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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-05-10
SHORT PEGS

Two years ago when rockies were
frisking in southern camps and
white collar men were oiling their
lawn mowers out in the stucco SUI
burbs of a hundred big American
cities. the manager of the greatest
sporting goods combine in the United
States had something to say about
Americas favorite sports. He said
it seemed to him mat as etween
Shaping singles and digging divots,
the men of this time would rather
dig His observations of that time
get Fighter and Fighter as the sum-
mers pass.
Just when $4,000 people have call
ed in on Babe Ruth to watch him
whack out his fl t home run of the
season. seems an lnopportune time to
mark a decline of interest in base
ball. But an attendance of "A 900 at
a professional ball game or of 90,00u
We're interested primarily In base
ball or boxing. 1t means they were
interested in the drama of those pro-
auctions and lanqr ishea for the cleo
trio impulses which vast. excited
crowds impart to themselves.
There were only 5000 peopla at the
New York Yankees eighth game of
the season which presented a more
likelihood of better contest. You'll
find sometimes as few as 100 custo-
mers at small fight club where
the bouts are more bitterly fought
and more bloody than the one be-
tween Dempsey and Carpenter.
We are talking to some editors
from various representative sectors
of the country awhile ago and we
asked them what the principal par
ticipating sport-not the non-com-
blatant sport-where they came from.
ooh, golf. of course they said,
confirming the belief of six sport
ing editors from six flung cities
whom we asked the same question
last fall that Angus MacNiblick of
Scotland has taken out his final
papers in America. Everybody COLTS
now and everybody else plays ten
mis-. The rest go to the ball games
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-05-10
Reform Cops Opener

REFORM Ala. May 9.-(Special)
Reform captured the opening game
here this afternoon from Electric
Mills, score to 0. Purnell pitched
great ball for the locals, only giving
up four hits and striking out twelve
men. Reform boys captured eight
hits off the visiting pitcher, three of
them going for extra bases. The
local team is last on the field and
WELD the stick to advantage.
Score: r. H. E.
Electric Mills .. 900 900 600 8
Reform .... 900 100 10x >
EMPIRES; Macarthur and Davis:
time of game l:40.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-05-10
FIDDLERS TO CONTEST

Old fiddlers and banjo pickers who
are to take part in concert and
contest at the high school auditorium
Thursday afternoon will parade
through the streets of the city about
/ o'clock Thursday afternoon and end
at the school building in time for the
concert at p. n. F. s. Coupland, one
armed champion of Alabama and
Georgia. will be in charge of the
parade. and the players. riding In a
decorated truck, will play many of
the tunes of long ago for the enter
tainment OF the spectators.
The American Legion auxiliary Is
making plans for complete observ-
ance Of Mothers day on next Sunday.
Delegations of Admission women will
make the trip to Camp Mcclellan to
urge the 1000 or more soldiers now
in camp there to write a letter home
to mother and to wear a red or white
flower on that day. Mrs. D. T.
Haynes, president. and Mrs. Lewis
Klein, chairman of Mothers day COM
mittee. have requested the people Oh
the city to furnish flowers for the
soldier boys at the post. and others
will furnish paper and envelopes for
letter writing on that day.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-05-10
ADMISSION BUSINESS
MAN AND FORMER CITY
OFFICIAL SUCCUMBSI
Son Of Commissioner Hannah
Is Found Dead In
Bed
ANNISTON BUREAU
TUE AGE-HERALD !

Harry Powell died a. his home on
South Wilmer avenue Wednesday
morning Ms death removing one
OF the leading business men OF the
city. Mr.. Powell was born at Strath-
roy, Ont. Canada. He had been
citizen of Admission since 1886. Dur
ing that time he has engaged in
building and contracting in Admission
and had served about 20 years as
member of the city council. He is
survived by his wife and three chill
dren. Mrs. Ethel and Edith Powell
and Harry Powell. Jr. Funeral serv-
ices will be held from the residence
on Thursday afternoon with Rev.
Sam E. Hodges officiating, and the
burial will be at Hillside cemetery.
odd Fellows will have charge Of the
service.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-05-10

Mr.. King and Mr.. Chadwick, result
ing in the election of Mr.. Chadwick
as president and Mr.. King as vice
president and cashier. The TWO Of
ficers and II. j. Cummings. manager
OF the Wylam branch, compose the
directorate.
Mr.. Chadwick has been with the
bank for % years. having come witt
Mr. Ramsay and Mr. Mccormack
when Robert f Berry was cashier,
Nh Chadwick was born in Green's
horo. Ala, was employed there in
his fathers bank, coming to EnsleE
in the early days and remai aiming ever
since. He is a member of the Biz
mnghan board of education and all
the prominent clubs. as well as be-
ing a very active member of the
Methodist church of Ensley.
Mr. King entered the service Of
the bank as collection clerk Is
years ago. He was first employed
as an errand boy at the steel plant,
having come here from Crab Or
chard. Ky. which place. by the way,
is the birthplace of the celebrated
New York banker, Percy Johnson.
Mr.. King IS chairman of Group
of the Alabama Bankers association,
has Travelled extensively over Amer
lea, is a member of the Fairfield
board of education and director in
many well-known corporations. be-
sides being a member of the promi-
nent clubs of Birmingham. He is a
member of the Christian church.
Assets Over s4,0Oo.oo0.
The bank over which Mr. Chad
wick and Mr.. King preside has as
sets now exceeding $4,0o0.000 and e
rated by bankers in this state and
elsewhere as one OF the leading FL
nancial houses in this section of the
south The growth of the bank and
g .ar III ,,1t1, nj
Elected also in the fact that the Wy
am branch of the Bank of EnsleX
serving the community of w ylam
has deposits Of S450, 600 and is under
the capable management of Ii. j.
Cummings. who has been with the
bank IS years.
In speakine today Of the anniver-
saly of the bank. Mr.. Chadwick and
Mr. King modestlY refrained from
going into intimate details regard l.
ing their work, but spoke with pride
Of the fact that the junior officers
and employees have records of long
service some exceeding decade.
and spoke particularly of William
d. Suppler. assistant cashier. who
has been here Z years and William
c. Maxwell, also an assistant cash
Ter. who has been with the bank II
years
The Bank of Ensley and its friends
attribute some of its growth and
achievements to the fact that Ion"
ago they recognized that BAN
should be more than receiver OF
deposits or lender of money and
that 1t was quasi public institu
ton. and they are charging their
usefulness on that theory. The doors
of the bank are open every SATURDAY.
until o'clock for the convenience
of it's depositors and on the pay days
of the larger companies here the
bank remains open.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-05-10
NEGRO FINED SIS

Eugene Ellis. negro. rs Short FIT
teenth street, was fined $25 by Re-
corder Henry ]. Martin Wednesday
afternoon on charge of beating a
taxi cab bill. Officer A. c. Mcclure,
who arrested the negro, said he
stopped the negro with the car at
First avenue and Twentyfirst street
at o'clock Wednesday morning. He
found the hub meter had been re-
moved to obtain free mileage.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-05-10
RENO TAKES OFF LID
"City OF Divorces" Will Again "e
Wide-Open Town

Wide-Open Town
RENO. New. May 9.-heho ha'
voted the lid off.
she will soon again be wide
omen town" with bright lights ana
all the other joys that have gone 10
make her a mecca for prominent
Divorces and pleasure seekers from
all parts of the United States in years
gone by, if the candidates over
whelmingly elected Wednesday, keep
their campaign promises.
Former Congressman +. +, Rooerts,
advocating liberal Interpretation
Of the city ordinance was elected by
2,92S votes His closest opponent
drew $40.
Candidates for the city council,
with slogans varying from Make
the town gay" to Let's get back to
the old times and the old ways won
as easily as Roberts. Their promises
of what Reno might expect were OF
the broadest sort
Blue law" candidates, Directing to
restricted districts and promising to
clamp the lid on all sports of pur-
ported vice, took the worst trimming
in the history of the town.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-05-10
SEEKING GARLIN GODFREY

Mrs. +. NJ. Blynd, executive secre-
tary of the Jefferson County Chapter,
American Red Cross. is making every
effort to locate Garlin Godfrey. miss
ing. The service is only one of many
rendered by the chapter in the Sc
curing of information relative to
missing veterans of the World war.
Relatives of the missing young man
are anxiously awaiting information
as to his wherea bouts.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-05-10
DIES IN BED

Announcement that Bob Hannah.
only son of Wood H. Hannah of the
Calhoun county commissioners court,
had been found dead in bed at Center
Wednesday morning was received
with a shock here. His older broth
or corporal Hannah, was killed In
France and his sister, Buena Hannah.
died in the winter from influenza.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-05-10
Gibbons Is To Train
In Haure For Dempsey

HANRE. France. May Tommy
Gibbons will establish training quar-
ters in Havre sunday, May 20. Mike
Collins and 10y Molumby. state com
mander of the American Legion. who
represented promoters of the Demp
seyGibbons fight at Shelby, July 4,
arrived here this afternoon.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-05-10
White ToShreveport

CLEVELAND. O., May John
White. an infielder was released by
the New York Yankees to the
Shreveport La, club in the Texas
league today. He came to the cham
pions last year from New Orleans.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-05-10
Cv Williams Hits Out
Ninth Circuit Clout

PHILADELPHIA, May 9.-Cy Will
liams, outfielder of the Phillies
smashed out his ninth homer of the
season in the fourth inning of the
Phils Cardinals game Wednesday aft
ernoon. He leads the players of both
leagues in homers.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-05-10
SMALL BEGINNING.
MARKED BANK Of.
ENSLEyS FOUNDING.
Starting In One Story Shack,
1t Now Has Assets OF Over
S4,0OO,O00
ENSIEY BUREAU
THE AGE-HERALD
EnSInx Ain MaZ q

The Bank of Ensley, which today be
gins its twenty fourth year of service
to this district was formed May 10,
1899, and was a partnership COM
posed of Erskiue Ramsay and Georg
b. Mccormack The bank starter
bushes, in a small one-stery shack,
corner of Avenue f and Nineteenth
street, or the site of which now
stands building of marble costing
Sl5G.000.
During the years that have passed.
the officers and the employees OF the
Bank of Eusley have possessed Il
rare vision and have engaged IN Of
fering a degree of personal service
which has proven very allurins 10
the 1O.06o or more deposi tors mat
90 to make UP the family of this
hanl.imn hnnse
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-05-10

The BAN! continued a partnership
.until 1916. when 1t was incorporated,
WITH Mr. Ramsay as president; Rob
ert f.. Chadwick. active Nice presi-
aeut: & 3. Mccormack. vice presi-
dent and samuel {. King, cashier.
IN 1911 the interest of Mr.. Ramsay
and MIR Mccormack was acquired by
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-05-10
No VOTE on BELT PURCHASE

Telegraphic advices from ST. LOUIS
are to the effect that the stockhold-
crs of the Frisco railroad did not
vote Oh the purchase of the Biz
mingham Belt road at the annual
meeting held Wednesday, 1t was an
nounced that the purchase was as
surcd and would be contaminated bS
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-05-10
WOMAN is CONVICTED
Former Mississippi POstmistress SEN
fenced On Embezzlement Charge


JACKSON. Miss, May s.-Miss
Nell B. Mccain, former postmistress
at Norfield Miss was sentenced in
federal court here today to serve Is
months in the Kentucky state peni-
Tertiary at Frankfort after she had
pleaded guilty to charge of having
embezzled $500 of postal funds.
She will serve the sentence in the
Kentucky prison because of the alb
sence of a federal prison for women
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-05-10

DEATHS

Mrs. Matte Etheridge, Hillman hospit a /
May I, 40 years.
Mrs. Sarah Boman. Kilsore. April II, "A
years.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1923-07-07

Holland has her windmills, but we
have our Congress.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1923-07-07
County Pays No Bounty

As the result of law recently
passed and now in force there are
many changes in the laws governing
the payment of bounties on wild
animals. The county no longer
pays any Of the bounty the state
paying it ALL and no longer can a
person present scalp to the county
clerk with his town chairman
certificate and receive the county
bounty. He must exhibit the entire
carcass to the county clerk or a game
warden who is required to punch the
ears and slit the leg of the animal
The state will pay bounty Of
$4 on a wolf or coyote cub. $50 on
a mature wolf or coyote, S. on a
wild cat. So on a lynx, and 81 ON a
fox. The same law provides that
the deer tag shall cost 80 cents and
a hunting license one dollar
Rhinelander New North.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1923-07-07
Official faster for Soft
Drinks in Wisconsin

Madison-"Near beer" has receiv-
ed a great deal of attention from
the 1928 session of the legislature.
Governor John j. Blaine has
signed another bill regulating the
sale of soft drinks. 1t provides an
official faster from the department
of markets who shall be required to
try zone sample of each soft drink
of non-alcoholic beverage"
An inspection fee of $25 is
charged for each soft-drink having a
distinctive name or flavor. This
charge is to be paid by the manu-
facturer. The provisions of the
bill do not apply to soft-drinks
which are manufactured in states
which do not require license or
inspection.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1923-07-07
NUMBER TWENTY-NINE
Schedule of Fees.

The auto license fees which viii be
effective on Jauary /, 1924, replac-
ing the flat $40 license rate are as
follows:
For automobiles weighing 1000
pounds or less $40.
For automobiles weighing more
than 1900 and less than 1900 pounds
Sl1.
For autos of more than 1900 and
less than 1000 pounds SIP.
For autos of more than 1000 and
less than 2400 pounds Sl3.
For autos of more than 24OO and
less than $500 pounds $l4.
For autos of more than $500 and
less than 5000 pounds SIG.
For autos of more than 1900 and
less than 5000 pounds SIS.
For autos of more than 5000 and
less than 1000 pounds $50.
For autos of more than 1000 and
less than 1890 pounds $22.
For autos more than 1000 and
less than 5000 pounds $24.
All autos more than 5000 pounds
$26.
For all cars more than 5 years old
rs per cent of this fee is charged
provided that the license fee is not
less than $40.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1923-07-07
MAY CALL SPECIAL SESSION
OF LEGISLATURE
1t Is Considered Highly Probable
That Governor Blaine Will
Take This Step in the Fall.

Madison special session of the
Wisconsin legislature to be called by
Governor Blaine in the fall after the
crops are out of the way, is highly
probable, according to capitol gossip.
Governor Blaine has not indicated
whether or not he will call the lcgis-
lators together again Both houses
are dispersed now, and holding for
NAL meetings of one or two members
for the purpose Of receiving bills
from the governor
1t would be almost an impossible
ity to get the members back at the
present time to inaugurate new legis-
lation. Sine die adjournment will
come about July Is, it is expected.
The state university and the nine
normal schools present the most
pressing need for special session,
as the appropriation bills of both
were killed. The institutions are
left with Continuing appropria-
tions" which, the old law specifies,
must be spent for Operation" only.
! ili1 l4AtHAlo tilht bilC univ GiH SHY anu
normals have money to pay salaries.
but not a cent for maintenance"
or for capital which is used for
buildings. Whether the institutions
could operat- at best efficiency on
such basis is highly problematical.
A revival Of the La Toilette
Blaine proposal to shift $G,500,0O0
from property taxes to incomes, and
the Mary Ann bill to provide second
choice voting in the primaries,
both especially favored by the pro-
gressive leaders as constructive leg
islation urgently needed by the state.
1t is generally recognized that the
regular session did little on which
a constructive political campaign
could be waged next year
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1923-07-07
MUST SHOW ENTIRE CARCASS
TO GET BOUNTY
New Law Provides For Different
System of Claiming Bounties on
Certain Animals.

County Clerk Chas. Noren has
been advised that hides will nc
longer be accepted for the payment
of bounties on wolves, foxes, etc. as
IN the past, in accordance with a new
law which provides that the entire
carcass must be presented either ia
the county clerk or to a conservation
warden.
During the last trapping season It
was necessary only to persent the
hide, or have the town chairman re-
move the scalp and send it to the
county clerk with an affidavit.
In many counties, especially along
the border of the state, the bounty
law was violated and hides shipped
over the border. The necessity of
presenting the whole carcass will
stop practically all of the illegal
methods of securing bounty money
The instructions to the county
clerk read:
Chapter 264, Laws of 1928, re-
peals the old bounty law and enacts
an entirely new bounty law. The
new law requires that the carcass en-
tire with hide attached must be ex-
hibited to county clerk or a con-
servation warden. We are going
to have a new form printed cover
ing the affidavit to be executed by
the claimant, the certificate to be is
sued by the clerk or warden. Or
the back Of this form we will print
the bounty law and some instruc-
tons.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1923-07-07
Twenty-Four Highway Accidents on
Division No, 8.

Three deaths and numerous in
juries resulted from the twenty-four
accidents occurring on Division No.
8, Wisconsin highway commission,
since May IA, according to a state
ment from the engineers office at
Superior.
In only one instance was an ac-
cident due to road conditions, R j.
Mclean, division engineer, asserted,
accentuating the fool-hardy driving
on the state roads.
Five of the cars bore Minnesota
licenses and the remainder were
Wisconsin cars, the patrolmen's re
cords of the mishaps show
One of the most serious accidents
resulted when truck attempted to
beat a train to a crossing at Haw-
kins, Rusk county. One person
was killed and another badly in
jured.
Highway No. II totaled six ac-
cidents in Washburn and Douglas
counties. Another death occurred
on Highway No. 35 when a machine
crashed through a railing down a
steep embankment onto a railroad
track
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1923-07-07
'ppROPRIATE FOR
SCHOOL PURPOSES
e see 600 Was Appropriated
At the Annual Meeting of
District No. 1.
pRoNs ELECTED TREASURER
f, Cbbons Chosen Treasurer For
Another Term Without
Opposition.

+otaI of $4,000 was appropriate
The annual meeting of School
- No. i, held Monday evening
e. Lincoln school auditorium.
Il meeting was well attended.
addition to an appropriation of
j ooo for the running expenses of
. sebool district, $4,000 was set
H. 10 complete the Pence school
- now under construction,
saoo for the proposed athletic field
b. high school and 5000 for night
Aool work.
Gibbons was elected treasurer
4 another term without opposition.
n appropriation of $4,000 was
e. at the annual meeting last year
4 The purpose of acquiring site
4 furnishing an athletic field and
j eation grounds at the Lincoln
Aaol It was necessary to
I. ebase several lots for the site.
II work of making ready the field
Il he started Immediately and it
believed that it will be in readiness
i use at the opening of school next
BIDS for grading and levelling the
eletic field in accordance with
hps and Specifications in the hands
fthe school clerk were opened last
NAV with the result that the
intact for the work was awarded
DGoodman & LaMonte, whose bid
no cents a cubic yard was the
lRest
In addition to providing a field for
il various school athletics play
bunds will be furnished the grade
hldren, a part of the field to be
ApGed with playground equipment.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1923-07-07
Sellers of Soda Water Must Pay
81 License Fee.


Sellers of soda-water" must pay
flat 81 license fee TO the town or
city in which they are located.
Sellers of Notwithstanding liq-
uors" will pay local license fees of
from So to 500, the size to be de-
termined by tire common council or
town or village board. Heretofore
the municipal government has been
required to fix its fees between $50
and 500.
Dentists and physicians do not
have to pay an annual so fee to
purchase and use alcohol for the
purpose Of sterilizing their instru-
ments.
These are the provisions of the
Kamke bill, which became law with
Governor Blaine's signature.
The bill gives the local governing
boards power 10 decrease the license
fee for sellers of Notwithstanding
liquor, which includes near-bear, and
other beverages containing a small
amount Of alcohol
Pops, coco-cola, buttermilk, "and
other beverages better known a.
soda-water" are required to pay the
81 fee, which is a new provision.
Dentists and surgeons under the
previous law were required to pay
the $40 fee for alcohol for steriiz-
ing purposes. Physicians who pre-
scribed liquor in addition were re-
quired to pay $40 fee. and this fee
is left as il is.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1923-07-07
ORE SHIPMENTS TO DATE
AHEAD OF LAST YEAR
Tonnage for June 100000 Tons
Greater Than For Same
Month in 1922.

Shipments of ore from the Duluth
Superior, Ashland, Escanaba and
Marquette docks for the season up
to June 80 this year were greater by
3S35,304 tons than during the same
period in 1922, according to a state
ment made late Monday night by IL.
{. Strom, western manager of the
Pittsburg Steamship company
The June, 1928, ore tonnage was
close to 100000 tons greater than
the June, 1922, shipment. The
tonnage last month totaled $780,
SOL, while the June shipments last
year were 6,629,7l1 tons.
The seasons shipments up to July
l this year were 1916, 480 tons.
Up to the same date last year they
were 8,454,176 tons.
The following are the shipments
for the month Of June this year
from the yarioue doclyc,
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1923-07-07
Washington and Lincoln Birthdays
Holidays For Schools.

Madison The birthdays of George
Washington and Abraham Lincoln
are again to be holidays for Wiscon-
sin school children.
Governor Blaine assured such
recognition of these two occasions
by signing the Czerwinski bin in
Guiding Feb. II and Feb. % among
the days set aside as legal holidays
for schools.
This new law requires that APP
propIiate exercises be held in all
schools concentrating the birth
days of the two outstanding charac-
tiers of American history.
Kansas City parachute jumper
who landed on COW can be thankful
it wasn't her husband.