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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-06-19
COTTON is PLUNGED
DOWN $40 PER BALE
Favorable Crop News Is Factor In
Market Crash

NEW YORK, June 1S.-Sharing the
weakness in stocks and grain, cot
ton prices experienced violent de-
clines today, led by August contracts
which plunged 200 points. or $40 per
bale.
July was off III points, and new
crop positions broke IS to 101 points.
August sold as low as 2o25c, July
touched 26.67c and October FAC.
Crop news was unusually favor
able, due to clear warm weather
throughout the belt, while holders of
old crops were induced to unload be-
cause of predicted short time
in Lancashire and the further break
in exchange.
Among the heaviest sellers were
Wall street interests. Mills were
good buyers at the decline but specu-
lative sentiment was distinctly bear
ish at the close owing to less
favorable view of the general eco
nomic situation.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-06-19
TO INSPECT BRIDGE SITE

An inspection of the site of the
proposed new bridge over the Chat
tahoochee river at Eufaula will be
made Tuesday by engineers repre-
senting Alabama, Georgia and the
federal government. Capt. l.. G..
Smith, bridge engineer of the Ala
bama highway department; S. b.
Slack of the Georgia highway de-
partment and c. D. Snead, federal
bridge engineer, will make the trip
1t is stated that an act of Congress
may be necessary to erect new
bridge at Eufaula, as the stream to
be crossed is navigable in more than
one state, but work on the plans
for the structure are being pushed
nevertheless. The engineering party
will go from Eufaula to Fort Gaines
where a second bridge across the
Chattahoochee to connect with
Henry county, opposite Abbeville, is
contemplated. At both points
bridges are planned to replace exist
ing old structures.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-06-19
WIFE SEEKS FORTUNE
LEFT BY BOOTLEGGER
Woman Claims Common Law Mar
riage To Slain Man

PITTSBCRG, Pa. June 1S.-The
legal fight for the fortune left by
Martin Burke. convicted bootlegger,
who was murdered on the eve of his
entry into the Atlanta penitentiary,
began here today when Mrs. May
Munse, who claims to be his widow
under a common law marriage, took
the stand in common pleas court.
Other claimants are brothers and sis
tiers. He is popularity believed to have
been worth 100000.
Mrs. Munse is the widow of one of
Burke's business associates, who was
killed in a street fight with a police
man in Cleveland. The night after
Munses funeral in October 1921, she
testified Burke came to her house in
Pittsburgh and asked her to marry
him, telling her that a formal cere
mony was unnecessary. He explained
the condition of his business" was
such that he did not want to an
nounce the marriage at that time, she
said, and in the presence of her
father and sister, who had come from
Buffalo for the funeral, she was
married" to Burke. They simply
stood up, she said, in the presence of
her relatives and a few friends who
happened to be in the house.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-06-19
DR.. GAIT TO BE
BURIED TUESDAY
Was Founder OF Pharmaceutical
Body And Secretary IS Years

SELMA, Ala, June tS.-(Special
Leased Wire.)-Dr. Z. P. Calf. found
er and for 80 years secretary OF the
Alabama Pharmaceutical society. who
died at the Baptist hospital Sunday
night, will be buried at liveoak
cemetery Tuesday morning at 10
o'clock Funeral services will be
conducted by DIR. Gamble at St. Paurs
Episcopal church. of which DR.. Gait
was a leading member and vestry-
man for more than quarter of a
century.
DR.. Gait was born in Norfolk, Va,
76 years ago and his home was there
until the close of the Civil war, in
which he participated DR.. Gait often
related to his friends the incident of
his meeting General Robert E. Lee
when the general was returning to
Richmond from Appomattox Cen
eral Lee, he used to say, lis the only
man 1 ever knew whose greatness as
a commander is accentuated by de-
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-06-19
PILGRIM KNIGHTS PLAN
BIG TIME WEDNESDAY
Parade Will Usher In Ceremonial
Session OF Body

Plans are reported all complete for
the big ceremonial and features In
cident thereto when the Pilgrim
knights of Oriental Splendor We'd
nesday will initiate over 100 candi-
dates The ceremonial will be pre-,
ceded by big parade through the
streets of Bessemer and Birmingham
in which the entire palace will take
part. Novices will be attired in
convict garb furnished by solicitor
Jim G. Davis especially for the oc-
casion.
Many visiting knights from Knox
willie, Chattanooga. Gadsden and 9TH
err points will attend. A feature of
the parade will be the initial APP
pearance of the newly organized
Pilgrim knights band, said to be
one of the best In the state. The
Boys Industrial school band will also
take part.
The ceremonial will be held in the
| old Fox building, corner Fourth
avenue and Nineteenth street.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-06-19
THEATRE MEMS HEAD
FLAYS "MOWE TRUST"
Practice OF Exhibiting Pictures In
Schools Declared Discriminating

NEW YORK, June 1S.-The Fa-
nous Players-Lasky corporations
practice of exhibiting it's motion
pictures in schools and other educa-
tional institutions was attacked as
discriminatory today by Sidney S. Co.
hen, president of the Motion Picture
Theatre Owners association, in his
testimony before the federal trade
commi ssion, which Is seeking to de-
termine whether the Lasky firm con-
stitutes trust.
Earlier in the day Mr.. Cohen de-
clared Adolph Zukor. president of
the Famous. Players, had sought to
destroy" the theatre owners organ
ization. He declared he had seen a
note in which Zukor said Cohen
and his organization must be de-
stroyed"
Chautauqua summer school began
in 1874
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-06-19
MIMIC BATTLE SCHEDULED

/. TaIIadeGa VIII be The scene OF a
military demonstration Tuesday, to
BE participated in by several ma
tlonal guard units, the event to be in
The nature of a mimic battle carried
Out in accordance with modern mill
tary tactics. Capt. Benjamin A.
Simms of the Howitzer company
t67th infantry. Talladesa. will have
:charge of the demonstration, and the
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-06-19
TO DECIDE UNUSUAL POINT

Two points of law not usually
raised in courts of inferior jurisdic-
ton will be decided by Recorder
Craig of police court in the case of
Jim Peoples, charged with carrying
a concealed pistol. Peoples was ar
rested by officer Duke. who. though
accredited by the state and county.
had no commission from the city as
police officer. 1t was contended by
attorneys that his arrest was not
lawfully effected and that Peoples
was on his own domain at the time
OF his arrest and had a right to carry
his pistol, concealed or otherwise.
The court will hand down a delayed
opinion when it meets Wednesday.
In the meantime Jim Is in Jail.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-06-19
TUSCALOOSA VOTES
MONEY FOR SCHOOLS
Bond Issue Carries Overwhelmingly
In Election
TUSCALOOSA BUREAU
rTrr

Tuscaloosa. Ala. June Is
TUSCALOOSA, Ala, June 1S.-Out
of total vote of 7o5 only Is votes
We're cast against the 100000 city
school bond issue in today's cleo
ton. The board of education pro-
poses to build a new modern high
school building at a cost not to ex-
coed S250,000, with an nditorium
seating 1000 people; $4,000 to COM
plete the present high school build
ing and S135.000 for a modern school
building in East End. The remain
der of the bonds will be used in Inn
proving the other schools of the city.
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. The following commissions were is
sued by s. II. Blan, secretary Of
atate. Monday:
: Miss Evelyn Reid, Vina; e. r. Beck
svithMontgomery; Miss f. NJ. Wind
ham, Enterprise; w. l.. Smith and j.
S. Marks Birming ham; c. NJ. Weiss
3Eger, Lafayette, no.aries public; L.
II. Henderso' cd, Tuscaloosa
countv oI. &c and eX-officio
Sustic7 r .n. e; Wiley j. For
an 1deny tary public and en-
fe4I.o fusI e peace.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-06-19
DIES OF BROKEN NECK

EUFAULA. Ala. June IS. - Mrs
Roberts Pitts died a her home at
Oswichee late yesterday as a result
OF broken neck sustained when she
fell headforemost into her flower pit,
She is survived by her husband and
one son, Carey Pitts of Columbus.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-06-19
IRONDALE PERMIT GRANTED

The Alabama public service COM
mission Monday granted the petition
of the Irondale Water company for
permission to erect and operate
water works plant at Irondale, JET
ferson county. the work to be with
the approval of the commissions en-
gineers and those of the state health
department.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-06-19
TO OPEN RECORDS

I Residents of Montgomery county
who have the qualifications of voters
and who desire to participate in the
democratic primary July 16 for the
Nomination of a congressman for the
Second district will be given an OPP
portunity to register between July
and Is. John A. Sankey, county reg
fstrar, today announced that the reg
tstration records will be opened July
and will remain open for 10 days
The state democratic executive com
pnititee last week called a special
primary for the nomination of the
successor Of Congressman John r
TYSon. deceased.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-06-19
PERRY MAN Acquitted

Jimmy Lowery, 81 years old, from
Perry county, was acquitted by City
Magistrate Craig Monday morning
when arraigned on a charge Of lar
ceny of an automobile tire. Evil
dence showed that Lowery was COM
ing to Selma Saturday and sustain
ing a puncture in one tire of his car,
he was offered the sale of a new tire
by two negroes who were going from
Selma with the tire attached to their
car. Lowery said he paid SIT for the
fire
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-06-19
ST. LOUIS Van DIES

President OF sran Gfacturing Con-
wRny Expires In Mobile
MOB liz. Alas 5uneN 1S.-Harry w
Huthsing, GO, president of the Gen.
Louis, Mo-, and pioneer in tho
rubber business in that city, died
here today after a short illness. H<
was native of Fulton. Ky, but
lived in st. Louis for many years.
spending his winters in this city. Thu
dead man is survived by his widow,
a son and a daughter. The body wal
Algerian telephone equipment Is u
years behind that used in this coun'
try.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-06-19
ATTACKS GENERALIZATION
Garrett Pleads For More Power Fol
State Governments

BOSTON, Mass. June 1S.-A plea
for a halt in the mad rush toward
Capitalization of governmental func-
lions" was spoken today by Repre-
sentative Finis j. Garrett of Tennes-
see. at the Bunker Hill Day celebra-
ton.
The speaker emphasized the per-
formance of state.
II would have the people do
through the states all the necessary
governmental things that can there
be done and would have the federal
arm extend only to those things and
themes which the states cannot
reach" he said.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-06-19
TO TAKE EXAMINATION

mai. Walter NJ. Thompson OF Tads-
aden will be examined in military
4 technique at the adjutant generals
Gffice Wednesday. the examination
being necessary to qualify as major
bf the second battalion, 18th infan
Irv. He was elected to that command
Jecently to succeed Maj Joseph p.
3Isslinger, who resigned because of i'll
health
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-06-19
Realty Transfers

l. NJ. Crum to Henry c. Miller, Lot IL.
in Block . in Princeton Land companys
survey, for $5.e75.
Addie Elizabeth Waldron to Martha F.
Orr part of Lots l and 2, In Block Is,
In the survey of lands Of the estate of
James NJ. Ware. for sass. and other
considerations.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-06-19
EVIDENCE Is HEARD

The state securities commission to-
DAY heard evidence in the case in
yolving the petition of the Doss
Rubber and Tube company for per-
mission to sell preferred stock to the
Smount of 100000 in Alabama. The
ytock would bear interest at per
dent. Further hearing will be held
Tune % at the request of the COM
dany
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-06-19
.JErrEnsoN MAN pAnoIEn

Oliver Barnett OF JefferSOn county,,
sentenced January IL, 1923, to two
to three years Imprisonment for
forgery, was paroled by Governor
Brandon Monday into the custody of
State Insane hospital authorities,
with a provision that in case of
cure he Is to serve out his sentence.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-06-19
INSURANCE MEN At CAPITOL

: / delegation OF lnSuraHce mon OF
Mobile. Selma and Mont
ss.cnle,y were at the capitol Mon
sdav anG called on Governor Ran
IN, Fire Marshal C. Il. johnson a1d
= asuranco Commis sioner Frank Jul
sip. 1t was stated that their mission
aiad to do with contemplated legisla-
dion, no details of which were di-
Asf1-ed
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following additional units will par

Company f. Gadsden Company G,
Alabama City; Company H. Gunters-
vile; the 18TH band from Gadsden,
and d tank detachment from the
regular army forces at Camp Nc
Clellan.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-06-19
KAISER Halls FRIENDS
Hun Wnr Chief Longs For Return Tt
Power

Power
DOORN, June 1S.-Visitors to the
home of the eX-Kaiser report that
over the door of his dining room is
a craven motto:
welcome to him who Is pro-
Kaiser"
The former monarch told them he
longed for the return of the dav
ION which great heroes would no
longer be thrown on the scrap heap;
on which the criers in the market
place shall no longer be needed
The Spanish Inquisition was sup
pressed in 1903 and abolished in 1920.
Emerson called the bee the ami
mated torrid zone"
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BLOOD IS OFFERED
BY DOZEN. F|REMEN
/. To SAVE COMRADE
TRANSMISSION Made In Hope Oh
Restoring Health OF
Montgomery Man
STATE CAPITAL BUREAU |
THE AGE-HERALD
Mont pnr,, cry Ala luna ia

More than a dozen members of the
: Montgomery fire department have
offered their blood in the hope that
. James A. Pouncey, who has been
paralyzed for several weeks as a re-
. suit of a wound inflicted by a bullet
. when he was shot by Mrs. Lizzie
Franklin. The TRANSMISSION opera
! ton was performed today, the blood
being taken from the veins of d. o.
Shores, fireman at the Five Points
station, who was found to be the
best physical specimen.
Pouncey received the wound
: when at the home CT the woman.
He has corroborated her statement
J that the shooting was an accident.
WEIGH TO BE CHAIRMAN
DIR. S. W. WEIGH, state health Of
ficer, has accepted an invitation
from the national health council to
act as chairman for Alabama of a
committee launched by the council to
induce the public to have physical
examinations made even when no
illness actually exists.
The inspiration of this campaign
was found. 1t was stated, in the &C
ton of certain insurance companies
!. in providing annual examinations for
the policy holders. The object is
to discover and prevent trouble be-
fore it becomes serious.
. When plans have been worked out
committees will be named In every
county and community in the state
to carry on the campaign, which is
regarded in the nature of public
! health measure.
DR.. WEIGH left Monday for San
Francisco to attend the conventic n
of the American Medical association,
June 1929, as one of the two dele
gates from Alabama, the other dele
gate being DR.. J. D. Heacock from
, Birmingham.
. BRAGG PORTRAIT PRESENTED
Practically all state officials at
tended a ceremony Monday in the
snall of the house of representatives
son the occasion of the presentation
: late Capt. Walter Lawrence Bragg,
first president of the Alabama rail-
road commission and of the Ala
sbama Bar association, and who had
.the distinction also of being the first
member of the interstate commerce
commission from the south and held
.the second office in the grand en-
scampment of knights Iemplar OF the
sUnited States.
! Captain Bragg was a native OF
sLownaes county, and long a resident
sof Montgomery. The portrait was pre-
scented by his daughter, Mrs. Paul
ASmith, Of Montgomery, and was ac-
cepted by Governor Brandon on be-
shalf of the state. Colonel Alex Troy.
representing the Alabama Bar asso-
sciation; President A. G. Patterson. of
sthe public service commission; Mrs.
sIhomas G. owen, director of re de-
APARTMENT of archives and history; NJ.
~. Houghton. on behalf Of The col-
4 ederate veterans, and Lawrence II.
Zee, representing the Masonic fra
Eternity, were the ether speakers.
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Chautauqua summer school began
in 1874.
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COUNCIL
CONTINUED from Page Four

NCOntlnueu IRON rage FOUR
tendent in "A book provided for that
purpose in the office of the city clerk.
Section "a. Failure of Meters to Reg
lister:
In the event that a water meter fails
to properly register the water passing
through he same, the water user shall
Immediately proceed to have the same
repaired and tested or replaced by n
new meter. Where a meter fails to
register the water passing through it,
the superintendent shall notify the
city water collector, who shall charge
such water user a rate to be based up
on the average meter charges for the
last three proceeding months, or such
rate as shall be fixed by the Board of
Trustees.
Section %. Character of Meters to be
used:
No meter shall be installed in CON
nection with the water system of the
town of Saratoga, unless il shall be of
a make or manufacture duly author
lied by resolution of the Board of
Trustees of the town of Saratoga.
Section &c. CONSTRUCTION of Meter and
Curb Boxes:
All meter boxes must be constructed
of either concrete or stone, in a good
worhInnlike manner. and with an in
side measurement of two and one-half
feet by three feet, and extending from
he curb cock n meter at the base of
the box to the surface of the street or
alley in which the same is located. The
combination meter and curb cock box
II be substantially covered with two
inch plank securely fastened and kept
in place by hinges and lock.
Section 27:
Curb and meter boxes shall be under
the direct control of the town of Sara
toga. The locks used upon the same
shall be furnished by the town of Sar-
atoga at cost. Keys for such locks
shall be in the exclusive possession of
the town of Saratoga. All boxes must
be kept locked excepting when the same
are opened under direction of the SUI
perintendent.
Section 2S. Depth of Meters:
All water meters installed under
authority of this ordinance shall be
placed at such depth and in such re-
ceptable, upon or adjacent to the prop
erty line where installed, as will pre-
vent freezing of the water passing
through said meter and allow inspec-
ton and reading Of the meter by the
officers and employees of the town of
Saratoga.
Section %. Users of City Water:
No person or persons obtaining
water supplied by the town of Saratoga
under regulations and ordinance of
said own shall supply water to other
families or persons or allow other per.
sons to take it except for drinking on
the premises. No person or persons
shall take water from n water main
supplying water to the citizens of Sar.
atoga without permit from the said
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ARTICLE 3.
Water Rates.

Section l. Flat or Non-Meter Rates:
Rates shall be paid for the use of
the non-metered city water through
the water works system of the town Of
Saratoga as follows:
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Board of Trustees. Before any such
order shall be granted, the applicant
shall file an application in writing, ad-
dressed to the Board of Trustees. sta Z
ing In full his, her or its reasons for
such request, and 1t shall be the duty
of the City Water Collector to keen
on file all u applications and a list
OF all persons or corporations receiv-
ing reduced water rents, with the rea-
son therefor in detail.
Section Z. Property Owners Liable
for Water Rents
The owner OF the premises on which
water is used shall be liable for the
charges for all city water used on his.
her or Its premises, n all water rem
tails delinquent at the time of the pass
age OF this ordinance, as well as in the
future, shall be held against the prom
erty, the same as delinquent taxes, and
shall be collected by Court action or
otherwise, as by law allowed.
Section 8. Unclassified Water Users
For all purposes for which provision
ms to rates Is not heretofore made. the
Board of Trustees of the Town of Sar-
atoga shall fix such rates as are Just
and reasonable, or charge for same at
meter rates on the basis of the meas
ured quantity of water used.
Section 8. Meter Readings
1t shall be the duty of the Superin-
tendent of Public Works Of said city to
cause all water meters installed in
said city, to be read on the first Of each
month, and oftener If necessary, and to
furnish to the City Water Rent Collec-
tor on or before the fifth day of each
month, a monthly statement as to the
readings of h said meters and to sup
ply such Information to the City Wa
ter Rent Collector as may be necessary
to enable said City Water Rent CoIlec-
tor to collect from all water users the
monies owing for the water SO used.
Section 10. Payment of Meter Water
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Presbyterian Church.
Flowers Help Turkish Romeos.

The language of flowers In the Near
East is no simple form of speech that
anyone may understand. Long and
elaborate communications may be sent
by bouquet II the lady IL not too lazy
to learn u complicated code. There Is,
say those Turks who claim 10 under.
stand It, a direct and an indirect form
Of flower message The Indirect mes
sage goes by words that rhyme either
with the name of the flower OF with
the meaning OF the name of the flower.
They go TO lengths In selecting and
collecting posies for bouquets and TO
be sent singly and In series that would
be quite too much trouble to the nv.
erage American.
, 1923-03-22
OH MY BACK!
The Expression of Many a Kidney
Sufferer,

A stubborn backache is cause to sus.
pect kidney trouble. When the kid
neys are inflamed and swollen, stoop-
ing brings a sharp twinge in the small
of the back that almost takes the
breath away. Doan's Kidney Pills re-
vive sluggish kidneys-relieve aching
backs. Here's convincing proof of
merit:
l.. j. Logan, sheep raiser, Third St.
Douglas, Wyo., says: Il had n dull
pain through the small of my back and
the pain was something fierce at times.
l knew hat my kidneys must be af-
fected so l got u box Of Doan's Kidney
Pills. The first box helped me quite a
bit, so | used three more boxes and
entirely rid of kidney complaint"
Price 60c. at all dealers. Don't sim
ply ask for a kidney remedy-get
Doan's Kidney Pills-the same that
Mr.. Logan had. Foster ilburn Co,
Mfrs, Buffalo, N. Y.-Advertisement
, 1923-03-22

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, 1923-03-22
m. Honor system.

The student-Say. Myrtle, this hon
or system is sure some stunt. Yester-
day the professor calls my rummate
mn TO the desk an says, Look here,
MIR. Drummer. what authority was you
quoting Almost every sentence in
your paper is inclosed in quotation
marks.r An Bill says back: BE
tween you an me. professor. l was
quotin the fellow next to me."-Y Yale
Record.
, 1923-03-22

Rates
All water bills for water furnished
upon a meter basis u be paid ON n
before the tenth day succeeding the
month In which the water was used,
to the City Water Rent Collector at
the office Of the Town Clerk
ARTICLE 6.
Miscellaneous.
Section /. Failure to Furnish Water.
The Town of Saratoga shall not be
held liable for damage to any water
user by reason of the stoppage of his
water supply caused by scarcity OF
water, accident to works, mains, mo
tors, pumps. alterations, additions, re-
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