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The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-03-05
UGLY BROTHERS ID
 5 I AGE MINSTREL
Organization Inactive Since War to Present Minstrel
 Show Shortly

Ugly Brothers Minstrels, one of the eldest theatrical organizations in the south, has been reorganized, and will give two performances at the Jeffer- son theatre in March. This attraction has trouped all over Alabama, stag ing productions for charity and bene- fits, and up until the war came on they made annual tours over the state and had given performances Tn the principal towns About so per cent of the cast entered the war, however, and since 1918 no minstrel productions have been given. The performances at the Jefferson are to be given to raise funds for sending the Confederate veterans to the Rich mond reunion.
 Frank Butler has assumed his old role of business manager and Jim Drake has taken up the interlocutor's s job once more. Ed Norton, Henry Vance. Percy Rosenberger and Abe Williams, veteran end men with the show, have returned to the fold. Al Jolson Stern. one of the greatest black face comedians in the south. has joined the organization and will take an end, and Red Thornton has been signed as the other fun-make CT.
 Soloists and balladists will be made up from some of the former stars of the show, and new voices will be added. Of the vets, Roy Somers, Charles Turner. Luke Trice and For ney Gay will be on hand. Nelson, A. R. Redburn, Johnson. Walter Slack, Brown and others have been added as vocalists.
 Dave Williams is in charge of the musical direction of the show, hav- ing been in charge in other seasons when Ugly Brothers were making their name. MT. Williams has been rehearsing the singers for the past two weeks and the end men and comedians have also been rehearsing their parts. The organization is now back to it's old quota of men. and plans many performances around the state after the two Jefferson en- agreements have been filled the latter part of this month.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-03-05
MARRIAGE LICENSES

Marriage licenses issued yes- terday in probate court were:
 Homer Oliver. Ensley, and Miss Maxine Cox. Ensley.
 Robert c. Mealer. Cardova, and Mrs. Allie Mcdonald
 R D. Todd, Bessemer. and Miss Carrah Wear.
 Roy Carleton and Mrs. Nellie F. Brown.
 ". s. Mccombs and N. Ethelean Winkler
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-03-05
Local People Interested
 In Camp Fire Program

Pretty soon there will be glowing canpfires around which BirminS Sham girls will gather cook delicious dain- ties; sing songs and live together the same ideals of work. health and love if the plans of Miss Edith Kemp thorne are realized
 Miss Kempthorne, who is national field secretary for the Camp Fire girls is coming to Birmingham from New York and will be here Thursday, March 2S. Already number of Bir- mingham women are interested in the movement.
 Wants Clubs Here
 Her purpose is to get girls and young women interested enough to form local societies of Camp Fire girls. with this underlying principle
 ITO join hands around the world with 150.0p0 happy girls who are strivi'.s to understand one another, to love one another and to accept one another without prejudice, no matter what language they may speak. or in what manner they worship their God or what flag they revere"
 Miss Kempthorne will arrange a public meeting for those interested in girls and their programs of work and play for Thursday evening, place to be announced later.
 Wants Local Inquiry
 She is especially asking that all young women wlro would organize groups get in touch with her while here. She will be at the Tutwiler hotel.
 Camp Fire girls number six to twen- ty members in each group. with a guardian as their head. This guar dian is either a mother, q business or professional woman. Members must be over 12 years old.
 Says Bella Cohen. publicity direc- tor for the movement which is en- dorsed by President and Mrs. Warren C. Harding; The Camp Fire pro- gram now in use for the last 10 years provides a girl with an outlet for her desire for outdoor play and work, her instinct for home building and fashioning things for herself which will add to the attractiveness of her appearance. It also makes liberal all lowance for her imagination" Scws Beads on Gown
 Each girl receives ceremonial gown when she joins the Camp Fire
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-03-05
BIRMINGHAM MADE MARKED PROGRESS
 DURING FEBRUARY
Chamber of Commerce Re- capituIateS Outstanding h. dustriaI Items of the
 Month

Among outstanding features of community activities in the month of February. the Chamber of Commerce schedules. among others, the follow ing:
 Bank clearings. $6S,f57.OOO. an in- crease of se,441,OOo over the same month in 1921.
 Building permit valuations. S,1S9,- 576. compared with SA62,52o last year.
 Permits for residences for first two months Of year, 1s7 compared with fs4 last year and 6s in the same period of 1920.
 Birmingham Water Works com pany announces expenditure of an other $500, 900 in plant improvement following expenditure of that amount last year.
 Tennessee company blew in No. 1 furnace at Ensley and Alice in Bir- mingham to make more iron for con version into steel for finishing mills. Enslcy rail mill advanced from sv- | craze weekly production of 5000 tons to 10000 tons.
 ] Ingalls, Iron works report brick business booked in four southern states and prospect of full struc- tural steel operations in near future. Largest cement makers agree that indica lions point 10 large consump- 1 ton of cement in south this year than southern mills can supply. 1 Stoves by Car Loads l Birmingham Stock and Range com l pany operating six days week and | shipping stoves by car loads into : southern states. Eight thousand tons of Birmiag- ham cast iron pipe shipped to Pa i cific coast.
 Ten thousahd tons of Birmingham rails shipped to Japan. l Arrangements completed by Ala bama Cotton Producers Cooperative association to secure unlimited amount of funds from War Finance corporation on cotton stored in ware 1 houses up to ten cents pound. Coal production, which had been averaging around 225,000 tons for some time, goes to 260, 900 tons a week following increased demand ,ss. account of blowing in of blast fur naces and greater railroad traffic.
 Gulf States Steel resumed at blast | during month and Tennessee com pany went on full capacity in it's i steel production mills. 1 Chamber Activities 1 Among special chamber activities were these:
 Grain inspector inspects 2S0 car | loads of grain.
 Chamber took in 70 new members. Progress made in organization of the Retail Merchants Division of the chamber representing the various l lines of retail trade in Birmingham. W. L. Mapother, president of the Louisville and Nashville, addressed | the chamber. confirmed order for
 2o,000 tons of rails given the Ensley rail mill and promised expenditure of large portion 2f a contemplated s. 000,o0o in milE of this district for material.
 Retail cigar dealers being organ | ized.
 Druggists complete organization | 100 per cent strong. Junior Chamber l Junior Chamber filed reouisite
 number of names calling for refer endum on question of dancing at Pershing pier and election will be called in May
 | Junior Chamber conducted a ref erendum among 1,200 citizens on pre-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-03-05
MEMBERS. ANNOUNCED
Birmingham Business Eauipment Association Recently Organized

Announcement was made yesterday of the office outfitting firms in Bir- ming composing the membership of the Business Equipment association or Birmingham, which was organized immediately after the close of the Business Show which was held at the Dewberry and Montgomery Station cry company. The Dictaphone com pany. Hooven Automatic Typewriter company, Monroe Calculating Machine company, The LineA-Time Manufac- turing company The Remington Typewriter company. Todd Protecto- graph company and the Kardex Sales company
 The object of the association is for it to serve as a clearing house of information for all prospective buy CTS of office equipment and supplies. to create more friendly spirit among the salesmen and to give each mem Der the opportunity of studying every other members product, it is stated in the announcement
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-03-05
By RIcHARp y. LoHNsToN

Full turn at the Ensley ingot mill Tor production of steel for finishing mills is to be repeated this week.
 The rail mill, which went on 8 1O,- ce0-ton turn last week, remains on that basis.
 All finishing mills will operate ex- cept the plate mill at Fairfield. The rlate mill at Bessemer will continue operations.
 Alice furnace will be making iron for the ingot mill by Monday. 1t fol- lows resumption of No. f at Ensley almost within a week. Blowing in two additional stacks to make iron for steel mill purposes indicates the state of the steel trade.
 The Fairfield car shop, tie-plate works and structural mill will run this week. The two former are con tinuous propositions. They never step.
 Almost as significant as the blow ing in, of Alaoe furnace to mage addi- tonal iron for steel finishing mills Is the report of February bookings of leading steel fabricator. They em= hraccd orders for buildings in Flor ida Alabama and Georgia. and ders arc being figured on for the first time in many months. There is prospect of business in that quarter
 Iron Market Strong
 The iron market is stronger than it has been in more than a year. It is Headed to greater strength. One maker did the best business of many months week before last and a good business last week. One maker re- mains out of the market on account of sold-up condition for prompt iron.
 Stoss- Sheffield company's Shelf filed iron is moving up the Tennessee river for St Louis, Chicago and northwestern delivery in quantities ana has firmly asserted itself in that territory. St. Louis and Chicago iron operators admit the Sloss- -Sheffield's s mRatcrN in the field with it's river and rail iron.
 The base of the iron market is :15.50 Indications point to some advance in this base Consumers olamor for delivery and send out tracers on slightest delay. Demand for iron is from all kinds of users, and the feature of recent sales has been the large tonnage taken outside of the pipe interests.
 Coke is strong and demand for prompt shipment is acute. Price base is held to s5 with some at S5 20. Ad- ditional ovens have been fired to care for the demand. Pitch coke made by the Barrett company IS quoted at sS.
 Larger Coal Output
 Coal has responded to demand caused by blowing in of additional furnaces and increased railroad traf- fic. There is also some extra coal buying by concerns wishing, to pro tect themselves against threatened labor troubles and high prices for spot coal. Long average production of 225.0 900 tons week has gotten to one of 260.0 tons a week.
 Scrap dealers report very active demand for cast scrap and yards
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-03-05

As Judge II. B county court of
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-03-05
JUDGE GRUBB TO OPEN MARCH TERM
 OF FEDERAL COURT

Judge William l. Grubb is expected to- return to Birmingham tonight for the opening of the March term of the Federal district court Monday
 Criminal cases will occupy the first three days of court while the civil docket will begin Wednesday and continue two days after which law cases will be heard through April B..
 The criminal docket consists main ly of passing sentences on defendants found guilty at the last term of court of various offenses. chiefly violations of wihte slavery law, prohibition and narcotic. acts.
 Court convenes at 12:S0 in the af- ternoon
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-03-05
TWO CONNECTS ESCAPE IN AUTOMOBILE FROM
 CAMP KllBY PRISON

Chief of Police Fred McDuff, yes terday received long distance call from the Warden of Camp Kilby pri- son. who stated that about o'clock Friday night. Ben Star and Bruce Bohannan, convicts made their escape from the prison and when last seen were in an automobile headed for Bir- mingham.
 The warden asked that the local police watch out for the men. A re- ward of $50 for each man is offered by the Governor.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-03-05
ILLUSTRATED LECTURE
 AT STRAND THEATRE

Under the auspices of the Young Mems Christian association, pr. c. D. Williamson of Los Angeles will give an Illustrated lecture at the Strand theatre at 3:30 o'clock this afternoon. His subject will be. Seeing God in the Painted Desert Regions"
 His lecture. according to H. H. Howell of the "Y," will be illustrated with stereopticon views of the Grand Canyon of Arizona. pr. Williamson will tell of the life of the early In dians and their cliff dwellings. He is a widely known lecturer. There will be no admission charges
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-03-05

ferred form of city government. City manager plan won hands down.
 Directors of Junior Chamber in- dorsed Ford offer for Muscle Shoals, but meeting of rank and file later asked for reconsideration by entire membership after both Ford and Alabs ma Power company plans are explained. It was so ordered.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-03-05

manager of the store states that they are carrying a full line of all government goods.
 Other branches of these stores are located at Jackson, Atlanta and Ma : con. Georgia. all of which handle both wholesale and retail orders,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-03-05
NEW ARMY STORE

Opening of the Carmichael gov ernment goods store. new addition to that chain of stores, at 2227 Sec ond avenue, means new business for Birmingham. ]. H. Carmichael,
Albuquerque morning journal., 1922-02-06
HOLD-oVER INEFFTCIENCY.

1t has been notorious that the federal govern
ment is carrying too many people on its payrolls.
The Wilson administration, when it came into power
nearly nine years ago, did a platform contain
ing the stereotyped denuncations of republican
travagance yet Of the acts of that administra-
tion to increase exp .nditures in general and
the number of federal employees in particular.
When the came there of course a need
Of larger forces of government employees but there
is not the least doubt that under of the war
exigency advantage was taken to add to the pay
roll tens Of thousands of employees for whom there
was not the least actual necessity. 1t became a
matter of jest in Washington that they were so
numerous to be in anothers road, and It was
seriously asserted that in offices the forces
reported for only part time the buildings were
not large enough to accommodate them when they
all together. At the peak there were more
than 500, 900 employees the government payrolls
Since the war there has been very marked
Albuquerque morning journal., 1922-02-06

reduction in their number, and the reduction is be-
ing continued somewhat by the Harding admins
tration But the wedding out process will have to
be carried a great deal farther to redeem the
pledges of economy, II we are to believe report
which has just been made by Mr.. Dawes, controller
of the budget.
According TO Mr.. Dawes, even yet fully so per
cent of the governments clerical force is inefficient
He recommends that examinations be held for all
departments In order to rid the service of incom-
petent employees The recommendation does not
please members Of congress who have been most
active in finding places the roll for their con-
stituents But it will certainly please the taxpayers
of the country, who will insist that the controllers
suggestions be adopted
Albuquerque morning journal., 1922-02-06

can never to the least degree share
or even glimpse the depth OF
Sabres soul we see him living
through the tragedy of being mis-
understood, yet brave. forgiving
loyal. Is this playing the fool?
Twice rejected Tor the army he
tries the third time and is accepted,
Passionately hating war but even
more passlonately loving England
he serves capably and nobly. In
justice to our own soldiers let us
not say that to do this is the mark
of fool
FINALLY, when a fair, unsophis-
ticated maiden. fallen victim of the
sin of another man, casts herself
on Sabre's generosity, he shields
her at terrific cost to himself. For
in Sabre's own words. I've got the
most frightfully, the most intern
ally vivid sense of what's right in
my own personal conduct
know what I ought to do. I know
it so absolutely that there's no eX-
cuse for me when I don't do it. His
wife leaves him. he becomes an
outcast, a pariah Of society. Why?
Because to Sabre. honor, like truth
has no degree; because he is toe
much of q man to silence an alert
conscience. 1t is the sort of act
which every man wishes he were
capable Of but knows in his heart
the weakness, the dread of public
opinion which would stifle his
honor. 1t is the act of q strong
man an i'm nra etical man but not
Albuquerque morning journal., 1922-02-06
MARK SABRE NOT
A FOOL, WRITES
ANOTHER READER
Takes Issue With Journal
Review of S. A. NJ,
HutchinSon's Late Novel,
mf Winter Comes"

The following reply has been re-
ceiyed TO a review OF IF Winter
Comes" which was published in
the book corner several weeks ago.:
Editor, Book Corner:
something over hundred years
ago Shelley wrote his inimitable
ode to the West Wind In it, TAX
ing the wind as symbolic of autumn
and the dying year, he expresses
the unquenchable hope and belief
of mankind in resurrection, in
these prophetic words;
40 Wind, If winter comes can
spring be far behind"
"Mr. Arthur stuart M. Hutchin-
son, taking up this theme. has re-
Gently written a book which, for
sheer artistry, poignant humor'
and, in it's treatment of the great
philosophic truths of life and death
and God, is so truly Christian as
to be unsurpassed in contempo-
rary literature.
This book was reviewed In your
issue of January by one unknown
to the writer whose point of view
and whose reaction to the charac-
ter of the hero. Mark Sabre, as de-
lineated, is so directly opposite to
NV own that, with some hesitation,
I take this method of expressing it.
GAS to the worth OF the book, its
construction and substance agree
with the rather too modest praise
ne the reviewer. There are, how
ever. two points where our diverg-
ence of opinion is marked. The
first and lesser one is in regard to
the authors OVERRIDING the calami-
ties which find their elimination
at the end of the book, tlinging
themselves mercilessly at the head
of 'Marko.' I can not feel that
thew are overdone, as their progress
10 the final denouement is natural
and inevitable, and from small be-
rinnings grow to their final crush
ing weight. Nor do / experience
the loss OF sympathy with Sabre In
The face of all his calamities, Of
which the reviewer complains In
fact the worse things seem to grow
for sMarko' the more Is my SYM
pathy and pity aroused. Here we
see the honesty, the unselfishness
and courage of Sabre, for instead OF
sidestepping, as many lessed,, more
self-seeking men would have done,
he meets life unflinchingly; caught.
he refuses to quit; almost over
whelmed by catastrophe he scorns
to scuttle out.
1.-THE second point on which we
differ is the opening sentence Of
the reviewer, This is the tale of a
fool 1t is the story OF an i'm
practical man. but unless one is
prepared to say that Jesus Christ,
the early Christian martyrs. Edith
Cavel and even Jim Bludsoe of the
Prairie Belle were fools, to char
acterize Sabre as such seems a
rather too violently comprehensive
criticism. There is nothing ad-
mirable about a fool; no saving
graces or redeeming characteristics.
This can hardly be said of Sabre,
for we have in him a loyal, patri-
otic man, seeking not his own; a
soul which goes through torment
and emerges without spot or blem-
ish.
Married to the sort of woman
who is nico--very nice, respectable,
worthy but whose feelings are
never Of the heart or mind; who
Albuquerque morning journal., 1922-02-06
AWARDS ARE MADE In KN0PF-
JOURNAL ESSAY CONTEST ON
BLOOD OF THE CONQUERORS"
Five Money Prizes Given for Best Essays in
Contest on the Truth in Harvey Fergusson's
Novel of New Mexico; Wide Interest in
Book With Many Essays Submitted.

| tive spirit" It wins him place
on his varsity football team. II
brings him "sheepskin" from
| law school. 1t carries him far as
youth away from home.
Then we see him back in his ma
tive environment. He fears the as
sumed superiority of the Anglo.
He doubts the wisdom of matching
his strength against the cunning
Of MacDougall He has his ambi-
tions. his pride; but he is unwill-
ing to pay the price of gatifying
the former or maintaining the lat
ter. He lacks persistence, dog
gedness and a general willingness
Ito accept the "bludgeonings of
fate" as necessary part of the
battle of life.
When he decides to contest
MacDougall's power, he leagues
himself with others rather than
| face the test alone. When one in
centive goes, all ambition dies. AZ
ter his weak conduct with Julia
in New York, he returns to his
ranch, strikes an equilibrium with
his environment and settled down
to the Incidence out of which he
was reared.
Julia is weak. Some women are,
and some are strong. 1t Is to Mr..
| FERGUSON credit that he did not
compel Ramon to have only pow
erful characters around him. Ra-
mon might have acquired some OF
their strength-and changed the
I course of the novel
| frhpra tbnea ruhn ..oa,, l..
the story an attempt to slander the
blood Of the conquerors. Hardly
that: the author has observed how
the Anglo Saxon strain has fought
its way to prominence in New
Mexico as it has all over the world.
The failure of Ramon is the fall
ure of other bloods and civiliza-
tions in lands where the Anglo
Saxon has won first a foothold
and finally a throne.
The author has a style indica-
tive of an amateur novelist and a
finished newspaper man. He is
| blunt, terse, sometimes careless,
His sentences lack the flow and
ease that comes from careful re-
vision. He has turned in his news
paper copy day after day without
a second reading. Life was "copy''
to him and he described it in his
novel much as he pictured the iso-
lated portions encountered in the
daily grind"
'The Blood OF the Conuuerors''
is true to New Mexico. Had the
author wished, he could have
written of Graceville, Mimi, where
the Swedish colonists lost battle
OF wits with a clever real estate
dealer. The act attributed to the
priest might then have been COM
mitted by a Baptist minister. Or
ne might have gone to Ohio and
pictured the difficulties of a group
of German farmers. Or to Kansas
and told tale of the Mennonites.
But he chose to stick to the land
he knew and tell Of people he UNI
derstood. He has done SO ac-
curately, carefully and with telling
effect, GARVIN PRESBA.
Albuquerque morning journal., 1922-02-06

her nurse in Pinehurst when n
pas5erby started to talk to her with
the What a dear little
baby. What is your name?"
Mary Roberts Rinehart," came
the answer.
Not really" said the woman.
why, | sat UP all night last night
reading one of your books!"
Harvey Ferguson, author of
"The Blood of the Conquerors,
who was chief of staff of the Has
kins News syndicate in Washing
ton, D. G., has left the employ of
Mr.. Hasklns after seven years ser
vice. Mr.. Haskins, who was q yis-
itor at the Journal office last week.
says that Mr.. Fergusson's first
novel has made such a tremendous
hit in the east that the young
writer will devote himself to fic-
tion. Another book said to be in
the nature of an autobiography,
viii be published by Knopf this
year. Mr. Ferguson is now trav.
cling in the south.