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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-10-31
OF Interest TO Women

In addition to tn" cvcry-Monday
program at the Woman'S Club TINS
season. tn" board of directors has ar.
ranged TOR interesting programs To-
be given every Wednesday. with the
exception OF the second Wednesdays"
Each month a different subIcc, wul
be taken up. The subject for No
vcmbcr will be: "Travcl" for D.ccm-
bcr Music: for January. Social
Affairs: for February. "I.itcrature":
Tor March. Art and for April.
Women in the Professions and Bust
ness. and What They are Doing.
1t was decided I" make the sub.
JcCt for the first month "Travcl." he
cause so many of the clubs mem
bcrs have had most unusual oppor-
tunities for travel during the past
year. and have come back To Rich
mond with such fresh. interesting
experiences. that their talks cannot
fail I" prove entertaining. Mrs. Sal
IL" Nelson Robins who has recently
returned from years stay in the
West. is the chairman for Novcm-
Der. she has secured for the chair.
man "f the first Wednesday in No
vcmhcr, which is November |, Miss
May |. Moore. Miss Moore spent TIN,
past summer in South America. and
Sh" VIII speak Of her experiences
there.
The monthly meeting Of the Colo
niai DANES Of America. in the state
of Virginia. will be held at the Wo-
mans Club today ut i. NJ
Tho annual meeting OF the Rich
moud C"nv"cation OF Womcn's .,uA-
iiiar!cs Will be- held today from 10 to
. o'clock in the parish house OF the
Church OF the Holy Comforter. Com
munion will be ut 10 O'Clock. and
after the service. tho meeting of the
conVocation Will proceed. News OF
the general convention will he given.
The ladies' are asked to bring box
lunches. and picnic lunch will DO
enjoyed. At 4 o'clock the Rt. Rev.
Rennie Mcinnes. y. D., Anglican
Bishop OF Jerusalem. will make his
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-10-31
t.Ornl iiminInll.

Rainfall! IL hours ending : T.. NJ. y Nom,
Rainfall e hours ending l.. NJ. None
Excess siuc" March ............ 81
Excess "inc" January .............i0. IS
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-10-31

Senator Mccormick says the Republicans
ought to ho Endorsed because TN. United
States Is the most prosperous country OF,
earth. Meaning. We suppose that a pros
porous country can stand ANYTHING
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-10-31

Tn" Parent Teacher Association OF
Springfield school viii meet tomor-
row afternoon at 2 O'Clock In tho
school. AT this meeting number
OF new members VIII be received into
the association.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-10-31

tn" regular meeting OF the suns
shin" Circle. Kings Daughters. viii
%" held tomorrow morning at u
o'clock In tho HON" OF Mrs. j. l..
Moon. rosa Monument Avenue.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-10-31

The monthly meeting Of the Colo
NAL Danes OF America. in the state
OF Virginia. viii be held at the Wo-
mans Club today ut i. NJ
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-10-31

IH' beauty about h"iuE a Southern Hcpub-
"''n "''i'"h"id"r Is that all the cumpaIe ming
~" "''' l." 90 IL praying that Northern and
western states win keen vour n,rtv - ,,,.
cr.-- ANhcvIIlc citizen.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-10-31
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Tho reception given by Mrs.
Charles Myles Collier for her dcbu-
iante daughter. Hannah Catherine.
VIII take place this afternoon from
4 to o'clock At her home on the
Cary street Road. II will be a brill
liant affair and will include the deb
utantcS of this and last season. Mrs
John Moncurc Waller Is giving a tea
on the afternoon OF November at
her home on Park Avenue in honor
OF Miss Collier. Invitations viii be
issued for a few Of the dcbutantcS
and the younger married women.
, 1922-06-14
SEEMS LIKE TOY RAILWAY
Smallest Line in the World is in tho
North Of England. in cumber-
land County.

American visitors to Europe. on
landing at Liverpool or Southampton,
are at once struck by the small size
of British locomotives as compared
with the mighty machines in American
railway operation. Their a%stonish-
ment Is, however. soon supplemented
by admiration for the excellent run.
ming made on the English main lines,
but if ones itinerary takes him into
the lake-lands and highlands of Cum
berland, says Railway and Locomotive
Engineering, he will there find an in
dependent little line which is said to
be the smallest public railway in the
world"
This line is known as the Eskdale
railway, and is rs miles in length.
The rail gauge is one of Is inches
only. 1t is leased to a London com
pany-Narrow Gauge Railways, Lin
tied. The passenger working is car
ried on by midget express engines,
built to a scale of one-quarter the size
of ordinary British mainline locomo-
tives, but in other respects exactly the
same in construction and appearance.
, 1922-06-14
Typical Seminole House.

prettiest of all Indian girls. There are
no white half-breeds among them. So
strong in the tribe is hatred Of our
race that. IL a Seminole woman were
to have a child by a white man. she
would be likely to be put to death.
Around their necks the women wear
many strings of beads of cut-glass,
which they buy from traders. Some
times a squaw is adorned with as
much as six quarts of these beads.
n even the girl babies are loaded
down with them. The pierce as
many as ten holes in the upper rim Of
each ear to hold pegs of wood.
The Seminole house is of peculiar
construction. having a roof and floor,
but no sides. Its framework Is of pal
metto poles. which support a platform
three feet from the ground and a roof
of palmetto leaves. 1t is all one room,
open to view from without. and one
might imagine that here was the limit
OF nonprivacy were it not that the
Seminole dwelling is customarily hid
den in the jungle. Philadelphia
Ledger.
, 1922-06-14

ION one OCCASION continued he
Co"rnishman, "on returning to my home
after an absence of twenty years, the
first thought that struck mi was that
1 would go into the cemetery on my
way from the station TO the road in
which l live and see who had passed
away during my absence"
yep" again asserted rhe Yank,
shifting his chewing gum from the
right side of his mouth to the left.
"No sooner had | got inside the
gates" went on The Cornishman. than
a hand shot up out of one of the
graves and gripped my hand sc hearth
Iy that 1t gave me a turn. 1t was the
hand of an old acquaintance of mine"
Don't try to spring such a tall one
on me-" answered the Yank, cynically.
"I'm not swallowing that yarn"
ITS perfectly true" affirmed the
Cornishman. But ] ought to add that
1t was the hand of the old sexton,
who was engaged at the time of my
entry in digging a grave and didn't
trouble TO get out of the hole."--Lon-
don Answers.
, 1922-06-14
ANTI-BOLSHEvlk LEADER
ARRESTED IN new YORK
Is Held For Theft Of Goods Valued 1t
$475,ooo; Puts Up $4,000
Bail

New York.-Arrested here on his mr.
rival from Washington in connection
with a civil suit involving the theft in
Trans-Bnikailia in 1919, OF goods val
ued at S475.OOO. Gen. Gregorieff Semen
off. anti-bolshevik military leader in
Siberia. was released on sos. 900 bail
Friday after being held under guard
In the Waldorf-Astoria hotel for Ave
hours.
General Semenoff was charged with
the theft Of wooden stuffs md .furs.
property of the now bankrupt firm.
Yourevata Home and Foreign Trade
company, Inc. The order of arrest
had been requested by counsel for re-
ceivers of the Yourevata company.
Their request was accompanied with
affidavits from Maj. Gen. William S.
Graves. commander of the American
expeditionary forces in Siberia. and
Charles H. Smith. American represent
alive on the inter-allied railway com
mittee. Both were said TO have de-
nounced the general in their affidavits,
referring TO him as a bandit" and a
"ruffian.'
The general. when arrested. was ac-
companied by his wife. and his secre-
tary and interpreter, Mizak Ajvazoff,
who was employed at Vancouver, B. G.
The anti-bolshevik leader had beer
told, he said, that he would be cor
daily received in New York and that
he would be given quarters betting
"the terror of red battalions."
General Semenoff has been made de-
PENDANT in a suit brought by the You're
vata company in which 1t is charged
that the theft by his troops of the com
pany's goods forced it into bankruptcy.
The order for his arrest. Justice Dele
hanty said, grew out of the suit.
, 1922-06-14

A demonstration of hell fire was CIV
en- a woman by her husband in their
home in Chicago. The couple had
been arguing about the future life, and
the man bad stoutly maintained the
theory of eternal damnation and of
actual burning. When they went to
bed the husband poured gasoline over
his wife and applied a match. Neigh
bors broke into the house just in time
to save the woman from being burned
TO death. The mar is being examined
by alienists.
, 1922-06-14
TRIBE CLOSE TO EXTINCTION
Only Pitlful Remnant Remains Of Sem.
inoles Who Once Defied the
United States Government.

The Seminole Indians are to be
moved TO a reservation on the west
coast of Florida-an area of $1,000
acres. Though partly under water,
the tract is deemed of adequate ex-
tent. inasmuch as there are only about
225 Seminoles left.
This is the melancholy remnant Of
what was once a powerful tribe. which
owned the whole of Florida and fought
with the United States government
n of the most vigorously contested
wars in our history.
The SeminoIes are notably handsome
people and their young women are the
, 1922-06-14
Dc IT row.
II ,.u have hard work to DO.

n ysu have hard work to do.
Do II now
Today the skies are clear n blue.
Tomorraw clouds nay come In view.
Yesterday 10 not for you;
Do Il now.
II you have q sorg to sing.
Sing II now.
Let the notes OF gladness ring
Clear as song of bird in spring,
Let every day some music bring:
Sing IL now.
II you have kind words to say,
Say them now
Tomorrow may not come your way,
Do q kindness while you may:
Loved ones will not always stay;
Say them now.
II o have a smile to show.
Show It now.
Make hearts happy. roses grow. B,
Let the friends around you know
The love you have before they go:
Show 1t now.
, 1922-06-14
Filthy Lucre!

A beggar m eighty years old.
at Lyons, France, has amassed a bank
account Of several thousand pounds,
which, along with railway shares,
treasury bonds, and a stock Of ready
money, was discovered in her lodg-
ings. The hoard was u%nearthed from
a mass of rags and moldy food by
sanitary officials. called In by the
neighbors In the interests of public
health.
, 1922-06-14
Vicar Had Sense Of Disaster.

st. Johns church, West Ealing. Eng
land. was Quilted by fire on a recent
Monday night. The subject of the last
sermon in the building was purified
by Fire" and the vicar said afterward
that all that Sunday he had been op-
pressed with a sense of impending dis
aSter.
, 1922-06-14
cat .Adopted" Rat.

A lady author, Miss Frances Pitt,
tells a Canadian newspaper that she
once gave a baby rat to a cat whose
kittens had gone out by the waterway.
She nursed the little thing, washed it
and treated 1t In every way as a kit
ten. The rat learned TO know Miss
Pitt as a friend. and became, she says.
zone Of the tamest creatures I have
ever known" II proved a most anus
ing family pet for nearly two years.
, 1922-06-14
Ex.Arehduke Asks AID.

Basei.-The former Austrian arch.
duke Leopold, who broke with the
house Of the Hapsburgs 10 years age
as a result of his marriage to a Wen
nese actcrss. has applied to the little
town of Regensberg for aid from ths
paupers' fund.
, 1922-06-14
Therefore Avoid Mean A ,tlons.

One great trouble in doing q mean
action is that you are compelled to
associate with yourself afterward. II
you could only have nothing to do with
a man who was guilty Of such mean
ness, 1t would be a relief.
, 1922-06-14
BAT Suffered for Theft.

A rat nearly killed itself with a ring
Il had stolen. The rat vainly slipped
II over Its neck for a necklace, but was
unable to get It Off again. and when
found was almost strangled by the
ring, which became tighter and tighter
as the rat grew bigger.
, 1922-06-14
Lightning Repeated.

Lightning does sometimes strike
twice in the same place. A house
near Chapman, N. B., was struck twice
in three weeks. The first time the fue
was shattered and a hole made in the
roof. The second time the house was
almost stripped to its framework.
, 1922-06-14
would Like to Joln Him.

you're busy" l said. noticing the
forceps in the dentists hand. .I1l
just take a little stroll about the vii
lage until this affair is over" Gee
gosh" came the rueful voice from tho
depths Of the dentists chair where
a f~reckle-faced lad sat gingerly finger.
Ing a swollen jaw. 81 wisht / could
go along with ya."-Chicago Tribune
, 1922-06-14
Younaster Carries weIaht.

The Fat Boy of Peckham has a RI
val in New York. Gustave Blazer Is
only eight years old and 4 feet 8
inches tall, yet he weighs between It's
and $50 pounds. The boy eats very
little and often goes without his
breakfast, but his mother says he is Of
a contented frame of mind, and per-
haps that accounts for his girth.
, 1922-06-14
Remarkable Double Eaa.

Some weeks ago, a y ii. A. Schmidt
of Hammond's Plains, N. s., n OF
my hens laid a huge egg. weighed
and measured II. but have forgotten
the weight and size. On breaking 1t
we found the outer shell filled with
the white and floating In 1t an ordi-
nary sized and normal egg. weighing
about two ounces.
, 1922-06-14
Primitive TRAVELLING IN china.

The common method Of transporta.
ton in China is: 1.-TWO legs for short
distances and four legs for long ones"
Although railways and steamships are
coming into service, camels and
donkey trains are still frequently used.
, 1922-06-14
Natures Time Limit on Ao..

Rats are intended by nature to live
four years. rabbits ten years. sheep
fifteen. cats fifteen, pigs twenty. cows
from twenty to thirty, dogs twenty
five. horses and asses thirty-tiye years.
, 1922-06-14

upholding e
great good points
of his native
town.
I've been a
great traveller in
my time" said
the Cornishman.
yep returned
the Yank.
, 1922-06-14
FROM WITHIN, NOT BEYOND
cornishman Had Not Made Full Elk.
PLANTATION Concerning Hand Out
stretched From the Grave.

A Cornishman in America was in
discussion with a Yankee. Each was
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-02-14
CONNECTION ESTABLISHED BY LOCAL
 ADVERTISING AGENCY

The possibilities of Birmingham as a port, both for export and import ing business is fast gaining fame. Local manufacturers are reaching for good foreign accounts and many in quiries are being received by them as to what they have to offer in other countries of the world. Likewise, manufacturers and growers in for eign countries are seeking outlets here for their products.
 Interesting announcement is made in this connection by .he Sparrow Ad- vertising agency to the effect that it has broadened it's service by taking the local branch agency of the Inter national Trade Developer, Inc, which n4bles the local agency to put manu- lecturers and dealers in connection with responsible dealers in every country of the world. The Interna- tional Trade Developer Is incorpo- rated in five different countries, each being distinct corporation, and To- cated in Chicago, London, Berlin, Paris and Calcutta.
 A. B. Giles. director of agency di- vision of the International Trade De- veloper, is a visitor m Birmingham, coming here for the purpose of clos ing up the branch office contract with the Sparrow agency. He says that his company has recognized the growing importance of Birmingham as a possible exporting and importing center, and this fact led them to seek connection in Birmingham. which would represent all of north Ala bama. His company, he states, has total of 75 branch offices, 21 of which are in foreign countries, while they have about 200 full time agents working in the foreign countries giv- ing their whole time to trade devel- opment for the firms represented. It is an old established corporation, with 25 years of service to It's credit, and it's coming into Birmingham and Ala bama is to be regarded as an impor- tant step looking to the future de- velopment of this district.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-02-14

other cities had representatlveSyabe be- fore the commission in the effort to secure the location for their respec- tive cities. but the deciding vote came immediately following a speech by F. D. Davis, Birmingham's representa- tive. in which he set forth the many advantages of locating the temple here.
 It is understood that the local com mittee has secured options on nearly a dozen prospective sites for the temple and at the meeting yesterday,
 after Birmingham was selected, a committee consisting of ". T. Woods, R. B Hudson and A A. Peters, was appointed to make the choice, and
 will meet In Birmingham next Sat
 urday for that purpose.
 The proposed temple is to be one of modern construction with three stor- ies and a basement The first floor will be built for stores, the upper floors lodge rooms and large audi torium
 The commission on the location of the temple consisted of w. T. Woods. grand master, Tuskegeei R. B. Hud- son, Selma A. A. Peters, Girard; w. H. Ward, Montgomery; Oscar Lee, Troy, and P. D. Davis, secretary, Bir- mingham
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-02-14
Trio in Jail

Bill Palmer, Isaac Sanford and Henry Sanford are in the city jail following their arrest on the charge of grand larceny in connection with the theft of three automobiles alleg- ed to have been stolen from this city last week
 Palmer was arrested in this city by Detectives Patterson and Giles while Isaac and Henry Sanford were taken into custom at Parrish, Ala, by the same detectives. Information had reached the police department, say the detectives that two Ford cars had been sold in Parrish last week for $75 apiece. The sheriff at Parrish was immediately notified to hold the two men who made the sale if they showed Up in town again Last Saturday the three were put under arrest.
 While the two Sanford boys are from Birmingham, Palmer who 1t Is claimed, is wanted In connection with the Ford cars has not been indentified as yet
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-02-14
INDICATED SMOKE
 DRIVES OUT CATARRH
A Simple, Safe, Inexpensive Method that Clears Out the Head, Nose and Throat.

pr. Blosser Is the originator of a certain combination of medicinal herbs. flowers and berries to be smoked in a pipe or ready prepared cigarette which is meeting with uh- usual success in catarrhal troubles. As the disease is carried into the head, nose and throat with the air you breathe, so the antiseptic heal ing vapor of his remedy is carried with the breath directly to the at- fected parts.
 This simple, practical method ap- plies the medicine where sprays, touches, ointments, etc., cannot pos sibly so. Its effect is soothing and healing and Is entirely harmless, con- taining no cubebs, tobacco or habit forming drugs. It is pleasant and may be used by women and children as well as men.
 If you suffer from catarrh. asthma. catarrhal deafness, or if subject to frequent colds, you should try this remedy.
 If you desire proof of its beneficial and pleasant effect, send ten cents (coin or stamps) to The Blosser Co. 2S DL. Atlanta, Ga.. for a trial pack age.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-02-14
GR0CERS AND BUTCHERS
 WILL HEAR REPORTS

Members of the Birmingham Retail .Grocers and Butchers association will meet in executive session at the Hill- man Hotel tonight at o'clock, ac- cording to B. c. Apperson, secretary.
 At this meeting reports will be re- ceved from the legislative committee appointed at the last weekly meeting 10 devise plans for inauguration of the local, state and national member ship drive which is planned to begin in March. Other matters including the Near East Relief work, affilation of the association with the State Food Dealers association, and dis cussion of the Muscle Shoals project will be taken up at this time
 E. Wilkinson. president of the Wilkinson Grain CO.,, is announced as the speaker of the occasion.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-02-14
STOMACH TROUBLE? Weakness? Distress?

Ashland, Ky.-"Many years ago my mother used Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery for her stomach. She had taken treatment from phy- sicians and had never obtained good results. After commencing to take this remedy she noticed an improve ment and can say it surely helped her wonderfully. I am pleased to write this to let others know how this medicine helped our family. Any one will benefit by the Dis covery' if they will try it. Mrs. M. A. Brown, GAP E. Carter Ave.
 Obtain the Discovery in tablets or liquid at your nearest drug store, or send 10c for trial package to Dr. Pierce's Invalids' Hotel in Buffalo, N. r., and write for free medical advice.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-02-14
TWO INJURED IN
 AUTO ACCIDENT I

H. Long and Jake Heller, of 2614 Fl ghlahd avenue are in the South Highland infrmary as a result of an automobile accident yesterday after noon near Rosedale.
 MT. Heller is the most seriously in- jured of the two. He is badly cut about the face and neck, while MT. Long was slightly injured with few minor cuts and bruises about the face.
 Both were returning from Ever green, Alabama, on the Montgomery highway when an attempt was made to stop the car. It turned completely around scattering glass from the wind shield over the car and the ground.
 With the exception of the wind shield the car was not damaged.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-02-14
For Raw Sore Throat

At the first sign of a raw. sore throat rub on a little Musterole with your fingers.
 It goes right to the spot with a gentle jingle, loosens congestion, draws out soreness and pain
 Musterole Is clean white oint- ment made with oil of mustard. It has all the strength of the old-fash . toned mustard plaster without the blister.
 Nothing like Musterole for croupy children. Keep 1t handy for instant use s5 and 65 cents in jars and tubes; hospital size, s.
 BETTER THAN A MUSTARD PLASTER
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-02-14
PIPE, SULPHATES AND
 IRON GO FAR AFIELD

Four kinds of Birmingham district products left port of Mobile satur- day for far afield points They were as follows:
 By steamer osage for Pacific coast $500 tons of cast iron pipe and pig iron.
 By steamer Wellesley for San Fran cisco, 365 tons of pig iron.
 By steamer Ensley City for Piraeus in Greece, 147 tons of ammonium phosphate from the by-product works of the Tennessee company at EnslUy.
 Pipe shipments included both hign pressure and sanitary pipe.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-02-14
NEGROES ID BUILD
 S15O,OOO TEMPLE
Birmingham Selected as Lo- cation for Temple Over
 Other Cities

By vote of four to two. the negro Masonic Tempe commission of Ala bama, in executive session at Selma yesterday. selected Birmingham as the place for the erection of the ne- gro Masonic temple at cost of ap- proximately s15000O.
 Montgomery, Selma and several
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-02-14
Singing Announced

The Christian Harmony Singing as- soeiation and the Secred Harp Society will hold joint sing at the court house all day Sunday The sing will begin at 9.3o in the morning and continue all day with dinner served at the courthouse The program is being arranged by A. A. Vines pres ident of the Christian Harmony Sing ing association and W. H. Champion. president of the Secred Harpers. All attending are requested to bring their Christian Harmony and Secred Harp song books.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-02-14
pARMER FUNERAL HELD

The funeral services Of Augustus
 Farmer were held yesterday at his home near Greenville, and interment
 was made at the family cemetery. The deceased was S4 years of age at the time of his death and was man widely known and highly esteemed. He was a planter and for many years he successfully operated his farm close to this city. He is survived by his wife and large circle of rela= tives.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-02-14
nANCE ANNoUNCED

The management of Edgewood Park is planning one of the prettiest winter dances of the season at Noun tain View inn tomorrow night, when open house will be held.
 As an extra. added attraction Jack