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The St. Charles herald., 1922-04-01

IN FAITH WHEREOF, | here
unto set my hand and seal of Of
flee this 22nd. day of Narch,
1922.
The St. Charles herald., 1922-04-01

FRANK T. PAYNE
Civil Engineer and Surveyor
Gretna, La.
The St. Charles herald., 1922-04-01

b-My-Tism, antiseptic and Pain
killer, for infected sores, letter,
sprains, neuralgia. rheumatism
Adv.
The St. Charles herald., 1922-04-01

Mrs Abel Landry spent a few
days in New Orleans during the
week,
The St. Charles herald., 1922-04-01

Miss Vivian Smith Of New Or
leans spent the week end with
her aunt Miss Ida Smith.
The St. Charles herald., 1922-04-01

Miss Edith Becnel of Desire
han was the pleasant guest Of
her mother on Sunday afternoon.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-11-10
TWO NEGROES HELD IN AK MURDER CASE
 BY INVESTIGATORS.
Detectives Continue Work, However, Despite Acts of the Sheriff'S Men in
 Inquiry

John Harris and Spencer Glenn mons, negroes were lodged in the county jail Thursday afternoon. and were being held without bond in connection with the x-murder of Abraham Levine, 1900 Avenue D, and the attack upon his wife Sarah. which occurred in tho rear of their residence Monday night.
 Harris and Clemmons were arr rested by W. A. Disheroon and Gene Eubanks. sherifrs deputies. The of ficers, while refusing to divulge the evidence they claim to have against the accused men, claim to have ex- cellent chances for convicting the two prisoners.
 The deputies declared that In their search of the negro's residences they found several hatchets. although none of them were stained with blood.
 Despite the fact that the arrest of the negroes was known at police Headquarters homicide detectives continued a relentless Investigation, No new clues were unearthed, how ever.
 Mrs. Levine was reported from South Highlands infirmary to be rap idly recovering from the terrific wound sustained in her head from the blow of the axman. Due to her extreme weakened condition attend Ing medical authorities have re- trained from informing her of the death of her husband.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-11-10
MASONS TOCONFER
 HIGHEST DEGREES
consistory Accepts Class of 35 With Great Cere.
 mOny

The reunion of the Scottish Rite Masonic bodies will be concluded Friday morning, with the conferring by the Alabama Consistory of the thirty-second degree. The reunion has been In progress at tho Masonic temple since Monday evening, and has been attended by an unusually large number of visitors, including many from other states. A class of s5 candidates has taken all the de- grees from tho fourth through the thirty-second.
 Work In the consistory was be- gun Thursday night, with the con ferring of the thirty first degree. Tn eiast degree in the Council of Kadosh was conferred Thursday aft ernoon, 1t being the thirtieth de- gree in Scottssn Rite Masonry
 Birmingham chapter of Rose Croix conferred the fifteenth through the eighteenth degrees Wednesday. This work. 1t Is said, was the most inn pressive done here in many years.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-11-10
Oversight" Stops Pay of Workmen Repairing City Health Laboratory

Repairing of the city health lab oratory was authorized by the com- mission about 10 days ago. Work started auspiciously enough 8 week ago, but when workmen presented their weeks bill to the comptroller a day or two ago they were met with the news that there was no money in the exchequer for that purpose.
 Commissioners assert that an ap- propriation of s3.0o0 was voted for repairing the laboratory. and they express themselves at a loss to understand how 1t was left out of the budget. The city comptroller claims that the commission did not authorize him to include such an ap- propriation in the budget. The work is still going on, and commissioners are getting their heads together with a view to finding out how the ..over sight" occurred and to locating funds for paying the workmen. The city comptroller says that the money will have to be shaved off some body's appropriation. as the budget appropriated money -jamb up to the estimated revenue"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-11-10
FUNERAL SERVICES OF' J. EDWARD HAWKINS AT.
 10::30 THIS MORNING.

Funeral services for J. Edward Hawkins, age S6. who died Thursday morning in Tuscaloosa, will be con- ducted this morning at 1O:30 o'clock from the residence of his sister, Mrs s. H. Pope, 1926 Crescent avenue. h. torment will follow at Elmwood cemetery.
 MT. Hawkins Is survived by his widow, Mrs. Florence Peoples Hawk ins; his mother, Mrs. Tempe F. Hawkins; three sisters. Mrs. Eugene Latady of Daphne, Mrs. A. O. Lindsay of Quincy, H., and Mrs. Pope of Bir- mingham; two brothers. James F. Hawkins and Richard N. Hawkins of the city.
 The following pallbearers have been named: Tom s. Brown. Cor don Hickman. Howard D. Lacey. Fred Sherer, John Mark, Colin Campbell, J. Woolsey Morrow and Joe Weifer- ich. The vestry of the Church of the Advent of which church he was a consistent member will be honorary pallbearers.
 The deceased was one of the most promising young business men of the city, until his health failed him some time ago, and was for several years connected with the Empire Fuel and Iron company. His many fine traits of character endeared him to a wide circle of friends and business as- sociates who will learn of his death with regret.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-11-10
ENGINEER STUDIES'
 NEED FOR ANOTHER. V|ADUCT AT TRACKS.
Commission to Have Report on Traffic Demands Within Few Days For Con-
 SideratiOn

Census of cross town traffic Is be- ing conducted by A. J. Hawkins, city engineer. for the purpose of deter mining whether contemplated sys- tenn of viaducts will be practicable and @ paying proposition. This was learned at the city hall Thursday, and it was declared that the cen sus would be complete within a few days.
 The number of vehicles passing to and fro at the following points is being counted by the engineers de- partment: Railroad avenue. at Eigh teenth, Twentieth, Twenty-first, and Twenty-fourth streets south. The results of this investigation will be reported to the city commission by Engineer Hawkins, and it is prob able that a detailed survey of some of the proposed sites will then be made. Preliminary surveys on some of them were made several years ago,
 Relief from the congestion on II . Twenty first street viaduct is be- ieved to be under consideration for action soon. An additional viaduct connecting the north and south sides of the city, across the railroads. is considered a necessity. Such a via duct, will, 1t Is thought, divide the congested traffic on the Twenty first street viaduct
 Alter the census on the southside, 1t Is likely that similar investiga- tion will be made on the northside. It is considered that the need Is more pressing on the southslde, and 1t Is probable that the first work will be done in that section.
 The commission has not announced any program for the construction of viaducts. It may be some time be- fore any program is formulated or any construction begun.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-11-10
Woman LalUyer To Be Guest OfLocal Club This Week
By MiGNoN HALL
Here she Is,


 The woman concerning which the members of the Business and Pro fessional Women's club are all ex- cited. Because she's the second vice president of the federation and Is coming to visit the local organiza- ton.
 Her name Is Miss stella Akin. of Savannah Ga, and the members are to give in her honor beautiful dinner party Saturday evening at 6;30 o'clock at headquarters.
 Stay in school
 Miss Akin Is on tour and will be in Alabama 10 days, visiting the va rtous Business and Professional Women's clubs, and stressing this cry before the various schools
 Our girls should stay in high school till they have finished the course, and go to colleges if possible before they enter business. girl who goes into the world to make her own living without proper edu- eational training Is handicapped for life"
 Miss Akin will talk before tho city high schools Monday. and will be In ,Bessemer Monday night.
 Sunday the local club will enter tain her with drive around tho Magic City.
 Miss Akin professionally Is law yer and one of the youngest in Sa- vannah.
 Previous to coming to slrmlng
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-11-10
Estes, Held, Says
 Charges Frame-Up

J. R. Estes. Jr., 22oo Fourteenth avenue, south. was being held at the county Jail Thursday under a bond of s1.ooo on charges of grand larceny preferred by Detectives c. c, Giles and W. B. Patterson.
 According to the officers, Estes is connected with the removal of q car sold to L. E. Price, North Brming- ham hardware merchant, from Prices garage. on the night of September 24. The car was recaptured Tuesday night by Motor Scouts Rehberg and Taylor while 1t is alleged that whisky was being transported in the vehicle by James Tarrant, negro. Tarrant claimed to have borrowed the car from Will Wells, negro, and the lat ter claimed to have received the car from Estes.
 Estes, in statement made Wednes- day night, declared the charges false and a frame-up on the part of Win Wells in retaliation for his having been discharged by Estes for the al- legged theft of oil.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-11-10

A similar situation obtains with reference to the Ensley tubercular sanitarium. except that the commits sioners do not even claim to have set aside the money in the budget. It seems to have been overlooked, ac- cording to health officials.
 At conference during the summer between city commissioners and the board of revenue. it was agreed that that the city and the county would divide the cost of maintaining the hospital. In all the discussions on the budget, however. it was not men tioned. Bills of nearly $2,000 for the month of october are being detained at the office of Mrs. Mary Eehols, commissioner of health and educa- tion, pending some provision for their payment.
 The city comptroller said Thurs day that as the matter now stands. any expenditures for the Ensley sanitarium will have to come out of the health department appropriation. Health department officials assert emphatically. and in so many words, that they would like to see such a thing done.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-11-10
Daily Luncheon Talks

First Methodist church, when he ad- dressed the members of the Bir- mingham Real Estate Board Thurs day at luncheon.
 "The three great things that go to make up a nation," continued Dr. Stuart, ''are monuments. great days and heroes. Monuments should be erected to our great men and wom- en, men who are willing to die for their country" He then told of monuments in various parts of our country. relating their history and probably dwelt longest on the monu- ment erected to the Minute men of the revolutionary war
 We cannot have a great nation" said Dr. Stuart. without great days. They maks us stop and think and 1t is indeed a splendid thing for the realtors to be willing to stop and think of the great day in store for us, that memorial day of peace for our nation. I recently asked a num- Der of young boys what was their idea of the greatest man in America. One replied Babe Ruth another said Charlie Chaplin.'. and a third said Henry Ford.' Out of these three you see the ideas of great men in a youngsters mind. The names
 
 CT. clown and money maker"
 Dr. Stuart impressed the fact on the realtors the importance of find ing themselves and realizing where they stood and their ideals of great people.
 Resolutions of respect to the mem ory of the late Frank B. Fowlkes, former member of the board. were read by R. Mcconnell.
 Rowing heads In humble submis- sion to the wisdom of an all wise providence, the Heavenly Father having removed from this midst the beloved friend. companion and CO., worker, Frank B. Fowlkes, 1t is re- solved by the Birmingham Real Estate Board to express deep and most sincere regrets for the loss sustained by the board. his family and the community at large.
 The genial manners, cordial be- havior and good nature of the de- ceased endeared him closely to all his associates here and won for him a host of friends who will miss him and who will cherish the memory of his good deeds and qualities"
 The resolutions were drawn up by committee composed of R. McQon- nell, J. l.. Yancey, and David P. Am derson. Copies of the resolutions will be spread in the minutes of the board and sent to the family.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-11-10
Marital Troubles Put Negro n Martial Mood--TlUo Shot

Two negro men painfully but not seriously wounded by pistol bullets. a negro woman reeling in the street from a staggering blow on her head from the butt of revolver and horse, an innocent onlooker, shot Tn the jaw, were the casualties when a negro, said to be Rufus Lipscomb. 919 Tenth street, south, used gun play as 8 remedy for strained domestic relations, on Enon Ridge Thursday afternoon.
 Lowell Winsette. 1412 Third avenue. north. shot through the muscle of his right arm and lips. and William Drew rear of 1901 Eleventh avenue, south, shot in the left hip, were those Injured by the bullets, and Gertrude Lipscomb, wife of the alleged user of the pistol, sustained the injured era uium from contact with the butt end of the gun. The horse, the property
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-11-10
IS SCOUTS GET
 MERIT BADGES
By MIGNoy HALL

It was an excited. eager little bunch of scouts which faced the members of their court of honor at its gathering this week
 They were so afraid they mightn't pass
 Because. In order to get scout badges, one must not only know every tiny bit of information which goes along with their prized possess sion, but must measure up as a stand ard bearer scout of the first va riety.
 However, two of the uplifted faced older scouts qualified as eagles bers of the court of honor put the scouts may attain-and 16 others took merit badges in various other lines.
 Those Who Passed
 The two new eagles are: Nat Me- Cornell of Troop IA. and Assistant Scoutmaster Leon Franklin of Troop 49.
 Chief Roland L.. Shine and mem- bers of tn court of honor put the youngsters through. the members present being Dr. M. Y. Dabney, c. A. Moffett, M F. Phillips. and Dr. D. A. Piatt.
 Those who passed and received their merit badges in the following subjects were: Harold Peace, troop 14, Camping; Ralph Hack ney, troop 33. Camping; Leon Franklin. troop 4s, "Civics"; Gull pepper Wynn, troop If. "Civics;" Carlton Jones. troop IA. Cycling; {; William F. Monks. troop 8, First Aid"; Joe Atkins, troop 3, "Fireman- ship; Ballard Bayliss. troop 33, "Pathfinding"; Thomas Lavender, troop 14: Nat Mcconnell. troon "A Swimming; Ralph Hackney, troop 33, Hiking; Leon Franklin, troop 4s, "Electricity"; Carlton Jones, troop IA, "Pathfinding"; William Monks, troop 3, "Firemanship" Joe Atkins, troop 8, Swimming"
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-11-10
AKIN TAXES CHARGE
 AS CHIEF OF LOCAL FIRE DEPARTMENT
Ex-Chief Middleton to Make Statement in Reference to Controversy Which Led
 to Retirement

At 8 o'clock this morning James L. Akin becomes chief of the Bir- mingham fire department, succeed ing Sidney A. Middleton, who re- signed two week ago. Chief Middle tons resignation was presented to the city commission at it's regular meeting October 24, and was ac- cepted at the following meeting, October 31, to be effective Novem- Der 10.
 Chief Middleton's resignation. ad- dressed to the city commission. read: T hereby tender my resignation as chief of the fire department to take effect November 10, 1929. I regret very much to leave the fire depart ment service because I have made 1t my life work. and I know l have made good. But under the existing conditions, feel that it is best that I retire"
 Back of this statement, however. was controversy between Chief Middleton and Commissioner W. B. Cloe, of public safety. which has been brewing for some time. The climax of the trouble was reached in August, when 1t became known that Commissioner Cloe would not be displeased to have the resignation of the fire chief.
 Chief Middleton completed 25 years of service with the fire department on November 1. eight years of which he served as chief. He will retire on pension of $lS0 . month for the remainder of his life.
 It Is understood that Chief Mid dleton will make a statement today in which he will present his side of the controversy. breaking 8 silence which he has maintained on account of his employment with the city.
 Following his severance with the city. Chief Middleton will leave for Florida, where he will spend . month in rest. No business move will be made by him, he said, until tho be- ginning of tho year. He Is consider ing a number of propositions. he said, but has not yet decided which, if any, he will accept. The chief as- serted mphatically. however, that he expected to continue living in Bir- mingham, which has been his home for 32 years.
 Assistant Chief Akin. who succeeds Chief Middleton. has been Identified with the fire department for 24 years. Entering az . private early in 1899, he worked himself up to the position of first assistant chief, to which office he was appointed Feb ruary l. 1913.
 Other promotions effective today are those of Ali Brown, B. o. liar grove, p. W. Taylor, and w. E. Han lin. to first. second, third, and fourth assistant chiefs, respectively.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-11-10

of neighbor, was shot while in an adjoining lot. Winsette and Drew were taken to Hillman hospital and the woman to Northside infirmary. where they were reported not seri- ously injured.
 The shooting occurred at the resi- dence of Molly Harris, 1310 Ninth street. Enon Ridge. Lipscomb. ac- cording to evidence gathered by detectives. came up on his wife while she was in the company of Drew at the residence. He began firing his pistol. Drew was struck by the first shot. the second and third snots going wild and striking Winsette and the horse, following which Lips comb took a sudden departure after striking his wife. Detectives Bragan, Walton, McCombs and Helton arrived upon the scene .short time later but found no trace of Lipscomb.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-11-10
NEW PAsTOR COMINC

Goodwater, November 9.-(Special.) Rev. w. M. Treadway. pastor of the local Methodist church for the past three years. will move shortly to Montevallo with his family where he will assume the pastorate of the Methodist church of that place. Rev. R. l.. Young will move to Goodwater to succeed Rev. Treadway on the GoodWater-Andr Chapel charge.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-11-10
SEEKS TO ABOLISH
 STATION AT 0xM0OR

Montgomery. November 9.-(Spe- cial. .)--The Alabama public service commission today heard the petition of the Louisville and Nashville rail- road, asking for authority to discon- tinue its agency at Oxmoor and es- tablish a caretaker at that point. The case was taken under adyisement by tha commission.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-11-10

his subscription of s75o. to s1,e00 if nine other men would also increase their subscriptions by $250 The others who accepted his offer were: MT. Burr. MT. Ferguson, Sidney J. Bowie, Robert Jemison, Jr., Hugh Morrow, l.. l.. Stephenson, Colonel Garber, Moss & Mccormack and Miller & Martin.
 A silver cup was presented Thurs day by the alumni pr. M. M. Nolan, one of the team workers, for his in- fant son, Mike" Nolan, Jr, who was born Monday. Dr. Nolan immediately announced his son as a future stu dent at the university and made . subscription to the university fund in his name.
 Feature Report
 Amounts reported by the teams and the total amount obtained by them in the three-day cleanup cam paign follow:
 Special committee No. l. Hill Fer guson. captain, $4,425; total s7.2S0.
 Special committee No. 2. Judge w. M Walker. captain. ;1.4oo; total
 Team No. 1. pr. Joseph Leland, captain, s2.030; total $5,756.
 Team No. 20. c. Gresham. cap tain, s550. total s3,1I0
 Team Nc. 3. F. B. Teague. Jr.. cap- tain, s505: total s1.205.
 Team No. 4. j. R. Oden. captain, s1.os5; total ss,1O0.
 Team No. 5. Anglin White, cap tain. $2,O65; total s3.440.
 Team No. 6. Walter Agee. captain; $56o: total ts.o7o.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-11-10
COURT TO CONVENE

wetumpka. November 9.--(Special.) The regular fall non-jury term of circuit court will convene here at the county court house Monday, Mo- vember 13, with Judge B. K. Me- Morris on the bench. Non-jury cases both civil and criminal. will be tried and the equity docket will also be disposed of at this term.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-11-10
With the Local Colleges

and Black. official newspaper, are coming in daily from members of the alumni. according to Wyatt W. Hale, business manager.
 Pictures of the entire football squad were made for La Revue" college annual. Action pictures of all the games played have also been obtained by the editor-in-ch Ed win Branscomb
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-11-10
FARMER DIES

Huntsville. November 9.-(Special) ) S. M. Loveless, well known farmer of Hazel Green precinct, died yester-
 day after long Illness, aged 60. He
 Is survived by his widow and several
 children.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-11-10
Birminxham-southern

The Current Problems" club is the newest organization at Birmingham- Southern. Dean l.. M. Spivey. founder of the club. said that membership is only open to upper classmen, a1- though it is entirely optional. The club will do research work mainly.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-11-10
Franklin Appointed
 Chief Office Deputy

Joseph s. Franklin of Gadsden was appointed chief office deputy of the collector of internal revenue de- partment by W. E. Snead, internal revenue collector, Thursday. The ap- pointment has been pending for some time. MT. Franklin, who succeeded J. H. Foster, assumed his new duties at once. He was formerly in the employ of the government at Ala bama City, where he was postmaster for nine years. from 1906 to 1916. He practiced law for practically 16 years.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-11-10
The First National Bank
of Birmingham, Ala. Statement September 18th, 1922
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 Loans and discounts ..... $2o, ,e6o, ,506.61 Overdrafts ........... 5.O07.73 U. S. bonds (par) . 1.5OO, ,000.0 GO U. 8. Treasury certificates. So7.400.00 Liberty Loan bonds s,S74.5s State of Alabama bonds le1,000.00 Stock in Federal Reserve bank -......-.......-- sO,UVO-VV Other stocks and bonds... l.t63, l6s.el Banking house ...... 2oO,0O0.OO Other real eatate 6,95B.b9 Interest earned not collected es.e56.16 Cash In vault. ...s 5s7,5s5.57 With banks. s,s24.422-s2 With U. s.
 IT. .... 7O.oOo.OO With Federal
 Reserve
 Bank ... 2,52e.s5s.e2- Toos.s47.ol
 s82,s7s. .2Oe.O4
 LIABILITIES Capital stock t........s 1,500, ,000. % Surplus and profits 2.4sl ,58s.66 Reserved for taxes l66,S7915 Reserved orf interest. 64.00o.00 Circulation ..... 1875. 10000 Rediscounts .... 0e.000.0O Interest collected not earned ............. 211.467.s7 Deposits individual .s2s .oss.s7o.os Bank ..... 2,7os.214.ls States ]. 1os.s45.4S Federal Re- serve Blk.
 Atlanta.
 Fiscal
 Agt. ... 2s.6eo.oo- 25.sso.1ls.es
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-11-10
REAL EsTATE nOARD

H"I was delighted when was in- formed that the busy business men of Birmingham were going to take time and give some thought to Armistice day on their program be- cause we usually get so commer- cialized that we loose sight of the great patriotic interest" said Dr. George R. Stuart, pastor of the