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The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-11-05
Frederick Warde Thrills
 Birmingham Drama League
(COntinued from Page Four)

 scenes that he staged for the enter tainment of his guests.
 He whlsked them away to the gar den where Romeo made love to Juliet He became a dozen characters In almost as many minutes. He gave them a bit of criticism concerning the Merchant of Venice" setting forth how beautiful Is the character of Portia, and dwelt on the first solilo- guy of Hamlet
 He displayed many marvellous bits of acting. The tone of his voice varied from that of little child to that of an old man fallen into peev- ishness. Ills voice broke in the ac- cent of lover, became great in startling appeals.
 It was perfect--the programme except for one thing:
 There should have been no red roses in vase set on a table where a pitcher of water stood stark. There should have been no gilt chairs set against a curtain adorned with yell low shields of horizontal and shim- merlng lines. There should have ben no sickly lights Illuminating the platform as at a community speak ing.
 There should nave been, iHstedu, garden of real flowers forests and rooms magnificent enough for the framing of the mans genius. He did not need these things to put his work across" but 1t seemed pity that they could not have been his by some magic wand.
 Of course, the programme was not meant as drama. He came under different guise than that of the ac- tor, with a more unselfish motive For he will do, and Is doing, great propaganda work for public appre- tiation of great drama. But still no ose could help regretting that he was not really "on," with stage settings of Shakespeare which he himself might choose.
 As long as the world stands its
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-11-05
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MRS. W. C. WINsBoRo

the Southern Presbyterian church What she will have to say is expect ed to give an idea of what is being done in other cities.
 Luncheon is to be served by the women of the First Presbyterian auxiliary to the members and guests who attend. This will be served In the manse next door to the First Presbyterian church. 1+
 It is hoped by members of the con- gregatlon that all Southern Presby- terian women will attend. and remain throughout the exercises of the day.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-11-05
"MISS LULU BETT- WITH
 EMMA BUNTING-JEFFE

The last two performances of Miss Lulu Bett" will be presented at the Jefferson today with the matinee and night shows. This is a simple and quiet comedy of the life of Miss Lulu Bett. household drudge in a typical hard working, rural family Few happy moments come into the life of Lulu until an unexpected love comes into her life.
 This big moment of Lulu's life ar rives with the coming to the house. hold of Dwights brother, Ninian Moved by pity for Lulu he marries her, takes her to Savannah. Ga, and there disillusions the little bride by telling her he had previously mar ried and was unaware whether his wife was living or not. Despairing Lulu returns to her sisters home where she receives the welcome in keeping with the years of servitude and abuse that has been heaped upon her.
 their poetry; thirdly. for their. phi losophy.
 The speaker dwelt on the dramatic are not living up to 1t today. How ever. we are making progress in the right direction with bands like the Drama league in all parts of the country. he said. who are spending their time and money to create better tastes; better patronage for good plays, and a broader education of the public to what good drama Is.
The Semi-weekly leader., 1921-11-19
Quadruple Suicide Shocks London.

London, Nov. 12.-Mrs. Ernest
Coates, who, as the nurse of the
present King Alfonso of Spain, saw
ed his life and was receiving a life
pension for her act of self-sacrifice
prepared a final meal for herself,
her husband and their son and dau-
ghter, after which the four drank
poisoned champagne and were found
dead by neighbors the next day. The
case shocked London.
The life drama opened with the
decline of the husbands fortunes,
followed by long illness of the
daughter. The climax was reached
when the husband was accused OF
embezzling 29O pounds. His appear
ance in court had been set for the
day on which the bodies were found.
the family having preferred death to
possible disgrace.
The maid was given holiday, and
the mother and daughter prepared
the last meal, which was chicken
dinner and prepared the last drink
Of poisoned champagne. The son.,
who did not know of the plot, drank
cyanide Of potassium in his wine and
died Immediately. The women put on
their prettiest night dresses and
then the mother and daughter drank
of the poisoned wine. Coates ar
ranged the bodies and then lay dowr
beside his wife to drink the fatal
draught.
The Semi-weekly leader., 1921-11-19
Brutality Charged by
Soldiers. Organization

Washington, Nov. 8.-The Private
Soldiers and Sailors Legion today in
"a letter to Secretary Weeks, decIar-
ed that unless the records of the
war department have been tampered
with" scrutiny of them will fur
nish "all the evidence necessary to
prove conclusively that tyranny, bru-
tality and abuse were the rule and
not the exception in the attitude of
officers toward enlisted men, in the
A. e. F. The letter was written in
connection with Mr.. Weeks request
that the American Legion assist in
securing facts relative to alleged mis-
treatment of soldiers.
Company funds, accumulated to
purchase extra rations for the enlist
ed men, were 'in a large number of
cases x Xxx embezzled by the Off
GERS who had them in their possess
sion, and were dissipated by these
officers in drunken orgies with wo-
men and wine," the letter charged,
and cited as specific instance of
alleged brutality case at the army
hospital at CaVenay, France. "A
wounded man, it was declared, was
sentenced by the commanding officer
to term at hard labor, without trial
for having refused to do ward la
bor."
The suggestion was made that
Secretary Weeks extend "to all for
mer enlisted soldiers regardless of
whether or not they are members of
any organization" his invitation to
come forward with evidence"
The Semi-weekly leader., 1921-11-19
A Sign of the Musical Times.

Arrigo Serato, who some claim is
the greatest violinist that has come
out of Italy since Paganini, has good
reason to believe that music in this
country is in a thriving state. He
arrived from Europe on the after
noon of November 7th, and had no
sooner set foot on American ground
that he was speeded in a taxi. to the
train that took him South where his
recital tour began in Texas. This
to the despair of the newspaper in
terviewers and photographers. Even
few years ago such thing could
scarcely have happened. jhich is
but another proof that M ical ap-
probation in this country is no long
er limited to one or two localities.
but is widespread, with each locali-
ty a law unto itself.
The Semi-weekly leader., 1921-11-19

The community is hoping that the
"Zulus" of North Mississippi have
not drifted down South" This
class of men are said to be interfer-
ing with negro labor and several me-
groes have been killed further up the
road-some shot down while at work
Mr.. Milton Hoskins, travelling engi-
neer for the I. c., informs the Lead
er.
The other night masked man ap-
peared in Brookhaven near the Mer-
chants Grocery Co., building where
several engines are kept nearly all
the time for various purposes. This
masked white man, Mr. Hoskins sta
ted, told the negroes employed in the
cinder pit, coal heaving, etc., they
had only three more days to work,
with the result that the day laborers
did not return to work next day. Mr..
Hoskins appealed to the officers and
expects an officer will be kept in the
vicinity where the men work for
their protection and the service they
are expected to render.
The colored men are Henry Nc
Dowell, twenty-one years in the en-
ploy of the l. c.; ]. B. Jordan, eight
years; Allen Wells, six years; Gen
eral Howard, five years. These men
Mr.. Hoskins says, are reliable, pay
their debts, and are courteous and re-
spectful as the /. c. requires Of all
The Semi-weekly leader., 1921-11-19
The Leader prints Invoices.
The Leader Prints Envelopes.
The Leader Prints Letter-Heads.
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posal that is in use in the state.
Thirteen other towns have treat
ment plants to purify sewerage be-
fore disposal, but in all others it is
disposed of without treatment, so
ti.eat st RTssent sosalss- six towns OF
the state use rivers as their source
of water supply, it is necessary to
have measures of control to protect
not only them, but also small com
munities and isolated families along
the course of the streams.
Not less than SO of survey OF
1000 homes of the state lack any
form of sewerage and garbage dis
posal, and in many the water sup
ply is from the handiest source, with
out consideration of health. An e.
normous amount of education for the
public along these lines is necessary
and the rousing of public interest to
the point of investigation and study
is already evident in the inquiries
that come to the office of the sani-
tary engineer.
The Semi-weekly leader., 1921-11-19
NEGRO WOMAN KILL
ED WITH SCANTLING
Assailant Same Negro Who
Shot at Willis Smith on
Streets Here.

Heated with passion in an alterca-
tion Jim Fleming seized scantling
and killed Ida Bell Harris on p. ].
Paxton's place 9 miles west OF, Brook
haven Tuesday afternoon. Botha Of
the parties we're negroes. Fleming
Immediately gave himself up and
sheriff r. c. Applewhite went out in
his car and brought him in to Jail.
A preliminary trial will be held
in Brookhaven next Tuesday at 10
a. M, at the Court House with JUS
tice J. ]. Case presiding.
Both the deceased woman and
Fleming were tenants on Paxton's
place.
Fleming, it will be remembered, is
the same negro who fired several
shots at Willis Smith on the streets
here one Saturday afternoon over a
year ago, and after doing this took to
his heels and made his escape for the
time being.
The Semi-weekly leader., 1921-11-19
'ZuIus" Make appearance
in Local Railroad Yards
Masked Man Scares Off Negro Employees Of
Company With Threats--Officers on
Trail Of Suspect.

workmen They do the hardest kind
OF manual labor, clean engines,
heave coal, are fire cleaners, cinder
pit men, etc. In fact they do work
white men refuse to do and while
doing it conduct themselves as un-
der the law and the supervision of
their bosses.
We hope any tendency toward
lawlessness with respect to any peo-
pie who are under protection of the
law, no matter what their class or
color, will be discountenanced by
public opinion and law-breakers dis
eouraged by a strict surveillance of
their already expressed tendency to
take things into their own hands.
A good, industrious negro has the
right and privilege to earn his bread
and should be protected in that
right.
The l. C. is paying out about $2,-
500 month arond about here for
stock killed. etc., and it gives us
100 per cent service as to trains on
time, equipment, etc.
The community has responsibility
in the protection of /. c. pro-
perty as it has toward any other
business enterprise that is lawful
and legitimate.
The interference with negro labor
reaches further than the negro him
self.
The Semi-weekly leader., 1921-11-19
MALARIA REDUCED
BY SANITARY WORK
Prejudice is Fought Along With
Bacteria but Mississippi En-
gineers Make Headway.

The bureau of sanitary engineer
ing was formally organized in Mis-
sissippi in August, 1920, the present
director, H. A. Kroeze, of the Pub
lie Health Service, having been de-
tailed to this state by the surgeon
general at the request of DR.. w. S.
Leathers, executive officer of the
state health department, to aid him
in. the organization.
The purpose of the bureau is to
coordinate all the activities of the
state department of health having to
do with sanitary engineering, SO ce-
curing for Mississippi more rapid
and effective treatment of sanitation
problems than has been possible here
tofore.
REPORT is A REVELATION
The Arst annual report made by
Mr.. Kroeze to the state board Of
health, and which will be fpcor-
hnnratoa into The report 81 tne aepaaI-
ment to the Legislature, makes to
the lay mind revelation of conditions
calling for immediate attention, with
practical suggestions for solution Of
some of the problems brought to
light by the. activities of the bureau,
or made more obviously important
by correlations his work develops.
The activities of the sanitary en-
gineer are numerous and varied. The
sanitary engineers work in the in
terest of public health comes under
two main heads of water supply and
sewerage disposal, the two questions
affecting, directly or indirectly, al
most every problem of public health.
Typhoid, .one of the most serious
of the diseases that the state depart
ment seeks to control, originates, 40
times in hundred, in drinking wa
ter, which, if it be from munici-
pal supply, may affect a community
unless the contamination is discov-
cred and the trouble eliminated, Fol
this reason municipal water supply
stations should be installed under
the supervision of licensed engin-
Ger, preferably the director of the
state bureau of sanitary engineering
and should be tested daily. contanli-
nation being possible overnight un-
der certain conditions.
A perfectly satisfactory plan fol
handling surface water supplies
from the point of view of the san
itary engineer, consists of sedimen.
tation basin, coagulation chambers
and sand filters. In the first, the
water stands sufficiently long to de-
posit its coarser sediment. Passing
into the coagulating chamber, it has
added to it such amounts Of lime ant
alum as will force a precipitate oi
such density as will carry with i
in settling the greater part of whai
sediment remains, the sand filters
being provided to carry off the bal
ance. Passing from the sand filters
the water collects in the clear watel
pools, from which it is pumped to tht
city mains, liquid chlorine being ad
ded as the water enters the distri
/ buting pipes.
Jackson, Meridian, Vicksburg, Co
lumbus. Macon and D'Lo are thu
towns in the state having such fl
tration plants for preparing surfac'
or river water for consumption o
The Semi-weekly leader., 1921-11-19
state in which females and children
are employed. OF these there are 297
scattered all over Mississippi.
DON'T.

When I quit this mortal shore
And mosey round this earth no more
Don't weep. don't sigh, don't grieve,
don't sob;
may have struck a better job.
Don't go and buy large bouquet
For which you'll find it hard to pay,
Don't hang around me. looking blue;
I may be better off than you.
Don't tell folks that was saint,
Or any old thing that l amt.
If you have dope like that to spread,
Please hand it out before I'm dead.
If you have roses, bless your soul,
Just pin one in my buttonhole
Today while I'm alive and well,
Don't wait till I'm safe in
(Heaven.)
Oregon Beaver.
The Semi-weekly leader., 1921-11-19
Cobb, Beach and Dickson Hunt Bear
in Louisiana

Greenville, Miss, Nov. 16.-For-
mer Senator Leroy Percy left yester-
day to join a distinguished party of
friends for a big hear hunt in Ilouis-
lana across the Mississippi river from
Vicksburg. In the party will be Ir-
wing Cobb, Rex Beach, Arthur Maur-
ice, Harris Dickson and Senator Per-
cy. Holt Collier, noted negro bear
hunter of this county with his pack
of bear dogs went along with Sena-
tor Percy to help start the bears and
other big game. Holt Collier and
Harley and Give Metcalfe of Met
calfe, near Greenville, were with the
late President Roosevelt on one Of
his hunts in Louisiana fifteen years
ago.
The Semi-weekly leader., 1921-11-19
To the Voters of the City of
BrookhaYen.

I take this method of stating that
/ have always supported the city
Hospital project. In the event l am
elected alderman shall work un-
ceasingly for the construction of the
Hospital, for its maintenance and
support, believing as l do that our
Hospital is an institution to be proud
of and blessing to the sick, afflict-
ed and distressed. That it's functions
are sacred and should be supported
by our City. Thanking you for your
support / am
Respectfully yours,
c. E. DAY.
The Semi-weekly leader., 1921-11-19

ture of the newspaper business caus-
es disappointment to subscribers who
are waiting for the paper only to dis
cover that sit is not out" Will our
appreciated advertisers please take
this gentle hint and be on time with
ads. They will be read with more
interest and better returns if on time
at the office and in the mail boxes
and on the routes.
The Semi-weekly leader., 1921-11-19
A GENTLE HINT TO ADVER-
TISERS.

There's always a reason"-will
advertisers please send in their
copy the day before Wednesday,
if possible and as early as possible
for the Saturday issue!
The delay in this important fea-
The Semi-weekly leader., 1921-11-19

luSS0 lOWnS the urSL Jlre0 cnlOf1naLe
the water before distribution, thus
observing every precaution for main
tanning the purity of the water sup
ply. These three also observe the
further precaution of having regu-
lar examinations of the water made
at the state hygienic laboratory,
where the work is done free of
charge. The town of Shelby, where
the water supply is from, an artesian
we'll, uses chlorine apparatus, and
Philadelphia, where spring water is
used, is putting in one.
STREAM WATER PURIFIED.
Publication of stream water after
pollution by city sewerage is mat
ter for which fixed rules cannot be
stated as many factors enter into the
problem-rapidity of flow and vol
ume of the stream, the amount of
oxygen contained by the water, and
the amount consumed by the sew
eTage, and the amount of organic
matter carried by the water being
some of the most important. Only
the psychological count can correct
ly determine the safety of the wa
Tor for drinking purposes, and one
of the most important functions Of
the sanitary engineer is to investi-
sets es4 afxfnnu uihara nuisance is
suspected from sewerage disposal,
and to determine scientifically the
condition Of the water supply below
the point where sewerage has been
disposed of. The city of Jackson has
this question to consider in connec-
tion with her water supply; but as
Philadelphia, the only town above
Jackson on the Pearl River that US
es it for sewerage disposal has very
satisfactory treatment plant, afhu-
ent from which is discharged into a
ditch and carried two miles before
it is emptied into the main stream,
the water is found TO be in good con-
dition by the time it has travelled
the hundred or more miles between
the towns, even before it is handled
by the filtration plant and chlorine
apparatus.
The question of insuring safe
drinking water to community is
simplest for the sanitary engineer
when the source is from the city
plant. 1t is the neighborhood we'll
or spring of the small town, village
or farm that complicates the problem
and calls for vigilance on the part
of health officers, school authorities
and house e-holders. The problem is
complicated by the fact that popular
custom prefaces pure" to spring wa
ter and diyerts suspicion, while an
alysts show that much of it is not
pure as it comes from the ground,
or is soon contaminated. The "old
oaken bucket too, has its halo, and
the sanitary engineer has prejudice
as well as bacteria to combat.
BRooKHAvEN SYSTEM sATIS-
FACTORY. n
During the year of his work in this
state Mr.. Kroeze has made survey
of the larger towns of the state to
ascertain the source of water supply
and their methods of sewerage and
garbage disposal. This survey re-
veals the fact that approximately 81
cities and towns of the state have
sewerage systems varying from those
that are very incomplete to very
few practically complete ones in the
larger towns. BrookhaFen has re-
Gently completed the installation Of
what Mr.. Kroeze characterizes as
the only entirely satisfactory sys-
tenn of purifying sewerage before dis
The Semi-weekly leader., 1921-11-19

In his biennial report State Fac
tory Inspector Hobbs says there is
an improved condition in the food
packing and industrial plants of the
The Semi-weekly leader., 1921-11-19
Notice to Automobile Owners and
Drivers.

On account Of the large number Of
automobiles in the city and the dan
ger to pedestrians. thru fast driving,
etc, on and after November 20, the
laws adopted last March will be more
rigidly enforced
y. II. CASE.
City Marshal.
The Ordway new era., 1921-12-23

And may you all feel the sincerity of these
wishes the earnestness, as we say, "A Merry low
Gus Christmas and thanks for making this the best
of Christmases for so
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