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The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-09-01
MRS. BROWN HAS INTERESTING WEEK
Works Among Girls Clubs All Over Tuscaloosa Coun-
 ty Making New Plans

Tuscaloosa. August 31.--tS tSpelal)-
 Mrs. I. E. S. Brown, county demon stration agent, after returning from her vacation, has spent moat inter esting week visiting the girls indus trial clubs all over Tuscaloosa county. Al each meeting a review of the years work has been gone over and plans and Improvements made for the coming year.
 Demonstrations were given TOT properly grooming poultry for exhi- bition at county and state fairs. Many of the clubs are using the home made fireless cooker Mrs. Brown introduced some weeks ago, many are making their own brooms and all have fin- ished their first years sewing and cooking.
 Mrs. Brown has introduced at each club meeting some energetic woman from Tuscaloosa who would demon strate to the girls some art. Mrs. F. & Latimer taught the Jena cup girls how to use fruit in making ice cream: Miss Marine Brown demon strated to the Bethel club how to ar range cut flowers artistically; Mrs. Merriweather showed the girls at Syl- van how to make bread, and Miss Aileen Maxwell and Miss Gertrude Brown assisted also at this meeting
 Much interest Is being manifested all over the county In results obtained from the generous offer of J. D. Eos ter and the City National bank to furnish settings of White Leghorn eggs to those who made certain rec ords in club work. Many chicks have been matched and are growing rapid ly, On the first of September many other settings will be distributed and the agent Is highly gratified with the number of applicants for these eggs as well as the marked improvement in the line of pure bred poultry in practically every club district in Tus- caloOSa county.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-09-01

she Knew the rider of the Arab geld Ing. He would be a very useful ad- 1unct to her entourage,
 She watched him, fascinated. Neither pony nor rider seemed to mind in the very least the various knocks from sticks or ball which they received. And--so clever waS the animal-hs would even anticipate commands the fraction of second before they wera delivered
 Every eight minutes came an in- terruption to the game, when ponies were changed.
 "Farrel, why don't you ever play?, demanded Della of her escort
 He frowned
 As though I could afford it.H
 "Ah, I'd forgottenH She realized too late. her faux pas" Some day your luck will turn, old boy."
 He shrugged his shoulders.
 q doubt it"
 The widows brain worked rapidly. Poor Farrel Once married to the rich Mir. Frederick Ducane she migft even so the length of giving Farrcl Galt polo pony
 The gift would serve to keep hlm on leading string, Il would tls him to her. make him in her debt.
 Della belonged to the brigade of women who are 10th to lose their hold on any man. Even when tha,' monial designs towards another. they cannot bear to relinquish rights on any former sweetheart
 If such thing were possible, they would like to form all the swans they had collected on life's pathway into a regiment of hopeless, falth- lesa adoring hangers-on, ready tc obey their slightest whim and grovel- ling for smile from the enchant- ress.
 Unfortunately, discarded swains have generally other views They fall in love a second time, or maka marriage of convenience. Some times they turn into fllrtatious bach elors, Sometimes they go abroad, out of the tenacious grasp of her who will not marry them, but likes to keep them hanging on.
 And very often they forget
 Della, however, had determined that, even when her marriage with accimpli," Farrel would continue 10 be her attentive swain
 It was a stroke of luck that Ma talie had run away! She wondered. idly, where the girl had gone. What was she doing? Della turned her head towards Far rel That young man was staring hard at a big limousine which was parked nearby, and in the driver 5 seat of which was a girl in smartlV- tailored chauffeur's uniform, peak cap drawn down over her eyes, and throat encased in mannish collar and tie.
 The girl was chic and very pretty, and
 Good heavens It's Natalie Du- cane" breathed Della, flabbergasted.
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-09-01
The By MAY CHRISTIE Disturbing Kiss
kXXIV.-IN A PARKED LIMOUSINE
 Copyright, Is2I by The Mcclur. Newspaper Syndicate

The fare amounted to seventy cents tip included. With jangle of gold chatelaine and a diving into subter- ranean pockets in the orchid cloak Della paid.
 These little tricks were so like Farrel! she reflected.
 They entered an uncomfortably crowded train. which in the space oi time deposited them at their desti. nation.
 Contact with moist humanity (sol the day was hot) annoyed the win dow further. Not for this sort ot thing had she arrayed herself ir French creation.
 But sulzing would be profitless She was getting past the age wher sulkng paid.
 Therefore she maintained a stead flow of cheery chatter for the bene fit of her companion.
 Its a lovely lawn" said Della as they wandered along to thci1 places.
 Hum! Not so bad" Farrel wa: no poet, and beauty of landscape sel dom made appeal to him. T pity the poor fellows who've spent then lives in rolling 1t and watering i and fussing over itH'
 Della laughed outright.
 The grass was dotted with specta tors, all on tip toe of exciteme nt for hard-hitting ''chukker" wa about to start.
 Then eight od-looking horsemeT at the first sound of gong dashed at full gallop over the ground, rid ing hell for ather! They made brave show in white brooches ant glea ming riding boots.
 Della clapped her hands.
 "Ipn't they look wonderful? Llk' like centaurs How splendidly the! sit their ponies! Did you ever se' such darling beasts?'
 The white ball bounded over ,h' sward like a pea on drum, slisten ing in the summer sunlight.
 And magnificently in pursuit of T the polo players rode. Every now ant then strange explosives and shout' would drift towards the enthrallet spectators.
 They take such risks!" gaspot Della, Took at that curly -headet boy on the chestnut Arab gelding He'll kill himself"
 Farrel gazed in the required direc ton.
 Not he He knows his business By the way, his pony cost five thou' sand dollars. Steep, wasn't it?' Della sighed. Mention of mone' always made her wistful. She wished
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-09-01
HARDING PREDICTS
 SMALLEST COTTON
 CROP SINCE 1905
Senator HefIin Issued State ment Yesterday on General Cotton Situation All
 Over the Country

Washington, August 3t-(Special) All prophets agree that conditions are such that the supply and demand of cotton will result in advanced prices the coming fall and spring, Governor W. r. c. Harding, of the federal reserve board. in a statement declared that in July and August. there was further deterioration with the indication of the smallest crop produced since 1905.
 Senator Heflin of Alabama. issues today the following statements We have consumed, and exported more than II, l,000 900 bales of cotton since July 1920. Southern cotton mills have made heavy inroads on the low grade cotton produced in 1920 The cotton of that crop now remaining unsold is mostly high grade cotton.
 The cotton crop this year will be in the neighborhood of 7.o00,oo0 bales, April, May, June and July of next year will see the smallest sup ply of and the greatest demand for American cotton that the world has witnessed in a long. long time. Ger n.anY's demand for American cotton is growing in leaps and bounds. One of the largest cotton producers in the United States is now in Germany Arranging for the direct sale of American cotton to German interests.
 The small crop, the increasing de- mand and the aid furnished the cot ton producer by the war finance board is bound to advance cotton prices" ....
 Further Deterioration
 ''The cotton crop showed further deterioration during July and the early part of August as a result of excessive moisture which caused rust and encouraged the activities of the boil weevil, on July 25 the condition of the United States cotton crop was 64.7 per cent of a full normal, as compared with 69.2 per cent on June 25, 1921, and TAI per cent on July 20, 1920
 "The estimated total cotton pro- duction is based on estimates of July 20, is S.203,000 bales which is D. l63,000 bales less than the production in 1920 and is the smallest cotton outturn since 1895, district no. 5 (Richmond) states that the cotton crop in South Carolina except in the Piedmont counties has been seriously damaged by rain and the ravages of the boil weevil, whereas the crops of Virginia and North Carolina are in reasonably good condition. The boil weevil is active in practically
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-09-01

every part Of district No. CAtlau- ta). The season Is about two weeks late in Georgia and Louisiana and the crop is undersized wherever fert- ilizcr has not been usd Tn district No. II (paUas) there has been a rath- or serious deterioration in the cotton plant as result of hot, dry weather in certain sections and Of extensive depredations of the boil weavii in othr localities.
 "District No. x tSt. Louis) reports that the cotton plant is fruiting. but in many sections is showing the lack of fertilizers on thin soils
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-09-01
nEEICIAL sCALE TEST

Gadsden. AuEust J- Chief Littlefield has appointed Patro.- man Bogus as official tester of scales and measures for Gadsden and he Is busy testing all found in the city. The city has also purchased an appa- ratus for testing the electric and gas meters and will get busy as soon as it comes as there has been consider- able complaint of the gas and elec- tric light and power bills increasing without any reason.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-09-01
RILEY RESTING WE'LL

Gadsden. August 5i.-John Riley is reported as resting very we'll today and it Ia now thought that it will not be necessary 10 amputate hts left leg Mir Riley was hurt very se- riousiy in an automobile accident on Forest avenue. Saturday evening, in which his left leg was broken and otherwise severely bruised.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-09-01
E,sT0P HNS No opPoNENT

Florence August 3l-t tSpeeial.) - Tuesday was the last day on which candidates for the office of city com missioner could qualify and ". <. Eastop, incumbent. will have no op- position. Many Florence citizens who remember the bitterness of the last Municipal campaign have expressed municipal campaign have expressed he avoided this fall.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-09-01
THREE
HoNs rAkE snnnr cornst

Msi idlsn. Miss.. August 3i-tsps- cisl)--Aftsr spending several days at Mississippi Agricultural and Me- chsnical college. the 10 boys from this county who have been attending tbe short course. have returned to Meridian. number Of the local del- eEatiou are making an attempt 10 ss- cure place on the Mississippi stock udEiuE team which will participate in judging contests of a number Of the southern furs.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-09-01
SECURES NEW PREACHER

CarrolIton, August 3I.-0SpecIa4.1- For the past Il months group or Presbyterian churches in this county
 have been without pastor, due to the resignation of Rev. Charles n. Nabers, who resigned to accept larger and more lucrative field In Arkansas, but these churches are to be congratulated on securing the services of Rev. J. s. Lacke, who comes to them as a recent graduate from the Columbia Theological sem mary of South Carolina.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-09-01
For Good of
 the Community
"Go Ahead Signal Has Been Giuen-- Big Pipe Concern Sounds Note of Warning to
 Those Who Are of Little Courage

OOne CnlngS ana keeps QOlng. 1magmaClOn IS the other name for optimism How can man arrive who does not sense the goal ahead?
 The St. Gothard tunnel was dream Many railroad feats have been dreams. The health fitness of the Panama zone is the outcome of dreams of scientists who, believing everything has it's ordered cause in the scheme of the uni verse, hunted for cause until found
 What does one of the most successful con- cerns in Birmingham say about business? The Stockham Pipe and Fittings company whose Ahead Signa1 has been given. In an open let ter to the trade 1t says:
 That fundamental factors underlying
 our industrial fabric are inspiring faith in
 a sure and certain revival of business con-
 fidence, there can be no doubt.
 Increasing federal bank ratios, easier
 money and lower discount rates indicate
 clearly that the corner has been turned in
 our banking situation and, better yet,
 member banks have been urged to care
 fully extend credits and enlarge present
 limits of loans.
 The increasing monthly profits now be-
 ing shown by the railroads under the new
 budget system of expenditures, the rapid
 ly decreasing number of freight cars and
 the apparent desire of the farmers to mar
 ket their crops quickly this fall, all show
 what better situation exists for the rail-
 roads.
 The "Go Ahead Signal" has been given.
 Are you prepared for the improvement
 and for the traditional active fall season
 which will start soon, and for which you
 should order now to be we'll stocked for
 the seasons demand which is coming?
 The "Go Ahead Signal" has been given in more quarters than the Stockham company names. Cotton goods market, which was a buyers, is a sellers market Iron has hardened for the first time in many months Youngs- town reports August bookings as exceeding those of any of the four preceding months
 Birmingham has just gotten the fabricating in transit privilege. That is another lever by which the steelbusiness of the district will lift itself to broader plane. Cotton rears it's head again.
 Above all, it looks as if the farmer is going to market his product quickly this fall There is trend to getting out of debt that has re- placed that unhealthy trend to gamble that af- flicted the nation last year
 Birmingham did not suffer as many other places in the period of depression because it's steel mills are advantageously situated to serve the export trade. So long as the world wants steel it is to get it from Ensley, Fairfield and Bessemer, the triple stars in Birmingham s crown.
 The Stockham company itself which av- eraged 30 per cent of operations until recently, turns into September with 60 per cent of pro- duction.
 Donald Conner says the entire Avondale mills group in Birmingham, Eufaula Pell City, Sylacauga, Alexander City and Sycamore are and have been on full time all this year.
 Wofford Oil, Birmingham business, start ing in 1903 with little but brawn and courage, has evolved into $2,000,000 concern and plans 1000 schedule of expansion.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1921-01-28
IDMB0 Billie H Has Sc. Cums

Drives Your Laundry Troubles Away.
LADIES, II you want your white
clothes white, your colored clothes
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1921-01-28
ABOUT THOSE COAL MINES.

On Monday our friend Elmo Peck
brought us u sample block of the coal
or shale which was recently uncover
cd Oh his farm on Fox Creek 1t looks
like an impure camel coal and burns
well, though it leaves a hard residue.
1t is evidently rich in oil and perhaps
other valuable mineral elements,
which may make it profitable to re-
cover by distillaton. The time may
not be far distant when there may be
more stills" in use in the mountains
for extracting the wealth from the i'm
mense shale deposits than there are
now in manufacturing murder juice
and family disturbance, and when the
wisdom of the Almighty will again be
manifested. Flemingsburg Times
Democrat.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1921-01-28
UNEMPLOYED APPEAL TO
GOVERNOR FO RWORK

Newport, - An appeal to Governor
E. p. Morrow to assist the unemployed
of Newport and Campbell county was
made by the committee OF unemployed
of which Elmer Senteny is chairman.
The Governor is requested to use his
power in the furtherance of construc-
ton of state roads and other public
improvements.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1921-01-28
PATCHING MOVEMENT IS
GODSEND FOR BACHELORS.

Winchester Winchester bachelors
who have no one to do their patching,
now may have the work done in
housewifely fashion. For the sewing
department of the Community Club
has taken up this work and announced
that it will take in patching" for
anyone in the community.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1921-01-28

A Chamber of Commerce has been
organized at Manila. All the members
are Americans.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1921-01-28
Afternoon
NINE.YEAR.0LD BOY Is
MISSING FROM HIS HOME.

Covington. - Coyington polIse were
asked to aid In the search for Elmer
Evane nine years old, who has been
missing since Saturday morning.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1921-01-28

improvements.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1921-01-28

The tandard Oil Company Of Cali
fornia is preparing to drill for oil in
the Philippine Islands.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1921-01-28

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insist on your washerwoman using
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The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1921-01-28

bright and nave
them to last
twice as long,
you must use
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Contains no acid
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A p a C k a 6 e
makes a quart,
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The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1921-01-28

money for only $4,000 men, Secretary
Baker knew what it meant. Instead
OF following it, said Mr.. Mondell the
Secretary Of War in a spirit of pique
and willfulness defied the will of Con-
gress and recruited 100000. Demo-
Gratis who are now sQuirming ought
to be thankful that this is not reso-
luton of censure. In all history there
has been no example like the Secre-
tary Of Wars contempt and violation
of the peoples will as expressed by
Congress-"
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1921-01-28

There are 20,350 FACTORS in use on
Michigan farms, or approximately one
for ever yten farms in the state.
New-York tribune., 1921-12-19

moonlight beyond appeared a head,
and it wasn't at all the head Peter
had expected. 1t was rounder head
than Buster Bears, not so big and
with a pair of the tercest, hun
griest eyes that glared inside that
cave and seemed to Peter to see him
at once No, it wasn't Buster Bear;
it was Yowler the Bob Cat! Buster
Bear would have been bad enough,
but 4owler was worse.
Too frightened to do anything.
Peter did nothing. This was the wis
est thing he could do. He sat there
as still as if frozen stiff. Yowler
peared into that cave with those fierce
eyes that are made for seeing in the
dark, and though it seemed to Peter
that they saw him at once, they didn't.
You see, Peter was so much the color
of the leaves of Buster Bears bed,
behind which he was crouching, that
Yowler didn't recognize him.
But Iowler's nose told him that
Peter was somewhere in there and his
stump of a tail twitched with eager
ness. But he hesitated to go in that
cave. That was Buster Bears home.
and fowler knew it. Yowler is
coward, and though he knew Buster
Bear was not at home he hesitated
to enter that cave. Poor Peter! How
he did hope that Yowler would prove
too cowardly to enter. He was trapped
There was no mistake about that.
Copyright, 1921. by T. w. Bureess>
The next story: "Peter IL in the
Tightest Of Places"
New-York tribune., 1921-12-19
Detectives Auto Stolen
AS He Visits Friends
-Four Bystanders Are Arrested
After O'Leary's $500
Car Disannears

While he was visiting friends at 42s
Central Park West, $500 automobile
belonging to Detective Joseph J.
OLeary. of the chief inspectors staff,
was stolen from in front of the house.
He saw two young men cross the
street to where his car was standing,
OLeary said. He hurried downstairs,
only to see it rolling along Central
Park West at a lively clip.
Four young men were standing
across the street from the house. He
drew his revolver and demanded to
know who had stolen his car. The men
said they did not know, but they were
placed under arrest and taken to the
west Tooth Street station on a charge
of grand larceny
After making the arrest Detective
O'Leary said one of the prisoners
Thomas Moyna. twenty-one years old,
OF S73 Columbus Avenue, struck him
on the jaw. The other prisoners are
Martin Burke, twenty-tw years, of n
West 101st Street; George Sands,
twenty years, of $50 ST. Nicholas Ave
nue., and John Dwyer, twenty-five
years, of 2O76 Eighth Avenue. All four
denied they knew anything of the
theft.
New-York tribune., 1921-12-19
Scouts Seek Golden Fleece in
Argosy That Neuer Quits Roof
Youngsters Must Draw ON lmaginations for Fabled
Perils of Old, but the Admiral Dewey Is Really
and Truly Schooner, Built by Master Mariner

skipped about at the word Of command
with hearty enthusiasm
No old and barnacle- luggcr
ever did more hazardous sailing, nor
touched in one afternoon greater
variety of ports, all existing in the
colorful imaginations Of these youthful
ings never did have half so much fun.
headlands of eBrest. The chimney to
port and that rusty pipe arrangement
was the guarded entrance to the port
of Havana; the harbor of New York
was far astern, and straight ahead,
over course of rugged roofs that
might be ice foes, was the North Pole,
nothing less.
The tiresome part Of this exalted
type of seamanship is that sooner or
later the imagination grows weary and
that when dinner time comes the young
mariners abandon ship and run for
home and mother. These unsailorly
tactics are especially irksome to Cap
tain Koenig, who suddenly finds him
self marooned on the root with a ship
that must be taken apart and stored
away in the cellar.
The captain is strong for his crew.
they are fine lads, and quick to learn.
He is afraid however, that some day,
after his fifth trip up and down stairs
with different parts of the Admiral
Dewey, he may slip on the top step and
become so tangled up in his handiworlS
that his wife won't be able to distin-
gulsh him from the crosstrees that
once belonged to the family rocker.
New-York tribune., 1921-12-19

There is many ship that goes down
in the sea, but few that go down in
the cellar. Nor are there many that
sail on roof. Therefore the two
masted schooner Admiral Dewey is un-
usual. She is the pride of Captain
Charles koenig, of 574 East 1SSd Street,
the Bronx; the admiration of the sub
way sailors in the vicinity, and the
Joy of Sea Scout Troop ITO, of the
Bronx Council of Boy Scouts.
She is twelve feet from stem to
stern. From scupper to scupper she
measures four feet. And she Is the
handiwork of as good a tugboat cap
tain as ever pulled a whistle.
1t took Captain Koenig six weeks to
fashion this handsome craft. Four of
these weeks were passed in actual CON
structlon with no other tools than an
AK and q small saw. The remaining
two weeks were devoted to convincing
Mrs. koenig that the rockers of the
rocklngchair were about to become the
crosstrees of ship
Yesterday wheA the last rope was
IN place the crewSwas piped up on the
roof. And what time they had!
Eighteen boys in the schooner class
ordinary sea scouts they were-in
training for an able sea scout rating,
They climbed aloft. They took the
ship apart and put her together again.
They learned what rope did what and