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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-12-28

A COLLEGE professor has
caused u slight sensation
by his assertion that tho average
man over 40 has ceased to mako
any progress. Champions OF the
old man have arisen who saw
what great things have been
done by men well up In years.
Old generals winning great vic.
tories. old men writing great
poems. novels. and plays.
They ARE, IN tho main. both
right. Old men nro creatures OF
habit. II man In his youth has
formed the habit OF welcoming
tho new idea. OF meeting progress
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-12-28

OF all earthly creatures. men
" arc tho most Inconsistent.
Haven't you listened 20 them
time after time. Grating about the
exquisite delight and the angelic
purity OF a good woman Draw.
ing word pictures OF tho dear lit.
tic home body who eroona a
lullaby over tho curly head In
tse twilight. becoming eloquent
on the subject Of tho uplifting
influence which pure womanhood
can exercise upon delinquent
man.
Men simply love this sort Of
thing. They take particular de.
light In viewing themselves az
lost souls, with woman az a res
culng angel STOPPING from her
high place OF chastity TO their
slough OF guilt. Being wicked
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-12-28
K LETTER From
AVRIDGE MANN

Folks:
The spirit OF Christmas happy and with all OF the pleasure
II brings II gives and glorious day bequea,hng
number OF things tho things I'd be miss
which always please nothing
this-the scent OF tho Christmas trees
The fragrant with cheer dssovlng the burdens
OF II tells the Christmas
all OF the air And when home the OF the
II feeling your troubles
away smelling the Christmas
You t In chair and takes nfar TO lands that quiet
and where rivers valleys with skies OF
syery sheen. And there your chair away
mountains and rivers seasheros nothing pack there's
nothing 10 pay the scent OF the Christmas treesi
Perhaps win tao whore forests arise OF cedar
OF fir; perhaps will the
Days That Were. In number OF things
Whatever Fancy always there's magic where
Santa Claus brings tho scent OF the Christmas trees
M,uaae z, Mao~
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-12-28

give un immortal uttcrances.
But most OF them seemed 70
think that when the slaves wero
omancipntod and the Union pre-.
served, the millennium had come.
And they quit. They became
conservatives.
The exceptions were Wendell
Phillips and Walt Whitman.
They were as fcrvid apostles OF
Freedom after the war 40 before.
They had formed the mental
habit OF questioning existing in.
Btitutions, They looked for tho
slavery concealed In our nc
ceptcd institutions.
Old or young, we arc creatures
OF habit.
Thus IL Is that men over As
who have not formed the habit
OF progressive thought and being,
like the man OF the other sort.
incapable Of forming new habits.
are really the clog on pfoHrchB
which our professional friend
says they are.
In state OF things where
everything Is good in the main.
the old men keep II good. Where
II is bad. they make II worse.
In n period like this, when We
need new construction in human
affairs. the old men are the curse
OF the human race. We may lose
this great civilization Of ours be.
cause old men are In control OF
things. They are not to blame.
They have formed habits which
make them dead to progress.
Wells imagines society re-
deemed by men able to live 200
years and become wise. Nothing
can be more foolish. knowledge
comes. but seldom fingers.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-12-28
WHAT FOLKS
ARE SAYING
LANES 4. COLEMAN. prealdent q

JAMES Il. GORMAN, president Of
tho Rock Island railway: If the
railways Of tsie United states we're
to reduce rates on wheat. they would
have to reduce them on corn, rye
and barley also. for tho Interstate
commerce. commission has an order
that rates on those products cannot
DO higher than on wheat. Further.
more. cut on grain for export In
tho United states would be followed
in five minutes by reduced rates on
export grain handled by Canadian
roads. Cannda's wheat must be ex'
ported and We are in competition
with that. And that is the reason
that tho railroads could not help the
farmers out"
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-12-28

II hell Is paved with good inten.
lions IL viii be repaved New Year.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-12-28

It win soon be time for new resolu.
lions. We call them new. but they
are old ones made over.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-12-28
A THOUGHT

In the mouth Of two or three wit.
nesses shall every word be estab.
lished.-II. Cor. KILL.
TUE want OF belief Is a defect
l. which ought 20 be- concealed
where It cannot be overcomo.-swlft.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-12-28
REV. pR. rREpERIcK II. GRIF.

REV. DIR. FREDERICK X. GRIF.
FIN, Philadelphia: The opposition
10 evolution Is sincere, but II rests
upon tho low idea Of man which &C.
companies the thought OF God as re.
mote. The evolutionist secs man rs
no is. but also the tendencies work.
ing In him. He recognizes the par.
tlcipation OF God, hence evolution be.
comes a great boon TO religious
faith"
BISHOP w. r. MANNING, Epis.
copaI, New York: II have never
held, and do not now hold. that to
drink vino or other intoxicant8 I'm
moderation IS a sin. l believe, nov.
erthcless, that prohibition, properly
enforced. will mako as q healthier,
n stronger and better people"
DIR. BASIL LANNEAU GLIDER.
SLEEVE, %. Johns Hopkins uni
versity: II have given much thought
to the decline and fall Of whiskers
When was in tho University OF
Virginia. in 1885. I had a beard. and
n year later I think every member
Of the faculty was similarly adorned.
TaIo tho decline and fan Of tho 70.
man beard. In the republic the
beard was out Of fashion. But when
Hadrian came into power there was
a revival Of boards. Hadrlan him.
self wore beard because he had
warts on his face Shaving Is only
a fad. Boards viii come back"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-01-04
NEW BUILDING LOAN COMPANY IS FORMED

Articles of incorporation for the Equity Building and Loan company, with a capital of s50.O0O. were filed in the office of the Jefferson county probate judge Wednesday,. The com pany is to be a domestic corporation, operating a building and loan associa- tion for the mutual benefit of it's shareholders who shall be termed members.
 Under it's charter the company can deal only with it's members. It has the power to buy, hold and sub divide land and dispose of it to it's mem bers, and to lend money to it's mem- bers. The officers of the company are: C. H. Jackson. president; N. B. Smith, first vice president and man ager; D. P. Moore. second vice prest- cent: C. W. Brooks. third vice presi- dent: A. F. Hines, assistant manager; H. Strambridge, treasurer, and N. J, Broughton, assistant treasurer. The firms chief place of business vii be Birmingham.
 The Hood Whlttle Furniture com pany. 1918 Avenue D, Ensley, capital ized at 1000, filed articles of incor- poration in the office of the probate judge Wednesday. The firm will do a general furniture business. The of ficers are: l.. l.. Whittle, president and treasurer; Catherine C. Whittle, vice president. and V. w. Lpmpkin, secretary.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-01-04
VOLUME OF FREIGHT ON C. OF GA. RECORD


 J. D. Mccartney, assistant to the president of the Central of Georgia railroa1 who was in Birmingham Wednesday on visit to the offices of General Agent E. F. Stovall. said the Central made the best record in its history in several departments during the last three months of 1922.
 "We handled more freight than we ever handled in the same length of time" said MT. Mccartney. We not only did 8 greater volume of freight business. but we moved our freight cars faster and further than prior records show. We had c smaller movement of empties than ever be- fore. our haulags of empties covered the shortest distances on record. We also established new records in shop efficiency and in other departments.
 "The superior efficiency Ia not only due to efforts of the management. but to the loyalty of the employee. The result of 1t all 10 that We will be able to give greater service on the same outlay of time. money and man power.
 There seems to he prosperity all along our line. Agriculture Is in bet tar shape than since tho war. The textile mills are busy, Tho lonE-ds. laycd building movement ia in full swing. There do not sesm ts bs any weak spots.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-01-04
RACE SEGRE GAT |ON
 IN HOUSING ZONES THOUGHT UNI L|kELy
City Planning Expert Tells Birmingham Commissioners and Citizens of Enforce
 ment Difficulties

Enforced segregation of races in the residential districts in the pro- posed zoning ordinance for Birming- ham loomed as improbable Wednes- day after Robert Whitten of Cleve- land, city planning expert, had ad- dressed the commission and others on problems of building restrictions. MT Whitten declared that racial seg- regation had been embodied in the Atlanta zoning ordinance but that it was being enforced merely on trial and that the city attorney there had little hope of It being sustained when brought 10 the courts.
 Separation of races had been one of the chief points in the proposed zoning ordinance for which the city of Birmingham will. ask an enabling act of the next legislature MT. Whit ten declared that 1t was invalid un- der the Fourteenth amendment, pro hibiting discrimination on account Of race, color or previous condition Of servitude."
 W. J. Wynn, city attorney, inter posed the suggestion that racial separation ought to be possible of ac -complishment under the same inter pretation as the so-called Jim Crow" law, namely, that separation is not discrimination, but operates to the advantage of both races. The zoning expert said that this was reasonable, but said that other cities had found 1t difficult to justify such restrictions legally
 Af tages to home seekers investors and industries of building zoning restric- tions. He said that about 75 of the largest municipalities in the country had already adopted zoning ordi- nances and predicted that all others would follow suit.
 Proposed Coming Lnw
 Under the program outlined by MT. Whitten and proposed by the city, residential sec,.ons will be marked eff, erection of small suburban stores will be limited, the business or in austria, area will be defined, rear and front yards in dwelling districts will. be made somewhat uniform, and other regulations will be inaugurated. Churches and schools will be allowed anywhere and hospitals will be sub ject to slight regulation. The meas ure could not be retroactive, it was said.
 Creation of a non-paid zoning com- mission and board of zoning appeals was suggested by the speaker. Pro visions should also be made for changing the zones as the city de- velops.
 There were nearly fifty persons present, including city commissioners, real estate men and other interested citizens.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-01-04
MRS. ECH0LS IN FAVORI OF FIXING AMOUNT BY| LAW FOR HEALTH WORK

Commenting upon bill to remove the health department from politics which pr. J. D. Bowling has de- clared he will present to the next legislature, Mrs Mary Echols, com missioner of health, said Wednesday that she was inclined to favor the proposed measure in theory. at least. She said that, owing to. a death in her family, she had not given the thought or attention to the mat ter that it deserved and that she proposed to give to it. She added that she intended to study the pro posed measure minutely and that she would give out a statement after she had done so.
 There is one feature, which I un- derstand is to be incorporated in the bill, that I have no hesitancy in saying I favor" said Mrs. Echols. 'It is the fixing by law of the amount of revenue available from city and county funds for health work. I think that is imperative to the proper handling of the health department and the stabilizing of 1t.
 The health work Is too important to have to suffer from lack of ap- preciation of it's place by officials who may be in authority at par ticular time. When I say this I mean absolutely no reflection on any pres ent officials of the city or county. I say it looking at the future of the department"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-01-04
JONES VALLEY HIGH ACCREDITED SCHOOL

The Jones Valley High school has just been accepted by the Southern Association of Colleges and High schools as an accredited high school and with this addition to the list of accredited high schools Jefferson county can now claim six of the thirty-one accredited high schools in the state.
 Acceptance of this school as an ac- credited institution means that a graduate from here will be accepted in any of the colleges of the south ern states. as well as those of south- crn Illinois, Maryland and Missouri
 The county board of education and those interested in the better schools for the rural districts are to be con- graduated upon having secure an institution to meet the approval os the Southern Association of Colleges and High schools, and the acceptance of the Jones Valley High comes as a distinct honor to the citizens of this district
 Accredited high schools now in Jeff ferson county are as follows: Central High school, Ensley High school, Bes- semer High school. County High school at Boyles, McAdory High school and the Jones Valley High.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-01-04
PAY POLL TAX NOW,
 HAWKINS WARNING

Unless one pays his poll tax by February 1. 1923. he will be de- nied the right to vote during the year. James F. Hawkins, county tax collector. warned Wednesday in an nouncing the location of poll tax books.
 Mir Hawkins has sent poll tax books to Judge Taylor's court at Ems ley, the Turner Drug company, Pratt City; at Pratt City station, and Don aids drug store, Fairfield. These places will be suhstations and the poll tax can be paid at ary one Of them in the same manner that it is paid at the court house in Birmingham or Bessemer.
 Soldiers who claimed exemption are not due any poll tax until October, according to MT. Hawkins.
 The poll tax in 1922 will fall below that of 1921 and far below that Of 1920. Mir. Hawkins said, unless Vot- CTS pay up. A large part of this fali- ing offs due to the women voters. But 1900 women have paid poll tax for the year, and approximately SoV of them had their poll tax paid by their husbands.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-01-04
WORKING COMMITTEES IF0R EXCHANGE CLUB
 APPOINTED FOR YEAR

The Birmingham Exchange club devoted it's initial meeting of the new year held Wednesday afternoon at the Tutwiler hotel and to the trans action of club business committees for the ensuing six months were ap- pointed. Reading of New Year reso- lutions in verse, by Edmund Aims, portraying the peculiar characteris- ties of individual members of the club provoked much laughter.
 Maclin F. Smith. president, ap- pointed committees as follows: Civic affairs, W. R. Crane, chairman; Frank Clark, Cad Jones. Member ship, R. II. Cunningham, chairman i; l.. $. Smith Edgar Long. Entertain ment. Ebert Jemison, chairman; :; w. W. Wood, Edmund Arms, John Simpson, D. w Bateman. Harry Bradley and pr. Allen Loehr. Pub licity, Grover C. Knight, chairman Earl Martin, Vernon Harris. Finance and records. W. H. Manly, chairman; Jim Munds Joe Hill. Extension, Claude Estes. chairman; Stuart Fra zier, Archer Hobson. 1nterclub coun- cil. Maciln F. Smith, chairman; Ray Lange and w k. Crane Ragland school drive, Judge Hugh Locke, chairman; Rush Hess, w. A. Tharp and T. K. Byrne.
 The membership of the club was divided into 10 teams with the fol- lowing captains: George A. Brewer, Cliff B. Beasley, L. W. Coffin, Dr. John w. Simpson. Lawrence Ridout, Vernon. Harris, Daniel W. Batman, A. A. Adams. Jr.. Archer R. Hobson and Earl s. Martin.
 William Bromberg presented the attendance prize for this occasion and Lawrenfs Ridout drew the lucky number.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-01-04
TEN CITY OFFICERS.
 TO GO WITH COUNTY UNDER NEW SHERIFF.

Names of 26 members of the forces of Sheriff-elect Thomas J. Shirley We're announced Wednesday, 10 of whom are now employed by the city, the remaining 16 belng present ment- bers of the county forces who are being retained, with the exception of J. I. Reeder. chief deputy at Bes- semer.
 City employees who will take the oaths ot deputy sheriffs on January Is are E. P. Jones. Felix w. Lewis. D. J. Wall George c. Shirley, II. l.. Badger, R. l.. Hamlett F. L. Cole, J. S. Hines, w. L. snow and Byron Shirley. Of that number, Jones, Wall G. c. Shirley. Byron Shirley, Hamlett. Hines and Snow are members of the police department. The present mem- bers of the county forces to work out of the sheriff's office are J. V. Lauro H. C. Cole, w. W. Wilson, F. l.. Err win. J. E.. Matlock, D. J. Rives and Johnny J. Jones. Miss Mary Haun, clerk in the sheriff's office, will also be retained. J. l.. Sprinkle, juvenile court officer, will also become a member of the sheriff's forces.
 Deputies to work under Chief Dep uty Reeder at Bessemer will be all the former deputies as follows: W H. Harrison, Elijah Ross, Sam R Stevenson, A. s. Cleere, John N. Smithson and F. NJ Parson.
 Shirley stated that the complete list of the personnel of his force was not ready for publication and would not be so for several days
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-01-04
CORONER TO COMPLETE HEREIN PROBE THURSDAY

Investigation of the death of Lon nie E. Herrin, 2s years old. 2sOt Avenue F, Ensley, who died early Wednesday at the Hnlman hospital as a result of knife wounds. will be completed Thursday by Coroner J. p. Rnssum. J. P. Love. q, S6fS Avenue D, Ensley, was taken into custody by the police and charged with murder following the death of Herrin.
 II is said that Herrin was stabbed by Love Saturday ight in quarrel over wages said to be due Herrin The alleged stabbing occurred in the store of the Fit tight Tailoring con pany, Nineteenth street, Ensley.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-01-04
FURNITURE AND COW GREATLY 0VERVAL LIED, TAX COLLECTOR TOLD

Tor all the work of the county M tax collector consists in the A pleasant duty of having people pay you money. Occasion ally it requires the listening to complaints of irate taxpayers, as the following letter received re- gently by Tax Collector James F. Hawkins will testify. The writer did not mind paying taxes. but he did hate to pay on oyervalued property, especially if the property had bad habits. The letter fol- lows:
 Last year I purchased lot in the suburb of -, giving $50 for same. When 1 was assessing this property the man asked me how much I paid for my furni- ture, etc. I told him about $1,000. He also asked if I had a COW and how much I paid for her. She cost ne $45.
 q understand that one Is tC pay taxes on 60 per cent of the cash value of his estate. This being the case, my furniture after seven years service might bring me s200, and the COW, I couldn't give her away.
 Do you think it is just for me to pay this amount for this lot? Yours respect,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-01-04
NASHVILLE CONTRALTO COMING HERE SUNDAY


 Mrs. Robert Caldwell of Nashville will be the contralto soloist next Sunday afternoon when she will ap- pear with the Birmingham Choral society in the performance of The Messiah" As soloist with the Russian symphony last season, Mrs. Caldwell achieved richly merited success in Saint Saens' My Heart at Thy Sweet Voice." from Samson and Delilah. George Pullen Jackson, music critic of Nashville has this to say of Mrs Caldwells appearance with the Nash vile symphony: Mrs. Robert Cald- well was the soloist. And I may say confidently that the. symphony has never presented an artist who has been more supremely satisfying. Her full, rich contralto voice was beau tifully suited to the demands Sun day. There was absolutely no choice between the two arias she sang. Both the Ponchielli "Voce di Donna" and [ the Cadman Spring Song" were made. dramatically real and soul searchingly sweet by the art of this artist"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-01-04
M'C0Y UPHELD BY. JOHN MORROW IN
 THE CURTIS CASE
Defendants Attorney Con tends Former Jeopardy Is Bar to Further Prosecu-
 tion-- -MorroW's
 Statement

i Action of John P. Mccoy, assistant
 county solicitor, in recommending a
 fine of s10O for J. S. Curtis. former probate judge of Winston county, after Curtis had been sentenced to 12
 months hard labor on the county roads in juvenile court for contrib
 uting to the delinquency of minor,
 was upheld In a statement made by John Morrow, assistant county so- I licitor. who first handled the case, I Wednesday.
 T thought seriously of recommend I ing in Juvenile court what Mir. Mo
 Coy did before Judge Heflin,' MT. Morrow said. The fine recommended 1 by Mccoy was assessed by Judge Harrington P. Heflin of the criminal court after the decision of the juye- | nile court was appealed. Judge Heflin later entered an order setting aside the order and re-docketed the case for January 22. 1923 the date it was originally set for hearing on appeal. In making the last order in the case Judge Heflin declared that he had been misled as to the facts of the case by Mccoy.
 Mccoy contended that he acted in good faith and at the request of the
  a fine of $100 in the case. This fine was agreed to by Curtis, who en- tered plea of guilty to the charge. Late developments in the case are: Belief on the part of many local att torneys, including Mir. Morrow, who prosecuted the case in juvenile court, that no further action can be taken against Curtis because of the rule of former jeopardy. Statement by Clarence Mullins, attorney for Cur tis that he will file a motion im- mediately asking that Judge Heflii, set aside his order resembling the fine and ordering the case set for trial January 22. Should this motion be overruled MT. Mullins said he would take an appeal to the SUI preme court.
 Color, is added Mir. Mullins conten- tion by the fact that the order fin ing Curtis came during regular term time, while the order setting aside the former order was made during the holiday vacation of the court The motion to vacate the last order will be based upon the grounds that 1t was made during regular vacation as provided by law. and the trial of Curtis again would be placing him
 In peopardy twice for the same of fense.
 Two organizations have voted to ask that Mccoy be discharged as as- sistant solicitor because of his ac- tion in the case. They are the Law Enforcement league which pushed the prosecution of Curtis, and the League of Women Voters Both or .ganizarions have asked that Mccoy I'be fired" Whether any action will be taken because of these resolu- tions Is not known. Solicitor Joseph s. Tate is i'll at his home and James G, Davis. solicitor elect, is absent from the city.