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Births--Deafhs

The following births and deaths were re-
corded yesterday:
Births
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward C. Vines. Short
Creek, October 6, boy.
s. Mr.. and Mrs. William Fl. Dent, 1916
Eighteenth avenue, south, october 3, boy.
Mr.. and Mrs. William A. James. II. f.
I'D. 2. Pratt CITY, October 30 boy.
& MIR. and Mrs. William ]. Outlaw, 1000
Hibernla avenue, Pratt City, October g.
boy.
& MIR. and Mrs. Gilbert r. Teer. rs No. Z
ramp. Pratt City. September 20, boy.
Mr.. and Mrs. a. Ferlise, 1901 Forty
second street, north, October 16, boy.
Deaths
a Narian d e. %Fg e. Years G. hospital
Murray Holmes. I. c. 1. hospital. Oc-
tober is, / years.
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Huntsville Giuen
1928 Convention
Of Kiwanis Clubs

Jacksonville, Fla. October Ill
Doyle Carlton Of Tampa was elected
governor of the Alabama Florida
Kiwanis district today at the closing
session here OF the district conven-
ton. and Huntsville, Ala. was award
ed the 1923 meeting. J. b. Mcqueen
of Tuscaloosa was elected lieutenant
governor for Alabama and John Zim-
mer of West Palm Beach, lieutenant
governor for Florida.
Resolutions which would create
separate districts. one for each state,
were withdrawn by the Orlando club,
which proposed the change.
The 1924 convention Is to be hold
in Florida and st. Petersburg ex-
tended an invitation to entertain It,
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SAVING DEPOSITS
INCREASE BY MORE
N$12,0OO,OOO
QuadreniaI Report of Bank ST.
perintendent Shows PSI
Banks in State With I'm
menSe Resources
by FRED II. GoRMLEY
Bureau. Tho AGe-Herald,
221-2 First National Bank Building

Montgomery, October 21.--(spe-
ciaI.-Savings deposits in the state
banks of Alabama during the quad
ronnium ending September 80 in
creased more thaa s12,oo0.O0o. This
fact IL shown by the quadrsnnisl re-
port of the state banking department
submitted to Governor Kilby by H.
H. Montgomery. state superintendent
OF banks, and made public by the eK-
ecuttve department today.
During the Same period the sur
plus and undivided profits of the
banks increased about s2.5o0,o0 which
is almost 25 per cent OF tn total
capital of the banks at the time the
quadrennium was entered. On Now
ember 4, 1918, tie capital had in
creased to s11,4o0,000.
At the beginning of the quadren-
mum there were 23s banks and
twenty-one branches under the sup
ervision of tho banking department.
Since that time elev, n banks nation
allied and surrendered their state
charters. Thirty-eiBht charters have
been granted and eight banks vol
unfairly an aggregate deposit liabili-
ty of s714,000. One bank which was
granted a charter did not open for
business.
Now 251 Banks
At this time there are ISL banks
and twenty branches with total re-
sources of s111,728,577.s4. OF the
three banks which failed two are
now being liquidated by the banking
department while the depositors of
the third were paid In full by another
bank located in the same town.
Total receipts of the banking de-
partment during tho four years were
y7S,774.67 while total disbursements
were 91,432.44. A teavy decrease in
the income of tho department &C.
cured during 1922 due to the act of
the legislature which reduced the
assessments of the bank when the
supreme court held that they would
be required to pay tho franchise tax
required by the constitution. While
the receipts of the department actu-
ally decreased the state revenue
from banks did not decrease the diff
ference going into the state treasury
as franchise taxes rather than as the
of the banking department. In adj
dition, the banks were forced to pay
into the state treasury more than
100000 as franchise taxes for the
years they did not make the pay
ments in the belief that the special
assessment relieved them of fran
chise taxes.
Unusual Conditions
In concluding his report, Mr..
Montgomery said: TT is not neces-
sary to mention tho fact that during
the past two years the banks of this
state have faced conditions, like of
which they have never heretofore ex-
perienced and thai we have passed
through the period of depression
without moro failures or embarras-
ment 10 a remarkable r, cord and one
that the entire citixensn of this
state ran be proud,
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akin to the northern blueberry. In
Guided In this party were. J. P.
Werner who led the party; Col. Allen
Crenshaw, II. ]. Brogden, DR.. J.. P.
Wilson. John D. Riley and Max
O'Neal
An enormous profit is being maoe
there on these berries which are
grown at very moderate expense.
and sold from north to south at a
price of about zoe quart. There
hundred trees can grow to the acre
and each tree will bear from two
to 40 quarts zach season.
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GROWING HUcKLEBERRIES
Andalusia Business Men Make Visit
to Berry Farm

Andalusia, October 21.-tSpeciaD-
A group of local business men motor
ed to Crestview, Fla, Wednesday at
the invitation of J. P. Werner, to view
comparatively new enterprise that
is thriving on a farm near there, on
which there are IL acres OF
rabbit Eye" huckleberries, closet.
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Deiphiniums, Hardy Larkspur
Larkspur is an ancient plant and
formerly grown only for its great
medicinal value as an external APP
plication for destroying vermin. 1t
is today largely used for this pur-
pose. Some people are still prejudiced
against the plant because classed
among the poisons. Many of our
handsomest flowers are poisonous or
would be IL taken into the stomach.
but who is going to eat them? Stock.
perhaps, but we are not growing
flowers for cattle. There have been
developed several races of delphi
NUNS that for sheer beauty are not
equaled by many other better known
flowers. The most desirable sorts
are the perennials, some of which
actually grow eight feet high and
produce immense spikes of the most
beautiful flowers of every Imaginable
shade Of blue, and their season Is
long, in fact. in this climate they
will bloom from spring until fall.
There Is great list OF varieties to
select from, differing In height.
shades of blue and there Is now .
those wanting a wealth of bloom
next season. Orders should be placed
this month for plants for setting out
the last of November or December
Questions and Answers
Q. Do you plant the Goldren African
daisy now? Miss d. +.
A. African Golden, daisy (dimor-
photheca) is an annual and should
not be planted before early spring.
@. Can you keep the wandering
jew over through winter until next
spring7 Mrs. B. P.
will be available for next spring. You
could root a lot of cuttings now and
they would make the best plants for
another year.
@. Could you improve a hedge OF
ordinary wild blackberries by prun-
ing and when should It be done
p. A., Route !.
A. You certainty can ana II may
be done any time from now on. Selec:
the oldest stems to be cut away and
take them off even with the ground
Q. Which one of the perennial
daisies flowers the latestf desire
them to be in bloom clear up to heavy
frost? II. S.
"A. me Arctic uAlsy Narcticumj, ii
probably the latest and one of the
best. They start Towering by Sep
TENDER and persist until heav,
freezes, the average frost having
little effect on them.
Q. / want to try the hardy zinnia.
another year. Can you get plant.
and when should they be set out.
H. e.
A. Plants of hardy xinnia (heliopsis,
are obtainable from November or
and may be set out in winter or very
early spring. The two best varietie.
are pitcheriana and scabra excelsa
The latter being semi double. The,
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CURES PILES p Hof fGSTs

Any reader who suffers from Piles-no
matter how long standing-can be quickly
cured without risking penny through the
b3i Kuro Bldg. Kansas City. Mo. Don't
send penny-just write Mr.. Darlington
Treatment absolutely free. II It cures
send $500. Otherwise you owe nothins.-'
Adv.
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Planting Calendar for October

% tuInips mustard dwarf Essex uce
barley oats wheat orchard grass
white clover asike clover n weetc -
OrchardClean Place
orders for fruit trees delivered =
Flower GadnSow
bloom
jonquis, tulips and other hardy bulbs " '' 0'
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move sunf1ower seed from the heads
cvi1Ia

move sunflower seed from the heads?
c. W., Thomasville.
A. If you let the heads. after
gathering. become thoroughly dry
and strike them sharply against any
firm and hard object the seed easily
shatter. A machine is not necessary
unless one had large acreage 20
handle.
@. How long Is 1t necessary 10
leave chufas or erasmus in the
ground before gathering them? T. E..
Goodwater.
A. 1t is essential that the nuts
thoroughly mature in the soil and
this usually occurs about the timo
the tops begin to die down. would
wait for frost to make sure. Don't
pile or bulk them until thoroughly
dry.
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TIC bt8tS OF AIADHfuAs
jefferson County
Before me came A. W. Bell, president
of Woodiawn Savings Bank. who being
duly sworn, says that the above and
foregoing statement is true and gives tho
actual condition Of said bank, shown
by the books on file in said bank
WOODLAND SAVINGS BANK,
A. w. BELL, President
Sworn to and subscribed before me,
this 21st day of October, 1922.
MARGARET E. GRIBBoN,
Notary Public.
Attest:
r. z. WEAVER.
s. H. WALLACE,
H G. PRICKETT.
Directors.
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URGE FAIR HOLIDAY

Andalusia, october 21.-tSpecial)--
Letters are being sent to all mer-
chants in Andalusia this week ask
ing them to unite in having general
holiday in the business district next
Thursday during the fair to give
all the employees an opportunity to
attend the fair in the day time. Many
have predicted that this will be the
best fair yet held. and 1t is hoped that
a large majority Of the merchants
will cooperate in the move.
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glimpse or b he of lie
o. Mrs
Icnfeen n many ways many
Ipese will % fntp OF lie
a A a +
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HOW DOES YOUR GARDEN GROW

BY GEORGE B MVAY, SR
readers requested to questions about feature
~ their gardening Mr. McVay behind him
Birmingham.
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Fairchild finished his meal and
waited. But Harry talked on. boze-
man and Bill left the dining room
again to make report to the narrow
faced SQuint Rodaine. Harry did not
even notice them. And as long as
man stayed to answer his queries. just
SO long did Harry remain, at last to
rise, brush a few crumbs from his
lightning-like suit. press his new hat
gently upon his head with both hands
and start forth once more on his
rounds of saying hello. And there
was nothing for Fairchild to do but
to wait as patiently as possible FOR
his return.
The afternoon grew old. Harry did
not come back. The sun set and din
ner was served. But Harry was not
there to eat 1t. Dusk came, and then,
nervous over the continued absence OF
his eccentric partner, Fairchild start
ed uptown.
The usual groups were in front of
the stores, and before the largest OF
them Fairchild stopped.
do any of you happen to know
fellow named Harry Harkins?" he
asked somewhat anxiously. The an
swer was In the affirmative. A miner
stretched out foot and surveyed 1t
studiously.
"Ain't seen him since about FIVE
O'clock" he said at last. "He was just
starting up to the mine then"
"To the miner That late? Are you
sure?"
"Well-I dunno. May have been go
ing to Center City. Can't say. All 1
know Is he said somethin' about goin'
to tn mine earlier in tn afternoon,
an long about five 1 seen him starting
up Kentucky gulch."
who's that?" The interruption
had come in a sharp, yet gruff voice.
Fairchild turned to see before him a
man he recognized tall, thin, wiry
figure. with narrowed. slanting eyes.
and scar that went straight up his
forehead. He evidently had just
rounded the corner In time to hear the
conversation.
II was merely asking about my part
ner in the Blue Poppy NINE"
THE Blue Poppy2' the squint eyes
narrowed more than ever. You're
Fairchild. ain't you? Well. guess
you're going to have to get along
without partner from now on"
Get along Without
A crooked smile came to the others
lips.
THAT is. unless you want to work
with a dead man. Harry Harkins got
drowned, about an hour ago, in the
Blue Poppy shaft ~
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That Was Different.

They We're having prize fight in
building at Coney Island. and a wom-
an was hanging around the door. When
she was asked what she wanted she
answered:
ITS my Mike who Is one of the
lighters. VIII you tell me how the
fight is going?"
''Yes, 1 WILL" was the reply. "Your
Mike has knocked the fellow down
nine times"
GLORY, glory bel" shouted the
woman.
But, you see.' said her informant
''the other man has knocked your Mike
down ten times and was going to make
1t eleven just as l came out"
"Oh, that's it," said the disappolnt.
ed woman. "Then l had better go
home and get my club ready for Mike.
for l told him he would get his head
cracked il he didn't win this fight"
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MEAN MUCH TO HISTORIANS
DscIphsrlno Of Ancient Manuscripts
Expected to Throw Light on civili-
xation Of Past Age.

Thousands OF age-yellOwed docu-
ments, recently added to the collection
of Bancroft library. University Of Cali
fornia, may reveal past civilizations In
Mexico and the Southwest hitherto
unknown to historians.
News of the impending discoveries
was learned coincident with the re-
turn of Prof. Herbert Z. Bolton. direc-
tor of the library and noted American
historian, from three weeks tour OF
regions inhabited by the cliff dwellers.
The trip was one Of many made
during the last few years by Professor
Bolton for the purpose OF procuring
additional data before commencing the
task of deciphering the manuscripts.
which. dealing with broken periods OF
Spanish-American, Aztec and the clin
dwellers' history. are expected to shed
much light on the most advanced
American civilizations.
Romance of the variety depicted by
Stevenson in his Treasure Island"
and other novelists cllngs to Professor
Bolton, who, In his wanderings, has
visited Old Mexico. Arizona, Spain and
the southwestern states for the last
10 years, constantly adding to the
library collection.
By pack mule tramping through the
stretches of the Mohave desert. on
horseback through parts Of Mexico
and often obliged to swing himself to
the recesses in cliffs by ropes during
his explorations, Professor Bolton has
necessarily searched for data throwing
light on his life study.
The library. valued at more than
S2,O00,00O, is today one Of the most
complete in existence dealing with the
old conquistadores and Indian civiliza-
ton as seen by the Spanish explorers.
More than $4,000 of the documents
have never been read because their
quaint chirography and In many cases
blurred writing defies the skill Of all
but the most expert.
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CHAPTER VII

It came to Fairchild then-the SEN
fence in his fathers letter regarding
someone who would hurry to his aid
when he needed him, the references
of Beamish. and the a'lusion of Moth
er Howard to faithful friend.
again the heavy voice doomed:
you know me now, eh?'
You bet You're Harry Harkins ~
"'Arkins it is I came just as soon
as got the cablegram."
1.-The cabIegram?"
"Yeh." Harry paved at his Won
derfuI mustache. "From Mr. Beamish,
you know e sent It. Said you'd
started out ere all alone. And 1
couldn't stand by and let you do that.
So ere | ami"
"But the expense. the long trip
across the ocean, the"
"'Ere I am ~ said Harry again.
~Ain't that enough?"
They had reached the veranda now,
10 stand talking for moment. then
to go within where Mother Howard
awaIted. eyes glowing. in the parlor.
Harry fnng out both arms.
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and inconsequentiai as the mastodonic
thing before him swooped forward,
spread wide the big arms and then
caught him tight in them, causing the
breath to puff over his lips like the
exhaust of a bellows.
A release. then Fairchild felt him
self lifted and set down again. He
pulled hard at his breath.
whats the matter with your he
exclaimed testify. You've made a
mistaken
Tin blimed If 1 ave" beloved a
tornado-like voice. "Blime, You look
Just like i'm -
-But you're mistaken, old man.
"Blimed If l amr came again.
You're your dads own boyl You look
Just like lmi Don't you know me?"
He stepped back then and stood
grinning, his long, heavily muscled
arms hanging low at his sides, his
mustache trying vainly to stick out in
more directions than ever. Fairchild
rubbed a hand across his eyes.
You've got mel" came at last.
"I-"
You don't know me? 'Onest now,
don't you? I'm 'Arry Don't you
know now? AIRY from Cornwallw
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-ft's his partner"

"ft's his partner.
She moved forward then and FAR
child went to meet her.
"I'm sorry" she said. and EXTENDED
her hand. Fairchild gripped ca
gerly.
"Thank you. But 1t may not be a.
bad as the rumors."
I hope not" Then quickly she
withdrew her hand. and somewhat
flustered, turned as her companion
edged closer. Maurice. this Is MIR.
Fairchlld," she announced. and Fair
child could do nothing but stare. She
knew his namel A second more and
IT was explained: "My father knew his
father very well"
81 think my own father was ac-
ouainted too" was the rejoinder, ana
the eyes of the two men met for an
instant in conflict. The girl did not
seem to notice.
81 sold him ticket this morning to
the dance not knowing who he was
Then father happened to see him pass
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po,ie. Aid in "cootie" Cleanup

New York.-New Yorks poilce W.,
gets many unusual calls pu' te' M.
it was forced to perform one 9a,, y, W.
most peculiar duties IN i's III, ",1 anal
when bluecoats had to use moial .,ar sar
sion on fifty-eight third-ciass %n p hod
gers ON the President Adams wnv ",s S nj
held that vessel up for seven .'Ou uotfl
the harbor by refusing to 90 ~ m d
mon's Island for delousins. An " an.
S call to the harbor ponce "Sa,tou. wS
swered by the patrol boat Mai,Ia a,,s ,be
loaded with bluecoats ana i,n ,n"asd on
third-class passengers were loaa' 'a ,nejr
a cutter, which took '''eln ..orard -
cootle pals to the cootie sraSe''
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CHAPTER VI-continued.

Quickly he made the return trip.
crossing the little bridge over the tur-
bulent Clear creek and heading
toward the boarding house. Half a
block away he halted, as a woman on
the veranda of the big. squarely built
''hoteI' pointed him cut, and the great
figure of man shot through the gate,
shouting. and hurried toward him.
A tremendous creature he was, with
red face and black hair which seemed
TO scramble In all directions at once,
and with a mustache which appeared
TO scsmper in even more directions
than his hair. Fairchild was a large
man; suddenly he felt himself puny
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Millions Of Sllkworms.

In northern Italy huge plantations of
mulberry trees are grown for the ex-
press purpose of supplying the well-to-
do with silk. The silkworm is as
greedy as he Is Industrious, and he
cannot do his duty except upon an
ample diet of tender, juicy mulberry
leaves.
The sIlkworm Is the caterpillar
hatched from the eggs Of the silk moth.
The tiny spinner of fine fabric Is
reared in millions in many darkened
Italian attic and loft. For days he
does nothing but digest mulberry
green, and at last. when he has had his
fill, he climbs up into a twig and begins
to weave around himself comfortable
bed of silk. This takes him several
days, and by the time his task is I'm
ished he has completely hidden himself
in beautiful egg-shaped cocoon.
Every Piedmontese cottage offers
houseroom to the silkworm. says the
Detroit News.
Manufacturers offer good prices for
cocoons, and they generally want more
of them than they can get. Each peas.
ant can supply thousands Of the won.
derful silken balls which have to be
carefully unwound on to skeins.
cleansed and passed through delicate
comblng machinery, until the egg Of q
moth and the leaf of the fruit tree are
ready to be made up into articles OF
wear.
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2AG AaluauosMa
Denver Conventions for the Remain
der of 1922.
colfax and Corona. Denver. ColO.

Sept. 30.-Colorado Public HealtlI
Officers and Physicians Conference
(Dr. Tracy X. Love, secretary State
Health Board), State Capitol.
Oct. 4-6.-Colorado Homeopathic
Medical Society lin conjunction with
stunt for Homeopathic hospital), ADJ
ans hotel.
Oct. 26-2S.-American Association oa
Petroleum Biologists.
Nov. 7-11.-Colorado Education Asl
sociation, Fl. B. Smith, secretary, 5S1I
Commonwealth building. Denver meet1
ing, Nov. OIL, City Auditorium. Grand
Junction meeting, Nov. ITO. Pueblo
meeting, Nov. OH.
Nov. 9.-Conference of Represents
tives of Postmaster and Postal En-
ploye Associations of Colorado Franz
]. Dodge, postmaster, Denver HUBER
Work, postmaster general, Will SPEAK
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By Courtney Rqleq Cooper
'ARRvi
oopynghs ~ Little. Brown = Co.

SYNOPsIS.-At Thornton Fair
child's death his son Robert learns
there has been q dark period In
his fathers life which for almost
thirty years has caused him suffer
ing. The secret Is hinted at in a
document left by the elder Fair
child. which also informs Robert
he is now owner of a mining claim
Ia Colorado. and advising him TO
see Henry BeamIsh, lawyer.
Beamish tells Robert his claim.
silver mine. Is at Ohadi. thirty
eight miles from Denver. He also
warns him against certain man.
''ScuInt' Rodaine. his fathers en-
envy. Robert decides to go to Ohadi.
On the road to Ohadi from Denver
Feirchild assists a girl. apparently
In a frenzy of haste, to change tire
on her auto. When she has left,
the sheriff and a posee appear. in
pursuit OF a bandit Fairchild. be-
wtldered, misieads them as to the
direction the girl had taken AT
Ohadl FaIrchIld is warmly greeted
by Mother Howard. boarding
house keeper. for his fathers sake.
From Mother Howard Fairchild
learns something OF the mystery
connected with the disappearance
OF ',Sissie" Larsen. his fathers CO.
worker in the mine. He meets the
girl he had assisted. but she denies
her Identity. She is Anita Rich
mond. Judge Richmond's daughter.
Visiting his claim. Fairchild Is
shadowed by a man he recognizes
from descriptions as "SQulnt" Ro-
dame.
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'Oward. Won't 1 knock 'er eyes out,
now?"
And he doomed forward toward the
dining room, to find there men ne had
known in other days, to shake hands
with them and to bang them on the
back, to sight Blindeye Bozeman and
Taylor Bill sitting hunched over their
meal in the corner and to go effusIvely
toward them. AIRY was playing
no favorites In his 'ome-coming."
Jovially he leaned over the table of
Bozeman and Bill, after he had dis
played himself before Mother Howard
and received her sanction of his selec-
tions In dress. Happily he doomed
forth the information that Fairchild
and he were back to work the Blue
Poppy mine and that they already
had made trip Of Inspection.