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The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-10-13

preme court for final decision. Attorney Gen. eral Daugherty welcomes the step and says the government is ready to meet the issue.
 Herein will be determined one of the most complicated aspects of the national prohibition law. There seems in the public mind no doubt of the governments right to stop the sale or carrying of liquor by American-owned vessels, but when question of foreign ownership is presented it raises international points which may cause the government embarrassment un- der treaties existing at the time the prohibition amendment became effective.
 American ships, whether in port or aflosC, are regarded as American territory, and ac- cordingly are governed by the laws of the home country. It is easy enough to apply prohibition to them, though able men think it will be very costly to American shipping. While there will be extremely fine points involved in the cases of foreign ships, it would appear that the gov ernments contention is somewhat open to question. For instance, a ship sails from Liv- erpool to New York It Is owned in England and is governed by British law. Certainly the American government has jurisdiction over it until it reaches the three-mile limit. Upon crossing that line the vessel becomes subject to American law. No liquor may be sold with in the three-mile limit. But the New York law does not make the possession of liquor per SC an offense. In fact, there is said to be very copious supply of it legally stored in var,oas cellars there. If the ships store are locked when the vessel crosses the three-nrile limit it would seem that 1t is operating in con- formity with American law.
 The new ruling of the department, however, is to the effect that such liquor must not only be not sold in American waters, but must not be transported. It is upon his basis that the new rules are promulgated, which, if enforced would require incoming vessels to dump every thing aboard on crossing the line. That would mean an absolutely dry voyage on the return trip.
 It seems very unjust that American vessels are forced into position of disadvantage by the liquor privilege of the foreign vessels, but the proposal to solve it by making them all dry threatens complications.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-10-13
MAIL EARLY AND OFTEN

Business during the past month has ai- ready shown decided increase over that of the same month last year. said R. B. Smyer, postmaster, land if the present mail delivery increase keeps up, the prospects that we will have one of the busiest years in history. Everything is in tip-to8 shape for the holiday rush, and all of our mail handling facilities are ready. However, with little aid on the part of large mailing companies, the usual con gested conditions that exist during the holiday season can be greatly relieved by complying with these three postal regulations, namely, by mailing early and often, by properly facing all bundles and by using pre-cancelled stamps when permissible. By carrying out these re quests the mail problems that confront the pos tai employees during the holiday season can be readily solved"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-10-13
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
 AND ELSEW HERE
VOTING MACHINES USEFUL

"voting machines are now being used in practically every state of the union, and es- pecialy in the larger cities of the north and east" said M E. Morris, county registrar, land I will certainly be glad when we can adopt them in this county. Ever since 1 became connected with the county have indorsed the use of these machines, because they abso- lutely accurate and eliminate all possibility of errors of every sort and will give a correct re- port of the vote cast within g few minutes after the polls are closed This indeed is a great time saver, as well as labor saver, and will reduce the costs of elections. These nm chimes will eliminate great part of the over head expense, such printing, stationery and number of voters who have to serve at the boxes. Another advantage of the machines D that it will eliminate a large number of voting boxes. At present we have five or six boxes In one precinct, while with the machines only one or two would be necessary. It will indeed be a great event for the county when we in- stall these automatic voting machines"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-10-13
FIRE ALARMS DECREASE

"The number of fire alarms turned in so far this year show decided decrease over the number for the same period last year." said Mortimer Walton, local fireman "Incidently there has been greater number of calls from the business section of the city than from the residential sections This be attributed to the fact that the majority of residences be- ing built now have tile roofs and great num- Der which formerly had wooden roofs have lately been replaced with tile and other compo- -fire-proof roofs These roofs surely are boon to the firemen and help to great extent in cutting down the number of fires. can safely say that if all of the residences in Birmingham had tile and similar roofs the fire alarms would decrease to practically nothing"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-10-13
ANENT CONFERENCES

During the past 20 years I have not missed an annual conference of the Methodist church and have also attended the general conferences that are held every four years" said Dr. R. F. Lovelady. q rather imagine large number of delegates will be in attendance at the con ference to be held in Decatur in November, and I am anticipating most interesting ses- sion friend of mine said recently that he knew little of annual conferences and general conferences, but that without doubt he knew they had some of the hottest quarterly confer ences at the church with which he was affili- ated. But of course we all have our little diff ferences at times"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-10-13
 LICENSES ARE DUE

"Out of the 4,Oo0 business licenses to be issued in this county before November l, only 45O have been issued up to date" said Woolsey Morrow clerk of the probate court. Two weeks of this month have practically gone and I do want to impress again upon the public that these licenses become delinquent on November 1 and t5 per cent penalty s added In many instances this penalty amounts to great deal Automobile license, which also come under this law, now due and will be delinquent on November l. There are between 15,00o and 20,0Oo automobnes in this county, and out of this number, up to date, only 1000 licenses have been issued. Unless there is an increase soon, I am afraid there will be quite number of delinquents on November 1.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-10-13
CONTRIBUTIONS ARE COMING IN
 FOR THE UNIVERSITY

On the brink of the $1o0,000 mark, the campaign to raise Birmingham's quota for the University of Alabama is well under way. The loyal support being given to the $1,00o,00o drive by university alumni and the interest taken by the general public throughout the state should gratify everyone interested in advancing the cause of education in Alabama. This is laudable spirit, showing that the needs of such an institution as the state university will be met by generous response
 The campaign has already had far-reaching effect For the first time Alabamians have been made aware of what has been done at the University of Alabama in recent years and what it proposes to do in the future. It has been a revelation of extraordinary growth and splendid service. When we compare what other and poorer states have done for their higher institutions of learning with the policy pur- sued in Alabama, we must acknowledge that we have not done our duty.
 We are proud of the fact that the university's regular student body now numbers nearly 2,O00. That is great increase over 235 stu dents in 1902, but student bodies of 4,00o or 5000 are not uncommon nowadays, ana the time will come when, with adequate fac- ties, the University of Alabama will have that many students regularly enrolled, or more.
 Even now the demands on the university far exceed it's ability to provide for hundreds of young men and women who want to complese
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-10-13

stands the Lykes apartments, the First Meth odst church and the Masonic temple. The fourth I do not just recall now.
 But back to my subject MT. Oliver and the other man I was seeking could not be found at their places of business but was referred to the Mir. Gregory, running the grocery store, and from whom I obtained the information desired, Mr. Gregory's last wife, whom l met last week, being at present work ing for Felix Sherrod in his real estate office at 2121 F First avenue. In directing me, MT. Gregory instructed me to follow the east line of Twentieth street across the L. N. and A. G. S. tracks, there take trail to the left, on which I would find a spring, that spring today being under the Moore-Handley Hardware company's or some of the large buildings in that community, and to which spring I knelt and quenched my thirst He further requested that I follow the meander- ings of this trail in southeasterly direction until I found the Elyton and Huntsville old stage road, which practically then Avenue r does now. did as directed, and said road intersected the A. G. S. railroad at what was then Woods Store," then called Woods Station Post Office at which time 1
 
 man, but who was still alive about year ago. He gave me further instructions about where I wanted to go, found the man I was seeking at what was called "Red Gap" now Gate Guy, where he was guarding the tall trestle on the A. G. S. railroad, then by many called Sran- ton road. I spent the night in box with a gentleman. The following day l made the coveted trade with him to buy the little piece of land for cash, returned to Coosa county, borrowed the money to pay him at 20 per cent interest and it was with great effort that I was able to pay the original sum and accruiing interest; yet it was the foundation of my little success. Upon finishing paying for 1t, made little profit, took up the principal and profit, and November 27 1876 invested in small business in Verbena (the best town in world except Birmingham) and those who have kept up with me for the past 45 years know the rest. The main point that desire is the knowledge of each male and female that was bona fide citizen on October 10, 1871.
 At the above date there were not exceeding 40 insignificant buildings in the city of Bir- mingham then up, or in the course of con- struction.
 I like Birmingham and it's people, hence, visit it every week. F. A. GULLEDGE.
 verbena, October 6, 1922.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-10-13
WHITE NIGHT

Joseph Ausander, in the New Republic. Only silver and the crickets, and the moon
 straight up and still, And steamer sinking dim across the tide, And the breathing of the backwasn so thinly
 audible, And the white night trembling wide. @i The latch that holds the dream of a ghost lifts
 stealthly, Lifts and stirs and lets wind slip through, And now the loosed wind raps hollow knucRls-
 on the sea, And the sea stares frightened blue. The currents of the water fret against sullsn
 beach, Soft phosphorus intrigues the hissing sand; There is no voice, and yet hear strange and
 shadowy speech; No hand, and yet feel handl
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-10-13
Press not a falling man to far, 'tis virtuei Hi. faults lie open to the laws; let them, Not you, correct him. Henry VIII.
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A MORNING PRAYER
# * 4 BIRMINGHAM RANKS FOURTH IN MOTOR FATALITIES

The current issue of the Statistical Bulletin of the Metropolitan Life Insurance company contains some striking figures on deaths caused by traffic accidents in American cities. Dur ing 1921 Birmingham ranked fourth in the United States in the percentage of people killed by automobiles. With a showing like this against the city, it is time for drastic ac- ton to got better traffic laws and get better en- forcement of those we now have.
 The totals in 50 cities show marked increase fin 1921 over the previous year.
 A gratifying feature of the statistics Is the continued decrease in railroad and street rail way deaths. Here are the figures for 50 American cities:
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-10-13

While more people are probably killed riding tn automobiles than struck by cars, the fact both upon driver and pedestrian.
 The death rate is in measure due to the increase in the number of automobiles in use. But the figures bring home the condition in such startling manner that it should be the duty of all to work together to minimize this evil. The railroads and street railways are also increasing their traffic and yet they are showing fewer deaths each year as result of can do so well, the automobile fatalities can also be decreased
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-10-13
OVERCOMING THE PLATTER

From Capper's Weekly.
 We don't know what got into Secretary of Labor Davis to do so, but in formal address this member of Presidents cabinet took occa- sion to come down with all the dignity and power of his exalted office on the much dis cussed, if not abused, flapper. He finds her, in the solemn language of statesmanship, "one of the disturbing evils in the social fabric of nation, but the flapp-r must De overcome, as an "evil"
 Women deans of our girls colleges and CO., educational universities happily do not report anything alarming about the new young woman. In fact, their report is rather favor able, and certainly they have not agreed with Secretary Davis's opinion that the flapper if national evil, something to be overcome somehow and done away with or remade and fashioned to suit elderly persons notions. But it is a characteristic of elderly persons, proo- ably deep-seated in instinct, to desire not ontv to run their own age but to impose their mo- tions upon those who come after. Fortunately it cannot be done. The new age has it's own job of adapting itself to environment.
 As matter of fact the flapper after all, is only young girl, If she is national evil which must be overcome, nobody will be more appalled, to hear it than she herself. And how is she to be overcome, or who is to overcome her? A good many interested folks would like to be around when Secretary Davis puts his hand to the job.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-10-13
A DREAM TOWN

I often think of Chiggersville, A pleasant place to go; It has church upon a hill And has movie show. The people there, you may be sure, In great contentment dwell; For who is rich and who is poor Iris very hard to tell. Their pleasures are the simple kind, Their joys and sorrows, too; You'll journey far before you'll find More loyal hearts and true. No malice ever enters there, No evil thoughts persist; To Chiggersville I'd gaily fare, Did such town exist.
 PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-10-13
SELF.INTEREsT

-s"Here's long complaint from an anony- nous correspondent who signs himself Tax Payer"
 "We can't publish it without knowing the writer's name, of course, but whoever he is, he wouldn't be justified in signing himself Pro Bono Publico.' No taxpayer ever made a kick for the public good"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-10-13
FOREIGN SHIPS WILL FIGHT
 PROHIBITION LAW

The owners of the Cunard line have decided to go into the courts seeking an injunction to prevent the treasury department from enforc- enter American waters carrying liquors.
 The plan is to get the matter immediately into the courts and carry it speedily to the su-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-10-13
DRAMA LEAGUE OPEN

'I have had several calls, since the opening of the Drama league membership campaign" said Mrs. Frank Clark, chairman of the com mittee, land in many cases the party asks if any person is eligible to membership in the league.
 "Ths is an organization where every lover of the drama in this community is not only invited, but urged to affiliate with the local center and assist in the promotion of good drama in our city.
 Membership cards may be had at the pub lie library by mailing membership dues to my address,: Terrace Court Apartments"
 
 only livery stable in town, some other man or firm running builders supply store, and still another running general mercnan- disc store, consisting of everything usually kept therein These four stores were the only ones in the city, and were all within the vi cinty of the crossing of Twentieth street and Third avenue.
 was seeking for information concerning certain man, from whom I wanted to buy a small piece of property in Coosa county. If successful, expected to, and did, make good, and to which owe part of my financial rise in life. At that time the only real Big Cheese" figuring in Birmingham was the late James R. Powell, who was my fathers friend at Rockford, Coosa county, in the carry forties, of which place he was founder. little later, among the prominent men who came to Birmingham and died here, was J. M. Lykes and three other Jims, who bought, and for a long time owned, the four corners of Sixth avenue and Nineteenth street, on which
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-10-13
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES
INEoRMATloN NEEnED

First of all, you must announce yo1r plsg- form"
 "Im going to run on the Ten Command ments," said the reform candidate.
 That's not bad idea. You can shake down the church people for some big campaign con tributions. Still, we'd better get out few thousand handbills to let the golf players and the motor crowd know what the Ten Commano- ments are."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-10-13
MID-vIcToRiAN STYLE

"When shall we be married?"
 "There's no hurry" said the flapper. Any old time will do to hop off"
 "Is it possible that you regard the sacred marriage VOWS with such flippancy?"
 "How you do talk Augustusl I'll bet you've been reading one of those old-fashioned novels"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-10-13

their education. The only way to build a greater university is to spend money for that purpose, just as other states are doing. Only $1,oOO,0O0 is being asked, but much more is needed to equip the university for the worK it must do
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-10-13
A STUDY IN EXPRESSION

T arrived late at our club meeting. sud den silence gripped every woman there. just know they were talking about me-
 Maybe your stunning new outfit had that effect, my dear"
 4No. A triumph of that sort may make a crowd of women look belligerent, but it never makes them look guilty"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-10-13
SOMETHING SAVED

Major. permit me to pledge your health in three fingers of moonshine."
 Proceed, sir. I might call attention to the fact that the facilities for drinking a toast are not what they used to be, but, thank heaven, the amenities of life are not yet barred by statute"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-10-13
POSITIVE TORTURE

Have heart"
 What's wrong?"
 Our new stenog suffers so. Her desk Is placed in such position that she can't watch the clock without going to get drink of water.n
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-10-13
BAD MANNERS

.Pm selling book of etiquette" "Get outl'
 T will, sir, but nothing will ever convince me that you don't need it."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-10-13

It is in automobile deaths that Birmingham shows so lamentably. Here is table for 1921 showing the number of deaths per million pop ulation:
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-10-13
SOUVENIRS OF GRAND OPERA
 AND DEAD ROMANCE

Gorgeous costumes, wigs, jewels and furni- ture are included in the sale of Geraldine Far rar's effects, but there is more genuine pathos in a rubber door mat with an inlaid "T'' than anything else. Geraldine wants to forget, ap- parently, that she ever knew the dashing Lou Tellegen, and she is also taking leave of her grand opera trappings at the same time.
 The initials or" or "G. F. T." are much in evidence among the articles pitilessly put un- der the auctioneer's hammer. These are the initials that Geraldine would banish from her life, now and forever 'Tis sad to view the shipwreck of two hearts that for a time were so attuned that Geraldine and Lou were pie tured as an example of what is so rare in stage circles, perfect mating. Both were artists of course and both were enthusiastically soulful-but love came to Geraldine and Lou just as it comes to lesser mortals, and they were happy. Even their press agents said so.
 Now it is all over. The glories of the grand opera stage are behind Geraldine, and so>are the mementoes of a great passion which burned itself out-perhaps as result of s,i- persoulfulness, sometimes called "artistic tenn perament"
 Someone may acquire the rubber door mat as a souvenir, or it may serve for proletarians to wipe their feet on, but whatever it's fate it symbolizes the tragedy of wrecked TO- nance.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-10-13

A "come again" haircut was exhibited at tho convention of the barber supply dealers in Chicago as means of stimulating business. It would add considerably to the happiness or the human race if there were such thing as a permanent hair cut.
 x Geraldine Farrar is so determined to elimi- nate Lou Tellegen from her life that she is selling everything that reminds her of the time when she and Lou occupied the same Hove nest"
 Shortly after wealthy Chicago man bought toy goat for young woman his wife caught him kissing her. Just what part the toy goat played in the proceedings isn't explained
  Cock your hat, duke," said newspaper photographer in New York; and the duke .got busy with his cane. Some of our foreign visitors are full of pep.
 x Some queer thinking goes in Congress. Wedding rings were classed as a luxury by tariff experts and jazz instruments as necessi- ties of life.
 Writing in the sky with smoke -ejecting airplanes is the kind of advertising that will appeal to the manufacturers of chewing gum and cigarettes.
 Everybody speaks good word for Tom Marshall and Uncle Joe" Cannon. That's be- cause both have plenty of horse sense.
 
 The swinder who sells stock in mythical mine is scholar and a gentleman compared to the fellow who founds love cult We want to be informed the minute for eign-owned ship dumps all it's liquor overheard on reaching the three-mile limit.
  The ex-Kaiser says he will be the ''happiest in the world" when he's married. Bill never was noted for originality.
 < It is just as we'll that the British soldiers who fell at Galipoli don't know what hap pened at Mudania.
 King George of Greece, like his father, pro- poses to stay on the job>as long as his people want him. That seems fair enough
 < x < The coal commission will confer great blessing on the country by discovering an anti strike serum.
 Americans may be held in low esteem abroad but the grand old American dollar is a welcome visitor.
 x st It doesn't mend matters to say that the Turks live up to their religion better than Christians do.
 
 It is doubtful if Napoleon in his palmy days felt any more important than football coach
  Eugene Field would have been glad to get the money Chicago put into his monument.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-10-13

stands the Lykes apartments, the First Meth odist church and the Masonic temple. The fourth I do not just recall now.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1922-01-26

board Of directors, which under the BY
laws the other directors will fill at
some later datae.
/, The directors elected G. H. preshrey
president, H. G. Barber vice president,
Z. q PresbreS treasurer and c. v.
Grant secretary of the board. Mr..
Mratin, who has been manager the past
season, will continue as such in adj
dition to being director, succeeding
{. A. Perry of Barre in the latter capa-
city. Mr.. Barber succeeds w. II. ID.
Perry Of Waterbury az vice president.
After the meeting there was discus
stakeholder in the Presbrey- Leland
land Go, of New York, the largest
stakeholder in the Presbrey LELAND
Quarries, Inc, locating granite cutting
sheds in Brattleboro and disseminating
its shed in Barre. A. B. Lane OF
Barre. d contractor, was presented and
he and some of the directors and stock
holders inspected the site which It is
desired to buy from the Twin State
Gas & Electric Co.. which is now oc-
cupied by the Snowflake canning fac
tory on Vernon street. Mr.. Lane al
SO submitted proposed plans for sheds.
The Presbrcy Leland Co il consider
ing the question Of erecting freproof
sheds, II the company comes here. in
place Of the usual wooden sheds, al