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The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-29
UNDERWOOD -HEFL|N HERE NOVEMBER Il.
Both Senators to Speak Armis- tice Day-Parade Meeting for This Morning

Representative J. Thomas Heflin democratic nominee for the United States Senate, has accepted the invita- tion of the committee in charge of the Armistice Day programme to deliver an address here on the occasion.
 Although replies have not yet been received from some of the speakers who wre invited to address the crowds in Capitol park after the Armistice Day parade, the acceptance of MT. Hef- lin. which followed that of Senator Un- derwood. insures that the park will be thronged after the conclusion of the parade.
 The acceptance of Senator Under wood was received yesterday and MT. Heflin agreed to be present and make an address when he was seen yesterday afternoon at the Tutwiler hotel by a committee of American Legion mem- bers, headed by Matt H. Murphy The absence of Senator Underwood and Mfr. Heflin on campaign tours in behalf of the democratic nominees explains why replies were not received From them sooner.
 A meeting of representatives from every organization which has accepted the invitation of the American Legion to participate in the Armistice Day cell ebration will be held this afternoon at $ o'clock at the Civic Association. Plans for the parade and other events in connection with Armistice Day will be mapped out, and it is requested that not only those organizations which have already accepted, but those which may later accept be represented at tho meeting.
 Daily meetings of the central com mittee are being held at the Civic As- sociation and rapid progress is being made on the various details of the cele- bration. Committees today will confer with proprietors of motion picture houses and with retail merchants re- garding certain features of the observ- ance of the day.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-29
PRAISES JERRY GWiN
Hamilton Says His Fame As Road
 Builder Is Statewide

To the Editor of The Age e-Herald:
 have been a close student of the controversy between the grand jury and Jerry Gwin and would like to sub init few of my observations.
 I have failed to see a single criticism against Jerry Gwin's honesty and hay ing been intimately acquainted with hlm for 15 years as c near neighbor, feel sure that his honesty and integ- rity are unimpeachable. have failed to see where anyone has shown where he has received one dishonest dollar ty his transactions as a member of the board of revenue
 have failed to see where any con- potent or experienced road builder has condemned his work in building per manent roads. On the other hand. find that his work meets with the highest praise from all who speak with authority.
 I have failed to see where any fi- na1cier or banker has condemned Jerry Gwin in his handling of the, county s finances On the other hand, have seen the statements of several, praising him for accomplishing so much under adverse conditions.
 I notice that most of the criticism of Gwin's administration comes from individuals, who, judging from their
 
 made about as big a mess of the oounty's affairs as they claim Jerry has done.
 I recently took trip through about dozen counties of this state. did not find single foot of permanent highway in any Of these counties out side of Jefferson. I found that Jeffer- son is at least 25 years ahead of any of these counties in road construction. In discussing this condition with one ot the leading automobile dealers of Lee county he said: "The reason for this was that these counties had no Jerry Gwin to do the big things for tbem."
 I found that Jerry Gwin's fame as a road builder has become statewide and he is admired and respected by all who have compared Jefferson's roads with those of their own county.
 In reviewing the administration If the present board of revenue from ev- ery angle and viewpoint. I find that the mistakes and failures they have made look very small and insigniff- cant when compared with the big things they have done. Respectfully.
 GEORGE w. HAMILTON.
 212S Oak Avenue.
 Birmingham. October sS. 1920.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-29
MEET ID DISCUSS
 THE TRAFFIC CODE Committees From Civic Organ izations and City Officials
 In Conference Today

Members of the public safety commit tees of the civic. organizations of Bir- mingham will meet with Commissioner John R. Taylor and George Lewis Bales. assistant city attorney, today at 10 o'clock to look over the new traffic code which has just been completed. The code will be submitted to the City Commissioners in the next few days.
 Various recommendations will be made to the department of public safety by the organizations. Among these will be one from the Civic Association, asking that the City Commission retain the services of a traffic expert from St. ? Louis to drill the local police force in handling the traffic and make recommendations for the handling of dangerous streets and crossings.
 On one point the Civic Association are unanimous. Birmingham Is in need of a larger and more adequate police force.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-29
By HELEN BETHREA

The ghosts will walk Saturday even if it is October 3l.
 Everybody who has rabbits foot, bunch of ''hoodooed" chicken feathers or devils charm of any va riety better oil it up and get it In good working order, for Associated Press dispatches and all official signs say the ghosts will walk, and walk Saturday night.
 Halloween will be here, and many 2 maiden of nearly elderly mien will be backing down the back staircase with a mirror in one hand and a candle in the other, looking for the Young Lochinvar' who must have been de- layed on his way out of the west.
 It has oeen authoritatively stated that ghosts of all ages, sizes and conditions of servitude will infest Birmingham from the time dusk falls. when the little ghosts will tag at the skirts or cottails of the worker homeward bound, until midnight, when the big rowdy ghost will be banging on the doorstepsfand ringing the doorbell of the poor. defenseless dear public.
 Heretofore ghosts have been in very bad repute, but in the last year or two they have become quite the vogue among intellectuals with brows both high and low.
 Why is a ghost?
 The question used to be easy of an- swering. Ghosts belonged to the same category as goblins, trolls, banshees, witches, ogres, ghouls, vampires and all other varmints that human beings invent to make themselves wretched. That is, they belonged to those classes when they were functioning at Halloween time.
 They were merely one of those things which people invent to make themselves wretched like appendi- citis and nervous indigestion. People have to do something to make them selves unhappy. The negro who asked to be kicked on the shin be- cause it felt so good when it quit hurting was awfully human.
 But that is all changed now. TO believe in a ghost instead of being .
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-29

of the opinion that both hold-ups were' perpetrated by the same negro,
 With the two robberies yesterday this brings Birmingham { record for october up to 3l This is the largest number oS highway robberies in a month in local history it is stated. and there are sttlt three days to go. A strange thing about the hold-ups is the fact that large ma jorty of them have been committed in daylight and mostly by negroes On several occasions there have been as- sistants in hiding on the side of the road in case any resistance was shown This information was disclosed, 1t IS stated, by some of the negroes who have been arrested and are now being held in the county jail.
 HAD NO HOUNDS
 The bloodhounds which tracked three highwaymen who were arrested several days ago were not taken to the scene of the robbery yesterday as the officers answered the call immediately and did not have time to go to get them.
 Both city and county officers are making every effort to break up the gang of highwaymen and additional arrests are expected within the next few days.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-29
DR, EDMONDS ASKS
 AID FOR NEGROES Urges Contributions for the Church of Which Rev. J. w.
 Goodgame Is Pastor

Dr. Henry M. Ednonds, pastor of the Independent Presbyterian Church. has issued statement in behalf of the negro church at Sixth avenue and Sixteenth street, south, of which Rev. J. W. Good game is pastor. His statement reads:
 There is periodically in Birmingham and elsewhere in the south good deal of vague discussion of the negro prob lem. There is, on the contrary. in Bir- mingham and elsewhere frequently very little of definite action toward the solution of the problem. We seem to think that some day the mysterious key will be discovered that will unlock the whole situation. We forget that this problem, like every other. must be solved day after day and in thousand small but effective ways The way to solve the negro problem is to attack it wher- ever we see it and address ourselves to the, thousand little illustrations of it's presence and it's urgency.
 Just at this particular time there is present an opportunity in Birmingham to aid in the solution of the problem that lies between the two races.s A negro church at Sixth avenue and Sixteenth street, south, is tryii to pay of an obligation of $l1 900. The congregation it. self has retired $54,00o of their indebted ness They now approach the duty of finishing the job.J The membership of this church is composed of quiet. hard working, unostentatious negroes. They are led by the Rev. J. w. 0oodgame, who has been with them twenty years. He is sane, conservative. constructive leader Of his people. He has taught his mem bersbip the dignity of toll. He has pro vided instruction in the manual and do- mestic arts, preparing many a household servant for the families of this city.
 I believe the City of Birmingham could not do wiser thing than to evidence their support of negro minister of this sort. The hope of the negro race and the hope of our better relationship with that race rests in the negro church If we are going to save them and train them for better citizenship. that is the one agency to our hands. Every student of the, problem has made this statement over and over again.
 "Dr. Goodgames address is 15sS Ave nue F.
 Mail this man a check. Do it now"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-29
Ghosts and Things WiI
 Appear TonorroU EUening

mark of ignorance is mark of cul- ture. ard what effect this will have on his status on Halloween is yet io be ascertained. Some think that the demand will cause big business to tighten up on the spply and run up the price, others think that they will increase an hundredfold
 Not to believe In ghosts today is 9 mark of the purest ignorance, and awfully bad form, besides.
 The most interesting people. of course, have their own private ghosts, who finger near them and voice what ever they have to say through the lips of their protege or through ouija board wielded by the elect.
 The less elect affiliate with some publicly owned ghost, like George Washington or Caesar Qhe longer he has been a ghost the better for ones social standing), but these nouveau- physic are recognized as belonging to the realms of the just possible. skeptic belongs in the realms of outer darkness and is elected without pity.
 All of these things are being writ ten from observation of the elect, the very elect in and around the environs of Birmingham.
  woman was taking lunch with party of friends. In the crowd there was a lawyer who had become proficient in the art of automatic writing. lie communicated regularly with a young wrath and wrote beautiful hand, "Oh, utterly unlike. my own, my dear'' He had about decided that the spirit had lived in the sixteenth century because of words like left soon' and .belike.'
 Another enc, a grandmother who was given to lorgnettes and plumed hats, was in communication with beautiful Burmese youth who died 300 years ago.
 Without exception they all had pri- vate ghosts with whom they commit nicated daily.
 Of course nothing definite has been decided yet, but a great future is predicted for Halloween if things con tinue to progress as they have be- gun.
 Of course since the last night in October comes on Sunday, the spooks kindly consented to manifest themselves Saturday night instead.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-29

According to the officers, Mir. Pas kowitz was riding along the Duck Pond road when negro stepped from behind some bushes on the side of the road. pointing a pistol at him. When ordered to get out of the buggy the junk dealer did and threw up his hands when told to do so. He kept saying q ain't got no money over and over, getting louder each time until he attracted the atten- ton of two men working near. Just as the robber was in the act of taking the watch from the pocket of his victim he saw the two workmen coming and im- mediately made his escape
 SHERIFF NOTIFIED
 The sheriffs office was notified of the hold-up and deputres, accompanied by city detectives, went to the scene. While they were securing the vicinity looking for the negro who had been clever enough to elude them, man named Davis was held up and robbed of a small amount of money near Owenton on the road to East Thomas. Officers are
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-29
Unidentified Girl In Hospital; Result of
 Robbery Last Night
Thrty-second Victim of Rogues Who Are Robbing Citi in and About Brming gham-Suffered Great Ner
 Shock Say Physicians, and Is Very III Now

pocketbool< was lying open on the ground beside her. Everything ia it had been taken except Il bunch of keys
 Johns' ambulance carried her to the infirmary and nurses worked with aer for several hours trying to bring her back to con sciousness. several times she would rise up from her bed in the hospital and scream and one time she was conscious long enough to state that suddenly 1t seemed sew eraI men ran up to her and one of them snntched the pocketbook-
 Attending p-.ysicians say that she is suffering from great nervous shock. and it may he sew ernI days or even weeks before she can fully recover. Emergency call officers from police headquarters went to the scene where the young woman had heen found, but nt late hour last night no trace of the highwnymen could be found.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-29
CRIMINAL CASES

Lewis Porter negro, was convicted or murder in the second degree yesterday in Judge H. P Heflin's division of the criminal court and was given twenty years in the penitentiary. Porter is all Ieged to have killed Lee McCloud, negro.
 Following the trial of Bertha Smith, uegress, on charge fof murder. before Judge William F. Fort in the criminal division of the circuit court. the jury returned verdict of guilty of man slaughter in the first degree and fixed the penalty at two years in the peniten- tiary. These defendants will be seg- tenced Saturday The case of Ed Reese. negro. charged with the killing of Ge- neya Coachman. was on trial before Judge Fort yesterday afternoon.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-29

The latest victim of highway men who have staged g. hold , ups i'm or near Birmingham this month is young woman who looked to he about 25 years old, and who lay in local infirmary for several hours this morning in an unconscious condition as the result of being held up and robbed near the corner of Tenth avenue and Thirteenth street. south. about v;d5 o'clock last night.
 At late hour she had not re- gained consciousness and had not been identified. She was found lying In front of the residence of \. :. Cowan, 1914 Thirteenth street. south. One of the straps on her pocketbook had been broken. and police authorities believe that the robbers snafched it out of her hand. When she was found her
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-29
HIT ON HEAD

Arthur Chappell who lives at Wilkes station was struck on the head with walking cane, 1t is alleged, by o. M. Ferguson, at Fourth avenue and Twenty fifth street. north, about GAS o'clock last night
 Emergency Call Officers Howell and Prince arrested Ferguson and placed him in the city jail on q charge of as- sault with intent to murder. Chap pell was femoved to a local hospital and he has an excellent chance to re- cover. According to Investigating sof- ficers. Ferguson declined to make a etafemeut
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-29
MANY COMING ID
 HOUSING MEETING Civic Association Is Fostering Building and Loan Plan to
 Get More Homes

Delegations from several cities of Ala bama are expected to respond to the in- vitation of the Civic Association to att and savings associations of Alabama, November g. at Birmingham.
 President w. T. Archer of the Sheffield Chamber of Commerce has written the Civic Association that d special commit- tee of that body will be on hand ia search of the necessa rSN N!nformation to or- ganize a building and loan association at Muscle shoals
 On the evening of November g, at tho Civic Association, an address on this sup- ject will be delivered by President Phi c. Kicks of the United States league of local building and loan associations. who will speak his belief that these insti-, tutions are the most available means. of supplying the needed capital for home- building. To solve the house siortags throughout the state of Alabama is tha purpose of the convention at Birming- ham, and MT. Kicks is coming to Bir- mingham at the instance of the housing committee of the Civic Association.
 Inquiries have been received from Do- than. Gadsden, Tuscaloosa and other cities of the state, indicating lively interest in the Birmingham meeting. It is hoped to stimulate the organization of more building and loan associations in Alabama. These institutions already in the state total less resources than a single institution in Oklahoma City and less than a fourth of the assets of one such institution in Columbus Ohio.
 The most Important industry in tho Dutch West Indies is the refining of petroleum at Willemstadt, where one plant employs more than 1000 work
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-29
CANADIAN LETTERS

Every train that arrives in Birming ham continues to bring in bundles of letters from people in cities along the route of the balloons in the interna- tional race which was staged here last Saturday.
 handed in at The Age-Herald office. Many of them had Canadian stamps on them and each of the slips inside the letters bore the name of the balloon seen and the time it had passed over q city or town.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-29
EVENTS OF TODAY
 IN BIRMINGHAM

''FeIlowship Day" Civilians. southern Club. at l o'clock.
 ADJUSTMENTS JeffersOn-'Thc Man Who Came Back.'
 Lyric-keith vaudeville and pictures. Loew's Bijou--vaudeville and pie fares.
 Strand--Cecil E. DeNilIe's "SOme- thing to Think About, Trianon-katherine. Mcdonald. in "Curtain..
 AIcnzar-Gouveaneur Morris 'sThe Penalty"
 RialtO-Alice Lake, in "Body and Soul"
 Prfncess-fLightning Bryce" OdeOn-"Moonriders., EdgewOod Park-Mountnin View Inn and cabaret.
 Miles School of Dancing-Dancins from to 12.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-29
EXTENSION COURSE

pr. c. A. McMurry. director of the ex- tension course of Peabody Normal Col lege, will meet the teachers of the this course tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock. At this time class will be organized in the extension course and professional training. it is stated. All teachers who wish to join are invited to be present.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-29
ENTERTAINMENT

There will be an entertainment this evening at o'clock at St. Johns Meth odist Church, corner of Avenue H and Twentieth street. south. Mrs. Julia Truitt Bishop will give an original reading and music will be furnished by 2 quartette from the Ganus School of Music. The public is invited to be present
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-29
LECTURE TUESDAY

Next Tuesday evening at o'clock at the annex of the Eleventh Avenue Meth cdist Church, pr. George R. Stuart will deliver his famous lecture on Fun Is It Divine or Deyilish?"
 The lecture will be given under the auspices of the missionary society of the Eleventh avenue church, and the returns will be used by the local department
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-29
COUNTY CHA|RMEN
 SAY AMENDMENTS : CERTAIN ID CARRY
Letters From All About State to Headquarters Announce Favorable View Taken By
 Alabama Voters

Indications that the river amendment will receive the in- dorsement of an overwhelming majority of voters of the state in the general election which will take place next Tuesday was shown yesterday in nu- merous letters received at state headquarters here of the state campaign committee.
 More than twenty-five counties of Alabama have reported favorably on the matter within the past week. and the majority of these have come from the larger counties of the state Walker, Montgomery, Dallas and Mobile are to be depended upon to give the movement the utmost of support, according 10 letters to headquarters from county chairmen of each of the counties men tioned.
 CHAIRMEN WRITE
 Rufus A. O'Rear, prominent citizen of Jasper. county chairman of Walker county, Wednesday reported to local heads of the movement that Walker county is as enthusiastic in the develop ment of the Warrior river as Jefferson, especially because of the immense coal fields and associated industries that would share in the benefits of improved inland waterways. MT. ORear added that the amendment would receive an overwhelming nrsjority at the polls Tuesday
 q think all three amendments will carry in Mobile county writes Gessner T. McCarvey, attorney of Mobile. who is county chairman for the amendment. We are doing everything in Mobile county to carry the harbor and river amendments especially, because they are necessary for water transportation in Alabama in providing harbor facili- ties at the port of Mobile and the i'm provement and further development of river facilities at the Port of Birming- ham,
 MONTGOMERY INTERESTED
 Similarly encouraging is the letter from W. A. Downing of Montgomery, county chairman for Montgomery and Dallas counties. Mir. Downing calls att. tention to the fact that citizens of the two counties are friendly toward the movement in view of the fact that it will mean so much to the people of Jefferson county, and because it will probably lead to the governments talk ing hand in establishing barge con nections on the Alabama river, which would be beneficial to the people of Montgomery and Selma.
 Other reports have been brought to attention of those in charge of the campaign of education here. They are from county chairmen of more than twenty five counties of the state. and indicate that voters in each respective county will vote favorablys for the measure.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-29
Marriage Licenses

The following marriage license. were issued yesterday at the office of the probate judge:
 Ira s. Sims and Miss Artie Moore.
 J. c. Counts and Miss Margaret Lykes.
 David R. solomon and Miss Madeline Hlrshfield.
 Spencer crunk and Miss Dora caba- miss.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-29
CONFIDENTIAL Business Relations Exist ing Between The Secur- ity Savings and Its

Numerous Patrons l. No information is given out ?. Concerning the affairs of either 3spositors or borrow. CTS.
 3. You can borrow money from us to help buy. build or im- prove . home. {. You can depesit your money with us and get 5 per cent on Savings, 6 pel cent on Time Certificates, ' per cent on Monthly SAvinss. s. You must De either . bor- rower or . saver, 60 should have our free literature. Write or call for it. Security Savings & Loan Co.
 21O9 Second Ave.
 Birmingham. Ala.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-29
Highwaynan Disconnected By His Victims Staccato
 Reiterated Cry Of PoUerty
Peddler, Held Up by Thug, Raises Great Outcry and Rogue Robs Elsewhere When Officers and Work men Come to Rescue-Thirty- second In-
 stance for October

about o'clock that he didn't have any money Joseph Paskowtz junk dealer kept saying, Il amt money so loud that he frightened the negro away
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-29

The most important industry In the Dutch West Indies is the refining of petroleum at Willemstadt, where one plant employs more than 1000 work