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The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-09-26
TWO LARGE REALTY
 DEALS MARK WEEK
 Of MUCH ACTIVITY
!$50,000 and $40, 1000 Approx imateIy Head List of Nearly a Hundred TranSferS-ln
 All Parts of the City

. Sale of the three-story brick building at 2ll3-l5 Third avenue, north, for a con sideration of about $5ooo0 was made yes terday, according to William F. Johnson o of the Messer-Johnson Real Estate Com pany.
 The building was formerly owned by Major Schussler of Roanoke, and was sold to the Security Savings and Loan lCompany. The deal had been pending for several days, but was brought to a lclose yesterday morning.
 The Jemison Real Estate and Insur- ance Company announces the following sales closed during the week:
 E. M. Jones and J. Falls Roberson to the Louis Pizits Dry Goods Company the west half of Lot 5, Block 9S, for a consideration in the neighborhood of Is4o,0oo This property is on the south
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-09-26
Dies in Poorhouse

Louisville, Ky, September 25.-FranlS Leslie, 55, nephew of the publisher of Leslie's Weekly, died of cancer in a poorhouse at Murray, Ky, late yester- day. A musician in leading New York theatres fifteen years. Leslie gave up the indoor life to improve his health. He then joined circus bands, but illness forced him out of this/ life two years ago, and he settled at Murray. Unable to work, he, his wife and five children, recently went to the poorhouse. Leslie was a Canadian by birth, said to be d graduate ~of Harvard University, and a Spanish American war veteran.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-09-26

ance Company announce five sales, rang ing from s5,00O to S10O00.
 The Realty Sales Company, a new firm, announces a splendid week with several sales closed.
 Messer- r-J ohnson- Realty Company an nounce the following sales:
 Total consideration of s34,S75, an aver age per home of S4,372
 Robert " Kazian to H. B. Mccain, 790 South Thirty-fourth street; Robert V. Kazian to l.. J. Johnston, 72S South Thirty-fourth street; L. Cumbee John- son to o. B. and William Lawrence, 5lo Randolph street; Mrs. l.. w. Ramsey to Bryce H. Streit 54oS Fourth avenue, north; Mrs. Lucy Lambert to B. C. Armstrong, 23 North Pine street; A. J. Grubbs to F. N. Perkinson, 64oS Second avenue south; w. w. Keeton to c. F. Mathews, 4O1 N. Fifty-second street; K. G. Pierce to H. c. Brown. suburban bun galow.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-09-26
Confidence Vote Gfren

Paris, September 25.-The Chamber of Deputies, after a debate on interpella tions concerning the foreign and domes- tic policies cf the government, voted confidence in the government this after room, 507 to Sl Premier Leygues then read a decree adiourning the extraordi- nary session of Parliament.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-09-26
TO THE DEMOCRATS

Awake! Rally around your gallant leader! Rally in defense of your rights and principles, Disappointment, jealousy and hate nerve your enemies You stand for the true and right principles of gov ernment, democracy. You are waging a battle of self-defense, against hate and aggression. Again the republican party wishes to rob us of our rights, reduce our representation and thereby emasculate the south. This horrible nightmare should stir to action the entire south. It is diabolical threat full of forebodings of direful evil, and it requires no seer to fathom the consequences The true men of the entire. nation should rise in rebuke of this cruel menace. Democrats, you have heard the threats you have seen the signs. Don't longer remain apathetie. Don't continue Hstless and disloyal, but
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-09-26
Body of Star Arrives

New York, September E5.-The body of Olive Thomas, motion picture act ress, who died recently in Paris of mer4 curial poisoning, arrived here today on the steamship Mauretania. The funers' services will be nsld next Tuesday in St. Thomas Protestant Episcopal Chure1, where Miss Thomas worshiped
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-09-26
Wants Action

To the Editor of The Age-Herald /'I have discovered a great apathy among the democrats and I fear it will produce dreful effect
 Twill you kindly publish the following communication? I am native of Ala bama, a Confederate Veteran and d life long democrat and friend of democracy.
 HI. Y. MESSENGER,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-09-26

be instant and active in deeds and coun- sel, with money and optimism. No great political battle was ever won in state of apathy You must fight if you would win"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-09-26

General Beach, head of the engineer ing department of the government
 with headquarters at Washington, and Colonel Cooper, consulting engineer on the huge Wilson Dam being constructed across the Tennessee river at this point, were in the city this week in connec- tion with the construction of tho dam.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-09-26

Bayonne. N. J. He will take a course there, and. after finishing, will travel in foreign countries in the interest of
 the Standard Oil Company.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-09-26
FLORENCE

Florence, September 2-(Special.) )-Maj. w. M. Mathews, director of the bureau Of agriculture organization and coloni- zation. southern commercial congress, was in Florence yesterday and addressed members of the Chamber of Commerce, giving them the plans and purposes of the southern commercial congress rela- ative to the locating of farmers from other states in Alabama
 Major Mathews was invited to return to Florence next Monday and deliver another address to the members os the Chamber of Commerce, when it is hoped to have full attendance of the mem- bers' council,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-09-26

Located block of practically two 2) acresfour and bath hardwood floors in living and dining room; garage Owner leaving cty-Coal range tank, shades with house. two fine gardens; orchard with twenty-five fruit trees Built about three Ride out today on Monday. Formerly known Robt. McDavd, Jr. place. Terms easy End troubles with landlords, moving, etc.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1920-05-04
COUNTY AGENT ADVISES
SPRAY AGAINST INSECT
Spray Recommended for Flea Beetle
Which Seems To BE Working On
Grape Vines In This Section.

In reply to many inquiries about the
bug which seems to be greatly damag-
ing the grape vines in this section,
County Agent George Kirk makes this
statement:
THE insect which is doing so much
damage to the grape vines in this vi
cinity appears to be the grape vine
flea-beetle, and can be controlled by
the application of spray composed of
arsenate of lead in water. The proper
tions are three pounds of arsenate of
lead paste. or one and one-half pounds
of powder to fifty gallons of,water.
For a small number of vines figure
one ounce of the lead paste to each
gallon of water or one-half ounce of
the powdered arsenate to each gallon
as these proportions are almost exact
DO not delay this spraying as this in
sect will seriously injure the grape
vines. Both the arsenate of lead and
small hand sprays may be procured at
the local stores at a small cost and If
the insect at work is the grape vine
flea-beetle this insect will soon ruin
the entire grape crop"
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1920-05-04
KENTUCKY Wife
WAS BURIED ALIVE
California "Bluebeard" Makes Confess
sion That Kentucky Girl He Mar.
rled Was Not Dead When Buried.

Los Angeles. Calf, May 4.-"Blue
beard" Harvey, when confessing Mon
day the murder of fifth of his nu-
merous wives, calmly stated that in
the killing of Miss Nina Lee Deloney,
of Kentucky, whose murder he had
confessed, he had buried the woman
alive in Borego Valley.
His previous confession he said, had
not narrated fully the details of the
murder He struck her on the head
with a hammer, he said, wrapped a
blanket about her to smother her and
leisurely drove to the place where he
buried her.
"The blow merely knocked her out, a"
explained "Bluebeard.
Thomas Lee Woodwine, United
States District Attorney, to whom the
confession was made, said that he
would compel the prisoner to exhume
the body from its desert grave, to as
certain, if possible, whether or not the
woman actually smothered to death.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1920-05-04
FATHER SUES SON
FOR SERVICES ON
LATTER'S FARM
Father Says Son Agreed To Keep Him
His Lifetime for Working on His
Farm and That He Was Com.
PEELED 10 Leave.

A most unusual suit was brought in
the Mason Circuit Court this afternoon
by Attorney NJ. j. Hennessey. of Au-
gusta, representing Phillip Schlitz, of
the Dover neighborhood, who is suing
his son. Mike Schlitz, for services rem
dered as farm hand.
In his petition the plaintiff sets out
that he is the father of the defendant
and that in 1915 they entered into an
agreement providing that If the plain
tiff would work on defendants farm
in this county the defendant would
keep him and care for him the balance
of his lifetime. Persuant to this agree
ment, the plaintiff says he went to
work for the defendant and continual
ly worker for him every day from that
time until May 1st, 1920.
He states that the defendant after
the plaintiff had worked for him Tor
the time previously set out, approx
mately four years. commenced TO
ways mistreated him until it was i'm
possible for him to continue to live
with his son and he was compelled to
leave on account of this mistreatment.
The father says that he believes his
services as farm hand were reason.
ably worth $17.5 per month and board
and he asks judgment against the de-
endant in the sum of $1O5O with inter.
est from May 1st, 1920. He also asks
Tor general order of attachment
against money deposited by the de-
fendant in the Bank of Maysville and
he Citizens State Bank, of Dover.
A suit between father and son in
volving contract of the nature set
out in this petition is very unusual
and no doubt the case will attract
much attention.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1920-05-04
MARKSDERRY GOES
ON STAND AT NOONN
IN OWN DEFENSE
Prisoner Tells His Side Staying Close
To His Original story and Pro.
claiming His Innocence of
Horrible Murder.

AT about 1880 o'clock this morn
ing the prosecution finished its evil
dence in the Marksberry murder case
at Brooksville and turned the case
over to the defense. Attorney Blaine
Mclaughlin played his first card by in
PRODUCING the defendant Many peo-
pie had thought that Marksberry
would not subject himself to hot cross
questioning from Prosecutor Grannis
but he was placed on the stand and
his attorney told him to proceed in his
own way to tell his side of the case to
the twelve jurors.
Marksberry was very quiet and calm
as he took the witness stand and he
remained very calm during the several
hours that he remained on the stand.
He told the same story he has been
telling newspaper reporters and other
interviewers since the first night he
was arrested. He emphatically denied
the murder of his friend, Jesse Glenn.
Attorney Mclaughlin during all the
time Marksberry was on the stand
asked but very few questions of his
client.
1t is understood that the defense will
offer but a few witnesses beside the
defendant himself and court officials
were expecting that all the evidence in
the case would be in by the time court
adjourned tonight. 1t is understood
that there will be but two speeches
made in the case and If all the evil
dence is in by tonight, these will be
made Wednesday morning so that the
jury should get the case by noon We'd
nesday on the present schedule.
The crowd of people in Brooksville
today was the largest during the trial
and many thought it was the largest
"'rowd that the Bracken Capital ever
had in it's history. All were very or
derly however.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1920-05-04
STRONG BOARD OF
TAX SUPERVISORS
ELECTED BY COUNCIL
Board Named Monday Evening VIII
Begin Their Work OF EquallZlng
the Local Tax Lists on
Next Friday.

City Council met In regular monthly
session at the Council Chamber last
night with Mayor Thomas NJ. Russell
presiding. Taken as a whole the meet
ing was a very tame one and yet some
very important business was transact
ed.
Probably the most important busi-
ness was the election of Board of
alton of the city as returned by City
Assessor Walker Harney. These men
will qualify at once and will begin
their duties on next Friday. The gen.
tlemen chosen are Messrs. s p.
Browning, j. C.. Rogers and DR.. ]. A.
Dodson. This is an unusually strong
board and fair and equitable adjust
ment of the assessment is assured both
the city and the property owners.
A communication from the City
Board of Education setting out ten
tative budget was presented in which
they ask levy of rs cents for school
purposes and levy of 20 cents to re-
tire school bonds voted by the people,
more than half of which has already
been paid. This communication was
referred to the Ways and Means Com
mittee of Council which will hold its
meeting before the June meeting and
offer proposed tax budget to the next
meeting of Council.
The Laws and Ordinance Committee
was authorized to prepare an ord
nance increasing the salary of the
street laborers from 81 to $3.50 per
day and in this ordinance bonus of
$25 per month will be allowed Street
Commissioner Ben T. Smith for effic-
tent service.
After providing for the sale of $5.-
600 worth of emergency bonds to meet
the current expenses of the city, coun-
ell adjourned to meet at the call of the
Mayor
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1920-05-04
AT WORK ON THIRD STREET.

Work at repairing the West Third
street hill has been started and Street
Commissioner Ben Smith has his force
very busily engaged in plowing up the
rough street. After the street has been
of stone rolled from curb to curb. This
street will be treated as lower lime
stone street was and it will be remem-
bered that Limestone was for quite a
while considered the best street in the
city. Fourth street will also receive
this same treatment.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1920-05-04
ADMINISTRATORS SALE.

AS Administrator of Kate Driscol
deceased, will sell at Public Auction
to the highest and best bidder on Mon
day, May 10th, 1920, at p. m, on the
premises at her late residence on East
Fifth street, Maysville, KY, lot of
household and kitchen furniture, con-
sisting of parlor suite, brass, iron and
walnut beds, springs and mattresses,
rugs, carpets, dining room suite, sill
verware and Chinaware, glassware
gas stove and heaters, kitchen cabinet
and other articles too numerous to
mention. Terms made known on day
of sale.
JAMES MACKEY, Admr.
of Kate Driscol. deceased.
COL. H. c. HAWKINS, Auctioneer.
M4-6-7-S.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1920-05-04
EnITOR GOING TO EUROPE.

Desha Breckenridge, editor of the
Lexington Herald, has applied to L.
S. Commissioner Charles Wizard. ut
Frankfort for a passport to visit
France. Belgium, Switzerland, Luxem-
burg. and England. He will accom-
pany Mrs. Breckenridge. who is to sail
May 10. She will attend the Interna-
tional Suffrage Alliance which will
hold its convention in Geneva, Switzer-
land. from June to IL, to which she
is a delegate.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1920-05-04
SOME STRIKERS ARE
RETURNING At RUSSELL
General Superintendent Says COndi-
tiOns in Big G. s. o. Yards WIN
BE Normal In Week.

Russell, KY, May 4.-The first break
in the ranks of striking yard en-
ployees at Russell was reported when
fifteen former employees reported for
duty.
The men were informed they had
lost all seniority rights but were other
wise taken back without prejudice.
General superintendent E. L. Book
is still at Russell where he is in charge
of the situation. Mr.. Book is confident
conditions will be normal at the Ken
lucky yard by the end of another week
Several former employees have report
ed individually during the last week
All old employees who joined in the
walkout will be taken back as new
men, it is said.
Ninety men are at work in the Rus
sell yards as switohmen. For the most
part they are experienced men. Last
week the daily average of cars sent
west through Russell was $50 as
against 267. the first week of the
strike.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1920-05-04
DISCIPLES STATE DRIVE
TO START NEXT SUNDAY
Christian Churches OF Kentucky To
Raise SI,9OO,OOO For Educational
And Missionary Interests.

Lexington. Ky, May 4. - Members
of the Disciples Brotherhood in Ken
tucky will begin next Sunday. May ., a
drive for $1.2OO,OOO for funds badly
needed to conduct nrcperly the educa-
tional and missionary work of the
church.
Under the directorship of DR.. Homer
w. Carpenter. of Richmond and DR..
Joseph W. Hagin. OF Covington, the
campaign has been conducted and the
churches organized for the drive.
which will be finished Sunday. May 16.
Half of the funds raised go to the edu-
cational interest and half to the mis-
sionary work of the United Society.
The needs of the missionary and
educational fields have been presented
to the church in series of confer
ences held in various parts of the state.
No better illustration could have beeen
given than the loss to the Transyl-
vaniR College the paRt week of Profess
sor r. +. Monroe. head of romance de
partment, who quits school work to
enter business because of the poor
prospect from a~financial standpoint
for teaching as a profession. Part Of
the funds raised from the drive is to
be used to raise the salaries of poorly
paid professors.
Nearly every church given a quota
in the drive has accepted it, and both
DR.. Carpenter and DR.. Hagin. as well
as their associates, are confident the
churches will raise the money asked
of them.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1920-05-04
TRANSYLVANM MAN
is AUTHOR OF PLAY.

Lexington, KY. May 3. Edward
Davis, a former student of Transyl-
vania College, has written a play en-
titled "Loveland," which has been sub
mited to Professor c. C. Freeman for
criticism. This is to be put on by
David Belasco in the early autumn.
Mr.. Davis is President of the National
Vaudeville Artists with headquarters
at 229 West Forty-sixth street, New
York
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1920-05-04
RECORD GASOLINE TEST.

With three other passengers, news
paper representatives, Mr.. Lloyd An
derson. of the Anderson Motors Com
pany, made a test trip in his new
Templar car today. Attaching a one
gallon can of gasoline to the cars feed,
the car was run from Maysville to a
point near Poplar Plains in Fleming
county, a distance of 24.7 miles on
the gallon of gas. The trip was made
in one hour and twenty minutes.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1920-05-04
10000 STOCK DIVI-
DEND DECLARED BY
THE GROWERS CO.
Annual Meeting Of Local Tobacco
Warehouse Company Is Held
Capital Stock Is Doubled and
Stockholders Benefit.

At the annual meeting of the stock
holders of the Growers Warehouse
Company held here Monday the stock
holders were so very much pleased
with the manner in which the affairs
OF the company have been managed in
the past that the old officers were re-
elected. The directors chosen were l..
T. Gaebke, ]. c. Rains, W. w. Nell
vain. c. e. Galbreath, ]. A. Breslin, r..
C. Farrow. James NJ. Rains, d. F.
Campbell.
The directors Immediately held a
meeting and elected the following Of
ficers:
President. T. Gaebke.
Vice President-W. W. McIlvain.
Secretary-Treasurer c. Rains.
The directors increased the capital
stock of the company from $4,000 to
$25, 900, and declared a one hundred
per cent. stock dividend giving each
stakeholder two shares of stock for
each share he held at the time of the
increase.
The officials reviewed a very sue
cessful season during which time the
warehouse was enabled to handle
much more tobacco than in the past
because of the doubling of the floor
space. They also laid plans for big
year next season.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1920-05-04
$50 90 for 100 pounds granulated SUI
gar at Eitel & EastOn.
FORMER LOCAL EDUCATORS
ARE HONORED.

Two former Maysville women edu-
oators were very highly honored by
Governor Edwin p Morrow yesterday
when they were named delegates to
represent Kentucky at the National
Conference on Education in Washing
ton. May 10 to 81. These women are
Miss Ida Duke Woods. of Danville.
and Miss Jessie o. Yancey, of Louis
Vile.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1920-05-04
SENATOR HARDING PASSES
THROUGH NASHVILLE

Senator Warren C. Harding, of Ohio,
candidate for the Republican nomina-
ton for President, passed through
Maysville this afternoon in his private
car which was attached to c. & o.
train No. 2. The Senator was in Gin
cinnati last night in conference with
his manager, Harry Daugherty.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1920-05-04
PLANS MADE FOR BIG
GET-TOGETHER MEETING.

Miss Scottie Stevenson and her Do
mestic Science class are making great
plans for the get-together meeting of
the city officials and the City Board of
Education at the High School building
this evening at o'clock The luncheon
will be a real feast, At last nights
meeting of Council DR.. Samuel, presi-
dent of the Board extended an invita-
tion to Council and the city officials
and every one stated they would be
present.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1920-05-04
WILL LAY PLANS FOR
BIG STATE CONVENTION

The meeting of the local Knights of
Columbus to be held this evening at
their hall in the O'Keefe building will
be particularly interesting as plans
will be laid for the entertainment Of
the State Convention of the Knights of
Columbus of Kentucky which will be
held here next week.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1920-05-04
MANY GO TO BROOKSVMLE.

Several Maysville and Mason county
people motored to Brooksville this
morning to hear the evidence in the
Marksberry murder case. Marksberry
at the local Jail last night was very
calm. The trial has thus far seemed TO
make no showing on him physically
although he is firing of his daily auto
mobile trips from this city to Brooks
vile.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1920-05-04

Practically every grocer in Mays
vile is now supplied with sugar al
though 1t still is being sold at very
high price. The car of sugar purchased
by the Mason county Farm Bureau has
now all been sold with the exception
of few hundred pounds and this will
he sold before the arrival Of the ship
ment which is expected this month.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1920-05-04
MACHINERY FOR MANUFACTURE
ING LIGHT PLANTS HERE.

Messrs. Finch & Knapp, who recent
ly invented new electric light system,
today received their lathes and other
machinery necessary for the manu-
faeture of the plants. The first COM
plete plant is expected TO be finished
by the latter part of this week.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1920-05-04

We call the special attention OF our
readers to the advertisement else
where in this issue Offering for sale
the home of the late Amos Clemmons.
This is a most desirable piece Of prop
erty,
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1920-05-04
HAS LARGE CRADLE ROLL.

The First Baptist church has very
large and flourishing Cradle Roll de-
partment with 90 babies enrolled. On
last Sunday there were 81 of the en-
rolled babies present at Sunday School
as we'll as Is mothers and 9 fathers.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1920-05-04
c. s. o. TRAIN KILLS MAN
AT SILVER GROVE.

Passengers arriving here this after
noon on c. & o. passenger train No.
report that man was killed near the
Silver Grove yards this afternoon. The
man, whose name could not be learned,
stepped from behind freight train di
rectly in front of the fast flyer and
was killed instantly.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1920-05-04

Rev. E. c. Elrdige, of Eminence. KY,
who has been extended call to the
pastorate of the local Christian church
will meet the congregation at prayer
service Wednesday evening.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1920-05-04
LOST

A gold-cased Swiss watch with black
silk monogram fob. Initials l.. L. B. on
back of watch and Laurance Browning
written on inside of back. Reward If
returned to owner. Matt