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The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-26

of the local stores. The name of the winner will be published Wednesday, August 31, and she can get and spend her $25 that morning. A coupon will be printed every morning, clip it, fill out, mail or send it to Name the Day" Editor, Age-Herald. It is not essential to use the coupon, but it is convenient form. Should two or more women select the same name, the first letter received will be the win- ner.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-26

Ladies One-Piece Dress.--In frocks of soft fabric like silk crepe, Geor
 Eette, voile or chiffon there Is a marked tendency to uneven hem lines. The model illustrated arrives at this
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-26
AKe-Hernld Patterns

The Age Herald has arranged with leading fashion designers of New York to furnish its readers . daily fa8n ion and pattern service All pat terms will be seam m aking and guar anteed to fit perfectly. Safe delivery of every pattern ordered Is also guar <nteed- You should order patterns . little iu advance of the time you will need them as a stock is not kept in Birmingham. but all orders will be m New York for attention
The Natchitoches enterprise. (Natchitoches, La.) 1888-1965, 1921-10-20

or giving additional aid to the publ;c
schools of the said ahool district
That the majority of the taxpayers
voting at said election in favor of said
proposition was 81 in number and $40.
Ao In amount; and that therefore the
SAID proposition was carried.
ms done and signed on this the 9Th
day OF October 1921. at Natchitoches
LOUISIANA In the parish of Natchito.
ches.
z. T. GALLON, JR.,
President of the Natchitoches
Parish School Board
G. E. HOOPER,
Secretary of the Natchitoches
Parish School Board
FORM OF PRoCES VERBAL OF CANVASS
OF RETURNS
Be it known and remembered that on
this the 9th day of October, 1921, at
IL clock M, in accordance with ordi-
nance No. - of the Parish School
Board of Natchitoches Parish, Louis
lsana, enacted on the 29th day of Aug
ust, 1921, notice of which was issued
and published according to law, the
members Of the Natchi-
toches parish schoo. board of Natchi-
toches parish, Louisiana, being
quorum thereof. met in public session
at the office of said board in said par
ish and according to law opened the
ballot boxes used in, and which were
received from the commissioners of
the election held on Tuesday, the 4th
day OF October, 1921, in School District
NO. ~, in accordance with said ordi-
nance, and there proceeded to count
the ballots both in number and amount
for and against to determine the prop
osltion to levy a one and one-half
mills ($.OOlH) special tax on all the
subject to taxation in school
district No. 10, parish Of Natchitoches,
annually, for a period of
one year, for the purpose of giving
additional aid to the public schools Of
the said school district.
The result of said count was 81
ballots and 80. 206 dollars in favor of
said proposition, and II ballots and
80 800 dollars against said PROPOSE
ton; and therefore, the majority in
both number and amount cast by the
" eSAP0ySAo VI Sd10 SCuOOl Ills.
trict No. 10, in the parish of Natchi-
toches in said election, being in favor
thereof, and,
At the same time and place we did
examine and canvass the returns as
evidenced by the duplicate tally sheets
and duplicate compiled statement, the
correctness OF botn being sworn to by
the commissioners, according to law,
and finding also that the returns indi-
Gated a majority both in number and
amount of property in favor of said
Therefore, we declare that the result
Of said election is in favor of the
Proposition to levy a one and one
half mills l$.OO119) special tax on all
the property subject to taxation in
school district No. 10, parish of Nat
Louisiana, annually, for a
period of one year. for the purpose of
giving additional aid to the public
The Natchitoches enterprise. (Natchitoches, La.) 1888-1965, 1921-10-20
Armistice Day Celebration

In response to the call about
forty men and women, represent
ing different organizations, met at
the Z. OF G. rooms Monday night
to discuss plans for Armistlce
Day, stimulated by the wonderful
celebration of last year, which
was participated in by the whole
parish and universally conceded
as the biggest and most successful
one ever pulled Off in We ancient
cite.
AS was mete and proper, the
American Legion was placed at
the head and with the cooperation
of all the other organizations will
plan to have great parish-wide
celebration, everybody individual
ly and collectively to take a per-
sonal interest in honor of this
great day. Mr.. Edwin McClung,
Commander of the American Le-
gion, is chairman and with the
central committee will prepare a
program and submit same at the
meeting to be held tomorrow
night, which of course will be
subject to change. The general
idea is to start with a big parade
with every town and neighbor.
hood participating, prizes given
for best floats, characters, etc. !;
some form of Entertainment, posi-
bly, singing before the two minutes
silent prayer President Harding
has asked the nation to observe
just at noon, football game, barbe-
cue, and general jollification, and
if everything is carried out as
we'll as the enthusiasm of the
meeting Monday night forecasts,
November II, Armistice Day
will go down in the annals Of the
history of Natchitoches as the
greatest yet.
Owing to generous contribu-
lions made then and there to the
Finance Committee, which was the
only one appointed that night, the
figures ran up into the three col
umns with yearling to balance
them, and it was suggested notice
be given that if this committee
fails to reach any one who has
sheep, hogs, yearIings or any
hing suitable for barbecuing and
wishes to contribute san,c, or
money. it will be greatly sppre.
lated and be pat to good service
q the big cslsbrAtion on Armis
S34N ~ = - Il. ss
The Natchitoches enterprise. (Natchitoches, La.) 1888-1965, 1921-10-20

One feature for which Rio de
Janerio is justly famed is for her
brilliant lllumlnations which may
b seen 100 miles out at sea.
The Natchitoches enterprise. (Natchitoches, La.) 1888-1965, 1921-10-20

The largest peach orchard in
tho world is right near Louisiana's
border, 10 Arkansas. and boasts
60O, 900 trees that bear the finest
fruit.
The Natchitoches enterprise. (Natchitoches, La.) 1888-1965, 1921-10-20

The state constitution of Illinois
sdopted in 1918 was the first in
the Union to abolish the practice
Of imprisonment for debt.
The Natchitoches enterprise. (Natchitoches, La.) 1888-1965, 1921-10-20

An unusual Americanization
cseennony took place 10 ST. Louis
~ other day, when fifty46vc nuns,
sanders Of various Catholic Sis
eerhocds, became citizens Of the
Tinted States.
The Natchitoches enterprise. (Natchitoches, La.) 1888-1965, 1921-10-20

According to ancient teachings
man has seven senses.
The Natchitoches enterprise. (Natchitoches, La.) 1888-1965, 1921-10-20
One. half of our eight billion
dollar export trade of 1920 con-
sisted of only ten commodities.
The Chinese tael, used for reck-
oning financial transactions, is a
measured slab of silver.

The pay of a Second Lieutenant
OF the American Army in Ger
many exceeds that of French
Marshal.
The Natchitoches enterprise. (Natchitoches, La.) 1888-1965, 1921-10-20
Honor Paid i Hero

The remains of Gordon Peters,
the only Natchitoches boy who
died overseas from wounds re-
ceive1 in action, escorted By
Corporal Hedges of St. Louis,
reached here Wednesday night,
and from that time until the hour
of the funeral Friday At 2 p. m.
honor guards Of the American
Legion, National Guards and u.
I'D. G. kept watch over his body.
10 response to the Mayors
proclamation. all business was sus-
pended from 1880 until S p. n.
and people from far and near
attended the funeral which was
one Of the largest ever seen here.
A calsson surrounded by National
Guards in uniform. as military
escort, led BY ex-service men also
il uniform, carried the flag-drapcd
casket 10 its last resting place
after services at church. and as|
the firing squad fired the salute
and taps was sounded. there was
not dry ese; tender hands then
covered the grave with beautiful
floral offerings.
This young hero. youngest sonI
Of Mrs. n. Z. Peters, was lad of
not quite nineteen when war was
declared and Was among the frstf
Of our volunteers who offered his
services to his country and lett
With ! company Of Natchitochesl
boys for Camp Nichols. vas short L
v afterwards transferred 10 Beau
'egard and was among the iirst 10
. % France, with Headquartersl ..
1ompanY 18th Infantry, First Dill
'ision. and Vas shortly after sent |:
> tho front, taking part ID the
!loodY light Of 81. Mihiel and the &
LrRonne. where be was morally :
rounded ana died within fourlp
ays. The body ras tIrst mt rres g
The Natchitoches enterprise. (Natchitoches, La.) 1888-1965, 1921-10-20

Trial by jury is said to have
existed in 200 B. C.
The Natchitoches enterprise. (Natchitoches, La.) 1888-1965, 1921-10-20

Some business man paraphrases
it thus: Bodied hair, perhaps,
divides the false and true"
The Natchitoches enterprise. (Natchitoches, La.) 1888-1965, 1921-10-20

Whist women are capable Of
doing with the vote may be meas
ured BY what they have accom-
plished without it.
The Natchitoches enterprise. (Natchitoches, La.) 1888-1965, 1921-10-20

Gas made from wood Is Z COM
mercial success in Great Britain,
where GOO cubic feet Of gas is
Obtained from every cord.
The Natchitoches enterprise. (Natchitoches, La.) 1888-1965, 1921-10-20

A blind Canadian ex-soldier re-
gently passed, with flying colors.
the civil service examination for
employment as q shorthand clerk.
The Natchitoches enterprise. (Natchitoches, La.) 1888-1965, 1921-10-20

{kY yeaez ago Holland lei
: ! - =
inbo ooIlsRes and high schools that
until then were exclusively for
mon.
The Natchitoches enterprise. (Natchitoches, La.) 1888-1965, 1921-10-20

Continued on supplement-
The Natchitoches enterprise. (Natchitoches, La.) 1888-1965, 1921-10-20


And the canvass Of the returns O
said election having been made, tn,
result thereof was ascertained and de
clared to be rs follows;
For said proposition. .......89 $157.4l!
Against said proposition. 10 14.99(
Majority in favor of said
proposition. ................- 10 lag, AZ
and the result OF said election was de
ciared to be in favor of said PROPOSE
ton.
Thereupon, on motion Of C. C. Hat.
tawav, seconded by Samuel Friedman,
the following ordinance was adopted:
ORDINANCES OF PRoHULGArIoN
Whereas, on the 4th day OF October.
1871. an election was held in the school
district No. II, in the parish of Match
itoches, Louisiana, to determine the
proposition to levy a (.OO5) mill spe-
ciaI tax on all property subject to tax.
alton in School District No. II. parish
OF NatchitOches La, annually, for a
period OF one year, for the purpose of
giving additional aid to the public
school Of the said school district. And.
Whereas, SAID election was held and
the returns thereof were canvassed by
the parish school board Of the parish
Of Natchitoches, according to law, and
notice on the 9Th day Of Oct, 1921.
and the result Of said election was de-
clared to be s.
That . majority in number and
amount Of the taxpayers Of said school
The Natchitoches enterprise. (Natchitoches, La.) 1888-1965, 1921-10-20

THURSDAY. OCT. 20, 1921
The Natchitoches enterprise. (Natchitoches, La.) 1888-1965, 1921-10-20

carried.
This done and signed on this the 9th
day of October, 1921, at Natchitoches.
Louisiana, in the parish of Natchi-
tOches.
z. T. GALLON, JR.,
President Natchitoches
Parish School Board.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-06-03
Late Bulletins

London, June a-(By The
Associated Press.)-The ap.
DointmeBt of Lord Byng OF
Vimy as governor.general Of
Canada in succession to the
Duke Of DeyOnshire was an.
nounced officially today.
London. June 3-(By The
Associated Press THE execu-
tive body Of the striking coal
miners today finally rejected
the government proposals for .
settlement Of the coal strike.
Tulsa, Okla, June 3-Troops
on duty here under . procla-
nation of martial law, Will be
recalled at 8 today, unless some
untoward incident occurs b.
fore that hour, Brigadier. Gen
eral Charles G. Barrett IN.
nouneed shortly after noon to.
day, after . telephone conver.
sation with Governor ]. b A.
Robertson 1t Oklahoma City.
Berlin, June 3-(By The As
sociated Press.) = SalaAon
Teilirian, the Armenian student
who In March last, shot and
killed Talaat PashA former
grand visier and minister Of
finance Of Turkey, was 40
quilted In the Assise court hero
today.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-06-03
JAIL TEDIOUS;
BOYS DIG OUT
Two Foot Brick Wall No Barrier to
Freedom But Sheriff's Bullets
Bring Them Back.

Chicago, June 3.-Three Chicago
boys have found life tedious in the
Kendall county Jail at Yorkville, so
they dug through two foot brick
wall and started home.
They had gone about two miles
on a country road when who should
they meet but Sheriff Martin Hex
tall, returning to Yorkville with
Mrs. Hextall in his machine.
Two of the trio, Justus Jacobson,
1893 California avenue, Is years old,
and Victor Jensen, II, 1888 Cali
fornia, avenue, stopped running
when the sheriff fired and his wife
screamed.
The other, Francis Svedman. Is
years old, 1S41 California avenue,
took to the fields and kept on going.
Bullets to the right of him, bullets
to the left of him, bullets in back OF
him volleyed and thundered.
Finally the boy fell and held up
a handkerchief in token OF surren-
der.
II wouldn't OF give up il I'd
knowed which way Chicago was, )"
he said.
The boys had been held two weeks
on a charge Of stealing an automo-
bile.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-06-03
WOUNDS MALE FRIEND;
c0NFESSES He PLANNED
SHOOTING 7 WEEKS AGO
George Hath, 7s; Stays
Enora I.aut, 35-h-
+. lures VILLAIN Hudson.

Peoria, ILL.,, June 3.-Georgo
Hath, aged 73 years, shot and in
stantly killed Miss Elnora. Laut.
aged IS, his former housekeeper.
early this morning, as the woman
stood in the doorway Of the house
Hath had once willed her. The
aged man then wounded William
Hudson. who had been making his
home at the place.
Jealousy and the belief that he
was about to be beaten out of some
of his property by the couple
caused Hath to commit the deed.
police believe. They say that he
has admitted that he planned tho
shooting for two weeks.
Hath, after the death Of lis wife
a year ago, turned over his home,
rent free, to Miss Laut and Hudson,
on condition that they board him.
Later he made a will leaving the
house to Miss Laut but changed the
will to read in favor OF his daugh-
ter, recently, following a quarrel
with the woman and man. He told
the police this morning that efforts
had been made to force his strong
box and destroy the will q short
time ago and that he suspected
Miss Laut and Hudson.
For the last two weeks Hath had
been cooking his meals and living
in the basement of the Arcadia
Presbyterian church, Of which he
was janitor.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-06-03
NEBRASKA HAS
POET LAUREATE.
John G.. Neihardt Is Given Official
Recognition by the
Legislature. ~

Lincoln, Neb., June 3.-Officiai
of an American post by
a law making body came during the
recent session of the Nebraska leg
islature when the senate and house
Of representatives passed Joint
and concurrent resolution naming
John G. Neihardt poet laureate of
Nebraska. @@
This official action on the part
of the state was taken by way of
recognizing the significance OF the
American Epic Cycle upon which
Neihardt has been working steadily
for seven years, and which William
Stanley Braithwaite, literary critic
of the Boston transcript" has
characterized as "one of the pro-
foundly notable and one of the few
original things in the Development
Of American poetry" ~.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-06-03
CREEK FLOODS
entire TOWN
ClOudburst Swells Stream to Tor
rent-4OO Persons Driven
From Homes.

Peoria, ILL.,. June 3.-Town Off
cials at Washington, Urbandale and
Farmdale were not able to make
even an approximate estimate to-
day of the damage caused by the
cloudburst which sent hundreds of
persons from their homes when
Farm creek, southeast Of Peoria,
Overfowed its banks last night.
Small livestock and truck gardens
suffered the greatest IN the flood.
At Urbandale the entire population
Of about 400 was driven from their
homes for the greater part Of the
night. The creek began to fall
early this morning as rapidly as il
had risen, and the people were able
to return to their homes.
Railroad bridges, though weak
ened, are standing, and the T. P. &
W.. Santa Fe, and Lake Erie trains
are running this morning, accord.
ing to railroad officials.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-06-03
SEEK FOR COLD
IN SOUTH SEAS

Papeete, Tahiti, May 5. Delayed
Of buried treasure continue
to circulate in Tahiti. The latest
story comes from the island of Tu-
PAL, one of those in the leeward is
lands Of the Society group, and re-
lates that the owner of the yacht
Genesee, recently from New York,
spent several days dynamiting in a
search for gold.
No reports have been received
here of the discovery of any of the
treasure. Whether or not the treas
ure sought was a fortune alleged
to have been looted from a Peru
vian church and buried on the is
land of Pinaci was not indicated.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-06-03
AQUATIC SHERIFF
NABS2S SLAYERS


Cheyenne Wyoa June 2-Trapped
on a wooded island in the North
Platte river near Bridgeport, Neb.,
Abraham Saulsito and Felipe Blan-
co, wanted here on a murder charge,
today surrendered to q deputy-sher-
iff who swan to the island with a
pistol in his teeth. They were
charged with the murder Of Joe
Cordova dn May I.
"A posse from here and another
from Bridgeport had closed in on
the men on opposite sides of the
river. The deputy disrobed. swan
to the island unbeknown to the
fugitives, who had hidden in the
undergrowth, and made the arrest
after the two men had engaged both
posses in rifle battle.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-06-03
NIPP0NESE
STRONCFOR
EQUALITY
Jap Foreign Office Wants
Rights Of Nationals in
Former German Isis.

Toxic, May 3.-(Delayed.)-In
publishing here the documents con-
corning the mandate arrangements
made at the peace conference ses-
sions and by the League Of Council
converting Germany's oversee pos
sessions which have formed q sub
ject of controversy between Japan
and the United States, the foreign
Office attaches its reservation in
connection with equal opportuni-
ties" in the German islands in the
Pacific ocean.
This publication shows that ia.
pan has not abandoned its claim
for equality of treatment for its
nationals in the islands which were
turned over to Australia and New
Zealand. The Jill Shimbo empha.
sizes that the japanese government
has plainly reserved the right tt
take up the matter with the British
government.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-06-03
VETERANS MEET
AT DES MONIES
Western Illinois Represented
PerShfng and Weeks Are In.
vited to Attend.

Des Moines, Iowa, June 3.-The
first postwar reunion of the SSth
division. which includes several
thousand western Illinois veterans,
will be held in Des Moines, Aug.
26, q and 2S, according to word
just received here from the execu-
tive committee Of the division fol-
lowing its meeting in St. Paul.
Practically every county in west
ern Illinois will send a delegation
to the Des Moines gathering. The
reunion will be held during the
Iowa state fair. The men will camp
out on an S0-acre tract in regular
army style.
General Pershing and the secre-
tary of war have been invited as
we'll as all the former generals of
the division.
The full personnel of Illinois
committees for the reunion will be
announced here in a few days.
Major H. H. Polk of this city is
general chairman.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-06-03
THE WEATHER

Fair tonight and Saturday; cool
er tonight
Highest temperature yesterday,
81; lowest last night, 81.
Wind velocity at a. M, II miles
per hour.
Precipitation in last "a hours,
10 inch.
I'm. 7p.m. Tam.
yester. yester. today
Dry bulb temp. 80 70 "a
Wet bulb temp. II 50 60
Rel. humidity ...67 60 50
River stage at Z a. m, IL; q rise
OF 5 in last "a hours. +
River Forecast,
The Mississippi river from below
Dubuque to Muscatine will rise
slowly Saturday. remaining sta
tionary Sunday and falling slowly
Monday and Tuesday.
FLOYD D. YOUNG,
Meteorologist.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-06-03
wheat POOL. ::
PLAN DROPPED
North Dakota Associations Aban.
don Consolidation Idea-Wiu
Operate Separately.

Bismarck, S. D., June 3.AHope of
effecting a union between wheat
pool and sales plans Of the Wheat
Growers association and the United
Grain Growers, Inc, in North Da-
kota, has been abandoned and both
organizations will operate separate
pools this year, according to an an
nouncement made public today by
Ashar l.. Burdick, president Of the
North Dakota Federation Of Farm
Bureau associations.
The Wheat Growers will seek to
bind farmers to compulsory pool
plans while the United Grain Grow
ers will endeavor to bind them to an
optional sales and pool plan.
Mr.. Burdick announced that he
expected to resign as president of
the State Farm Federation soon to
give his full time to the United
Grain Growers, of which he is asso-
ciate counsel. He said he would
work out of Chicago headquarters
organizing state pooling work.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-06-03
SUPPOSE
nobody cared
How would the rest
of the world
get along?
Do your part for the
Community Fund
GRAIN TRADERS
FIGHT TO- SAVE
HISTORIC "PIT''
Joe Griffin Leads II,
Battle Against Curb
ing Legislation.

Chicago, June 3.-United Press.)
-"Fighting Joe" Griffin led grain
traders in battle today to save the
pit" the worlds greatest grain
market.
The pit" famed in fiction and
facts stories the world over and
known otherwise as the Chicago
board Of trade, faces determination
by legislation.
A death blow is dealt the pit
operations in bills pending in Wash
ington anf in the state legislature
at Springfield.
Many embattled farmers, speak
ing through their representatives
demand that speculation in grains
cease and many other activities OF
the pit" be curtailed. Traders say
this would mean death to the ex-
change.
| Leaders Of the opposition farmers
view the pit" as a gambling den
where fortunes are made and lost al
the expense of the farmer who pro.
duces the grain.
Griffin, wealthy president Of the
board of trade. has organized his
tides to fight for the right Of the
exchange to exist. Griffin holds thai
some speculation in grains is essen.
tial to grain marketing. and tina,
farmers do not suffer but are helped
by pit" operations.
Some farmers have rallied Il
Griffin's cause Farmers stormel
the legislative halls at Springf ell
demanding that the exchange bill bt
killed.
~Show Place" Of America.
The pit" is one of the show
places Of America. Usually a Wis
itor would no more think Of leav
ing Chicago without seeing thu
frantic brokers buying and selling
thousands of bushels of grain will
the twist of a thumb, than the!
would leave Egypt without gazing
on the pyramids.
Way back in 1888 a farmel
logged into the little prairie towr
of Chicago with IS bushels of whea
in his rickety cart. He sold it at ;
high price and he went home ant
told the neighbors
Neighbors' rickety carts followe,
and Chicago was established as tn
grain center OF the world.
I Carts were replaced in 1S4S whel
the first grain reached Chicago b.
rail. That year 50 merchants an1
traders established the pit" witt
a membership fee of IS. 1t nov
costs $25,O00 to join the board o
trade and seats are sold as high a
$4,000.
Grain speculation, now the targe
Of many. started during the Civi
war. At that time there developed
large volume of trading in grain IT
arrive" because it became necessar
. to let large contracts for grain TO
future delivery for armies in tn
field.