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The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-12-18
LAW STUDENT HELD
 ON MURDER CHARGE. IS ALLOWED BOND.
George FaVorS Arrested Fol- lowing Investigation by Coroner RuSsonn--De-
 nieS Any Guilt

Bond for eGorge W. Favors,' law student who was arrested yesterday on charges of murder for the al legged shooting of Sam Feagin sev- eral weeks ago was fixed at ,500 yes terday afternoon by Judge H. B. Abernethy in the eJfferson County corut of misdemeanors. Favors was lodged in the county jail on a war rant charging him with murder which was sworn ou tby Coroner ]. D. Russum following conclusion of an investigation into the death of Feagin.
 Swearing out of the warrant fol lowed the examination by the coroner of several witnesses who were pro duced as a result of the activities of the Cartwright Detective Agency, which had been employed by friends and relatives of Feagin to investi- gate his killing.
 Denies Guilt
 Favors denies any guilt in connec ton with the case and claims that he was in his room asleep on the night of the killing, being awakened by the firing of a shot In the alley and go- ing to the window that he say man lying on the ground and went out to him. He was one of the chief wit nesses several weeks ago at a pre- liminary investigation into the case by the coroner.
 According to Tom Cartwright Of the detective agency bearing nIs name and who worked up the charge against Favors, the bullet which killed Feagin was fired from a room in the house where Favors lived and took downward course after enter ing Feagin's chest.
 At the time of the killing Favors is said to have lived at 70S Seven teenth street, north, in a room over looking the spot where Feagin was killed. R. J. Watley, 7OS Seventeenth street. north, told the coroner that he was in his room at the time of the shooting and hearing a shot and man say, oh" he went out and dis- covered Feagin lying in the alley on his face.
 Killing a Mystery
 Considerable mystery has sur rounded the killing of Feagin and re- wards totaling $500 have been offered for the arrest of his slayer, $500 by relatives of the slain man and $500 by Governor Kilby in response to letter by Solicitor Joseph R. Tate asking that a reward be offered by the state, and charaeterizing the killing as "a brutal murder"
 According to Coroner Russum the body of Feagin may be exhumed in order to determine the calibre of the bullet which killed him.
 Favors has been in Birmingham for some time. where he has been en- gagged in the study of law in the of fee of Horace c. Afford, attorney, In the Farley building.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-12-18
NESBITT ID DIRECT ORGANIZATION OF
 COTTON PRODUCERS
Pooling Agreement Drawn and Approved-Expected to Finance 100000
 Bales of Cotton

W. D. Nesbitt, of the Warrant Warehouse company, viii direct or ganization of the Alabama eo-opera- tive Marketing association that tn- tends to handle 100000 bales of Ala bama cotton under the recent act ot the legislature enabling such asso- citations to function in businesslike manner
 The organization committee .eprs- senting the Farmers union, American Cotton association and the state at large chose an executive board and this board has decided on Mir. Nesb.tt to direct the organization work.
 Forms of agreement aud contract, under which the individual producer will pledge his cotton in the pool, has been drawn and approved by issal counsel.
 In Charge Untl duly
 Mr, Nesbitt will have charge until July l, when the prod dcers, who have entered the association and pledged their cotton to the ,'ool, will elect a board of directors of the assnciatlon from among their owr number and this board will choose a business man. ager and other officials to have charge of marketing. auditing and the like.
 The board selected July 1 will con sist of 20 cotton producers selected by the producers in the pool and one member appointed by the governor, one by the commissioner of aSricul~ ture and one by the Polytechnic in- stitute.
 The Alabama Farm Marketing as- sociation will then be functioning and will be in position to secure money from the government to fi- Eance the incoming crop produced by the farmers lined up in the pool.
 District Managers
 Mir. Nesbitt will probably name man for each district and each dis irIet manager name a county mana ger, who, in turn, will name oeat managers. They will exert themselves to hare producers sign the contracts and agreements to pool their cotton in the association.
 The present executive board con sists of Mir Nesbitt, J. S. Schofield. president of the Farmers union; L. B.
 
 Conner and J. 0. Thompson. This committee will retire and it's exist ence cease on July i, when the signed up producers take charge. select their board and begin business. The board will choose the salaried officers from general manager down. ''' All officials of the marketing asso- citation handling money of the asso- ciation will be under bond.
 Schofield Pleased
 We are now headed toward real action," said MT. Schofieid last night. By the first of the year we will have mer in the field lining up the pro- ducers in real farm marketing as sociation under the new act. We will retire In July by which time the IO0.- 0o0-bale pool will be ready to operate and get federal money on which to finance the pledged cotton.
 Meanwhile we will make every eff fort to secure financial aid through the war finance corporation by hav- ing 1t 7lend money to bankers, who VIII, in turn, lend to farmers to fi- nance their present obligations The n'arksfing association applies to the futuIe.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-12-18

No date for hearing on the pro ceodings was set yesterday and. ac- cording to Horace c. Wilkinson. one of complainants' attorneys. the case will probably not be heard until aft CT January 1 owing to the fact that the courts enter their Christmas re- cess period next Saturday. It is ex- pected that motion to dissolve the injunction will be the course pursued by attorneys for the city within the next few days.
 Dance Planned in November
 According to the petition filed Bir- mingham Post No. i, American Le- zion. Is an organization composed of approximately 1900 ex-service mon and women in the Birmingham dis trict. It is set forth that on Mo- vember 30 the American Legion post resolved to give a dance January 2. and to charge an admission fee of 50 cents, proceeds from which were to be devoted to maintaining the ex- penses of the organization and to the relief of distressed and disabled vet erans in the Birmingham district. For this purpose. It is alleged, 5000 tick cts were printed and in order to stimulate interest in the sale of the tickets with each ticket was given a number emitting the holder to par ticipate in a drawing to be held at the dance at which an automobile and a diamond ring were to be given away to holders of certain numbers which were to be drawn from a large number of the numbers on the night of the dance.
 According to the allegations of. the petition, before proceeding with this plan 1t was submitted to D. E. Mc- Lendon, president of the city commits sion. who, 1t Is alleged, authorized the legion members to proceed.
 Acting on this authorization, It Is alleged, they proceeded to sell the tickets and advertise the dance at great expense. On December 6. 1t is said, W. B. Cloe. commissioner of public safety, directed the police to arrest all persons found selling the tickets. CT the groundd that the sale is violation of sections s24 and 925 of the city code dealing with the sale of lottery tickets and chance devices.
 The court Is asked to make the in- junction perpetual on final hearing on the proceedings.
 
 Decision Upheld
 Decision In the case of T. H. Hagan and Burke E. Thomas, the two mem bers of the Birmingham Post No, 1 of the American Legion arrested Fri- day night charged with violating section s25 of the city code, pertain Ing to operating games of chance In the city limits was taken under ad visement by Judge Henry Martin fin recorders court yesterday morning following a hearing.a
 Members of the local post testified that permission had been granted for the holding of the dance and the selling of tickets for 1t by Mir. Me- Lendon, president, in the event tha, Mir. Cloe did not interfere. However, 1t was pointed out that the legion was not rafflIng off an automobile but was selling tickets to dance to be given at a local hotel, the pro- ceeds of which will be devoted to the maintenance of the Chow House" and other welfare work among the
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-12-18
 CONFIRMATION SERVICE AT ST. ANDREWS CHURCH

The bishop of Alabama. the Rt. Rev c. M. Beckwith. will visit Saint An drews church. Eleventh avenue and Twelfth street, south. for the pur- opse of administering confirmation on tomorrow evening at o'clock. There will therefore. be no service at Saint Andrews on this evening. and the special musical service which was planed for this evening will be held instead on Monday in connection with the confirmation service.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-12-18
ACTION POSTPONED ON
 JITNEY REGULATIONS

Action on new jitney regulations, which are being planned to lessen congestion in the business districr, which were scheduled to be, consid- cred Tuesday by the city commission, will be postponed on account of prep arations of the proposed ordinance being temporarily delayed, according to w. B. Cloe. commissioner of public safety yesterday.
 What action will be taken by the commission on the proposed new or dinances for the further regulation of jitneys has not been decided on, he stated, except that whatever ordi- nance is passed will be worked out as advantageously as possible for both the jitneys and the public,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-12-18
Tke First National Bank of Birmingham. Ala.

CH HARLES A. MOFFETT
 Charles A. Moffett, president of the Gulf States Steel company, does not disguise his appreciation of the gift of handsome Masonic watch charm presented him by the members of the Masonic order in employ of the com pany. The presentation was made last week at Gadsden and the occa- sion was MT. Moffetts recent eleya- ton to the thirty third Masonic de- gree.
 Men participating in the gift are employees of mines, furnace. steel plant and finishing mills. All are members of the Masonic order.
 The charm consists of thirty third degree emblem and is of gold studded with diamonds. The senti- ment coming with the gift was this: "Fraternal greetings to Brother Charles A. Moffett, thirty-thirds de- gree, from the brethren with Gulf States Steel company, October 2l, 152a'' That is the date on which the degree was conferred
 MT. Moffett has always been per sonal fayorite with the men work ing with and under him.. This is among the qualities which have dis tinguished him as a plant manager ever since he came to Birmingham 80 years ago.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-12-18
ZiONISTS WILL DISCUSS
 "KEREN HAYESOD" PLANS

"Keren Hayesod," the Palestine foundation fund. will be discussed at s:30 o'clock tonight at the Young Mems Hebrew association, when the Birmingham district, Zionist organi- zation of America, will meet.
 The Birmingham Jewish community has been called upon to take an im- portant part In the Keren Hayesod program Plans for the campaign for the fund will be discussed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-12-18

Children's clothes, as we'll as lace curtains, can be fireproofed by soak ing for five minutes in a solution of pound of ammonium phosphate in gallon of cold water. The solution, no more harmful than ordinary water. makes any article fireproof until washed or drenched with rain.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-12-18
City Is EJoined From
 PreUenting Sale Of
 Legion Dance Tickets
Petition
 Automoble-LegOn Says Car to Be Given Away

W o zion in p sale a h " issue in ncerd o h utou vest petite Q ngham pos.N h qd o in he sum d 
 0 h the damondd will
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-12-18

Laurenson, contractor; J. R. Williams, Singer Sowing machine company; R. Fl. Drake, health department. city hall; W. T. Mayheid. manufacturing agent; Jasper Triteiine. traffic agent, c. & B. railroad; B. c. Hodges, First Methodist church; ". T. Giles, with R. H. ERgleston.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-12-18
ANNUAL nAzAR

The ladies of the First Christian church will hold their annual .ba- gar Monday, Tuesday and .Wednes- day at 1912 Third avenue.
Evening journal., 1921-10-24

ton at the Aldine Theatre. Market at
Eighth street. is the most absorbing
ly interesting and thrilling produc-
ton that has ever been screened.
Il is correct historically, delight
fully artistic and perfect in detail
and perspective. besides being a pro-
found psychological study.
The scene is Rome in the time Of
Nero, tho most corrupt OK the
Caesars, when the Eternal City was
the melting pot Of the world. The
contrast between Nero and the
Apostle Peter. the Empress Poppaea
Augustus and Lygia. the Christian
maiden with the Transformation OF
Niniuus' life and character through
his love for Lygia are as vivid as
anything in the drama or in litera-
ture.
The scenes are tremendously real
and and spectacular. Nothing more
realistic has ever been accomplished
in Photographic art than the por-
trayal Of the great imperial banquets,
the burning of Rome and the scenes
OF the arena-the gladiatorial con-
tests and the feeding Of the Chris
tians TO the lions. The run OF "Quo
Nadis' comes TO an end Wednes-
day.
Evening journal., 1921-10-24

logist viii add to the general excel
lence Of the program this woek by
his act OF song composition which
Is a novelty In the best sense OF the
word. Without any preparation
and with less time than II takes TO
talk about It. Breen will have a song
about someone in the audience.
about the city or about some big
topic OF the moment. The lyrics OF
the piece naturally tend toward
comedy.
vaudeville's dainty young misses.
the Browne Sisters. Mildred and
Dorothy. have a musical revue OF
singing and dancing TO offer. The
two Brownies are young, pretty and
clever-just the right combination
for success. Fac hof the girls is an
accordion virtuso and their solos
and duets are positive delights. But
the Browne girls are delights in
themselves regardless Of any other
Of the brilliant talents.
Denno Sisters. Tom Thibauit and
Art Cook. This quartet does lot
OF talking. 10 which they add some
singing. The two men are real
comedians with plenty OF substan-
tial fun to MI in their stage time.
W. d. Pollard. man Of uncom-
mon nonsense comedian. iuggler
and a few other things-has style
OF comedy all his own. lie juggle'
not only every kind and assortment
OF articles, but also a miscellaneous
assortment Of words. His manipu'
llatlon OF the former is clever and
his handling OF the latter Is a rio
OF fun.
Angel and Fuller. with an origina
comedy sketch. the kind that ha
proven popular every time presented
here. and a miniature revue. a nov
city comedy offering, re the othe
numbers on the bill.
Evening journal., 1921-10-24
AT THE QUEEN.

"GOldwyn Week begins today.
At the Queen Theatre II will be
celebrated by the exhibition Of
"snowblind." a special production
and one representative Of this great
organizations work.
"Snowblind," by the author OF
The Branding Iron" is the second
novel by Katherine Newlin Burt TO
be made into a photoplay by Gold
w-yn under the directorial guidance
Of Reginald Barker. IL is a stirring
love story of the Canadian North
west. with an unusual plot in which
a fugitive criminal is regenerated by
a deep emotional experience.
Mr.. Barker is one Of the greatest
directors in the field of motion pic
lures. II was he who held the
megaphone in the production Of that
renowned success Of this season,
The Old Nest" He and Mrs. Burt
closely co-operated in the dining
Of "snowbind." and their combined
efforts have resulted in a photoplay
of extraordinary merit.
Four noted screen players appear
in the AEA4AIn ANANa "a "AA"ff "-+-+N+r
Russell simpson. who featured in
The Branding Iron" and Goddess
Men" will play as Hugh Garth. the
fugitive. Cullen lands Is his
Younger brother Pete. who, with
Bella, a silent long suffering woman
shares Hugh's exile. AS Bella, Mary
Alden will EXCEL. Miss Alden, It will
be remembered, scored an unforget-
able hit az the mother in 'The OLD
Nest" Pauline Starke is the fourth
"snowblnd" was made in and
about the town of Banff, in North
west Canada. where the actors anc
actresses lived for weeks in severa
suits Of wooden clothes. II is
typical Reginald Barker production
replete with strong emotional scenes
and hlled with outdoor views Of ar
resting beauty.
Evening journal., 1921-10-24
CREAM PAsTILEs.

Moiston a pound OF confectionery
sugar with four tablespoons OF wa
ter and put it on the stove 20 boil
Evening journal., 1921-10-24
AT THE SAVOY.

What Is regarded as one Of the
most striking situations ever pic
tured on the screen Is incorporated
in Every Womans Problem" the
sensational superfeature. starring
Mrs. Wallace Reid which comes 10
the Savoy Theatre for the entire
week commencing today.
Mrs. Wallace Reid. professionally
known as Dorothy Davenport. gives
a wonderful rendition TO the part OF
Clara Madison, a beautiful and sue
cessful woman lawyer. who Is elect
ed judge of a western court.
A murder case Is brought TO trial
before her and she Is about 10 SEN
tence the slayer TO the gallows. when
she learns that her husband is being
held by the police for the death OF
a newspaper editor
Harold Lloyd in "All Aboard" a
clever comedy in which Bebe Daniels
and Snub Pollard are also starred, Il
the added attraction.
AT THE ALDNE.
"Quo Nadis," the current attrac.
Evening journal., 1921-10-24

the election OF chiefs will be held.
Only one contest is expected. This
will be in the election OF Great
Junior Sycamore. there being three
candidates. James B. McManus,
chairman OF the finance committee
Of City Council; James II. Bedford
and James Faulkner.
The nominees are. Great prophet
Emory Is. Rrasen. OF Laurel, one
time speaker OF the senate; great
Sachem. Charles ]. Coleman; great
senior sycamore. Harry v. Tubb OF
Selbyville; great keeper OF records
Edward Mcintire; great keeper OF
wampum, j. Carl Barber. All others
are appointive positions.
Among the different matters "a
come up before the council hre for
discussion will b. action Of the or
phans' endowment fund. a few minor
amendments 10 the laws OF the order
and action on the Red Mems frater-
nal home.
Evening journal., 1921-10-24
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AT THE MAJESTIC.

David Powell is the player who Z.
featured in Majestic Theatres pic
ture for today, THE Mystery Road"
Almost every reader of fiction is
familiar with the mystery and ro-
mantle stories OF T.. Phillips Open
helm. He is an Englishman. a pro-
life and entertaining writer. aud a
frequent contributor to some Of
Americas greatest magazine. Mr..
Oppenheim wrote "The Mystery
Road" with his consummate skill
and in il he set forth a tale from
life that he has presented in clear
manner and with undeniable interest
THE Mystery Road" Of the title
is Life. II is a road OF many turn
ings whose next twist cannot be
seen in advance or whose end can
not be sighted until it is reached.
David Powell Is fulfilling the fea-
tured part. Is TO be seen as a titled
young Englishman--a gentleman of
charm and breeding whose impulses
are to gamble and to follow the
pretty face. His likeable character
istics are almost overwhelmed by his
inability or his desire TO break with
his weaknesses. When tragedy en-
ters the young mans life, he is able
TO fully realize just what might have
been.
Old English castles. beautiful
French chateaux and tumbling
waterfalls and great reaches of green
meadows are the background for
The Mystery Road" which was
made overseas.
Evening journal., 1921-10-24
NARY GuNNNE in the
PARAMOUNT PICTURE
THE MYSTERY ROADN
MARY GLYNNE.
Now Playing at the Majestic.
AT THE RIALTo.


Goldwyn Week at the Rialto will
be celebrated by the presentation
Of four big attractions.
Today's Goldwyn's sensation Of
last season "Earthbound" will be
featured. This famous novel by Basil
King is story OF the influence Of
a man who was murdered upon the
man who killed him. No beliefs are
frustered upon the spectator. He
merely witnessed one OF the most
powerful spiritual dramas that were
ever produced and the cast that pre-
sented Il is indeed an exceptional
one. Wyndham Standing, Mahlon
Hamilton, Naomi Chiidors and Flora
Revalles are the principals. Law
son Butt, Kate Lester and Alec
Francis also appear in the piece.
Tomorrow Leo Dltrlchstein's noted
stage success The Great Lover
will be presented. This is also a
Goldwyn picture presenting John
Sainpolis in the role created by Mr..
Ditrichstein on the stage. It is the
story Of a famous tenor who was
the matinee idol OF thousands and
yet he could not find peace with
any one.
on Wednesday VIII Rogers will
be seen in Boys VIII be Boys" a
story OF real kid days, and Rogers
is the star for such a portrayal. The
story comes from Irwin S. Cobb,
the noted humorist and is presented
on the screen in its original style
on wednesday also the second cpl
side OF the serial 1.-The Invisible
Ray will be shown. This is a rea'
serial in the best sense OF the word
The mystery. suspense and thrill.
are too numerous TO be counted.
Evening journal., 1921-10-24
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An THE GARRICk

A real musical comedy called
Filtration" is the big act at the
Garrick Theatre this week. Except
in length Of performance, Il COM
pares favorable with the best the
regular legitimate stage has to offer
It sparkles and Il tingles with gay
wit and pleasing melodies. A frat
house in a coed college is taken as
the setting for the musical show. A
comedy incident in the lives OF the
students in this seat of learning Is
the plot OF the book. A musical
score with five original and success
full song hits Is also provided. OF the
company OF six musical comedy
artists who present Filtration, -
Lowell B. Drew and Vesta Wallace
are the principals.
Harry Breen, rapid-fre song
writer. poet. comedian and mono-
Evening journal., 1921-10-24
AT THE ARCADIA.

The Arcadia Theatre is joining in
the national celebration OF Gold
wyn Week" by the presentation Of
"a Tale OF Two Worlds" a produc-
ton from the eminent authors d.
vision OF Goldwyn.
"A Tale OF Two Worlds" is Gou-
verneur Morris FIRST original screen
story. Many OF his other works have
been picturized but this is the first
tale that Mr. Morris has written
originally for this slversheet. Not
until he had made a thorough study
OF motion picture technique did he
attempt 20 write anything. But az
ter months OF experience on the Tot
in Culver City where most OF Gold
wyn's pictures are made, he has
turned out this thrilling romance OF
The East and West-"A Tale OF Two
Worlds"
The picture is set in the most ro-
mantle OF atInospheres. the Forbid
den City OF Pekin during the terrible
Boxer rebellion, and the world
famed Chinese quarter Of San Fran.
cisco. The picture Is alive with
flashing action, its fascinating scenei
executed in photography that is lik'
series OF living paintings, us dra
matte story, enacted by a large cas-
made up Of some OF Americas best
known character artists and hun
dreds OF Chinese performers.
Leatrice Joy will have the role o
Sui-Sen. a white girl who was RAISED
by a faithful old Chinese after hel
parents had been killed in the Boxe
rebellion. j. Frank Glendon con
trasts greatly with the white hero I,
Wallace Beery as the yellow villain
Frank Lloyd, who directed Paulinl
Frederick's picture. Madame X.
had charge OF the production OF a
Tale Of Two Morlds.n
Evening journal., 1921-10-24
"Papes Cold Compound Breaks any Cold in Few Hours

ache. dullness. feverishness. sneez-
ing.
"Pape's Cold Compound" is the
quickest surest relief known and
costs only a few cents at drug stores.
II acts without assistance. Tastes
nice. Contains no quinine. Insist
upon Pape'A