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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-02-10
GRIP Epidemic LEADS
TO PNEUMONIA
Neglected Colds and Fun Down
Condition Source Of Danger
Many Lives
Needlessly
Sacrificed

COluS are al
ways dangerous.
Now when an
epidemic of grip
is sweeping the
country they are
doubly danger
Gus because they
often d e vel op
| n to er 10 u S
throat troubles,
grip. or pncu-
mOnia which Of
ten result fatal
Nv, The time to
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-02-10

day by Chief of Police Robbins and
Officers Regain and Doyle. 1t had
been thrown from passing train to
be picked up later by confederates
it is believed. The loss of this liquor
will cut into the profits of someone
who is out after easy dollars.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-02-10
Odd Fellows Hall

ASYLUM LODGE, NO. 20. !. O. o. r.
Regular meeting Friday evening at
$50 O'Clock. Initiatory degree Feb. 3.
IRVING Il. PACKARD. N. G.
ELLIS e. WALKER. Sec'y.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-02-10
Aug usta Lodge Directory
,1JcusrA LODGE. NO. 141, +. 4 A.

AUGUSTA LODGE. NO. 141, +. 4 A.
ii. Special communication Tucsd.y
evening, Feb. IL, at 100 O'Clock. Work
in d. A, degree. A cordial invitation
is extended to all sojourning brethren
~ 10 LESTER NJ. HART. W. NJ.
BERT p STUART. Sec.
Bethlehem LODGE, NO. IS, r. 4;
A. M. Special communication Monday
evening, Feb. IL, at $50 O'Clock. Work
in E. A. degree. All sojourning breth-
rem are cordially INVITED to attend.
CHAS. +. MEIGS, w. NJ.
PEARLE Il. FULLER, Sec.
Odd Fellows Hall
ASYLUM LODGE. NO. 70. !. o. o. r.
Regular meeting Friday evening at
$50 o'clock. Initiatory degree Feb. 9.
Ellis E. WALKER. sec'y.
JEPHTHA ENcAMPMENT. NO. 8,
Meetings second and fourth Tuesdays
Next meeting Feb. 18th.
G. S. PEAsLEE. Scribe.
CANTON AUGUSTA. NO. 9. p. N.
Regular meeting every third Tuesday
z 4. X. p Run GsS1i Clerk.
DIFF
G. A. r., THE REGULAR MEETING
Of Seth Williams Post No. l3. first
Thursday OF each month
GEO E. GAY, Commander.
WILLIAM McDAVID, Ad1utant.
QUEEN TEMPLE NO. 70, PYTHIAN
Sisters, meets in X. of P. hall the sec
ond and fourth Tuesday evenings OF
each month at $50 O'clock.
MRS. EyE TX e, e sE Es4tyE NJ. F. s
and c.
tu-th-sat,tf
N. e. o. p. KENNEBEc LODGE.
No. PSI. meets in G. A. r. hall the hrsf
and third Tuesday evenings of each
month al 1870 o'clock.
FRANK +. JOHNSON, Warden.
p. r. SMITH, Fin. Sec.
MRS. EMMA +. HOWE. Rec Sec.
tu-th-sat
COURT PINE TREE NO. 20. FOR.
cstcrs of America, meets in Golden
Cross hall. the first and third Thurs
WALTER 7. COTTINGHAM.
JOHN J. WHITE. Fin. Sec.
may23.tu-th -sat,1yr
CAPITAL GRANGE. NO. 24s. p. OF
H. Meetings I'd and 4th Saturday eve
nings Of each month at G. a r. hall.
A. b. RIPLEY, w. NJ.
MRS. EMMA T. HOWE. Sec.
tu-th-sat.tf
GEN. PHIL SHERIDAN CIRCLE
No. S. Ladies Of the G. A. r. Regular
meeting in G. A. X. hall first and ti,ird
Tuesday Of each month at 23G NJ.
ADA NJ. HAYES. Sec.
feb3 tn -Sat,lyr
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-02-10

Last Monday night in Brooklyn, y.
V, at the Greenwood Baptist church,
Rev. and Mrs. Francis w. O'Brien
received hundreds of guests on the
occasion of their 18th wedding ami
versary. They received MANY beau
tiful and costly gifts. including many
from their Bath and Maine friends.
Mr.. O'Brien is a former religious
worker of Bath where he organized
the Forward Movement. the Bath
Boys Brigade and the Workngmen's
Institute and built the Peoples
church.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-02-10

Living on his farm at North La
moine is Uncle Meltiah Salisbury.
who will be % years old March %.
Keeping house for him is Mrs. Emily
Gross. sc on March 10. and boarding
at the home is Mrs. Charlotte Copp.
who will be IS on Feb. Il. All three
enjoy splendid health. Uncle Meltiah
was seen recently helping his son un-
load a lot of grain. He is often seen
working at his wood pile and last fall
he helped shinGle one of his buildings.
Each day he reads the newspaper
without the aid of glasses. He is a
brother to Aunt Abbic Higgins Of Bar
Harbor. who last week celebrated her
Seth birthday.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-02-10
IEpHrHA ENcAMPMEN1. NO. g.

Meetings second and fourth Tuesdays.
Next meeting Feb. 18th.
FRED b. HALL, G. =.
G. S. PEASLEE, Scribe.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-02-10

The news suggests that gas masks
ought to come into fashion again.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-02-10

Joseph c. Narnum of Bath was -
years old Thursday. He is a year
of the birth records at Richmond
shows he was born Feb. s, 1916,
whereas Mr.. Narnum had been under
the impression he was toddlin-
around at that date. For his age he
is a young man. Last summer he
ventured trip over the city in an
airplane and last winter he rode the
Masonic goat. He served in the 9Th
Massachusetts regiment during the
Civil war, since which he has con-
Quoted a grocery business at A Flor
ri street Bath
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-02-10

Fifteen gallons Of liquid refresh
ment in the form of alcohol We're
fished out of the snow beside the
railroad track at Biddeford, Thurs.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-02-10
CANTON AUGUSTA. NO. 9. P. NJ

Regular meeting every third Tuesday
at o'clock.
JOHN DAY. Capt.
A. NJ. DRUMMOND. Clerk.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-06-29
LET AUDITORIUM
CONTRACT OUT
TO HIGHER BID
Continued From Page Onc)


the Smith company could not carry
out the contract. Benz Price spoke
of $500, 900 structure the Smith com
pany had erected recently In Missis-
slppi. Reference was made to
warehouse and two school buildings
the Smith company had put up In
Birmingham.
Questioned about the work of Day
E. Sachs, Mr.. Miller and other ar
chitects said that this company
ranked among the highest in its
field. and had erected a number of
large and difficult structures
o O O
Architects Back City.
When President D. E. McLendon
of the city commission put the di-
rect question: DO you believe the
experience of Day & Sachs would
enable them to handle the construc-
ton so that the difference of few
thousand dollars could be saved in
this way?" the architects answered
that they believed that to be true.
What 1 want" Commissioner w. L..
Harrison said, lis to assure beyond
any doubt the building being erected
in the way 1t should be. ! want to
see the contract let to a firm about
which there can be no doubt"
The discussion was continued loi
half an hour and the matter of the
sub-contract was threshed out. 1t
finally was decided to hold up this
phase of the construction for the
time being.
Following the conference, the COM
missioners and architects went to the
council chamber, where President
McLendon opened the meeting to dis
cussiou, after stating the difference
in the two bids under consideration.
Commissioner w. +. Dickson moved
that the contract be let at once.
Commissioner Harrison repeated
what he had said at the conference
Ia the other room, about his pref
erence for the Day & Sachs award.
The question of companies was put
and the commission unanimously
voted that the award be made as
announced
Word of the award quickly spread
about the city and at once became
a topic of earnest discussion. What
the division Of opinion was there was
no way of learning but comment
was emphatic. In many of the dis
cussions among citizens the impress
sion seemed to be the city was
bound to award the contract to the
lowest bidder, thinking the law re-
quired such action. AS many more
expressed approval of the course
taken by the commissioners.
1t is expected the papers covering
the transaction will be signed within
few days and. this done, work is
expected to be started at once.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-06-29

art. Faster he plays and faster. with
all the verve of a kreisler giving
Here Kati as an encore. And, as the
supreme effort Ct his "virtuosity,
he throws his violin in the air,
catches it again, plays 1t behind his
back, behind his head, between his
knees. He places his bow standing
on the platform and gripped between
his feet, while with his two hands
he saws his violin up and down. The
tune grows a little iincoherent. the
Kreisler images fade. Yet the dane
ers love it all.
AS the dance comes to an end they
surge round Raoul; they cheer him,
they bring him a glass of sweet
home made wine. Praises be! Que
bee has still to chastise itself with
the penance of prohibition. Raoul
beams with pride as he jumps from
the platform. 1t is his hour.
Tomorrow he Will be carrying eggs
to the seigneurie again. What mat
tiers? Sufficient that he has played
his part tonight. God Is in heaven.
the rains have been kind to his little
CROP Between them the good cure
and the government at Quebec will
look after his faith and his rights.
Happy-go lucky Raoul may be, but
then that is not unnatural, since he
is both happy and lucky. For is he
not an habitant of the province of
Quebec?
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-06-29
TALK AS BOYS TALK
Yet Some True To Life Juveniie
Books barred From Libraries
clarence Burlington Kelland. in Sat
urday Evening Post)

clarence Burlington heilahu' III SAT
urday Evening Post)
Myself, am neither black nor
white in the estimation Of the purists
who sit in Judgment. but l fear l am
rather tinted with gray. Where my
good friend Heyliger is welcome IN
every library, and rightly so, where
Barbour and Alsheler and James VIII
lard Schultz, whose Indian stories
are literature and deserving of a
Mace among our classics. have the
entree to all library doors. l am not
so f1rtunate-Mark Twain and /; and,
strangely enough. for the same rea-
son. namely, that all our boy
characters have not. by the age of II
or IA, equipped themselves with
knowledge of the grammar of our
language which would be the envy
of a Harvard professor Ct rhetoric.
Huckleberry Finn and Tom Sawyer
did not always speak in the gram
mar of the books. They talked as
human beings talked in their time
and in their environment. l have
fallen into the same error. My boys
we're born in Michigan, and have the
colloqualisms of their place and
state.
could, tf course, make them
speak that limpid English of which
| am capable in my nobler moments
but / am stubborn and l won't do
/ IL. q rather nave lHclu tAics al Z
and rest on fewer library shelves
However, as business proposition,
| Il you are thinking of going into the
business of writing boys books. get
out your grammar and live by its
| rules.
And another thing. il you want to
get past with the kids, forget you are
writing for kids. One paragraph of
patronizing. one hint that you are
not writing for an equal or superior
and you are done. My mental atti-
tude when / write a book for boys
Is no different from what it is when
I write serial for The Saturday
Evening Post The difference lies
in this: that my characters are boys.
and their doings and adventures are
such as boys might have. None Of
pass the cey.>orshIp of boydtp
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-06-29

Mrs. j. L. Wood. SIG Hillman Ave. ...... 10000
w. T. Hagood, $500 4th Ave-, S............. 5000
Miss Azale Wilkinson 124 N. 59th St. 100000
Jack Massengale, 5801 First Ave. 100000
Mrs Hursley Laney, $3.50 4th Ave. N........ 5000
W. c. Chesser 1907 4th Ave-, N. ...... $4,000
Miss Ellen Clark 1907 Sloss Ave-, East Lake 100000
Miss Myrtle Kennedy. 1914 Berney Ave-.
W. ?. Jarrett, 1rondaie, Ala :....... 10000
Mrs NJ A. Lyon, ASIA Maple St., Central Park 100000
James G. Swain, 600 n 49th st $4,000
Miss Annie May Vines. 1854 Underwood Ave los, 900
Lydia A. Richter, 2O8 N 74th st. ..........1 10000
Miss Catherine Rule; 21e S. e1st 10000
John Cross, 1928 Underwood Ave ...... 5000
Morris James, 225 S. 80th St. 100000
E. A. Caldwell, 1872 N. Lewis St. 5000
Miss Annie May Grower 8406 Walker Ave: 100000
Miss Bonnie Brock, R. l, B. ILL., Irondale Ala. 5000
Mrs e. S. Renfroe, 312 Hastead St 100000
O. P. Fontaine Jr 1924 First Ave ......... 5000
Mrs. J. H. Pearson, 247 N. Attn St. 5000
Will Wiaeman, 104 N. 18th St............. 900
Pearl Sykes Oxmoor Ala. Observation-Disclosures. 5000
G. S. Sykes. Oxmoor Ala :.:.......... 5000
Harold c. Partridge, 4243 S. Ave. E. ........ 5000
w. S. Harper, Oxmoor Ala ................ 5000
Jack Parker Route No. 2 Box IA, Roebuck
Springs Birmingham Observation-Disclosures. 5000
Rev. J. M. Wigley 1925 Soss Ave- ........... 5000
Mrs E. D. Crew, so37 Caldwell ............ 5000
Mrs Matte Burroughs, Roebuck Springs
Huffman, Ala :.:...: 5000
Mrs Claude Kilcrease, 120 S. 4sth ST.. 100000
Miss Marie Burton, 54O1 10th Ave-, N, East
Miss Willie Mae Lewis, sl9 4sd St., N........ 5000
P. M. Hcnine, 1918 7th Ave. N............. 5000
Miss Maudie McClintock, 6726 Sd Ave, s., Gate
City Observation-Disclosures. ............... 5000
Mrs Clarence Shomate Ga3 S. ssth . 5000
MRS B. C. McGirnis ST. ia Ave. N......... 5000
Harvey Wioughby, 51oe 10th Ave-, N. 5000
Mrs. Evan Hale, St. g. Birmingham, Ala. 5000
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-06-29
RAOUL THE FIDDLER
Quebec Letter To The Londo
Timesl


Far below the little village hall the
mighty St. Lawrence wound its way
to the sea. The Quebec boat churned
past, a blaze of light, only to have
it's glory dimmed by a majectic liner
steaming slowly upstream toward
Montreal. Then kindly darkness
came down on the river again. save
where, far across on the other bank.
the lights of distant village pricked
pinpoints in the black background.
In the hall itself, the habitants
were dancing happily. Not the crude
new fashioned dances which the
dance halls of Montreal have copied
from Broadway, but graceful, almost
stately measures which the fore
fathers of the French Canadian
brought from across the water. On
the platform stood the seigneur and
the house party which had come
with him from the chateau for the
occa sion. The Inhabitants greet
him with the Difference due to an
over-lord whose rights go back to
feudal times. He is an old-wtrld
figure In a new-world setting.
But above the selgneur. above the
dancers, above all. stands Raoul, the
fiddler. For Raoul is the spirit of
the party. Lovingly his violin croons
an old waltz-time dance in a minor
key; it is such a song as the voyage
urs might have sung as they bent
to their cars. 1t breaks into an eX-
cited, almost breathless squeak as
the tune changes to a merry jig that
clearly owes its ancestry to Scot
land as we'll as France.
Earlier in the day we had passed
Raoul, shuffling along the bride
path that leads from the village to
the chateau. His hair stuck through
the crown of his battered straw hat,
his black coat was slung over his
shoulder, there was a basket of eggs
under his arm. He DOTTED his cd hat
shyly, almost sheepishly. Only a
humble habitant, and not a partcu-
| larly prosperous looking one at that.
| But tonight it is another Raoul a
| Raoul proud in the aristocracy of his
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-06-29
BANKRUPT PETITION
FILED AGAINST FIRM
Publishing Companies Ask Receiver
For Wkitlock- Mcdonald

An involuntary petition in bank
ruptcy has been filed in the office of
the clerk Of the United States dis
trict court against the Whitlock NC
Donald Motors corporation. The pc
titioning creditors were The Biz
mingham Herald Publishing
company, which claimed an indebt-
edness of s1616.s2; the Birmingham
News company, which claimed an in
debtedness of S1.237.77 and the Com
mercial Printing company, which
claimed an Indebtedness of $138.50
The petition was filed by S. ]. Stig-
gins. attorney.
The petition was referred to Judge
George P. Bondurant, referee in the
bankruptcy court; D. NJ. Kelley was
appointed receiver by Referee Bon
durant, in the absence of Judge w. l.
Grub.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-06-29
! SAFE JULY FOURTH,
| FIRE CHIEFS PLEA

NO accident of an aVoidable nature
as the result of careless handling of
fireworks shall mar Birmingham S
celebration of Independence Day If
warnings and precautions issued
Tuesday by j. L. Akin, chief of the
fire department. are strictly adhered
to by those who handle fireworks
and other inflammable noise max rs
Chie1 Akin Tuesday started a for
NAL campaign for safe and sane
Fourth of July, pointing out that
while the holiday is less dangerous
than formerly. it still constitutes a
menace to life and property.
The principal life hazard due to
the use of firecrackers, sparklers
and other fireworks" said the chief,
affects the children. and conse-
quently their indulgence in such
means of celebrating the day should
be rigidly restricted or entirely pro-
hbited. l have no desire to curtail
the pleasure of the youngsters. but
the situation calls for decided action.
The safest way to stage a display is
to make the occasion community
affair, with the exhibition under the
supervision of firemen equipped with
extinguishers.
The danger of firearms is obvi-
Gus. The so-called 'sparkler, which
has become notably popular during
the past few years, is dangerous in
that the Wire rod becomes sufficient
~ heated to ignite inflammable ma
terial. For that reason sparklers
have caused many deaths. the vic
Tins usually being young girls wear
ing flimsy summer dresses. There
fore. prohibit the sparkler If you
would safeguard the lives of your
children.
Another serious matter is the
presence of quantities of fireworks
and other explosives in small stores
not properly equipped for such stor-
age. 1 want to call the public's at
tention to the fact that this is in
direct violation of city ordinance,
and We intend this year to prosecute
heterogeneous more vigorously than
ever before" he continued.
Today balloons using Kerosene
soaked waste constitute another
grave danger since they may fall
upon wooden shingle roofs and other
inflammable surfaces and thus cause
fires. They may in addition ignite
forest and brush areas.
THE thing for the public to re-
member is that the Fourth of July is
a patriotic occasion, and the best
way for the people to prove their
patriotism is to protect the resources
of their country and the lives of
tier fellow citizens. A safe and
sane Fourth means one that is fire
less. Let us have no cause for re-
greet and no loss of life or injury
recorded for the day." concluded the
chief
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-06-29

Seyeral valuable awards VIII be
made by the business men of Ensley
at their fourth quarterly drawing,
and will include an Overland auto
mobile, s425 in cash and Highland
range, according to- announcement
Thursday by committees in charge Of
the awards. Tickets will be given
with the purchase of 81 worth of
merchandise from merchants of Ems
lev, and the plan is declared to be
one of the most effective yet de-
vised as a stimulant of trade Mer-
chants participating in the previous
prize awards have stated that the
former occasions have been very
gratifying, and indications are that
the affair will become a permanent
event in the business life of this city.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-06-29

\ moonlight picnic was enjoyed by
the senior h. Y. p. L. of Wilkes sta
ton at Walnut Grove Springs this
week, Games and music were pop
ular. after which supper was served.
Those attending were: Miss Ethel
Golden, Miss NoVella Faulkner, Miss
Georgia Coats. Miss Gaynell Buffing
ton Miss Louise Grant, Miss Lorraine
Vest. Miss Earnestine Travis, Miss
Nellie Rogers. Miss Ivey Rogers and
Marvin Wilkes. Greedy Travis, Marin
Frazier. A. d. Porter. Phillip Wares,
Hubert Faulkner, Henry Wade, Win
tiers Hope. Fred Smith and Mr.. and
Mrs Goodwin Travis and Mr.. and
Mrs. James Wilder.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-06-29
OFFICERS TO DE INSTALLED

Newly elected officers OF Ensley
lodge No. $50, e. l.. Layton lodge No.
S13 ard Globe lodge No. ISL. Ancient
Free and Accepted Masons. will be
installed at a joint installation Fri
day evening with Golbe lodge as
hosts for the occasion. Grand Master
Julian F. Spearman of Admission will
act as installing officer. The cere-
nony will be private.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-06-29
FORTY SIX MEMBERS
FAIRFIELD KIWANIANS
ATTEND WEEKLY MEET
Civic Association Recently
Formed Makes Rapid
Strides
ENSLEY BUREAU |
THE AGE-HERALD
r.I- ALI Tv,-A %

Forty-six of total membership
of "a were present Thursday at the
weekly luncheon of the Kiwanis club
of Fairfield, which Is considered a
remarkable record IN that the
weather was bad, and the club only
recently completed its organization.
E. E. Smith was introduced ~ q
new member. He is chairman of the
educational committee. succeeding
DR.. NJ Y. Clarke. E. e. Smith and
R. F. Horn each made short talks.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-06-29
CONCERT POSTPONED

The munlclpaT band concert WHICH
was to have been held Thursday
evening on the Pratt City play
grounds, has been postponed until
July 9, and the many persons in
terested in the popular band con-
certs are asked to take notice of the
change in date. The public is in
vited to attend.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-06-29
JEWELLERS IN CONVENTION

Ninety-eig ht per cent of the jewel
ers OF the state were in attendance
Wednesday al the annual session of
the Alabama jewelers. association,
at Tuscaloosa, according to reports
of ]. A. Smith and p. II. Tyler, who
were present from Enslcy Mr.. Tyler
delivered one of the principal ad-
dresses of the convention.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-06-29
SHRINE DANCE FRIDAY

Elaborate plans have been made
for the dance to be given Friday
evening by the Ensley Shrine club at
the Ells' home on Avenue D. Tickets
may be secured from any member of
the shriner's club. the proceeds to be
used for charity work.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-06-29
FoRrY-TWo CLrR ENTERTAINED

Members OF Thursday Forty-Two
club were entertained by Mrs. Wed
Gwin at the home of Mrs. ]. c. b.
Gwin Wednesday afternoon. Decora-
tions were spring flowers and ferns.
carrying out the color scheme of yell
low and white. and there were
large number of members and their
friends. A salad and ice course was
served following the games.