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ther introduced Mrs. Cora Wilson Stewart of Frankfort. Ky. founder Of the Moonlight Schools. Mrs. Stewart delivered d strong address on re- moving illiteracy from the Nation. She said there are five million peo- pie in the country who can neither read or write. In a short address, remarkable for breadth of vision, she spoke of the progress of the war against illiteracy of the land.
 President CaIOway's Annual Address
 Clinton J. Galloway delivered his annual address. touching education and stressed to his hearers the need for greater facilities in instructing the colored youth of the state.
 pr. AbercrOmbie Speaks.
 pr. John w. Abercrombie. Mont gomery, state superintendent of edu- cation. said in part: "The reorganiza- tion of the white association on the basis of the national has increas- ed the attendance of the white steach- CTS of the state at the annual meet ing"
 Dr. Abererombie carefully reviewed
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ALABAMA EDUCATIONAL CONVENTION FORMALLY
 OPENED AT JEFFERSON
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gram, each community Tn Alabama can have genuine home rule and de- eide for itself what 1t may do for it's own children In supporting this statement the president, showed that with federal, state, and even county appropriations inadequte and with private contributions spasmodic and meager, local taxation should be en- forced so that regular eight to ten- year schedule can be put into practice throughout the state.
 Words of commendation and praise were extended to the promoters and loyal contributors in the Greater Auburn campaign, and a beautiful and fitting tribute was paid to the memory and achievements of the great sanitarian and servant of hu- manity, Alabama's own Gen. William Crawford Gorgas, and the unqualified endorsement and support of every citizens In the common wealth to ths memorial campaign strongly urged, by Dr. Palmer, who with an express sion of gratitude over the great citi- zen's conference called by Governor Kilby now in session to promote the interest of the laymen in education, particularly in securing the necessary financial support and legislation, con- cluded with word of thanks to Bir- mingham and Jefferson county for hospitality rendered and the inspira- ton gleaned from the pleasant asso- citations.
 Glenn Presides.
 Dr. c. B. Glenn, local chairman and
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Supreme Court Decisions

Montgomery. April 13.-(Special.) The following decisions were an nounced Thursday by the Alabama supreme court:
 Anderson, c. J.-D. R. Blacl1wood vs. Oneonta Trust and Bank com cult court; affirmed. Mrs. M. F. Harrison vs. Jim Cryer, ct al., ap- peal from Madison circuit court: af- versed and remanded. Nora Davis vs. Webster Lumber company, ap- peal from Madison ccircuit court; af firmed. National Council Junior or der vs. Kate NJ. Hill. appeal from Morgan county circuit court; af- firmed
 Mcclellan, J.-Ex parte Will Hall (Iall vs. state), petition for certior- ari to court of appeals writ denied. w. M. Bailey vs. Fred Folsom, ct al; appeal from Coffee circuit court (oquity); affirmed. Johnsie Umble vs. the state of Alabama, appeal from Jefferson circuit (Bessemer division) i; affirmed. National Casualty com pany vs. Mary E. McCarn. appeal from Jefferson circuit court: af- firmed. W. 2. Walker vs. c. H. Dry den, appeal from Cleburne circuit court; affirmed. J. c. Gamble, ct al vs. commissioners court, St. Clair circuit court (equity); reversed and remanded. J. B. Beard vs. Mrs. s. B. Sailors, appeal from Talladega cir cult court; affirmed. G. W. Martin vs. W. T. Campbell, administrator, appeal from Marshall circuit court (equity); affirmed. Daniel Drug company ys. Collier Drug company. appeal from Morgan circuit court; af- firmed.
 somerviile. J,-Ex parte Mary
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Banks Blanks vs. state), petition for certiorari to court of appeals; writ denied. c. s. Hand vs. w. E. Kemp, appeal from DeKalb circuit court; affirmed. State ex rel J. D. Milan vs. J. D. Masters, appeal from Shelby circuit court; reversed and remand- ed. w. A. Arlington ct al. vs. Liz zie Lee Blackwell ct al, appeal from DeKalb circuit court (equity); mod flied, corrected and affirmed. Stand ard oil Company vs state of Ala bama, appeal from Calhoun circuit court (equity); affirmed. z. D. Me Cord vs. Harrington and Stringer, appeal from Talladega circuit court; affirmed. T. R. Berry vs. W. A. Stewart, appeal from Franklin cir- cult court affirmed.
 Thomas, J.-Levy, Aronson & White vs. T. H. Jones, appeal from Blount circuit court; reversed and remanded. William M. Miller ct al vs. H. C. Woodard, appeal from Winston cir cult court (equity); reversed and re- manded. George w. Burgin ct al vs. U. S. Hodge ct al, appeal from Jeff ferson circuit cout (Bessemer divi- sion); affirmed. Elk parte w. Fl. Knox, petition for certiorari to court of appeals; writ denied. c. l.. Crow VS. Ora smith et al, appear rum De- Kalb circuit court; affirmed. Ex parte General Laminack, petition for cer- tiorari to court of appeals; writ de- nied. Ben l.. Hill ct al vs. H. Moody Judge and C.. appeal from Jackson circuit court (equity); affirmed.
 Per Curiam-Ex parte Henry Allen (Allen vs. State), petition for cer- tiorari to court of appeals; writ de- nied. Ex parte George Treadaway (Treadaway vs. State), petition for certiorari to court of appeals; writ denied. Grand Bay Land company vs. J. M. Simpson (and cross appeaD, appeal from Mobile circuit court (equity); opinion extended and appli- cation overruled. Lena Giddens ct al. vs. J. Claud Deddoch ct al (and cross appeaD, appeal from Crenshaw circuit court; overruled. Ex parte Cheatham Reese (Reese vs. State), petition for certiorari to court of ap- peals; rehearing overruled.
 w. E. Jones vs. City of Birming- ham appeal from Jefferson circuit court; overruled. W. F. Donehoo vs, M. NJ. Smith, appeal from St. Clair circuit court (equity); opinion ex- tended and rehearing denied.
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ROBERTSON HEADS < DISTRICT BANKERS
Wells Addresses Meeting at HuntsviIle-Spirit of 0p-
 timism Prevails

Huntsville, April 13.-(Special. )-- The annual meeting of the members of group one of the Alabama Bank CTS association came to an end last midnight with the nomination of N. L. Robertson of the Parker Bank & Trust company of Cullman as group president and this automatically car- ries the next annual convention to !Cullman.
 The closing banquet at Hotel Twtckenham, which was given by the Junior Chamber of Commerce in com pliment to the visiting representatives of practically all of the 80 banks in the 13 northern Alabama counties was 8 brilliant affair presided over iby E. w. Mcleod of Huntsville with Hoseph J. Bradley of Merrimack lead ing the singing. A special program j of music was rendered by a home orchestra with songs by Misses Grif- yith, Pettus and Darby and MT. Car iisle Davis.
 The set addresses breathed a spirit Of optimism over the present business skituation and the future prospects 5nmong the speakers being Oscar Wells of Birmingham, president of fhe First National bank and president ibf the Alabama Bankers association; lT. P. HoslSins of the First National bank of Chattanooga; Col. J. M. Will 1iams of the Alabama Farm bureau. Montgomery; A. L. Staples of the Peo- ples bank of Mobile: John P. Cole man of the War Finance corporation sn Alabama; Alex Walker. manager bf the Federal Reserve Branch bank in Birmingham; W. D. Nesbit of Bir-
 mingham. Sam Clabaugh of Tusca- 1oosa; Cashier Rawls of Nashville and others.
 Oscar Wells said conditions ap- ,preximating the normal now prevail an business and industry excepting s4he unsolved problem of transporta- &ion and the deranged export business. Commodity values have reached their nowest points since the war and in Izome instances have advanced. Inter- 4est rates have reached pre-war levels and there is a bank soundness that ERould hardly be hoped for a year or l1S months ago. Calmness and spirit lof mild optimism prevails though he Said, 1t Is hardly probable that pros Iperity is just around the corner" be- kause of the unsolved transportation and export problems. The transpor- Nation problem is due. he said. to the Unreasonable demands of organized labor and derangement of the export business to the business chaos in Europe.
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first game of the season. Moley reached the verdict that thera was entirely too much youth on the in- field. And, reaching this decision, he pulled Johnny Kane from the reg ular lineup and sent in the veteran Krehmyer. who had hit home-run in pinch the day before. The in- field seemed to have more confi- dence, with the exception of Burkett, who was again away to a bad day afield. The former Virginia leaguer got two bad throws out of his sys- tenn and the only two Baronial err TOTS of the game are chalked against him.
 Speed Shows
 Speed in the Baron ranks began to assert itself Thursday afternoon, when some flashy base-running blos- somed forth and Bob Morrow's arm cracked under the strain. Quick Silva stole a base, Stump Clarke reg istered one theft, Harry Harper got a steal out of his system and Johhny Neun pilfered third With four thefts chalked against him for a single afternoon Morrow seemed to give up in despair.
 Earl Whitehill. who shares left hand pitching honors on the local roster with Roy Meeker, is scheduled to open against the Doylies in Vol town today.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-04-14

Age-Herald was conducting a cam paign about bootlegging.
 Men would come into the shop, a hand deep in a coat pocket. or be- hind their backs, holding a bottle of hootch they had bought somewhere. The didn't know but what they had purchased, a lily in their hands, or tombstone, and we were charged with the job of ferretng out how much was whisky and how much was death. We would analyze 1t for them, feeling that we might save a life; but we drew the line when bootIeggers began to come to us wanting us to examine their whisky, and put our stamp of approval On their brandt
 Think of thatl Picard says buy this whisky and you'll be sitting on the top of the world Nice little job for us-wouldn't 1t have been-not"
 Miss Starnes said that of all the people who visit the laboratory the most interesting are persons who think they have discovered some val uable metal or other on their pro- perty.
 oil Men
 "Chiefest of these," she set forth, 'are persons who think they have oil. They come to us presumably To find out, but for fear we are going to tell them that their sample Is neither oil silver gold or what-not, they wish to spend a while before hand convincing us that 1t is.
 When they arrive, we know they're good for two hours and a half The oil most of them bring Is decayed vegetable matter which produces a scum similar to petroleum. It is real ly heartrending to have to break news that all the fine things they've been planning must be given up; and they must get bac kto blowing old Beck"
 A cunning little blond, Miss starnes' head is very level on any question you want to talk about.
 asked her her views of busi- ness women; and whether she felt it spoiled them for matrimony.
 NO lndeedP' she declared. "A wom- an is a lot more capable of making people happy and keeping her own home after she has had business eX- perience. She learns the value of a dollar. And more than anything she learns how tired a man is at night when he comes from work and un- derstands if he just wants to rest and read the paper. Because women don't understand is why a lot of wives complain their husbands are just so unsociab1e. after they've been at home alone all day, too--nobody to talk to nor anything-and John, Bill or Ebenezer just so selfish. Boo, hoo"
 Get the laugh in Miss Starnes' eyes.
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VITAL STATISTICS

Births
 Birth reports received at health office April 13, 1922:
 MT. and Mrs. O. c. Roses, Rout {, Birmingham, April B. boy
 MT. and Mrs. Sam D. Jones, 7501 Seventy second street. February 30, girl.
 Mir. and Mrs. John R. Miller, Bir- mingham, April {. boy.
 Mir. and Mrs. c. Wasson, 44O4 First avenue, north, April 12. girl.
 MT. and Mrs, G. W. Weems. 1915 Forty fifth street. Wylam. April l. boy.
 Mir. and Mrs. Louis M. Guice. South Highland infirmary. April 5, boy
 MT. and Mrs. Isadore Samuel Engel, South Highland infirmary. April 4, boy.
 MT and Mrs Charles H. vfckery. 2S27 Sixteenth street. Ensley, April 8, boy.
 MT. and Mrs. John R. Ball. 451S Avenue F. April 8, boy. Mir and Mrs. Clarence L. Helen, Jr.. Route 4, Birmingham. March f7, girl. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Limbough, 1, Route {, Birmingham. March 2s, boy. Mir and Mrs. John T. Limbough, Route 4, Birmingham, March IS. girl.
 MT. and Mrs. c. W. Weems, Route l, Irondale. March 9, girl.
 Mr. and Mrs. D. l.. Brasher, Route 1, Irondale, March Il. boy.
 MT. and Mrs R. R, Perry, Route l, Irondale, March 27, boy.
 MT. and Mrs. Thomas c. Skelton, New Castle, March %, girl. MT. and Mrs. S. C. Housley, New Castle, March 10. girl. Mir. and Mrs. R. Ford Dill. 800 Forty fourth street. north, April 4. girl. Mir and Mrs. Samuel Edgar Bagley, l1022 Forty fourth street, north. April | q, girl. MT. and Mrs Stanley c. Bellies, 4509 Tenth street, north, April 10, girl.
 Deaths Death reports received April 1s. l1922:
 Biilie J. Reeves Powderly. April 4. laged 12 days Samuel B. Southerland, Ironiale, March 21. aged so years. Nancy | Sims. Route 1. Irondale.
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Get the straightforward look. Watch her stick to business-and you'll be captivated with the way she Is a totally different style" of girl. She .s fascinated with analytical chem istry, and finds it furnishes great field for the study of human nature.
 Some of it'll give you shivers.
 For instance, there's the one about the green pea soup. From somewhere up the country sample of pea soup was sent to be examined. Sheriff wanted to know if 1t was poisoned. An elderly gentleman, with a lot of money and land. had eaten the soup and been buried. Relatives had served it.
 When we examined the sample, we got enough arsenic out of 1t to kill ten men"
 Very frequently Miss Starnes' work links up with criminal cases in this way. And
 At the dogs which must be diag- nosed chemically to tell about their madness and most of the time the dead dog. But the place being a laboratory and not butcher shop or funeral parlor, patrons are finally persuaded to bring only the neces sary details of the canine.
 Research
 There's lot of research work to be done, MT. Picard being chairman of the Damaged Seed committe of the American oil Chemists society. The chief work no wis to find more accurate way of telling how much oil different cotton seed will yield. Miss Starnes, in this connection, has the
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 She was rather thrust upon her job, she related. It was like this: One night her brother hove through the front door.
 Say. El, how'd you like to be chemist? I know of job"
 "Er' said she would try anything once.
 Brother interviewed Mir Picard. Miss starnes described an affect ing pictue of would-be employer: 'He shrugged his shoulders, spread out his hands. and said he didn't think a woman could hold down a job like that. But if man couldn't be had, and 1t seemed to be his fate to have to take a woman, he'd try me-and-
 Tried Hard
 And here's me yeti
 That's how sort of ambled Into the game over the back fence, as it were.
 Land, how did try to be likely and gee, wasn't I happy when the second month rolled around and ushered mo into a regular salary.
 That ruined me. They've never been able to get rid of me since"
 You ought to watch that "chap" treating germs rough. She's not afraid of any of their big eyesl Makes 'em tell their right names and ages. And behaveI They all want to play nice when she's through with 'em. Watch her in this photo delving after one without taking his word that he's not dangerous.
 Miss Starnes 1t one of the most successful young personages In this town. say "personages" advisedly Listen at what she Is an expert on: Water.
 Minerals.
 Fertilizer. poison analyses. and cot ton seed products.
 And even beyond these, her spe- cialty is graphitesl
 And Tariff
 Learned about these during the war when Uncle Sam had to have a great deal of graphite to line the crucibies in which the big guns were made. That was Alabama graphite. Bus mess was rushing until the market went to pieces after the war on ac- count of no protective tariff.
 GOtbH Audl HOuuu llhe Wc get ting into deep stuff? Tariff mar kets?
 But that's what Miss Starnes can talk about by the hour. She also knows the special qualities that go to make steel good steel. She can make your blood run a little faster telling about war days when she and the others in the office had to be so careful; careful with Uncle Sam's experiments that they might be sure that the steel was all right for the airplanes In which our boys had to risk their lives.
 A trifllng mistake might have meant such terrible ragedies-and even backsets in our great warl Equally as good at analysing hu- man nature as she is at chemical Miss Starnes told some ex- crutiatingly funny stories of the time, q little while ago, when The
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the progress of educational work in the sol\A from 1880 to date, and showed the beginning of the rise of public schools in the state. In this connection the state superintendent compared the educational, economic and religious progress of the colored race from 1866 to 1922 and stated the progress was the most remarka- ble of any race in history.
 Dr. Abercrombie was accompanied by Mir. Hugh McGill of the national education association, who closed the meeting with strong appeal to give the youth of the land fair play in starting life's career.
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distinction of originating method which has been recommended for study by newt years committee.
 This is constructive work, and while we're not paid for it, it's mighty fascinating to do."
 Miss Starnes has been gassed once, along with MT. Picard and other employees. One day they were assay ing gold. The oven backfired It be- gan generating carbon monoxide Ooh. I'm full of words like that since talk ing with Miss Starnes.) That means a species of fire damp. It's odorless and colorless, and slips up on you. Thus you can't tell you're being in- jured till you start to feel the ef- fects.
 '"The top of our heads felt as though they would come off. The pain was something frightful. None of us were any good the balance or the day.
 ,s"And did you dare finish the ex- periment?"
 o indeed, yesv But you can bet we fixed the ovenv
 Miss Starnes says chemistry is a fine field for women. and you can't make her believe anybodys got a more absorbing. delightful, wonder full profession. So don't be climbing the stairs to offer her any kind of job.
 She says she belongs to the germs, poisons and things.
 Which Is unusual for perfectly adorable girl whose brother used to accuse her of liking only two things on earth chocolates and Wallace Reidi"
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This is the fifteenth of n series Os stories about successful business women in Birmingham. The arti- cles will appear each day in The AEe-HeraId. Few people realize how many nre the highly success full example of women who have seized the business opportunities offered by great and growing Bir- minghRm and have won places of esteem and confidence in the busi- ness world.
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In these days of flu" coughs. colds. croup and whooping cough. It is we'll to know that every year there are used more bottles of Foley's Honey and Tar than of any other cough medicine. Mrs. S. l.. Hunt, 515 w. Sixth St., Cincinnati, O., writes: "Foley's Honey and Tar relieved me of hacking cough, tickling in the throat, wheezing and pains in the chest. It is helping ray mother won derfully." That's why druggists rec ommend Foley 's.--Adv.
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BURKETT'S PINCH BLOW
 IN EIGHTH WINS GAME

(Continued From Page One) Clarke stole second and went over to third on a wild pitch. but died there when Harper fouled out to Morse at third.
 After analysing his team after the
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NEGRO TEACHERS
 HEAR ADDRESSES.
Sixteenth Street Baptist Church Crowded in Open
 Educational Session

The main auditorium of the Six teenth Street Baptist church was crowded Wednesday night with hun dreds of colored teachers from all parts of the state to attend the open ing exercises of the forty first an- nual meeting of the Alabama Teach ers' association, Clinton J. Galloway of Tuskegee, president. ". c. Davis, principal of Thomas school. Birming- ham. presided. Music was furnished by the Industrial High school band, Birmingham, J. T. Whatley. leader.
 Devotional exercises were con ducted by pr. c. L. Fisher, pastor, who read the ninth chapter of the Proverbs and led in fervent prayer for the teachers of the state who have in charge the eolored youth of the state.
 Stirring and eloquent addresses were delivered by A. c. Dobbins. principal of Slater school, Birming- ham; Dr. c. B. Glenn, superintendent of the city schools, in behalf of the city commission, the board of edu- cation and the citizens of Birming ham, Miss Sarah E. Luther, state department of education, Montgom- cry NOId " ilSOH OtCW di U founder of the Moonlight Schools, Kentucky; Prof. c. J. Galloway, pres ident of the association, who de- livered his annual address; Dr. John W. Abercrombie, state superinten- dent of public instruction, and Dr. Hugh McGill of the National Edu- cational association.
 Dr. Glenn's Address
 Dr. Glenn said, among other things: T extend to you a cordial welcome because you seem to be the forward looking of your people. I will not paint a picture of what we hope to do but I wish to point to what we have done. Birmingham believes. in the education of all the children of all the people. The educational au- thorities of Birmingham believe that no chain can be stronger than it's weakest link.
 What have we done to prove that that is our faith? Not much for either race. But we have done a lit- tie. have confidence in my fellow men. The worst thing for teacher is to loose confidence in his pupils. The teacher must believe that in the worst child there is the possible man or woman. l am proud that I have not lost confidence in the colored people.
 When Dr. Glenn closed his inspir- ing address he was thanked by many who sat on the platform and ap plauded by the enthusiastic audience.
 Miss Luther's Address.
 Miss Luther paid a beautiful com- pliment to the race for it's folk songs and expressed the hope that no intel- lectual training will ever take away from the race that inimitable power. Her charming message on the elevat- ing influence of the school held the audience spell-bound for thirty min utes. She spoke of putting pep into the work of the fschoolroom and gave an object lesson by her own ad- dress for she put pep" in it from start to finish
 Mrs. Cora Wilson Stewart.
 In few graceful words Miss Lu-
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March 26, aged 5S years.
 James M. Meharg, Rout 2, Besse- mer. April g, aged 75 years.
 Mrs. Elizabeth Dedman. S11 Forty third street, north. April 8, aged 59 years.
 Margaret J. Rinehart. woodlawn infirmary, April 13, aged 76 years.
 Charles Grady Jones. South High lands infirmary, April 12, aged IS years.
 Dorothy Elizabeth Hays 7532 Sec and avenue, north, April 13, aged two days.
 Mrs. Luella Mathews, Norwood hos pital, April IS, aged 3S years.
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SUCCESSFUL BUSINESS WOMEN OF BIRMINGHAM Il
By MIGNON HALL

By meree nowD C. Picard of the Picard need of assistant chemist. He wanted likely man for the job. Miss Eleanor Starnes became the likely young man