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The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-09-04
SCHOOLS OPEN MONDAY
Prospects Are Bright For Heavy En-
 rOllment In Butler

GREENVILLE. Ala. Sept. 3.-(Spe- charlottesville schools and the Butler County High school will open for the 192324 session Monday, Sep tember 10. The prospects for heavy enrollments in all of the schools are very good. The week preceding opening will be devoted to the selec- tion of courses by the different pros pective pupils and other things rela tive to the beginning of a new school year. Congressman Lister Hill Of Montgomery vii address the public at the Butler County High school audi torium on the morning of the opening of that school
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-09-04
KERRY NAMED JUDGE

J. Heflin Berry, an attorney, today By the terms of the bill the offices ment as judge of the newly created comes effective october 1 and the new court, according to Judge Berry, win begin to function that day. The court viii be at the court house and and will be in session every day in the year. Sunday and holidays eXcePteo, spi tSl. By the terms of the bill the ofIlces of justices of the peace and eN-oli.e9 iustices of the peace are abo sned and the sheriff of Dallas county be- comes the courts returning officer for the execution of all processes
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-09-04
THIRD STEP TAKEN IN FIGHT AGAINST I -C|TYMER RGER
Proceedings Are Instituted Against Members Of New
 Board Of Education
TENNESSEE VALLEY BUREAUl
 THE E-HERALD Albany Decatur Ala Sent 3

Quo warrento proceedings, similar to the ones broI ght against the city commission last week, Monday after noon were instituted against the five members of the new board of educa- tion of the city of Decatur. Members of the board were ordered to appear in court September 14 to answer the complaint. The proceedings were in stituted on behalf of the state ot Alabama and Rebecca J. Crawford, Maude Berry, Mary c. Cook and Mrs. Luna McKelvey and the petitions aset forth and charge the board of edu- cation with having used the power and authority of the old boards of education of the city of Albany and the city of Decatur.
 The names of W. V. Davidson and F. F. Tidwell were given as guaran- tors of any cost which might accrue to the relators and the papers were signed by Joel E. Brown, Kenneth Tidwell and F. W. Godby as attor- neys.
 The action against the school board marks the third legal action taken in connection with the consolidation of Albany and Decatur. A petition was filed in circuit court several days ago asking the city commissioners to show by what authority they hold office. This case was set for hearing September 10. A short time later the Morgan SOl ily NdllOndi Dank uleu u bill interpleader in chancefy court re- questing the court to determine the ownership of certain funds it held on deposit for ;. A. BloodWorth as treas urer of the city of Albany. The pe- tition set forth that the funds were claimed by T. A. Bowles as treasurer of the city of Decatur and MT Blood worth contended the legislation by means of which the former was elect ed was invalid. Hearing in this case will not come up before October, probably, the defendants being per mitted 50 days in which to file their pleas.
 Papers in the school board case were served on the members this aft ernoon as they held their second ses- sion. Just as the commissioners are continuing to hold office pending the outcome of the court proceedings, the new school board Is continuing to study the many questions incident to the consolidation of the two school systems. The board has elected A. A. H6rbage chairman and D. D. McGehee vice chairman. +. $. Hun is tempor- ary secretary.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-09-04
HUsnAND Is HELn

Mrs. Mayona Norman was seri- ously shot and stabbed in her apart ment early today, and her husband, Rufe Norman, is in the city jail, where he will be held to await the outcome of her wounds, charged with assault Norman is qupted by police as having said he came home unex- pectedly past midnight and found his wife entertaing male visitor, who took flight when he appeared.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-09-04
BUSINESS AS USUAL
 IS SELMA PROGRAM
Labor Day Is Observed Only By
 Banks And Police Court

SELMA, Ala, sept. 5.-IopecIaI Leased Wire) )-Labor Day was cele- brated in Selma as a holiday only by the banks and police recorders court Banks remained closed from Sunday and the recorders clerk announced no court at the city hall Otherwise all open as usual. However, there were no cotton quotations at the Selma cotton exchange, due to the closing of New York and New Orleans ex- changes.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-09-04
CONGRESSMAN SPEAKER

Congressman Lamar JefferS went to Heflin Monday and delivered the address at the opening of the Cle- purne county high school and the city schools of Heflin. A large number of people from different parts of the county assembled for the event. Judge A. ?. Agee. Attorney Hugh Walker and Court Reporter Hugh B. Fitzgerald also went to Heflin for the second week of the criminal term of circuit court.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-09-04
FIRST RALE SOLD

The first bale of cotton oc the crop of 1923 produced in this region reached the market in seed form to- day and was purchased by the Huntsville Warehouse company at lint bring more than 30 cents. The bale in the seed weighed 1,500 pounds. It was produced by Ander- son & Brooks on their plantation near FarleY
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-09-04
RAR PROTESTS CUT

Members of the Calhoun County Bar association have adopted resosu' tions of protests against the proposal to reduce the salary of the Judge of inferior court from S150 to S100. A bill to that effect is pending in the legislature. Copies of the resolution have been forwarded to Speaker Merrill. Speaker Merrill, members of the legislature and members of the county court of commissioners.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-09-04
INJURED IN CAVE-IN

A cave-inn of the big ditch now being dug by the city as a part of it's sewerage and drainage system occurred this morning at the point where King street and Jeff Davis avenue intersect and tons of earth caught sam Reeves, one of the con- vict laborers, and crushed him. His injuries are serious
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-09-04
GRAND JURY ORGANIZED

The Morgan county grand jury for the fall term was organized Monday in connection with the opening of the four weeks of civil and criminal court. James Johnson of Decatur was made foreman of the grand jury and that body immediately began to summon witnesses. A number of cases are said to be set for investiga tion by the body and the jury may be in session all this week.
 In the circuit court the trial of criminal cases was take up. Several capital cases are scheduled to be heard during this term, including that of the Moss brothers, charged with staying of Clayton and Hugh Boggs This killing created sensation througholt north Alabama, as the de- ceased were widely known in Morgan and Limestone counties.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-09-04

well. Oh, it is a grand thing to have your health l feel well all the time and can go out like other women and not feel that awful torture. When took your medicine first thought it should cure after the first bottle, but 1 am glad my husband kept me at it. l have had nine bottles and now am well. Mrs. JENNY EVANS, 1904 La- fayette Blvd, Detroit, Michigan.
 If you are suffering from displace- ments, irregularities, backache, ner- vousness or other forms of female weakness, you should take Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound.
 The reason is given in letters like these, and we have published thou sands of them. You may expect that a medicine that has helped other women will help you. Tryit.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-09-04
DIES DE INLI,RIEs

NICE, Sept. 3.-Isaac II. Strayhorn of Durham, N C., who was injured when a sightseeing bus fell over a 300-foot precipice near Guillaumes last month, died suddenly here today from the effects of a blood clot on the brain. He underwent a trephin- ing operation 10 days ago.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-09-04
RELATIVES ANxIOUS

is felt here by relatives and friends for the safety of J. F. Harrison of this city, who arrived at oSohama, Japan, last Thursday, he having em- parked for Japan recently as a rep resentative of the Universal Tobacco company.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-09-04
Important Bs 70 Be Taken U By LaOn1akers This Week
LAUNCH DAILY PAPER
Troy Daily Herald MnkeS Its First
 Appearance Monday

TROY. Ala, Sept. B. Special Leased Wire. )-Troy's second daily The Troy Daily Herald, made it's first appearance today. M N. Dodson will edit The Herald and look after the business management. B. B. McCallman will have charge of the mechanical department. The Her aid issued an eight-page paper.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-09-04
HOME FROM VACATION

Rev. V. G. Lowery. rector of St. Marks Episcopal church, has returned from his vacation. He visited Read ing, Pa, Atlanta, Philadelphia, Wash ington and Birmingham. MT. Lowery has resumed his work in Troy.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-09-04
ANXI0USLY WAIT FOR
 NEWS FROM PARENTS
Madison County Visitors From Ja- pan Read Reports Eagerly
 TENNESSEE VALLEY BUREAU
 THE AGE-HERALD

Huntsville, Ala, Sept.
 There are three persons in Madison county who are reading news of the earthuake in Japan as news from their home. They are Misses Grace and Mamie Hereford and Francis
 Hereford, who were reared at Co., temba, 50 miles from Tol<io. They are visiting relatives at Newmarket preparatory to entering Cumberland university at Lebanon, Tenn. Their parents, Rev. and Mrs. w. +. Here ford, Presbysterian missionaries, and two smaller sisters are stationed at Gotemba. Members of the family and other relatives are anxiously awaiting news from them.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-09-04
pREACHEs FIRST SERMON

Rev. Rudolph Scott preached his first sermon to a Jasper congresa- tion at the First Methodist church Sunday morning at | o'clock The house was filled to overflowing and the attention given to the young min
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-09-04
CHILD HuRr IN FAIL.

Lois Turner, 10 year old daughter of Mir. and Mrs. A. A. Turner. who live in the old Anniston City Land building at Thirteenth street and Moore avenue. fell one story into hall early Monday and was seriously injured Several stitches were re- quired to close a gash under her chin. The child was unconscious for nearly an hour after the fall
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-09-04
SELMA CITY BADLY DAMAGED IN QUAKE
AIabama-BuiIt Ship Said To Have 22 Feet Of Water In
 Forward Hold

MOBILE, Ala, Sept. 3.-(Special Leased Wire. )-The steamer Selma City, built at Chickasaw, and which departed from Mobile July 24, with practically an All-Alabama cargo, was badly damaged in the earth quake which swept the Japanese port of Yokohama, according to infor- nation contained in dispatches Mon- day. The vessel had p feet of water in her forward hold when rescue ships reached her, according to in- formation received here.
 The Selma City is owned by the United States Steel Produce compa- ny was was loaded at the port of Mobile by the firm of R. V. and J. S. Taylor, Mobile steamship agents. The steamer carried 7.4S4 tons of steel rails from the Birmingham district. sulphate ammonia and turpentine, according to her agents, who stated that the vessel was loaded with cargo practically all of which was produced in Alabama.
 The Selma City was one of the first of the fleet of vessels con- structed at Chickasaw, the Mobile corporation. The vessel has made a number of trips out of Mibile and was commanded on her last voyage by Capt. E. F. Alderman. No one was injured aboard the steamer, ac- cording to the news dispatch.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-09-04
DIAMONDS

Engagement rings, F to 1 carat white perfect stones. set in platinum or 1sK white gold. Guaranteed the lowest prices in city. Subject any examination. In vestigate before buying. Shipped for in- spection. National Sales Co.,. 217 Brown Marx Bldg, City.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-09-04
FORMER WARDEN A SUICIDE

NASHVILLE, Tenn, Sept. 3.-Fir- ing bullet into his brain, Captain Jack Tant, 64, for more than 50 years yard superintendent at the Tennessee State prison, ended his life here this morning. No cause for the decd was assigned.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-09-04
ister rhowed unusual interest on the

ister fhowed unusual Interest on the part of the congregation. MT. Scott used as his subject "The Parable of the ProdigaI Son." Tn closing he testified that he himself was living example of the prodigal son and that he hoped that he might have the prayers and cooperation of the good people of Jasper in order that he might carry out to the fullest the mission which God had called him to fill.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-09-04
JOY OF HEALTH
 WOMAN'S RIGHT
Mrs. Evans Freed from Female Weakness by Lydia E.Pinkham's
 Vegetable Compound
Detroit, Michigan. had female weakness with pains in my back. and

l could not stand
 on my feet for any
 length of time. 1
 was working in a factory but had to quit as 1 was too much on my feet.
 A friend erecom- mended Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege- table Compound to me, and I can hardly believe it myself that I am
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-09-04

Island of Hongkong covers $50 square miles and is extremely noun tainous.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-09-04
TAKES RABIES TREATMENT

Mrs Emmett May. whose home is on Alexandria Pike few miles from Anniston, Monday began taking anti rabies treatment from G. A. Cryer,
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-12-18

y. What is the difference between red
pepper and cayenne pepper? o. j. G.
a. Red pepper is the powdered ripe pod
ooth mesh and seeds, of any variety of capsi-
cum the plant which gives us the edible
fresh pepper, but which bears no relation to
the true pepper plant. Cayenne pepper is
by ruling of the board of food and drug in
spectlon of 1906, distinguished from red pep
per as Delng obtained only from small fruit
ed varieties of capsicum.
Y. Can cotton stalks be used in the mann
facture of paper? R. T.
a. Cotton stalks are not used for the pro-
auction of paper Considerable experimenta-
1lon IN regard to the use of this material
commercially 0'"
y. How many rooms are in the Senate and
House office buildings? c. L.
A. There are 410 rooms in the Housa
ofhce building, which is south of the cap
ltol, and ninety-nne rooms in the Senate Of
nee OulIdlng, which is north of the capitol.
.. In what battle was the artillery fire
heaviest? H. A c.
a. In the Battle of ST. Mihiel the artillery
hred more than 100000 shells in four
hours. This is the most intense concentration
OF artillery fire in history
" what was the name and nationality OF
Inc man who discovered the Heaviside laverf
c. E. G.. 90
"A. The Heaviside layer, that is the LAYER
of ironized air in the upper atmosnbera VS.
first described by Arthur w Heaviside a
British scientist, who was experimenting
with Sir William Preece in 1892 with paraI-
lei telegraph lines.
Y. Are there any ruins to substantiate the
story of the Hanging Gardens of Babylon?
c. A. i'1
A. All that is known of these wonderful
gardens is what is stated in few sentences
by ancient writer's, dealing largely with ira
Hition
O. May search warrant be issued for the
search Of a private dwelling under the ma
tlonal prohibition act? P. D.
A. This can not be done unless the dwell.
ing is being used for the unlawful sale of
intoxicating liquor, or unless it is used in
part for some business purpose such as a
store, shop, saloon, restaurant, hotel, or
boarding house.
Q. What is the meaning of the phrase.
"Obdarmiyit i'm Christo?" NJ. l. j.
A This is the Latin version of ASLEEP
in Christ"
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-12-18
THE UNIVERSAL QUEST
BY H. Addington Bruce

" ASCAL once wrote:
"All men seek to be happy; to this
there is exception. However differ
ent the means which are employed, they all
tend to this end. The will takes not the least
step except toward this object.
"And yet, for so many years. not soul,
without faith, has reached the point toward
which all so continually gaze.
"AIl municipalities and subjects, mobiles
and plebeians, the old and the young, the
strong and the weak, the wise and the ig-
norant, the well and the sick--in all coun-
tries, times, ages, and conditions"
Faith-that is in truth the indispensable
to happiness. And it must be a dynamic, ic@
a. static faith 1t must be faith 1mpeiilng
to earnest effort to contribute to the work
ing out of the divine plan for human prog
reSS.
A merely static faith-the faith that
would receive without giving, the faith that
deems it enough to recognize the TACT OF
the divine in the universe-will never
achieve happiness. For such a faith of it
self runs counter to the great purpose
evinced by the altruistic, gregarious, COOP
erative instinct implanted in every human
being.
Most miserable are they who repress and
thwart this instinct. In testimony We have
the voice not OIL T6llSlOH diOu6 DuC VI AliOu
ern science Your modern scientist whose
special business it is to help back to health
the wearied of mind and the neryously eX-
hausted, breaches to all of these in one way
or another, the gospel of self-forgetting Ell
fort.
"You will not be well again, you can not
be we'll again" is the burden of his preach
ing. until you learn to think less of your
own well-being and more of the Well-belns
of others.
BUSY yourself in some task making for
the common good letting it instead of yeur-
self occupy your thoughts. Then the fears
and doubts that now torment you, the ia
tigue that exhausts you, the aches and pains
that plague you, will cease from troubling.
You will have your health again-and you
will be happy"
What is this, after all, but repetition
trine-aye, and of the doctrine of old-time
philosophers? Recall, if you please, the
words of Seneca:
mo man can live happy who regards
himself alone, who turns everything to his
own advantage. Thou must live for another,
if thou wishes to live for myself"
There is the paradox of happiness
Object of the universal quest, it is gain
able only by those who self-forgettingly labor
to aid others in the gaining of it. Almost
from the earliest days of man his truth
has been proclaimed. Will men in general
ever learn that it is truth they can dis
regard only at the cost of never knowing
the happiness they crave?
Copyright, 1929
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-12-18
MY FAVORITE STORIES
By Irwin S. Cobb

In a certain southern town resided large
cOal-blac6 person of the female Sc, who
was a master cook in community of good
cooks, but who, by reason of occasional in
dulgences in gin, was subject to outbursts
of violent temper, which initiated against
her holding a steady job.
On one of these occasions, after having
words with white lady in whose employ
she had been for a couple of weeks, she
seized a butcher knife from the kitchen
table and, armed with this, chased her mis-
tress to an upper floor of the home where
the beleagered lady remained behind locked
doors for some hours, until assistance ar
rived in the person of her husband.
A few weeks later a neighbOring family
found itself without a cook and in the
emergency hired the blacy woman, though
aware of her prOneness to go on the ram
page when irritated. On her first morning
in the new position the head of the house.
lawyer by profession called the cook into
the diningrOOm where he sat at breakfast:
Mandy" he said, I'd like to have a lit
tie understanding with you. I'm the quickest
person to take a hint that you ever saw. Any
time a feeling should come over you that
you'd like me to go upstairs and stay there
awhile, word from you will be amply suf-
ficient. You need not feel called upon to
reach for the butcherknfe. I'll be gone long
before you get it!''
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-12-18
Pershinq at SixtH-Four

~ ENERALf JOHN ]. PERSHING will be
sixty-four years old on his next birth
day. But "Black Jack" will not go
on the retired list. They are going to waive
the statutory age limit for General Pershing
Secretary Weeks has requested the passage
of a bill in Congress to authorize the gem
eral of the armies to remain on the active
list, despite the provision Of the Act of June
80, 1882, which states, when an officer is
sixty-four years Of age he shall be retired
from active service and placed on the retired
list"
In his letter Secretary Weeks says: Our
ing General Pershing's service of forty-two
years he has had intimate contact with every
phase of the military profession and has
reached a pre-eminence attained by few in
our military history. His vast fund Of &C
cumulated experience as commanding general
of our armies in Europe and his virile inter
est in our military establishment in questions
affecting the national defense are reasons
which convince me that a great mistake will
be made if the present law on the subject OF
retirement is allowed to bar further active
military service to the nation by him."
Every element of logic and propriety and
sentiment is on the side of Secretary Weeks
in this request, which undoubtedly will be
acceded to with promptness and enthusiasm
by the national Congress. And citizens Of
the nation will rejoice in the continuance of
General Pershing, great American and
great commander, as chief of staff.
Besides, BLACK Jack" Pershing is by no
means old enough to go on the retired list,
no matter what the Act of June 80, 1882,
may say about it.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-12-18

of revenue, "charged with the enforcement
of collection of all special taxes, such as ciga-
rette and cigar taxes, inheritance taxes, and
occupational taxes" Moreover, there is the
act cretting a State audit system, which
is ito audit the books of all state depart
ments and institutions" with view to
checking eXtravagances in expenditure Final
ly. the tax equalization law stands unre-
peaed The fruitage of these measures is
yet to appear, and it may be that they leave
problems of fundamental import untouched.
But there are confident predictions from
more than one quarter that their combined
effect will be to add many thousands Of dol
lars to the State treasury.
If So the recently adjourned session of the
General Assembly will not have been
Sahara unredeemed, as some disconsolate
scribes would have it. We doubt that the
Governor would have issued his call, had
he foreseen the precise outcome; but only the
gods can be as wise before the event as
after. The Legislature, we take it, has done
no better and no worse than any like as
sembIy of Georgians would have done in
the circumstances-even though you and We
esteemed reader, had been numbered
amongst them.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-12-18
No Place for Partisansh1;b

IT. HE Democratic leader Of the House,
Representative Finis J. Garrett, scores
for his party in Congress when he
declares, touching the matter of income
tax reductions, that it will cooperate
whole heartedly with members of the oppo-
site faith, whether the standpat or progress
sive faction, with the sole object of promot-
ing the public good" Regardless of the
fact that Republicans refused to support tax
reform when it was a Wilson policy in 1919
20, the Democrats of today, says Mr. Gar
rett, will pursue at every stage and upon
every important question a sound, construc-
tive course"
This should silence once for all the
NOR that they will play an obstructionist
role If some within Democratic ranks are
so inclined, they do not represent their partys
prevailing opinion any more than they do it's
true interests. Partisanshp has no rightful
place in a question involving so much for
the countrys common good as does tax
form. Secretary Mellon, of the Treasury,
has proposed certain reyisons, which, in
principle at least, are sound, and which look
to a tightening of the burden, we'll
quickening of the prosperity, of the rank
and file To aid in achieving those ends
will be the part of wise Democracy and Of
good Americansm.