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The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-07-07

c. Barrett, at their home on the Ensley Highlands.
 Raymond Day, who has been the guest of his parents, Mir. and Mrs. F. L. Day. at their home on Avenue F, has returned to his home at Tulsa, Okla.
 Mrs. James Bauer. who has been quite i'll at her home on Avenue J, has been removed to the T. c. L hos pital at Fairfield.
 Mrs. E. w. Tucker left last night for Biloxi, where she will spend sew eral weeks. Mrs. Tucker Will be joined by Mrs. l. E. Bennett of Ems ley and Mrs. Warren Christian of Mobile.
 MT. and Mrs. Heidt Almon have gone to California. where they Will spend the remainder of the summer. Mrs R. H. Weeks of Blointon, Fla. Is the guest of Mrs. B. O. Jenkins, at her home on the Ensley Highlands.
 Mrs. T. T. O'Byrne and daughter Miss Margaret O'Byrne. have gone to Cincinnati, where they will be the guests of Mrs O'Byrne's sons. T. L. and Mike O'Byrne.
 Miss Ruby Glass has returned to her home at Leeds. after a visit to Miss Lucille Stagg. at her home on the Ensley Higlands.
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Girls, Physical Training Glasses

Miss Dorothy Price, physical diree- tor for the young girls of the city, under the auspices of the federation of auxiliaries, will hold a class at 9 o'clock Friday morning in the Y. M. c. A. gymnasium for girls be- tween 10 and 16 years of age. On Friday afternoon at 4 o'clock, she will have a class of girls from play age to 10 years. The classes are en- tirely free of charge.
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Bunn to Speak

o. L. Bum, secretary of the Bir- mingham Chamber of Commerce, will be a guest at the next regular meet ing of the Bessemer chamber and will make an address to the mem bers. This meeting will be held in the inferior courtroom and all mem bers are expected to attend and bring If possible new member
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Voluntary Wage Raise
 The Bessemer Soil Pipe company in Bessemer is running full time and a voluntary raise was given the em-
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Auction Bridge Club
 The Auction Bridge club was en- tertained at lovely party on Thurs day afternoon by Mrs. L. Y. Lips
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Found Dead in He'd


 Failing to open his furniture store on Twenty-first street and Second avenue Thursday morning at the usual hour friends who went to in- vestigate found Patrick Flynn Mur- phy dead for about 12 hours. Dep uty Coroner Grove of Bessemer pro- nounced his death to have been caused from heart failure.
 The deceased was a native of Ire land and was 73 years of age. He is survived by sister in Philadelphia, one In New Orleans and by a brother in Ireland. He was possessed of con- siderable property in Bessemer, where he had been in business for many years. Funeral arrangements will be announced by Huey & McCon- nell after communication with rela- tives.
 MT. Murphy lived alone in the rear of his store and notwithstanding his age was very active.
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Report From Camp

Reports from Camp winnataska, announce that all members are hav- ing most enjoyable time. The Rev. William H. Mansfield, pastor of the First Methodist church of this city, is in charge of tho Hillside inspira- tional meetings which are being held each evening and is also assisting In the athletics of the camp. Rev. J. K. Benton, assistant pastor of the Ensley church, and Dr.. K. N. Matthews, pre-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-07-07
ON VACATION TRIP

Mrs. Eunice Hewes. assistant sec- retary to the city commissioner and R. c. Hewes. her husband of the city health department, leave today on a cross country trip to Biloxi. Miss, where they will spend their vacation. Their two children, Alice and Robert. will complete the party.
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MISS BERNEY CILLEN
Correspondent Messages may be phoned to Tyler Jewelry Co.,, Ems. 1427.

siding elder of the Bessemer district, are also guests at the camp. At the Sunday morning services J. K. Benton will preach while pr: Mat thews will preach at the evening ser vices.
 Camp Winnataska l is owned and operated by the Birmingham Sunday School association, situated on Kelly's creek St. Clair county 25 miles east of Birmingham. Camps are he. through all of the summer months, separately for young boys, interme- diate boys, high school girls, inter- mediate girls, young women and young men.
 Howard Yielding of Birmingham Southern college ia director of |. camp for the summer
 All Day Meeting
 The members of the Woman's Ms sionary Union of the Birmingham Baptist association will hold their midsummer all day meeting July Is, at the Wilkes Baptist church, on the North Bessemer car line. Extensive preparations are being made for this affair and much interest is being manifested by the local union.
 The principal address will be made by Miss Hannah Reynolds, leader of the young peoples work of the de- nomination in the state. Miss Key holds will use for her theme we Would See Jesus" The day has been designated as Young Peoples Day, and the entire morning program will be given entirely to the young peo-. ple's organizations, under the direc- ! tion of the associational leader, Mrs. K. T. Anderson.
 Miss Lorene Falkner, will give the address of welcome, the response will , be made by Miss Ruby Holcomb. The devotional services will=be conducted | by Miss Mona Harris and four minute talk on the "W. NJ U. Graded Union' by Mrs. J. C.. Smith. A lovely tableau, Building For the Kingdom," will be presented by the members of the Sunbeam bands, and the topic Seeking Jesus Through Training" will be discussed as fol- lows: At Summer Assembly," Miss Lila Herren; At College" by Miss Nena Harris; "A House Beautiful" by Mrs. J. D. Thompson.
 A meeting of the executive board will be held at 10 o'clock a. m., and the session will begin at 10:30. At the noon hour an intermission will ze given for lunch and the afternoon will be given over to a business meet ing of the Womans Missionary Union, with reports from the various super intendents and committees and a four minute address on the Royal Service Campaign" by Mrs. Yelling ton Prude McAdory. Those in charge of the program are as follows: Mrs. R. T. Anderson. Mrs. W. T. Berry, and Mrs. Hugh Mcdonald. The at- tendants will bring box lunches. Announcements All members of the Southern Scots club and the Southern Scot auxiliary are requested to attend a joint meet ing of the two organizations, to be held this evening at o'clock at their hall on Avenue F.
 Mary Echo1s Chapter. Order of Eastern Star, will hold it's regular meeting this evening in Fairview at TAO o'clock The installation of of- ficers will be the feature of the meeting and full attendance is re- quested.
 Personals
 Miss Alma Neeiy and Miss Ruth Nicely of Selma. arrived last night to be the guests of MT. and Mrs. J.
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pIoyes of IS per cent, which went into effect last week, about 200 men being benefited by the raise.
 This raise was entirely voluntary and was not given at the instigation of the employees. according to J. E. Haffner, manager of the plant
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BESSEMER

Bessemer, July 6. Especial 1.-The third annual picnic of the Bessemer Bar association was a big event of Thursday which the members and their families with the courthouse officials and clerks enjoyed down on Five Mile creek
 T. T. Huey was cha;rman or the day, assisted by George Bumgardner and L. L. Lockwood. and nothing was overlooked that added to the pro- gram of pleasure, and good fellow ship prevailed. Games, races, bath ing and swimming and an elaborate barbecued dinner were special fea- lures and in the afternoon iced wa termelons and ice cream were served the crowd.
 A short program for the afternoon consisted in humorous talk by the poet of the association, William Smithson, who at the close of his talk paid a touching tribute to the memory of the late clerk of inferior court, Ray Tillman.
 c. L. O'Dell, president, made very fine speech in which he commented upon the very splendid spirit of CO., operation existing between the mem bers of the association. George Murrah was called upon as the youngest lawyer of the organization. Gardner F. Goodwin was one ofathe speakers and Major Parkes, of Ar kansas. a guest in the city, made very interesting speech in which he recalled old friendships and associa- tions of Bessemer.
 A number of athletic performances ended the program of the days out Ing.
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Reading Contest


 The medal contest of the w. c. T. U. will be held on Sunday afternoon at the First Methodist church under the direction of Miss Linnie Mae Lipscomb.
 Mrs. J. P. Moore of Birmingham, state superintendent of the medal contests. will be present and will award the medal to the successful young reader.
 The following young girls have entered the contest: Miss Frances Rush, Miss Eveleyn Winburn. Miss Wahwice Oldham, Miss Clara Mae Loveless and Miss Margaret Brown rigg.
 The judges will be Mrs. E. L. Huey, Mrs. W. P. Price and Mrs. E. D Me Collum
 A musical program will be spe- cial feature interspersing the read ings
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-07-07
ENSLEY

A large number of members and when the officers of the Ensley Council No. 75, Royal and Select Mas ters, were installed. at the meeting held at the Masonic temple. E. T. De- Witt Craig, past illustrious master. was the installing officer.
 The officers installed were, E. M. Owen, thrice illustrious master; R. NJ. Tony, deputy master; Edward Whisper. principal conductor of work; S, A. Mckee, treasurer. reelected; J. s. Falkner. recorder, reelected; B. F. Ponder, captain of guard; J. r. Goodman, conductor of council; O.. l.. Bentley, Steward; James Bauer, sentinel, reelected.
 Following the ceremonies T. D. Craig. retiring illustrious master was presented with the past masters jewel. the presentation speech being made by J. S. Falkner. recorder. Plans were made at this meeting for prac- tice meeting on the super excellent degree, which they anticipate putting on In full form In the early fall.
 A benefit vaudeville show will be presented at the Masonic temple at Wylam on Monday and Tuesday eve nings, July IT and IS, under direction of Dave Moxiey, well known and popular entertainer of the Birming- ham district. The performances will be given for worthy family Of wylam and liberal patronage is ex- pected. The program will consist of a number of vaudeville stunts and a musical program.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-07-07
Rotary Club

Thursday was the first meeting of the Rotary club in the 100 per cent attendance contest for July, which the clubs of the district are engaged in and with the exception of one member, Gordon F. Jones, the entire membership was present
 Maj w. J. Parks, president of the Rotary club in his home town in Ar kansas, was the principal speaker for the luncheon hour and made very interesting address along lines of Ro- tary.
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Announcements

Personals
 Miss Alma Neeiy and Miss Ruth Nicely of Selma. arrived last night to be the guests of MT. and Mrs. J.
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flaming,

flaming.
"Why don't you shoot all your wom-
enfolk?" he said to the Littleford
chief, and every word cut like knife.
"It's by far the simplest way; it's mer-
ciful, y'know. See, she isn't breaking
her heart over your murderous fight
Ing now. No. keep your hands away
you're not fit to touch her!"
They brought water and wet the
young woman's face, and bathed the
red streak across her temples. They
did all they knew how to do to bring
her back to consciousness, but, except
for her beating pulse and her breath
ing, she remained as one dead. Hours
passed, leaden hours, and her condi-
ton was unchanged.
Dale beckoned to John Moreland,
who had just returned from having
seen Adam Ball caught, disarmed, and
imprisoned In an old tobacco barn.
Moreland FASTENED to Dale, the new
master. Eek
"When does the next south-bound
train pass the Halfway switch?" Dale
wanted to know.
Moreland looked toward the sun.
"We could make 1t, all right, but it's
fast train, and 1t don't never stop at
the switch"
'"Then we'll hold 1t up" declared the
new master In voice Of iron. 'This
is case for surgeon. Get blanket
and two poles and make q litter"
John: MOreland FASTENED away ODE
diently.. Dale turned to Ben Little
ford, who sat In q mOtionless heap be-
side the still figure of his daughter.
ut was only few hours ago." he
said accusingly, that this poor girl
told me she'd be glad to give her life
to stop your fighting, and now, per-
haps, she's done It'll You're a brute,
Littleford. like to fight, myself, but
not when 1t costs women anything"
The cOnscience-stricken hillman
gave no sign that he had heard. There
was silence save for the low murmur
of the river and the tragic song of a
bird somewhere In the branches Of
the big white sycamore.
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Babe thoughtlessly arose to her feet,
and one side OF her brown head APP
peared before the sights of her fathers
rifie-her father fired quickly, too
quickly for perfect aim-the bullet
burned its way across her temple and
through her hair, and she crumpled at
Bill Dale's knees, totally unconscious.
Dale gave hoarse cry and gathered
her limp figure into his arms. John
Moreland waved aloft the white hand
kerchief and beloved to his kinsmen
to stop firing. Then silence came.
"Come over here, Ben Littleford r.
shouted John Moreland. "Ye've shot
yore own gyrul !"
And to his brother Abner, whose
right forearm was wrapped In blood
stained blue bandana:
"Black Adam is hid someres In this
meadow; go and ketch him. and don't
take no chanst with him. Shoot him
like a dawg eff he tries to trick yer
A dozen men ran to look for the
would-be sniper. The Littlef0rds, silt
armed, came daShing across the river.
Ben Littleford threw down his rifle
and knelt beside his daughter; he
wrung his big hands and cursed the
day that had seen him born.
Dale held her close. His face was
as white as hers, and his eyes were
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n1tastratioi,s By
Irwin Myers -

carried a white flag made of mans
handkerchief and willow switch. She
halted and sat up.
"Babel Dale cried out. "What are
you doing here?"
Babe gave him q pale smile. "Ef
pap'd shoot me, a-thinkin' was
Moreland, mebbe it'd stop the ever
Iastin' tightin'," she said.
John Moreland stared, and Bill Dale
stared. They were in Presence, and
they knew it. Babe went on:
1--WE come to save all O. yOre lives;
but eff do it, yen hat to make yore
men quit a-ightin' right now-jest or.
der 'em to stop a-shOotin, and hold
up this here-ande promise We on
Littleford's word at papll call We a
better man AN him cause We done
it"
She tossed the white flag to him.
1.-The amt no time to lose, John More
land; hold Up the flag! Ell We don't.
yell every one be killed, cause ye're
every one In trap!'
~ don't believe We, Babe" snapped
the Moreland chief. "Yore people can
hold up a white rag jest as well as
we canl"
Babe went paler. There was sud-
den burst of firing from the Moreland
rifles, and she crept little nearer to
John Moreland in order that he might
hear plainly that which she had to tell
him next.
I'm a-gOin' to tell We O. this dan
GER" she said, land trust to you a-bein'
man enough to do what l axed We to.
Black Adam Ball, he's got q newfash-
toned rifle and smokeless cartridges
and steel bullets; and in few min
utes he'll be hid ia a clum o. Sassafras
back thar In yOre meadow, whar he
means to set and pick off you More
lands one by One-and you and Bill
Dale fuSt, count o. the beatin's you
two put on him! But pap had nOthin'
to do with it, and rickollect that! Now
I've saved all o. yore lives, cause We
couldn't ha' heerd the sound o. his rifle
In all O. this noise; and We. couldn't
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Continued from last week.

Ben TfffIef0rd hisself." said More
land. Hes ahind o. that water oak
aerost thar. Don't stick yore head
Outl"
The mountaineer turned his gaze
over Dale's shoulder, and his cOunte-
nance seemed to freeze. Dale looked
around quickly and saw Babe Little
ford, less than ten feet behind him
She had crept up through the tail
grasses and weeds. In one hand she
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SYNOPSIS.

CHAPTER I-Young Carlyle Wilburton
Dale. or "Bill Dale" as he elects to be
known, son Of wealthy coal operator.
John X. Dale. arrives at the Halfway
Switch. In eastern Tennessee, abandon
zng life of idle ease--and incidentally q
bride, Patricia Clavering, at the altar
determined to make his own way in life.
re meets Babe Lttleford, typical
girl BY Heck, q charac-
Ger OF the hills, takes him to John More
lands home. Moreland 10 chief OF his
s'clAn." which has an old feud with the
K4ttleforda. He tells Dale Of the killing
at his brother, David Moreland. years
ago, owner Of rich coal deposits, by
enan named Carlyle. Moreland's descrip-
zion Of Carlyle" causes Dale to believe
the man w&s his father.
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CHAPTER II--Dale arranges to make
eie home with the Moreland family. for
lhom he entertains q deep respect.
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gAbtistord next day. Dale 10 ordered by
."Black Adam" Ball. bully Of the district.
% leave This girl" alone. Dale replies
6pis4ted1y. and they fight. Dale whips
tie bully, though badly used up. He ar
ranges with John Moreland to develop
OAvid's coal deposits. Ben Attleford
sends Q challenge 70 John Moreland to
meet him with his followers next day, In
battle. Noreland agrees.
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N11AETEN IV.-DufInB tle hIBMI HI
the guns belonging 70 the Littlefords and
ths 1orelands mysteriously disappear.
CHAPTER v-Dale arranges to go to
iue OF the coal. The two clans ind their
weapons, which the women had hidden.
and lins up for battle. Babe" In an
e@ort to stop the fighting, crosses to the
AorelAnd side OF the river, and Is acct
Asntally shot by her father and seriously
wounded.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1922-12-30
No HOLIDAY
FOR DIVORCES

Holiday week means nothing in
the Hammond superior court as far
as divorces are concerned. They
are filing them Just the same as
any other week.
William J. Bellamy, AL Sheffield
ave. wants separation from his wife
Margaret. They were married De-
cember 5. 1918 and have been Iiv-
ing apart since last Saturday.
They quit two days before Christ
mas Bellamy says his wife struck
him n threatened his life with a
razor. She IS also accused of teach
ing n of the children to call him
bad names. He asks for the Gus
tody Of the children. NJ L. Metz
is his attorney.
Mrs. Irene Beasley and her hus-
band, Mason, separated two days
after Christmas. They were mar
ried July 8 1920. Mrs. Beasley
says her husband came home intox-
icated and accused her of infidelity.
She has several children by a for
mer marriage and he is said to have
allowed her only $40 q week for
their support She worked as a
crew dispatcher at the I. II. 3. Of
ficers In order to help keep the
family.
Mrs. Beasley also charges that
her husband would pretend he was
going to Chicago but instead he
would spend the time with other
ome On the evening OF De
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1922-12-30
SOCIAL F F:,.ss s3t

Attendance at sons Sunday
schools Immediately after Christ
mas becomes thinner than soup at
D. church thinner. But here's one
Sunday school where the standing
room only sign Is huns up every
Sunday. AZ the Methodist church
q jazz orchestra led by DR.. J.. Ar
1hur Davis renders advertisement
10 a duty heretofore looked upon rs
something rather hard to take The
Sermon on the Mount - followed
by q snappy r~e1&ditlon OF Quit
Your Kidding while Herod's
slaughter OF the I~nnocents In
brought right home by the pitiful
mourning of a. saxaphone solo Of
9ering txis foot; loot; Tootsio,
Goodbye"
It's the belief CT t~heologians with
D. rhysycoIogical turn Of mind that
the soul and body are in~separably
harmonious. The one reacts to
The impulses of the other. Hence
The modern inception OF Sunday
Echoof jazz music Here's the pro-
gram for when Or. Davis
nnd his musicians will ~syncopate a
eew psalms:
a:I5 a. Nj. 'Carolins In The
Morning. by Donaldson: Q. stop
Your kidding" by Mills 3 foot,
root: Tootse, Goodbye" by Kahn.
Eagles Nest by Isemann; 5 Song
pg- Liberty" by Htldreth.
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Mr., and Mrs. Ira Russell of Bauer
street are entertaining about TWEEN
ty guests tonight. to celebrate the
grand New Year, also to celebrate
the birthday anniversary of Mr..
Russell. Refreshments are planned
at twelve o'clock and pedro played
during the course of the evening.
Mrs. 4. w. Oberlin. wife OF DR..
Obcrlin. returned last night from a
holiday trip to Mansfield to be with
her sister. Mrs. Fl. NJ. Drummer.
Edward Groth. one Of the cashiers
of tho Hammond Trust s. Savings
bank. is leaving tonight TO spend
New Years and a few days with
friends and relatives in Bridg eman.
Mich.
DIT. Roy y. Holly entertained g
few Of his friends at a theater par
ty last night. honoring the holidays
TO see Thank. L" at the Cort the
alter In Chicago.
Miss Ella Palmer OF the Citizens
National Bank. is leaving tonight
for Valparaiso to spend the New
Year vacation with friends and rel
atiyes there.
Miss Grace Matthews is leaving
for Grand Rapids today. to spend
the Xmas holidays with friends
and relatives there.
Nj. an Mrs. G. L. Solder wish to
announce tho birth of a baby girl
December twenty-ninth, but also
wish TO there arc sc
many wonderful girls names they
cannot decide what they are going
to call the tot
We are beginning TO mink that
every one in Hammond was repre-
scented at the Rotary club dinner
and party at the Lyndora last night,
as everyone has expressed that they
all had such a wonderful time. The
dinner was beyond words and the
music was superb. also the trav-
elougue lecture. which would not be
.alIed a lecture as one would speak.
by Mrs. Hopkins with pictures OF
Yellowstone park. The party was
4 huge and broke up With
all having a very enjoyable time al
the wee hours in the morning.
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ties OF the ku Klux hlaw.
time gaining a foothold in France.
according to Partisan newspapers
today.
Advices from New Tork had
quoted imperial giant Edward
Young Clarke as saying that a
movement was on foo to extend
the organization all over the world
and thai he soon would open head
quarters IN London.
THE Amer a XII Klux Khan Will
not find any welcome in continental
Europe said the Echo de Paris.
TT Is an organization of ouch
character as is not wanted on this
side Of the Atlantic
1T is an organization OF crazy
Puritans." said LIntransigeant
They are responsible for assassin
atoms, bufnings n destruction q
churches filled with religious treas
urea It is a mysterious societs
working in the dark, committing
crimes for which the perpetrators
are eve punished"
European newspapers OF late have
been filed with dispatches from the
United states detailing the acttv-