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The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-04-17
CRUDE STILL, DISAPPOINTED

Federal state and county officers destroyed a small wooden still in Marshall county sunday, but failed to get the operator The outfit was one of the crudest the officers had ever seen. It was made of wood and iron piping.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-04-17
SEEK RIVER BRIDGE FUNDS

A committee of the board Of county commissioners went before the city council Monday night to secure an agreement as to the amount the city will pay toward 1onstruc ctfiig new traffic bridge across Coosa river. The committee asks the city to pay one third of the one-roNrth of the total cost, which the city and county agreed to assume in their agreement with the state highway commission
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-04-17

pound TOUT years ago, and am talk ing it now for the Change of Life and other trou-
 bles and l receive great beneftfrom
 it. I am willing to let you use my
 letter as a testi- monial because it
 is the truth. 1
 found your book 1.I s~ v,- 11%{no
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-04-17

Marie Provost, Harry Myers. Vera Lewis, Irene Rich, Frank Keenan, Miss DuPont, Margaret Seddon, Helen Ferguson, Edward Jobsoni Harvey Clark, Cyril Chadwick, Pat OMallory. Gertrude Bennett and Alice Grey Terrey.
 Brass will be shown all this week at the Alcazar.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-04-17
Baxter Brothers of Huntsville Get Job-AIIbritton Case
 Comes Up
GADsDFN PttREaU, THE AGE-HFRALD I Gadsder, Ala, April Is

The contact for the erection Of
 the new high school was today awarded to Baxter Brothers of Hunts vile. That concerns bid was *130,6 ,600 There were 10 bids in all, ranging as high as s225,o00. The excavation Is to begin this week and Baxter Brothers have promised to start con- struction as soon as men and material can be assembled. The building which will be one of the most mod ern Of it's kind in the state, will oc- cupy centrally located site on Twelfth street near Walnut street.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-04-17
AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENTS

Several people suffered minor in- juries in automobile accidents here Sunday. Rumors were circulated for while that some of the victims were seriously injured, but only one of them. Earl Green, was obliged to go to the hospital. MT. Greens in-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-04-17
THE WEATHER
LOCAL. DATA

IOCAT NAIA
 For the 24 hours ending at ?. m-' A pril Is, 1928.
 I oS,as, .r.rar,tnrs .. 51 Mean temperature ,...,.....''''''' oo ,1ra.s 1o si ; tsIp"ner.t,,rs since Jan l. 22 p m " co Total rainfall since Jan. l,........l5 2s P P Hfa,1.o L,,,9,idify m .. 62 9 ,ao1 ,... 25
 ........ S5 D~,, tLe-,1omafer ' a. m. ........ 52 Dt' Q roo1 ..,..... 69
 D. m. ......'... ''.'''.. ns Wet thermometer. a. m. .....-.,. 4s noon ............ 51
 n m ,.............. a
 P' " I r. HORTON Obsery,-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-04-17
MERCHANTS TO RANQUET

big time is expected a tthe ban quet of the Ensley merchants and associated business men. which will be held Tuesday evening beginning at 30 o'clock at the Masonic temple. The members of the senior class and the faculty of the Ensley High school and the Alliance High school will be the guests of the club. W. F. Tur- nipseed will act as toastmaster and will also deliver the welcome address Responses will be made by Conduc- tor E. F. Smith of the Ensley High school. and Professor Fowler, of the Alliance High school. The program will include several selections by male quartets. reading by Mrs. Charles Saunders. solo by Miss Ed ma Meyer and several other musical numbers, There will be an impor- tant meeting of the association Tues day morning at 9:30 o'clock in the inferior court rooms. All members are urged to attend.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-04-17

- Yearly. buys a s6,ooo sick and SIS ; 5: ::: : :;: dents and s25 weekly cover ing about so diseases, including pneu- nlonla and appendicitis Men and wom- en insured Is to 70. NO MEDICAL EXAMINATION Hospital benefits and surgeons fees paid additional. Insure TODAY, you might need this any time. Oldest and largest company in U. $. writing health and accident exclusively. Reliable agents wanted. Write for blank application giving full details. CT phone Main 1902.
 North American Accident Ins. Co.
 PIT Brown-Marx Bldg.
 Birmingham, Ala.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-04-17
ITO CALL BOARD ELECTION

this time, and complete reports on the progress of the organization will be made.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-04-17
r |NAL TOUCHES ARE' l
 GIVEN NE W ANNEX TO ENSLEY CHURCH.
Merchants and Business Men To Enjoy Big Banquet
 Tuesday Night
ENSLEY BU REAL 1 THE AGE-BERALD { Ensler Ala Anril lG

Work was started Monday morn ing to complete the Sunday school annex of the Ensley Highland Meth odist church, and the building will be rushed. It is expected to be finished within the next 30 days. The annex, which is located on Nineteenth ave- nue just off Ensley avenue, has been under construction for some time and interiog. Carpenters started putting in the flooring Monday morning and the windows and doors will be put in a g soon as possible. The members of the congregation sold the property where their church now stands and have sufficient funds to complete the annex which is being erected at a cost of over Sl7,00o. The Sunday school building will be modern in every respect, having large assem- bly, room In which services will be held until the main auditorium of the church is built. It is the plan of the congregation to build a handsome structure in the near future which 000. and until the building is erected they will hold the Sunday services in the Sunday school annex. The annex Wh ich is a two-story brick building with a basement and four large white colonial columns in front and is very attractive, and the members of the church are anxious to be moved into their new home.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-04-17
ENSLEN RIREAl

Thomas as joint hostess. An inter esting program has been prepared with Mrs. Isaac Morris a. leader.
 ENSLEY BUREAU
 Persons desiring to get in toach with the Ensley bureau Age Herald correspondent will please phone Mrs. Harold Mandy Ensley 406-W The circulation department Of the Ensiey bureau is at S09i. Nineteenth street, Room {.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-04-17
' E. C. HORTON. Observe

Summary of observations made at sta lions of ths United States Weather Bureau during the 24 hours ending at ! p. m.. -anLh t1narIdian lime A nri 16 1923:
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-04-17

nome ds SUUH ds HIS "0u1I"' W e- dressed.
 Miss Amy Bryant was injured slightly in front of the Methodist church when struck by an automo- bile said to have been driven by Lawrence Hood. Miss Bryant sui fered a wrenched ankle and minor injuries about the body. Another accident occurred when Miss Sue Hutchinson, the winner of the Ford automobile on Bessemer's birthday, lost control of her machine and col lided with a tree. She was consider ably shaken up and the car severely damaped.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-04-17
ONDdEd
CONTEMPORARIES

Fast U. S. Mall S. s. soNoMA. VENTURA. 10. 900 tons Lloyds 100 Al. delightful service Sydney Short Line, Samoa. (Honolulu. s22o R. ID Pacific Tours, s5s5. first class. Sailings: Ventura. May 2s. July 31, Conoma, April 24 June 26.
 OCEANIC LINE
 #sas2 Pine St., San Francisco. Cal.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-04-17
WOMEN OF
 MIDDLE AGE
Relieved of ofNervousness and Other Distressing Ailments by Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound

Brooklyn, N. Y. "I first took Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Con-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-04-17

cuticura Soap and Ointment 50 l sent for free sample. I purchased more and after using one cake of Soap and one and half boxes of Ointment was healed." (Signed) Mrs. Ora M. Hoover, R. F. D. ?, Box 2l, Deer Lodge, Tenn.
 Give Cuticura Soap, Ointment and Talcum the care of your skin.
 Sample xaeA Yrss sy Man. Address: "cusiesra Lab oYaseriss, Dept H, kalasl <e, AAss." Sold every where Soap Gc Ointment 25 and boc. Taleum 2be. 3 Cutieura Soap slaves without mug.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-04-17
EnIR CONXICTIONS
A\svEE TWO NLARMS

Tine Enslev and Fairfield fire de- partinent answered two alarms Mon day morning. The first alarm was received at 10:0S from the residence of II. A. Pearson 2221 Larch avenue while the second alarm came in at 11:30 from the residence of l.. E, Cad den 1O7 Twelfth steet Both fires wee caused by sparks on the roof and small damage occurred.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-04-17
1CUTICURA HEALS SKIN TROUBLE All Over Face, Neck and Hands. Itched and Burned
 Badly. Lost Rest.

My trouble began with . break ing out of little red spots around the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-04-17

edge of my hair. It kept getting worse and soon spread all over my face, neck and hands. Ii itched and burned SO badly that I could not do anything and lost my rest at night.
 "A fy;a0d rAroynr,end
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-02-27
RUDE RURAL RHYMES
FORTY PLUS.

When | was twenty-five or three l thought
the world was made for me; it was my oys-
ter and my clam, my pie, my cabbage and
my ham which | could swallow at my pleas
ure and then, fulfilled, digest at leisure. For
me the sun arose at dawn; he brought the
heat and daylight on and left the moon when
he was gone For me bloomed all the pretty
flowers in all the woods and yards and bow
ers for me bloomed all the pretty girls with
rosy cheeks and fetching curls. On every side
OF every street were restaurants where
could eat. In every church were cushioned
pews where | might take restful snooze.
Blue were the skies that Bonded DER me
when all my future was before me. But my
importance has declined since half my future
is behind. The sun warns all, both bond
and free, lights other folks as well as me-;
the pretty girls that charmed me then be-
came the brides OF other men. OF many
hopes has life bereft me, my feet are fiat,
my hair has left me; yet still the world is
no less pleasant for being shared by prince
and peasant. When all mankind have had
their share there's golden sunshine still to
spare and unclaimed flowers bloom every
where. Though youthful loves had numbered
fifty, though all were sweet and all were nlf-
ty, with Hannah's gentle hand in mine I'd
scorn the other forty-nine. What should [
do with ten or twenty, why ask for more
when one is plenty? BOB ADAMS.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-02-27
Peanut Is Father of $50 Children.
F-o,, +he Americus Tines Recorder.

Sumter county and the regions around
about have been and are yet going strong on
peanuts. hogs and cotton. Fact IS, ours IS a
purely agricultural section, and without the
support and the cooperation OF the peanut
growers and other farm products we would
not get very far.
What was once regarded as purely circus
fruit has Of late years come into ITS own II
has fallen to the lot OF a negro chemist to
show to the world what the possibilities OF
the lowly peanut really are, and we tolk
down here in Georgia will be astonished to
know that $50 products or more can be
made from the peanut.
At Virginia fair last fall this negro chem
list, none other than Prof. George w: Car
yer, over at Tuskegee, had an exhibit IN
which he showed shoe backing, sweet pickles,
toilet soaps, vinegar and breakfast food, fuel
and face cream in the list of hundreds OF 9TH
er things, all of which were developed IN MS
research laboratories at the Tuskegee Nor
NAL and Industrial Institute
This colored man OF the old-time type has
spent thirty years in the development OF use
Jul bvproducts from soy beans, velvet beans,
cowpeas, tomatoes and sweet potatoes. he
has fifty to sixty soy beans byproducts.
And yet Carver goes on finding new ways
in which to use the products OF our farm III
such a way as to be most profitable to the
farmer, teaching his own race to be better
citizens-better farmers. A truly worthy I'M
dertaking is his
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-02-27
Would Jail the Automobiles.
From the Savannah News.

Discussing the necessity for doing some
thing to curb the reckless use of the dead
ly automobile, for devising effective ways and
means of eliminating as much of the danger
Gus speeding as possible, an experienced law
yer in Georgia city has suggested that the
automobiles themseves-instead of the own
ers or drivers-be jailed upon conviction. He
points out that the lawful taking of the
ruly or disordery machine and locking it
up away from the owner for thirty or sixty
or ninety days-accordng to the degree Of
violation of the traffic rules safeguarding the
general public-woud be more of a salutary
and resutful punishment than a fine or a
brief Imprisonment of the person. He points
out that in his town some years ago the
bicycle, mainly used by the small boys, be-
came a positive menace to pedestrians, both
old and young-and a danger to the boys
themselves. Arrests and fines were not salts
factory in controlling the growing evil but
the recorder hit upon the scheme OF taking
up the bicycle instead OF the boy and lock-
ing the wheel up for period The calaboose
was at one time literally full OF wheels of all
descriptions But the evil was efectually
stopped; the boys were punished more by the
deprivation than they would have been for
dad to pay a fine of few dollars for them
The lawyer believes that much the same sys
tenn could be employed with much the same
effect upon the larger children who do not
know how or do not remember to use their
automobile safely.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-02-27
Death of Prof. Roentgen.

The discovery of the x-rays, or Roentgen
rays as they have come to be known, ranks
among the greatest of the worlds scientific
discoveries. 1t was u years ago that the dis
covery was made, and as a result of it medi-
cal and surgical knowledge and precision
have immensely increased. The discoverer
was William Conrad Roentgen, who has just
died in his 10th year at Munich. AT the time
Of his discovery he was professor of expert
mental physics in the University of Munich
The discovery was accidental in the sense
that it was not premedtated. 1t was the
result of experiments involving the discharge
of electricity through glass bulbs exhausted
until they contained only traces OF air. The
resulting radiation was seen to be different
in all respects from light and other known
radiations, and because its mechanism was
unknown Prof Roentgen gave it the name
Of x-rays.
If there is romance in scientific discovery
the discovery of the x-ray was romantic. 1t
would be impossible to survey adequately in
this brief space what the x-rays have accom-
plished for medical and surgical science. The
wonder is now how medicine and surgery
ever did without them They have become
as indispensable as their is general. In
medicine they are employed for the explora-
ton of the interior organs of the body, Tor
the detection and observation OF their tunc-
tions and condition, and Independently III
the treatment of number of diseases and
conditions. In surgery they employed
in the exploration of fractures, diseases OF
the bones and to detect the presence OF for
cign bodies In dental surgery they are an
invaluable aid in the study OF diseased con-
dtions of the teeth and iawbone They have
become a valuable adjunct in life insurance
examinations and in medico-legal cases
The mechanism of x-rays is no longer I'M
known During the u years that have elapsed
since their discovery their properties and &C
ton have been thoroughly studied and
knowledge concerning them now is extended.
Explanations have been devised OF all their
various phenomena.
MANY honors had fallen to Professor Roent-
gen on account of his discovery. He will need
no monument of granite or bronze to perpet-
uate his memory, for the rays that bear his
name will be his monument and assure his
name immortality. He will take rank in the
history of science with men like Edward
Jenner, the discoverer of vaccination as pre-
ventive of smallpox, and Louis Pasteur,
whose discoveries in the field of bacterial re-
search were epochal
What Professor Roentgen discovered he
gave to the world, to humanity. He did not
seek selhshly to reap personal enrichment as
he might have done Thus he proved him
self worthy of all the honors that society
heaped upon him. To the end of time hu-
mainly will be indebted to him and will be
benefited by his discovery.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-02-27
Street Gossip.
From the Vienna News.

Something like $500 years ago Zecha-
iiah, the son OF Berechiah, an Old Tesla
ment prophet, wrote as follows: These are
the things that We shall do: Speak we every
man the truth OF his neighbour execute the
judgment OF truth the peace And let none
OF you imagine evil in your hearts against
his neighbour" This command is just as
pertinent today as it was when given in Je-
rusalem during the reign OF Darius Hystas-
pis for the reason that human nature is
pretty much the same now as then
But even the frailty of human nature is
not really valid excuse for this perncious
practice OF gossiping Folks who gather to-
gether and give verbal vent to their magma
ton with regard to the actions of other peo-
pie are just about as serious menace to
society as some of the criminals who are
looked upon with contempt by this same
class who not infrequently hold themselves
up as examples Of piety and righteousness.
The tongue is mightier than pen or sword
when it comes to the business of destroying
the most precious of human possessions.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-02-27
Slaughtering Rattlesnakes.
From the Moultrie Observer.

The northern capitalists who own large
estates in Thomas county, Grady county and
Jefferson county, Florida, have hit upon a
plan to rid their estates of rattlesnakes, and
the slaughter of snakes brings to light the
fact that the estates were very heavily in
tested.
The late H. P. Dawson was the man who
started the movement to get rid of the snakes.
He will probably become to the northern col
ony in Thomas county what ST. Patrick be-
came to ireland. Mr.. Dawson offered one
dollar each for every RATHER killed on his
estate and he also offered attractive prizes
to the one who would kill the greatest NUM-
Der in a year, the second greatest number
and the third greatest number.
The Townsville Times-Enterprlse publish
es the result of this snake killing contest.
On one estate sixty-six rattlesnakes were
killed in one year. Looks like pretty good
business for the snake hunter, and it would
very considerably enhanced. Or maybe it is
lust beginning to have value since the dam
gerous reptiles are being gotten out OF the
way.
The fellow who killed the sixty-siX how
ever, was sort of piller. On one plantation
in Leon county, Florida, 178 snakes were
killed. On another one the number killed was
125, and on still another ninety were killed,
and on another seventy-eight etc.
The presence of so many snakes has been
a menace to those who lived and worked and
hunted on those large plantations, and the
rewards received by those who killed the
snakes seem only too small. The price should
be put up to FIVE dollars a snake. Unless the
snakes are destroyed the property will in time
become valueless.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-02-27

Announcement is made that the Carnegie
corporation has discontinued the practice OF
giving money toward the erection OF public
library buildings Mr.. Carnegie during his
lifetime, distributed $3O,OOO,0O0 for this pur-
pose, and since his death the corporation has
distributed nearly $l3,OOO,O0O more. Our own
town of Dawson was a beneficiary OF his
phianthrophy. The trustees OF the corpora
ton reason that the movement for the found
ing of public libraries now is so strong that
it needs no further encouragement from
them. This was a great adventure in which
the old iron master engaged. There IS little
reason to doubt that he got $3O,OOO,O0O worth
OF fun out of the $3OOO0,000 he gave away
to sprinkle libraries over the face OF the coun-
try. 1t was his wish to die poor, but every
ST 100000 he gave away enriched him the
more
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-02-27
A Tribute Of Affection.

Affection that knew neither color or race
was revealed in the will of William James
McAllister. former slave, who died on Feb
ruary 10th at his home in Fayetteville, n. {.
McAllister was "a years of age. He had liv-
ed in Fayetteville as long as its oldest citl-
zen can remember. The beneficiary OF his
will is William Fuller, of New York general
counsel OF the American Tobacco Company,
to whom was left the negro's small estate,
consisting OF small cabin and its furnish
ings The will read as follows:
Ny wife, now deceased belonged to
his (Mr. Fuer's) father and mother. and
it was my pleasure to be near the Fuller
family after the war, bringing an intima-
CIV between me and Mr.. Willie then a
small boy. When | needed advice Mr.;
Willie never failed me. He may not need
nv little home, | pray, but he will know
better what to do with II than /, and III
this way | want to show my appreciation
for what he has done for me.
The will is a testimonial of affection and
confidence that should be precious to Mr..
Fuller. If he is the sort of man that his new
er failing kindness to the old negro indicates
he will value the bequest highly. 1t is not
often that men are able to say even OF their
best friends, he never failed me-" but so
testified the former black slave concerning
his friend. "Mr Willie" Men of big hearts,
both of them The spirit of. kindness still
dwells among US, and gratitude has not yet
vanished from the face of the earth Brothers
all we are, white man and black, yellow and
red. zone touch of nature makes US all kin. "
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-02-27
wonderful POSSIBILITIES in dc BUSY bee are
Unmarked Roads.
From the Augusta Chronicle.

AS is appropriately pointed out by The
Dawson News, there is law in Georgia
which requires that forks of roads be mark
ed, and also that mile posts be placed on
public roads, but, like many other laws, lit
tie attention is paid to it by the authorities
OF most counties.
Marking the public roads is but simple
duty to perform; not an expensive one; and
one that should be freely and gladly render
ed. in every county and in every community.
even if there were no law. Failure in this
failure to provide markers in the most gen
erous and panstaking manner-often results
in great confusion, much inconvenience and a
great deal OF aggravating loss of time 1t
would be a splendid public service If the
road authorities in all the counties were to
give this matter their most careful and most
diligent attention.