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The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-09-25
Kilbane Is Greater Champ
 Than GiUen Credit For By Many Fans, Thinks Corbetf

tered his foeman Into submission. Ail the truly greats in the featherweight ranks of the last five years have had crack at Kilbane-and he has knocked the bulk of them into dream land.
 Had No K. o. Ambitions All of which makes one wonder just how many knock outs Kilbane really could have scored had he been ambitious in assembling such a rec ord. Certainly if he can drop the top notchers for the full count-and do tt without really being extended. he surely could have put away about GO per cent of the youngsters he has battled in the last eight or nine years.
 George (KnockouD Clancy was scheduled--in the opinion of many ring eXperts-to knock the crown off Kilbane's head few years ago. and rock the champion into a coma. It Kilbane turned the tables by knock ing out Chaney in three rounds. Xiii bane put away the dangerous Frankie Burns in the very round he elected to go out and fight. He whipped a few other tough ones with knock out wallops-as soon as he became con- NlHC6u they were lOuRn.
 stops Danny Frush
 And then came Danny Frush of Baltimore. Frush has fine knock out record He had whipped the best feathers in the game. He was 22 Kilbane was 32. The opinion was general that Kilbane was due for pasting. But Kilbane held the fight safe at all stages-and knocked out Frush in the seventh round.
 In disposing of Frush so easily, Kilbane demonstrated that he still stands head and shoulders above all foeman in the feather division. For F'rush was probably the best of the lot of aspirants.
 All of which means that unless thev develop phenom among the feathers yer shortly, Johnny Kilbane will pass along inot retirement--ul de- feated-and without ever being com pelled to medonstrate fully just what he could do if he was forced to do it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-09-25
leonard Thinks of
 Retiring From Mitt Come

there left? Willie Jackson-no sane man would consider him as a possi- bility to beat Benny Johnny Dun dee is not up to the champion, neither is Charley White gtod as the Chi cagoan is. Another Chicagoan, Joe Yelling, is beginning to slide ccwn hill. Ritchie Mitchell is through and Rocky Kansas is a good second-rater and will never be anything else.
 In order to get big purses. a fighter has to have opponents that promise fights worth the money. Benny Leonard's horizon shows no contender for his title who would pull big money out of any promoter. This goes for Tender as well as the rest.
 Inclines to Welters
 Again as time goes ~on Benny's weight impulse is toward the welter- weight division. Yet even here, there are no great honors to be won. Say he beat Jack Britton, the pres ent title holder in that class, he wouldn't be regarded as having done much. Weightier still is the eact that Leonard's family, particularly his mother, wants him to get out of the fighting game. Aside from his
  quaintances who would like nothing better than to put Benny into tusi ness. This idea appeals lot to the champion What he would like to 60 would be to retire undefeated and thereafter live safe, sane and sober life as potential captain of indus try,
 That he would succeed in business no one who knows him doubts. He has an engaging personality, a quick brain. pleasing manner. He has been a credit to boxing; he has adorned the trade and given speak ing demonstration that fig lter may be neither dub nor a plug ugly. It is likely that Leonard will make q decision as to his future ca rec before the snow flies. But right now it may be said that he sees rtore reasons for quitting the game Il an for Staying in it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-09-25
FeatherWeight King Has Never Made Practice of Rocking Young Opponents to Sleep-Latent Powers
By JAMES J. CoRBETT Copyright, 1921, by King Features
 Syndicate, Incl


 Johnny Kilbane probably will pass into istic obscurity without the sportive world ever knowing just how really great a fighter he was.
 For Kilbane, unlike any other champion in the annals of the game, Lever put forth his best efforts un- less inspired by a grudge or because his championship really was at stake. In all the other fights of his career the king of the feathers has gone along at a pace merely designed to win by a shade, not intended to show his real worth
 Kind to the Youngsters
 Of all the champions, Kilbane surely has been kindest to the young sters who faced him. He never tried to murder" a single one, unless they threatened his title. He always per- mitted each kid who took him on to go the distance, which fact always added to whatever prestige that youngster enjoyed, and which cer- tainly helped him in his future.
 q wouldn't gain much by trying to beat one of those youngsters to sleep" Kilbane once explained. "It might add little to my champion ship laurels. But whatever help it would be to me would be offset by what harm would come to the kid by being knocked out. So l just let that kid step along with me for the full distance, and l win by shade, and the fact that he went the route with the champion helps him-and doesn't hurt me"
 ssFalse Alarm"
 Because Kilbane always has clung to the practice of never exerting himself until the supreme effort was necessary, he has been banned to turn by sporting critics. They called him a false alarm champion, anu much else. They predicted after each one of those poor showings Xiii bane made against some obscure kid; If some good fighter ever gets Kilbane he'll annihilate him."
 But they're wrong. Kilbane has proven them so. Whenever a really good fighter has gone against Kill bane, the champion has risen to the needed heights and pounded and bat
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-09-25
RAYMOND, PALMER & co.

New York, September 24.-(Spc- bcial )-The cotton market after many wide variations during the week closed strong with very little cotton offered and nervous shorts scrambling to cover. We look for big Liverpool market Monday with heavy spot sales at a good advance. Liverpool needs big supplies of actual, cotton and is safeguarding itself against contingencies incident to very short creep. We expect the government condition report on Oc- tober 3 to be 40 or under with a crop forecast of around 6,000,000 bales which should result in very much higher prices for futures and spots it is no market to be short of and we are advising our friends to buy on all very moderate declines Cotton seed oil has been neglected but we regard 1t as one of the most promis- ing of speculative commodities and strongly favor purchase of the March option, which We expect to see cross 12 cents in the very near future.- Raymond, Palmer & Co.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-09-25
USE SULPHUR ID
 HEAL YOUR SKIN Broken Out Skin and Itching
 Eczema Helped Over Night

For unsightly skin eruptions, rash or blotches on face, neck, arms or body, you do not have to wait for re- lief from torture or embarrassmens, declares a noted skin specialist. Ap- ply a little Mentho-Sulphur and inn provement shows next day.
 Because of it's germ destroying properties. nothing has ever been found to take the place of this sul- phur preparation. The moment you apply it healing begins. Only those who have had unsightly skin troubles can know the delight this Mentho- Sulphur brings. Even fiery,e itching eczema is dgied right up.
 Get small jar from any good druggist and use it like cold creamy
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-09-25

l Montgomery. September 24.-(Spe- l cial. )-Alabamians will be gratfied
 to know that the handsome silver 1 service presented to the battleship
 Alabama" by the people of the state
 through private subscription has
 been returned to the state and depos-
 ited with the department of archives and history.
 l On August 12 Mrs. Marie B. Owen,
 director of the department, noticed
 in the press that the ship had been designated to be destroyed in bomb
 D, actice. She wrote to the Secre-
 tary of the Navy and asked what dis l position had been made of the silver service and requested that it be de- posted with the Alabama state de- 1 partment of archives and history. | provided such a procedure were con-
 sistent with the regulations of the navy in such cases. The letter was referred to the paymaster general of
 the navy, who replied that upon the presentation of this silver service by | the people of the state of Alabama and the acceptance thereof it became | the property of the United States | government. and that there was no l
 citizens of Alabama. He stated fur | ther, however, that the department
 os state was very glad to temporarily | loan this silver service in question 1 to the department of archives and 1 history subject to future recall.
 1 The reason for this last statement Iwas because there is no law WhereDy
 this service can be given away py
 the department of state. However 1 there is nothing to prevent an act being passed through Congress in re- gard to this particular service. Sucn act will be passed, no doubt, at some 1 future date
 1 History Is Interesting
 The history of thss silver service | Is very interesting. In 1902 it was , presented to the battleship bearing l the name of the commonwealth by 1.-the citizens of Alabama. The service
 consisted of one centerpiece With
 silver mesh large punch bowl tray i and ladle. "A punch cups, two large i candelabra and flower receptacie. The larger pieces are of flower and
 scroll, design On all are the state | and navy seals with etched inscrip-
 tions The designer was Charles osborne of New York. The set was !. manufactured by the Whiting Manu-
 
 F. o. Zadek Jewelry company of Mo- bile. The original cost 20 years ago was s3.29o. Today it would be more than twice that figure, The inscrlp- ton or the bowl reads: From the Loyal Hearts Of the People of Ala : hama to the U. S, s. Alabama, Whose 1 officers and Men Protect the Honor of Our Country in Peace and War.
 Mobile Bay, Alabama, l9o2.'
 Trophies Accompany Set
 In addition to the silver service described above the shipment to the l department of archives and history includes all the loving cups ana tro,
 nh,es awarded to the Alabama ] during her interesting history, and l included a loving cup presented D.
 the citizens of Los Angeles in 1908;
 a loving cup presented.by the Daugh : l ters of the American Revolution of
 Alabama in 1909. the United State
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-09-25
SHANNON X CO.'S LETTER

New York, September 24.-(Spe- clal.)-There were good many buying orders in the cotton market this morning, placed in expectation that lower opening would follow the closing weakness of yesterday. The market did not decline as much as expected at the start, and the limits on these buying orders were raised, making them read at the market.
 This helped the rally from the early low level while there was also little more trade buying.
 New Orleans was buyer here at times. Uncertainty as to the effect of notices early next week and ap- prehension of increased hedge selling just before the close probably held local buying in check.
 Next Tuesday is the first notice day for October contracts. A local spot man says he looks for quite a bunch of notices, but he expects them to be promptly stopped-Post & Flagg.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-09-25
By SPARROW MGANN
Special Correspondent cf The Age-He
 tCOpyriglIt, 1921, by The Age-Heralt

Copyright 1921, by The Age-peraiD
 New York. September 24.-Benny Leonard is thinking of retiring from the ring. This is the chief matter of interest as the boxing season in the metropolis changes from ebb tide to flood
 Pausing long enough to remark that in the course of fall and winte er months, New York will clinch firn- ly it's new prestige as the national seat of pugilism, occupying that po- sition occupied two decades ago, we may turn to the Benny Leonard sia- uation. First of all, then, he is pretty well tired of the fighting game. espe- cially so as there is no opponent in sight who is qualified to take ehe title from him.
 Tender Slipping
 Some may mention Lew Tenders name. We'll the Philadelphia south- paw is about the most promising con tender for the championship now in the public eye; but if his recent fights do not indicate O lad who Is slipping. they suggest a fine brand of stalling. Which is it? Answer it for yourself. While the writer wouldn't say it in Philadelphia unless he was shielded behind a cordon of state constables, the belief may be expressed that Tender reached his peak last year and will never get any higher, Again the chances are that Leonard would not consider the left-hander as an opponent anyway, despite public announcements.
 He is sore at Lew for the way in rhinl ha al 1,Nl,i S5,0O0 forfeit money when Leonard busted his knucl5les training for the projected August battle. Gee, he is sore.
 And his advisors have figured out for him that the best way to get re- venge is to refuse ever to meet Ten dler.
 Who Is Lefts
 With Tendler eliminated who is
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-09-25

delayed the appointment until Sat urday in order that friends of Percy Oliver. another applicant. might come here Saturday in support of their choice. More than 50 citizens of Tal- lapoosa county came to the execu- tive department during the morning and requested the appointment of MT. Oliver. The governor had already seen delegations representing MT. Pittman and the other applicants.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-09-25
TO TAKE TRAINING COURSE

Sylacauga. September 24.-lSpe- cial. .)--Miss R. L. Williams of Child ersburg has arrived in the city and will take nurses training course in the Sylacauga infirmary, The training school here is under the personal supervision of Miss Della Bowling, head nurse of the hospital. With the addition of Miss Williams the number of young ladies in train ing will be four.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-09-25
KNITTING NIILLS BUsY

Huntsville. September 24.-(Spe- cial)-The Huntsville knitting mills have begun work on a.contract to dye l,500 1000 yards of 16-ounce cotton duck which Is being manufactured by the Lincoln mills for the United be used in mail sacks.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-09-25

Meal and Ferustuff
 Mixed horse feed s43: old style hulls SIS; No. corn, 95c; corn chops, $2.10 No. 1 white oats, soc; shorts. $SS; bran, s29; C. s. meal pct.,S $44; hen feed. 100 ibs., s2.25; timothy, s34; choice pea green alfalfa. sS6; Johnson hay, SEQ: .whest ttraw. S25 ton.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-09-25
REALTOlR NEWS
OFFICERS

OFFICERS JEROME TUCKER.
 FRHaioHHT RoBT. JEMisON. Jn. gtHsr Vics-pREsioaNy . FRANK Q. CLARK. ' .s sEeoNo vicE.rRusiorNv HAROLD N. HENDERSON,.
 SECRETARY \. 8 TANNER.
 TaEAauRSR HILL FERoUsON.
 RATlonAL coAhiTyRGnAH .- o. x. MORTON.
 EXECUTIVE SECRETARY
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-09-25
Apples Are Here;
 Oysters Every Day
 on Morris AUenue


 Western apples will begin to ar rive on Morris avenue this week with the receipt of several shipments of Winter Bananas" a well known California brand. These will sell for S4 a box. The demand for apples has increased during the past week. There are no more "Gravensteins" on the market. though there are plenty of "Jonathans."
 Lemons are now selling at S7 and $7.50. There are no more imported lemons on the market. the present stock being California varieties.
 There were no changes in fish quo tations and the market remained the same. Plenty of oysters are arriving daily.
 The poultry business continues good, though there is very little stock to be had. Boosters are now selling from 15c to 17c. There were no changes yesterday in Birminghan.'s spot cotton quota tions.
 PouItry
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-09-25
VIRGINIA LEAGuE

At Newport News ?, Portsmouth g. At Richmond 12, Suffolk l. At Norfolk ?. Tarboro 1.
 At Rockvmonnt 9. Wilson 1
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-09-25
WHEN DO YOU FLYe

From the NhtlOnS buSlneSS.
 We stepped into barber shop the other dav hsvr our nairr rl naval officer--friend of ours-was just 2ettng out of ll,e tirst cha N .e X porter was brushing him off expectant- y our friend u i'ved that he Wa. .e.vlng soon for England.
 The barber that had begun to snip at our hair. entered the conversation here Ten years ago would have advised against taking any wooden nickels on the trip. But this barber was keeping abreast of the times, so he said:
 Don't fly back"
 My friend, the navy man, laughed
 We'll" said he, it happens that I am going to fly back" And he explained that he was crossing over to come home aboard the itiv rtsini- that .sa-t been built in England for the American navy.
 dip in the hair at the back of our head still bears evidence of the barber . surprise. And as he went ahead with his work insa rather subdued fashion we unused over the fact that in spite of ex- change rates. improper housing. deflation and all, progress seems to keep right aloag progressinv
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-09-25
Poultry
Fruits and Vegetables

Hens-2s 0 soc.
 Roosters-r5&l7c.
 Fruits and Vegetables
 tMarshal Jordan X Keithl Bananas--Eight-hans punches. 6o to 50 p0Iea"' Ie@ons-choice sp and fancy, s7&75o. Oranges-California. Si, all sizes. Apples-Winter banna sos to 15os, s4 box; Johnthans bu. basket, s4. Pears-California Bartlett. 165s. $5 box; New Y0Tk RaFlebs5s si gd bnsb sS' 0uShei basket crate; Tokays, ss crate. Cabbag ges-Domestic, 4c; Danish, 4hc. Potatoes-western, .Shc; Porto Rico sweets, 1Oo-pound sacks. s226 sack. Beans.California lima. large, Sc lp. |; California baby 1hc lb.; pink beans. Sc; ioe poScp pounds egen "ss to sack, Sc ID. M ~ D'''' Peanuts-No. Virginia stock, shc 1b. :; roasted sack lots. 10c lb.; 50-pound lbts. Brazil Nuts-New crop. 17c. Celery-Michigan. S2.6o crate. Cheese-Full cream daisies 25c. Mackerel-100 count. $7 keg. Honey-Twenty -four nections to csse. S6.50 case.
 Anselus Marshmallows-Fifty 15c pack ages to case. $4.50 case. Cantaloupes-Flats, $1.50. Lettuce-lce eburg-S5.50 crate. Grapefruit-S6.50 CranberrieS--Sk
 
 Fed steers: Good choice. 6h 1he; medium to good. 5W6c; common to mt- dium, 2 c 4c.
 Grass cattle faccording to weight qual- ity and flesh): Steers. 5i2G6Iac: faf cows, 4 c Sc; medium cows, 44c; cutters 293c; tanners, lQlhc; heavy bulls, 90 3hc; light bulls, 2Q2hc; oxen, , Q 4c; fat yearlings, e be: medium yearlings, 2Q3c Vealers. 4Q6c.
 Hogs; Choice corn fed hogs, 1e5 and up, SWShc; choice corn fed hogs lS5 to 165 SWS4ac; choice corn fed hogs, 90 to 135. rose. light pigs. 20 pounds and down. 70 7c; best heavy rough hogs, 6Q7c. half fat rough hogs. 5g6c. soft and oily hogs from lc to 2c per pound less than tho above prices.
 Standard Fish Co.A Gray Snapper-12Ec. Red Snapper-19c. spanish Mackerel--z2c. Pompauo--35c.
 Salt Water Trout-2o922c. Mixed Fish--l2c. Mullet-loc.
 Oysters--Chesapeake Bay, extra select. S2.75 gallon.
 Swift & Co.,. Packers. D. S. Clear Bellies-11h h Qy15iac. Pure Lard-Silverleaf, l4Ac. Jewel Shortening-13c. Hams-Regular 2SQ3zc. Hams-Skinned, 274 7433c. Pork Loins--lS e 26c. Bacon-22 p 49c. Butter-41 52c.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-09-25
.PIREcToss

DIRECTORS 7 ]. |. TAHcEv DAVID 6. AEIER M. ?. MsssEs C. X. ESTES N. KEY MiLkER .. MCCONNELL A. N. THRocKmoRroN FRANK z. BUTLER ". c. OLIVER '. H. MOTION X. A. hoSELEY A. C. MONTGOMERY
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-09-25
Silver Seruice From Old "Alabama"
 to Be Preserued to People of State

Army and Navy Championship cup presented by William Randolph Hearst, May IS, 1908, at San Fran cisco Cal. a cup won as baseball trophy September II, 1913, presented by A. J. Reach company; a gunnery trophy, and a Meadowbrook club cup, presented by John Wanamaker' $ store in 1913.
 Old Ships History
 The battleship Alabama" was authorized to be built June, 1896. al ,Cramp Shipyard. Pa. and the keel was laid on December l of that year. The launching took place or May IS, 1S9S at which time Miss Mary Morgan, daughter of Senator John T. Morgan, was sponsor. The ship was launched in 1901 and ot- tached to the North Atlantic fleet in June, 1901. Capt. w. H. Brownsor commanding. She cruised in the Mediterranean under Admiral A. s Barker in l904-1905. On June 9, 1905 the Alabama" became the flagship of the division commander in review of the fleet by Admiral Dewey and Secretary of the Navy Paul Morton In 1913 she was the flagship of Ad- miral Helm, Atlantic reserve fleet and was placed out of commission May 7 1920.
 Herbert Secretary of Navy At the time the battleship Ala. bama" was authorized Col. Hilary A Herbet, a distinguished lawyer Confederate officer. author, and fol number of years a member oi Congress from Alabama, was Secre.
 tary of the. Navy in Mir. Cleveland's cabinet. Prior to being appointed tc
 that disting gushing position, Co. Herbert had served on the maya
 committee in Congress and was for several times chairman of that com. mittee. His constructive services ir behalf of rebuilding the American
 navy. which had never recuperatet from the Civil war period. gave hin very properly the title Father O! the New American Navy" The sil. yer service placed in the custody o1 the Alabama state department oi archives and history has, therefore a significance from the standpoin' of state history in that it not onl, is associated With the battleshir bearing the name of the state but i. a reminder of the services of a dis. tinguished lawyer and son of Ala. bama in Colonel Herbert, Secretary
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-02-08
SOUTH AM B


The regular semi-monthly meet
ing of the common council will be
held tonight in the city hall. The
budget will be given a hearing and
will be taken up for final adoption.
The committee of firemen visited
the council in executive session last
Friday night and something is ex-
pected to break in this respect
tonight. 1t is also probable that
the overseer of the poor will be APP
pointed at tonight's meeting to sue
coed the late Joseph e. Bailey.
Signs of better times are begin
ming to show in South Amboy. A
few weeks ago there "a but one
factory in operation in this city.
AS a consequence several hundred
women and girls were thrown out
of work. At the present time every
factory in the city has started up.
The lecture to be given by Assem-
blyman Coon in the NJ. L. church
next Sunday night promises TO be
one of the most interesting religious
services held in this city in some
time. Mr.. Coon is a clergyman on
detached service doing Americana
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-02-08
.MATAWAN

Mrs. William v. Simpson and son.
Francis Fielder Simpson. are spend
ing a two weeks vacation at Miami,
Florida.
Mrs. r. c. Devlin is entertaining
her brother, James A.. Fury. of
Washington. d. c.
Mrs. Charles Z. Barker is spend
ing a week at the Pine Tree Inn.
Lakehurst.
Raymond Davis. a representative
OF the International Correspondence
School, returned last night from
Scranton, Pa, where he has been
visiting the school.
A daughter was born to Mr.. and
Mrs. Peter Murphy Sunday morn
ing.
The following officers have been
elected In the Washington Engine
Company for the year 1921: Will
liam H.. Diggin. president: George
Eastmond, Sr.. vice president:
George E~astmond. Jr., secretary:
Edward Lisk. treasurer. and Larry
Walling. foreman.
Miss Reba Stryker. of Red Bank.
was the weekend guest Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Lewis II. Blood.
At a special meeting Of the bor-
ough council Friday night to con-
slider the 1921 budget the budget
was reduced $500 from what 1t was
originally drawn on January rs. The
$500 was dropped from the sinking
fund, making this appropriation s2.-
900 instead of $500. This makes
the total appropriations to be raised
s20,192, and the total amount to be
raised by taxation $~10.69S.o5.
Mise Evelyn Dave was the Sunday
guest OF Mr.. and Mrs. ]. Clarence
Lewis.
Mrs. Charles B. Bruce is an out
of-town visitor.