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The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-02-28
One-Man Trolley Cars
Success In New England

N0 THEN one-man trolley cars were
 WV introduced in New England they met with the usual opposition, intensified in that part of the coun- try by the problem of snowstorms. The Providence Journal says that while one-man cars have not been suc- < cessful in "bucking deep drifts" no further trouble was experienced after the use of snow blows to clear the tracks.
 The public, the Journal says, has been told that the one-man car is neither safe nor .. dependable, but wherever it has been tried by trac- ton companies it has proved a suc- cess, even in New England, where snow adds to the difficulty of opera ton.
 One-man cars have been in use in Birmingham for sometime. In addi- tion to the objections offered by peo- pie who oppose anything new, espe- cially if it is economical, it was pre- dicted that they would cause fric- tion between white and negro pas- sengers using the same entrance and exit. Nothing of the sort has hap pened.
 Weather conditions in the south are ideal for this type of street car. It is not suited for suburban traffic, which constitute large part>of the trolley patronage in the Birmingham district. On suburban lines heavy cars with trailers are still being used, but for short, intra-urban routes, the one-man car marks a great improve ment in the service. It has come to stay and will probably be adopted in all parts of the country on lines where heavy equipment is unnecessary.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-02-28
CIGARETTES AND kIssAnLE LIPS

From the Houston Post. Jack Warwick says "a cigarette, no
 matter how dainty. doesn't look right between two kissable lips No, and If we were a romancing youth and she didn't remove the cigarette we wouldn't -we'd remove 1t for her.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-02-28

Although MT. Denby served as "gob. {" he isn't expected to emulate Josephus and pose for photographers with his arms
 around enlisted men. * E # "John the Barber hopes his son will some day defeat MT. Dempsey, If it isn't John the Barber's" son. somebody else s
 boy will turn the trick. * < # Montana proposes to tax bachelors Ss
 head annually. Even at that Montana
 bachelor could stay single and save
 money
 A Tennessee solon wants to prevent
 hasty marriage by law. What does the average legislator know about love at first lsight?
 TEat youthful bank clerk in Chicago
 was merely trying to live up to iurid name. IHt SDe6C0tS Ol 1Nlth i-OhS W OA ei'
 against the Muscle shoals appropriation are those of sma1l-bore politician. + # # Those outside dry agents who raided New Yorks cabarets are doubtless chased as undesirable aliens < af s; The old-fashioned panhandler is making his rounds again, and telling the same story he told before the war. x H x Foreign diplomats are about the only people in America who continue to enjoy unlimited cocktail, facilities. x * l. The Jap jingo will kindly bear in mind that MT. Harding is committed to the greater navy idea. x # # The martial ardor of the Panamanians has risen superior to shortage Of rifles.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-02-28
IN HONOR OF A NEGRO

From the Cotton Record:
 When a member of the Savannah Cotton exchange passes away. it is the change building at half-mast, in re- spect to his memory. For more than 40 years. Phillip Smith, worthy. re- speetabie negro. had been In the service of the exchange as porter. When Phillip died the other day. the flags were put at half-mast for him, just the same as If he had been white man and a member of the exchange.
 That Phillip had served the Savannah Cotton exchange continuously for A years is ample evidence of his faithful ness and general good character. And Phillip was proud of his job. He had write-up in the papers when he reached his 40 years of service, and he was then quoted as saying that he asked nothing more than to die in the service of the gentlemen of the sa- vannah Cotton exchange. So the, Sa- vannah Cotton exchange treated him when ne dteu as lHouSh He uao Deel an actual member, instead of the hum ble. respectful porter.
 Commenting on the incident. the Sa- vannah Morning News says;
 "The bigger part of the lesson is one that should be read by those in other parts of the country who think that in the south a negro cannot win respect cannot win confidence, and for the mere reason that his skin Is not white, The half-masting of the cotton ex- change flag far & negro Is unusual, pos sibly it occurred the other day for the first time. But 1t did occur aud at 2 time opportune for calling special at tention to it. Economic conditions in recent months have tended to develop racial feeling everywhere in the codn- try, and it is well to point to this incl dent ss showing that. at any time. 2 negro who goes quietly about his busi- ness Is faithful and honest. will have no trouble while he lives and wiil be mentioned with respect when he Is dead
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-02-28
Los AAGELEs LEADs
m the ChleaKo NeWs.

From the Chicago News. | In Los Angeles the ice cream soda will soon be back to pre-war prices. Gan any one beat that for ingenious municipal advertising?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-02-28
TURNED HIS HOBBY TO PROFIT

M. F. Bosworth, in Leslie's.
 It's novel business that Morris A. Strickler of Detroit has built up. From a boyhood interest in nature, and but terflies in particular, he graduated from collecting, as a pastime, to the utilizing of the decorative beauty of butterflies in the making of serving trays, tea table tops, desk pads, lamp shades, paper weights, lockets. watch fobs, and other articles.
 Like most successful industries he started in a small way. Investing sS5 in material, he soon turned it into $1O0 and in surprisingly short time Strickler was doing business of sS,ooO month
 Not only does this young hustler inn port thousands of cocoons from tropical countries, but buys from the boys of his neighborhood, to whom he furnishes professional collectors outfits.
 The raising of butterflies. on com mercial scale requires patience. study and extremely sanitary equipment. The bCSt OL OOtH oCAco al v afiOV~A " tfft*e~ in white enameled breeding cages. The female deposits her eggs on sheet of white muslin in the bottom of the ca ge. The eggs are matched by the suns rays or by artificial heat.
 The tiny larvae that emerge from the eggs vary in color according to the species. After two days these worms are placed on leaves of the respective food plants that are known to appeal to their tastes. Here they eat and grow until the time they change formation by developing into those wonderfully mysterious chrysalises After while they release themselves from their COG oon shrouds and appear in the winged They are adults in from 10 to 20 min utes after they emerge from their crys- ais or pupa form.
 At this point, in the Strickler breed ing laboratory, the birds are allowed about 30 minutes to expand and dry their wings. They are then placed in jars charged with gases that kill them instantly. The taxidermist's art is then called upon. They are dressed or cleaned. and then stuffed or refilled.
 The sexes differ in appearance, in size and in the formation of their feet and aftennae. One bitterly. or moth, will lay from 10 to 600 eggs. Abou. two-thirds of these hatch and mature Those that are kept for breeding pur- poses are nourished on apples. prunes, bananas and old meat.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-02-28
Regulating the Flow
 of By-Product Gas

7T7HE Birmingham, Railway, Light N and Power company has made
 more than 12,000 adjustments of gas
 stoves and burners in Birmingham
 homes. Users of by-product gas will find their bills smaller in consequence
 There is the right way of doing
 everything. The by-product gas is
 more volatile than water gas and
 more of it comes through an orifice
 of the same size in the same length
 of time. Adjustment of the burner
 controls the flow of by-product gas
 and keeps down the bill. It was much better for the com
 pany to have made these adjustments
 than to suffer the consumer to pile
 up an accumulation of temper and
 grievance. It was treating the pub
 lie as the company would have the |
 public treat it.
 Indications point to permanent sat
 isfaction wish by-product gas. It is
 now 88 cents, compared with sl.75 to
 $2.25 for water gas in other southern
 cities and it is to be lower after a
 certain quantity has been consumed.
 It is much better to be headed to a
 lower price than to higher one. Had
 Birmingham continued to use water
 gas it would have been costing just
 about twice what the by-product gas l is costing.
 Again, in using by-product gas, we
 are patronizing not only home in
 dustry, but one of the two basic ones. We are helping to make pig iron
 cheaper and endow it with ability to travel further afield and bring back
 money to pay workers and empty the
 shelves of msrchants. * E * The announcement of Birmingham po- liceIoman that she might wash the faces of girls who had too much paint ana powder on has stirred up some of the |neighboripg cities She hasn't made the attempt vet.
 It's hard matter to keep the Roose- yelts out ct public life. Franklin D. went |down in defeat with Governor Cox. but Theodore Roosevelt will be assistant sec retary of the navy.
 Anybody who wants to make a para chute jump from an airplsns four miles high is welcome to do so. A fall of two floors in an elevator is thrill enough for us.
 Chicken pie will be on the menu when the Hardings occupy the White House. We propose to start right now and spell Harding Hospitality with a capitay -A.v z q z Indian women of the Penobscot tribe demand the right to vote in tribal elec- tions. That was something never dreamed of in the philosophy of Pocahontas. e s z Some of the democratic officenoiders who are going put after March | have nothing to fall back on but their reia- |tives and friends
 $ z MT. Hughes end MT Hoover are prob |aply the only members of Mir. Hsrdipgs cabinet who asked time te consider.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-02-28
Deserved Promotion
 for Two Army Officers

T5THE Senate paid tardy recognition
 u to the services of two distin- guished army officers when it added to the army appropriation bill an amendment suggested by General Pershing to promote Maj. Gems. Hun ter Liggett and Robert L. Bullard to the rank of lieutenant general.
 Both of these officers commanded field armies overseas with conspicu- ous gallantry. They showed courage and initiative of high order. None of the officers who fought in France under Pershing were braver or more resourceful.
 It was characteristic of General Pershing that he should desire Gem erals Liggett and Bullard to be given the promotion which they richly de- served. Alabamians in particular will be glad to know that General Rullard, native of this state, has received due recognition for his services in France.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-02-28
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
 AND ELSEWHERE
Children's Questions

Being an old bachelor" says Faul Barnett, while missing the joys of mar ried life. I yet am saved from some rather embarrassing situations. For instance, two friends of mine were talking about their children, and the conversation soon drifted around to schools One said to the other; The other night my daughter, who is in the high school, came to me with prob lem in agelbra and, to tell you the truth, it was humiliating to discover that had forgotten all that had ever known about algebra s'That is noth-
 ing answered his friend, for just a night or two ago my son knocked me out on a similar proposition. The Peoples Interests { ''The members of the board of rev. enue did big, constructive thing in largely increasing their appropriations for health purposes, said J. R. Horn ady, commissioner of health and edu> cation of the city of Birmingham.
 "This action emphasizes whatI have known all along, and this is that our governing body in the county is keenr ly alive to the importance of health conservation.
 At time when increased appro- priations are very difficult to make, they have found a way to give more money to this primary work, and what they have done should receive the cordial indorsement of all our peo- pie. They deserve the warmest con- gra tulation."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-02-28
A MORNING PRAYER

A MORNING PRAYER 0, grant me, Lord, to love the
 daily task to which am bound. So my shackles will be as shining gold, so my labor will be joyous and my burden light. Amen.--M. $. B.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-02-28
Marines Found Guilty of
 Ra;dim~ Nevsnaper Offic

Marines Found Guilty of
 Kidding Newspaper Office rIf1HE prompt and drastic punish
 II ment imposed on United States r1aarinss who raided newspaper of ice st Managuar, Nicaragua, will meet Nith general approval. They wers fopnd spilty by I court-martial ma eeRteposd to dishOnorable dis S Seherge and confinement for five years The court recommended clemency and the term of imprisonment was re duced to i've years.
 Ths main object in a case of this kind E to get thet guilty men out of the seryice. TO soldier who has ny slf-respeet at all, dishonorable { 5Ischzrge is far worse than a prison m 1 Whers dishoporable dis
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-02-28

An, what a sign it is of evil life, When death's approach is seen so ter rible. --Henry VI
 x x q
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-02-28

The announcement of Birmingham po- licewoman that she might wash the faces of girls who had too much paint ana powder on has stirred up some of the neighb0ripg cities. She hasn't made the attempt vet.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-02-28

Anybody who wants to make para chute jump from an airplsns four miles high is welcome to do so A fall of two floors in an elevator is thrill enough
Martinsburg journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1920-1977, 1921-06-22
II ALLEGED
RIOTERS FREE

All but six of the forty.seVen al
legged rioters arrested last week in
Mingo county following the shoot
ing at the LICK Creek tent colony
were released following an investi-
cation conducted by Judge Bailey,
Mingo county officials, Major Davis
and Captain Brockus. Of the state
constabulary and S. B. Montgomery
and c. Frank Keeney, representing
the miners.
Since the shooting OF last week,
quiet has prevailed and indications
are that this condition will obtain
until the question of Il senatorial
Investigation is settied one way or
another, Keeney said.
Pictures of the Lick Creek tent
colony showing its condition after
last weeks fighting were taken
to Charleston by Keeney and for
warded to Washington to be usel
in the fight to obtain n senatorial
investigation in Mingo, he said.
Martinsburg journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1920-1977, 1921-06-22
MR.. SMITH WITH
TRAVELLERS co.

Clyde f. Smith, well known in
surance agent, formerly with the
Reliance Life, today announced the
discontinuance OF his work with
that company and the establishment.
of full time agency with the TRAY
elers Insurance Company and the
Travellers Indemnity Company. Of
Hartford, Conn, effective June 9Th.
The new business, he said, requires
that he give all his time to the
company's work in it's multiple Of
fers, working with the Baltimore Of
nee on indemnity claims and with
the Wheeling Office on the agency
production end, which includes both
life and accident, and liability pol
lceis
Mr.. Smith has had three years of
experience in the life insurance
work.
Martinsburg journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1920-1977, 1921-06-22

4 club as she lay in bed, and when
she became unconscious wrapped
ner face in her night gown until
she was smothered The husband
then dragged the body to the foot
Of the stairs to make it appear she
had fallen says Meyers The J ~
says he held Hemminger's few
months old baby while the husband
was attacking the woman. The pair
uuareled over another man whom
the husband accused OF intimacy
with Mrs. Hemminoer, authorities
believe.
Martinsburg journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1920-1977, 1921-06-22
PETITION FOR
PEACE FARLEY

A committee OF prominent eler&s
men of various denominations h.
New York Tuesday night for Wa
ington to present to President Hard
ing petition asking him to call a
International conference to discus
reduction of ornaments. The pet
ton, circulated among the clergy OF
the country by the Church Peace
Union, was signed by 2O.503 Protes-
tant ministers, Catholic priests and
Jewish rabbis.
Martinsburg journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1920-1977, 1921-06-22
HOLD HUSBAND
FOR MURDER

Accused of killing his wife, Harry
Hemminger, Of Mechanic 3urg, was
arrested at his home there and lodg-
ed in the Cumberland county jail at
Carlisle. Pa. Authorities said he
signed a confession
His wife. Irene. was found dead
in their home last February II. 1t
was supposed she fell downstairs
and broke her neck County author
tiles claim to have obtained a story
from Percy Myers, a 16-year-old
hoarder in the Hemminger home,
that Hemminger beat his wife with
Martinsburg journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1920-1977, 1921-06-22
CoNVICTS RECApTUREn.

Two of the seven prisoners who
escaped from the Monongalia coun-
ty Jail at Morgantown Sunday morn
ing were racapture1 Tuesday by
State Trooper Davis and Deputy
Sheriff Yost in the Cheat noun
tains near Pisgah. The men were
Clyde Taylor and Frank Novak.
Four of the men are still at large.
Taylor was awaiting action OF the
grand jury on a forgery charge and
Novak was serving Jail sentence
for pistol toting
Martinsburg journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1920-1977, 1921-06-22
SMALL E.

The small truck OF Ryneal No. ]
was called to the home Of Jack
Jones, North Samuel street. this
to extinguish a slight fire
IN ono Of the upstairs rooms which
developed from the act Of children,
it is understood, placing burning
paper near can of gasoline, some
OF the gas catching on fire
Little damage was done
Martinsburg journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1920-1977, 1921-06-22
TWO EXECUTIONS
SCHEDULED FOR JULY

Two executions are scheduled to
take place i'll the state prison at
Moundsville during July. They are
Jacob Lutz, convicted of killing
Chief of Police Phillips. at Grafton,
in January, 1919. and Hobart Grimm.
convicted of killing a wire manu-
facturer of Pittsburgh in Brooke
county Lutz twice had appealed his
ease to the supreme court. but 1t was
remanded to the Taylor county
circuit court each time He still
Is endeavoring to gain hearing
which would gain him clemency
from the state supreme court.
Martinsburg journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1920-1977, 1921-06-22
PASSES BAD CHECK.

Released from Jail at Hagerstown
Sunday after serving a term Of ten
days on charge of being drunk.
Roy z. Harrison. Of Terra Alta. w.
Va. is in Jail there once more, held
under S200 hail for action Of the
grand jury of the November term
of court charged with passing a
bad check for SOS.
Martinsburg journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1920-1977, 1921-06-22
mike" CTS JOB

Michael H. King. we'll known Elk
ms lawyer and politician. who has
been active in West Virginia Repub-
lean politics for several years, hav-
ing been candidate for the nomin-
alton for secretary of state. has
been appointed referee in bankrupt
ey at Elkins by Judge w. E. Baker
of Federal District court, and has
qualified for the office. Mr.. King
was referee at Elkins for number
Of years prior to his removal to
rharleston, where he resided for a
ime.
Martinsburg journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1920-1977, 1921-06-22
ASKS STORES CLOSE
AT 6 ON SATURDAYS

The Charleston Ministerial Assoc
citation has started movement to
have retail stores close before 6
o'clock on Saturday night in or
der that the proprietors and clerks
may gain enough rest to enable
them to attend church and Sunday
school. A resolution adopted by
the association has been presented
to the retail store proprietors and
to the public in the hope that both
may assent to the o'clock closing
plan.
Martinsburg journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1920-1977, 1921-06-22
WOMAN PRESIDES

For the first time in history, ac'
cording to official records, woman
presided Tuesday over the house of
representatives Miss Alice Robert
son, a republican member from Ok
lahoma, occupying the chair for
about ten minutes.
She was greeted with applause
and cheers when Representative
Walsh. republican, Massachusetts,
who was presiding in the absence
from Washington of Speaker Gillett,
invited her TO WELD the gayel.
Martinsburg journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1920-1977, 1921-06-22
HADLEY RESIGNS.

President Arthur T. IIadley, who
will retire as president of Yale Uni.
versity after twenty-five years in
that office Tuesday took formal
leave of the alumni body This was
alumni dav and the morning gath
ering in Batell chapel was the larg-
est in many years.
Martinsburg journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1920-1977, 1921-06-22
REFLECT DEVALERA

canon de Valera has been re-
elected president of the Irish Re-
public" it was announced at New
York by his secretary. Harry Rol-
and. He also stated that Sean
(James) O'Ceallaigh, former Irish
"envoy" to Paris. has been elected
speaker of Dali Eireann, legislative
body OF the Sim Fem government.
O'Ceallaigh is president of the Gaze
lie league and belongs to the mod
crate wing of Sim Fein.
Martinsburg journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1920-1977, 1921-06-22

DR. and Mrs. C. A. Lueder, OF
Norgantown. are guests of Mr.. and
Nrs. II. J.. Smith, of the county, for|
fe wdays. DR. Lueder is member
# the faculty Of the University al
Norgantown, in the department on
veterinary science.
Mr.. c. w Hess, the well known(
merchant of North Mountain. wa
business visitor in the city today
Martinsburg journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1920-1977, 1921-06-22
DECREASED ToNNAG :.

The coal production report for
May recently issued by the Opera
tors Association of the Williamson
field shows IAN output Of 532,251
tons and 5,666 men on the pay rolls. :"
The statement in part follows:
There was a tonnage loss during
the month, account no market of
I 10 00O TONS
Martinsburg journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1920-1977, 1921-06-22
To nEpnRr Reds

Tony Sorazzo ard Steve Rufine,
Of Reckley. have been arrested ov
emigration inspectors and will be
taken TO Ellis island for deporta-
ton to Ttalv. They we're charged
with advertising, teaching and prac-
tiring unlawful destruction of prop
orty near Glen Write, in 1917.
Martinsburg journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1920-1977, 1921-06-22
KIDWELL TAKEN
IN BEAVER. PA.

Stanley kldWelI, North Queen
street. was arrested in Beaver, Pa,
yesterday by Sheriff Dean on
charge Of desertion, and brought
back to this city where he is now
in Jail pending hearing.
Martinsburg journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1920-1977, 1921-06-22
INVITED TO CAMP.

The Rotary Club has been invited
hv the Y. NJ. c. A. to Join the boys
Of the Association who will go to|
Camp Dunn on June 3oth for day's|
outing. taking dinner at the eamp.i
The club will act on the matter
tomorrow.
Martinsburg journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1920-1977, 1921-06-22

Mrs. Robert Whitacre and chill
ON. of South Maple avenue, are
ting relatives in Hagerstown
Mrs. Florence Kershaw is quite
'ot Al her home on West Race
street
Martinsburg journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1920-1977, 1921-06-22
DEVELOPING a TINE
SMOkELESS COAL FIELD

One Of the best smokelass coal
fields in the sta'e, in Greenbrier
county. is N the process Of deyel-
opment at the present time In
this field nes 175 acres of coal
which is practically undeveloped.
Eight companies dr3 at work in the
field.
A slight depression exists in the
7mokeless fields, of Winding Gulf,
the production being about 90 per
cent for the week nehng June II.
Prices are weak anc Goa. has &C
cumulate1 at the pisrs
c. w. Houseworth, Porter ave
nue., has returned from Baltimore
where he had expert attention to
his right arm. The specialist put
the arm in a plaster cast as a part
Of the treatment.