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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-11-24
DINNER SERVED AT
ST. PAULS BAZAR

Dinner will be served Friday at
the bazaar that Is beins held under
the auspices of the ST. Pauls School
Improvement association at the store
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BESSEMER

The Aee-HerAId maintains special rep
resentstives IN Bessemer Tor heDdlIns
correspondence, advertising and sub
AerIptions. Mrs L. b. Mccollum, CORE
spondent, receives news itenpsi phone
Besssmer i0fa, Eugene senthwlek,
sR5 N N, 10th sh, Room NU' 9, Ciri
eulatiUn Manager
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Clifford Hall, speed cop of Lips
comb, was slightly injured Wednes-
day evening when he struck a wagon
on the South Bessemer paved road.
According TO reports, the officer
was pursuing a vioiator of the traffic
laws of that section when he ran into
the wagon.
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SOCI[E7 'Y
RANDOM NOTES

The many friends of Mrs Dexter
II. Fearing will regret To know that
SHE Ia I'll with denane fever at her
home In the binweod apartments.
Mrs, Miles q. MacGuire of Des
Melnes, la, formerly Mrs. Mable c..
TarlsF Of Birmingham, is In the city.
DR., ". II, Hendrix, pastor of High
lands Methodist church, and Judge
Dan a. Greene left yesterday FOR
Magnolia, IL be gone fer several
days,
Mrs Frank Walker Smith has as
her guest her mother, Mrs Cash Of
Memphis
Mrs. Roy knight and son, Roy, Jr.
will leave soon for California for an
extended visit to relatives They Will
be Joined by Mr.. Knight for Christ
mas.
Friends will regret to learn that
Mlra Imogene Poe Is i'll al her home.
Mrs. W. b. Cloe is visiting friends
In Montgomery.
Mr.. and Mrs Paul jacks of Carroll
ton, Ga,. will spend the Weekend
with Mt ard Mrs ]. ID. Sims.
Mrs. Karl A. Watson has returned
from short Visit to Mrs. Fuller
Mynart in Columbus, Ga.
Miss Ruby Hayden and Miss Elma
Putnam Of Huntsville were recent
visitors In Birmingham.
Mrs. Merrell Pratt is visiting rel
atives In Montgomery.
Mrs. w. ]. Corley of Rockford is
a visitor In Birmingham.
Mrs. Frank Murray Dixon and little
Sam Perry Dixon are guests of Mr..
and Mrs. ]. IL. Lester in Gadsden.
Mr.. Clyde Van SAINT has returned
to Florence after a short visit to
Birming ham.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. b. Gray, Jr. are
spending sometime in New York.
Miss Locke Wingo, who has been
Ill at South Highlands infirmary, is
improving
Mr. and Mrs. Shelby c. Taylor and
children left yesterday for San An
tonla. Texas, where they will spend
the winter.
Mrs. Charles o. Locke, who has
been at Glen Springs. N. Y, will visit
Mrs. Fred r. Greene in Amsterdam,
n. Y. and New York city before re-
turning to Birmingham.
Mrs. George Il. Cromwell. who has
Leen visitor in Birmingham, has
eturned to her home in Tuscunbia.
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Bessemer Retail Merchants as
sociation at meeting held this
morning adopted resolutions CT re-
greet expressing their grief for the
mine explosion at Dolomite (which
resulted in so many deaths, and so
much suffering. Aid was also offered.
On account of this tragedy it was
decided to postpone the parade that
had been planned for the day by the
association, through the rural dis
tricts adjacent to Bessemer of which
the settlement of Dolomite was
counted part.
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two stories high, with 16 class rooms
and offices and corridors.
The auditorium will be large
enough to seat 1900. The gymnasium
will be constructed SO that it may be
used for the lunch room.
The school will be located on Sec
ond avenue between Fifteenth and
Fourteenth streets.
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The party that was TO have been
given at Lipscomb at the home of
Mrs. Nj. S. Ware Friday evening has
been postponed on account of the
death of MIR. Sam Huey of Dolomite.
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Funeral Services

Funeral Services
Funeral services for Mrs. l.. Barr,
age 60 years, and for her grand
daughter, age six years, who We're
the victims of an automobile accident
Wednesday afternoon when their car.
driven by Mrs. Bars daughter. Mrs.
NJ. G. Lesser. of Birmingham, was
struck by an outbound freight train
on the Alabama Great Southern rail-
read at Powderly station, were held
Thursday afternoon from the resi-
dence on Berkeley avenue, in Besse-
mer with Rabbi Newfield of Biz
mingham in charge.
Burial of both bodies followed at
the Jewish cemetery in Bessemer.
attended by a large number Of
friends and relatives of the family
OF the deceased
Mrs. NJ. G. Lesser. who was re-
moved to the Baptist hospital in
West End following the accident
seriously injured, is reported Thurs
day as resting we'll.
f. h. Hill Dies
+. b. Hill, age II years, for "a
years resident of this city diel
Thursday morning at his home on
Fifth avenue at o'clock following
stroke of apoplexy at 1870 o'clock
The death of Mr.. Hill removes
from the district one of the oldest
employees of the Tennessee Coal Iron
and Railway company, he having
been connected with the accounting
department of this company in Bes-
semer for 20 years. He had not been
actively engaged in work for sew
eral years owing to failing health
He is survived by his widow anu
four sons, f, b. Hill, Jr.. of Pennsyl-
vania; Griffin Hin of Missouri, Leo
Hill of Bessemer and Balmer Hill q.
Birmingham.
Funeral services will be held Sat
urday morning, the hour to be an
nounced later. and interment will
follow at Elmwood cemetery in Biz
mingham.
DIR. NJ. c. Ragsdale, Sr.
Funeral services for Dr. NJ g
Ragsdale. Sr.. who died Tuesday. wer.
held Thursday morning at IL oclocl
from the residence on Arlington ave
nue.. The deceased was pioneer
physician of the district and had
lived for many years in the city
The large gathering of friends
present at the funeral services and
the wealth of beautiful floral de-
signs and wreaths were testimonials
Of the high esteem in which the de-
ceased was held throughout the
county. where he had passed so many
years. He Is survived by large
family of sons and daughters and by
his widow.
Burial took place at Pleasant Hill
cemetery at McCalla. near Bessemer,
with Rev. B. 7. waites, Rev. Foust,
Rev. Sturdivant. Rev Holmes. Rev.
Hawkins and Rev. Heflin officiat-
Ing.
New Trinity Rector
Rev. Mr.. Sheflin, formerly OF Fair
field has been secured as rector Of
Trinity church, Bessemer, and will
fill his first appointment Sunday
morning at II o'clock in the church.
Mr.. Sheflin will remove immediately
to the city with his wife and family
to live.
DR.. NJ. S. Barnwell Of the Church
OF the Advent. will hold early COM
munion services at 9 o'clock Sunday
morning. N
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The chairman Of the Red Cross
drive In Bessemer. Mrs. E. e. Clarke,
is still taking subscriptions and re-
newing memberships to the organiza-
ton and while a number of citizens
have responded to this noble call
there are such a great many who
have not and the chairman wishes
them to know she will be glad to
receive their contributions.
They may be mailed to her or
notify her where she may call to
receive them.
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Mrs. George L. Cromwell, who has
Leen a visitor in Birmingham, has
/ eturned to her home in Tuscuinbia-
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Mrs Charles o. Locke, who has
been at Glen Springs. N. Y, Will visit
Mrs. Fred r. Greene in Amsterdam,
n. Y. and New York city before re-
turning to Birmingham.
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1922-02-19

Today, in all sections of the Federal Union,
hearts of Knights Of Pythias will beat with
pride as they reflect upon the growth and inn
portance of their order during the hfty-eight
years Of it's existence.
On the nineteenth day of February, 1864,
at the capital city of this nation, Justice H.
Rathbone, the Moses of Pythiamism, called in
council d. L. Bennett, w. H. Burnett, E. S.
Kimbal and r. A. Champion. These men,
prompted by love for the advancement and
happiness of humankind, for the purpose of
drawing closer together the cords Of manly
sympathy and strengthening the bonds of
brotherhood between man and man, formed
the illustrous order which today is the adj
mraton of more than million men.
1t is well known to all who know anything
of the knights of Pythias that the order was
founded upon the friendship, as Banim por-
trayed it, between Damon and Pythias.
Sel6shness and self-ambition prompt us in
nearly all our actions. In all the transactions
between man and man; yes, between man and
his Redeemer, one is prone to consider his
own comfort and his own pleasure as para
mount to all other considerations.
Life is a tempestuous ocean. Ambition and
selfishness furnish the vantage ground from
which we leap into its tide. Man starts upon
this turbulent ocean with certain points in
view There come to him dreams of am
btion, which spur him on to the achievement
of higher place and one exalted among his
countrymen. In this great struggle he is
prone to disregard the duty he owes to others,
to disregard the tie that should bind all man
kind together in a common brotherhood.
1T WAS NOT so WITH DAMON AND
PYTHIAS.
Dyonesius, the Sicilian tyrant possessed
the ambition to be crowned king of Syracuse.
The wishes of his people, the lives of his COM
rades, the sacred fealty that man owes his
country, were to be sacrificed to appease his
unholy ambition At the expense of every
thing he must rise and be crowned king.
Surrounding himself with nations traitors,
using the influence of wealth and a trained
sodiery, he carried his infamous plot to
triumphant conclusion. He was crowned
king, but not until Damon, the patriot, robed
in honor, armed with the singing words of
patriotism, under flag of loyalty, and in his
allegiance to his lost country pronounced
Dyonesius traitor. For this action he was
consigned to a dungeon and condemned to
the block From the prison he appealed for
six hours respite that he might go to Aetna
and bid his wife and child farewell The only
boon of man condemned to die was refused.
Pythias, a Sicilian soldier learning this, and
actuated by emotions of true friendship,
prompted by impulses of charity and benevo-
Ience, realizing the affection existing be-
tween loving wife and a devoted husband
went to Dyonesius and offered his life as a
hostage for Damons safe return. Pythias
was thrown in chains and Damon granted a
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1922-02-19

to me and mine | never knew a man
that | admired more than Col.
HUMPHREYS. He has contributed large
ly in the encouragement of those
with whom he has come in contact.
| shall always owe him for the help
he has given me- If there is any
thing that would make me feel that
| was worth while it would be that |
had the approval of the good men |
have mentioned above.
Now, the question: Why can't ev-
erybody speak a good word to those
they meet A kind word of encourage
ment might save a man or boy from
failure. Let's all resolve to help all
whom we meet by a word of en-
enlargement ard a wish for their
success.
The New Salem school is moving
on just fine. New pupils are being
added to the roll and the school is
growing in numbers as well as in
knowledge.
The ball team beat Z to last Fri
day evening by the Rocky Bluff team
from Monroe county. Go on, boys,
YOU will clean them up next Saturday
at Rocky Bluff.
On Friday night, February 18th,
the New Salem school will put on
concert The following is the pro-
gram.
Cabbage Hill School A Visit to
Mr.. Bloodshaws. A Neyron We'd
ding. Insurance Doctor. 1t is Easy
to Cook. A Young Mans Experience
in Courtship. Admission fee. 25c and
Sc. You can't afford to miss it..
Everybody invited. Il is a pleasure
to old Johnnie to note that the New
Salem ball team got SO badly beaten
in a contest with the Rocky Bluff
boys. 1t proves one thing beyond
a demonstration, that Is the New
Salem school is learning more Of
books than Of ball playing. | believe
spelling match or a grammar match
or reading match between the
schools would be Of greater benefit 70
All concerned than the ball game.
Last week Mr.. W. A. Nickles added
"a new man 70 his firm. The name in
full now Is w. A. Nickles. Son and
Grandson" The motor ear and motor
truck has brought jobs thirty or forty
miles away right to the doors Of the
workmen. The firm Of Nickles, Son
and Grandson has been recently
building bridges in the prairie near
Artesia. They 70 from home and do
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1922-02-19

The meeting Of the Chamber OF
Commerce which was to be held on
Monday evening was postponed on ac-
count of the weather and will meet on
next Monday.
The. Missionary Society of the Bap-
fist Church meet with Mrs. H. Y
Walker on Tuesday afternoon. AT
the close of the program a delicious
salad course was served.
Mrs. T. M. Upchurch was called to
Columbus this week on account of
A. t. McThvain. Mrs. McThvain has
many friends in Artesia who are glad
to know she is much better.
Miss Mary Alice Reese who is at
tending school in Artesia this winter,
spent Saturday in Sessums with her
parents.
Mrs. Val McAdams and little son
are visiting their grandmother in
Holly Springs.
Miss Louise Harvey of the M. S.
c, w. spent the weekend with her
parents.
Mrs. Mittie Griffin was in Column
bus shopping on Monday.
The weekly prayer meeting met
with Mrs. Oscar McThvain on Mon
day, having Mrs. Graham Jones for
the leader
Robert Mitchell visited friends in
West Point, Sunday.
The Methodist Missionary Society
held an interesting meeting with Mrs
Graham Jones Wednesday afternoon.
Miss Clara Sclater has accepted
position in the office of the Columbus
Marble Works.
DR.. Lamb and Mr.. c. d. Pritchard
were business visitors in West Point,
Tuesday
Mrs. J. D. Moore spent Monday in
Columbus.
Hon. w. w. Ethridge Of West Point,
stock claim agent, for the M. & 0.
railroad, spent Thursday in Artesia
adjusting claims.
Mrs. Robert Holmes, of Meridian,
is spending this week with her par
ents Mr. and Mrs. T. E. Dismukes.
The Thursday Afternoon Club will
meet with Mrs. G. w. Bush, this
week
The Norwood Stock Farms ship
ped three registered Hereford cows
and two calves this week which they
were consigning to the Southern Cat
tlemen's Convention Hereford Sale in
Knoxville, Tenn, Feb 14th. The
Norwood Stock Farms under the man
agement of Mr.. Gaius Whitfield has
spared no time and expenssin making
this the best herd of Hereford cattle
in the state and no doubt will bring
the top prices at the sale.
N VIOLET.
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Of expressing his approval of a
friend and lending helping hand in
his efforts to forward move.
Mr.. Jack Robertson has been a
great help to old Johnnie by his APP
proval and good wishes
For many years the Hon. T. B.
Franklin has been more than a friend
to Johnnie in words of encourage
mcnt as we'll as in deeds Of kindness.
The little Johnnies will never forget
him.
Or. +. NJ. Vaughn has at different
times spoken to me in such a way
as to create within me a desire to
become what he thought lreally was.
was in the employ Of the late
Capt. Banks for ten years and he
never failed to let others, as we'll as
my self, know | was his friend and
that / had his full confidence as a
farmer and manager Of his business.
! owe him a great deal for what |
am, much or little.
] had the pleasure of working for
the lameuted Capt. W W. HUMPHREYS
for ten years. He took a great in
terest in me and took advantage Of
every opportunity to do or say some
thing that would help me to improve
my self. From him ! gained a store
Of knowledge that has been to my
advantage. Listen. here is his adj
vice TO me i'm writing: when you
write TO a friend, write at length.
When writing a business letter, make
it short When you write a legal
document use as few words as pos
sible to convey your ideas"
Prof. Joe Cook is a man who is al
ways on the lookout for a chance to
drop a word of encouragement TO
some fellow who needs cheering up.
He has been always on the helping
side. As a school teacher he got the
confidence and respect of his pupils
and not their fear. lie let them know
he had their welfare at heart and
they gave him the best they had IN
them. Z am deeply indebted 20 Prof.
Cook for the part he has played in
my life. Forget it rot
Now. ! am coming % a man who
stands ou the bank Of the river. wait
ing for the boatman to carry him
over, and may the day be fair and
the sea calm, that his voyage be sure
and safe. Col. ". D. HUMPHREYS has
always shown a disposition to help
the fellow that IS down. He has
shown himself % be a true friend
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a days work and return to their homes
at night. Mr. w. A. Nickles is in his
eliment when building bridge. At
one time | was in a business that
carried me all over the county and
the best bridges / crossed were made
by Mr.. Nickles. The county is in
luck when it gets the Nickles Co.
to build the bridges. He can cut, saw
and furnish the best Of oak and do the
very best of work.
The Chamber of Commerce did a
wise thing when it discussed the
question of a rest lot and a hitch
room and let the matter drop at that.
am as much in favor of these con-
veniences as any one but now is no
time to add to heavy expense Of the
tax payers. If any man wants to
hitch his horse or mule let him do
like old Johnnie tie old Crazy
Kate to the wagon or buggy and feed
her in the one that is in use. Let
the price of goods down a bit and
we will do the trick and extend the
radious to 100 miles. Prices makes
the buyer come.
/ told Splivins he was a bit reck-
less. He has proved it. When a
man sees buds on a tree in February
and thinks they are half grown APP
pies he has been either kicked by ole
"red mule or struck by white light
ming"
JOHNNIE.
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JOHNNIE
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1922-02-19
THE KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS

respite to speak his parting words and seal
farewell kisses upon the lips of his wife and
child.
The trials and difficulties Of Damon's re-
turn to Syracuse need not be related. The
hour was approaching for the execution, and
it seemed to those less confident of human
friendship that an innocent man was to be
led to the block to pay the penalty of death
because of his confidence in. another. The
last moment had almost expired when Damon
arrived upon the scene. Viewing his friend
alive, he mounted the scaffold and proclaimed
to Dyonesius, Here | stand upon the block,
prouder than any king upon his throne"
The king, startled and astonished that hui
man hearts contained honor even unto death,
pardoned Damon and returned to him all the
rights and immunities of citizenship
Damon and Pythias have given to the
world an immortal example Of friendship
Christ suffered and died that humanity might
enjoy the blessing of life eternal Christ was
divine Pythias offered his life for his COM
rade. The motive that actuated Pythias was
divine
Greater love hath no man than this, that
he give his life for his friend" said the Saw
Tor of Mankind. Applying the action of this
Sicilian soldier to the words of Holy Writ,
we draw an example of human love which
the world will never permit to die. 1t has been
tWenty-three centuries since the event that
this beautiful legend commentaries, and yet
the event is fresh and undying, and lives to-
day in the hearts of the million men who
worship at the altar of Pythianism
The fame of this llustrious order has
spread from sea to sea- Not so much by deeds
of valor and high enprise as by unobtrusve
acts of love and tender sympathy. And,
judging by the great growth of the order dur
ing the ffty-eight' years of it's existence,
from the large number of lodges that have
sprung into being, and the remarkable num-
Der of degrees conferred, it would seem in
deed as if the guardian angels of benefcent
Creator had faithfully their vigils kept
Through the fundamentally of the les
sons taught at the Pythian shrine, and the in
fuence of those who have pondered we'll the
objects of the order, its members can con-
graduate themselves today that the world
has been made grander, wiser and better
since Pythianism first unfurled its banner
We congratulate this splendid order upon
having made more than half-century of
such glorious history. The men it has
strengthened and made nobler; the widows
and orphans it has comforted and helped;
the graves it has kept green, and the innum-
cradle good deeds it has performed, will in
the end be found as threads in the silken
cord binding man to man and all humanity to
God.
Long may the banner of Pythianism wave,
prompting men to a practice of the great
principles of Friendship, Charity and Benev-
oence.
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1922-02-19
BLACKGUM HALL

Words of encouragement. What do
they cost? Do we extend them as
we ought? What are they worth to
the boy, girl, man or woman to whom
they are directed?
1t seems to be a pleasure as well
as a habit for some people to en-
courage their fellows by kind word,
even in just a casual meeting on the
road or street, and the men and wom-
en- who have acquired this happy
trait of character do not seem to
realize the good they are doing and
what a real help they are to those
with whom they come in contack. /
hope the reader will bear with me
and not think it ignorance on my
part while | mention a few names of
those who have been an incentive to
me to try to assend to higher plane
of usefulness, for / believe it was
and is their habit to treat every one
as they have treated the writer:
/ / was at Glover meeting" once
and the late Mr.. Ed Chapman pinned
on the lapel of my coat long flower
with this remark, 81 am doing this
to show you the esteem in which !
hold you and my appreciation of all
the nice things you have witten 70
The Dispatch"
The lamented M. w. " Connell of
Mayhem never met me and passed on
the other side without a word of
cheer For many years he was the
superintendent of the Mayhem Sun
day School and he had a good word
for everybody. DR.. N. d. Query of
Artesia carries a smile and a good
word for all he meets. He has made
me feel that was among his friends
by his uniform kindness and happy
greetings.
The late judge T. c. Billups was
man that never let an opportunity
to speak an encouraging word pass.
The first time | met him after NOV
irg on the HUMPHREYS farm he said,
81 am glad to have you so near. You
are a good man and a good farmer. /
have always liked your father and
like you" Like begets like.
The late Gen. j. S. Billups was
never in too great hurry to pass
up a word of cheer to those he met. |
Major John Billups was of the make |
of man. | will never forget the help
he was to me in surrounding the
Obstacles that barred my progress in
life.
The man who meets Mr.. r. A. Car
son and doesn't feel better after the
contact, is a tough case. He has
been an inspiration to me to move
up higher
Hon. S. d. McClanahan has never
failed in saying something to en-
courage when we meet
Gov. J. 7. Harrison for years and .
years has shown an interest in the
man who is trying to make good and
his kind words to me and his fattering
comment on my efforts has been
great stimulent.
General f. T. Sykes, that grand old .
man, the last time we met he enquir-
ed after my health and that of old
Crazy Kate, and said Johnnie, hope
YOU will never be sick" Will | ever
forget that?
Mr.. RUDE Davis has his own way
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1922-02-19
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