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The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-09-25

have the pleasure of greeting MT. and Mrs. Wellborn when they come for a visit to their sister. Mrs. James Fouchc Matthews on Quintard ave- nue.
 Members of the Tuesday Bridge club were charmingly entertained this week by Mrs. James Fouche Matthews at ner home on North Culn- tard avenue. the hospitality In- cluding two extra tables of attrac- tive players--a visitors prize being won by Mrs. Arthur Donaldson of New Orleans, who is spending some time with her parents, Judge and Mrs. Joseph Jackson Winett.' Among those present were: Mrs. Nell Sterne. Mrs. Scott Roberts. Mrs. Frank John ston, Mrs. Andrew J. Goodwin, Mrs. treu ,iylvr. a4l $. Josepn " neeivr, .al's. Walker Reynolds, Mrs. John Bibb, Mrs. Alma Quinn. Mrs Paul Pittin- ger, Mrs. Ralph Usrey. Mrs. Walker Stickney, Mrs. William A. Davis, Mrs. Gather Perry.
 Mrs. W. B. Lampkin has gone to Philadelphia to be the guest of her daughter, Mrs Clarence Barker (Lu- cile Lampkin).
 Mrs. Mary George of Detroit is the guest of Mrs. Frank Nj. Tucker on Tyler hill.
 Misses Minnie and Kathleen Allen have gone to Mobile to enter the con- vent of the visitation.
 Miss Jane Holden Noble and Mrs. Charles Milton Noble are in Win ston- Salem. Mrs. Edgar Dwight Smith has returned from visit to North and South Carolina.
 Mrs. Ernest Wliliams has ie- turned from a visit to Selma.
 Miss Mildred Pruett has gone to Marion, where she Is student at Judson.
 Misses Eleanor stilwen and Martha and Sarah Rudisill have gone 10 Lynchburg. Va, to enter Randolph Macon Woman's college.
 Mrs. F. M. Murphy lLorene Row man) of Atlanta. Is the guest el Miss Mary Murphy.
 Mss Jose,,lAine .(ourse has gone " Gambler, Ohio. to spend the win' ter.
 Mrs. J. c. Beatty and baby have arrived from California to be the guests of relatives
 Miss sNelle snow has returned rom
 Mrs. c. E. Wells and children have rAtur,ed from visit to Mrs. Jose phine Wells, at Woods Hole, Mass.
 Miss Patti Haynes has returned from Mobile.
 Mrs. Fl NJ. Martin and Miss Lillian Martin have returned from visit to Carters7ilie.
 Mrs. Frank Coleman of Fairfield, IS the guest of her parents, MT. anu Mrs. w. 5. Kilby.
 Mrs. John Bailey of Columbia ?
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features OI AnnlSlOn SOCIAL lire Qnr- ing the winter months. Mrs. I. Levi Is president of the Choral club and Is untring in her efforts in behalf of her organization.
 The Business and Professional Woman's club held their regular weekly meeting at the clubrooms on Tuesday evening. Mrs. M. l.. Payne served q most delightful repast to the members and their friends at 6:30 and at o'clock the club assembled for short business meeting. Mrs Robert Heath was given cordial welcome into the club and Miss Do-' rothy Sterne and Miss Bessie Cole man were attractive visitors.
 Misses Mary Bare and Margaret Chadwell were elected treasurer and assistant treasurer. respectively, to fill the vacancies caused by Miss Jewell Dill and Miss Charlie Alice Warnock. Miss Annie Porterficld was elected bookkeeper and treasurer of the special fund known as the lunch room account.
 Mrs. Robert Heath will begin her class in esthetic dancing very soon and Miss Leila Jones. an excellent expression teacher, Is meeting with great success In her classes.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-09-25

or Havana, Cuba, who IS Visiting In Anniston. Mrs. Burgoon and her little daughter are being royalty en- tertained during their visit while Mir. Burgoon is in New York. As Ruth Ledbetter this young matron was very popular in Anniston, where she lived as a girl and where her family was prominently identified Since her marriage to MT. Burgoon she has had varied experiences while travelling with him in many interesting places. Recently they have been residing In Havana where MT. Burgoon is con nected with the Cuban Sugar Cane corporation, holding n very responsi- ble position. They will remain in the States until conditions in Cuba arc more settled, spending their time in Anniston and in Birmingham.
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C., is the guest of Miss Ida Lumkin.
 Mir. and Mrs Darrell Thompson have gone to Savannah, where they will reside.
 Mrs. Will Coleman has returned rom a visit to San Antonio.
 Mrs. Joseph King, who returned recently from a visit to Hot Springs, and a stay in the Ozark mountains, has gone to New York to be the guest of her daughter, Mrs R. r. Wheeler. Later she will be joined by Mir. Par ter King of Havana. Cuba, and will go to Canada
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-09-25
WOMEN'S CLUBS REORGANIZE
 IN ATTRACTIVE ANNISTON
By IVA COOK

Anniston. September 24.-- (Special.) Social life in Anniston during the past few weeks has been unusually dull and tho presence of a large num- Der of attractive young college girls and boys has been missed from the informal parties, dances and bridge affairs which seem to be the only form of amusement at this season. Ever so many charming matrons and their families who add greatly to the social atmosphere of the Model City are yet away and it is a regret to many friends that some are planning to be gone throughout the winter. The clubs and clubwomen will be kept quite busy during the comir.S weeks organizing their affairs. AL ready the Bienville chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution has held a very interesting meeting in celebration of Constitution Day This chapter. which is most flourish ing, is directed by Mrs. Jabez Curry Street as regent, and she is assisted by Mrs. w. G. Crutchficld Mrs George Goodrich, Mrs. Kirk Perrow Miss Carrie Knox and a number of other patriotic women The Book club, with Mrs. J. c. Norton as presi- dent continues to thrive, and has done excellent work. The women of this organization have succeeded n securing playground supervisor for the city, and Mrs. Norton is chairman Of the district library extension com. mittee. A number of rural libraries have been established as the result of her efforts, and this work will be entered into anew with the coming of the fall season.
 The Wednesdav Gt,dxy c1,,h ,,,ifcl is one of the best known clubs in the state, has for its president his year Miss Mary Hood Gardner; Mrs French Bell, vice president Miss Josephine Nourse, secretary, and a number of other interesting officers Their work will be along the same lines. night teacher will be maintained at the Addie Weaver, contributions will be made to the Carnegie library book fund, several war orphans will con tinue to be cared for and there are many worthy causes to take up the interest of the Wednesday club mem bers along with their study course of
 Famous Women and Book Reviews"
 The Matrons' Study club, composed of number of Anniston's most liter ary women, met recently for the first meeting of the season. They are led $. met Ledbetter, who is most charming and brilliant. Their study subject. entitled. World Wanderings," is one In which they have all taken keen interest Most artistic year books nave been arranged by a committee composed of Mrs. Evan Moon, Mrs, John Stillwell. Mrs. Samuel Powers. Mrs. George Goodrich, who were as sisted by MT. Norman Pittman of the University of Picking, who recently spent several months in the city. With Mrs. Ledbetter. Mrs. Harry Weatherly is acting as vice president ana Mrs. H. s. Miller as secretary.
 The Anniston Choral club Is one of the city's most valuable organiza- tions' bringing as 1t does many artis- tic and brilliant concert artists be- fore a music-loving public. Plans are under way for most delightful year or chorus work under a capable di- rector, Miss Ida Kline, and the month
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-09-25
By Associated Press

Newark. N. J.. September 1s.-- An artesian we'll which years ago ceased to produce water and now sends forth a strong blast of cold, dry air Is the property of Mrs. Jacob Lowenstein, who uses it to cool the refriEerator. to dry the washing and to keep the house cool in hot weather.
 At one time, Mrs. Lowenstein said, the air blast wns so strong that it's roar could be heard a block away. NcighbOrs com plnincd and an attempt was made to close tho well by filling it with sand and gravel. but the current was so strong that the stones were blown out of the shaft.
 Mrs. Lowenstein then had the we'll capped and arranged n sys- tenn of faucets by which she floods her house with the cold mir as she desires. It has replaced fec in her refrigerator md dries the washing in less than an hour. During the hot months her home Is popular with the neightbors, whose electric fans are ineffec- tive in comparlson to Mrs. Low- enstein's cold mir blast. In rainy weather n blast of the dry air drives out the dampness in a short time.
 The well wns driven 37 years ago and since 1t went dry has poured forth the air current con- tinuOusIy nnd without variation
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ANNOUNCEMENTS The board of managers of the Mercy Home will hold their regular meeting Tuesday morning at the home at 10.30 o'clock
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-09-25
[ETNI%1NTERESTS TSgfWOMENl5
RANDOM NOTES

Mrs. John S. Foster will leave Oc- tober 1 for three months trip in the west. She will go to Los Angeles. Cal, to visit her sister, Mrs. E. w. Barrows, She Is going by the north ern route and return by the southern route, On her way back she will stop at Grand Canyon in Arizona and Houston, Texas. In the latter place she will visit her brother, E. NJ Bush.
 Miss Eleanor Hoyt Is a student at Columbia university this year.
 Mir. and Mps. J. D. Kirkpatrick will return to Birmingham October i.
 Mir. and Mrs. w. V. NJ Robertson, Jr., and little daughter, Kay Pipe, reached Birmingham last evening and will be at the Tutwiler.
 MT. and Mrs. Merc.r Barnett will return today from a six weeks motor trip through the east and Canada.
 Mrs. George T. Macatee and George, Jr., have returned home, after spend ing the summer in Virginia and Washington.
 Mrs. Robert Cathcart. who has been the guest of Mrs. John Caldwell left yesterday for her home in Charles ton, S. c.
 Mrs Edmund Armes and little daughter will leave next week for St. Petersburg, Fla. They will be the guests of Mrs. Armes mother, Mrs. Forman, for two months.
 Dr. and Mrs. B. D. Sbiey. Mrs. H. E. Pierce will spend the weekend in Gulfport.
 Mir. and Mrs. John H. Lesesne are at home for the winter with Mir. and Mrs Wade II. Barnes, Mountain Ter race.
 Mrs. F. o. Doyle and children, Mary Catherine and Crawford. have re- turned to their home in Atlanta aft CT visit to Mrs. Doyle's parents, Mir and Mrs. James B. Crawford.
 Mir. c. B. Mccormack. sr., has re- turned fro man extended tour through Canada.
 Mir. and Mrs. Carr Mccormack and family have returned from Ashviile. N. c.
 The many friends of Mrs. c. S. Sim mons will regret to learn that she has been quite Ill at her apartments at the Tutwiier for three weeks.
 Mrs. c. M. Hunt has recently re- turned from Missouri and Oklahoma. where she visited friends for month
 Mir. Alfred Massey and Mrs. J. E. Robinson have returned from We tumpke where they attended the fu- neral of Mir. Mathew Lyle Lawson.
 
 Friends of Mir. and Mrs. B. c. Nor gan will regret to learn that their little son Ben, Jr., Is desperately ill
 ANNOUNCEMENTS
 The board of managers of the Mercy Home will hold their regular meeting Tuesday morning at the home at 10.30 o'clock.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-09-25
FIRST MEETING OF YEAR HELD
 BYTHE TERRAIN CLUB MEMBERS

The Pierian club held the first meeting of the year at the home of Mrs. V. NJ. Randolph on Friday. Mrs. Laura Robinson. the new president. told in her charming way of the hopes and aspirations of the club for the coming year, calling on each new officer in turn for a few words. Miss Nell Ellis. Mrs. John Bincent, Mrs. c. F. Shumate, Mrs. Y. E. Huey, Mrs. Sumter Lea, Jr., and Mrs. N A. Bar rett are the officers for the coming year.
 The programme for the afternoon was on the education of women.
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ancient and the modern lady. Mrs. Chappell Cory, in her talk of the Ancient Tradition of the Mental -Inferiority of Women," brought out several humorous points. and showed the fallacy of the mere man theory. Miss Ellis gave the History of the Education of Women" and Mrs. John Vincent told some interesting facts of noted women educators. The pro- gramme was enlivened by violin se- lections by Miss Edna Sivley. Mrs. J. C. Dawson, wife of the president of Howard college, was elected to me mbership.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-09-25
Air From We'll Supplies Refrigerator,
 Drys Clothes, Serues as Electric Fan

in force. George snnxenbncker, engineer of the Newark water de- purtment. has examined the we'll and Is unable to give any expla- nation for the phenomenon. 1t Ia 70 feet deep and for the first 10 years produced excellent water.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-09-25
THE PAssTyF PEAsANT WINS

THE PASSIVE PEASANT WINS Hugo w. Koehler in the Worlds Work.
 A summary of the peasants relations with the bolsheviki. in few words. Is to this effect:
 1. The bolshsviki have drafted & com paratively small number of peasants for their armies.
 2. They have communicated a compar~ atively small amount of produce and property from the peasants.
 On the other hand:
 1. The peasants have. under the bol- sfeviki maintained the individual own ership of the land which they took when the revolution broke out.
 2. They have, in large measure, resisted all the communistic practices of tho bol- sheviki and entirely repudiated their communist theories
 8. They have kept tho church from bolshevist destruction.
 {. They have produced local leaders. but as yet none with either the person ality or programme to grow into na- tional leader.
 5. Their most effective organizations on which to build either an economic or po- iitical structure the cooperative so- cieties.
 From all this, 1t is plain that were the anti -bolsheviki in the cities to rise against bolshevism, the peasant would either help or be neutral.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-09-25
SPECIAL SET
 OF PICTURES

The Birmingham Illini club will show a special set of University of Illinois moving pictures at their an- nual meeting to be held Wednesday evening, September 2S, at 500 D. m. in the community rooms of the new Acipco school house. All local Illini are urged to attend this meeting
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-09-25
MIR. AND MRS. GOLDsTEIN AT HOME TO-DAY

MT. and Mrs. NJ Goidstein will be at home to their friends Sunday. September 25. from to o'clock and to II o'clock in honor of their son and daughter, whose marriage took place in Orange, N. J.. recently. No cards.
The star-progress. (Opelousas, La.) 1917-1921, 1921-09-07
PARISH ASSESSMENTS ARE
REVIEWED BY POLICE JURY

The police jury met Monday morn.
ing and adjourned until the good
roads meeting completed it's program
and then convened in the afternoon
as board of reviewers of the assess
ment rolls of 1921, public notice hav-
ing already been given that the rolls
would be taken up on that date.
Numerous property owners were here
to protest against the increase in the
assessed valuations placed on their
holdings for the current year, among
the number being representatives of
large corporations holding great
areas of timber lands in this parish.
1t is expected that the rolls will be
ready the first of November and that
soon after that date as possible the
sheriff's office will begin the work
of collecting the taxes due on all pro,
perty for 1921. Assessor Fontenot
and his assistants have been very
busy getting the rolls in shape.
The star-progress. (Opelousas, La.) 1917-1921, 1921-09-07
ALL EARLY KINDS
HARVESTED SOLD
Blue ROSE NEXT
Lively Bidding of Buyers
Characterized Selling of
Early Rice
BULK CROP REMAINS
STILL IN THE FIELDS
Activity in Market is At
Standstill For Next Two
Weeks, State Buyers

The first "spasm" in the rice mar
ket is practically at an end, all the
Early Prolific and Edith rice having
been harvested and sold in the mark
cts, farmers taking prices offered and
refusing to place their crop in ware
houses and holding for future ad-
vances. Speaking of this feature OF
the situation, one buyer Informed a
reporter thta the rice purchased was
loaded into freight cars and sent to
milling centers Immediately.
What part of the total acreage
planted in 1921 was made UP Of early
varieties we can not state for we
haven't the figures on hand. 1t is not
half of the acreage by any means,
for more than half of the total acre
ag remains to be harvested,
There will be breathing spell
in the rough rice markets 70 ra cou-
pIe of weeks, after which there will
be another active spell which will
continue as long as any Of the 1921
production remains unsold, and as
farmers show no disposition whatever
to hold, the buying will be active as
competition is keen among the buyers
as their mills are crying for more
and still more rice all the time.
An incident of this latter feature
is shown by story told reportr
Friday night. A prominent buyer re-
lated an incident that happened last
week at Eunice. Three hundred sacks
were offered and nine buyers par'i-
cipated in the bidding, submitting
their sealed bids for the lot. 1t was
close competition and the range OF
bids was so close that some accurate
figuring had to be done in order 20
find out who was the highest, the diff
ferences running into even tenths of
cent.
According to this same buyer, his
end of the game is not going to reap
any rich profits this season where
they are buying on commission, the
production being small and the buy
ers numerous. 1t requires harder
work now to buy one carload than it
did to buy half-dozen cars in preVi.
Gus seasons. The buyers who are
working on a flat salary are in a
much more fortunate situation than
the commission buyers.
Prices have had an upward tend
ency since the opening of the season
and four dollars for the standard
barrel of 1872 pounds is being paid
right along. In fact, prices much
above that figure have been paid Tor
fancy grain and when the later rices
are harvested and sold many buyers
think that five dollars will be the
prevailing figure. These later va
rieties produce a better quality OF
grain, there being more head rice
in them than in the early kinds, hence
the difference in price paid. Splendid
harvesting weather has aided the
farmers in saving their crop in the
best manner possible and there prom
ises to be very little damaged stuff
on the market this season.
The star-progress. (Opelousas, La.) 1917-1921, 1921-09-07
BUYERS PAY BIG
PRICE FOR CROP
OPENING TUESDAY CHARACTER.
lied BY 1870 POINTS ADVANCE
OVER FRIDAYS CLOSE

The cotton market took another
sensationl leap upwards when the
exchange opened Tuesday morning
after having been closed since Fri
day. Futures advanced one hundred
and eighty points over Fridays best
call and spots responded in like mea-
sure. Buyers paid eighteen and a
quarter cents here Tuesday for mid
ding and even higher than that for
better grades. Gin yards were crowd
ed with wagons but few farmers to
sell as the prospects for another rise
was incentive enough for them to
hold on to their crop until more mon
ey. can be realized from its sale.
There was little wagon cotton in evil
dence on the streets yesterday though
it was reported that one big batch
would be sold in the evening and all
buyers were on tip-toe of excitement
in their eagerness to bid on the batch.
1t was reported that one buyer told
his men to "go the limit" for he want.
ed the stuff and IL high bidding Sc
cured it for him he would have 1t.
This appears to be the same story all
over the country as reports reach
buying centers of the shortage of the
production.
The star-progress. (Opelousas, La.) 1917-1921, 1921-09-07
COTTON MARKET
STILL JUMPING
COTTON SOLD SATURDAY FOR
SEVENTEEN CENTS AND
TENDENCY UPWARD

Local buyers in large numbers
were hot after cotton last Saturday,
despite the fact that the markets
were not in operation that day. They
bought cotton at the Friday quota
lions and without any regard to a
probable drop when the markets OPP
ened again yesterday. Seventeen
cents was paid and farmers who were
not forced to sell because of an in
slant need of cash are holding for
the rise they confidently feel is COM
ing within few days. This is the
story that has been told day after
day, and while it might read some
what stale, still it is encouraging to
the producers who made this crop
with the expectations of getting not
over ten or eleven cents though they
hoped for more.
Their hopes have been realized in
great part and with the government
report issued last week, estimating a
production of just over seven million
bales as splendid ammunition to fight
the battle of higher values for the
staple, they think the battle has been
won. Twenty cent cotton is in sight
and the optimistic ones say that
twenty-five cents will be paid before
Christmas.
The star-progress. (Opelousas, La.) 1917-1921, 1921-09-07
LOCAL HI ENROLLS
TT ON FIRST DAY
SCHOOL ATTENDANCE MONDAY
RECORD BREAKER AND WILL
GROW MUCH LARGER

Seven hundred and seventy-seven
pupils enrolled at the Opelousas high
school Monday when that institution
opened it's doors for the session of
1921-1s22. The enrolment broke all
previous records for the first day
Of a new session, and as new pupils
ioin the classes each day hereafter
the gross number in attendance IS
expected to reach fully one thousand
or more.
This large and ever growing attend
ance at the school is accounted for
by the increase in the. ynumber OF
educable children as well as the fact
that large numbers are drawn from
the Outlying country and brought to
the school in transfer wagons and
motor trucks built for that especial
purpose.
The overcrowding OF the school
was seen some time ago and this was
the underlying reason for the voting
of a special tax to erect the new
building which is now under course
of construction, and when this build
ing is completed there will be no over
crowding in the local schools for a
long time in the future.
The star-progress. (Opelousas, La.) 1917-1921, 1921-09-07
STATE PRESS WILL
REORGANQZE SOON
BODY DORMANT FOB SEVERAL
YEARS, TO MEET INNEW Or
LEANS SEP. "a, IS, IS

Conrad ]. Lecaq, of the Point Cou.:
pee Banner has issued and sent 'ort
circular letters announcing the meet
ing of the Louisiana State Press asso-
citation in New Orleans on September
IA, Is and Is.
The association has been dormant
for several years and Secretary Lecoq
is calling it together for the first
meeting since the war for the purpose
of recognizing ard placing it on an
efficient basis again.
The meeting is scheduled to take
place at the same time as the Inter
state Farm Congress and members of
the press and those who are eligible
can secure low priced round trip
tickets by purchasing same on the
certificate plan and registering at the
farm congress headquarters and the
certificates will be validated at New
Orleans. The delegate will buy full
fare ticket at his or her home and
gets the half fare for the return trip
owing to the fact" says Secretary
Lecoq, chat the sessions of the asso-
citation will be devoted strictly to re
organization and to shop talk, no
arbitrary program has been arranged.
The only subject which will be pre-
sented will lbe: What to do for the
newspaper fraternity, and how to dc
it, The association in order to be 4
real benefit to its membership, must
adopt constructive measures and
operate on strict business principles "
The meetings Of the pres sbody will
be held in the assembly hall of the
chamber of commerce, and the fir i
session will be at 10 o'clock a. m. Oh
September IA. Headquarters will De
maintained at the Monteleone hotel
All Louisiana newspapers are cordial
ly invited to affiliate with the asso
citation and be represented at the
meeting.
James N. Turner of the Lake Provi
dence Banner-Democrat is president
of the organization.