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The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-12-03
REV. E. E. CAVALIER SUCCEEDS H. H. BOWEN
 AT SIMPSON CHURCH

Rev. F. F. Cavaleri, formerly pas tor of a charge in Rossville. Ga. has been appointed to succeed Rev. H. II. Bowen, former pastor of Simp- son Memorial Methodist Episcopal church.
 Dr. Cavaleri will assume his new pastorate beginning Sunday morning with the Il o'clock service, at which time he will use as his text The Work in Hand" For the o'clock service he will preach upon the sub ject, Real Freedom"
 Several years ago pr. Cavaleri was connected with the Railroad Young Mems Christian Association of At- lanta.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-12-03
RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED

Resolutions passed by the Inter- national Bible Students association. in convention at Washington. D. C.. recently, have been received in the city. The resolutions call attention to the fact that religious considera- ton calls for a peace program of large scope. and asks the represen- tatives assembled at the disarmament conference to devise suggestions to decrease warlike feelings by aiding the religious ideals of peace.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-12-03
COMPANY INcORPORATEs

Papers of incorporation were filed in probate court yesterday for the Spencer Employment company with an authorized capital stock of $25,- eco and naming the following off cers: Kelly B. Spencer, president; N. H. Sires, secretary and treasurer, and H. G. Elliott. vice president.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-12-03
COLLEGE STUDENTS TO
 BE SPECIAL GUESTS

A large number of the student body of the Wheeler Business college will be guests of the Young Mems Bible class of Southside Baptist church Sun day morning.
 Edward Powell Lee. assistant pas tor of the church, and Tom Estes. president of the class, rendered the invitation to the students at an in- formal musical entertainment given at the college yesterday morning.
 The Southside Bible class, with the motto, "Something New Every Sun day" is putting on special programs at every meeting.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-12-03
OFFICERS ELECTED

The Bellies sl.eItres Literary society of Birmingham- Southern college elected officers yesterday afternoon after their weekly program had been given.
 s. E. Armstead was elected presi- dent for the next term. The other officers were: s. V. Townsend, vice president; Miss Annie Green. secre- tary; Howard Stansell, treasurer: Robert Henry. chaplain; w. w. Hale. critic.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-12-03
CHILDREN'S MOVIE
 AT STRAND TODAY

Until further notice, the Better Films association will have the use of the Strand theatre for the chill dren's Saturday matinee, according to Mrs. Neil Wallace, city amusement inspector.
 This arrangement will continue. according to present plans, until such time as the crowds become so large as to make it necessary for the as sociation to make other arrange ments.
 The feature picture for the pro- gram beginning this morning at 10 o'clock will be "One Man in a Mill lion," and the comedy, "Snooky's s Blue Monday" A committee of club women will be chaperons for the oc- casion.
 All children are urged to presen. themselves at the theatre promptly at 10 o'clock, as there will be but one performance given. and those com ing late will fail to see the picture.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-12-03
DAMAGE SUITS FILED

Two suits against the Pratt COnsol- dated Coal company, seeking dam ages for injuries alleged to have been sustained while they were working as convicts in. the mines of the defend ant company, were filed in circuit court yesterday.
 Roy Townsell. who alleges that his hip and arm were crushed and he was otherwise seriously injured July 6, 1921, while working at Banner mines, when, it is alleged. car load ed with coal ran into him, seeks $20,- 900 as damages, while Coleman Smith asks $5.000 for broken foot alleged to have been caused by 8 rock fall ing from the roof of the mine.
The Dolores star., 1921-12-09

down to common, ordinary English
again lie was saying. between cusses:
"But you cant let It stand at that.
Norcross: you simply can'ti"
81 don't intend to-" was the even.
toned rejoinder. But anything we
can do will always lack the element
of finality, Hornack. while Wall Street
owns us. I've said II a hundred times
and I'll say II again: the only hope
for the public service corporation to-
day lies In distribution Of its secur-
ties among the people 1t actually
serves"
Hornack's teeth met In the middle
Of the chewed cigar.
That's excellent Iogic-bulIy good
logic. il anybody should ask you! But
we're fighting a condition. not q theory,
Nobody wants i. S. l.. Common even
at thirty-two You wouldn't advise
your worst enemy to buy it at that
figure"
II don't know" said the boss. kind
or musingly. You're forgetting the
water that's been put into 1t from time
ganizers: there hns been good deal
OF that. first and last Nevertheless
value for value, you know. and l know
that the property Is wG.th more than
thirty-twO. including the bonds. What
! mean is that II ssybody would buv
the control at that fsure,-the con.
frol, mind you. and not merely minor.
ity-and handle the road purely as a
dividend-earning business proposition.
he wouldn't lose money; he'd make
m0ncy-n lot OF It,"
"Ali of which doesn't get US anv.
where in the present pinch" returned
the traffic manager. ~ suppose wen
have 10 walt until Hatch makes b,s
hrst move. and I've still got fight
enough left In me to hope that he'll
make II suddenly. Punch the button
Tor me II anything new deyelops. I'm
going back TO swing on to nv tele.
phone
Following this talk with Hornack
there was a try-out with BIllouphbv
anu Juneman. but as this three.cor.
hered conference was held In the pr,.
Vate room OF the suite. I don't know
what was said. A little farther along.
"hen the boss was once more whlttlInr
al the dlctation. Mr.. Van Britt strolled
IN. Mr.. NorcrOss told me to take INV
bunch Of notes to May and then he
gave Mr.. Van Britt his inning. start
ing on with: "Well. how is the gen.
era! superintendent this fine morn.
iDsT
MI. van Britt wrinkled his nose.
Inc general superintendent ia
wondering, one more time. why under
the starry heavens he Is out here in
tnis country that God has forgotten.
scrappinE for a living on this one.
morse railroad Of yours when he mieht
be In COED little old New Yet Ne.
The Dolores star., 1921-12-09

first into little heaps. and then into
big ones. and now the Hatch people
have forced practical consolidation.
"Is that the factor only the way
you are doping 1t out?' queried the
traffic manager.
1T is the fact. Hatch came here
last night to tell me about II; also,
to tell me where we were to get on.
Hornack bit Off piece of the chewed
cigar and took fresh hold on ii.
Does he think for one holy half
minute that we're going to sit down
quietly and let him undo all the good
work tiInt's been done?" he rasped.
"IIe does-just that. He's putting
us in the nine-hole. Ilornack. and up
to the present moment | haven't found
the way to climb out OF It,"
but the ground leases" Hornack
began. "Why can't we pull them on
him?"
I'VE might II we hadn't been shot
dead In our tracks by the very men
who ought TO be backing us TO win"
sail the boss soberly. And then he
went on TO tell about the new grip
Hatch had on u.s..
OF course, Hornack blew up at that,
and what he said wasn't for pubiicn-
tion. For minute or so the air Of
the office was blue. When he got
The Dolores star., 1921-12-09
CHAPTER XIV
The Oipsomaniac

In day when punched money, how.
ever arrogant it may be, has been
taught to go sort of softly. the Hatch
people we're careful not to make any
public announcement Of the things
they we're doing or going to do. But
bad news has wings Of Its own. Mr.
Norcross was still In the midst of his
mail dictation to me the morning after
the bottom-all the different bottoms
fell out. when Mr.. Hornack came
bulging in.
whats all this fre-alarm thar.
been sprung about a new elevator
trustr' he demanded, chewing on bIs
cigar as II 1t were something he were
trying TO eat. Its all over town that
G. 8. & W. hns been secretly reorrsn.
lied. with the Hatch crowd In control
I'm having perfect cyclone OF tele.
phone calls asking what, and how
and why"
The boss reply ignored the detail.
We're In for 1t again." he announced
briefly. The local companies couldn,,
mold on to 4 good thing when they had
II The stock has been swept M
The Dolores star., 1921-12-09

a strong man. and you will bring It
about. But this other man-who 10
not strong: the man whose name was
written upon the bit Of paper l have
just thrown into the fire -
He wheeled quickly. and what he
said made me feel n II cold wind
were blowing up the back Of my neck.
because hadn't dreamed that he
would remember Collingwood well
enough TO recognize him In that pass
ing moment on the sidewalk.
''That man," he mutfered, sort Of
gratingly: ~ had completely forgot
ten. He was here just q little while
ago. l met him as was coming In.
Did he come to see your cousin-the
majorf'
mo" she said. matching bis low
tone 'he came to sec me-"
Your
The Dolores star., 1921-12-09

rieiely III order that MS cause might
prosper. Do you still believe thatf'
"ot course. It's all In the days
work. Any cause worth while is vast
ly bigger than any man who is trying
to advance it."
Than any man. yes; but for
woman. Graham; wouldn't you allow
something for the woman"
II thought we had agreed long ago
that there is no double standard, either
in morals or cthicS-one thing for the
man and another for the woman That
is YOUR own attitude. Isn't it?"
She didn't say whether 1t was or
not. She was holdin. the bit OF paper
he had given her So that the light
from the fire fell upon 1t when she
said: II suppose your duty is quite
clear. In tie slang Of the street. you
must beat Mr.. Hatch to it. You must
be the first TO denounce this bribery,
clearing yourself and letting the Ak
fall where II will
The boss was shaking his head n
bit dountfIlly.
''it isn't quite so simple us that"
he objected. Il don't know that I'd
have any compunctlons about sending
ColIngwood to the dump. II the half
of what they say of him is true, lie
Is spineless degenerate and hardly
worth saving But to do as you Sug-
GcSt would he open rebellion. you
know: while Dunton remains presi-
dent | am his subordinate, and II
should expose him and his nephew,
the situation here would become sim
ply impossible"
"WeIl?" she prompted.
"Such a move would rightly and
properly bring wire demand for my
resignation. OF nature that couldn't
be IGnored-only II wouldn't. because
| should anticipate 1t by resigning
first. That Is small matter. intro
duclng the personal element But the
results to others; to the men OF my
staff md the rnnl; and file. and to the
public which. as you say, is just be-
ginning to realize some of the bene-
Ats OF real partnership with Its
principal railroad; these things can't
be so easily Ignored"
You have thought of some other
expedient?"
NO; haven't got that far yet. But
l am determined that Hatch shall not
be allowed to work his graft a second
time upon the people who are trust
Ing me. | believe in the new policy
we are trying out. I'd fling my own
fortune into the gap il had one. and,
more than that. I'd pull In every friend
| have in the world IL by SO doing I
could stand the Pioneer Short Line
upon solid foundation OF honest own
ershlp. That Is all that is needed In
the present crlsis-absOlutely ALL"
He was on his feet now and tramp
ing back and forth on the hearth rug.
At one OF this back-turnings l saw
Mrs. Sheiia reach out quickly and lay
the bit OF paper with its accusing
scrawi on the glowing Goals. Then she
said. quite calm again:
"ln time TO come you will accom-
plisii even that. Graham-this change
of ownership that we have talked Of
and dreamed about. 1t Is the true
solution OF the problem: not govern
ment ownership. but ownership by the
people who have the most ut stake
the public and the workers. You are
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"a NEW FRIEND"


"That's not the truth, Jigabump," he
said, so you'll have to give Nick a
forfeit. That cats eye says so. IL
Kip isn't above his shoes, something
has happened. Either he is hurt OF
he is bending over. If he is hurt, we
must help him, and if he is bending
over, that means that he is hunting
for the key to the Enchanted Cup
board hidden under the coal in my
cellar. And he mustn't find it. Come
on, gnomes, come one, come all" and
Crookabone blew shrill blast on his
whistle.
Instantly all the ugly gnomes were
struggling and scuffling after their
leader, leaving Nancy and Nick alone
in the middle of Gnome Village. The
cats eye had turned green again and
gave the only light visible in this
underground place.
Lets followw whispered Nick.
mo, DON'T said a new voice at
their elbow
Ito be continued)
Copyright, 1929
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MAYHEM Nick asked where Crooka-
w bone lived he was told "across
the street from the chimneysweep,
and next door to the toy-maker." And
when he asked where the toy-maker
lived he was told "across the street
from the chimneysweep and next door
to the Crookabone."
When he asked how big Crooka-
bones cellar was he was told to
multiply the length by the width,
and the ceiling was as far above the
floor as the floor was below the cell
ing"
he tried once more. where's
Kip" he asked, just as Nancy had
done. above his shoesw came the
answer at once. And of course the
gnome who said it thought that he
was telling the truth. But some
thing happened. The cats eye over
the gate that had been glazing down
at them with a baleful green light,
suddenly turned pink and then red.
Crookabone jumped to his feet.
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INFORMING OUR SPEAKERS.

ME frequently hear references To-
cally to the relative wealth Of
counties in the United States. But
rarely do we hear such a reference
authenticated. Now comes the u. s.
Department of Agriculture and up
sets the dope" Of the fifty lead
Jig counties in the United States in
1919, measured in value of farm pro-
ducts, Georgia did not have even one.
Los Angeles county's farm products
on account of citrus fruits and Eag-
,ish walnuts, and the State of Cali
fornia led all the rest by wide mar
gin,--California which has not any
thing like the natural resources Of
Georgia other than the will and abil-
ity of her people to develop what she
has. Says recent bulletin by the
Department of Agriculture:
Citrus fruits and walnuts have
placed Los Angeles County, Cali
tornia, first in rank of all counties
OF the country in the value of agri-
cultural products, according to the
Bureau of Census, which has just
made public list of the SO counties
leading all others in 1919 in the
worth of their agricultural products.
hay and forage are also important
crops which helped swell the total of
Los Anfeles county's farm products
to $71,579,899 in value that year.
Next to Los Angeles county cones
Fresno county, also in California, the
value of whose grapes, peaches, hay,
ana forage and dairy products is
placed at $55,110,101 for the year.
a. ostook County, Me-, a large pro.
Queer of potatoes, ranks third, its
products totaling 4,376,256. Fourth
place is occupied by San joaquin
County, Calf, whose crops were
worth $41,191,240 in the year. Po-
tatoes, grapes, barley, and hay and
forage, in the order named. consti.
tuted the principal agricultural pro-
Outs of that county.
Lancaster County, Pa, whose
Leading crop was tobacco, was fifth
with products valued at $40,776,212:
Yakima, Wash, with apples leading
the list of farm products, with sixth
place; Tulare, Calf, with grapes as
the first product, seventh; and Son.
oma, Calf, whose chief agricultural
industry was the raising of poultry.
eighth. Whitman County, Wash,
ninth on the list, is the first grain
raising county to rank among the
leaders. Dane County, Wis. with
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CONFESSIONS
OF A MOVIE
STAR
CHAPTER XLIII
A NEWSPAPER WOMAN INTER
VIEWS ME.

A GIRL reporter sent up card
and ended our discussion of
Hutchinson Coleridge.
Interviews with me are often ar
ranged by Mandy, our publicity man,
but many reporters come without has
knowledge or permission. At sueh
times send for Motherdear. never
can get used to the idea that the
public cares a penny ABOUT what's
going on in my head.
l screwed up my courage to meet
the newspaper woman. My mind
was still muddled by my recent talk
with Motherdear. One principle of
mine, however, had been reinforced:
l never, never intended to fall in
love. I'd never go in for an emotion
as unstable as that. 1t was destined
from the beginning to pass. 1t did
pass, in many of the lives l knew
best.
If only could tell that to the nice
young woman who had come for my
opinion about something anything
what a sensation her story about
me would make!
The newspaper girl couldn't see
why certain types of business women
should be continually linked up with
a certain type of transient romance.
The bunch had come from her man
aging editor, apropos of big divorce
sensation. She had been assigned to
ask stenographers, movie artists,
show girls, woman physicians and
nurses what they thought about it.
And she appealed to me as a girl
who had never been engaged!
Motherdear rather liked the stunt.
Fortunately, she could give the girl
reporter a Victorian background
upon which to project her modern
pen picture.
In Motherdear's girlhood, the cir
Gus riders were almost the only
ladies who enjoyed spiced publicity.
And Motherdear remembered how
her cicuses had been spoiled forever
by the hint that the lovely ladies in
fluffy tarleatan skirts were not al
ways the delicate fairy things they
seemed. That was, she said, her mi
tiation into disillusionment!
While the reporter made note or
two, Motherdear regarded me Curl
ously, seriously. Did she fancy my
time had come-to be disillusioned?
AS to the reason why certain
sentimentality is linked up to certain
professions for women, Motherdear
summed it thus:
"Propinquity"
And | guess that covers itW
agreed the reporter.
Opportunity for flirtationsw
Motherdear continued. "In offices or
occupations where men and women
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OLD DAYS IN AMERICUS

versary of the hostess. Mrs. Storey
received in a handsome gown of
mauve China silk, and was assisted
by Mrs. C. C. Stone, lady of love-
ly social qualities.
Mrs. Aleck Wilson of Webster was
found dead in bed yesterday morning.
She had been in declining health for
several months, and ner sudden de-
mise was not unexpected. Mrs. Will
son was we'll known in Americas,
where she had large family connec-
ton and many friends. I1terment
will take place in Webster in the
family burying ground today.
Schroeder & Mahoney is the name
of new firm just launched in Ameri-
Gus, and is composed of w. H. r.
Schroeder, whose artistic work shows
all about in Americas, and J. T. Ma
honey, late of Atlanta. Cornice work,
ornamental zinc work, tin, iron and
plumbing will be done by the new
firm.
John Windsor has given the con-
tract for furnishing the new Peoples
Bank under the Windsor hotel to the
Beutell Manufacturing Co., of Allan
ia. 1t is said that fully $4,000 will
be spent in the appointments of the
bank
AS announced early last wsek a
new firm has opened in Americas I'M
der the name of Beall & Oakley, who
come here from Columbia, Ala, to
open up first class dry goods store
The Club met at the home of w.
j. Mathews on Friday evening, and
the program was replete with choice
musical and literary selections, which
were delightfully."- rendered by the
talent of this organization. Miss
Weaver favored the club with several
excellent recitations. An enjoyable
selection was read by Mrs. Warren
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THE SECOND GOLDEN RULE
SALE.

THE second Golden Rule Sale in
Americas has come and gone,
and as a result the till of Amer
Gus merchants have considerably
more cash in them, in the aggregate,
than they otherwise would nave had
at this time. Not all merchants
shared alike in the patronage. And
not all had offers alike or of equal
pulling power.
This community sale idea is new
for Americas merchants, aud they
haven't yet all gotten the hang Of
it or the big idea behind it. But they
are learning. They want to make it
IA BIG SUCCESSES and they are will
ing to go any length to make it such,
but they don't all seem yet to have
grasped the method.
In the first place, it is the little
article, involving little cash to buy,
that is the big attraction these days.
A large article, be the value ever
so good, catches the We Of only the
few; the small ana cheap household
article that everyone needs and uses
interests everybody and attracts ev-
erybody. The store that did by far
the biggest business in Americas yes
terday made a special offer of thread
at low price. 1t appeared every
body bought thread, and the clerks
on the thread counter of that store
were exhausted when night came and
glad a rush day was over.
The price was three spools for a
dime. A real bargain, but no better
in value, probably, than any other
offer in the whole list. But it cost
the shopper only 10 cents to take adj
vantage of the offer, and this was
the big pulling point. Steel pins at
a cent or two paper, or thousand
other household articles at equally
small prices would have had similar
pulling power. And the thread buy
ers did not stop at buying thread, but
this store did bigger business than
Saturday, which was very good
Saturdays business. If this merchant
lost money on his thread his loss was
infinitesimal.
The merchants have learned con-
siderably from two sales. This sec
ond event was better than the first.
Ard its cost was insignificant. Every
member of the advertising club
should make preparations at once Cor
the third sale, which will come Jan
uary 2, and make it the bigges' Of
the three by wide margin. They
can if they will.
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TEN YEARS AGO TODAY.
No paper published.
TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY.


From the Times-Recorder De-
cember 6, 1909
NUDGE Littlejohn dismissed the jul
rors in attendance on Superior
court yesterday at the conclusion of
the Thetford case, and will hold no
more court until Monday morning
when, in all probability, the criminal
docket will be taken up.
Some little surprise was expressed
yesterday st the unexpected turn of
the cotton market, sharp decline
following the rise of Tuesday, the
decline going steadily down until a
dozen points hid been registered.
Cotton men here think it will go low
err.
D. B. Faust is one of Sumter's
sterling citizens who years ago fore
saw the value of the pecan and plant
ed small grove at his pleasant coun-
try home west of Americas. While
in town yesterday Mr.. Faust said that
he had many bushels of these fine
nuts for sale, and also mentioned a
fine crop of oranges which he grew
on his farm.
Oranges and bananas are being
grown successfully in Americas, and
throughout the county, and there is
no end to the possibilities of the soil
and climate here.
A score of Americas most beauti-
full young ladies and charming young
matrons will take part in the enter
tainment to be given at the opera
house tonight by the local chapter of
the Daughters of the Confederacy.
The many friends of Mrs. A. A.
Wilson will be glad to learn of her
rapid convalescence after severe i'll
ness.
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work side by side eight hours a day.
With chances to exchange conf
dences, with demands for sympathy
on each side"-I wondered II Moth
erdear were thinking of Coleridge-
"the conventions were all too easily
forgotten.
"And too often the girl who pass
es the day in a mans office begins
to consider herself of supreme i'm
portance," Motherdear continued.
"She confuses her rights-sometimes
she trespasses. She ought to know
If she. doesn't know she ought to
be told-that the girl who helps a