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The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-30
LINCOLN KEPT TAVERN
Illinois Licenses Issued To Emancipa
 tor In 1888 Is Found

Abraham Lincoln was once tav- ern keeper In Illinois, according to . relic in the possession of William l.. Black, Halltown, Va, merchant, in the form of a tavern license issued to William F. Berry and Abraham Lincoln by the clerk of the Sanga- mon, Illinois. county court to con- duct a tavern at New Salem, that state, for one year from March 6, 1883.
 Tavern keepers had to give a bond of $500 to conduct the business ac- cording to law and restrict them selves to prices charged for accomo- dations and drinks Gs stipulated in their license. Prohibition and the high cost of living were far in the dim and distant future when Berry and Lincoln embarked in the tavern business. In one corner of the li- cense paper is a photograph of the firms place Of business-a one-story log building, apparently 12 by 15 feet. How they accommodated tho travellers with meals and lodging in such limited quarters is left to the imagination.-Wa Star.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-30
ENS[EY GETS READY FOR METHOD|STS
Conference Opens Wednes- day Morning With Bishop
 w. B. Murrah Presiding
ENSLEY BUREAU l THE AGE-HERALD ! Enslav Ala nnA %


 Ensley is all ready and awaiting with interest and pleasurable antici- patton opening Wednesday of the 54th annual session of the North Ala bama conference of the Methodist church. The sessions will be held in the First Methodist church of Ensley. The meetings will be attended by perhaps 300 clergymen, not to speak of a large number of laymen, who will be present in official capacities. There will be two bishops present, preside, and Bishop c. N. Ainesworth, who will speak to the conference Friday morning at II o'clock. Rev. William H. Mansfield and his com mitteemen held a final meeting Mon- day night at which time all the de- tails for the meeting were threshed out and everything smoothed up for the opening Wednesday.
 Delegates and ministers will be- gin to arrive Tuesday at noon. The Kiwanis club of Ensley and the As sociated Merchants have provided cars for the transportation of the ministers to Ensley and to the homes where they are assigned during the conference. By Tuesday night 1t is expected that all of the delegates and visitors will be here.
 The citizens of Ensley generally are cooperating with the members of the Methodist church to make the conference a success. The official announcement was made Monday that every pulpit in Ensley will be occu- pied Sunday next by visiting cler- gyman, and that the bishops will or- dain several deacons during the con ference.
 The annual meeting of the Epworth league will be held Friday night, as well as the anniversary of the Sun day school board and other official organizations of the church.
 The conference represents 117,000 members. It has 779 church build ings, valued at s3,S23.952, with 400 clergymen, and increases are being made every day.
 The official program follows:
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-30
OK WITH EIGHT LEGS
N, Snkata Describes The Freak In
 Letter To POpular Mechanics


 I this morning saw photograph of peculiar appearance. That OK has eight legs, four as usual place, but other four on his back. Kyushu uni- versity purchased this OK from the owner of 1t and Investigating as a most valuable material. Darwin If he were in that university, he would ex- plain very interesting story of it from his knowledge of diversity of specy.
 This OK was born about one month ago and now being fed on with ut most careful of the university pro- fessors. How happy OK that to be fed on with prevcious food and precious hands of the university. l asked over the telephone to get photograph for you but have very unfortunately they borrowed it from the owners hand and already returned 1t back N. Sakata of Tokio sends letter to Popular Mechanics.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-30
Biloxi Plans Shoot

BILOXI, Mss, Oct 29.-Plans have been announced for mid~winter shooting tournament here January 1916, in which about 150 of the best amateur and professionals In the country are expected to participate, The shooters will compete for vari- ous trophies and s1,000 in cash.
 The event will take place imme- diately after the five-day shoot at Pinehurst, N. C., and before the shoot at Houston, Tex, affording the ex- perts who will participate in both an opportunity to break the journey be- tween Pinehurst and Houston.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-30
COMMITTEE WILL MEET

There will be a meeting Of the special committee of the city coun- cil Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock, when protest on the improvement along Exter and Fairfax avenues will be considered further. The property owners making the com plaints have been requested to meet with thls committee.
 The special committee is com posed of five aldermen, the city att torney and the engineer in charge of the work.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-30
WORK BEGINS ON ICE PLANT

by Holley and Davis, on the $150,090 ice plant which the Rushton corpora ton is to erect in Fairfield. The contractors have no disposition to delay construction and it is stated that the work will be pushed forward to rapid completion.
 Mir. Holley of the firm of Holley and Davis was in Fairfield Monday and said that the work would go for ward just as rapidly as possible. The firm is engaged in constructing sey- eral large buildings in this section of BirminRham
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-30
QUAKE ROCKS ROME

ROME, Ga, Oct. 29.-Earth shocks here today caused several buildings to shake. Little damage was caused, although a number of persons were panic stricken for a while.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-30
roo BUSY

He-But couldn't you learn to love me?
 She-Dear boy, I really haven't the time-I'm studying French and learning golf and swimming Lon don Opinion.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-30
sO G0Es IIEH

Bold Is he who trades a soft pallet for a shrew's hard bed.
 About the easiest thing in life Is advising other failures.
 Science will never be happy until 1t can lay an egg.
 Where there are children there joy courts despair.-Richmond Times Dispatch.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-30

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-30
CoMMANDERY TO MEET

Marvel City commandery. Knights Templar, will hold a special meet ing on Tuesday evening. A large class will be initiated at that time, and all members attending have been asked to appear in full uniform.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-30

owen, 1915 Fifth avenue, Thursday morning at 9 o'clock. A spend-the- day party will be held. and the mem bers have been urged to bring ma terial for the making of a quilt for the orphanage. Each member is also expected to bring their luncheon.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-30
WILL NAME SPEAKER

The Rotary and Kiwanis clubs will prepare list of speakers who will visit the rural schools here during g education week, on November Is to 24.
 It Is expected that 35 speakers among the business men will be en- rolled and they will visit about two schools each during the week. There are 65 schools in the Bes- semer district.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-30
Symptoms of Kidney Trouble

Swamp Root is not recommended for everything, but if you suffer from an moving bladder troubles, frequently passing water night and day, smarting sediment, headache, backache, lame back, heart disturbance due to bad kid ney trouble, uric acid rheumatism, lumbago, loss of flesh or sallow com plexion, kidney trouble in it's worst form may be stealing upon you.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-30
ENTERTAINS AT CIIR

The regular weekly card party at the Woodward Golf club was held Saturday afternoon, with Mrs. Bar rett of Ehsley as hostess. The club rooms were attractive in autumn leaves and flowers. Following the games Mrs. Clarence Bumgardner was awarded the high score tro- phy, which was a perfume bottle. Sandwiches and coffee were served to a number of guests.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-30

everywhere have testified that the mild and immediate effect of Swamp-Root is soon realized, and that it stands the highest for its remarkable results in distressing cases,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-30

He said that during 1922 Georgia, Mississippi, North Carolina, Texas, Virginia, West Virginia and several other states were taken out of the hands of the propagation department and put in charge of Dragons under H. W. Evans. then Imperial Dragon. He charged that Evans, although paid salary remitted only S2 of each $5 received for new members and kept the other s3 in a personal bank &C., count fin violation of the organiza- tion's law" The entire S5 should have gone into the treasury Jones asserted. He said that in Novem- Der, 1929, Evans told him he had saved S37,000 through this method.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-30
O V V "NIOney Spent In EIections.o

Jones also charged that H. c. Mont gomery, imperial klabee or treasurer. and Dr. Evans signed and counter signed checks on klan funds and left them in the hands of N. N. Furney. the cashier, for running expenses while they were away. On April 1. 1923, he said, the klan had $9,000 in the Fulton National bank out of which Furney drew $S,000 for ex- penses which he credited to his own account as cashier and that Furney also drew check for SS0 900, which he had made payable to himself in New York draft.
 In this same affidavit he charged that Dr. Evans. Paul S. EtheriF~A and Fred l.. Savage went to Chicago and participated in the spring election and that large sums were spe {. and credited to attorneys fees and in- vestigation as well as expenses. pr. Evans, he said. appeared to have an aversion to bank accounts and kept large sums in safe deposit boxes.
 He also asserted that at one time Dr. Evans paid $16,000 for 1F carloads of one issue of a Texas newspaper and had the copies mailed to klans throughout the United States.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-30

CLASS WILL MEET
 The Servers and Builders class of the First Baptist Sunday school will meet at the home of Mrs. T. M.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-30
A Trial will Convince Anyone
Thousands and thousands of people

Thousands and thousands Of people
 SPECIAL NOTE-You may obtain si closing ten cents to Dr. Kilmer & Co.,,
 opportunity to prove the remarkable II send you book of valuable information grateful letters received from men and ' to be just the remedy needed in kidney and success of Swamp-Root are so well send for sample size bottle. Address When writing be sure and mention thi
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-30

The federation or auXii1arles of womens missionary societies of the protestant churches met at the First Christian church Monday at 3 o'clock Interesting discussions were held relative to carrying out larger programs of cooperative work through the federation. The following program was carried out: Mrs. F. o. Heller, prayer; Miss Maude Buck, devotional; duet, Mrs. Macon and Owen Williams, paper; The Beper, Mrs. Knopf of Birming- ham; prayer. Mrs. Frank Hellier had charge of the business session, after which a social hour was ob- served. Tea, coffee and cake were served to a large number of mem- bers.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-30
PREPARE FOR CONFERENCE

All Methodist churches of the Bes- semer district are preparing reports to be submitted to the north Ala bama conference, which meets at Ensley Wednesday morning. State ments from the trustees and stew ards of all the churches will show that they are in excellent financial condition particularly the First Meth odist, which as just completed an extension building program.
 All pulpits of the Bessemer churches will be filled by visiting ministers on next Sunday morning 1t is announced that Rev. W. R. Hen drix of Birmingham win preach at the First Methodist church.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-30
FEDERATION MEETS

The first meeting of the Fedora tion of AuXiliaries at Lipscomb was held at the school auditorium Mon day afternoon at 8 o'clock when the Parent-Teacher association was hos tess. The meeting was called to or der by Mrs. George Melee, and the first numbers was a piano solo by Miss Eva Calhoun. This was followed by reports from the chairmen of the various churches on social service work.
 Most of the meeting was devoted to discussion of this work and many interesting plans were made for the future.
 The meeting was then turned over to Mrs. l.. H. Haralson of the Lips comb school. and an interesting ad- dress was made by Miss Clements on Health" pr. Spivy of Birmingham Southern delivered the address of the afternoon, having for his topic "Edu- cation." A social hour was held dur ing which the hostesses served a Dlate luncheon
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-30
BEGIN PLANT FQR. GALVAN|z|NG NORk
BeSsemer Concern To Devote Much 0f'Its Time To Large
 Shapes And Boilers
BESSEMER BUREAU l THE AGE-HERALD Bessemer. Ala. Oct. 29

The foundation for the Bessemer galvanizing works were completed the past week, and the work on the walls of the plant will be started this week. W. M. Clarke, the plant manager, is experimenting the erec- ton of the building, and will have charge of the operations of the plant when this is finished. It is expected that the plant will be ready for op- eration on January 1.
 Contrary to rumors the plant will devote much of it's time to galvan- izing large shapes and boilers. It will have the largest galvanizing pot in this section. which will be tank 30 feet long. This will be filled with 80 tons of zinc, which will be kept in molten state continuously. For this reason the continuous operation of the plant will be necessary.
 Iron and steel to be galvanized will be treated to the hot process. and dipped in this tank, It will be capable of treating plates up to 56 feet long and tanks and boilers up to 2S feet long.
 The plant is being erected on land adjoining the plant of the Nashville Bridge company, which firm will supply much of the material to be galvanized The operators of the plant are experienced men, and the company was financed in Nashville and Birmingham.
 The company's property also ad- joins the Louisville and Nashville railroad at Twentieth street and spur tracks to the plant are being laid at this time.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-30
Swamp-Root is Pleasant to Take

If you are already convinced that
 Swamp-Root is what you need, you can purchase the regular medium and large size bottles at all drug stores. ample size bottle of Swamp Root by en- N. Y. This gives you the lerit of this medicine. They will also n, containing many of the thousands of women who say they found Swamp-Root liver and bladder troubles. The value known that our readers are advised to ] Dr. Kilmer & Co.,, Binghamton, N. Y. s paper.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-30

Franklin-Alma Rubens in "The Valley of Silent Men,"
 Gary-Richard Barthelmess II "F'ury"
, 1923-08-01
Cloudbursts Take
Three Bridges In
Three Days At
Same Place

Drilling Operations on the Pitchfork
Structure Delayed by Cloudburtst
Trying to keep the road open to the
Pitchfork Oil camp the past week was
a job to test the patience of Job
Three times in three days was the
crossing washed out. Starting with
a small culvert the gorge became larg
err and deeper until the third time
when it was necessary to construct a
bridge. This bridge IA completed
at six o'clock Wednesday evening but
when the first auto came along
Thursday morning it was found that
the gorge had widned and let the
bridge down. After this bridge went
out it was decided to build a dug-way
into and out of the gorge which work
required three days with some teams
and all the men from camp on the
job.
The road is now in good shape
again, fuel in on hand and drilling
has been resumed.
Several truck loads of large casing
and other material that has been need
ed in camp for several days arrived
yesterday, the delay being casued by
the washout at Cottonwood creek be-
tween Thermopolis and here. The
Cottonwood crossing is not yet in
good condition but is possible to ford
the stream above the regular cross
ing.
MIR. Landes now says that all nee
essary men and materials are on the
job and that barring battles with the
elements work should go right ahead,
A number of local people are plann-
ing on visiting the camp this coming
Sunday.
, 1923-08-01
NOTICE FOR PROPOSED LOcA-
TON OF ROAD
TO ALL WHOM 1T MAY CON-

TO ALL WHOM 1T MAY CON-
Germ:
The Board of the County Commits
sioners of Park County, State of
Wyoming, have decided to locate a
road commencing at a point in
County Road No. II, in Sec, 26, T.
SIS N. R. 104 W., U~nserveyed, at
which point the constructed road
through Paint Creek Canyon leaves
said Road No. II; thence, in an east
erly direction following the said road
through the Paint Creek Canyon;
thence, in a south-easterly direction
following the general direction Of the
present travelled road through Secs.
rs, IS, So, and thence continuing
along the general direction of the
present travelled road to Blaine
Creek; thence along or nea the road
leading down Blaine Greek to q point
near Walter Hoffman's cabin; sthA1ee
crossing Blaine Creek and running
easterly to the top Of the Bench;
thence following q practicable route
and grade to join the present travel
led road along the east side Of the
Two Dt Ranch. which road is known
as County Road No. 70, in Park
County, Wyoming, said road to be 60
feet wide, 80 feet on each side of line
above described.
All objections thereto or claims for
damages by reason thereof must be
filed in writing with the county clerk
of said county before noon on the 4th
day of September A. d. 1928, or such
road will be established without re-
ference to such objections or claims
for damages.
Dated July 10th, 1928.
James w. Rousseau,
County Clerk
First Publication July 10 1928
Last Publication August %, 1928
, 1923-08-01
Customer
Picked Up By
Sheriff's Office

Advices were received by Sheriff
Loomis on Wednesday to apprehend
a man using the name of Jack L.
Reith, and late that night the man
taken into custody by Deputy
Sheriff H. H. Carpenter at Powell,
brought to Cody and lodged in Jail.
According to the advices received,
this man had wired to a bank in
Minneapolis, for funds, using the
name Of Jack L. Reith. This true
Mr.. Keith was in Minneapolis, and the
advices claim that the man here is
Scott Powney, who has served time
in Edminston, and is wanted by the
authorities in Cardston, Canada
Among his activities in Cody were
the borrowing Of a car, which broke
down and was repaired, at the. Park
Garage, repairs for which a bum
check was issued on the First Nation
al Bank of Cody. Another worthless
check was given in Powell on the
same bank.
Powney, alias Reith, will be held
awaiting the action of the authorities
in Canada and Minneapolis.
, 1923-08-01
BIG CROWD AT T E DANCE

The annual dance given at T E
Ranch by Mr.. and Mrs. F. S. Groves,
Jr. on Saturday night was one of the
most enjoyable that has ever been
held. Scores of cars from Cody and
the Southfork carried over 300 peo-
pie to the ranch, where dancing was
enjoyed in the big new barn, to music
furnished by the Ragadores orchestra
from Red Lodge
During the evening a bountiful
lunch was served, and the many guests
enjoyed dancing until a late hour.
Early Sunday morning the guests
departed to the various homes, vot-
ing Mr.. and Mrs. Groves and Mr.. and
Mrs. Monte Jones to be -cval enter
tiiners.
, 1923-08-01

The old bridge had a span of about
16 feet, but the banks were washed
away to such an extent that a bridge
over forty feet long had to be built
to replace the old structure.
Early Thursday morning Kid Will
son was on the job with a force of
men, and at once commenced to build
a bridge that was finished in a bit
over two days, again opening up the
direct road to the Park.
At the same time that the Dry
Creek bridge went out, the bridge
over Spring Creek vas damaged on
n end, but quickly repaired the
next morning. During the time that
the bridge was out, traffic was divert
ed onto the road across the Har-
greaves bench north of town, past the
Newton Lake and back to the main
road, causing no delay and very little
Inconvenience to tourists.
The bridge went out shortly after
the last of the yellow park buses had
reached town, and several tourist cars
were forced to make the detour in
order to reach Cody.
, 1923-08-01
Federal Aid For
Wyoming Roads

CHEYENNE, Wyo., July "a, 1928.
The following telegram from Secre
tary of Agriculture to Senator Warren
marks the end of a long Geographic
communication and shows success in
securing what many Wyoming people
have desired. washington, ID. c.,
Hotel, July seventeenth relating to
Federal Aid Highway System in
Wyoming, have just approved modi-
fication of route twelve and Inclusion
of routes nineteen, twenty and twenty
one to the Federal Aid Highway
System as recommended by Chief of
Bureau of Public Roads,"
Route twelve is the Yellowstone
route from the Yellowstone Park
line near Snake River via Moran, Du-
bois, and Riverton to Shoshoni. There
are also provided three additional
routes as follows: Nineteen from
Rawlins via Muddy Gap to Casper;
Route twenty from Riverton via
Lander to Muddy Gap; Route twenty
n from Denver to Cody.
, 1923-08-01
Capt. Hyatt, Red Cross
Life Saving Expert To
T Visit Cody
Swimming Coach and Expert Life
Saving Demonstration to Show
Cody Folks How it is Done

Captain C. A. Hyatt, n of the
best known swimming coaches and
experts in life saving methods in the
United States is to make demonstra-
tions in this city, according to the ar
rangements just effected by the AM
erican Red Cross chapter here. The
demonstration will be given at De-
Maris Springs Thursday, August 9,
1923, at 1000 n. M, and all who are
interested in swimming are urged to
he present.
Captain Chauncey A. Hyatt, Direc-
tor of Life Saving. Central Division,
American Red Cross, Chicago, is pro-
baby one of the best known author
tiles on swimming and life saving in
the country, having devoted his en-
tire time to this branch stunt known
to the swimming profession and gives
a demonstration which holds his au-
dience spell-bound from beginning to
end. MI. Hyatt has been coach and
instructor of swimming ut some OF
the largest universities, athletic d.
rector at various athletic clubs and
beaches in large cities and the pro-
Iiotti VI ipik biHNbiiNt swimming ~
many places in the central west.
His demonstrations in life-saving
and first aid are notable throughout
the ten states which comprise the cen
trail division for the enthusiasm and
pleasure he arouses in the swimming
game and his ability to lecture on the
subject while performing his stunts
in the water. His visits are eagerly
looked forward to by swimming and
first aid enthusiasts as well as by
chiefs of fire and police departments
to whom he always brings n fund of
new ideas. Besides swimming and
first aid which includes methods of
resuscitation, bandnging, transporta-
ton of wounded and unconscious peo-
pie, he has n wealth of information on
scouting, Matchmaking, s~elf-defense
and other interesting subjects. His
visit to this city is bound to stimulate
swimming and increase interest in life
saving and first aid.