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The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-07-20
BESSEMER

Bessemer, July Especially )-The reports made at the meeting of the executive council of the federation of auxiliaries at the Presbyterian church Wednesday afternoon showed wonderful work accomplished,
 The federation has divided the city into districts with social serv- ice chairman and committee from each church in charge to look after the needs that may arise of the res idents of that section regarding sick ness or distress of any kind, and the reports of Mrs. O. l.. Lowe ana Mrs. T. P. Winburn, two chairmen showed that many had been helped in various ways, the sick had been visited and two Sunday schools eS- ts blished as missions had received support and teachers and were grow ing steadily.
 The report of the chairman on fund for recreational work for the girls of city, Mrs. E. E. Clark, re- ported that about S239 had been collected for that purpose. which would be used for the salary and expense of the recreational director and other details of the work.
 A new constitution was adopted at the meeting and plans for the two camps to be held in August were discussed. Present at the meeting were representatives from the churches composing the federation of au&iliaries. Mrs. r. 0. Heller. president. was in charge of the meeting
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-07-20
COUNTY DEMOCRATIC
 BODY HOLDS MEETING

Goodwater. July 19.-(special. - The democratic executive committee of Coosa county met yesterday at Rockford in pursuance to call of the chairman, Dr. J. J. Jones, and trans acted several items of business, among this being the recommends tion to the election board of election officials for August primary.
 All precincts except two were rep resented. The meeting was har- monious and all predicted a victory in the general election. Many of the candidates were present and looked on the proceedings with in- terest.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-07-20
BARBECUE SERVED

Taiiadeea. July 1s.-(Speciai. LA delightful barbecue was enjoyed by the men of the Country club here Monday night. with W. M. Franks, w. T. Graham. J. NJ. Woods, J. (. Bowie and w. c. Malone acting as hosts.
 Besides the menu. a delightful pro- gram was had and several good speeches were enjoyed. Some visitors of note were present to join in the ftstivities, among them being Rev Basil Walton of North Carolina. Bpr- Baribsau of Battle Creek. Mich.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-07-20
TERRIFIC CYCLONE
 SWEEPS OVER TEXAS

Houston, Tex, July 1s.-A cloud burst, and cyclonic winds are re- ported to have struck Thornton. Tex. at 6:30 o'clock tonight. Re- ports say several houses have been blown down, windows shattered from large hail stones. accompany inr the storm and that S.35 inches of rain fell in 46 minutes.
 Outlying districts are cut off. but 1t Is believed tremendous damage has been done. No one was injured seriously in calvert.
 LateDt reports say three large houses and numerous smaller dwell- ings were blown away. It Is reported hardly window escaped the hall
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-07-20
LOWERS DIES

Goodwater, July 19.-(SpeciaI. ,--- Dr. s. F. lowers, prominent phy- sician of Equality, died Sunday and was buried yesterday. Dr. lowers had been in failing health for sew eral months but recently grew ser iously i'll from attack of paralysis and died from the results. Deceased is survived by his wife and several children.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-07-20
By Briggs

night brought to five when Deputy Sheriff Herb Allen located the body of a man who had been shot twice in a field about half a mile from the spot where Sheriff H. H. Duval fell The field is back of the mine and in the direction of Washington Pike. Twenty-one new arrests were made tonight in connection with the round up of those suspected of hay ing taken part in. the fight.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-07-20
HeIpea Pain i'm Her nn k

Most middie-aged r.tn and women are glad to learn that Foley Kidney Pills afford way to escape sleep dis turbing bladder weakness. backache, rheumatism and other kidney and bladder ills. Mrs. Maj Burke. 10n' McAllister St.. San Francisco, Calf, says: Foley Kidney Pills very quickly stopped . bad pain in my back and tell my friends to try Fo- ley Kidney Pills for that trouble" Contain no opiates, harmful or habit forming drugs. Sold .ywhere.- Adv.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-07-20
British Golf Team

New York. July 19-The British golf team will compete against four Americans for the International Walker cup. August 30, will be made up of Cyril Tolley, 1920 British amateur champion; John Caven, E. W. F. Holderness, and August Ham, bro, M. P.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-07-20
Personals

Miss Julia Byrd Mcdonald re- turned homo Wednesday from visit to relatives in Chattanooga.
 Doyle Martin has returned from a vacation spent in Georgia with his parents.
 Mrs. Gardner F. Goodwin and children. Gardner F., Jr, and Mar win, leave Thursday morning for Marionville, Mo, to visit relatives.
 worth Lewis post auxiliary will meet Friday afternoon at o'clock in the city park. All members are urged to attend as business of i'm portance will come up.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-07-20
FIVE PERSONS KILLED

wellsburg, w. Va, July 19.-The number of recovered dead in the gun battle at the Clifton mine at Gift onville on Monday morning was to-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-07-20

| Shade trees over the city were lit- erally stripped of all foliage, many being blown up by the roots.
 The storm struck from the north west, lasting almost 45 minutes.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-07-20
Industrial Class Bnnquet.

The Mems Industrial Bible class of the First Presbyterian church, held their regular monthly banquet at the church last night. The pro- gram for the evening was unusually entertaining with old Fashioned Homes" the subject for speeches and songs. Fred Bruins, president of the class presided.
 Clark Williams of Birmingham. was a guest at the banquet and principal speaker and made a very splendid talk about the beauty of old fashioned homes and influences.
 Dr. George Waller, Judge Herbert Etheridge. and George Bumgardner made short informal talks. Mrs. Annie Glenn Grove, Howard Bailey and Miss Cecil Pitts George Hous- ton and Dr. Waller, contributed the musical program of beautiful old ? fashioned songs.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-07-20
Red Takes a Hand

Red Herring. who likes Claude . great deal, but who had a curiosity along with other fans, to see just how good he was. piped: "I'll see If this baby can really hit. I'll go get my old stablemate, Battling Armstrong from Louisville. If he puts the Battler down for the count, I'll know beyond the shadow of doubt then that he is really comer."
 Sir Red went up 10 Louisville, where he was. booked to fight and while there he latched onto Armstrong and brought him south. Claude surprised himself
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-07-20

The AEe-Herald maintains special rep Fsssntattves In Bessemer for handling cOrrespOndenes, advertising and sub- 4erfptions. MfB. l.. ID. McColIum, eorre- apOndent, receives neWs Items; phone Heesemer 1072. Eugene BouthWick. 80l Realty building, manager circulation.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-07-20

Coming Scrap Looks Good
 Some young fighter Is just itching to change MT. Wilson's monicker to "Clawed Wilson" but from the way the local boy has : been going this doesn't look probable in the near future. How ever, Tommy deTomp isn't book ing set-ups for his protege. Mon day nights thriller will be be- tween Ashton Donna and Wilson. Donza Is no slouch and has met and defeated some of the best boys In the south. He has a good record, except that he has a bad habit of changing the spelling in his name. In New Orleans he spells it "Donze." In Birming- ham 1t Is "Donza." Maybe the quick change in climate Is re- sponsible for this.
 Donza and Claude should fur nish more sensations than have been seen at the club in some time, and it is quite probable that capacity house will see the two men mix 1t. Claude, home grown product. may be battling for the highest honors in the bantamweight division in . few years. Who can tell.
 His rise has been meteoric, to say the least.
 First he was pitted against Young Britt from Atlanta Britt came over and got knocked out in record time. The climax was reached so suddenly and Britt's ring appearance was so gro- hesque, that local railbirds figur- ed a set-up had brought In for Claude. I was given the merry guffaw for having stated that Britt was a fighter. Hes s hunk of cheese said the fans. Yet, l had seen Britt give away 20 pounds to some of the best mitt-mixers Atlanta possessed two years previous and had seen him take punishment by the car loads.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-07-20
K. of P. Lodge Meets,

K. of P. Lodge Meets.
 Myrtle Linton Lodge No. 13o, will hold meeting Thursday night, at s o'clock, at their hall. There will be work in the first rank, and all members are urged to be present. Refreshments will be served.
 Mrs. Miller Hostess.
 Mrs. E. K. Miller was charm ing hostess of Tuesday afternoon en- tertaining the Matron's club and other friends at a beautiful party at her home in the Matthews apart ments
 Shasta daises. sunflcwers and glad ioli harmonzed in the floral deco rations for the interior of the house and the porch was a lovely bow CT of fragrant beauty with hanging
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-07-20
Meat md MiIk Inspector.

c. E. Moore, meat and milk inspec- tor for the city submitted the fol- lowing to the city council last night: Sanitary close inspected 1OS; re- paired, 24; connected, 66; hog pens sinspected, S2; stables, Il; restaurants, 19. fruit stands, 3G bakeries, 6; samples of milk taken, 12; water, 2; dogs quarantined, none; revisits none; complaints investigated, G3; nuisances abated, Al: markets in- spected, 96; meat inspected 1000 lbs; condemned, 400 arrests made, none; dairies inspected 22.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-07-20
Joneboro Girl scout.

Twenty-seven girls met last night in the Sunday school rooms in the Jonesboro Methodist church and or- ganiZed a girls scout troop. Mrs. George Bumgardner was chosen captain of the troop and Miss Annie Louise Moon and Miss Elizabeth Christlieb assistants.
 There will be meetings of the troop every Tuesday evening until school opens. At the next meeting officers will be elected and patrols formed with leaders. A special fea- ture of interest of the meeting last night was the presence of Miss Har- riet Knickbocker. one of the teach CTS of Muscoda school and leader for the Muscoda Girl Scouts with several members of that troop who attended the national scout conven- ton and who gave interesting de- monstrations of scout work, songs and drills.
The Llano colonist. [volume] (Llano, Calif.) 191?-1937, 1922-06-17
.Llano r ersonals

/
Enoch Irwin. one time director Of
the Colony company, dropped in this
week for few hours Oh his way To-
California. Enoch is still interested ii
cooperation and marvels at the chang
.es made il The three years of His ab-
sence. He promises to return 70 LEano
as soon as he can get free from his
present holdings.
#*#*
Mr.. Chester A. Rooney. of Pennsyl-
yania, is visiting his parents. Mi. and
Mrs. F. f. Rooney. out at the poultry
farm. Chester Is a splendid singer and
entertained the colonists with two very
fine selections at the concert last Sun
day evening. II is His intention to res
main month at Llano. but it is hoped
he may be prevailed upon u lengthen
his stay indefinitely
*#*
Vim. Ewell has returned to the Col
ony from Tulsa. Okla, where he has
been employed for the past few months.
and will make his home with bis mo-
ther, Mrs. ]. G. Rhodes. ''Bill'' says
conditions on the outside are unohang-
edthe same old scramble for the al
mighty job and believes that he
iprefers the peace and quiet Of Colony
life hereafter. He went to work I'M
mediately in the electrical department
where his assistance win be crafty ap-
preciated.
4 Prof. and Mrs. W. E. Martin and
daughters, Misses Margaret and Mildred
Seelye. and Miss Myrtle Kemp left Iasi
Tuesday for Baton Rouge. where they
will attend the summer school at the
State University Of Louisiana. Prof
and Mrs. Martin will take advanced
work in educational methods and Mis-,
| Kemp will specialize in Kindergarten
work. The Misses SeeIye intend /,
! study agriculture and music. The par
ty will be absent from the Colony 70
about two months and will be great
missed by everyone BY the music-loy
ers In particular, as the Martins are e:
peeially active in everything pertainin
d to music and are largely responsible f
II the almost incredible progress made b
+ cur band and orchestra within the .la
few months.
The Llano colonist. [volume] (Llano, Calif.) 191?-1937, 1922-06-17
BRUTAL RUFFIANS AS
GUARDIANS OF THE PEACE
fBY Ths Federaled Pre.sl

East St. Louis. ILL., Another chap
Ter in the story Of alleged brutal treat
ment accorded prisoners by The police
of this city in efforts to exact confes-
sions from suspects was written when
the Rev. Arthur NJ. Evans, pastor Of
the Bond Avenue Methodist church,
and chairman Of citizens committee
which has Investigated charges Of mis-
treatment Of prisoners by police COM
missioners. formal charge that Detec-
tive Lieut.. H. L. Walker and Dectec-
tives Albert Wilson and Luther He'll
wig beat Earl Mallory with rubber
hose and SO extorted a confession 10 a
charge Of robbery.
The Llano colonist. [volume] (Llano, Calif.) 191?-1937, 1922-06-17
REACTION DOMINATES
NEW YORK SCHOOLS

is old old aims, old methods, and old
minds in control.
Life is creative. energy, but there is
no room for the creative impuls in the
public schools. They are filled to over
flowing with the past and the present;
what has been; what is. There is no
room for what may be. What have we
to do with dreamsp We are hard
headed people-we. are realists, forget
ting that the reality Of to-day is the
dust of tomorrow. and that the real
ity of tomorrow must be dreamed to-
day. a'**
The tendency of the l5-year-old
mind overlaid with 50-year-old crust
Of habit, is stolid acceptance Of things
as they are, dread Of change, intol-
erance Of the creative spirit because
creation is change. This is the mind
that dominates the public school Of
the United States
The Llano colonist. [volume] (Llano, Calif.) 191?-1937, 1922-06-17
HENRIETTA RODNIAN SCORES
LUSK TEACHERS INQuISETI0N
Chinese Type Of Education, UncriticaI
and Uncreative, Controls Public
Schools.
fBn The Federated Pressl

New York. Henrietta Rodman, RI
years teacher in the New York City
schools, has not only defied The Lusk
teachers inquisition. but has admins
tered to that star chamber body a re-
buke such as seldom has been applied
TO any body in any time. Summoned
by Archibald E. Stevenson, secretary
Of the inquisitoriaI council. to clear
up any doubt as 10 her loyalty and
fitness = Miss Rodman responded with
letter refusing to appear and arraign-
ing the whole system Of public school
education.
The letter takes up existing condi-
tions in the New York schools, decIar-
ing there is no room for creative ener.
gy, and setting forth that the Lusk Law
provided punishment for any teacher
not believing that ''our social organiza
tion has reached perfection. The edu
cation now being carried on, she con
tinued. is a Chinese type, in which on
" teachers with uncritical and uncrea
tive minds are required.
Miss Rodman said that although sh
refused to be hailed before the LusI
council. she would be happy at an
time to talk frankly with any citizel
or any school official who may be in
terested.
.The trouble with the public school
is that they are old and repressive,
she continued. There are a few ne
buildings, some young women teacher
who hope to marry, some young me
teachers who expect to be lawyers, an
millions Of children. Everything els
The Llano colonist. [volume] (Llano, Calif.) 191?-1937, 1922-06-17
DOWNPOUR
DELAYS FARM WORK

For Two days last week, Friday and
incessant rain was the order
Of the day, delaying farm work in Yer
non to some extent.
Little damage was reported, howev-
er, except to small tender plants which
scalded'' after the hot sun came out,
Some low lands were under water
for a few hours, and some fences were
washed away; but nothing serious re-
ported, in spite Of the fact that nearly
three inches of rain fell in one day,
Saturday. A total of five anil one-quar-
ter inches fell during the week, the
heaviest weeks rain in four years,
Here are the temperatures for the
week. as reported by Weatherman W.
A. Dougherty, in charge Of the New
llano Weather Observers Station Of the
IL. S. Weather Bureau:
The Llano colonist. [volume] (Llano, Calif.) 191?-1937, 1922-06-17
WOMENS CONGRESS BEAT
DIPLOMATS OF VERSAILLES
(By The Federated Pres.l

Mexico City. = Baltimore was more
important than Versailles or Genoa, the
conferences Of socially-minded women
and workers are of more human signif-
icance and do more for the future. good
Of the world than the bicker-fests Of
politicians and imperialists, said Sam
uel Guy Inman. in lecture aelivere4
here. The meeting was held under Tie
auspices Of the Circle Feminista and
the patronage of the ministry cf pub'i
instruction. Special invitations wers
sent to the directors and teachers of
the public schools. The Salon de Ac
tos Of the Mexico Nacional was crowd
ed to the doors.
The official report of the delegation
of Mexican women who went to the
Pan-American conference, was present
ed by Miss Luz Vera to Jose Vascon-
Iellos. minister Of public instruction,
The Llano colonist. [volume] (Llano, Calif.) 191?-1937, 1922-06-17
The Colony Diary
Being Daily Report Of Colony Life at LlanO.

La. Band and choral practice took up
most of the evening. We were all sad
dened and gladdened to bid Comrade'
Cuno and wife goodbye. Saddened to
see them depart (eyen on a visit from
among us for few months, and glad
dened to know they will return home
after a visit to California; also glad
dened because we know they both de-
serve vacation and play time. Good
bye, and hurry back.
: y
Thursday. June 8. - The rain yes
terday upset our farm work. And the
only farm activities are planting sweet
potatoes (excellent time to do it) and
hauling Of posts for Hoover and Merrill
to make new fences just west of the
orchard. Roede was over to inform
me that he is now making W. De Boer
the first pair of shoes made from Coli
ony leather. Another milestone reach
ed in our advancement and we are
justly proud of ii. too. Comrades Lee,
'Gault and Dan Cryer are hauling
brick from the kiln to the new build
ing, where Chappell, w. Beavers, Dem
yer Cryer. and Scharrer are laying up
the walls for the machinery building.
Comrade Babb has a large crew of kid
docs picking beans from the garden
near the school; Messenger and Potts
are also delivering beans and tomatoes
from their garden and see where Mrs
Gaddis and Joe will have another late
session at the canning factory. Mrs
Conlin and four girls are helping to gel
!, the beans ready to can and H. Bell ano
lMr. Gaddis are first assistants on the
LOB. Comrade Mcdonald is now tax
ling over the bookkeeping which vii
greatly relieve Burton and Gaddis anc
give them a chance to get out of doors
I some Of their time. A comrade wrote
in to-day and asked if we would per
| nit children 10 be sent in from the out
side to 90 10 our school and how mucl
we would charge to keep them. Yes
several youngsters are here and thei
board and room is $1,000 per month
Il lIf we were fully financed we could an'
would take them for nothing. but ou
i financial condition is such that we cal
!, lnot do ii now One of the lady re
lporter dreams is an orphan hom
] which she" hopes to see establishes
! here some day. If only enough Peopl
would timber up their purse strings an
i help us to completely finance this PR
The Llano colonist. [volume] (Llano, Calif.) 191?-1937, 1922-06-17
DEMANDS CONSTITUTIONAL.
RECOGNITION OF COL
LECTIVE BARGAINING

Jefferson City, Mo. Recoqnitiol
by the state Of Missouri Of the Hght
collective bargaining is asked III a pro-
posal submitted to the Missouri stfe
constitutional convention. now in ses
sion in this city, BY Delegate Jose
Eauser Of ST. Louis, president of L
Central Trades ana Labor union. Hau-
ser IS the only labor repressntatsse
among the members Of the conyentioa
The Fauser proposal provide
Persons employed in priyateiy-owne
and operated industries III tll
shall have the right TO organize and as
sociate themselves together fof Till
pose Of collective Bargaining nd
otherwise promote their general
economic welfare and shall
right to select their own represent
tives.
The Llano colonist. [volume] (Llano, Calif.) 191?-1937, 1922-06-17
SPECIAL RATES ON
BUNDLE ORDERS

Arrangements have now been made
to accommodate the many boosters who
are working to bring the circulation Of
TIE LLANO COLONIsT up to the
100000 mark. They may now obtain
bundles for distribution among their
friends at greatly reduced rates, and
help the good work along more than
ever.
This plan for spreading the news Of
Llano's activities is becoming more and
more popular and is having the best
results by far. A few copies placed in
the proper hands results invariably in
new subscriber for the LLANO COL
|ONIST.
1t is now possible to have the paper
The Llano colonist. [volume] (Llano, Calif.) 191?-1937, 1922-06-17

Wednesday. June 7. Last night
Beulah Gaddis and Margaret Seelye
had party at the club house in hon
or Of their birthdays and Mrs. Martins.
They all come in June. A good time
was had and fine time was also en-
ioyed at the card party al the hotel.
Social life, Yes, lots of it, too. It
rained last night and part OF to-day.
". Beavers, Scharrer. Denver Cryer.
ChappeII have been laying brick be-
tween showers, and the big machinery
building is showing progress every day.
Frank Rooney came in from the poul-
try ranch to help Belohradsky to get
the gutter work done on the roof gar
den. The tin job has been delaying
the work for several weeks, but we
are "off again for finish. The
farm crews started in to do some ter
racing at the field north Of the Ford
ranch, but the rain drove them home
this pm. These showers are sure tine
for our growing crops and the farm
crew IS smiling (tho they are wet) at
the good fortune of plenty OF ram on
the cane, peanuts, corn, beans. sof-
obum. and sweet potatoes. Our gar
dens have evidenced grudge against
Mrs Gaddis and are bringing IN se
many string beans for her to can thai
she is running double shift all By
herself Our complete canning outtll
has not come, but where there's a WI
there's way, and Mrs. 6. has gath
cred up our gallon syrup buckets ane
IS canning the beans in them. ms !
he spirit that moves the world tor
ward a few pegs and our women re
cognize and demonstrate the spirit. Bay
What do you mean BY saying you a ar
afraid Of our climate SO far south' Dl'
YOU ever look up the government repof
~ tbe climate Of the western high
lands Of Louisiana Well, look It "
and YOU will see it Is one Of the mos
healthful climates in our whole coun
trv One Of the easiest places TO max
living and endowed with 50 man
natural resources as you could possl
III expect. No, it does not get yeI
hi. either. About 100 in the shad
lasf wear was the hottest we have e
erhsd Il here IN four years. we ar
an extremely healthy community an
those who will eat carefully. battle, an
work, need moi fear life here. Wy e
peetation is to dry up and blow ava:
.She all looks good to me here
The Llano colonist. [volume] (Llano, Calif.) 191?-1937, 1922-06-17
MORE AGRICULTURAL FILMS
FOR NEWLLANO THEATER

The U. S. Farms has received adj
vices from the United States Agricul-
tural Department under date of June
9Th, that they have reserved the fol-
lowing pictures for their use at the New
llano theater on the dates names:
July l5-l7- Santa Fe National For
est, two reels; Selecting a Laying Hen.
one reel.
August Farm Bureau Comes
to Pleasant View. two reels; Mosi
Wonderful Insect in the World; IL
Year Locust, one reel.
September 1918 Anne, a Aigrette
one reel; Food for Reflection. 2 reels.
All these films will be shown free
and all are invited TO be on hand ane
see them. See announcements in thi,
paper for future dates.