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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1921-02-14
Daily Financial Gossip
BY HOLLAND

, whereby our great present-day railroad
| systems were built, and also whereby
some of the natural resources which had
| been practically dormant since the
| United States became nation, were de-
veloped. In Mr.. Stilllnans opinion, how
| ever, the day for amassing great for-
| tunes from railroad construction or the
development of natural resources has
passed The government does not now
| turn over to the railroads vast land
grants. OF hundreds of million acres.
| Capital is already much occupied in FUR
| Their development of our natural re-
sources, especially copper and oil. 1t is
| not possible, in Mr.. Stillman's opinion, to
| gain a colossal individual fortune on ag-
ricuIture although the aggregate Wealtn
which our agriculture yearly furnishes IS
now anywhere from eight to twelve bill
lions
| These great fortunes Mr. Stillnan said,
| reDraxent the swift development of the
! United States, a development which be-
gan soon after the close of the Civil war.
II may be, Mr.. Stillman added, that
| science. invention and discovery viii
trlake it possible to lay the foundation Tor
ifcrtunes which would reach into many
millions. 1t is possible that there may
be discoveries Of precious metals winch
will bring enormous fortunes to the for
stunate prospector. But the great fortunes,
I the estimate of which now commands SO
much interest, have, in Mr.. Stillman
: opinion. been already made with no ne"
| ones to come and if there are increases
! in their fortunes these will be due to m
come gained upon investments and Wise
rama cement Of properties.
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Ten Cents Single Dime Pays
Annual Fee In This Club

cup OF cocoa sells for penny and
cookies to go with it for a similar sum-
Pretzel peddlers and hand organ yir-
tuosos steer clear OF the neighborhood
Of the club, for the boys have their own
eats and own music making instru-
ments. In the daytime there frequently
are only a few hundred youngsters
within the clubhouse and comparative
quiet exists. But after the schools re-
lease their pupils and the working boys
finish the days business duties, the
roof has a hard time staying on.
There are few "donts' and few err
must dos" in the club, and each mem
Der enjoys himself as he is wont. Those
desiring to shoot game" of pool do
SO, and those with pendants for paint
ing, dab the canvas to their hearts
content. Several of the boys study in
the National Academy Of Design and
one of the portraits hanging in the
Metropolitan Museum of Art was done
by member of the club.
Drive on Ticket Brokers
BY Associated Press
Buenos Aires, December ia cam
paign to suppress speculation in theatre
tickets has been undertaken in this city.
An ordinance has been proposed to pro-
hbit resale of such tickets under strict
regulations
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Locusts Carpet Argentina;l
Insects .Suarn In Millions;
Plague Has Become Alarming

a short time the larva are Matched and
come forth. At first these cannot fly,
and it is at this stage that they nevour
every living plant within their path,
with the exception of few species, such
willow trees. A little later the insects
develop their wings and, leaving the
country through which they have passed
a desert, they disappear almost as sud
denly as they came. Where they go to
has never been discovered
Argentina has had recourse to many
methods of fighting the locuats. The ma
ton maintains organized locust lighting
squads, something like those formed to
| fight forest fires. and these are sent
every year to the sections invaded. In
addition, every rancher is held RESPONSE
BILE for fighting the pest in his own local.
ity. sOne of the methods employed is to
dig trenches in which the insects are
collected, afterward being burned. But
no matter how many millions OF them
are made away with in any such manner,
it Is i'm possible to block the pest owing
to the great extent of Argentina, much
of which is still very sparscly settled.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1921-02-14
HOBBS ON HIS WAY
Tarred. Feathered and Given Three
Days to Leave

Houston. Texas February 13.-B. /.
Hobbs, lawyer who was tarred and
feathere3 here a week ago Sunday was
well on his way to West Texas after
having been ordered out of Alvin,
near here Saturday.
Hobbs was in Alvin one week when
eight men, wearing masks and robes,
seized him on downtown street,
forced him into automobile and
drove with him three miles into the
country. There they placed him in
his own automobile and told him to
keep moving. II Q passed through
Houston a few hours later bound west
ward.
After being tarred and feathered in
this city Hobbs was given three days
In which to leave the city.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1921-02-14
BRIEF ACCOUNT OF
SUNDAY SERMONS

Here is the cure, in the spirit OF the
teachings of this man passing through
Jericho
The only hope for the divorce evil"
he declared, for settlement of ques-
lions between capital and labor, for
the redemption of the world. is Jesus
Christ"
The sermon was concluded with the
reminder that il one would find Jesus,
he must be willing to pay the price in
repentance for the past. and in God
planned, purposeful life for the future
There is an obligation on you as a
citizen of the world to get behind the
things that will make it better" said
DR.. Edmonds. During coming years
in your home and your heart may tho
joy be yours that was in the heart Of
Zaccheus the day that he found the
King and invited Him into his life
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"THE CENTENARY
INFLUENCE"-DR. HENRY

THE Censeuary Influence" was the
terest preached yesterday morning by
DR.. G. II. Henry. pastor of the Eleventh
Avenue Methodist church.
DR.. Henry said in part:
while the world war was still rag
ing, and while the majority of people
thought it matter impossible to fl
nance plan TOR evangelizing the world,
the leaders of our church got together
at Memphis and began to study out and
pray about the stupendous undertaking
and as a result of their thinking and
praying a plan was matured and sum
of Sc, 00o,0 coo was asked for but that a
much larger sum was subscribed and
that the leaders then went forward es-
ia blishing missions, sending out mission
aries, doctors, dentists, teachers, nurses
and many other helpers to relieve the
physical educational. and spiritual needs
of peoples Of all nations and almost Of
every kindred and tribe.
"Of all the money raised for these
purposes. only per cent was used
for expenses in setting this mighty ma
chinery in motion. very conservative
sum comparatively considering stupen-
dous task undertaken; a colossal build
churches. hospitals, schools had to be
established with proper housing. with
trained people to carry out plans of the
leaders.
Besides what has been done abroad
great things have been done within our
own borders AS an example Of this he
mentioned school in the mountains Of
north Alabama, saying that $4,000 has
been donated there and as result the
most sweeping revival of the age. per-
haps, has been engaged, and the whole
student body has been converted, and
that out of the student body will come
81 missionaries and 10 preachers. re-
suit for reaching in its effect upon HUI
mainly. these are strong young people
and many are destined to become great
leaders in the church This is an exam
pie of one of u schools being supported
or helped by this fund
DR.. Henry said that already work has
been accomplished that has astonished
the world, but that we have hardly be-
gun as compared with what is to be ac-
compIished within the next few years
He showed that the countries helped are
spending large sums of money to help
themselves, the result of inspiration Civ
en- them by our people.
The pastor then closed with a strong
plea for members OF his church to see
to It that their subscriptions are paid
UP promptly and fully, that the work
may be carried out as planned by the
committees and leaders who have
pledged the church to the carrying out
of this great world work for educating
and christionizing the peoples who are
so much in need of this help
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'THE PASSING GUEST"
SERSsON BY DIR, EDMONDS

"The Passing Guest. was the sub
ject OF DIR. Henry NJ. Edmonds' sermon
yesterday morning Luke. 19-D, por-
traying Jesus stopping on his way to
transformation of the life standards of
the rich publican, as the result of his
entertainment of such royal companion.
DIR. Edmonds considered the COM
polling reason that prompted Zaccheus
to leave the receipt of custom and
push through the throng to find Jesus
was because the despised tax gatherer
had burning desire to see for himself
the man of whom he had heard-the
man whose life had a purpose, plan.
a programme. from which He never
deviated.
"To do the will Of Him that sent me-"
DR.. Edmonds stressed as the controll-
ing purpose in the life of the God ma n.
my Fathers will the minister re-
minded, was the purpose of Jesus life
that found expression in healing the
sick, uplifting the fallen, restoring
the sinful. 1t was this great motive.
the pastor said. that prompted the
steadfastness Of Jesus purpose amid
the multitudinous voices Of His day,
when the Herodians cried: Make
friends with Rome" when the Phari-
sees said: sGet in touch with the an
cient authority Of the Jews" when the
Sadducees advised, accept the GUS
toms of the present moment; do away
with the idealism Of the past and Guilt
vate materialism:" when His own dis
ciples murmured. we do not under
stand Him"
DR.. Edmonds spoke Of Zaccheus as Of
one who was not satisfied with his life
-purposeful. perhaps. in the amassing
Of wealth; or purposeless. as the case
may have been, drifting with the tide.
The point was that whatever his man.
made plan was zacheus was willing
to pay the price in repudiating it. when
he found Jesus, and realized that he
needed Him in his personal life in his
home, in his business. In his city.
rs the city. the county. the state in
bad way?" inquired DR.. diamonds.
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WEEKLY COTTON REVIEW
nx Associated Press

New Orleans, February 13.-Last
week brought only narrow fiuctua-
lions to the cotton market, prices
moving over range of only AZ to 81
points. March traded at 1850 at It's
ibest. and at 13c at it's lowest, finally
iclosing at 1890 On the close the
more active months were IL to IL
points under the close of the preced-
ling week, while October stood net UNI
changed at 14.20c. In the spot de-
nartment. middling lost 2 points in
the net results, closing at 13c. A year
ago middling closed at S9.25c.
While the week was eventIul
enough, it's main features about bali
|anced, SO that market opinion was not
strongly swayed in either direction.
Thus, while foreign news was consid-
cred highly unfavorable, both as re-
CARDS politics and finance, and fian-
chester trade accounts continued very
poor. these bearish factors did not
have sustained effect against values
because of the encouraging news rom
American mill centers, where more
mills were reported starting up, many
of them full time. and some mills were
even reported to be running nights.
Preparations to 1iquidate the March
position by the tender of large guam
titles of actual cotton were regarded
as an unfavorable factor of conse-
Iquence. but sellers were held in check
lby the growing evidence that farmers
are preparing to plant much smaller
acreage of cotton this spring than was
1.-THE case last spring. The market was
steadied on its closing session by ele>
grams from Texas, stating that res
turns to banks in that state from rot
ton counties in both Tsxas and Okla
homa indicated a decrease in the acre
age of 35 per cent.
Expectations OF bearish American
cons umpuon figures from the census
bureau the first thing this comlns
week were against the market at
times, and it is likely that the opening
session OF the new week will have its
trading colored by the character of
the statistics in this report. Private
bureau forecasts last week placed con-
sumption AZ only $4,000 bales. ;lg INST
z95V00 in December and $4,000 in
January of last year. 1t was felt that
consumption should have been larger
TO be in proportion with the better
trade accounts thar constantly came
from textile centers in this country
during january.
should the report be more favorable
than the forecasts strong market
v ould develop; but should the fore
casts be confirmed. further selling
pressure would. be probable.
First notice day for March in The
American markets will be Wednesday,
February 20, and interest in the March
position, particularly in New York.
will be intense in cotton circles all
lover the country as that date APP
proaches. Rumors regarding The in,
tention Of both longs and shorts in
March will probably have much to do
lin the near future.
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BY Associated Press

New YorK, reDruary l5.-CSpecial.p =
For 10 cents year and up, $1,000 boys
OF New York's East Side enjoy all the
fun facilities that seyen-story club
house can provide They are members
OF the Boys club. 1t is the largest or
gdnization of its type in the world. de-
voted soley to furnishing wholesome
recreation to the youths of the con-
gested tenement district which sur
rounds it.
Any youngster in that part of the
metropolis can be a member, If he is
between and 81 years old. Annual
dues are paid according to height, be-
ginning with a modest dime for those
under four feet four inches, and grow
ing with the boy himself. The club has
taught the East Side gamins how to be
happy though clean by providing a big
swimming pool. Fringed aroundd 1t are
gymnasiums. game rooms. billiard par
lors, and above, six more floors devoted
to club rooms and other amusement
areas. Within the Boys club itself
there are 80 separate clubs, each with
adults and leaders. Two thirds Of these
leaders were army officers during the
war.
Dividing popularity honors with the
swimming pool. F'ringed around it are
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1921-02-14
BY Assoc lated Press

Buenos Aires, February l3.--A plague of
locusts like that which in ancient Egypt
covered the face Of the earth" this
year descended upon the province OF
Santa Fe. Similar offensives are almost
annual events in one part or another OF
Argentina.
The locusts come suddenly and without
warning. Where for year or several
years perhaps not one of the insects has
been seen, a veritable cloud of them
will one day appear and settle on the
ground. These usually come from the
northwest, from the vast, almost unln-
habited tracts in Bolivia, it is supposed.
They cover the earth like moving car
pet, gradually moving on.
At first little damage is done, aside
from the Inconvenience of having literal
ly millions of the insects covering every
thing and even penetrating the houses.
But as they progress through the country
they bore holes into the earth, preferably
in hard spots such as roadways, into
which they deposit their eggs Within
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1921-02-14
REDS C0NFISCkTE VILLA
General Wrangel's Home Falls in
Hands Of !. B0Asheviki

London, February IL. General
Wrangers villa at Sebastopol has been
nationalixed by the bolshevfki, says an
official wireless message from Mos
COW. Many other villas and privately
owned farms as well as the farm Of
the Georgieff monastery have been
converted into commercial property
Ten farms have ben handed over to
workers guilds, and during the last
two weeks the Sebastopol labor COM
mittee OF the soviet has put 4.40u
'bourgeoisie and SPECTATORS to COM
pulsory work.
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Three Prisoners Escape

BY Associated Press
Frankfort, KY. February 13.-Three
prisoners, two of whom were serving
life sentences for murder, escaped from
the state reformatory at 7:15 o'clock to-
night by saving through the bars of one
of the cells and scaling the prison wall.
The men who broke prison are Heller
Hicks, 20. and Chester Phelps, "a. con-
victed of murder, and Ray Blackburn,
"a, sent up for one lear for forging
checks on the state board of charities
and corrections
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New York, February 1.-two we'll
dressed men carrying walking sticks. to-
night held up and robbed cigar store
at Broadway and Fifty-seventh street,
in the theatre district of $S07.6D. Jacob
Null. the clerk. was beaten into uncon-
seriousness. The robbers made their ess-
cape in the after-theatre crowds.
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MARINE NEWS
BY Associated Press
By Briggs

Port Eads, February 13.-Arrived
Ceiba (Honduran), Ceiba; Hercules (Nor-
wegian). Havana; j. Oswald Boyd Grit
Kingdom; Scantic, Norfolk.
Sailed: Agwimoon, Port Lobos; Ateneas,
Christobal: Ell Captain, New York; Ellis
(Norwegian), Tela; Giulia Qtalian), Til
este; Jeanne D'Arc CFrench), cruiser,
Pensacola: Potter, Bombay; Rajah, Pro
gresso; Sinaloa (Norwegian), Frontera
Svartfond (Norwegian), Progresso; Te-
guncigalpa Honduran), Ceiba; Winnie
bago British, England
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Hubbard Bros. & Co.

Mmebcrs New York Cotton Exchange, New
Exchange. Associated Members Liverpool
Cotton Association. Orders solicited for the
purchase and sale Of Cotton and Cotton
Seed Oil for future delivery. Special atten-
ton and liberal terms given for consign-
ment Of spot cotton for delivery.
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Mrs. Lovelett Dies
ne A~g-~s-xA

CnfcA8o, FEBRUARY 3.--Mrs. Grace
I1ovelett. wife of an assistant warden
n the St. Charles Ill, school for boys,
died today from injuries received Fri
day when Frank Gossett l7-year-old
trrsty, attacked her with a furnace
sfaked while she was asleep. Gossett
was arrested in Elgin yesterday. The
boy today was quoted by the police as
saying his only reason for attacking Mrs.
Loveiett was that he wanted to be free.
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Gotham Divorces Increase

Of divorces granted in the five boroughs
of New York city during 1890 was 2,l6s,
or s5S more than in 1918, figures from
county clerks offices, made public to-
day. showed. During 1920 there were 1859
divorce actions started. or 26S more than
the year before.
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Royalty to Visit
Nv Aasociafed press

Brussels February la-The king and
queen of the Belgians will pay an Of
fetal visit to Italy in March. The king
and queen OF Spain are coming to Brus-
sells about the middle of May. King
Alfonso wishes to visit the big industries
at Liege and Bruges
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Baptist Secretaries to Meet

of the Southern Baptist conventions
from 10 states will meet in Mobile on
Tuesday in annual session. The confer
ence will last through Friday and Sec
retaries from all southern and central
states extending from, New Mexico to
Illinois will be in attendance
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Three Bodies Recovered
ny Associated Press

Oak Creek. Colo, February 12-The
bodies Of three of the, five men trapped
by explosion in the mine of the Mof-
fat Coal company Saturday afternoon
were recovered here today Rescuers
continued working tonight in an effort
to reach the bodies Of the other vic
Tins.
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3O-lD be. CRIT, &c.
Grapefruit-4e, 81, 81. 50, IS; ass, 81;
az LemonsLvarde5iis, 81; California ssos'
orangeswi5S's to ssss, 81; 1858. .a.75.
cabbage-w isconsir Danish small heads,
2%c; Florida green stock. crates. $2.I5;
$3.50
Cauliflower-$s.2s
Lettuce-Iceburg, SIS.
Tomatoes-Fancy Florida, 14is, $3.50
lew Orleans Barrel vegetables:
PotatoesySweets, Porto Ricos. 2s.c
Irish--Wisconsin stock, 15o-Lb, &c; Colo
raS dos9 odd p weights, A.. ,on.e xsc.,
per sack. $3.50; cobblers, 10 pecks to sack,
$50; Gobslers' Wisconsin lo-peck sacks
Rutabagas-15o-ib sack, SAYS; less than
ontons1Red leo-lb sack. $3.50; yellow
Onion sets---white. per bu.. $3.50; red
Market naske ts-Dozen. 7Sc;.
spredit Nut Margarine-1e-ib and So-lb'
Beans-Navy, Michigan 1oo-lb. sacks
sMe; lima California, large. sMe.
Peas-.california biackeyes SC H., -
roasted sack lots, 1dc b.; roasted Sob
Mackerel--I oo- count $3.50.
Prnnes.oso to 49,. s5c;- 20 to 50, 2ae; 80 70
go, 1sc; 80 to 100. 1sc.
Raisins-London layer, $3.50.
Lemon Peel--10-lb. boxes, &c.
Rice-Fancy head. SIC.
Evaporated Psaches-Fansy 5o-lb. boxes
229 stanasrd s0le boxes s0e
soc; choice 25-lb. boxes. Csc.
,Evaporated Apples-Rings. 4o.lb. sacks
12hc; 60 Z -oz pkgs. to case. $3.50.
Gray Srapper-Headless and drawn t4e.
Red Snapper-Headisss and drawn, 240
Spanish M&ckerel-z6c.
Salt Water Troat--ss O use.
Mixed Fish-12c.
.oysters-,.chesapeaks bay. .1tr. select
D. S. Clear BelIies-i401shc
Compound Lard-12c.
Hams--Regular 81 SIC.
Pork Loins-l9 q 22c.
Bacon-2S q soc.
Fed steers: Good to choice. IN @Shc; mo
dium to good, u OF c.
Grass cattle, according to weight. quality
medium n' cows. ss 4ase: eutters sac can.
n gsa s@sc; heavy bulls. ~ @ SC; Light bulls.
sese ehoics corn fed cd hogs, is ' to 1ss.
light pigs. 80 pounds down, 50sc; pest
heavy rough hogs. sore; half fat rough
Soft and oily hogs from i@2c per pound
less than above prices.
Meal ana Feedstuff
Mixed Horse Feed-s450 $50.
Old style Hulls--S20
Corn-S1.05.
Corn Chops-s2.25.
No. White Oats-7oc.
Shorts--$45
c. S. Meal per cent-s4o.
Hem Feed--$3 100-lb. sack.
Timothy-$42.
Choice Pea Green Alfalfa-s4s.
Wheat Straw-s:5 per ton.
Hides and Tallow
No. Green Fresh Hides--4c.
No. 2 Fresh Green Hides-Sc
No. Dry Flint Hides-12c.
No. Dry Film Hides--11c.
No. Green Salt Hides--6c.
No. Green Salt Hides-5c.
No. ] Dry Salt Hides-9c.
No. Dry Salt Hides-8c,
Sheep Skins-10W25c.
Hog Skins-160 25c.
Goat Skins--s0 20 csc.
Taliow-4 SC.
Beeswax-z5 @27c.
Clear Grease Wool-1cQIkc
Clear Washed Wool--20 o. Csc.
BURY Woo--5 Q6c.
Ginseng (wild)--$4@5.
Horse Hides-$103.
Spot Cotton
Strict middling ........,... 13E
Good middling .............. 12A
Strict low middIing ...... Sx
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Seize $1,000 in Jewels

Fort Worth. Tex, February 1S.-Day-
light burglars crashed the plate glass
window of jewelry store here today and
escaped with diamonds valued at $500.
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LOCAL MARKETS
PouIsry

Poultry
Eggs--Fresh, 3oc.
Fryers-1h to 2-Ib. average, 35c lib.
Stags-2h to 3-lbs., 1Sc lb.
Hens-Heavy, az lbs. and over, 3Ic ID.
Medium--z3c lb
Geese-15c Id.
Cocks-12c.
Ducks-26c Id.
Turkeys--Heavy fat 35c lb
Guineas--Each. Csc ID.
Butter-Good fresh stock, zee ID.
Fruits
Appies--Winesaps . No. /, ~ inch and up
Ben Davis, 100. lis. rs, iso' $3.50; New.
tons. choice, 115. 1875, 1873. ss.s5; bananas
S-hand, SO to co pounds, Sc; Inland two
30-lD. bl.. CRIT, &c.
Grapefruit-4e, 81, 81, 80, s5 ss's, 81.
Ieinons-vardeilis, 81; California ssos
oranges-150's to ssss. "a; 1858. sa.75.