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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-12-19
To Hold Probate Court

Judge Stiles will hold regular court
in the Bessemer probate office on
Tuesday December &c, according to
ain announcement of Judge Sam Huey
of the probate office today Judge
Stiles regular day would fall en-
Christmas day. this being the fourth
Monday in the month when he holds
court In Bessemer, but owing to this
fact. arrangements have been made
to hold court on Tuesday, the day
after Christmas.
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the building will be rushed to com
pletion.


Mr.. and Mrs. f. c.. Williams are
both seriously i'll with pneumonia.
Mr.. Williams was removed to the
Ensley infirmary yesterday and Mrs.
Williams is i'll at her home on Ave
nue. G.
William Anderson, who Is stu
dent at the Northwestern Presby
terrain university at Clarksvills,
Tenn, is expected to arrive home
Wednesday to spend the Christmas
holidays with his parents, Mr.. ana
Mrs. John Anderson.
A. H. Sinclair Is critically Ill at
the Norwood infirmary
John Hasslcr Of Syracuse, N. Y,
arrived home TO spend the Christmas
holidays with his parents, Mr., and
Mrs. Robert Hassler.
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Christian workers Meet

The Christian Workers of the First
Christian church met this afternoon
at the church and completed plans
for their White Christmas exer-
cises, which will be held on Sun
day evening at the church at 5
o'clock.
According to the plans program
will be carried out by the children
of the school with music, songs and
appropriate Christmas readn.s, and
the gifts on the tree will be for
the children of the orphanage OF the
church. The Sunday school will con-
tribute gifts for the children them
selves, ii was planned.
The annual election OF officers
was postponed on account of the
weather conditions preventing many
of the members from attending the
meeting.
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New Apartment House

Work was started on the new
apartment house which is being
erected on Nineteenth avenue and
Thirtieth street by DIR. NJ. D. Glenn
ents. The new apartment will be
erected at a cost of over $4,000 and
will be of brick veneer. The building
will have four complete apartments
of five rooms each and will be mod
ern in every respect, The deal is
being handled by d. r. Faircloth and
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-12-19
Obituary

Mrs. Sarah Blackstock. age S4, died
at $50 Sunday at the home of her
daughter, Mrs. A. ]. Nisenant, 326
Fairfax avenue. The deceased is sur
vived by one daughter, and tive
sons.
Funeral services were held Monday
afternoon at o'clock and interment
followed at Canaan's. cemetery with
Jacobs in charge, and Rev. Il. S Ga
BILE officiating.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-12-19

Many expressions of regret have
been heard throughout the city today
regarding the announcement made
yesterday at the First Presbyterian
church by the pastor. DIR. +. o. Hell
lier offering his resignation to take
effect in July.
His resignation was read following
the morning sermon and was received
with a demonstration of regret by his
friends. DR.. HELLER has been a prom
inent figure in church and commu-
nifty welfare work of the city and
has many friends in all denomina
lions who regret to hear Of his resig
nation.
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BEssEMER, Dec. 1S.-(speclal.)-
The Civilian club held an interesting
meeting today at the Grand hotel
with DR.. Joseph Schieffelin, rector of
Trinity church, in charge of the pro-
gram. J. g. Haffner was the princi-
pal speaker and made a very fine
talk about the cotton industry of
the SOUTH The membership of the
club is increasing and enthusiasm is
growing and the luncheon today was
one of the most entertaining enjoyed
by the club.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-12-19
BESSEMER

The Age Herald maintains special rep
resentatives in Bessemer for handling
correspondence. advertising and sub
scriptjons. Mrs. L. D. McCollum, CORE
spondent, receives news items; phcne
Bessemer 1912. Circulation depart
ment 3231a N. 18th ST., Room No. 8.
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ENSI.E
Mrs. Harold Mandy
Correspondent
Phone Ensley Ao6-W
Residence 2400 Ave. II
Circulation
3oeM 18th ST., Room

Ensley members of the congrega-
ton of the First Presbyterian church
at a meeting held Sunday follow
ing the morning services, appointed
a committee composed OF S. A. Nc
Rec, chairman; l.. L. Dali and C. w.
Lawrence to look into the advis
ability OF constructing additional
temporary Sunday school rooms and
also to provide for a pastors study
for their new pastor, Rev. E. C. Scott
of Tennessee, who will assume his
new duties on January l.
Rev. ] H. AFFORD of Birmingham
acted as moderator over the meet
ing and tho report of the pulpit sup
ply committee that DIR. Scott had
accepted the call of the local church
was very pleasing to the congrega-
tion The congregation will furnish
the new pastor with an automobile
to facilitate his work and the
ladies of the auxiliary of the church
requested they be given the oppor-
tunity to solicit funds and purchase
the automobile, which was granted,
and committee was appointed
composed OF I. Nv. Lid TeHCtt
chairman; Mrs. John Anderson, Mrs.
c. A. Ewing, Mrs. J. W. Kaiser and
Mrs. NJ. A. Boynton for this purpose.
A pretty home wedding was SOL
emnized Sunday afternoon about 2;30
o'clock at the home of DIR. II. j..
Springfield, on Avenue G, when Mr.
William L. Hall and Miss Frances
Eldone Pettus were united in mar
riage with DIR. Springfield offieia-
ting, the ring ceremony being used.
Mrs. Clayton Pearce rendered the
nuptial music. About thirty friends
OF the young couple were present,
including the Sunday school class of
which the bride is teacher. Mr.. and
Mrs. Hall left Immediately on a we'd
ding trip to points in northern Ala
bama and upon their return will be
at home in Graymont.
J. S. Falkner was elected chairman,
c. O. johnson, vice chairman, and G..
G. Goodwin was elected secretary
and treasurer of the finance COM
mittee of the First Baptist church
for tho new church fund. The fl
nance committee with the general
committee composed OF the deacons
of the church and several members
of the congregation held a meeting
last night at which time plans were
made for the campaign which will
be inaugurated on the first Sunday
in January.
The Ensley and Fairview fire de-
partment answered a false alarm
Sunday night from a box on Brown
boulevard and Gray street. This is
the first run the local fire depart
ments have had since December /.
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REV. THOMAS B. WARD OF
METHODIST CHURCH DEAD

TACOMA, Wash, Dec. IS. = Rev.
Thomas b. Ward, d. D., rs, widely
known churchman and missionary,
died here at the home of his sonin
law, e. A. Hazeltine, after a long
illness. Mr.. Ward was president of
Valparaiso Gnd) college in 1870
when he went to the Argentine re-
public as Methodist missionary.
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n ]. Ray, age SO. died Sunday
morning at 1870 o'clock at his home
near Wilton. lie is survived by wife
and several children and by enc
brother, Horace G. Ray. of Bessemer.
Funeral services will be held Tues
day at a. m. at the home of Hor-
ace Ray, in Hueytown. with Rev. Mi.
Swindall officiatipg. Interment at
Pleasant Ridge cemetery with Jacobs
in charge
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Hubert Mason. age three months,
died Sunday morning at. $50 o'clock
at the home of his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Hubert Mason, at Potters Fun
eral services were held Sunday aft
ernoon at O'Clock from the residence
of Mr.. and Mrs. George Mason. 800
Fairfax avenue. with Rev. Roy Chan
dler officiating. Interment followed
at Union cemetery with Jacobs in
charge
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-12-19

Bazar u Success
Two hundred and fifty dollars
We're realized from the bazar re-
Gently held by the Woman's Mission
airy society of the Lipseomb Bap-
fist church. according to reports
turned in at the meeting of the So
ciety this afternoon.
The society members stated that
they were exceeding grateful = the
Royal Cup Coffee company for hav-
ing contributed both coffee and dem
onstrator, and for the many lovely
donations made by friends to the ba-
Ear. The proceeds will be turned
over to the building funds committee
of the church.
The missionary study in which the
society is engaged in at present and
which afforded interesting matter for
the program this afternoon was THE
Wandering Jew in Brazil Mrs. Eppo
Calhoun. the president, led the study.
Mexico Studied
The Woman's auxiliary of the First
Presbyterian church met this after
noon in a missionary study with Mrs.
Gordon e. Jones. leader. The sub
ject was Mexico and interesting talks
'SAN iiteAtt ~ 49, . ~. -. iNiHE, MIS-
G. w. Williamson, Mrs. f. c. Smith.
Following the study, business
session was held with Mrs. George
Stevenson presiding, and reports
showed that $50 had been made dur.
ing the month.
Reese-A ckcr
Miss Pauline Acker. daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs J. j. Acker. and Mr..
Horton Reese were united in mar
riage Sunday afternoon at O'clock
at the home of Mrs. l.. J. Goolsby on
Nineteenth street, with Rev Bean,
pastor of the West Side church. Off
ciatlng. The bride was gowned for
her wedding trip in midnight blue
suit with accessories to match, with
which she wore a brides corsage of
roses.
Immediately after the wedding a
four-course dinner was served to
the close friends and relatives pres
ent. The bride was reared in Bucks
Vile. where she was the center of a
large circle of friends. The groom.
the son of Mr.. and Mrs. II. II. Reese,
of this city, is in business in the
city and the couple will make their
home for the present with the
groom's sister on Nineteenth street.
PERSONALS.
Mrs u. +. Corley and children will
leave Tuesday for ForlSville. where
they will spend the holidays with
Mrs. Corley's parents Rev. Corley
will join them Sunday evening for
the Christmas season.
Miss Aubrey Word will leave Fri
day for Athens, where she will spend
the holidays with her parents.
Mrs Andrew G. Mitchell of Mobile.
who has been the guest of relatives
in the city. having been called on ac-
count of the illness of Mrs. Julia
Maury Mitchell. has returned home
today.
Lee Moody returned Sunday from
the Delta Duck club, near New Or
leans. where he has been on a hunt
ing trip.
Mrs. II. p. Lipscomb, Jr.. will spend
the Christmas holidays with relatives
In Tennessee.
Mr. and Mrs. Ben G. Perry and
children will go down to Boligee i'm
after Christmas day and
with Mrs. e. f. Bouchclle.
Ycatman King will spend the holt
days in Houston. Tex. with relatives.
Mrs. W. 0. Hodgkins returned Sum
day from a visit to relatives in Gin
cinnati and in Lexington, Ky.
Ben Harris, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Schuyler Harris, arrived home Satur-
day from Gulfport, Miss. and will
spend the holiday season with his
parents.
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The Womans Missionary society of
the Shadyside Methodist church will
hold their annual observance OF Har-
vest Day at a meeting in the base
ment of the church Tuesday after
noon at 2:30 o'clock, at Joint ses-
sion with the Junior Missionary So
ciety "A request is made that all un
paid pledges and dues be met at this
time.
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The Pleasant Hour Sewing eiul
Will meet Thursday afternoon Will
Mrs. j. E. Nicholas, 1925 Ensley ave
nue..
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The Ensley and Fairview fire de-
partment answered a false alarm
Sunday night from box on Brown
boulevard and Gray street This is
the first run the local fire depart
ments have had since December /.
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Steel City Campfire Girls viii meet
in the Red Mems hall this afternoon
at 3 o'clock.
The Washington herald., 1922-05-24
The Valentino Mess.

nODOLPH VALENTINO no longer is the idol
N of romantic maids and college sophomores.
Humpty Dumpty has fallen. Only short time
ago he sat the wall and smiled in his smirking,
superior way at such nsufferable yokels as states
n-n, generals etc. who could get that fine, oily
polish their hair.
They worship him-tlose lovable little maids
who dream of fairy princes all day long Now he
is so poor that none will do him homage. Mr..
Valentino fell from grace at time when it is cs-
sential for film actor to walk the straight and
rocky path and keep far away from the bright lights
of temptation. Every man who acts for the camera
is trial before public opinion. Unfortunate scam
dals in film colonies have had detrimental effect.
All the and women in the profession are faced
by difficult task-that of restoring themselves in
the respect of the public 1t will be difficult in
deed to save the name OF the entire group If few
scandals recounted in the newspapers.
There may have been extenuating circumstances
in Mr.. Valentines favor He may have been ignor-
ant of any offense against the standards of Ameri-
society. The fact remains that he did not ex-
ercise the in his personal conduct which he
owed to his fellows.
Will Hays is to be congratulated for his ban
on Valentino plays until the has been settled
one way another. 1t is bad enough that a NOV
ing picture actor should be public hero. 1t is
douby bad that any whose character is not in
keeping with the best sentiment of the time should
be allowed in position where he will win the ap-
plause of the public
An actor like Mr.. Valentino, unfortunately, is
in very intimate touch with his audiences. Girls
and boys attend the theater see him rather than
the play in which he performs Too many failed
to appreciate the splendid drama Of the -Four
Horsemen" and reserved their praise for its chief
actor.
The fact that Lord Byron would not have made
a good Sunday School teacher does not make a
great deal Of difference. 1t is the sublimity OF
Chde Harold that the world admires-not the
weakness of the author. Shelley would have been a
poor figure in the pulpit. But that does not deract
from Prometheus Unbound. Folks read the poem,
not the character OF the poet
But with an actor it is different. He himself is
the attracton-not the play in which he performs.
This condition should be done away with. Until it
is at least demand that film players be de-
cent people
The Washington herald., 1922-05-24
Daylight Saving.

To the Editor. The Washington Herald:
In your editorial of May IL, head
ed An Hour More Of Daylight. you
say. Among the great body of Of
hce workers in Washington only a
few lazy butterflies object to quit
ting beds one hour earlier on sunny
summer mornings. Objections to
daylight saving in the city are con-
fined to a few lines of business and
are mostly technical"
Now, then, admitting that office
workers do constitute a majority in
the District OF Columbia. are not
the minority or working class tthe
real producers) entitled to any con-
Sideration whatever? And. further
more. it remains to be proven that
n majority of the office workers do
want TO start work an hour earlier
each morning No doubt the 9 and
l0-o'clock bosses and business heads
favor the idea. because they won't
have to get up at or $50; but
how about the fellow who has to
start work at : o'clock. that means
he has to be up long before the
higher ups turn over for a second
snooze: was this important change
SuDIlllAtu ~ AAtii AOA dppA NoAF ohN
do they approve it?
The writer thinks not: for to date
he hasn't heard of a single section
in any department. of the govern
ment service where the working
class or technical employees Qazy
butterflies. you call them) are en-
thusiastic over the announced
change in their hours.
E. r. TAYLOR.
The Washington herald., 1922-05-24
Krupps in Russia.
wv HAT avais when swords turned int
w plowshares and tanks into tractors?

W/HAT avals when swords are turned into
w plowshares and tauks into tractorso
Directors of the Krupp gun works, now as
active in manufacture OF armament of peace a.
once they in fashioning machines of war,
answering this question with customary thor
oughness.
They found themselves with too many plow-
shares on their hands The checkerboard farms
OF Germany unable to absorb the greater
part of their output The Rhineland farmer who
the soil OF his scanty with milk
hched to old wooden plow not in
the market for machinery designed for enormous
estates So the Krupp directors have gone into
Southern Russia and taken over an experimental
tract of $4,000 in the heart of the grain
producing country. They will this land solely
to afford market for their machinery. Thus
the ultimate product of the great Essen factories
will be wheat, and -four. So, by roundabout
way, has this plant come from the stage where
it the worlds greatest gun producer.
Next year, if plans work out we'll, The Krupps
propose to take 100000 acres of the richest
grain producing territory in the world, affording
employment to thousands. Under the efficient
management of the former gun-makers, this land
should be made to produce far more than at the
hands OF Russian peasants with their antique
methods and deadened ambitions.
This scheme of the Krupps perhaps consti
the greatest enterprise in industrial agriculture
the world yet has known. No ranch in America
covers 100000 acres. In South America it is
doubtful if any estate of one-haf that size could
be found. And. it must be remembered this all
is intensvely cultivated land Under the d-
rection i: will be utilized to still greater extent
When the Krupps get to work they will not leave
foot OF soil implanted.
This is by far Germany's greatest move yer
to develop Russia. 1t probably is the forerunner
of a number of German land movements. The
development will be interesting.
After all, the Russian people have nothing
to suffer. The Krupps in business soe>~
for their profit. But they would permit
famine to afflict the workers in territory under
their control 1t would be poor proposition. fnan-
cially They need cheap Russian labor for the
exploitation of this land, and probably they will
force the peasants work harder and faster than
ever before. But it is reasonably certain that
they will also bring about conditions where the
peasants will eat better food, better clothes
and live in better houses Can anything be
asked of them?
The Washington herald., 1922-05-24
eGhcBe
N7cys
QUfConnent
WEDNESDAY. MAY "a. 1922.

on weights and ns.s-
ures. Bureau OF Standards. today.
10 a. m. Address by Herbert
Hoover. Secretary Of Commerc.
The Fundamental Standard Of
Length" by H. W. Bearce. Blu.
reau Of Standards. Discussion on
divergence Of requirements sf-
fecting milk bottles. Expert
ence in Testing Lesther-measur-
ing Machines" by J. J. Cumming.
acting chief inspector. division Of
standards. State Of Massachusetts.
The. Metric System: How Wouls
II Be Put Into Effectg" by c. A
Briggs. Bureau Of Standards. In
spection and demonstration Of
manufacturers exhibit OF liquid
measuring devices installed for
use. At 1880 p. m. Protection OF
Highways by Means Of Portable
Weighing Devices" by John y.
Mackall, chairman Maryland State
roads commission. wisconsin
Equipment for Testing Heavy Ca
pacity Scales" by George Warner.
chief inspector Of weights ami
measures. State Of Wisconsin.
Results Of Joint Investigation OF
Bureau Of Standards and Commit
tee on Specifications and Toler-
ances on Accuracy OF Heavy Duty
Automatic Scales IN Service" by
F. S. Holbrook, Bureau Of Stand
ards.
The Washington herald., 1922-05-24
Marines in Nicaragua.

A MOTHER Nicaraguan revolution has passed
~ into history. Once again a small detach-
ment of American Marines have shown their COOL
and efficiency in a difficult position.
Whatever might have been the result of this
revolution we may be reasonably certain that
it would have brought no good to the people of
the country. The opportunities for graft simply
would have changed hands. But it might have
ragged for days with considerable suffering and
loss of life.
The presence Of these Marines m the Mica
raguan capital prevented all this. Often in the past
the sea soldiers of Uncle Sam have shown their
efficiency as policemen of the Western Hemisphere.
Without causing international complications, they
able to stop incipent wars and furnish real
protection, not only to American interests but to
the citizens Of the countries where they land
AS fighters their record is splendid. But no
less glory belongs to them for their success as
peacemakers. Much of their effective work
is accomplished without single shot or single
drop OF blood.
Central American revolutions are pictureque
but purposeless. The pigmy republics grouped
about the Caribbean Sea are restless children of
the democratic idea They need strong restrain
ing hand and then This the Marines have
been on hand to offer at all times. Everything
is as peaceful in Nicaragua today as if nothing had
happened to disturb the lazy drowsy atmosphere
of the state the natives in their siestas,
and American business men are not concerned
over any ruined property. Moreover the Mica
raguan government has heavy bills to pay, for
damages to foreign interests sustained while the
hostile troops fired at each other.
Just threat of artillery was all that the
Marine commander needed to convince the rebels
that their best policy was to check in their rifles
and return to their homes. They had no desire
for real warfare. little hot-weather revolution
fine so long there to be no real fight
ing. But Latin Americans have little love for
messy affairs. and they know that Yankees do
not fight like boxers at Sunday school picnic
There may be protest over American inter
ference. But in the final analysis probably every
The Washington herald., 1922-05-24
From the Suburbs.

To the Edit.r The Washington Herald:
My experience is just the opposite
of the one who has such lovely
early walks through the Mall. We
live in the country and are en-
ployed irI the government. We.
therefore. have to rise at 4:30 a. m.
We live three miles from the sta
tion and We have to come on the
train leaving our station at $50 in
order to get to the office at :
o'clock. Before the new time went
into effect We came in on the train
leaving our place at 7:5O-just a
good time. As it is now when I
reach the office | am too tired to
work. This is the experience of
hundreds
1 wish We would return to the
good old standard time. which is
Gods time. and ] don't think it can
be improved upon.
DISCONTINUED EARLY RISER.