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The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-11-02
FRIDAY-SNIITH MARRIAGE

Friends throughout the state will be interested in the following mar riage which was a brilliant event of the past week in Attalla.
 The First Methodist church of At- talla was the scene of beautiful wedding Tuesday evening at o'clock when Miss Mildred Smith became the bride of MT. Judson Cornell Friday. The church was adorned with a pro- fusion of ferns and southern smilax
 Masses of chrysanthemums, conven- tional green and lights of white tapers burning around the altar and rainbow arch served as a background for the beautiful wedding tableau. Miss Nell Glenn presided at the piano and was assisted in presenting a pro- gramme of nuptial music by Mir. George Randall who sang Until" and At Dawning" and Mrs. W. H. Keener who sang Calm as the Night' and Loves Coronation" The bridal party entered to the strains of Mem delssohn's wedding march. During the marriage ceremony Miss Glenn played "A Perfect Day" The bride was attended by her aunt, Mrs. Lula Lumpkin, as matron of honor, who wore a costume of white satin and eaTied an arm bouquet of white chrysanthemums, and group of bridesmaids who wore taffeta frocks in rainbow tints. each carrying an arm bouquet of chrysanthemuns Mss Frances Miller wore blue, Miss Maurice Hanby, rose; Miss Ivera Weaver. green; Miss Mary Tarpley, | pink. The brides matrons, Mrs. James Wood, yellow and Mrs. H. G.. Gale, orchid, who also carried arm bouquets of chrysanthemums. The groomsmen, Messrs. Charles Stewart, Edgar Norton. Olin Nelson and Edwin Huckstep, approached the chancel down opposite aisles with the brides maids. Miss Olive Shepherd in pink and Master George Allan Smith open ed the gates at the altar for the bridal party. Little Misses Charlotte Burk keener in pink and Nell West Elem ming in white were the pretty little flower girls, while Master Hiram Lumpkin In suit of white satin was ring bearer. The bride entered upon the arm of her father and was met at the altar by the bridegroom and his best man, Mir. Lester Kennedy, where they pledged their vows as the beau tiful ring ceremony was read by Rev. C. A. Tatum, the pastor of the church. The bride was lovely picture in her wedding dress of white satin. The coronet of lace and grange blossoms Which heiq the long veil In place was very becoming to the youthful blond beauty of the bride, Her bouquet was of brides roses and valley lilies. Mrs. Friday is the attractive daughter of MT. and Mrs. Lamar Smith. She is one of Attalla's most charming young ladies and since early childhood has been closely identified with church and social affairs. Mir. Friday is A popular young business man of this city and has made many friends since his residence here the past few months. MT. Friday and his bride. Who had donned her travelling suit of dark blue cloth trimmed with mols With hat and accessories to match. left during the evening for a wedding trip to southern points. Upon their return they will be at home with the brides parents on Fifth street.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-11-02
WED IN SuDDE OF ROAD

Gadsden, November 1.-(Special.)- Lee Ropper and Miss Bessie Andrew were married in the big road in East Gadsden late Sunday afternoon by Uncle Abe Thornton, the wizard of that section. The young couple drove to the home of Uncle Abe from Cal houn county and, not finding Linn at home, waited three hours until his return, and were united by him in the middle of the road.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-11-02
FREDERICK wARDE TO READ

The noted Shakespearean actor. Frederick Warde. will give a most interesting reading for the Drama league at the Jefferson theatre at 8 o'clock Friday afternoon. Clubs holding their regular meetings at that time are requested to meet Fri day morning if possible, so that mem- bers of literary clubs will be able to take advantage of the opportunity of hearing MT. Warde.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-11-02
DINNER PARTY AT
 COUNTRY CLUR

Among those entertaining at the Country club on Halloween night were MT. and Mrs. Joe Norman, who had as their guests Mir. and Mrs. Henry Dean, MT. and Mrs. J. L. Dren- nen. MT. and Mrs. Key Miiner. Mir. and Mrs. Roy Knight. Mir and Mrs. Frank Walker Smith. MT. Eugene Munger and Mir. Robert Daniel
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-11-02
MRS. BURNErr,s BRIDGE CLUB

Mrs. H. T. Burnett entertained the members of her bridge luncheon club yesterday at her home in the Rich mond apartment, There were three tables of players and luncheon was served at 1 o'clock
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-11-02
MRS. LEDBETTER
 LUNCHEON HOSTESS

Mrs. S. L. Ledbetter will entertain at her home on Tenth avenue, south, at a buffet luncheon, Thursday, at 1
 o'clock in honor of her sister, Mrs. B. A. Hagood of Charleston, s. C., and Mrs. W. W. Robinson of Easley, S. c.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-11-02
EASTERN STAR DELEGATES

All delegates and visitors to the grond chapter, Order of the Eastern Star, to be held in Montgomery next week, November and 9, are request ed to get certificates from the agents when purchasing tickets, by the order of Mrs. Elizabeth Salter, grand sec retary.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-11-02
LYcEUM AssoCIATIoN

The Lyceaum association announces that the tickets sent to the clubs u. at are not sold are to be sent to Miss Sarah Phelan, Terrace Court. instead of to Miss Flora Blach, as first stated. The club presidents are requested to hold the tickets week or two longer and to urge the members to buy them
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-11-02
MRS. BROWNS TEA FOR BRIDE

Mrs William L. Brown entertained at lovely informal tea yesterday afternoon, honoring her young sister, Mrs. Hugh Locke. who has recently returned from her wedding trip.
 The house on Caldwell terrace was
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-11-02
Daily Menu

BREAKFAST q Grapes cereal Rice waffles with Bacon
 Coffee
 LUNCHEON
 Corned Beef Hash on Toast
 Potato Salad
 Eclaire Tea
 DINNER
 Clear Tomato Soup Roast Lamb with Brown Gravy Candied Sweet Potatoes Peas Mint Jelly Lettuce Stuffed Apples Coffes
 STUFFED APPLES Take good. firm cool 4g apples cut off blossos,a sad. scooeI out core, fill with choppe1 pecans teaspoons sugar to an arpia and 1 easpoon lem on Juice. Put ln pan tn little water and bake untu uele, but not Aout of shape. Inst l9sore serving press down into the app halt dozen Ihrandied cherries to es apple,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-11-02
Mrs. ChapmGn'S Book Delights Many
 Readers
It will be of interest to friends of


 It will be of interest to friends of MT. and Mrs. Katherine. Hopkins Chapman of Selma to know that she has. fresh from the publishers dainty little book "Fates Shirt Tail.
 The pretty little story is laid in Montgomery, and Is centered around a little negro boy who never had had much and this special Christmas was not to have anything on account Cf the death of his father. In the meantime the municipal Christmas tree was held in the courthouse yard. His one desire in life was for a shirt as his clothes had been gifts from his mothers mistress who had all girls.
 All along pretty romance with q daughter of the mistress and a gal lant young captain of the east, who was stationed at a nearby camp dur ing the war. runs through the story.
 On the tree the young negro re- ceived basket but to his horror it was filled with girls clothes. The young, army officer, however, comes to his, the boys. aid and presents him with a real shirt.
 The story Is one of the south and Is filled with much interest as well as 1t is most amusing.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-11-02
PROMINENT WOMEN VISITORS

One of the interesting events of the week is the meeting of the Womans Auxiliary of the Diocese of Alabama which is being held at the Church of the Advent, and many prominent women throughout the state are in the city to attend. Among these are Mrs. William Wescott of Montgomery. who is the guest of Mrs. W. R. J. Dunn; Mrs. Albert Wilson and Mrs. Brevard Jones of Montgom- cry, the guests of Mrs. Robert Ewing; Mrs. Watkins Vaughan of Selma is with Mrs. w. M Nevins; Miss Anne
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-11-02

Elghtieth street. which has recently been completed.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1921-12-02
PUT TRUTH IN SECOND PLACE
Salesman, Like Some Oldtime Adveh
tisers, Must Have Had a Strangle
Hold on Conscience.

Frank Irving Fletcher, the New
York advertising expert, said In az
address to advertisers
Another fault that Is fast d!sae
pearlng is eXaggeration-lying, ySd
know. Some Of the advertisements
of the past remind me Of a dialogue
between a salesman and a patro~. 1t
runs like this:
whats the price Of the ~ dcleY
lone dollar, sir
Thought direct from the nunufac-
turer, I presumeT
mo, sir, we got it mt a sherif's
sale Of the manufacturers stock
"'Why did the manufacturer bust
upF
Through selling this article at a
dead loss
"I suppose he'd paid too much for
his raw material, ell?
"'Oh, no; he stole the raw MATERIAL
"Gee whiz! Wrap me up half a
DOZEN"
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1921-12-02

Birds" Some illustrations Of what
department, as follows:
On one Utah farm infested by the
alfalfa weevil, English sparrows alone
In one season fed 10 their young. 1t
Is estimated, 5O0,000,0O0 OF the pests,
making them about one.third Of the
diet Of the growing birds. Sixty-six
kinds Of birds feed on the %cotton-ball
weevil, the greatest ~feathered enemy
OF this pest being the orchard oriole.
A single stomach of this kind of bird
weevils. The green bug or wheat aphis
also-but let the department tell the
story:
ION a 20O-acre farm In North Caro-
lima, where wheat, rye and oats were
severely attacked by green bugs, 1t
was found that the birds were very eff
fective In destroying the pests. The
outbreak was at Its height during the
migration season Of such birds as the
goldfinch and the vesper and chipping
"hANA, y thC oPCNiCo Oi
the farm, numbered more than 5000
individuals. 1t was found that these
birds were destroying green bugs at
the rate of nearly 100000 a day, and
on days when additional fiocks Of mi
grants were present this destruction
was doubled. During the season such
numbers Of birds flocked to the grain
fields that the aphis infestation was
reduced by an incalculable number"
Hardly an agricultural pest exists.
the department states, but has numer-
u effective bird enemies. For In
stance, 25 kinds of birds are known to
feed upon the clover weevil and a like
number on the potato beetle, 80 on
the codling moth, AZ on the gypsy
moth, 40 on horseffies, 81 on billbugs,
S5 on clover-root borers, 90 on cut
worms, 12O on leaf hoppers, and 1853 on
wirewOrms.
"A classic instance Of the %concentra-
ton of bird attack upon an army Of
insect invaders" the department says,
occurred during the severe outbreaks
Of the Rocky mountain locusts be-
tween 1865 and 1877. SO numerous
were these voracious pests that many
places visited by them were denuded
Of every green thing. A thorough in
v~estigation was made of the relation
of birds to the outbreak, and 1t was
found that practically every species,
from the largest birds of prey to the
tiniest humming birds, from ducks and
other aquatic fowl to typical bird den
liens of the dry plains, turned to feed
ing upon locusts. In fact, most birds
gorged themselves with this abundant
supply Of food, and In doing so were
the means, in numerous cases, Of saw.
Ing crops from destruction"
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1921-12-02
DEADLY WEAPON OF SAvAGES
African Tribes Use Poisoned Arrows
Which lnflict Death That Is
Instantaneous.

The most effective weapon Of the
Nasal and Andorobo Is the arrow
which they poison with the Accan-
thera schimperi, a small tree, accord
ing to a National Geographic society
bulletin. They boil the leaves and
branches until the mixture becomes
thick and pitch-like in appearance, and
place 1t on sheets Of bark which they
hide high on the branches of trees
away from children, until it is needed.
When an animal Is shot with an arrow
dipped In the poison, it dies almost inn
mediately. The natives cut out the
flesh around the wound as soon as pos
sible and throw it away. The remain
der is eaten and the blood is drunk.
This love Of blood as an article of food
Is common among many African tribes,
several Of them going so far as to
bleed their cattle and drink the blood
hot or mix ii with their pOrridge.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1921-12-02
SIMPLE METHODS
WITH HEN FLOCK
Costly BulIdings Are Not RequiI I'd
and Only Add Expense to
Maintenance Costs.
BANK BALANCE IS IMPORTANT
Advisable to Secure Purebred Stock
OF Good Quality for Foundation
Mot Good Business to Pur-
chase Fancy Birds.

Prepared by the United States Department
OF Agriculture
Simple methods and simplicity In
buildings, equipment, and rations have
much TO do with the success Of poultry
men, according to observations and
experiments made by the United States
Department of Agriculture. There Is
a mistaken idea among many mex
perienced poultry raisers that the
more elaborate the preparations made
for conducting a plant or for caring
for q small flock the better the chance
OF success. The safer way is to keep
down expenses as much as possible
without interfering with the health,
comfort, and nourishment Of the birds.
II is natural TO take pride In a fine
looking building provided with all the
reflnements that have been designed
to save labor and stimulate egg pro-
duction, but the bank balance Is of
more Importance TO the average per-
son than such satisfaction. In build
ing a poultry house superfluous pre-
cautions against the weather are fire.
Quently taken. Warmth Is sought at
greatly increased overhead expense by
putting in double walls, double floors,
interlaid paper, ceilings, ETC., when
single thicknesses well laid to pre-
vent drafts are sufficient except in
localities where the winters are ex-
tremely severe.
No Need for ventlIatins Systems.
Complicated and costly ve~ntilating
systems are sometimes used when just
as good results would be obtained In
the production of eggs by using win
dows and open fronts, closed when
necessary by glass and cloth. Wood
has been found the best material for
house construction in most cases, al
though satisfactory buildings of other
materials are In use. Concrete makes
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1921-12-02

a good floor II built over a well-drained
foundation, but II the poultry house is
built entirely Of this material 1t Is
liable to be too damp.
TONES and various concotions add
TO the expense of maintaining many
focks when they might very well be
eliminated. Plenty Of feed of the
right kind, exercise, and comfortable
quarters make the best health regula-
tors and are %unequaled as stimulants
Of egg production. 1t has been the
experience of poultry raisers that a
sick hen is best treated by an applica-
ton of the Ratchet.
Strange to say, the inexperienced
person who Is tempted to spend money
for unnecessary construction in the
house and superfiuous equipment is
often inclined to be niggardly when 1t
comes to paying out money for the
foundation Of his flock, prices for
market poultry serving as his guide
as to what Is the proper price to pay.
II Is not good business to pay fancy
prices to obtain birds Of the highest
excellence for It takes an experienced
p%oultryman to realize on their pos
eibilities.
II the location of a poultry business
n q matter Of cnoice. there are a num-
Der Of things to be considered. Often
the proximity Of a good Or special
market for eggs and chickens will
determine the selection.
Rule for Figuring Expenses.
1t is sometimes rather troublesome
for the owner Of a poultry flock to
determine with much accuracy just
what ii costs him to maintain a flock
Of laying hens. Experience derived
from the egg-laying contests conducted
by the Farm bureau at Santa Cruz,
has resulted In the formulation of q
rule that should be useful In arriving
at the approximate cost. This rule
may be expressed as follows: All
Of the expense for maintaining a flock
Of laying hens. apart from the cost
of grain and mash but including mis-
cellaneous supplies, interest on invest
ment, depreciation. all labor BIZ: tha'
Of the owner, etc.. amounts to ap
proximately two-thirds Of the cost O
the grain and mash. In other words
the cost Of the grain and mash Is @
per cent and ALL other expenses A
Yer cent OF the total.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1921-12-02
ARE YOU A
SUFFERING WOMAN
Health is Most Important TO You

Lincoln, Nebr.-"At one time I
became very miserable with weakness
from which women suffer. l suffered
all the time. One of my neighbors
urged me to take DR.. Pierce's Favor
lite Prescription because it had cured her
of similar symptoms, SO | decided to
try it. The first bottle made me feel so
much better, | took tour more, and feel
certain that in that one experience
'Favorite Prescription saved me from
the operating table and the sur
geon's knife. Two years afterwards
when the turn of life commenced, l
took the Prescription again with the
result that l came through strong and
healthy and am still maintaining wonder
full health. Mrs. Martha Strayer,
21S So. 10th st.
Send l0c to DR.. Pierce's, Buffalo,
N. Y, for trial pkg. Prescription tablets.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1921-12-02
SettIjno His Doubts.

A Boston man Of discriminating
taste, dining at his favorite eating
place, ordered f~ricassee chicken, took
one look at 1t and called the waiter:
"When does a chicken become a
fowl here?"
The obliging waiter scowled hard
before finding his answer: "When It
Is q rooster, sab . It's q matter
Of sex"
But the patron did not seem con-
vinced, and the steward was sum
moned. Again the polite inquiry:
when does a chicken become a fowl,
NJ
Never, sir, in this restaurant !"
came back the steward; and the guest
went pleasantly or with his NEAL
Pittsburgh Sun.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1921-12-02
Business Methods.

When the agent brought Mrs. Tar
ley her fire insurance policy he re-
marked that il would be well for her
to make her first pay ment at once.
"How much will * be-" she asked.
about 500. Wait q minute and I'll
find the exact amount"
"Oh, how tireSome, ~ she exclaimed.
Tell the company To let it stand and
deduct it from what they will me
when the house burns dOwn.'-The
American Legion Weekly.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1921-12-02
"Powerizing" the Farm

Greater production, the more
astute application Of good bust
ness methods, the sterilization
of agricultural economics, will
put farming-America's basic
industry-on a sound and SUBJ
stantial foundation; if-as the
closest students believe-im-
proved machinery and refined
sources Of power will increase
production, lower costs. and cut
some Of the peaks and valleys
out Of the farmers PHOTOGRAPH.
then the steady "powerization"
Of the American farm is inevi-
table.--Secretary Wallace.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1921-12-02
BIRDS effective IN
DESTROYING INSECTS
English SparroWs Devour Alfalfa
WeeviI in Utah.
Greatest F%eathered Enemy Of Cotton.
Boil Weevil ls Orchard Oriole-
Green Bugs Killed in North
Carolina Fields.

prepared by the United States Department
OF Agriculture
Mobilization Of the wild birds, an
army of the air hat allies Itself with
man TO fight crop pests, nearly always
follows the presence Of large numbers
Of insects that prey upon growing
plants. Their aid In stamping out the
menace is almost ~incalculable, says the
biological survey, United States De-
partment Of Agriculture, In Yearbook
Separate, Farm Help From the
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1921-12-02
IMPORTANCE OF VENTILATION
Uncomfortable Housing 10 Given az
Cause OF Freezing Of Combs and
Scarcity OF Eggs.

It Is not so much the cold as the
humidity that aus the freezing Of
chickens combs and the winter laying
strike that results from uncomfortable
housing. Proper ventilation Is given
as the most important consideration
In housing poultry for the winter.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1921-12-02

"Oh, yes, we are engaged to be mar
ried next spring; but | fear she has
not that utter confidence in me that
with perfect love-"
"Why sol"
swell, when a fellow looks back and
sees her testing the diamond In her
engagement ring on the window pane
don't you think he has good cause to
feel q bit d~ubious?"
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1921-12-02
InfaIIibIe Siuns.

"How far have you studied English
history, JOhn?' inquired Miss Cross,
the new governess, as she and John
and sundry sisters settled down to
their first lesson together.
Just as far as my history book Is
dirty. Miss Cross" said John.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1921-12-02

ever with telescopes as much more
use as the latter are stronger than the
naked eye.
SO careful an astronomer as Agnes
NJ. Clarke tells us that a skiff In
a vast, unfurrowed ocean could not
be more utterly alone than Is our solar
system in its little corner Of the uni
verse. She continues:
"Yet the sun is DO isolated body. To
each individual of the unnumbered
stars strewing the armament, down to
the faintest speck Of light, . II
stands in some kind Of relationship"
Spectroscopic studies and sky OBJ
servation alike tell us that our sun
and his family are all headed In a
great migration across the sky to-
ward a point between the cOnstella-
tons of Hercules and Lyra.
The speed with which we are trav-
cling in that direction is II miles a
second. The velocity of an artillery
shell is around 1900 feet a second;
that OF the sun Is $4,000 feet. An
artillery shell with the velocity Of the
solar system through space would, &C.
cording TO Kippax, penetrate a sheet
of steel four city blocks thick.
Is our great family journey through
space along a straight road, or is 1t
revolving around some greater body,
even as the earth revolves around the
sun and the moon around the earth?
The astronomer tells us frankly that
If the sun has an orbit its curve as yet
defies detection.
Star Cluster in Hercules.
A faint idea Of the %stupendous num-
Der of stars that dot the sky and the
staggering distance that separate them
from our earth may be obtained from
a fuzzy little speck OF light In the con-
stellation of Hercules. 1t Is visible
70 the unaided eye only on the clear
est nights; but train a high-powered
telescope on 1t and you will see one
Of the finest star clusters In all the
heavens.
Ritchey's photograph OF this cluster,
taken with the big 6O-inch Mount VIII
SON reflector, discIoses that Ii Is made
UP of more than $4,000 stars, very
many Of them as big and as bright as
our own sun. How far away they are
cannot be said, for they are too re-
mote for measurement with the finest
instruments yet devised. II is GER
tain, however, that they are at least
so distant that the light coming to the
earth from them this year may have
started on It's hurting journey through
space about the time of Joshua's on
quest of Jericho.
A glance to another spot In the
armament will afford a weak sugges-
ton OF the tremendous age Of the uni
verse. The central star Of the sword
of Orion ppears to the naked eye as
merely q dim little fellow that might
be passed without a thought. But
a telescope dfscloses 1t as the most
magnificent nebula In the heavens. It's
diameter is thought to be 20,0O0,OOO
times greater than that Of our sun.
When the sweet singer Of Israel
sang that "the heavens declare the
glory Of God and the armament shew-
eth His Handfwork," he had never
seen more than 5000 stars. With the
latest Mount Wilson reflector 10000.
600 write themselves upon the photo
graphic plate.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1921-12-02
Good-By Five Bucks.

Jones-I just lent that buddie Of
yours S.. Do you think he's straight?
Jones-Straight! Say. If that bird
swallowed a ten-penny nail he'd cough
up q c0rkscrew.