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The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-04-01

district, said: "I have absolutely nothing to say" He could not ht prevailed on to make statement oi any kind.
 He was the only man in the entire suite of offices in the early after noon.
 From what could be gathered at union headquarters and from coal operators alike not miner laid down his tools either at union or non-union mine yesterday. Apparently no one was preparing to strike.
 There were lots of rumors. One said that a Walker county union mine would close down because of ss per cent of the men had voted to strike Whether it will close or whether the men will strike was not known.
 In the non-union mining camps work went on as usual.
 Coal production week ending March IS was 2sS,oO0 tons reported. which means, non-reported tonnage in- cluded about 810.000 tons This is the largest production of the year and compares with 220, 900 tons the first week of January. Last weeks production, although not footed up,
 
 week before.
 VIII Not Finance.
 Dispatches from Indianapolis, head quarters of the international union. say: The union does not propose to finance the non-union miners joining the shut down, officials declarfng their program for winning the CO., operation of these workers calls only for peaceful appeal"
 So far as could be gathered at the union Headquarters, no orders re- garding the strike had been issued from the district office. The absence of anything like a busy atmosphere at the headquarters suggested lack of anything of special note taking place.
 Nothing has been heard of strike benefits in Alabama. Rumors were heard of promises to pay non-union men $10 a week If they would come out, but the rumors lack authen- ticity.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-04-01
Fly AIIGNON HALL


 She wore slip-on apron when she first went to work at Burgers, she was such a little girl. That's been Is years ago.
 Now she is assistant manager. for just ten departments in that estab- lishment. Isn't that home success We are talking of Miss Katie Han- nigan, if you please-but better known to everybody as Miss Katie. ' Here's how her manager, Louis Hirsch, talks of her:
 She deserves anything good any body can say. She's won her present established place because she knows how to attend strictly to business, have perfect faith in her judgment and in what she does"
 Was Also Manager,
 Not only that, but Miss Katie has been so dependable that while MT. Hirsch was away serving Uncle Sam, she was manager for the ten de- partments in his stead.
 Because of this responsibility she had to go to New York twice as the buyer to bring on pretty merchandise for the homelike, attractive shop. You might say that Miss Katie is "just handmade" by Burgers for trained her in her profession. MT. Hirsch said. And she doesn't have to worry whether she is going to make a living because she makes a good one and she knows she is right at homeland that they'll stand by her because she stands by them.
 Miss Katie" Is real Irish, she says lives in an Irish neighborhood and Is proud of her Irish blood
 Loads of Friends
 Miss Katie not only knows a lot of people.
 Its just about everybody in Bir- mingham" is the way she phrases It. You'd fall in love with her eyes They are sparkling and brown and merry and when you go to her and
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-04-01
SUCCESSFUL BUSINESS WOMEN OF BIRMINGHAM

| scay: Now Miss Katie, you've just got to advise me. I have to have a bit of neckwear that will exactly fit in with my new gown" you know she Is dependable and that she will show you something that is right up to date, and most of all something that will harmonize or contrast in just the right way.
 Really that's why she has succeed ed She's pleasant and will spare no pains for you.
 Always Pleasing
 Even if you don't buy, Miss Katie Is just as nice-and her popularity is attested to by the way customers line up and wait for her.
 Narrowed down, these are the things that she does every day of her life, and that have made her rise;
 She's pleasing.
 Tries to make customers feel at home, whether they come to buy or to look.
 Tries to figure out a buyers re- quirements.
 Doesn't act like she knew it all.
 Doesn't snap out very well then" and adopt a superior attitude if pur- chasers can't be suited.
 Doesn't disparage anybody's taste. If it's bad, she gently tries to educate the purchaser by exhibiting a more suitable or harmonious article. If per chance the customer insists on get ting the wrong thing anyway. she doesn't volunteer the information or indicate to the customer that she mustn't be very smart.
 Big List
 Imagine being assistant manager and having to actually know all fine points and details on the following things:
 Hosiery. gloves. handerchiefs. um- brelias. jewelry, ribbons, toilet goods, and 40 kinds of notions!
 Yet Miss Katie knows the ins and outs of all of these lines, and if she can't sell you a thing-well, it's just because you don't want to buy.
 Miss Katie says she's gotten along so we'll because everybody is just so nice to her and because the firm is the best one in the world to deal with" She thinks that the depart ment stores offer a girl as much of a chance to make good money and success as any other line does.
 Miss Katie lives at 1916 Hibernian avenue. Pratt City. and goes to St. Catherine's church there.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-04-01
VITAL STATISTICS

Firth anf death reports received at health office March 31, 1929:
 Births
 Mir. and Mrs. Ammon $. Pelligreen 2236 Twenty third street. Ensley March 30. boy.
 Mir and Mrs. George Murphy, 6oa sixty sixth street, north. March 24 girl,
 MT. and Mrs. James Gettings, BIOS Avenue n, city. March 20, girl MT and Mrs. k. l.. Ellis, 3032 Ems ley Highlands. March q, boy Mir. and Mrs. Will Perry, 1217 Ave nue G. March 24. girl.
 Mir and Mrs. D. H. Green. 7024 First avenue. March 2S. girl. Mir. and Mrs. Lloyd Johnson, 1317 Avenue F, March 20. girl Mir. and Mrs. William Morrow, 635 Edgewater, March 25, hoy.
 Deaths
 Margaret Clark. T. c. l. hospital age months. James T. steen, Tennessee. age 2a years.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-04-01
K|KER SUSTAINED
 FRACTURED SKULL

With fractured skull and an in- jured shoulder Elmer Mixer, 27, of North Birmingham, star route seven, was in critical condition last night at St. Vincents hospital. He was in- 3ared about Il o'clock yesterday when he Is said to have fallen against a fly wheel at the North Birmingham ByProduct plant.
 He was rushed to the hospital in Biee Loys ambulance where an op- eration was performed. An X-ray picture was taken showing that portion of his skull was fractured. He has wife and two children.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-04-01
DEATHS

John Richard NeweIl--Funeral serv- ices for John Richard Newell. T, who died at the residence of his daughter, Mrs. Joe Bearden. 37l1 Avenue F, south. Thursday night will be held from the residence, Sunday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock with burial in Elmwood. Ridout in charge. MT. Newell is survived by his widow, two sons, John N. and W. E. Newell and two daush ters. Mrs. Joe Bearden and Mrs. C c. Price, all of Birmingham.
 Solomon M. Haii--Solomon M. Hall. 30, died at local ihfirmary yes terday after a short illness. MT Hall was member of Wahouma Lodge T6S, A. F. and A. M who will have charge of the funeral Full announcement as to the date of the funeral will be made later. MT. Hall Is survived by his motker. two sisters. Mrs. N. P. Camp of Birmingham, and Mrs. Ellie Dam iel of Early, Ga.; one brother, Cliff ford 1all
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-04-01
STORM DAMAGED
 MUNICH AL PLANT
Three Quarters of Inch of Rainfall During Storm,
 Is Report

As result of the storm about ? o'clock yesterday morning the mu- nicipal lighting plant at North Bir- mingham was put out of commission for several hours. The plant itself was injured and poles carrying transmission lines were blown down. The city hall--was without lights ddr- ing the morning.
 During the storm yesterday morn ing about three quarters of an inch of rain fell, according to Weather Forecaster Horton. The rainfall for the 24-hour period ending at o'clock yesterday morning was Ills inches.
 Commissioner w. F. Dickson re- ceived few complaints of flooded sewers. and damages from water The storm which did so much damage further north Ia the state was ac- companied here by lightning and thunder
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-04-01
Gain Of $23,123,OOO in
 Bank Clearings in First
 Quarter of Year OUer 1927

Bank clearings for the first quar- ter of 1922 show an increase of $23.- l2S,OOO over the same quarter in 1921.
 In the first quarter of 1922 they were $22S,506.000. In the first quar- ter Of 1921 they were $205.506, ,000.
 The largest monthly increase was that Of March, which made A gain over March, 1921, of S12,S27,O00, or 15 per cent.
 The previous high record for March was made in 1920 when the clear ings reached sS6, 6,906, ,OO0
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-04-01
SLIPPED ON BANANA
 PEEL-WANTS DAMAGES

On the grounds that she slipped on banana peel in the corridor of the courthouse and severely injured her self. Mrs. Fannie Ward of North Bir- mingham yesterday. through her at torney. asked damages of the board of revenue. The matter was referred to Solicitor Joseph R. Tate for an opinion as to the liability of the county.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-04-01
 REED NOT CONNECTED WITH STORE ROBBERY

H. H. Reed, slS Tuscaloosa avenue, who was arrested here Thursday morning early charged with being implicated in the robbery of Letaw's drug store Eleventh avenue, south, was released from custody yesterday after the police had failed to connect him with the crime.
 The police recovered about 500 cigars and several bottle of various forms of dope. within 8 few hours after the robbery.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-04-01
MINERSAT WORK
 |NALABAMA FIELD
kennamer Has "Nothing to Say"-No Sign of Trou-
 ble Exant

So far as Alabama coal field was concerned, eve of the nationwide coal mine strike, passed without a riffle on the surface.
 State headquarters of the union in the Farley building had no informa- ton of any kind to give out. ]. R. TSennamer, president of the Alabama
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-04-01

This Is the fifth of s series of stories about successful business women in Birmingham. The arti- cies will appear each day in The AEe-IIeraId. Few people realize how many are the highly success full example of women who have seized the business opportunities offered by great and growing Bir- minShHm and have won places of esteem and confidence in the busI- ness world.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-04-01
REAL EsTATE TRANSFERS

Warranty deeds filed yesterday in probate court were:
 James E. Penney to Kate NJ. Pen ney, part of lot 1, block 1s5. Bir- mingham-s1,0 ,00O.
 T. A. Fayett to A. w. Harwell. lot 1s block S3, irmingham-s62
 Realty Investment company to A. W. Harwell, lot 1s, block s3, Ensley- $1.925.
 A. NJ. Willis to Mary s. Holmes to A M. Willis, lot and part of lots 2, 8, and 12, block 7s9, Birmingham I-s4,2s0.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-04-01

Clearings are calculated this year on the same number of banks and under the same system as has main tained for two years. The increase is direct reflex of the better business conditions maintaining this year compared with this time in 1921.
 Clearings by months in 1922 and 1921 were as follows.
 1922 1921 January ....s S4,146.000 76,291, ,00o February 2. 63,157 .O00 60,fl6.000 March ..... S1.326, 900 s499, ,000 Totals ..s22s,s ,s2a,ooo s2O5, ,5Os. .oOO
The Cordova daily times., 1922-02-25
THE NATIONAL TARGET

If the President is silent he's sneak If he does lot of takin' he's fool If he happens be honest he's freak or hasn't got the judgement of mue If he r11taes the bosses he's crook If he does thing, he never gets it right Whichever way he turns, he sees a pook, and dreams about the devil every night If he should get to feen esy proud of any noble plan that he has sprung brings the maecons from the crowd that figures every day to get him hung And when he sends
 message to the wheps that practice all the deviry they ca1 the peannt press pulls off its helps cruelty that oor olmented man I reckon that there never was soul that gets so little comfort out of fe when every moral
 oecat leaves his hole to hrl batch of his wife
 I'd hate to be the President-eect; wouldn't be the Presidenthat I'd be so hard to deal witl ex- pect-1'd make em go an wash their dirty paws . l wouldn't be mareaed by the ob that every brand of he'll
 shness creates I'd tackle any other jub than President of these United States
The Cordova daily times., 1922-02-25
PUPILS NEED MORE SLEEP

A marked difference exists in the quality of work done by children who retire at sensible hour and those who go to bed any old time-after eleven o'clock or later.
 1nasmuch as the territorial exam nations are pending, the pupils of the eighth grade especially will need all the rest possible in order that they maye have sufficient energy to do the required work. When the results of the examinations are known parents who have. not taken sufficient interest to see that their children were physi' cally fit to do the mental work re- quired may well ask themselves the following questions before attempting to place the blame of failure: r. Did see that my child had nine or ten hours of sleep every night? Did I see that he had proper and sufficient food?
 Did I see that he did not exercise in excess of his strength?
 Did I see that he maintained a pro- per balance between play and work?
 The teacher is at best but an acces- sorry to the child's progress. By far the greater part of his success or fail, ure depends upon what he does out, side of school. Parents, are you doing your share?
 Adolescent children need very care full supervision as to food and rest and exercise. Physical exercise should not take the place of much-needed sleep. It is not only now that the effects of good training will be evi- dent, but the child's future happiness depends upon strong. healthy body and discriminating mind.
The Cordova daily times., 1922-02-25
ITS SPLENDID TO LIVE SO
 GRANDlY

Iris splendid to live so grandly
 That, long after you are gone, Things you did are remembered,
 And recounted under the sun; To live so bravely and purely
 That a nation stops on it's way, And once a year, with banner and drum Keep the thoughts of your natal day 'Tis splendid to have a record,
 So white and free from stain, That, held to the light, it shows no blot Though tested and tried amain; That age to age forever
 Repeat it's story of love, And your birthday lives in a nations
 heart
 All other days above. And this is Washington's glory,
 A steadfast soul and true, Who stood for his country's honor, When his country's days were few
The Cordova daily times., 1922-02-25
Editorial Staff
ROOM ONE

Room one won their quarter holi- day this month. AS our afternoon ses- sion is so short we stayed till 12 and did not come again in the afternoon
 We have large white hyacinth In bloom-a gift from Mrs. Holt. We are very thankful for 1t.
 There have been twelve girls and nine boys wh were neither tardy nor nine boys who were neither tardy nor you girls Last month the boys were ahead.
 Mrs. Holt, Mrs. Day, Mrs. Downing and small daughter, Vera, were visit ors in the first grade room Friday afternoon.
 The firstgraders are having a great deal of enjoyment out of a number of new pictures. The pictures are some of the children studies from the GOV CTS of two popular magazines. They have been hung low down so even the shortest can get the benefit of them.
 One small beginner has discovered one eye is better than two. Last week during arithmetic period when the room had just settled down to writ ten work small boy raised his hand and said he couldn't see the board at all till he closed one eye. It made no difference which eye was closed, he could see with either, but not with both.
The Cordova daily times., 1922-02-25
The eight grade is studying Long fellows "Evangeline"

Our visitors this week were Mrs Day, Mrs. Holt and Mrs. Downing
The Cordova daily times., 1922-02-25
ROOM THREE D.. EAfkA r4kk, A nSA o. IAA

py GUIIIt VdIfTCTVnC 0NyTCN
 We had a program on Washington's Birthday. Genevieve Dyson and Mike Shepard had charge of 1t. Songs were sung and patriotic readings given.
The Cordova daily times., 1922-02-25
ROOM TWO

Last week and the first part of this week we read stories about Washing ton and the Revolutionary war. The punils were much interested in the poem Paul Revere's Ride" Several of the children brought Washington stories and poems Ralph Sherman brought little oil painting of "The First President"
 We brought in from the hall a large picture of General Washington and one of ''The Spirit of '76." We have smaller pictures of Washington g Farewell to His Mother" and "The Winter at Valley Forge" For language we wrote short stories of Washington.
 On Wednesday for hand work we drew and cut aut little hatchets. We had another "flag march," and for physical training we all "acted out" a Washington story--each part of the story calling for q new exercise. At music time we sang Mt. Ver- non Bells" and other patriotic songs.
The Cordova daily times., 1922-02-25

And now when it's days are many, And its flags of stars are flung To the breeze in defiant challenge, His name is on every tongue. Yes, it's splendid to live so bravely, To be so great and strong, That your memory is ever a tocsin To rally foes of the wrong; To live so proudly and purely That your people pause in their way And year by year, with banner and drum,
 Keep thought of your natal day.
 -Margaret E. Sangster.
The Cordova daily times., 1922-02-25
ROOM FIVE By Ernestine Jessen

VO0" TIVE
 By ErnestIne Jessen
 The fifth grade Is learning the fable of a quarrel between the mountain and the squirrel and also Iris Splen- did to Live So Grandly"
 Since we have the book "Baree, the Son of kazan." we have also a pic ture of James Oliver Cnrwood, who wrote both "Kazan" and "Baree, the Son of Kazan."
 For history this week the fifth grade has been studying 'The Life of Washington. It Is very interesting. The fifth grade is now through studying the Western States in geo. graphy. Very soon we will be study. ing on Alaska
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-02-28
 WAS IN MISERY Twas Hard for Her to Stop York, But This Texas Lady Says She Had to
 Go to Bed-Helped
 by Cardui

Salado Texas.--"F suffered a great deal with womanly troubles,' says Miss Ira Lillian Hart of Route l, this place. T would, for day or two, feel drowsy, stupid and lifeless; didn't feel like doing my work.
 "I would suffer pains in my sides and back. and have very severe head T am the housekeeper, and it was lvery hard for me to stop. but would get in such misery I would have to go to bed.
 T heard of Cardui. and that it was good for this suffering. The very first bottle took seemed lio help me. I did not suffer near so much, so I sent for the second. Tt did so much good for me. l ant say enough for Cardui, for 1t .ertainly was a friend in need. 1 have commented it to others. and gladly 70 so.
 l q do not dread :. time as 1 sed to-"
 Women who feel the need of, some thing to help relieve, or prevent. SUI h ltoubles as Miss Hart mentions above, hould profit by the experience of thousands of other women, who have aken Cardui with results which ause them to praise this purely yege- hble, mild, harmless tonic for women.
 Any druggist can supply you.-Ady.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-02-28

to climb in to find out. We'll here goes.H r,z
 He looked anxiously this way He locked anxiously that way. He look so anxiously the other way. In fact nN looked anxiously every way, But saw no one and nothing to be alr@iu of and so he started up the tree He was half way up when. glaneih7 down he saw a shadow moving across the snow Once more Whiteioot heart seemed to jump right up m nis throat. That shadow was the snaao~ of some one flying. There couidn pc the least bit of doubt about 1t. nlte foot flattened himself against the side of the tree and cpeked around il. He was just in time to see graz and black and white bird almost the size of sammy Jay alight in the very next tree. He had come along near the ground and had arisen sharply into the tree. His bill was black anu there vas just a tiny hook on the eto Of it. Whitefoot knew him. IL was Butcher the shrike. Whitefoot shtN- cred as he recognized him.
 Copyright. 1922. by T. w. Burgessl
 The next Aory: "whitefoot Finds a Hole Just in Time
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-02-28
rLANs rLENsuRE REsoRr

Meridian, Miss. February 27.-tSpe- cial0-An outdoor pleasure resort, to be known as Echo Park is being created on the site of the old Hamil- ton lake property, south of the city, by W. ]. Saunders late of Ann Arbor. Mich. who purchased the property from Capt. J. NJ. T. Hamilton some months ago. Mir Saunders is con- vertins the property into q modern forest park, the picturesque hills sur rounding the lake being dotted with summer cottages, while the lake itself is being improved with sand bottom and beaches and modern hotel IS being erected all of which is helng done at an outlay of many thousands of dollars.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-02-28
MIR. RAMSAY HOST

Mir. Erskine Ramsay was hos Sunday evening at an elaborate sup per party, plimenting Mrs. Rob ert Cathcart, of Charleston, s. C., thi attractive guest of Mir. and Mrs. JohI Caldwell.
 The house was bright with spring flowers and blooming plants and tns guests included Mrs. Cathcart, Mir and Mrs. John Caldwell. Mrs. Lloyd Hooper, of Selma; Colonel and Mrs Paul Pierce, Mir. and Mrs. Andrew Ramsay, Mir. and Mrs. J. l.. Drennen MT. and Mrs. Key Miner, Mir. and Mrs. oscar Wells, Mir. and Mrs. B. M, Allen. Mir. and Mrs. E. w. Barrett Miss Helen Singluff. of Norristown Pa. Mrs. Frances DeBardeleben, MT and Mrs. W. NJ. Walker, Mir. and Mrs Fred Leyert, Mir. and Mrs. Felix Drennen, MT. and Mrs. David Roberts MT. and Mrs. I. J. Osbun. Mir. and Mrs. Jack Asbury, Mir. and Mrs Frank crockard, Mir. and Mrs. Feltor Vim berly. pr. and Mrs. Charles M Nicc. Mir and Mrs. Morris Bush, Dr and Mrs. w. NJ. Jordan.