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CAMPBELL LOSES OUT
TO COFFIN FACTORY


Dothan, May -(speciaL)-The
Campbell institute team lost the game
yesterday afternoon at Playground
park. the coffin factory trouncing
them by the score Of to 1. The game
was highly interesting and exciting.
and the contest was hard fought. Err
rors lost the game for the Campbell-
ties, their infield making nine bob
bles. Roberts home run in the first
inning was the only look-in the stu
dents had. incidentally, it was the
first homer of the season here. The
ball went over left field fence.
The casket factory team showed a
big improvement; Wright their new
catcher, and NOVEL; at third, both new
men, did good work The bankers will
have trouble in beating this team
Tuesday, the next scheduled game.
Blissett for Campbell's institute, and
Holloway for the coffin factory, shared
pitching honors.
The City league games are getting
better with each game, and those who
enjoy hotly contested ball games are
missing something by not attending
them
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OLD TIMER ASSERTS
CHAMPION JACK HITS.
BLOW OF ALL

He's been reading in the papers
that Dempsey hasn't any defense
and that he's n mark for any fast
punches. And so he's got ii all
figured out how he's just going to
step in and bust Jack on the Jaw
ana take the championship right
back to Pnree with him.
~ guess IL Georges happened to
drop into the Dempsey camp and
see Jack working out, he'd cable
right over to the French govern
ment: Ret the national treasury
on me to beat the American
That's because he'd have it all
doped out that Dempsey is the
easiest guy to hit thnt ever leapcd
within the ropes.
"But say, can you recall any.
body that has hit Dempsey a solid
risht-hander in three or four
years! NIiske, Fulton, Smith,
willard, Levinsky--a dozen more
tried 1t. They all felt that Dernp-
scy was n mark for "A right-handed
VVaTOp. When the fight began
and they looked at Dcmpsey's
style, they felt surer than ever.
But nobody ever sockcd him--not
even me.
81 had n 12-rOund crack at him.
There he was in every round with
the chin tnntalizingIy exposed;
every time I'd shoot for it I'd have
bet the STATUE of Liberty on my
hitting il soIidIy. But 1 didn't.
Whyf Same reason all the others
failed Same reason the French
man will fail
dempsey has n way of bobbing
his head, twisting it, turning 1t,
shinmying with it-or doing some
fool thing with it--thnt beats ev-
cry punch sent Mt the jaw. Most
men block off a right for the jaw
Dempsey just gives his head that
trick shift-and the blow aimed
for his chin point lands in n less
dangerous spOt--Or doesn't land
at all"
Wills Picks Dempsey
Harry Wills reckons that Demp-
sey's greater strength will win
him the fight with Carpenter.
"The Frenchman has speed--but
speed doesn't count for every
thing" says the negro gladiator,
dempsey has the greater strength
and weight and will wear down
the FreEchmnn. Then fl will be
easy for Dempsey to punch his
way to victory.
"Meanwhile, 1 think / can whip
either of the boys--if they ever
decide to give me a chance. Which
I'm afraid they won't"
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hamper the jitneys with license fees
and other restrictions, as to force them
altogether out of business, or to so
prescribe their limitations, routes, etc.
as to preclude their coming in competi-
ton with the interests of the BIrming-
ham Railway, Light and Power com
pany a corporation owned and con-
trolled by non-residents of Birmingham,
and whose millions of dollars of divi-
bends derived from said corporation is
not spent in this city.
second-Because 1 fear that il the
Jitneys will be excluded from compet-
ing with the Birmingham Railway,
Light and Power company, that the
said company will soon revert to their
former THE public be damned" policy
of poor schedules, dirty. overcrowded
cars, and callous indifference and in
civility to their patrons.
Third-Because 1 would have the
commissioners refrain from doing that
which would bring upon themselves the
certain suspicion or censure of being
moro interested in the welfare of a pri-
Yate monopoly than in the public veal.
Fourth-Because it would be unjust
and Ill advised, especially at this time,
to GUST several hundred men from their
employment 40 per cent of whom, / am
Informed, are ex-war service men who
are now driving jitneys as a means of
livelihood.
Fifth-Because I am ever opposed to
any and every form of tyranny and con-
fiscation of personal rights and prop
erty, and l cannot but regard the pro-
posed ordinance as involving both of
these crimes.
Sixth-Because the jitney men are en-
gagged in an honest occupation con-
serving the convenience and comfort of
the public, and should be encouraged
especially the more so as their earn
ings are all expended here at home, to
the benefit of our merchants and
trades people
Seventh-Because in one clause of the
proposed ordinance I scent another ne
gro in the wood pile" 1t is the Sc
curity bond clause, which would, lin my
opinion, pave the way for big insur
ance graft, the great bulk of which
money would also go to foreign insur-
ance corporations who would not spend
it in Birmingham.
Eighth-Because. in common with
thousands of other citizens, am wholly
sick, tired and Disguised with the too
many already existing restrictions and
letters laid upon the liberties of our
people one feature of which l trust in
a future communication to deal with
through the columns of The Age-Her-
aid, and expect to show up and expose
a regulation SO inhumanly vicious and
bad that the public will wake up, take
notice and start something like a re-
form or regulation of things going on
in our city hall. o. T. DOZIER.
Birmingham, Ala. May %. 1921.
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ALLEGED M0ONSHINER
KILLED BY SHERIFF

Prattville, May 29-(Special )-Sher-
If George Walls. in attempting to
serve a warrant from Tuscaloosa coun-
ty today. accidentally shot and in
stantly killed Adam Booth, a white
man from that county. charged with
"Moonshining." When the warrant was
served Booth asked to be allowed to
get drink of water. according to the
officer. He went towards his house,
and when he passed by the water and
went in a room the sheriff drew his
gun and followed him in the room, and
when Booth jumped out Of window
the sheriff jumped out also and fell. In
the fal his gun was fired and the bull
let took effect in the head of Booth,
from the effects of which he died. His
people cannot be found and the body
is being buried here.
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Peoples will be sold in Ensley today
to be worn in memory Of the boys who
died in France. The proceeds will go
to relief work among the children of
France.
Miss Pauline Echols is chairman and
will be assisted by workers at three
booths
Workers this morning will include
Mrs. Ray Hassler, Mrs. r. C. Mitchell.
Mrs. w. b. Cooper Mrs b. B. Gillespie.
From 10 to IL o'clock, the college girls
will have charge of two booths. Those
selling will be Miss Ruth Baker Miss
Maxine McCarty, Miss Merle Swami,
Misses Neva and Fannie May Minor.
From / to 4 o'clock, Miss Margaret
Davis, Mrs. Frank Leslie and Mrs w
B. Cooper win sell and from 4 to g.
Mrs. Henry Bailey and Mrs. George
Brigham will be assisted by the fol-
lowing High school girls: Miss Marion
Millar, Miss Adelaide Byrum. Miss
Emereta Elliott Miss Pearl Arnold.
MRS. CATHERINE GILES
Mrs. Catherine Giles, age As. died
yesterday afternoon at 1870 o'clock at
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By JAMES j. CoRBETT

Copyright, 1921, by King Feature
Syndicate, Inc.)
jack Dempsey hits harder than
any fighter that ever Hved--if you
cnre to take the word of Marty
Cutler for it.
Marty really discovered Jess
willard, but he isn't Boosting
about it. He has boxed with every
heavyweight of greatness in the
last 10 years-and vrestled be-
tween whites. He stood up under
the seeking of johnson, Willard,
ketcheI and score of truly
greats. And now he saysi
dempsey is the marvel puncher
in pugilism's history. lie never
yet hit me with all he's got--nOr
with more than fair percentage
of his mighty power. Yet those
light punches shook up my 2I5-
pound body like it's never been
shaken before.
81 studied Dempsey for awhile
to find the secret of his amazing
punch. One reason is that he has
an abnormal development of the
lower arm and the wrist, where
the power of short punches is de-
rived. The other reason is his
shift.
1.-THE champion has n knack pc
culiar to himself, of hitting his
long punches at the very fraction
of a second that he shifts his
body. Most fighters must shift
and get set before they can hit;
therefore, they aren't getting all
the drive possible into their blows.
Dempsey dashed out his punch
as his body begins the whirIwind
shift. When he hits, the blow
carries behind it not only the
power of the arm and shoulder but
the entire body. So Dempsey's en-
tire weight gets into every solid
blow that he lands which explains
why men 80 hit by Dempsey go
down in heap.
"The fight on July will last
only so long as the Frenchman
can avoid being hit Maybe that,II
be two rounds; maybe three. hut
In no more than three rounds
Dempsey will land solidIy-and
then, Carpenter, good night.n
Dempsey's Trick Head Shifts
This bird Carpenter" remarks
BIZ Brennan, ais going to be n
mighty surprised guy on July ?;
yes sir, and mighty disappointed.
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take it. You may publish these facts
as a tie tim onial Mrs. LOUISE
SToLL, 600 w. York St., Phila., Pa.
1t lis not natural for women to suffer as
did Mrs. Stoll, and in nine cases out of
ten it is caused by some displacement
or arrangement of the system which
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound overcomes, because it acts as
natural restorative.
Every woman who is subject to
cramps, headaches, nervous spells,
backache or those dreadful bearing
down pains should profit by Mrs. Stoll's
experience and give Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound trial, and if there
is any complication write to Lydia E.
Pinkham Medicine Co., Lynn, Mass,
about her health.
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Bessemer, May 29.-(Special THE
song services held at the various
churches in the city Sunday evening,
were largely attended. The evening
offering at ach one was given to the
relief organization to be used for those
people in the city and district who are
in destitute circumstances from lack
of employment.
At the First Baptist, First Presby-
terrain and Methodist churches elabor-
ate programmes of songs and organ
and hymns were prepared for the serv-
ice and al the Church of God, Riley
brothers, who are splendid singers of
the county. had charge of the music
and at the Christian church the en-
deavor societies gave the music for
the evening. The collection was larger
than expected and will relieve a large
number of those in the community WI o
need help.
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AMERICAN GOLFERS
BLEW BADLY In THE
BRITISH TOURNEY
Bobby Jones Failed to Make
Showing Expected of Him.
Short Game Best
BY WALTER CAMP
Special Correspondence of The Age
Herald


Herald
Copyright, 1921. by The Age-HeraId.)
New York, May 29.-(Special. 1.-The
past week has demonstrated as seldom
before the vagaries of the game of golf
At Hoylake, when Ouimant went out.
when Evans fell by the wayside. and
when the super-driver Guilford. even
with his good putting, succumbed.
Americans were in a mood to expect
almost anything. Then Bobby Jones.
playing against a man who had never
played on anything but a nine hold
course before, and even at this was
staging only mediocre golf-fell
farther behind as the match went on,
his defeat apparently certain, when.
through temporary lapse in his OPP
ponent's play and sudden improve
ment in his own, he managed to squeak
through by the margin of a single
point, all Of which was prelude to his
final blow-up.
A Peculiar Game
If one stops to compare, say q hurd-
Ter like Early Thompson. with a golfer,
such as Bobby Jones, the popularity of
the game Is manifest. While Thomp-
son could not be expected to run the
100 high hurdles in IA 30 seconds upon
every occasion. he could be counted
upon to 60 well within the Is seconds
mark and day after day to be at any
hurdler who could not make that time.
Now. take the golfer, Bobby Jones, who
could do Hoylake at his best in some
thing between 70 and rs strokes, yet he
comes In critical match with a man
far inferior and does an IS.
But this tournament at Hoylake
while extremely disappointing as to it's
outcomes. has none the less provided
food for valuable reflection. One
thought is that the loss of mental
stance in a golfer Is no less perilous
than a departure from the canons of
physical good form. And once again
has the British contention been DEM
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onstrated that our men have too great
tendency to pull their shots.
Pull Did 1t

onstrated that our men have too great
a tendency to pull their shots.
Pull Did 1t
For example, Guilford was out-driv-
ing his man from 40 to go yards, on one
or two occasions as much as 100 yards,
but his pull off the tee often got him
into serious trouble. Many of our golf
ers who have played in England have
found that this pull and run on the
ball Is dangerous, not only on English.
but on Scotch courses, for the rough is
bad and loss of direction is a serious
matter. Too many of our courses have
wide parallel fairways where there is
no punishment for a tremendous pull,
the ball lying nicely teed on smooth
turf belonging to another hole. Now,
when that same pull buries the ball in
deep gorse, it is another matter. in
deed.
The Short Game
Again, the well-known proposition
that the short game is the most vital
of all was demonstrated at Hoylake in
two ways First, when the Americans
in the team match. and in the. first days
of play, showed their superiority in
this and in the putting, they won. On
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the other hand, when their short game
and putting fell away they lost. The
distance off the tees is great asset.
The ability to reach 400 to 500 yard
green in two shots is great but if
either one of these shots is off direc-
ton the great distance of the drive is
rendered not only negative, but pecu-
liarly dangerous.
Long driving is a pleasure, but II 1t
be not straight, may prove unprofita-
BILE. Fifty per cent of the shots are
played on the putting green and the
better the golf the greater is the per-
centage of the short game. Self con-
troll. poise and the ability to rise to an
emergency are the qualifications that
make a winner. Finally. there is no
golfer on the links in whose game there
is not at some times a lapse which may
be his downfall.
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WANT MILLER TO ENTER
SECRETARY OF STATE RACE

Tuscumbia, May 29.-(Special.)-
Friends throughout the state of Walter
r. Miller. editor of the Colbert County
Reporter, and secretary of the Ala
bama senate, are urging him to enter
the race for secretary of state next
year. Every day the mails bring let
tiers from friends suggesting this step,
but Mr. Miller has not fully decided,
still he Is giving the matter serious
thought and it is considered among his
friends that he will be in the race next
year, and If he does offer for. the place
the wise ones say he will run strong.
The people in this section are solidly
behind him.
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Graduation Class

The commencement exercises of the
graduation class of st. Aloysius school
were held Friday evening in the school
auditorium at o'clock. The junior
class presented a one-act play Rum
mage" with the following students In
the cast: Misses Kathleen Gleason,
Francis Costello, Elizabeth Lockwood,
Margaret Sullivan, Mildred Sullivan.
Mary Costa, Peter Miller, Anthony
Barranco, August Nettleman, Stephen
Colpack, Teresa Bivona, 81 Durick,
Leo Cutcliffe, Elizabeth O'Rourke,
Charles George and Joe Saladno.
The graduation exercises were as
follows: Essay, Honor" Stephen
Durick, Jr.; song, Herman Fitzpatrick
Success or Failure" Frank Pamef;
song, Leone Donovan; Last VIII and
Testament" Joseph Cutcliffe; valedic-
torian, Herman fitzpatrick; song, ''Vaca-
ton Time" class; presentation of di-
plomas, Rev. G.. A. Callahan.
The members of the graduating
class included: Stephen Durick, Jr..
Herman Fitzpatrick, Frank N. Palmer,
and William ]. Sullivan. The class
colors, white and gold, were used IN
the decorations for the evening, with
the class flower, the daisy. Among
the visitors present besides a large
number OF the patrons of the school,
were: Revs. NJ. e. Kittrick, r. v. La
gonsky and Plato of Ensley; Rev. D.
Canepa of Thomas, Rev. DR.. Kelly and
Rev. Walsh of Birmingham, Rev.
Bratton of Woodlawn and Rev. Dr.
Tumerlin of Eufaula.
Mrs. w. D. Taylor will entertain the
Bridge club Wednesday afternoon at
her home in the Orlean apartments at
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

10 the Editor of The Herald:
TO place before the public a pros.
pectus outlining ones views on any
scientific question before the same has
oeen proved, meets with much derision
and skepticism, for cold facts mus
be shown or proved to the American
people. At the same time we see and
use for our comfort many things Of
today that our parents never dreamed
of, yet. the idea of Improvement origi-
mated in the brain of their descend
ants.
Why stop the progress and say that
1t can't be done? Why say that it Is
impossible for man to tell definitely
where oil exists7s How many of us
believed before the World war that
men would or could travel by ship
across the Atlantic ocean under her
mighty waves, and at the same time
be able to see for many miles above
the waters? You say now that man
invented an instrument with double
mirrors and the reflection of one on
the other would give to the man un.
der the water objects above the water.
Today this is accepted and known to
be cold facts. And in the search for
oil nature holds up before the gaze
v
definitsss and specifically when in an
oil and gas field Trying to hand out
information before the field is proved
makes very hard task. as we can
only give the many details in just a
fragmentary way.
Oil is nothing but CONCEALED carbon
hydrogen and following 1.-The glacla
period of the Earth's crust, until it
met resistance, there was no oil In
commercial quantity. Therefore, in
the search for oil one cannot be gov.
erned by structural formation alone.
ALI anticlines do not carry oil. Neither
will you find oil in all domes or folds.
There must be evidence showing where
this carbon hydrogen met with re-
sistance along this glacial flow. This
hydron had no particular channel and
would travel for hundreds and hum
dreds of miles before meeting any re-
sistance.
There have been many wells bored
in Alabama for oil, and so far l be.
lieve they all have been termed dry
holes. While this is true, it is no evil
dence that there is no oil in Alabama,
1 am very pronounced in my honesty,
and say that Alabama will some day
rank high as an oil producing state.
IT. c. COWAN.
Piedmont Ala, May 20, 1921.
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STUDENTS RETURNING HOME

Moulton, May 29.-(Special. 1.-The
quota Of college students belonging to
Moulton has begun to return from the
work OF the year at various
institutions; Emmett Perry who
has just completed the law
course at the university, is ct
home ready to listen to those who
have complaints to make and seek JUS
tice at the hands of the bar; Gordon
Stephenson, from Auburn, now with
W-codfin Sandlin. from the same :nsti-
tuition in a few days; Horace Holland.
from the Florence Normal and Robert
Pckens soon from the navy.
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YOUTH KILLED BY SHERIFF

man. 20. son Of planter living near
here, was shot and killed yesterday by
Charles Young. sheriff of Calhoun
county, when the officer raided moon
shine still which 1t is alleged Pittman
was operating. according to informal
tion received here today. Sheriff Young
claims that he acted in self defense. as
Pittman drew a revolver when placed
under arrest.
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AFdshHIon2
M orecdSf
4 WorthnotoO
Age-Hereld Patternn

FIBS-A cIu 7 dLNcFnH
The Age-Herald has arranged with
leading fashion designers of New York
to furnish its readers a daily fashion
and pattern service. All patterns will
be seam ALLOWING and guaranteed to
fit perfectly. Safe delivery of every
pattern ordered is also guaranteed You
should order patterns little in ad-
vance of the time you will need them
as stock is not kept in Birmingham,
but all orders will be forwarded to the
pattern department in New York for
attention.
Miss or Small Woman's Dress.-No
9996-A youthful frock of Canton
crepe is No. 1895. which blouses over
a wide sash in the most approved
fashion; The waist line is low and
the one-piece. gathered skirt is joined
to an underbody.
The miss or small woman's dress
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her home, 2439 Eighteenth court, fol-
lowing lengthy Illness. Funeral
services will be from the house Tues
day morning. at 9 o'clock and from
St. Anthonys Catholic church at $50
The deceased is the widow of the
late Charles NJ. Giles. and is survived
by two sons Howard and Edward, and
| one sister. Mrs Henry Dietz.
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ltlng spells the first
two days, and was
unfit to do my work.
j read in your little
book about Lydia E.
Pinkham's V g G e.
table Compound and
took the medicine
wi h satisfactory
results. I am a mid
wife and recommend
the Vegetable Com
pound to my friends
and nv dauphterg
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CAMPAIGN TO START

The educational campaign which be-
gins in the Methodist church today will
be actively entered by the Methodist
church in Bessemer Tuesday evening
at a banquet which will be held in the
basement of the church. At that time
f. B. Buck, general chairman of the
campaign, will announce all plans and
committees for the drive, which is
planned to last eight days.
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MASONIC SOCIAL
Bessemer lodge, No. 45S, A. F. & A.
NJ, will hold their fifth Monday social
at the Masonic hall Monday evening
when Judge w w. Brandon will be the
principal speaker for the occasion,
with talks to be made by other prom
inent Masons of the district.
Extensive preparations have been
made for the social by the Bessemer
lodge and several hundred invitations
have been issued. There will be no
work on this occasion, the evAring he
ing given up to the programme and
later refreshments will be served.
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IN DEFENSE OF JITNEYs

To the Editor of The Age-Herald:
submit the following very pertinent
objections which I hold regarding the
proposed ordinance for regulating the
jitneys.
First--Because the main purpose of
the commissioners seems to be to so
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SPONSOR is NAMED

Mobile. May 29.--Mrs. Robert w,
Maddox, wife of one of the leading
bankers of Atlanta, will christen the
Atlanta City when she is launched al
Chickasaw next Saturday Advices re-
oeived from Atlanta today stated that
Mrs. Maddox had been chosen sponsor
for the ship named for her home town,
and that she had selected as her maids
of honor Misses Julia Murphy and
Katt crime Dickey
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SUFFERED
SIX YEARS
Mrs. Stoll Tells Women
How She Found Relief
From Pain

Philadelphia, Pa. 81 suffered for six
years with pain every month, had vom-