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The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-02-08
What They Think
ny BILL. HAYES

n
 The question wasI What Is your opinion of the "Qwn-your-own- home move?''
 Where asked: At Fourth avenue and twentieth street.
 The answers were:
 Edward E. Stratton, nianufac- turer, Edgewood:
 .That is going to help us | long way towards having peaceful. Arriving communities"
 Lulu v. Hitler. stenographer, 1900 Twentieth street:
 sSo much has been said about it that thought everybody was In favor of owning their own home if they could buy one"
 Emil R. Rutter, photographer. Seventy ty-aixth street:
 Every man ought to own his homo. IhAfs true. but there are so many of us who, have never been able to accumulate enOugh." |" R. M. Street, conductor, South ern raiiwAy:
 ~We weren't aducated to that idea early enough. Had we been. there are . whole lot of us who'd be better off now"
 Georgia Landis, bank clerk. 212s Highland avenue:
 The ideA should be taught in the schools that the children might profit by such doctrine.''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-02-08
AMENDMENTS WILL
 BE VOTED ON IN
 ELECTION TODAY
Polls to Open at Usual Places This Morning at 8 O'Clock.
 Stiles Makes Statement

Two proposed amendments tc the state constitution will be voted on today.
 The polls will open at 8 o'clock and will close at 5 o'clock in the rural sections and at 6 o'clock in the city.
 Officers have been selected for the holding of this special election, and SO,- 900 ballots. as well as tally sheets and other supplies have been received by J. P. Stiles, judge of probate, and dis tributed to the various polling places
 There are 126 voting places in the county. and 750 officers are required for the holding of this election.
 One of the amendments to be sub mitted to the people provides for cer- tain additional qualifications for regis tering and voting.
 The second will authorize the. issuance and sale of $5o0o,000 worth of state bonds at rate of interest mot to exceed per cent Ter snnum.
 MUCH SPECULATION r Since the ruling of the Alabama su- preme court declaring the s5, 0.0C state gooI roads bond issue unconstitutional, there has been much speculation as to the advisability of passing on this amendments however, dCCOTu1uS tO Judge Stiles, the election was called for the purpose of submitting this amend ment to the people and cannot be called off at this late date. He stated that efforts were being made to have su- preirc court review and reconsider the matter. and should the memoers reverse saeir decision the passage of this amend ment would be of great assistance Tn d'spos.r.- C. the bonds. On she ether hand be rein..<d t,t1t if tho netlt.On flf rehearing was denied and ne bend issue hciG uncor stitutional the adoption of the amendment would mean nothing. But if a special session of the legislature was called and the matter submitted to the people again and voted. then the adoption of the proposed amendment would secure the sale of the bobds al the earliest time possible. he said
 THE TICKET
 The ticket to be voted on today is as follows:
 PROPOSED AMENDMENT No.
 OFFICIAL BALLOT.
 SPECIAL ELECTION ON CON-
 STITUTION AMENDMENT
 TUESDAY, FEBRUARY, 8. 1921
 Shall the following amendment be adopted to the Constitution of the State, to wit:
 The highway bond commission is authorized to issue and sell, with the approval of the governor, not over five million dollars of the state bonds hereto ofore authorized by the amendment to the constitution, known as Article xxx, to bear such rate of interest not exceeding per centum per annum, payable annually or semi-annually, as the highway commission roay find necessary to se- cure the sal6g thereof
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-02-08

on sheets of scratch paper. This would be followed by Any Hun gry Child" staggering gallantly across line after line of the tablet paper Any Hungry Child" did not look quite so well done on the final check as the signature, "R. D. Johnston III, because. as every one knows, a man is always more used to signing his own name than he is to writing anything else. espe- cially when he is a financier and has bank account of his very own.
 The ceremony of writing the check was gone through with Mon day morning. Check after check was discarded as too poorly writ ten for Any Hungry Child" to read. Finally one which suited the writer was finished and it. with one for his small brother, which was written for him by his father, was dispatched to headquarters
 When asked if he didn't think he was beginning to write checks rather early in life. he renarked
 Not too early for those hungry children"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-02-08
HOME BUILDING IS STRESSED AT FORUM Speakers Point on Advantage of Home Owning and Ad-
 wise Building

Own your own home" was the doc trine preached to the Monday forum meeting of the Civic Association yester- dressed by three speakers of authority on the home-owning question from the purchasing of a lot to the finishing touch on the structure itself.
 General real estate and home building conditions were touched upon by w. V. M Robertson. Jr., of the Alabama Home Building and Loan association, who said the outlook was very encouraging for the building of moro homes at this time, because money had loosened up for first mortgage paper.
 T think everybody is moro Of lsss favorable to owning their homes and to stop paying rent" MT. RobcFtson asaid. sbut it seems that the educationai propaganda along this line has not taken the effect 1t should have taken because of the vast army who have always said they would rather pay rent than pay out all they could get hold of on c place of their own.
 Such . spirit. of course. was due to . lack Of knowledge might say of the ship Now the propaganda to circulate Is to pound into your feliowman the importance of becoming good moral rfsk that he may be able to Get money to finance a home when he 10 ready to build, and after all, good moral risk is as good as all the security q man can offer.v
 s. E. Garrett of the Butler-Garret Real Estate company told some of the reasons why building had been retarded In the past. explaining that the money string- ency vas one great drawback. He added. however, the money wae nov loosening up and boom might be looked for-
 Wadsvorth M. Wood of the Wood Lumber company made a short talk on the contemplated future of prices, stat- ing the time to build was right nov. as ,srinoa uroslld fall nn lower. Y
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-02-08
CHIMES CAMPAIGN IS TO START NEXT WEEK

Great interest centers around the tower campaign at Highlands Methodist church, which will be inaugurated one week from tonight. Tuesday. February lS. when the Woman's Missionary society will serve supper as an initial occasion for speeches and singing and . general "ret-together'' spirit
 Or Wednesday, morning, February lS, the teams, composed of many of the prominent men of the church, will start the drive for funds with which to build the tower, where the chimes. recently presented to the church. will be in- stalled.
 The tower campaign will occupy exact- ly two days-wednesday and Thursday. February ls and T--and 1t the close of each day workers will assemble At Htxhlands church, whore the Woman's s Missionary society will serve supper and the work of the day gone over and dis cuseed.
 The tower campaign has been planned along the lines of the allied armies dur ing the late war to expedite time ana energy and make whirlwind campaign. going through the work with vim and spirit and completing the task within two days.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-02-08


 1sl7. made . tour of Russia lectur- ing on the Petrograd events. On his return he was appointed secretary to the minister of labor in the Kerensky government. This post he held until tthe bolshevist revolution.
 He was one of those appointed to receive and inform the Root commis- leion from the United States concern ,ang conditions in Russia at that pe- I8iod. During 1913 he was editor of HThe Theatrical World"
 Mrs. John R. Hornady, president of Tho local chapter. says: T am much gratified oyer tho in- Everest manifested in the appearance of Dr. zilbcors in this city. and feel Bure that the organizations which have .postponed their regular meetings In fOrder to attend his lecture will be fully fepaid with the amount of pleasure land benefit obtained."
 Tho Drama league board extends . cordial invitation to the ministers of the city to attend as guests of the organization.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-02-08

Less than an hour nfter the ac- cident occurred, n black negro, driving a big touring car, drove wildly over the railroad tracks on the highway crossing near the pipe shops at Besscmer. There vns not human being, automobile nor train within several hundred yards of him at the time.
 SILENT OFFICER
 But what cnused his wild dnsh for safety was the iron figure of n man that resembled an officer. The figure appears to be an officer. It is made of iron and it's hands ex- tend on either side of him as a warming to motorists to slow down. It was placed there because. of the great number of accidents at the crossing.
 Whom the negro saw the iron mnn at the crossing. 1t appears he believed the police had wired ahead of him to the station at Besse- nner and had them oh the lookout for him and the death car, in which he was still riding.
 There was n chance to escape, a jump from the cnr before he reached the strangely still officer, and then let. the car rum over him. The negro jumped and was running when he hit the ground. The big car continued it's wild flight along the highway. When it reached the crossing one of the wheels evi-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-02-08
DR. Z|[BOORG WILL
 SPEAK HERE TODAY
Russian Author to Address Drama League at the
 Jefferson Theatre

This afternoon Dr. Gregory zil- boorg, Russian author and lecturer, will address the Drama league and others who are interested in Russian literature and drama at the Jefferson theatre at o'clock.
 pr. zilboorg will give a survey of the last 10 years of theatrical life in Russia, his subject being: "Contem- porary Russian Dramatists." Every where he has been heard thet press notices have been most complimentary.
 Dr. Zilboorg took an active part in sia,. and after the revolution of March,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-02-08
Four Year. Old K. D. Johnston
 Writes Check For Children

Pay to the order of Any Hungry Child" is the way that the first check ever written by R. D. John ston, third son of MT. and Mrs. K. D. Johnston, Jr. is made out. The check is for $1o and has been turned over to the European relief committee.
 For several weeks past Master Johnston hes been rising at an early hour of the morning to practice his handwriting. T want to fix 1t so they can read who it is from and know I didn't want 'em to starve," he said.
 Although only Az years old, he wanted to learn to write so he could write his own check, and he accomplished the feat in a re- marably short time.
 Laboriously he has sat at table for minutes and minutes at time in the early mornings,A his little bare feet dangling between the hems of his pajama trousers and the floor. licking a pencil point which was already much too wet and carefully printing R. J. John ston III over and over again
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-02-08
6o7 JOIN LAST MONTH

Tho Birmingham army recruiting sta ton sent eO7 men to the army from the Alabama district during January. This exceeded the previous monthly high mark of SIS men. accepted durinG De- cember. by a men. and places this dis- trict very near the top in the recruiting oeFvice.
 While the army 10 fast filling up to the strength allowed by law. men ap- plyin8 for enlistmsnt still have . very wide choice a& to the place at which they may serve or the units to which they mAy be assign~d. say tho officeso
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-02-08
WOMAN FINED $l00
 FOR SHOOTING AT
 THE WIFE OF ESCORT

Miss Annie Lawrence was fined ylUU and costs and sentenced to 12 months on the county roads by Judge H. B. Abcrnethy in the Jefferson county court of misdemeanors yesterday Miss Law renee was tried on a charge of assault with a weapon on the person of Mrs l.. l.. cohron several weeks ago. The addi- tion of F months was suspended by Judge Abernethy.
 It was alleged that Miss Lawrence was with M-. Cohron when Mrs. Cohron ap- rroaches him and wanted him to go home with her. It is alleged that the women had few words which resulted in the defendant shooting at Mrs. Cohron.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-02-08
THINK THEY HAVE THEM

Charged with the burglarIy of D. M. Maione's store, 25l4 Twenty sixth avenue. north, over two weeks ago, Ray Price and Hal Parker of North Birmingham are in the city jail today. They were arrested on the charge Monday by Coz burn and Newman, scouts, at Thirty ninth street and Tenth avenue near a store It is alleged the men were recog- nized as the alleged robbers.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-02-08

INSTRUCTION TO VOTER :. Place cross mark (X) in the souare opposite the word Yes" if you favor. NO" if you oppose the adoption of the amendment. f PROPOSED AMENDMENT No.
 OFFICIAL BALLOT
 Amendment to the constitution pre- scribing certain additional duaiifica- tions for registering or voting.
 "A person to be entitled to register or vote must in addition to the ouai- ifications already prescribed be or good character and must understand the duties and obligations of citinen- ship under republican form of gov- ernment:"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-02-08
WANT BIRMINGHAM ID PASS MINIMUM City Reaches Quota In Euro pean Relief, But Is Behind
 Other Records

Birmingham and Jefferson county | minimum quota. 5000 has been sup-
 scribed to the drive for the European relief fund. Erskine Ramsay and w. ].
 Adams who have charge of the drive, are now working for the maximum quota and will continue until every community l in Jefferson county has been canvassed. The drive will be continued several weeks, and 1t is hoped that Birmingham will pas her mnssmnm quota by at least 30 per cent sssanA mas already cver- ! subscribed 90 per cent, and Montgomery iis oversubscribad by moro than 1 psF icent.
 The office on Second avenue, between ITventieth and Twenty-first streets. was closed yesterday and all subscfiptions l will be received at 1o01 American Trust and Savings bank building during the rest ot inc time
 | "A number of the rural communities and oven parts of the city have been worked very slowly in this drive" satd Erskine Ramsey. For that reason, ai- 1 IfhoCgh the quota has been reached. tho l drive is far from finished. There aFs 1 sttil thousands of people who have not 1 been approached. Tho drive will be ! lcontinpsd until the canvas of the county lis completed.
 Ito come to m end, and it will continue Iin Birmingham until at least March l''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-02-08
Police BeLieUe They
 Nolu HaUe The DriUer
 OfDeath Automobile
Sinister Steel Sentry Railway Crossing Thought to Have Frightened Negro-Car Is Abandoned on Rails. Letters and Clothing Found in It Bear
 Names and Marks
Rv wlI.I.IAM THOMPsON

Belief that he about to fall in the hands of the law of fcers caused the capture of Frank Gore and the alleged driver of the death which killed Waldon Bailey aged T. and seriously injured Jack Brewer aged just below Farew the Bessemer highway about 6l5 o'clock Saturday
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-02-08
Euents of Today
 In Birmingham
Dr. ziIboorg to lecture at o'clock at the Jefferson.

Dr. Zi1boorg to lecture nt O'cIock n the Jefferson.
 ANU SEMENTS Jefferson Theatre-NeiI O'Brien's minstreIs.
 Lyric--Keith vaudeville and pie tures.
 Loews Bijou-vaudeviIIc and pie lures.
 AIcaxar--AsIkfsmet., Trian0n-katherine Mcdonald, in "My Lady's Latch key.e Strand-Fatty Arbuckle, in "Brews- terss Millions"
 Galnx-Mary Miles Minter. in Sweet Lavender"
 Rfalto--William Farnum, in elf I Were king"
 Princess--SeriaI and comedy. Odeon--SeriaI and comedy.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-02-08

INSTRUCTION TO VOTER The choice of the elector shall be indicated by a cross mark by him opposite the word expressing his de- sire.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-02-08

dentIy became twisted in the rails and turned the car. For, when Inter, it was found 1t hnd run straight down the railroad tracks for several hundred feet, hut had failed to hit the iron figure of the officer.
 BLOCKED TRAINS
 The automobile blocked the train tracks for half an hour. A mechanic from the Dennis Auto company nt Bessemer was called by the rniI- road superintendent and removed the car from the tracks. The pO- lice were notified and got busy on . the case.
 The negro in his frantic flight to escape the silent figure hnd left his hut and ovcrcoat in the car. In the pocket of his coat was found several letters with the name of Frank Gore upon them. The inside hand of the hut nIso had the same name cut In 1t.
 Yesterday the negro was picked up on the downtown streets md lodged In the county jail on charge of vagnncy. The coroner was notified and 1mm ediatciy placed charges of murder against him. Coroner Russum declined to discuss the case. fbut said he was firmly convinced the prisoner yvus tue same negro who was driving the death car last Saturday night thnt killed one hoy and seriousiy injured another.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-02-08
1Garriaee Lieenses

The following marriage license . were i1susd yesterday It the offtes of tho probate judge:
 Arthur w. Truss and Mss Berdie N. |. Booth and Niss Jeanstte Atfovee Beaudttt . c. A. Rsa and Miss Jessie Webb
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1921-05-13
THE RELIGIOUS ADVANTAGES
OF PULLMAN
VIM. GOODYEAR

Among the numerous advantages
which make Pullman a good place in
which to live is its religious environ
ment. To many people this is very
important factor in the selection of
a place of residence or of college
TO which to send their children.
They want to live where there are
strong active churches and TO have
their children educated where they
will be surrounded by religious in
fluences.
The leaders of all the Christian
denominations recognize that, be-
cause of the large student body at
the State College, it is essential TO
maintain adequate plants and able
ministers in Pullman. For that
reason the churches here and the
men in charge of them are far
above the average to be usually
found in places of the size of this
city As a result the religious en-
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1921-05-13
CLIFF JEWELLERS UP-TO-DATE

1t is a long cry from the prehis-
toric cliff jewellers to the dwellers
in the Cliff House, Pullman. Wash
ington, and yet certain similarities
can be traced between the methods
Of these ancient and modern races.
Scientists have discovered that. as
a means of protecting their homes
against invasion, the cliff jewellers
used to arrange large rocks so that
they could be rolled down upon any
unweIcome would-be visitors Some
of the Cliff house jewellers have de-
vised a more modern and effective
method of defense They throw
their garbage and refuse out on the
hill back of their apartments, and
this, according to the neighbors,
creates such a stink barrage as to
render the Cliff house immune from
approach from the rear, either by
friends or foes
Civilization has made mighty
strides forward since the days of the
cliff dwellers. One of these strides
was the discovery that meats and
Ssh and vegetables and fruits could
be preserved and conveniently dis
tributed in tin cans. Canned foods
are very popular with residents of
apartment houses because they can
be prepared and served with min
imum of time and work. But while
it is easy to dispose of the contents
of the cans, to dispose of the cans
themselves is more difficult. Ger
tain residents of the Cliff house have
solved this problem by throwing the
cans out Of their back windows and
| doors. They are an unsightly mess
and give the hillside the appearance
of public dumping ground, which,
being in plain view from both rail-
roads, must convey to the travelling
public the impression that Pullman
is dirty and unsanitary city.
But who can blame the dwellers
in the Cliff house? Canned food be-
ing a development of civilization. is
not a pile of tin cans behind a house
sure proof that its residents are
civilized? And is not the size of
the pile of cans indicative of the
relative degree of civilization of the
contributors to the pile? Who, then,
would presume to censure the Cliff
house dwellers for taking this means
of advertising their superlative civ
, ilization?
WM. GOODYEAR.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1921-05-13
PULLMAN GOLF CLUB
A AIisapprehensiOn

The above named club has not
been started as a private enterprise,
nor an exclusive affair.
1t is intended to make it a public
institution; as much so as the col
lege-of which it may eventually be-
come a part.
With this idea in mind, anyone
who has the necessary subscription
and is willing to abide by the rules
Of the game and club, is eligible for
membership.
Apologize any who were not
invited to join in the first instance
I may say, we were in a hurry to get
started and the names of many good
sportsmen We're missed.
Please do not feel sighted, but
come in now.
TOM WAITE,
Hon. Sec. & Treas.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1921-05-13
iironment of the community is cor
respondingly advanced.

lironment of the community is cor
respondingly advanced.
In its issue of March 80, the Pa
cific Christian Advocate devoted a
large amount Of space to an illus
trated and highly cOmmendatory
article on the work of the Methodist
church of Pullman. The article is
sure to convey a favorable impress
sion of this city to every reader of
that influential publication. On
another page of this issue the illus
trations used in the Advocate are
reproduced with a summary of the
activities of the Methodist church.
And this is but a type of the progress
sive work which is being carried on
by several churches in Pullman to
create a religious environment which
will benefit both the residents of
the city and the students at the col
lege.
People who enjoy going to attrac-
Tive tiIut tuC0t e lllty tuil llSltIt
to fine music and able sermons, who
like to belong to religious organiza-
tions which are strong in numbers
and active and earnest in good
works. will find these advantages in
Pullman Parents who want their
boys and girls to be surrounded by
wholesome and inspiring influences
while completing their education,
need not hesitate to send them to
the State College of Washington.
To many the religious environ
ment to be found in Pullman is one
of the greatest advantages it has to
offer to residents and students.
WM. GOODYEAR.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1921-05-13
THE FORUM

Under this head will be pub
lished communications upon
any subject of general interest
to the community. The arti-
cles should be brief--not over
500 words, unless dealing with
matters of great Importance
must be free from personali-
ties, and must be signed by the
writer. The Herald is not re-
sponsible for any opinions
which may be advanced by con-
tributors to this department
and reserves the right to de-
termine whether or not contri-
buttons are suitable for publ.
cation.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1921-05-13
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE

The Christian Science society holds
services every Sunday morning at
l1:00 o'clock in the Masonic hall, In
the First National Bank building.
Testimonial meetings are held
very Wednesday evening at 500
o'clock in the same hall. A tree
reading room is open to the public
Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday af-
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1921-05-13
CARD OF THANKS

We wish to express our sincere
appreciation to our many friends for
their help. sympathy and beautiful
floral offerings at the time of our
recent bereavement.
Mrs. S. 4. Christian and Family
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1921-05-13

We wish 10 extend TO our friends
our sincere thanks for the beautiful
floral offerings and their kindly help
and sympathy during the illness p 4
death of my mother.
Mrs. w. A. Moss and Family.