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Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1921-09-22
It never rains
but it pours!

IT WAS company night"
BUT WHEN I got home.
I FOUND the Browns.
HAD A sick baby.
AND COULDN'T come.
so / chortled ooh, joy.
WON'T SUE and I have.
SWELL EATS for two!"
BUT NO, Sue said.
"YoU DON'T suppose.
I'D WASTE all this food.
JUST ON you'll"
AND so said.
LETS PHONE the Smiths"
BUT THEY had headaches.
THEN WE tried the Joneses.
n - =
AND THEY fell for it.
AND WHEN grub for four.
WAS JUST about ready.
THE PHONE bell tinkled.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1921-09-22

Lionel Fredericksen and sister,
Miss Anna, left by auto Monday
morning for Hutchinson, Mime
sofa, where they will enter their
senior year in college.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1921-09-22

Mr.. and Mrs. Enfeal and family
of Anita, Mrs. Edith Smith and
the Carl Petersen family, Of west of
town, were entertained Sunday at
the Mrs. Christine Quist home.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1921-09-22

The D E. Stranger and Harold
stranger families autoed up from
Atlantic, Sunday, and visited a
few hours at the Grandpa Statzell
home.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1921-09-22

Miss Vera Wissler returned to
her school duties at the Viola Gen.
ter consolidated school Sunday af-
ternoon after a several days siege
of pleurisy and tonsilitis.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1921-09-22

Johnny Jergens, who was oper-
ated upon at the Atlantic hospital
last week for appendicitis, is re-
covering nicely.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1921-09-22

County Engineer Harry Clark
is having to 60 on crutches be-
cause of an injured foot.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1921-09-22

Henry Tibben, wife and daugh-
tiers, Misses Clara and Florence,
and Miss Olive McFadden were
entertained at Sunday dinner at
the William Crissman home.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1921-09-22

Mrs. L. F. Klever left Saturday
for a few days visit in Omaha, and
while there will attend the Ak
Sar-Ben.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1921-09-22

Dallas, son Of Mr.. and Mrs Roy
Dryden, was on the sick list last
week with an attack Of stomach
trouble.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1921-09-22

Mrs. Frank Basham was on the
sick list the latter part of last
week.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1921-09-22

Miss Clara Petersen spent the
week end at the home of her aunt,
Mrs. Gertrude Petersen, in Au-
dubon.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1921-09-22

Mr.. H. W. Rogers is slowly re-
covering from his severe attack of
double pneumonia, although he is
still very weak.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1921-09-22

Marian Arlene is the name given
the new daughter which was born
to Mr.. and Mrs. Harold Dyer, of
st. Louis, on August 18th.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1921-09-22

Miss Beulah McClain came up
from Atlantic Friday and attended
the fair with her sister, Mrs. Merle
Terhune.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1921-09-22

Mrs. Oscar Johnson is reported
on the sick list.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1921-09-22

Public Sale of household goods
Oct. LIST. j. W. ALSUP.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1921-09-22

Mrs. F. Q. Worthing went to
Anita Tuesday to visit friends, re-
turning yesterday.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1921-09-22

Grandpa Statzell has received
word of the arrival Of son at the
home Of Mr.. and Mrs. Wayne
R. Copeland, in Wyoming, on
August 9th. This adds another
great grandson to Grandpa's long
line Of descendants.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1921-09-22

Chris Wolf, wife and son, Elmer,
autoed to Adair Sunday where
they were guests at the home of
their daughter, Mrs. Earl Schaffer,
and husband.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1921-09-22
For Sale

Lincoln and Ray Statzell spent
a short time with relatives at the
William Dyer home in Junction
City, Oregon, enroute to San Fran.
sisco.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1921-09-22

Abel Stone and wife, Robert
Christensen and family, of Extra,
and the Jens P. Jensen family, of
Atlantic, autoed to Langford,
South Dakota, Sunday, for two
weeks visit at the S. G. Sorenson
home.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1921-09-22

Walter Potts, of Elk Horn, has
gone to Canada where he will look
after his farm interests for a couple
of months.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1921-09-22

One Of the largest military flu
nerals ever held in Audubon was
held Sunday over the remains of
Henry Miller, son Of Mrs. Conrad
Miller, of Audubon, who was
killed overseas.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1921-09-22

Miss Blanche Bailey, who has
been spending the summer with an
aunt in Colorado, arrived here
Monday, and will remain with her
uncle, Will May, and wife, for the
winter and attend school. ~
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1921-09-22

Miss Martha, daughter of S. V.
Petersen and wife, has been on the
sick list this week.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1921-09-22
Mrs. ]. M. Dimick is on the
sick list this week and under the
care of the family physician.

Il. z. Petersen and wife, Chris
Petersen and family, Martin Jes-
sen and family and P. A. lessen
autoed over southwest of Marine
Sunday and enjoyed a pleasant
visit at the Bertel Schnore.-home.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1921-09-22

The 2. K. Petersen family spent a.
pleasant Sunday at the S. V.
Petersen home, north of town.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1921-09-22

The G. G. Christensen family
spent Sunday in Atlantic with
relatives.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-01-11
UNF TILED ORDERS
 LIST IS REDUCED
Steel Mills Filling Contracts and Business Nears Nor
 nal Again

Reduction in unified tonnage of the steel corporation since the reaction set in daring Auggst has not affected this district officials say
 The steel corporation's local mills have been going steadily at normal, and the monthly production both of iron and steel has fully equaled and even gone ahead of months just prior to the be- ginning of the reaction.
 Much of the Fairfield and Ensley pro- duction has gone to export steel prod ucts alone averaging from 1S.000 to 15,WO tons per month. while from 1000 to 5,Vp tons of steel have gone monthly to Mo- bile to be made into ships.
 The activity of the steel corporation in Birmingham in face of the decrease in the thrilled tonnage of the corpora tion is taken as all the more proof of the strategic advantages of the district with it's equal facilities for export and domestic business.
 Decrease in the thrilled tonnage of the steel corporation announced December 3l has caused no surprise. The trade IS congratulating itself that the corpora tion has the business on hand that the reduced figures show.
 thrilled tonnage December 31 amounted to S,14S,122 tons, compared with 9,o2l 4sl tons the month previous. While this is the largest months decrease reported since the reaction began in August, the total is still above that of November, 1919 the low point of that year when the thrilled tonnage was 7,12S,339 tons
 Indications point to an early turn the other way the bottom of the ioW-pro- ducing period appearing to have been reached
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-01-11
SONS CALLED ID
 MOTHERS BEDSIDE
Mrs. HandIey In Serious Con- dition-No Trace of Auto
 mobile Driver Found

Friends Of Mrs. l.. s. Handley are much concerned over the serious ln- juries sustained by her Sunday evening near her home, 1517 Fourteenth street, south. Mrs. Handley is relict of the late beloved Dr. Luman s. Handley. pas tor of the Central Presbyterian church.
 Her hip was fractured and her entire system strained by the accident. An au- tomobile. driven by party whose iden- tity has not been discovered ran her down as she was returning home from a house across the street. where she had gone for supper. She was knocked down and dragged several feet
 The sufferers three sons, Lyman Hand ley of New York; Frank Handley of Ar kansas and Wardlaw Handley have been notified by wire of their mothers con dition, and all are on their way to her bedside Mrs. Handey resides in the family residence with Mrs. Edward T. Rice, her daughter. Miss Virginia Hand- ley another daughter, is also at her mothers side
 Mrs. Handley is 75 years of age, and it is her age which makes it impossible for physicians to accurately judge her actual condition It is agreed that it IS serious. Mrs. Handley is Birmingham pioneer and one of the most beloved women in the district.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-01-11
ROUNDING UP' OF > DELINQUENT TAX
 HAS COMMENCED

While the big rush at the office Of the county tax collector is over and the checking up of the payment up to the first of year completed, the imperative though disagreeable duty of rounding up" the, delinquent taxpayer has com menced
 Section 2176 of the code provides that immediately after January 1 of each year the tax collector must. after giving 10 days notice, proceed to levy on the per- sonal property of any delinquent tax payer and sell same for taxes" Per- sonal property is defined as any prop erty other than real estate.
 This section makes it mandatory on the tax collectors to make levy and sale on all stocks of. goods. household furni- ture, automobiles and property of like k,nd, where same is not assessed Jointly with real estate.
 The tax collectors office is now serv- ing these notices. and after the expira- tion of the 10 days will proceed to levy OH all personal property still unpaid.
 When any taxpayer gets this notice, it will be well for him to call on the collector before the expiration of the u days; otherwise the collector must pro- ceed according to law. thereby adding considerable cost to the taxpayer
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-01-11
CARE FOR 1,222 IN COURSE 0F A YEAR. Alabama ChiIdren's Aid So-- ciety to Meet Here Feb-
 ruary

During the past year, the Alabama Children's Aid society cared for 1,x,x children This information was con- tained in the report of the secretary made yesterday afternoon at meeting of the executive committee held in the cafe of the Civic Association.
 The work of the organization has dou- bled during the past 12 months, accord ing to the report, which shows that total of 70o children had been given the societys attention. Over 300 youngsters are now in the active daily care and supervision of the workers of this or ganization.
 The annual meeting of the members. officers, state directors and trustees of she society viii be held in Birmingham February q
 Representatives from every section of the state are expected to be in this city to attend. At this time plans and poi ices of the society for 1921 will be de- termined upon and set foot, while the work of the organization for the past year will be reviewed.
 It is expected that 100 official delegates will come to Birmingham for the annual gathering. l
 Among those present at the meetingI yesterday were Robert Jemison, Mrs. C. B. Spencer, Mrs w. l.. Murdoch, Rabbi Morris Newfield, Clement Gazzam anal Ralph Barrow, superintendent of the so-i ciety
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-01-11
CIVIC ASSOCIATIONS
 NEW LUNCHEON CLUBS
Members Discuss Traffic Code at
 Meeting Yesterday

Work of organizing the CIVIC Associa- ton membership into luncheon clubs is rapidly going forward.
 At the meeting of the members coun- cil yesterday at noon a second lunch con club. to meet every Wednesday at 12.1O. was organizeds Others will be announced iu a few days.
 Du Pont Thompson will have charge of the Wednesday luncheon club. The members will hold their initial meeting tomorrow.
 The luncheon clubs will be organized under the direction of A. c. Jenkins. membership secretary.
 Discussion of the provisions of the new traffic code and the enforcement took up the programme of the meeting yesterday C. N. Wiley explained the provisions of the code, section by sec tion. telling why each one was adopted. Judge H. J. Martin of the police court explained how the law would be en- forced.
 Every driver of car will receive a copy of the code and be required to sign for it when he buys his license or permit said Judge Martin. Besides that. pedestrians will be urged to study the new law and inform themselves. yiolators will be dealt with summa- : rily'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-01-11
RECOVERS STOLEN CAR IN A HOURS Auto Club Gets Word of Loss, and Makes Wires
 Hum

Within 24 hours after the Chandler au- tomobile of W. P. Moore of Birmingham had been stolen it was located at Grace vile, Fla, through the efforts of the .Au. tomobile club.
 -Four men, whose names are said to be Hill Montgomery Will Morgan. C. NJ OBryan and W. R. Stephens, are alleged to have been in the car at the time Of it's recovery
 The automobile was stolen from in front of the residence of J. D. Moore. , 'Fairview Circle, about ? o'clock Friday morning. The theft was reported to the local automobile club of which MT Moore is a member, at 10 o'clock the same morning. The clubs machinery was immediately put into operation by the secretary in an effort to apprehend the person or persons taking it and to re cover the automobile for it's owner
 Within 4 hours the car had been To- cated approximately 25o miels from this city, and the men alleged to nave had the car were lodged in the jail there Officer w. E. Patterson left yesterday afternoon for the Florida city to bring the men back to Birmingham, where they will be prosecuted in connection with the case.
 It is probable that Officer Patterson will return to Birmingham tomorrow v,,tb his prisoners
 Henry M. Dozier, president of the club said every effort will be made by the club to have them given a speedy trial and. if foun1 guilty, punished
 In commenting on the recovery of the car. J. D. Moore said
 ''Too much praise cannot be given the Birmingham Automobile club for tho af ficient manner in which it has located my sons car and caused the arrest of those guilty of the theft. MT. Dobbins assures me that the club will go the limit in seeing to it that these men are punished to the limit of the law am made to feel good that we have such an organization as the Birmingham Au- tomoble club, and better still that I am a member of the same. The club re- covered this car through it's efforts within 30 hours from the time it was stolen and had been driven 25o miles,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-01-11
RELIEF CAMPAIGN
 PLANS OUTLINED
Advisory Committee at Meet ing Yesterday Make Ar
 rangement for Drive

Birmingham will be divided into four districts and each district placed under the direction of a division leader in rais- ing funds to relieve stricken European children during the appeal that will be officially under way from February 19 of March G.
 This plan was outlined by J, w. Adams, Jefferson county chairman Of he European relief council. at a meeting with members of the advisory committee at the Tutwiler hotel yesterday aft ernoon Chairman Adams stated that ar engagements had been made for daily luncheons during the campaign in order that the four divisions may compare notes and read the competitive figures that will be posted at each meeting. Paul Chalifaux has been chosen to act as secretary of the Jefferson county committee
 General plans for carrying the appeal to succnssfud conclusion were dis cussed by the members of the advisory committee who attended yesterdays meeting The committee also was ad- dressed by Dr. II. C. Wheeler, who has just returned from a visit in Europe. He declared that in many parts of Eu- rope where he had travelled the suffering among the children is intense and that even among the adults hunger and dis eases caused from undernourishment have made fearful inroads.
 Those attending yesterdays meeting were State Chairman Erskine Ramsey, Jefferson county chairman, J. w. Adams, Dr. John A. MacSporran Mrs R F. Johnson, Mrs. James Bowron. Dr. J.~ii. Phillips w. $. Stallings. pr. H. G. Wheeler " H. Hanson. Dr. George k. Stuart, Dr. !. M Broadly, NJ. M tllman, w. M. Cosby, John F. Andrews, Jonn Schauer. Dr. Henry M. Edmunds, Sol Caheen. pr. Middleton S. Barnwell, J. M. Barnette, Dr l.. l.. Vann. Dr. Percy H. woodall Paul chalifaux, pr. Morris Newfeld.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-01-11

During the course of the investiga- tion held Friday by the citizens com mittee, City Engineer, RoSss reports showed that his valuation on the total properties of the water company was $4,995.000. He was asked how he ar rived at $7,000, 900 valuation. He stated cost of obtaining capital, cost of con struction time consumed, legal fees, etc Mir. Ross was asked if any de-, preciation had been charged off on ac- count of age of the plant, it being more than 30 years in operation. lie said no. Yet with these facts, the. city comms- sioners proceeded, and did make an agreement with the water company on u valuation of $7,000, 900, for rate mak- ing purposes, and tied on to the agree ment an option to buy the plant at s7.750000.
 "It was also shown that it is now necessary to spend s400000 to bring the water company's equipment up to effi- ciency. The water company's petition for increased water rate was filed be- fore the As bama public servi,v com mission, and set for hearing Decen Der Ia. 1920. The agreement between the city commissioners and water company w@s rushed to New York for signature of the water companys officials, and back here on the 14th of December 1920, in time to go to Montgomery be- fore the Alabama public service com missions hearing December ,, 1920.
 What could the commission do but grant the joint plea of both city com and water company. And now, Mir. Voter, when you get your bill, February !, you will find that the water rates have already been increased to pay the water company lis per cent net on an old plant. at a valuation of $7,000,000. which cost, according to City Engineer Rosss report. less than $5, 100000. This valuation was arrived at on an average cost of material dur ing the years of 1911-l9t6.
 Why not state the facts and tell the public that the report of Engineer Ha- genaueh of the Alabama public service commission was arrived at by figuring the cost during the periods of 1918, 1919 and 920, which cost as an yone knows, was more. than 100 per cent higher than normal times"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-01-11
HARDING CALLS
 MOOSE DELEGATES
 FOR CONFERENCE

Mobile. January 1o-(Special)-Pres ident-elect Harding alone has been able to interfere with the long prepared pro gramme of the high officers of the Moose who reach Birmingham at noon Tuesday. He has called to a hurried conference at Marion, Ohio. David J. Davis. director general of Mooseheart, enc of his closest councillors and Bir- mingham Moose. therefore. will miss MT. paviss when the Moose supreme council march upon the magic city.
 But with the magnificent student band of 70 piecess and the overpowering elo- quence of Darius Brown. mayor of Kan sas City and supreme dictator. who held Mobile citizens spellbound today and to- night there will be enough to merit the best demonstration Birmingham has in store. Mobile has certainly made an im- pression on the distinguished visitors.
 Birmingham must put forward her best foot and pack the Jefferson theatre Tues day night and win this Moose home
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-01-11

The supreme officials of the Loyal Order of Moose, who will decide whether or not the Mooseheart home in the south will be located in Birmingham will arrive in the city at 12:15 o'clock today.
 Their coming to Birmingham is the result of the efforts the local lodge of Moose for the past few months to try and get the Mooseheart home To- cated here.
 Members of the party will he
 Darias \. Brown, supreme dictator
 as .sie entire Nose organization
 and head of the board of .gOycr-
 nOrs of the home at MOOscheart,
 III. Other members of the party
 will be Senator Arthur Capper, Ex-
 Senator William Trickctt Giles and
 Prof. Albert Bushnell Hart of Har-
 yard university.
 In addition to the members of the distinguished party there vii be the famous Mooseheart students band, consisting of 34 musicians. Not a one of thS members of the band is over t6
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-01-11
MEALS ARE COOKED
 OUT IN THE PARK
Scott Sells Part of Home Site,
 UnintentionalIy to the City

An argument as to whether N. w. Scott shall move his kitchen out of the park he recently sold to the city or the city shall let him buy back enough of the park to keep his kitchen on, has arisen in the city legal department. So far the ques- ton has not been settled.
 Recently MT. Scott sold the city a piece of ground for a park at Shadyside, a residence section of Ensley. He reserved for himself a 200-foot lot.
 The city engineering department was instructed to lay out the park, and in doing so it was found that MT. Scott had sold the ground on which d portion of his home rests. Yesterday MT. Scott petitioned the city to let him have back enough of his land to keep his kitchen on. The petition was sub mitted to the legal department for settlement.
 Just how the difficulty will be ad- justed has not yet been decided. The question will proba bly come up for discussion at the meeting of the city commissioners to be held at the city hall today.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-01-11
CENSORSHIP OF
 MOTION PICTURES
 URGED BY WOMEN
Laws Now on Statute Books to Be Enforced-Women to Appoint Women
 Inspector

City commissioners of Bir- mingham will appoint an in pector in a few days to view and pass on moving pictures shown in this city.
 This action is being taken at the re quest of a large delegation of clubwomen who held a conference with the commis- s.oners yesterday morning and recom- mended that 6 woman be appointed who would have il as her duty to make an inspection of the moving picture shows
 committee, composed of Mrs. James Bowron, Mrs. Frank Spain. Mrs, F B, Bowers, Mrs. DuPont Thompson and pr Lola Taylor, was appointed to investigate and recommend to the commissioners the name of woman who would serve ia this capacity,
 According tc the women who composed the committee, nothing radical will he attempted They wished it understood in advance that they are not seeking to fight the moving picture houses and have no desire to cause them any finan- cial loss
 ENFORCE LAWS
 They stated that they wished the en- forcement of the laws now on .he statute books of the city.
 The aim of the movement to have an inspector is the gradual improvement of the class of pictures shown in Bir- mingham. They stated that they believed inspection of pictures is as necessary as the inspection of buildings and fire n- spections
 BROAD VIEWS
 The committee in charge of the ap- pointment stated that a refined intelli- gent woman with broad and liberal views would be appointed for the place. They are now on the lookout for such per son, and the appointment of the holder of the place is expected in a few days.
 Members of the delegation argued thai the business of the local moving picture houses would be improved by the ap- pointment of city inspector. as hun dreds of children who are not allowed to attend the picture shows would be per mtted to go if the pictures they are to see are first censored
 The delegation represented the follow ing organizations: Woman's Christian Temperance union, the Drama league, the Sunday school association. the Par ent-Teacher association. the Business and Professional Womens club, the Young Womens Christian association board and other women's clubs and religious or ganiZations