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CEMETERY LOTS FOR SALE

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WANTED-Homes 10 sell on South side and Norwood. Call J. NJ Yeild- ing. with Trustees System. Phone M 5Ol6 2024 st ave
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nave customers tor homes in all parts of Birmingham. List your property with us. We will give re-
 suits. Montgomery Real Estate and
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Clubs Preparing for Final Drive Towards Pennant

New York. September 5-F'ive of the six major league teams engaged in the struggle for the leadership of the Ameri- can and National Leagues won today and the sixth, the New York Americans. who did not play, were busted from their second place position by Chicago. The Brooklyn Nationals lead Cincinnati by a half game and New York by two games, while the Cleveland American leaders have only onegame advan- tage over it's two rivals, who are vir- tually tied.
 The National League contenders are be- ginning to gather up speed for the final spurt, with only about twenty-five games to play. The Chicago Americans, whose slump cost them their advantage over Cleveland and New York, are beginning to keep step again with the other leaders.
 are getting good pitching. coupled with timely hitting, and expect to make profitab ble their September home stay. The Giants have recovered from the un- expected setback last week at the hands of Pittsburg and have won now four straight, not including a protested game of July 5. completed yesterday which already was counted as a victory in the league records.
 NlhcLlHall Hau pelter Weeh tlidu ieN rivals. The Reds, who won today from St. Louis after a hard twelve-inning bat tie, go east this week to battle in the enemies territory. Pittsburg showed signs of getting back into the big battle, but losing two out of three games to Chicago has put the Pirates seven full games below Brooklyn
 In the American League Cleveland seemingly has an advantage over New York. The Indian twirlers are displaying winning form again and only lost two games last week by close margins. The Yankees were forced to call upon Mays for rescue work twice, in addition to pitching two full games. New York is
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SAYS GEORGES CAN GET
 FIGHT ON ANY DATE

Benton Harbor, Mich, September D. Jack Kearns, manager of Jack Dempsey worlds heavyweight champion, declared tonight Georges Carpenter can have fight with Dempsey any time he wants it" Carpenter sailed yesterday from France for New York.
 T shall meet Carpenter when he lands in New York next week." kearns said Dempsey is i nperfeect condition and ready to fight at any time. All Carpen- tier has to do is to name the date-were ready any time he is.
 Dempsey has one fight definitely sched- uled after tomorrow's battle here with Billy Misk. He meets Gunboat Smith ir Boston September 27.
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Chicago Writers To Investigate
 Fixing Charges

Chicago, September 5.-The Chicago chapter of the Baseball Writers Assoca- |tion tonight prepared tos investigate that the Philadelphia Nationals would win last Tuesdays game with the Chi cago club, and that gamblers won thou sands of dollars as a result of Phila- delphias victory.
 The entire membership of the chapter was appointed committee of the whole by l. E. Sanborn, president, after he had received letter from William Veeck, president of the Chicago club, specifically asking that the baseball writers take up the investigation Sam Hall, sporting writer of the Herald and Examiner, was appointed chairman of the committee.
 Mir Veeck in his statement yesterday announcing he had received several tele- grams and telephone calls just before the game warning him of the betting be- ing done in Detroit, Cincinnati and ot\er cities, suggested that the writers enter into the investigation, and tonight in his letter to Sanborn said that the entire re- sources of the club were at the assocla- tion's disposal All the financial as- sistance needed also will be given. he said. The club will go ahead with an indepen- dent investigation, '"We're the reflect tion on the Chicago National League Club the only matter entering into tnis affair, I would not call for the assistance of the baseball writer's, said Mr. VeecK' letter, but it issmore serious than that Baseball is much greater than the mere standing of the Chicago club. and there must be no question as to it's honesty.
 "If your investigation develops that there is one man on the team who mas done a single dish onest act, you will have rendered to the public and the ciup service so great it's value cannot be estimated If your investigation develops there has been no dishonesty among the players, you will have done as great service, and in that case l want the men
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JOHNSTON DEFENDS
 HIS TENNIS TITLE > AGAINST TlLDEN

Forrest Hill, September civilian M Johnston of San Francisco. American tennis champion, will defend his title here tomorrow against William T. Til den, II, of Philadelphia, holder, of the British title.
 The two survivors of the 12S entrants ir the national all-comers' tournament are expected to be more closely matched than in their meeting in last years na- tional final, when the little Californian won in straight sets, 6-4 6-4, 6-3.
 Vincent Richards of Yonkers will have as his opponent in the national junior final w. W. Ingram of Providence; w, A. Cam pbell of New York, and R. N. Dana of Providence will meeet for the veterans title. Two other finals, the junior doubles and boys will be decided.
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MASS MEETING FRIDAY

Anniston, September 5.-(Special) IA mass meeting of citizens for the organ ization of a Calhoun cbunty division O; the American Cotton Association has been called for ? o'clock next Friday after noon at the Calhoun county courthouse, the invitation to include all farmers, bankers, business or professional men di
 rectly or indirectly concerned in secrH<, z and maintaining just prices for the s<
 ricultural products in the hands of the producer as compared with prices for the same products in their final forms when sold to the ultimate consumer. The call for the business and professional men has been issued by l.. G. Prentice. county farm agent, and for the farmers of Cal
 houn county by Felix R. Mullino, presi- dent of the>Farmers' Union of the county.
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GRAND CIRCUIT MEETING
 OPENS AT HARTFORD

Hartford, Conn, September 5.xWith twenty events on the week card, the Grand Circuit meeting will open here tomorrow at Charter Oak park Nearly 250 trotters. and pacers are entered in the races that will be fought out on the his- toric track. The Charter Oak purse for SIC, ,OOO the largest purse of the circuit. IS on the card for Thursday. This is for PIP trotters and has attracted twenty-six entries. On Thursday's list also is a s3OOO stake, the Whirlwind purse for 2:10 pacefs. A free for all pace for s2,J0) is on the card for tomorrow. with Direct C. Burnett. Sanardo. Red Lancelot and Godie Todd entered.
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not batting as hard as early in the sea son. but Ruth.s two home runs Saturday breaking all league records, with total of forty-six for the season, indicates that his eye and arms have not been affected by his lay-off.
 Chicago's slump of seven straight losses after a wonderful climb to top place ended Saturday, and this week the White Sox hope to take revenge on Boston, which has been playing mischief with the pennant chasers.
 The weeks record in each league Of games played, won and lost, with runs hits and errors, men left on bases and runs scored by opponents, including games of Saturday, September f. is as i folIowS.
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WILSON, -DOWNEY MATCH
 OFF DUE TO INJURIES

Canton, Ohio, September 1.-The twelve round bout between Johnny Wilson, mid dleweight champion, and Brown Downey of Cleveland, scheduled to be held to- morrow, was caled off tonight. Wilson said he could not breathe through one of his nostrils because of an injury re- ceved several days ago andwas unable to fight.
 Wilson's injury was reported after he had done shadow boxing and other light training today. After-a conference last ing several hours between mAnseers of the two boxers tonight it was decided to call of fthe bout
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AMERICAN LEAGUE
U. s. ATHLETES WIN
 WATER CONTEST IN
 FRENCH NEE

Paris. September 5.-The American ath- letes made a clean sweep in the water contests of the Paris Olympic" today and incidentally Duke kahanamoku broke the worlds record for the 100 me- tres swim, covering the distance in one minute flat
 The Americans won every race and Ethelda Beibtrey of New York defeated Susanne Wurtz, the French woman champion, with consummate ease.
 Norman Ross; Chicago, won the i01
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SHOW MEN ARRESTED

Anniston. September 5.-tSpecial )-Bud Carroll and Patty Connally, two men travelling with the circus which gave two performances in this city Saturday were arrested Saturday afternon by Off, ficers Smith. Wade. Garrett and Tolleson under charges of violating the prohibition laws. The officers who made the ar- rest captured along with the men about a dozen receptacles, several of which they claim contained small amounts of corn whisky, it being alleged thot the men were retailing .-the fluid at D cents a drink. The state authorities issued war rants for the arrest of She two men.
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ODD FELLOWS TO MEET

Anniston, September 5.-(Special)-The semi-annual convention of the Jonathan district of Odd Fellows to be held at Webster's chapel next Thursday, will be tion, according to an announcement just made by District President J. M Wood, of Jacksonville, who will preside over the one-day session. The members are expected to bring their wives or daugh- ters, and a programme of interest to the public will be rendered. A large num- Der of the delegates are expected in An niston Wednesday night, and will leave early the next morning for the conven- tion place. Reports from the WebsteS chapel community are to the effect that the people of that neighDornood are mak- ing extensive plans for the entertain ment of the large number of visitors ex- pected
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MARINE NEWS
By Associated Press

New Orleans. September 5.-Cleared: None today.
 Port Eads, La, September 5-Ar- rived: Steamers Clontarf, New YorK. Dannedaike, San Juan. Porto Rico; Lake Hector, New York; Rochelle (British), Cuba; Texas (French), Mex ico.
 Sailed: Belgian (British), Liverpool; Fl Paso, New York; G. R. Grove (Brit- ish), Port Lobos; Governor (British). Liverpool; Lake Arthur, Santiago; Lake Folcroft, Mobile; Lucigen (British). Calais and Dunkirk via Norfolk; Me japan. Bocas del Toro, via Havana, Kingston and Cristobal; Otwaring. Jacksonville. San Giuseppe Utalian), Naples; Saranac (British), London; Tipton Tela; Yuma, TamPfco Yumuri, Vera Cruz. via Tampico.
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Recruiting Record Broken

Washington, September 5.-Army re- cruiting again broke all peace time records during August. according to a statement tonight by Adiutant General Harris, showing enllstments for the month to have reached la.242. July en- listments. which were slightly larger than the number in June. were 15,S2l, Enlistments are expected to go even higher in September. the statement sald because of opening of the army school terms which officials believe will attract scores of men into the service.
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metres in 5 minutes 57 3-5 seconds. P. Keolaha of Honolulu was second.
 Miss Bleibtrey ran away with the S0c- metre match against Mile Wurtz, the French. woman being more than fifty yards behind at the end
 Kahanamoku's match against Rounley, French champion, was one-sided af- fair, the Hawaiian winning in record time and the Frenchman finishing eight seconds behind
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Drauing for Cotton States
 Championship.

The Cotton States tennis championship games will begin promptly at o'clock this afternoon.
 Lee Allen plays C. kearns.
 J. B. Duke plays Raleigh Jenkins. Tinsley Harrison plays McKamy. Forman plays w. c. Harrison. L. N. Means plays c. w. Lord Robert Jemison plays Ray Lange Tom Jones plays Frank Bell.
 Borden Burr plays H. F. Simpson. Rush Hess plays the winner of the Borden Burr-H. F. Simpson match. Charles Allison, Jr, plays Riddle Worthington.
 Robinson plays Carlton Y. Smith. Rush Simpson plays Hugo Black. B. H. Branscomb plays R. D. Johnston, Jr, of New York.
 M. D. Bartlett plays A. F. Hausske. William Burr plays w. H. Bartlett. C. H. Jones plays Joe Mudd.
 Charles Hall plays William Rogers. w. T. Warren plays J. c. Foster. Forest and Bradley will play Harold and Bell. Johnson and Rogers will play Brooks and Lang.
 Brown Walker and Kearns will play Johnson and Mudd. BUTT and burr VIII piay AS Perry.
 Jenkins and Harrison will play Allison and Jemison.
 Dbough and Barnes will play Means and Hausske.
 Jones and Worthington will play Mc- Kamy and Forman. Charles Jones and Schullinger Will play Bartlett and Warren.
 Lord and Woodson will play Simpson and Simpson.
 Hess and Harrison will play the winner or Jones and Worthington will play Mc- Kamy and Forman to match.
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LOCAL NEGRO SHOT

Anniston. September 5.-fSpeciaL )-Tom Bess. local negro employer at the plant of the Anniston Foundry Company, was shot in the right side late Saturday night by Joe Wesley Curry, row or. a woman heinz given as the cause of the shooting, according to reports furnished the officers who investigated. Curry dis appeared over the shooting and officers at once began a search for him
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ANNISTON
FIDDLERS COMPLETE PLAN

Anniston, September 5,-(SpeciaL)- Plans for the entertainment of the 1Ct or more old fiddlers who are coming to Anniston next Thursday from practically every section of Georgia and Alabama for the annual convention have been com- pleted. F. G. Copeland, the one-armed champion of the two states, is in charge of the arrangements, and has announced that Judge John H. Wilson will preside over the session of music-makers. Many Anniston people are making arrangements to attend the afternon matinee at 3:3J and the night session at o'clock
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Columbia to Meet Tampa for Championship of South

Tampa. Fla, September 5.-Co- Iumbia. champions of the South At- lantic Association. and Tampa, Fla, State League champions, will play n series of seven games for the championship of the southeast, It ~as announced here today. Three games will he played here, two at other towns in the State League and possibly two in Jacksonville.
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Apologize to France

Berlin. September 5.-Dr. Walter Simon, the foreign minister, accompanied by Herr Severing of the Prussian ministry, called at the French embassy today and expressed tie governments apology for the recent incident at Breslau, during which mob attacked the French con- sulate.
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MRS. METCALF HURT

Anniston. September 5.-(Special.I- Mrs. C. A. Metca,f of Sherman Heights wal painfully injured about the head and face in a collision of cars driven by her and Cleve Scarborough late Saturday on the brick pike near Edgemont cemetery, young Scarborough being painfully hurt at the same time. Two negroes who had been employed at the Metcalf home dur ing the day, and who were being brought into the city in her car were slightly hurt Both the cars were completely de- molshed.
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 These pictures give you an idea of improve ment in appearance and you may expect wonder full benefit in personal attractiveness and win ming efficiency when you are slender.
 Suorisins weight vedue- tisn reported = even after just . few days treatment. With proper reduction the flesh becomes firm. the skin
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TEXAS LEAGUE

At Dallas, 03; Wichita Falls. 1-1 fFirst game. 12 innings; second, seven innings).
 At Galveston, 2-1; Houston, or.
 At Ft. Worth, 3-1; Shreveport, 0-2.
 At San Antonio, 3-3-3: Beaumont, 2-S-2. tFirst game splayoff of protested game; resumed in ninth inning; third game called in sixth. darkness
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PeIs Buy New Shortstop

Benunonf, Tex, September 5.-. Don Rader. shortstOp of the Beau mont club, has been sold to the New Orlea < Southern Association club. He will report Monday.
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INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE

At Rochester, 1; Toronto. 3. At Akron, 5; Buffalo, 6 innings; rain) At Reading. 4; Syracuse, 5 At Baltimore, 6; Jersey City, 0.
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Fat Folks
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AMERICAN. AssOCIAT1ON

At Kansas City,M7 Milwaukee. s. hss- At St. Paul, &; Minneapolis, 5.
 At Indanap polls 5-4; Toledo, 0-5. At Columbus, 4-6; Louisville, 3-1.
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By J. EPPs BROWN, President.
Other Increased Costs of Operation

Concident with the increase the of labor shown the Companys wage b the of all telephone material and equip has steadily increased.
 The advance telephone material prices shown by the fol- lowing partial list of the principal units of telephone pant
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would not be such large amount of back
taxes outstanding; neither would it be
necessary for Council to employ the SER
vices oi additional men TO perform work
which belongs TO the collector.
The Board of Assessment has en-
deavored IN every way to cooperate with
the collector of the northern district, and
has furnished him from time to time with
copies of changes in valuations which has
increased the work of the assessment
office fully a third. II has been a pleasure
TO work with John | Doian, the collector
OF the southern district, and his deputies,
as they have always co-operated fully IN
the routine work applying to both Offices.
ihls also applies to G. s. Rice, former col
lector of the northern district. We re-
gret to state, however, that there never
has been any spiri. of cooperation mani
tested by the present collector of the north
ern district, but rather spirit of an
tagonlsm and unfair criticism.
''The members Of the Board of AS
sessment feel that the interests of the
city win be best served If the collector Of
the northern district will attend strictly
10 his own business and that of the office
TO which he was elected, and We trust that
Council will use its influence toward at
tanning that end.
Respectfully,
Board of Assessment for the city of
Wilmington. W T.. Slower.
President
The finance committee presented sew
cral financial affairs A resolution was
presented and passed, unanimously, au-
thorizing the mayor and Council to bor-
row funds TO meet Deficiencies in current
appropriations.
Councilman Alexander Abrahams re-
ported the mayors high cost of living
committee has practically completed its
work, but will continue negotiations with
the Department of Justice, in connection
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without considering any other cIrcum-
stances. 1t does not afford the members
of the board any additional remunera-
tion or any pleasure to increase ASSESS
ments which will compel property owners
TO pay additional taxes. However, the
members cannot consult their own per-
sonal feelings in the matter There are
approximately 10000 different parcels of
real estate IN Wilmington, and the board
frankly admits that in establishing vnlues
on such large number of properties 1t
may have made errors in judgment, espe-
ciallv Mt this time. when values are con-
stantly changing. However, the members
of the board challenge Mr.. Klund or any
other person to show single instance
where politics. friendship or any ques-
tionable motive has ever Influenced the
board in fixing valuation, or where the
board has declined 10 correct an error
when same was clearly shown to be
such
'If MIR kund were acting as assessor,
would he follow his own or some other
erratic ideas in making assessments, or
would he feel il his duty 10 follow the law
in tho premises? Would it always be his
aim to see that Justice prevails and make
an honest effort TO render to each prop
erty owner. his Just due, without distinc-
tion. or would he incline kindly toward his
political friends, and punish his enemies,
political or otherwise? Would he have
the courage to do his full duty without
regard as to results to him personally.
or would n desire for popularity and
in public oft ce prompt him
to do only those things which are pleasing
and agreeable?
COLLECTORS SOLE DUTY.
"The sole duty Of the collector OF
taxes is to collect the taxes levied and
he does not participate in the establish
nent of assessment values The Board of
Assessment does not require any assist
ance or suggestions whatsoever from the
collector of taxes 10 enable il TO compile its
'ecords- If the collector of taxes would
ievote his energies toward the collection
IF taxes alone, he would doubtless find his
.ime so fully occupied as not TO permit him
% interfere with the work of another de-
oartment, and it also IS likely that there
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with its anti-proftccring campaign. Mayor
William G.. Taylor's report on the work
oi the ommittce was received and mp
proved
DAYLIGHT SAVING
The daylight saw wings matter was
brought up by Councilman Abrahams. He
outlined the status of the change in other
cities, but as the local ordinance does not
go into effect until the last Saturday in
April, no action was taken.
Announcement was Inade that Council
will make an inspection Of the Brandywine
this afternoon. The members will meet
in Council chamber about clock. The
inspection will be made in conjunction
with Col. j. p. Jervey, u. S. district
engineer for the Wilmington district.
Following the meeting of Council, the
building committee and Ellis p. Preston,
building inspector, gave hearing 10
representatives of the Metropolitan ) 10
so Cent Store Company. The company
had applied to Mr.. Prcstons Office for
permit to make extensive alterations TO
the Hotel Wilmington property, where
the company intends opening its new
store.
MIR. Preston refused to issue the permit
because of several legal questions that
might arise rs a result of the change
that the company wishes to make TO the
front of the building. The question of
whether new front wall must be built
was brought up. City Solicitor Huxley
viii be asked to give decision on the
matter before the permit is issued