B. Smelling and Miss Irene Ingles. Sidney Metealf, Besemer. and Miss Thelma Bottoms.
 c. w. Glass Irondale. and Miss Drusie Glass.
 Dewey McElvana and Mrs. Blanche Stiles
 William Mckinney and Miss Clara Patricia Moore.
 L. c. Newman and Miss Jamie liar. rison Bibb.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-02-27
----------ss. 70 ---r ----~- BankraIptcy Petition

A voluntary petition in bankruptcy was filed iu the United States court yesterday by C. Marvone. a merchant operating a store on Ninth avenue and Eighteenth street. north. The liabili- ties were set out in the petition as s1.311.7S. while the assets amounted to s250. A receiver will be appointed by Emmet O'Neal, referee in bankruptcy.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-02-27
NOTHING ACCURATE

When speaking of number Of years ago the sneaker declared he could not rt member just when. but anyway Indians knew nothing of accuracv He referred
 to the period forty-five years ago. when
 the missionaries came to India. an1 fo the natives that their religion. which hN" been working for 1 900 years. was all
 wrong. It was then that Chose wrote
 The Quest Of the Absolutely for the
 rurpose of reconcillng the people to the
 Indian religion, he said.
 A description of this play was given in a most wonderful manner. and the
 Hindu philosophy was explained The scenes of the principal city. Renares. which furnishes wonderful material. was
 described in a most picturesque manner by MT. Mukerji. who also spoke of the elanor of the sun in India. declaring the rainbow breaks with India. tlfe dark ness fails and all is silent. f9hen he spoke of the wonderful silence of India in the evening an1 night, stating that vas the way India lived
 Mir Mukerji appeared in native Hindu costume. thereby supplying an atmos- pbere. of the Far East. He will leave this morning for Gadsden. where he wall address the league there. The meeting yesterday was greatly enjoyed and was presided over by Mrs W. D. Smith, the ' president.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-02-27
Loss From Rhodes Carroll Fire
 Is Estimated At About $35O, 1000
Furniture Company Building Second Avenue Com pleteIy Destroyed and Two Other Buildings Wrecked by Falling Was-Several
 Bremen Sustain Minor Injuries

Only smoldering of furniture piles of debris and three gloomy walls remain of the beautiful fWeory structure of the Furniture Company Second avenue which destroyed by fire yesterday afternoon
 The two adjoining buildings occupied by the Great Atlantic
 Pacific Company and Levys department store also practically ruined by water and piles of debris which fell from the wall of the larger building.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-02-27
BE CAREFUL OF FIRES

The fire department requests that all residents take special pre- caEtfons aginst fire during the pre- vaifinE cold weather. He careful that no debris or waste paper is left exposed and sec that the furnaces. stoves and grates do not get too hot.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-02-27
Pasteur Bureau of
 Board of Health

For the first time since the city or Birmingham added q Pasteur bureau to the laboratory of the board of health there is not patient receiving treatment for rabies. Yesterday the last patient who had been receiving the auti-rabics treatment was dismissed as cured.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-02-27
GRAND JURY MAKES
 PARTIAL REPORT

The grand jury, which has been in session for the past four days, made a partial report yesterday afternoon and brought in seventy-two indictments. The names of the cases or those indicted by the jury were not made public yesterday
 w. J. Yielding is chairman of the grand jury, and announced that the jury were to meet for further work March S.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-02-27
MORE HELP CALLED FOR

Several streams of water covering the rear. front and sides of the build ing were put into play at once, but owing to the poor water pressure and the tremendous headway the fire had gotten additional fire companies were called upon for help, which brought practically the entire force of the city in the downtown section and number of the suburban companies to the scene.
 To add to the handicap of the fire men the weather steadily became colder which caused icicles to form about the ladders and trucks and on the mems clothes.
 The fire was under control at about o'clock.
 At 4:47 o'clock the west wall fell with a resounding crash that could be heard several blocks away, upon the roofs of the two adjoining buildings. The impact of the wall forced the fronts of the two smaller buildings across the street which resulted In the injuring of several spectators, among whom were an unknown white boy who was badly cut about the face and hands, and also Detective E. c. Burges who was slightly injured about the neck and hands An unknown white woman tainted in the excitement that followed and was taken to local in- firmary for treatment.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-02-27
PILLOWS OF SILENCE

He referred to the silence Tn lhui"'
 stating that the dawn comes when the darkness lies en the grounds, Tn phloWs and silence. when at i:30 o'clock*a golden note of songs come from the sparroWs and the walls crack and 1.o30 voices call chant which he gave, as follows; Eve n.ng comes on the wings of silence lt falls on the hills over the forest, over inc full rim of the river into the hush of the universe Tone down your voice of mutiny, listen to the evening silence. Listen to yorr own heart beat. He is abiding in you. listen to your own voice;
 listen to silence.
 MT. Mukeri dwelt on the commercial
 and artistic theatres, stating that in China the theatres never charged any admission. In India the actors are never allowed to touch each other, and never kiss. which custom was very different Tn this country Emphasis was placed on 1 Ia agore's plays and how beautifully they could be produced in the Indian way, and here he gave synopsis Of Tagore "Chitra.'
 This has held India in it's influence for ttirty years. he said. because India be- Iieves that life comes to meet you as il- lustrated bv "Chitra," which is different from Ibsen's Doll House, where Norah goes out to meet life. he stated. Tagore is not a dramatis. but wrote drama as a side line, according to the young Hindu. but Chose is the biggest dramatist of India. His writings were described
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-02-27

The fire. which is believed to have started on the third floor of the Rhodes Carroll building, caused by the throwing of a lighted cigar into a basket in the lavatory, consumed the entire contents of the building, as we'll as the building itself. The loss is con- servatively estimated at sS5O,0Oo, part ly covered by insurance. This loss in- cludes the damage to the three build ings and stocks.
 At the first sign of the fire an ef- fort was made to extinguish the flames with the aid of the fire-fight- ing apparatus in the building. This proved unsuccessful. however, and a general alarm was turned in at 3;S3 o'clock which brought fire companies l, ?, 3, and immediately to the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-02-27
TEA STORES SECOND DISASTER

The A. & F. Tea Company store yes terday suffered it's second misfortune from falling walls. Formerly located next to the old Steele-Smith store on Second avenue, the building was com pieteiy wrecked when the Steeie-Smith walls fell several years ago.
 number of automobiles parked in the downtown section were injured by sparks which burned holes through the tops and cushions