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The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-12
STATE CAPITAL BUREAU
 THE AGE-HERALD

The first Baptist church Of Mont gomery, a plant which is valued by officials at $200,000, was dedicated here today. Dr. E. Y Mullins of Louis vile, president of the World Baptist alliance, president of the Southern Baptist convention, and also president of Southern Baptist seminary, the dedicatory sermon. Three serv- ices, all largedly attended, were held during the day.
 The church and it's value to the world was the theme of the noted Baptist leader. This is the greatest organization In the world: it is Gods creation and Is the very foundation of our civilization" ;" he said. Dr. Mullins declared that the great need of Europe today is Chris tianity. Those countries have had an imitation of Christianity,% he con- tinued. Under the new dlspensa- tion our religion has become more simple and spiritual we have gotten
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-12
ARTISTS GATHER r | R CENTENNIAL.
HefIin, Brandon And Mayor Gunter Speak At Mont
 gomery ArmistiCe Day
STATE CAPITAL BUREAU l
 THE AGE-HERALD ! MnntgomerY. Ala. Nov. II

The advance guard of the Alabama Baptist convention was expected to arrive here Monday, coming on the eve of opening of the centennial session of the state organization for the purpose of completing final plans for the convention. The local churches of the Baptist denomination are ex- pecting at least 2,000 visitors in the city this week.
 The convention will be held at the First church, beginning Tuesday morning at 9;30 o'clock. Dr. l.. O.. Dawson of Tuscaloosa will call the convention to order and pr. John w. Phillips of Mobile will preach the convention sermon.
 While the Baptists are planning for their annual meeting, the Methodists of the Alabama conference are look ing forward to their annual confer ence in Opelika, beginning Wednes- day morning. Bishop Candler will preside, 1t has been announced. All the local Methodist ministers will at- tend, as will a number of laymen and other Methodists.
 pr. ". M Cox, for the past four years presiding elder of the Mont gomery district, will not be returned. as he has served his allotted time in this district. There are to be no changes In the personnel of the Methodist ministers in Montgomery, it is understood.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-12
COURT TO CONVENE
Two Murder Cases On Docket For
 Trial At TaIladega

TALLADEGA. Ala. Nov. 11.-(Spe- cial.)-The circuit court grand jury will meet Monday. There will not be a very great amount of business to come before it, according to of- ficials.
 The case of most importance is that of B. W. Butler, who is alleged to have shot and killed negro boy at Fayetteville and wounded negro woman some months ago. He has been in the county jail without bond since that time.
 Bill Porter, negro, who was ar rested in Cincinnati, several weeks ago, for murder committed + years ago, when he shot Will Tins ley, white man at kymulga, IS already under indictment for murder in the first degree and Is expected to go on trial.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-12
Montgomery Baptists Dedicate
 $2OO,OO Church. Building

away from so much of the certomtal religion" he asserted.
 Dr. Charles A. Stake1y, pastor of the church, read a rief history of that body declarin gthe church was or ganized 92 yeas ago with four mem bers. It has grown, he said, to mem bership of more than 1,400. The church which was dedicated to God cost approximately $200,0O0, he de- clared
 Among those who participated in the dedication was pr. George B. Eager of Louisville, a former pastor. At the afternoon service pastors of the various Baptist churches of the city delivered adresses, congratulat- ing the First church upon its great achievements. The night service was interdenominational with addresses by ministers of several of the larger churches of the city. Among them were pr. Richard Wilkinson of St. Johns Episcopal; pr. H. $. Spragln of Court Street Methodist, and Raobl Schawrtz of Temple Beth-Or.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-12
ANNISTON MAN KILLED BY PASSENGER TRAIN
Lee Ward Dodges Freight, But Is Hit By Passenger
 ANNISTON BUREAU
 THE AGE-HERALD
Anniston, Ala, Nov. IT

Lee Ward, 22-year- old white man, was instantly killed when struck at the Cooper crossing near the old Ok ford depot Sunday just before noon by passenger train No. of the Southern. The body was prepared for burial at the Smith 6 Uburly funeral home.
 Reports given Coroner Lee Smith indicated that Ward had been sitting on the end of the crossties near the crossing and that he got up to let an eastbound freight train pass. When the westbound passenger train from Atlanta arrived a few minutes later Ward continued sitting at the approach of the train and was in- stantly killed. Ward lived at sol Woodstock village and was unmar- ried.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-12
PROVISIONS MADE FUR A DRY DOCK
Drain Pipe Three Feet In DI- ameter Placed Through
 Dam Masonry
TENNESSEE VALLEY BUREAU l
 : THE AGE-HERAID

 In view of the fact that dry dock may be wanted or needed in the fu- ture near Wilson dam, drain pipe three feet in diameter has been placed through the masonry or the the would be built. If dry dock is ever built for the use of the river boats, it will be located just up up stream from the lock and with thls pipe in place the water could pc pc drained out by gravity lnstea9 .ol thought on the part of the United States engineers means the ultimate savings Of thousands of 9iairs dollars There is no prospect of the building of dry dock for number or years but with the great promises oi was thought advisable to place the drain so as to have 1t available when the need presented itself.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-12
r,,r.Nr OFFICERS SOUGHT

The child welfare wcrkers helu :" meeting in the dining room ol d aro luo cal hotel Wednesday evening "heIe n members. un,esa The chief topic of discus sion was the need of a truant officer i5 CT in m Florence. Mrs. J. R. Jolly toid sei .oI or the urgent need of such an officer and spoke of the number tt cnllprer Mitcbell presided and made a few hrief tmi ,e'ie remarks on the subject fol lowed by round table discussion. A committee was appointed headed by Mrs. B. M. Jones, who will devlse d method of having such an officer ap- pointed they willsalso plan some way ,ssos tG raise funds teSdeiray eue ng@sthe apn0i4itm ert.s
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-12
TUSCALOOSA CHURCH DAMAGED BY FLAMES
$3,O0O Loss Suffered By Brandon Memorial In Sunday Fire
 TUSCALOOSA BUREAU AGE-HERA
TuscaIOOsa. AIa.

I Tuscaloosa, Ala, NOV. II
 The Brandon Memorial Methodist church on Tenth street was badly damaged by fire Sunday afternoon at o'clock. The fire is believed to have started either from an oil stove or defective wiring. The loss was about $3,0O0, partially covered by in- surance.
 The church was named after the late Rev. Brandon, father of Gov. w.. w. Brandon. The congregation will worship in the First Christian church while the church is being re- paired. A cable was burned during the fire, putting many telephones out of commission,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-12

why a larger percentage of eligible banks are not members of the fed eral reserve system, and will hold an all-day conference with bankers at the capitol. Congressman Steagall of Alabama is a member of the com mittee, which includes well known members of Congress from other states, among them being Senator Carter Glass of Virginia. Montgom- cry is the only city in Alabama to be visited.
 In a telegram from President Ho- henberg, received in Montgomery to- day, he stated: "The joint committee of Congress on membership in fed eral reserve system expects all Ala bamS banks, both member and non> member banks, to be represented at the hearing to be held in MontgopA- cry on Thursday, November 15."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-12
MONTCOMERY CELEBRATEs

Armistice Day was observed in Montgomery with exercises at the Grand theatre this afternoon, at tended by a crowd which filled the theatre to overflowing. United States Senator J. Thomas Heflin delivered the address of the day, and Gov. Will liam w. Brandon and Mayor ". A. Gunter, Jr. were on the program. Senator Heflin was presented to the assembly by Governor Brandon.
 Senator Heflin, in his address. came out strongly in favor of concerted action by nations of the world to keep down war in the future. He paid a glowing tribute to the valor of American soldiers in the World war, and the devotion of the women of the country to the cause. The task of civilization today Is to hold the line as the soldier did in the war, to
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-12
BANKERS INVITED

Adolph Hohenberg of Wetumpka, president of the Alabama Bankers association, today called attention to
 the fact that all banks of the state are expected to be represented at the hearing to be held by the joint con- gressional committee at the state capitol November 15. The committee is touring the country to ascertain
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-12
CONDUCTS EXTENSION GLASS
PASSION PLAYERS COMING
Oberammagau Villagers Suffer From
 Bad Economic Conditions

Oberammagnu Villagers Suffer From
 Bad Economic Conditions
 VIENNA, Nov. 11.-Bad economic conditions in Germany are causing. a dozen villagers of Oberammagua, where the famous passion play is held. to visit the United States.
 Joseph Lang, who portrays the role of Christ in the Play, will head the party, he told correspondent of the Neues Wiener Journal.
 There would be a party of 12, Lang said. and they would stay in the limited States for three months. But not as passion players, he added. The villagers will be simple woodcarvers painters and potters. Lang himself expects to exhibit his pottery work.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-12
AT 'UNKN0WN TOME
President Coolidge Lays Wreath O
 HerO,s Grave

HerO's Grave
 WASHINGTON, Nov. 11.-President Coolidge laid wreath today on the tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington as the Armistice Day trib- ute of the American people to the memory of '"those who did not see the end, but died that the end might come" The act of tribute to the dead of the World war was performed by the chief executive with little ceremony and in strict accord with the custom established year ago by President Harding.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-12
ARMY oFFICER LEAvEs

Brig. Gen. John B. Mcdonald, retired, left Anniston Sunday for Atlanta, from where he will go to Washington to make his home. Gen eral Mcdonald was the guest of his niece, Mrs. G. Wilbur Taylor, while in Anniston. The retired army Of ficer is a brother of the late Mrs. Hiram D. Barr, and has been a fre- quent visitor in Anniston during the past few years. He had been in charge of a prison near San Fran cisco before his retirement order was received a few weeks ago.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-12
TO HEAD RED CROSS

Miss Mary Woodruff of this city who has been serving as director of the home and school betterment sec ton of the state department of edu- cation for the past few years, will become executive secretary of the Calhoun county chapter of the Red Cross shortly after the new year and will at that time inaugurate an ag- gressive peace time program. Miss Woodruff will succeed Miss Florence McCrossin of Birmingham, who has been temporarily in charge of the Anniston office for several months Miss McCrossin will leave Anniston about December 1.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-12
HARD ON sPEEDERs

speeders are to have hard time in Florence, according to Tra1llc Ol- ficer Rfnnds. He has been bringing tbem in regularly every day, some being up before the mayor, every morning. He says the speed limit of eight miles per hour in the school scr zone will be strictly enforced. mere seems to be a considerable amount of excessive speeding in the scnool zone and MT. Bounds intends 10 "ase war on all speeders.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-12
HITLER A REFUGEE

PARIS, Nov. 11.-Berlin dispatches announce that Hitler and about 100 partisans have taken refuge at Ros- enhein.. 3S miles southeast of Mu- nicb. Official figures of the deaths in the Munich coup d'etat as re- ceived here place the number at 48.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-12
SCHOOL GETS FLAGS

A set of state and national flags nave been donated to the rural school at Weaver Station by the An niston council, Junior Order of United American Mechanics, the presenta- tion ceremony being made part of the Armistice Day observance in this county by a committee composed of Dr. J. o. Hill and Rev. G. c. Shad- dix. Patriotic Anniston people, the lodges and other organizations of Anniston have already presented state and national flags to many of the rural schools of the county. Cou- gressman Lamar Jeffers having mo- tified Supt. S. B. Gibson during last week of his desire to donate a flag for one of the smaller and less pros porous schools in the county.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-12
NEGROES ATTACK MEN

ST. LOUIS, Mo. Nov. 11.-Lonnie Hill. 3S years old a farmer of New Albany, Miss. and John LeaSure' I, were shot and seriously wounded when they were accosted by six ne- groes here last night. Hill and Leas, ure arrived here this morning ana we're searching for work. Robbery is believed to have been the motive for the attack.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-12

Common variety of erasers are
 made by specially treating the pro-
 ducts of corn oil, which Is then sul- phonated.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-12

An aerial bicycle. driven by foot
 power, and called the "cycleplane."! recently accomplished short flight.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-12

An average consumption of ten quarts of ice cream for each resident in New York city. is record for one
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-12
NEW $30,OOO OPP
 HOTEL WILL OPEN
Proprietor Of Andalusia Hotel Will
 Manage New Plant

ANDALUSIA, Ala, Nov. 11.-(Spe- cial.)--L. l.. Folmar, for the past two wears and a half proprietor of the Victoria hotel of Andalusia, has leased the M.s F. Donaldson hotel building at Opp, Ala. it was learned today and MT. and Mrs. Folmar will remove to Opp early in December to assun.s charge Of the management of the new hotel.
 Hotel Donaldson is now being completed. It is an imposing two story brick hotel building with 30 rooms and has been erected at an ex- penditure of approximately $30,0o0. The hotel is located in the northeast part of the business district of Opp, in the DonaldsLn block.
 CONDUCTS EXTENSION CLASS
 Miss Cox of the Troy Normal school at Troy will be in Andalusia again tomorrow to conduct the ex- tension group work with 75 rural school teachers of ,Covingtcn county. On next Saturday, Supt. J. A. Keller will conduct the reading circle groups as usual.
 A. l.. Rankin, J. Frank Davis and George L. Gresham were today ap- pointed by President T. Baron Gib- son of the Kiwanis club to make the nominations of officers for the Kiwanis club for the coming year, at the regular meeting Of the club. New officers will be elected and will take office in December. A feature of the program was a vocal solo by Lewis Pendleton, Birmingham, accompanied by Miss Alice Broughton. Both were guests of the club.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-12

Republic of Chile has an area ol 3O7.774 square miles.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-12
GOVERNOR KILBY LEAVES

Former Gov. Thomas E. Kilby left Anniston Sunday for New York to join Mrs. .Kilby, who has been there for week, and from that port the former chief executive and Mrs. Kilby will begin their world tour, which include many of the historic World war centers in Europe.
 Governor and Mrs. Kilby expect to be away for the next few months, and their friends over Alabama will follow their travels in foreign lands with great deal of interest.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-12
KHAN PLANS GREAT
 AFFAIR IN ANN|STON
Birmingham To Be Repre- sented At Big 0pen-Air
 Ceremonial At Oxford
ANNISTON BUREAU l
 THE AGE-HERALD Anniston. Ala, Nov. II J

Knights of the Ku Klux Klan have completed their plans for the first open-air ceremonial in this district the public naturalization ceremony of the order to be staged on the old drille field at Oxford Lake Thurs day evening, when 300 new appli- cants will be admitted to the inner realms of the Invisible Empire.
 Contract has just been closed for 2,5O0 pounds of meat to be served at fhe barbecue pits, along with other parts of an old-fashioned meal. Tickets to the number of 5000 have already been sold and with special train bringing fully 200 of the mem bers from Birmingham and Pell City and with scores of the hooded mem bers coming from Alabama City Goodwater, Sylacauga, Heflin and other places, 10000 people are eX- pected to witness the spectacular pa- rade at the picnic resort.
 Following the naturalization cere- mon on the drill field at the lake a spectacular fireworks display in which mortar will be used to send the display into the air will be staged on an eminence near the cere- monial point.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-12
ARMIsTICE CELEBRATION

Started off with a parade through the business section of Anniston and which will end at the First Presby- terian church, Anniston's Armistice Day celebration gives promise of be- ing one of the most elaborate affairs of the kind ever attempted in Cal houn county.
 After the parade is over the pa triotic address of the day will be de- livered by Joseph J. Willett, Jr. and Mrs. Alexander Greet of Gadsden, will also be heard in an address.
 After decoration of the stone boulder near the First Presbyterian church and the decoration of the doughboy monument farther north on Quintard avenue, lunch will be served to the former service men of the county and their friends in the Sunday school room at Parker Me- morial Baptist church, and the crowning event of the day will be the reception for the former service men in the evening at the home of Mrs. N. E. Dry on Christine avenue.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-09-26
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San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-09-26
ON THE JOB

September l is popularity supposed to
end the vacation period. From that date
on the year takes up its weary round OF
duties and vacationists are presumed to
hurry home to get back into the har-
ness again.
he value Of a vacation has been
proven beyond dispute. 1t gives a new
outlook on life. 1t sweeps aside mental
coDWebs and puts new energy into body
and soul. That is, if it is a proper vaca-
ton 1t does these things. Ii it is spent
In dissipation, tiresome travelling. over
eNertion or in mental worry as to the
expenditures, it fails to that extent at
least, to accomplish good.
The chief value of a vacation IS the
change Even people who ordinarily
work leisurely and who can not possibly
DC tired from eXertion put into their
ualIy tasks need vacations Just as much
as the fellow who works strenuouslv.
FeoPle get into ruts. They confine their
mines to narrow grooves and a vacation
lifts them out.
but alter the vacation is over, the
average person who is working nor
mally, feels thrill of elation at getting
oacA. 1t seems good to be in the old
oiilce again, to enter the old shop, to
stand again behind the familiar counter
greeting customers, to ride the same
oid street cars, to meet the friendly faces
OF nome folks, TO take up again the
Unread OF little tasks, seemingly unim-
Portant little jobs OF which the worlds
work IS made up. Most OF us are lit
tie folks in little places. We do not
amount to much from the standpoint of
prominence. But in the aggregate we
are the people who keep the old world
moving along on an even keel. 1t is the
countless little fellows in their count
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-09-26
ABSURDLY INCOMPETENT

1t was recently reported that the
League OF Nations, having failed to set
tic the Graeco-ltalian dispute because
Mussolini wouldn't let it, was going to
punish Italy. That, it now appears.
was a mistake; it didn't tell the whole
story of the leagues discontinue. and
was therefore deceptive. Or maybe it
wasn't deceptive, really, because nobody
believed that the league, after its fail
ure even to make decision in the dis
pute, would be able to punish the ma
ton that had defied its authority"
The whole story the world is now
told, is that the League of Nations,
doubtless pursuant to" its desire to
punish Italy, or to have Italy punished,
Is going to ask commission of inter-
national jurists to decide whether the
league had the right, or was competent,
to intervene in the controversy which
the Council of Ambassadors finally
settled.
Now isn't that beautiful story? A
Judge is called upon to issue an iniunc-
ton to restrain one man from occupy
ing property belonging to another; the
first man. declares that he will not
stand for any interference on the part
OF the court; somebody else steps in and
settles the dispute to the satisfaction
OF the principals, and then the Judge,
who in the meantime has done moth
ing but twiddle his thumbs. announces
that he will ask commission of law
yers to decide whether he was competent
to issue the injunction.
If the League of Nations itself does
Mt know whether it was Competent TO
intervene in the dispute between Italy
and Greece, it has a world monopolv of
ignorance in that respect. The best evil
dence is that it didn't restrain Italv.
didn't hale her into court and didn't even
undertake to do either. Now if is 90
ing to ask an international commission
OF JuTists to say whether it was compe-
tent to do the things which if didn't
even try to do. About all that the
League OF Nations is competent to do is
to go way back and sit down'-and
perhaps IT isn't sure about even that,
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-09-26

less little Jobs who solve the world
problems and feed and clothc and edu
cate the rising generation.
Nearly everybody has beautiful
dream tucked away in his inner rccessc,
OF inc Gay when he will quit work. MOI
reaiy quit OF course but do the thing
ne imagines he would rather do and
chuck once and for all, the old lob on
which he has spent so many wears OF
his life
Probably the closest most of us come
to realizing that dream is when we 60
OH the annual vacation. For week
or two weeks or month or whatever
vacation period is allotted to us. we
actually and in fact quit work.
we leave the old job behind us. We
eliminate ourselves entirely from the
little niche where fate has placed lis
for oriet period we become as the
butterfly, lifting at will, carcfree and
needless of the morrow The worries
ana petty troubles of the old shop OF
office or store, slip from our should
ers: We are unhampered BY Job.
But along about the time for us to 90
back to work, thoughts begin to in.
trude themselves on our consciousness.
We turtivcly wonder if things are going
al right back there if the fellow who is
holding down Our job while we are away
is looking after customers or keeping
the books posted or keeping the stock
neat and so on.
hen the day rolls around when we 90
back. With new light in the eye and
a refreshed and reburnishcd viewpoint
we once again cross the sacred portals
OF our job. We are back in Our little
world again for another year. And soon
we have fallen into the old ways. put
everything right according to our ideas
OF 1t and we are sonce again small but
important factors in the ranks of the
millions who keep the wheels of indus.
try and commerce turning.
we may not admit it publicly but to
we will concede that while
it seems good to get away once in a |
while, its Just as good to get back. |
Our best and most valuable citizens
ire the ones that find after all is said.
he greatest pleasure in life Just doing
The little tasks that the old lob calls for.