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The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-11-30
Coroner Finds Woman To Have Been 106
 At Time of Death

Coroner J. D. Russum was called upon to -s fill out an official death certificate for one of the oldest. if not the oldest. resident of Jefferson county, Wednesday,. Manda Mitchell. negress. resi- dent of Parkstown, Wylam, who was 1o6 years old. The woman's age was ascertained from dates hardly discernable, in an ancient family Bible. which showed that she was born in the lower section of the state in the year of 1876. Her death was attributed to senility.
 Due to her advanced age. "Aunt Manda," as she was familiarity known to every resident of the Wylam district, had been unable to pass beyond the entrance to her modest abode for several years.
 Her relatives said that she dis played a keen interest in all oc- entrances of the neighborhood, no matter from what source the in formation came.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-11-30
PASTOR DECLARES 4BE THANKF u IS
 MESSAGE IF DAY
Thanksgiving Originated in Time Delivery of Hebrews From Bondage in Land
 of Egyptians
By DIR. J. \. BRYAN Pastor of the Third Presby terian>
 Church.

Pastor of the Third Presbyterian,
 Church.
 Written Expressly for Tho, Age-
 Herald for Thanksgiving Day, 1922
 The first Thanksgiving Day proc lamation was Lot issued by Governor Bradford of New England in 1921, following the landing of the Pill grims. The first-the original proc lsmation--was made by God himself just after the Hebrews were dellv- cred from Egyptian slavery and were having a happy experience of liberty f.. the wild srness, Exodus 23:l6, "Thou shalt keep the feast of the harvest" that is, Keep Thanks giving"
 The Jewish Feast of Tabernacles was A protracted thanks-day. when the rsople lived in tents or bootsh" E. memory Of the 10 years Tn which their forefathers lived in tents ana were wanderers day -rtsr gay. week after week in the desert
 Nehemiah told the people after the long captivity ITO eat and fat and drink the sweet and send por- tions to them who had nothing pre- pared" and he writes, This day is holy unto the Lord Ged.'
 Holland had a praise day. a Thanksgiving Day praising God for her victory over Spain. In 1921, Governor Bradford (this followed the landing of the Pilgrims at Plymouth) set apart day for p~..yer and rejoicing, and praise to God.
 God commands us to praise Him for His mercy and goodness center unto the gates with thanks giving and into his courts with praise; be thankful unto Him." Psalms 100.4. Praise ye the Lord.p Psalms 150:6. In these six verses we are exhorted two times Ito praise God" How sharper than a serpent's tooth" 1t must be -to have thankless child, ungrateful child. Thanklessiess produces reif- ishness, egotism, bigotry. Ingrati- Jude cripples individuals. cripples nations. Thanksgiving Day makes us think of the source of blessings. The giver of all good. "Oh give thanks unto the Lord fer He is good" Gods nature is good; good in giving us temporal bless sings; friends. food. clothes. com , forts, home. schools, orphans homes. Hospitals, work in theI cfry or Bir- mingham, Bibles. health. harvest, desires to help others
 sss We just stop today and exclaim, -"Bless the Lord oh my soul and all zthat is within bless His holy name"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-11-30
Relieves Headache

] A little Musterole, rubbed on fore head and temples, will usually drive away headache. A clean. white oint- mcnt. made with oil of mustard, Musterole4 is a natural remedy with none of the evil after effects so often caused by "internal medicine"
 Get Musterole at your drug store. a5 and s5cS jars and tubes; hospital size, a.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-11-30
Heals Old Sores
 Peterson's Ointment

To the millions of people who use Peterson's ointment for piles, eczema, salt rheum, pimply skin, sore feet and chafing, Peterson says, "Tell any sufferer from old sores that it's mighty healing power is wonderful" All druggists, 35c, 60c, $1.00, S2.50, s5.00.--Adv.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-11-30

time l wished to move. They said an operation was necessary. My mother W ould |keepsaying:Why don't you take
 Pinkhan's Hem rietta q and I'd say, sOh, mamma, 1t won't help me, r we tried too much. One day
 aha said Lat ma
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-11-30

CTS. and people in general, have set themselves to the task of seeing that Thanksg giving Day brings gladness to every heart in Birmingham.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-11-30
BIRMINGHAM and SUBURBS
Jefferson--ssThe Circle.
 Lyric-Keith vaudeville md pie ture.
 Bijou--Loew vaudeville, with Jack Wyatt and picture.

Man Rests Well--W. c. Dickinson, 6207 First avenue, said to have taken poison at a hotel Tuesday afternoon.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-11-30

division of the Chamber of Commerce has submitted it's nominees for the
 ensuing term. They are: President, H. V. Dimick: first vice president, R. N. Magill; second vice president, J. M. Stanfield, and secretary, P. c. Jackson. The nominees for the ex- ecutive board are W. B. Dowell, B. F. Tylerand George H. Gray.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-11-30
COULD NOT
 TURN IN BED
Operation Avoided by talk ing Lydia E. Pinkham's
 Vegetable Compound

Dayton. Ohio. -s4 had such pains that l had to be turned in bed every
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-11-30

J. M Stanfield. and secretary, P. c. Jackson. The nominees for the ex- ecutive board are w. B. Dowell, B. F. Tylerand George H. Gray
 Negro sIcuths--A new detective agency was added to the roster of such associations in the city Wednes- day and is to be known as the Mason Dixie Detective Agency Qnc.). to en- gage in apprehending fugitives from justice and making investigations of every nature among colored people exclusively. The new firm was incor- porated with a capital stock of $2,000, s1,000 of which has been paid in. The officers are: B. Butler, pres ident; NJ. Taylor, vice president. and T. G. Green, secretary and treasurer
 Will supported-A decision sup porting the will of Mrs. Elizabeth Chapin was returned by the jury try ing the case before Probate Judge J. P. Stiles Wednesday morning after an hour of deIiberation. The will was contested by two families of grand children, who alleged that she was not in full possession of her mental faculties when she made her will. in which all her property, s12.0O0 of real estate in Norwood. was equally di- vided among her four grown children, not mentioning the grandchildren.
 -
 Central Is Busy-Local representa- tlves of the New York Central lines have been appraised of the new record in freight handling made by that sys- tenn. The reports show that October broke all records for the number of cars loaded on the lines and received from connecting lines. A total of 8b0.6O7 cars of fratuht were ,uovaI during the month November reports are expected to make as good a show ing. The nearest approach to the Oc- tober record was in August, 1920, when s34,244 ears of freight were moved.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-11-30

Confer on License Schedule-Repre- sentatives of several lines of business have called at the city hall in the past few days to confer with the com mission on the 1923 license schedule, in course of preparation.
 Officials of the Birmingham Pack ing company held conference with President McLendon Wednesday aft srnoon.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-11-30
HAPPENINGS at COLLEGES
HOWARD

HOWARD
 Thursday is holiday at Howard college. Those students who live close enough to the college to leave Wednesday afternoon and return Fri day morning were permitted to do so. But none were given permission to go home for Thanksgiving unless they could be back in time for morn ing classes Friday.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-11-30
nMeIIIngs nnrglarized-Elght houst

Dwellings, Burglarized--Eight house burglaries that occurred Tuesday night and "Wednesday morning were reported to police headquarters Wednesday. All were of small amounts.
 Mrs. T. T. Hodges, 152t thirteenth avenue, south, reported that she gave the negro washerwoman basketful of clothes last week and that the ne- gro had not returned the washing up until Wednesday morning.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-11-30

Andy Gump's campaign rnanagsr, who was on the chapel program Fri day, failed to show up to make his talk to the student body. This, how ever, is not taken by the student body as any indication that Andy is about to retire from the race. The suggest ion was made that perhaps the manager of the famous gentle man found 1t necessary to stick aareund the polls while the last of the votes were being counted.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-11-30

Clothing St6len---The home of Mrs. NJ. A. Yarbrough, 1712 Pearson ave- nue, West End. was entered late Tuesday night by a sneak thief and a silk dress taken. according to her report at police headquarters. R. w. Bitz, 9l4 Princeton avenue, reported the loss of an overcoat and one pair of gloves.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-11-30

Wednesday evening a general re- ception was given on the Howard All of the resident students were there. and many of the day stu dents also came.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-11-30

Too Much Beer--Mary Rogers, ne- gro, 6l5 Fifteenth street. south. was fined s55 in police court Wednesday for violating the prohibition law. Sergt. s. T. Cobb and Sam Taylor and Roy Rehberg, motor scouts, said that she had 60 bottles of beer stored in her home.
 The beer was brought to police headquarters.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-11-30

Nominations Made-The nominating committee of the purchasing agents
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-11-30

stiII Destroyed--Sheriff's Deputies Dowis. Lauro and N. Sandefur. de- stroyed an Illicit still Thursday morn ing 21s miles east of East Irondale. The still was of 150-gallon capacity and was in operation at the time. In connection with the still 35 gallons of corn whisky and 10 barrels of beer mash were destroyed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-11-30

Masons to Build-Mortgage deed filed in probate court said an addi- tion to the present Masonic temple at Wauhoma Is to be erected at cost of approximately szo,000. The addi- tion to the present home of the Wau- homa Masons is to be located on the adjoining lot and three stories high.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-11-30

Organizer Leaves--George A. Pou- los, director of organization of the American Hellenic association, which intends forming a lodge in Birming- ham, left Wednesday for Atlanta after having tentatively arranged for the. formation of the Birmingham body.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-11-30

General Alarm-A general fire alarm turned in to headquarters late Tuesday night brought several com panies to the rear of the Swift & Go. packing house on Morris avenue. Flames caused by the burning of soot in the flue gave an appearance that the roof of the building was on fire.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1922-07-21
- ~ iS-- '-f1t,l.E q ~ - : NJ 80
ADVERTISING ANNA d /.

The newspapers Of. the country ARE doing for
Mrs. Anna D. olesen what they did for William
Jennings Bryan. They gave William 50 much pub
Lefty that he about the best advertised man in
the country, and made him the popular lecturer
and he reaped big harvest sof ecoin. Mrs. Olesen
who is entertaining speaker, after this campaign
will be in demand by lecture bureaus, will command
high price on the platform, and she will have the
price to employ a cook and sock mender for Peter
with Mrs. Anna D., but she should worry. She will
do more good outside the senate than she would in
it, and she will receive several times more than the
salary for senator. We trust this will be some com
ISOLATION to her ardent booster, Col Frank Already
Day. st. Cloud Journal Press IT. r. = e. e.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1922-07-21

Mr.. and Mrs. Clyde Martin were
shopping in Beinidji Wednesday.
The :Bas Lake and Turtle River
basebau team played game 1T
Turtle River Sunday, the score was
20 to 5. - r.. .-..,..,@ = @ #S
ID. A. Wheeler and family, brother
Of J. S. Wheeler, who have not seen
each other for % years, motored
here from ,Cresco, Iowa last week. IS
Arthur Gish and family, who ar.
rived here Saturday from Canada are
visiting at the home Of his parents,
w. H. Gfsh. r. sa
d. r.. German, who arrived here,
from Tenessesse, visited at the Al
bert Utech home Sunday. M
Harry Burg and wife, newly-weds..
from Grand Forks, N. D. are spend
ing q few weeks at Bass Lake, fish,
ing and enjoying themselves at the
E. M. Satire cottage.
Francis Stout who is working at
the r. A. Wheeler home visited at
her home over Sunday 49,
Howard Harnwell visited at the
E. M. Satire home, few days last
week. . ..-.,...-.,.rr. 49,. -. ..
TIE Bass Lake annual school meet
ing was held Saturday, July 10.
They expect to make some improve
ments on the school house FOR the
csming school*tarm-} T.4s
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1922-07-21
OUTLOOK pRsFA AL AND WINTER \


OUTLOOK FpRSFA ALL AND WINTER W. %
The National Bank Of Commerce sends ont the
following discussion of eufrent market conditions,
which is considered one offthe most dependable
sources known .n@9fttstl4p. q IA
"Conditions at the close Of the first half Of 1922
indicate that business Will expand moderately dur
ing the autumn and winter months. It is now one
year since the definite beginning Of recovery from
the depression Of 192Q-21. Progress was slow until
she close Of 1921 but since the beginning Of 1922
Improvement has been rapid. Money is cheap. The
crop outlook is excellent: With few exceptions
stocks of raw materials and of manufactured prod
uets are not larger than necessary to bridge the
normal period between production and consump-
ton. Commodity prices rising; The movement
at present seems to be primarily one of adjust
ment between the different classes Of commodities,
and as long as the upward tendency does not as
sumo speculative character, it. is favorable fac
tor Except for strikes, there is little idleness.
Production has expanded steadily since the begin
ming of the year, and as yet the usual midsummer
dullness has been little felt. -. d. H.
"Any fair appraisement Of the situation must,
however, take cognizance Of several groups Of quail
flying factors First and most important Of these is
the position Of domestic consumers. Many are eau
tous and disposed to economic. Buying is not like
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1922-07-21

" to be stimulated BY reports Of impending short
age Of goods fears Of higher prices for except in
the Of necessaries the public is willing to wait
or to do without, II prices show tendency to soar
Furthermore, large sections Of the population can
not buy, no matter how wiling il prices rise too
rapidly. Although they have recovered somewhat,
wages and salaries are lower than two years ago.
a1f sts ases vefass: II s
Strikes have kept hundreds Of thousands in idleness
months and IIIt
other thousands il peediiy Drought to an end end
Farmers are usually ser,rs9H eAayess and, zal-s
though prices Saye mpreYsd,s
prices Of what srmers amust buy are stiff high in
relation to what they have to sell to place them
in q position to expand their pu1shas6A iapidly
! Furthermore, they are paying their debts. There
is every ground to expect reasonable volume
of fall business AZ moderate prices but there is no
basis for expectation such volume at high prices
or of boom business at any price.
"The second retarding factor is the labor situa-
ton. The United States is in the midst Of wide
spread labor troubles. It is useless to dec1aim
against the spirit that has brought this situation to
pass Each side in both the railroad and coal strikes
believes it is justified ;Workmen do not lightly
sacrifice their earning power, Of corporations care
<lessy take the risk Of damage to their property
or thoughtlessly forego the hope Of profits for
long period That section Of the public swhich is
not directly concerned lis ah eaua for
these conflicts are certain to- be felt in essened
productivity and restricted distribution in every
line The only settlements which can BE ultimately
sin7the public interest fair settlements and the
sthe right totake all measures which may
serve fomptly to bring them about. Delay in
reaching Settlements will temporarily delay expan-
son, butzi will not affect the fundam entail causes
which for more than year have been making for
better business" a, 49,, ! s.r.#S I$.SS .&I .:t% 4
The Brunswick news., 1922-12-12
BOTH STATE and
NATION CAN TRY
WHISKEY CASES
iViOlatOrs, the Supreme Court
Rules, Must Answer in
Two Tribunals
(Bn Associated Press J

Washington Dee, 1.-two cases
We're considered by the government
of major Importance in the enforce
ment of the national prohibition law
were decided by the supreme court to-
day. One from Washington state fav-
ored the government and held that
both federal and state governments
can prosecute and punish the same
unlawful act in the Manufacture, pos
esaion, transportation or sale of Ii
Aaors,
!, The other decision from Califor-
.pia was lost by the government and
This was that the enforcement of pro-
.3ihition laws allowed an executive
Seer to impose and collect as taxes
and penalties imposed
by those sections of the revised sta
suites which remain unrepealed by the
Volstead act and which became law
while manufacture and sale of in
toyicating liquors was not prohibited
The Brunswick news., 1922-12-12
MAN WHO ROBBED
AL. CHURCH'S HOME
is UNDER ARREST
CHIEF OF POLICE REGISTER LO.
GATES THIEF IN JACK
S0NVILLE FLA

At the request of Chief of Police
j. E. Register, Arthur Davis, young
white man, was arrested by Jackson
vile police officials In the Florida city
yesterday charged with robbing the
home OF A. L. Church here last Fri
day night and Lieut.. Slaughter of
the local police department, will go
for him today. 1t is understood that
Davis, who was found with pistol,
two diamond rings and other jewelry,
did not deny the charge and will, in
all probability, enter a plea of guilty
with the hope that he may serve as
for misdemeanor. The total value
of the articles taken from the Church
home will go to about $700.
Chief Register is of the opinion
that the young man is one Of the
hundreds of crdolcs who leave the
north, east and west, each winter and
seek the warm Florida climate, maxi
ing their way BY robbing and gener-
al crookedness as they go. 1t is stat.
ed that Davis is young man and.
one Of good appearance.
The Brunswick news., 1922-12-12
hitter SAVANNAH
J CITY ELECTION
TO BE HELD TODAY
BECOME FAMOUS THROUGHOUT
THE STATE FOR MUD
SINGING METHODS

Probablyenathe hottest municipal
election INF history of Savannah
will be pullS f tod.aar,s zen the vot-
ers will nam mayosA hoard of
aldermen 1t been ssasg as one
Of the SvoiSt rs tIief Chatham
eityaltlse ever I'd off and great
hunfss al Imud have been promiscu-
oqsiy "a tered and this among all
classes III especially has the admin
istratd Mayor Murray Stewart,
candiltass 9r reelection, been as
saittfg ssiiI from every possible an
Those who care to see fights and
probably shootings from many SER
tions of the state will be there this
morning to see show Savannah does
it" and it is expected that they will
see aplenty as bitterness has reached
the highest pitch and shooting
scrapes would not surprise anyone.
1t is stated by those in position to
know that money has flowed like wa
ter and if this is the prediction case
it is thought that thousands of dol
lars will be used in the actual voting,
Brunswick is congratulating her
self on the fact that the little city
primary and general election after
wards both passed off without the
least friction and the people are build
ing city rather than having politics
stop new movements and retard the
old ones.
The News will receive the returns
about 10 o'clock tonight and those
calling at the Office will be furnished
all information in connection with
the election,
The Brunswick news., 1922-12-12
LOC C NJ. FIRMS
CAUgHE BY TWO
FAKE SCHEMERS
Sixteen Mercantile tIOuseSN In.
vest in Wildcat AdveIK
Using Plan.
BIJ0U THEATRE is ALSO
DECEIVED BY THE SCHEME
ir>s believed That the Plan Net
tedothe Expert Advertisers"
Something Like $500. capti-
Vated by Old Trick.

Sixteen Brunswick firms are wiser
business men this morning. but in
varying degrees of from SIC to $50
they are sadder ones!
They have perhaps also learned a
new lesson in the game Of advertising
and that is that while it pays to ad-
vertise, as had been written for these
many years, it does not pay to adyer-
tise in wild cat schemes, when
t he@55asqed strangers fall over
to give one something for
Sthere came to Bruns
VA NJ pf Greenwood and Ham
great advertising
q edification of Bruins
ap and as a stimulant
s 50 trade. The plan
WIS., well ff @ out and was to in
clude moyi2souse in order to make
1T feasible. The ''firm" visited Man
ager j, o. Brown, of the Popular BIZ
jou, and unfolded their tale to him.
They were to fill his house to capaci-
ty for twovgolid weeks from Deceni-
Der IL to& amber %. There would
be no stS room and money
would flow theatde fflSe water
down hill t Manager Brown
was to do IS to admit one
hundred 4 of his perfor-
mancesl q csseiy ffonor "merchant
&kets" issued on the theater, where
De with one Of these tickets and
twenty cents the holder would be adj
mitSd to any thirty cents attraction.
Manager Brown was not to pay any
thing to the firm, who were to get
their compensation out Of the mer-
chants, who would he Sold the right
in their line 30 issts free tickets ON
the BijoS rwit each cash sale!
Manager made the contract
and there " 81 Vat to be stated his
connection with Re plan ceased; he
did not get one cent of money out of
it and merely contracted to honor
the ticketsSsn the manner named.
Then thefrm made dash for the
mef4hee results would indicate
that they Tanded them easily and with
ease and grace. For sums varying in
amounts from $40 to $50 the mep@I
chants were told they would be sLfd
the privilege of issuing free tickets
without limit on the Bijou; that a
five piece orchestra had been .engag-
ed for each Performance at TO thea
ter and that large newspaper space
and publicity would be given to the
great advertising plan.
Well they bit Sixteen Of them
took the bait right off the reel and as
soon as the firm" had the tickets
printed and delivered to them in lots
Of five thousand, printed on plain
newspaper, they began to cough up
the dough and the checks!
There was no tenth of the month
business about that; there was no
wait until the service has been COM
pleted" tale of Woe given to the
firm" when they called to make their
CONTINUED on page 81
The Brunswick news., 1922-12-12

B. Al White, ] D. Paulk, Bruins
wick
The party went over on the steam
er Atlantic and will enjoy the fine
deer hunting only to be found at
Cumberland, returning to the city
later in the week where the visitors
will lsaye for their homes in. various
PARTS of the state.