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The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-20
Only 4 Few Days Before Someone Is Going To Win That Beautiful Merit Prize, A $l l,285.OO CLeueland Auto
Stnnl Lnnk, Listen !

Stop!, Look! ListenI
 It Is time to pause and take stock of a situation that means much to every ambitious man and woman in Birmingham and the surrounding territory covered by The Age Herald.
 Today, Wednesday, Thursday, Fri day and Saturday are the only days remaining on the s1,285 Cleveland six special merit prize offer in The Age-Herald's Help Yourself Club. Four more days after today and one of the greatest opportunities that passed forever. for in that short time someone will be a winner of this $1,285 Cleveland six. Would you be willing to give the coming four days of your time for this big special prize? We say you would!
 Here Is Your Opportunity.
 Well here is the opportunity for you to make just such an exchange. The s1,2s5 Cleveland six will be given to the member of the Help Yourself Club who turns in the greatest amount of money on sub scfiptions during the special merit prize period, which ends November 24 at 9 ?. m.
 Now here is where new club mem bers come in. If you live in town or section unrepresented in the club memb ership list you have wonderful opportunity, because your field Is absolutely untouched so far as secur- ing subscriptions is concerned. If you are of the right sort, you can make an hours work in virgin ter ritory count for a days work in par tially covered territory. Therefore, four days is ample time for you to forge forward and win, provided you rush in your nomination blank at nd era ht.s uyifhnIif the loss of moments time.
 It is simple matter to ascertain if your town is actively represented; If not, turn to the advertisement ap- bearing elsewhere in this issue, read the details, clip out the nomination blank and mail it today.
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 Final Vote offer.
 Saturday, December 1, at D. m. is the closing day and hour of the only extra vote offer to be made dur ing the remainder of the campaign. All subscriptions turned in during this extra vote offer, which started November 19, get extra votes at the rate of 2,000 on the dollar. Also, all subscriptions turned in during this extra vote offer up to p. m., November 24, will count on the s1.2s6 Cleveland six special merit prize offer.
 After the close of this final extra vote offer there will remain two weeks of the campaign. During the last two weeks of the campaign only
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-20
THOMASIS SECOND MINE BEAST VICTIM
Lew SWann Also In Critical Condition From Explosion
 At Moffett Spur

Willie James Thomas, age 21, sec ond victim of the mine explosion Monday morning at Moffett Spur, 8 mines belonging to the Moffett Coal company, which cost the life. of Lee Hill, negro, and seriously burned Thomas and eight other men, died Sunday night at the South Highlands hospital from the result of his in iuries.
 Lew Swann, third victim of the ex- plosion, is reported in a very serious condition at the hospitalNand -5ery lit- tie hope for his recovery is held by his attendants The seven other vic- times were reported improving as well as could be expected.
 The explosion was cue, according to c. H. Nesbit state mine inspector, to an open lamp coming in contact win a gas pocket. At the time of the explosion there were 150 men at work in the mines.
 The casualties up to date are: Lee Hill, negro, killed instantly; w U. Thomas, dead from injuries; Lew Swann, probably fatally burned; |. w. Stanley, Wesley Thomas, Aaron White. Clarence White, Tom White, Fred Kelly, and James Kelly, negro, reported recovering from numerous burns and cuts.
 Remains of Thomas were sent to Blocton, Ala, Monday afternoon by Lige Loy for interment.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-20
WANT HUNTING LICENSES

Approximately 2,5OO state and county huntiDg licenses have been is- sued to Jefferson county hunters
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-20

the regular votes will be allowed on subscriptions.
 Concentrate your efforts during this extra vote offer period. It is to your advantage to secure as many votes as possible. because votes win in the regular rewards at the close of the campaign, December Is.
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 Boost Your Score.
 Study the second payment plan. Go after those subscribers who gave you short term subscriptions. Get them to make an, additional payment If you do not understand the second payment. plan, consult the manager of the club. The second payment plan is a Way to boost your score. Second Payment.
 During the early part of the cam paign number of your friends may have given you a short time sub . scription. thinking you did not have the sticking qualities necessary to win. They told you they would watch your progress, and if they thought you were going big" they would help you with an additional subscription payment later. You may take this second payment and you will receive votes the same as It the payments had all been made at one time. For example: Suppose your friend gave you d LnTSe lllOiirh SAD scription to the Daily and Sunday by carricp. For that subscription you collected $2.55 and received 2,OoV votes, Now if you can get this party to- extend his subscription for three months longer, making six months in all, for the second three months you will receive 4,000 votes maxim 5000 in all. Or. suppose the SUD scriber had already paid you 50 TOT six months. If you now get the same subscriber to make another payment fer six months, s5 for the second payment, you will receive 5000 votes making 15,O00 votes in all you nave received for this years subscription This second payment plan applies to any second payment subscription When sending such subscriptions, pc 1 sure and mark on the remittance sheet by the subscribers name, the words "second payment" Unless II is marked second payment the second rayment votes will not be allowed i Also give the amount of the flrs' payment.
 Contract Subscriptions. l Subscribers who contracted to take The Age-Herald during the SUD scription campaign which endeo some weeks ago, may give their sup, scription payment to candidate, ana any payment they make will appiy on their contract. The money palo simply pays for the subscription which they contracted for.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-20
DEATHS

!. B. Barber-Remains of $. B. Bar ber. 56, of Tuscaloosa, Ala, who died saturday night at local in firmary were sent to Tuscaloosa, Ala, Monday by Morrison for inter- ment. He is survived by. two daugh- ters, Mrs. Willie Morgan of Bir- mingham and Mrs. Florence Benn of Lakeland, Fla, and son, J.. Barber of East Birmingham.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-20

up Sunday night with Lela Boyd, mother of the woman killed, who is sick and about o'clock Monday morning they were examining a pis- tol. It was in the hands of the Tartt woman and it went off, instantly kill ing Mary Robeson. The bullet en- tered her left chest.
 Coroner J. D. Russum has not re- turned formal verdict, but he in-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-20
CONTINUE CITY AUDIT
Closing Books For Year Held Up An-
 nuaI Examination

After a pause of three weeks to permit municipal bookkeepers to "close" their books for the year, the special auditors making a report on Birmingham's income, outgo and gen. eral accounts, resumed work Mon day morning with expectation of icomple ting the task by December 5.
 Since the consolidation of c. Palmer and Associates, Birning- ham accounting firm, with Haskins .&. Sells of New York and other citis~, the work has gone forward as usual MT. Parker stated Monday morning, it being deemed inadvis- able to make a change in those in charge of the work since the start and will com plete it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-20
NEGRO WOMAN KILLED

Odenia Tartt, negro woman liv- ing at 1927 Ninth avenue, surrendered to the warden of the county jail early Monday morning and confessed to having killed Mary Robeson, an other negro woman of the same ad- dress. The two women were sitting
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-20

nation given oLt at the probate of flee Monday.
 The county iss-ed S3S and the state 1,5S4 licenses up to o'clock Monday afternoon.
 Less than 500 business licenses have been issued since the l5 per cent penalty became effective No- vember l.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-20
ARRANGE SPECIAL PRICE
"Covered Wagon" Placed In Reach
 Of Students At Jefferson

"Coyered Wagon" Placed In Reach
 Of Students At Jefferson
 Mrs. NJ. W. Shell. city amusement inspector, announces that through the courtesy of R. S. Douglas and Brown Parks of the Jefferson the atre the matinee Tuesday of "The Covered Wagon" will commence at 3:3o D. n and the price for stu dents attending schools and col leges will be within the reach of all.
 In order to do this the matter had to be arranged by telegraph with tho New York office handling me play.
 Dip the nail in hot water before driving it into the wall and 1t will not break away the clustering.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-20
RAIDS GAMBLING PLACES

Deputy Sheriffs J..V. Walker and W. A. Desheroon Monday morning made several raids on gambling houses in various parts of the city and brought in ten negro men charged with gambling. Their bond was fixed at $50, but none of them had made it Monday afternoon The men arrested werey Floyd Glasgow, Jake Mckenzie, Charles Reese, Curly Brown, Hudson Jernison. James Holiness Bud Bell Charlie Williams, Alfred Kahn and Leo Taylor.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-20

dicated Monday afternoon that it probably would be a verdict of ac- cidental homicide.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-20
DEPUTIES GUARD LIQUOR
will Remain On Duty Until BoOxe
 Is Disposed Of

In, order to assist in guarding the large quantity of whisky captured in Mobile. during the recent raids, a number of prohibition agents, under Director A. w. Hargett, Monday left for the port city where they will re- main until final disposal of the con traband is made.
 The floors of the federal building in. which the whisky Is stored have been sagging and most of the liquor has been removed into the alley as safety measure. Agents have been guarding both entrances into the alley since the whisky was removed.
 While in Mobile Judge Hargett will make a thorough investigation of the work accomplished and how the raids are carried out before returning to Birmingham. ,Ss
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-20
AD COMMITTEES REPORT
Baum-s Review Accepted; Better
 Business Bureau DiscussIon

Baums HeNIeW Acccptcus bcthcr
 Business Bureau Discussion
 Reports of committees who had charge of the October convention of the southeastern division, Associated Advertising Clubs of the World, fea- tured the meeting Monday of the Ad- vertising club of Birmingham Presi- dent B. A. Davey presided. Herbert J. Baum, general convention chair man, reported that all bills had been paid and a balance turned back to the Fall Festival committee of the Chamber of Commerce. His report c as accepted.
 Discussion of better business bureau in Birmingham was continued over until next Mondays meeting.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1923-10-04
JULEsBuRG GRIT-ADvOCATE

You can't stop the circulation of
ideas in any such foFcible v.y, The
ideas may be rotten and silly TO the
last degree. but they will circulate Just
the same.
The only way to meet propaganda is
by plain arguments addressed to the
peoples common sense. And IL more
had been done In sseial WORK, eommun-
istie propaganda would not have got
ten such . foothold. Every play
ground where young men play ath-
ietic gsmes, every reading room
where they see good magazines and
newspapers, every lecture han where
people hear wholesome talk is = means
for stopping harmful propaganda.
Anything that helps people make the
best use of their abilities prevents
their getting started on some false
philosophy Of life.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1923-10-04

speaks from faith rather than knowl-
edge. A local man suggests that 1t
would be . good idea to "know your
home town" and he has asked US to
print a few suggestions. Here they
are. Study them, post yourself on
them, and the next time you 60 to
boast the town you're proud Of you'll
be in a position to back up the argu-
ment. Here are the questions: What
is the population! How did the site
Of the town happen to be selected ?
How did it get its name? What is
the birth rate? What is the death
rate? What are the chief natural re-
sources? Do many Of our citizens
own their own homes? What per cent
are renters? Is there proper ventila-
ton and light in our school houses in
this community? What about our
water supply? Is the supply adequate
to meet all emergencies, and is the
water pure? What kind Of schools
have we? Are they receiving the CO.
operation of our citizens that they de-
serve! What have we here in Jules
burg to offer the man with a family
who is seeking a permanent home?
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1923-10-04
CULTIVATING
THE IDEALS

II you could look through all the
various ills and difficulties from
which the people are suffering today,
you would find that in the majority
of cases, they result from some false
conception of life. They come very
largely from cherishing wrong ideals.
If the ideals of the people could be
made wiser, more sensible. more gen.
erous, you would solve half of our
national troubles.
The Grit-Advocate, to do it's share
in promoting helpful sentiment among
the people, will publish during the
next few weeks a brief series Of edi-
torials on ideals. The general charac-
ter of the series may be guessed from
the titles of the first three of them,
as follows: "The Worship of Mon
ey;" "The Love of the Soft Snap"
"The Quest of Good Time"
A few editorials concluding the ser.
les will suggest the ideals, which, il
cherished by the people generally
would straighten out our complicated
industrial and political problems, and
help everyone in the country to make
a rapid advance in prosperity and
happiness.
The people who are anxious to SEE
our home towns develop and our coun,
try meet its difficulties and emerge
triumphant. will want to read these
brief thoughts on timely subject by
a helpful and earnest writer.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1923-10-04
HOME TALENT
ENTERTAINMENTS

Julesburg has tried entertainment
courses in the winter with high class
lecturers and performers from distant
cities, and at the same time we have
also tried a winter course consisting
Of home talent entertainments.
While we will agree that an enter
tainment course with high class pro-
fessional talent is splendid thing, it
often happens that the home made en-
tertainment will draw the best crowd.
People are keenly interested to see
the folks they know perform. If the
people of a town spend number of
evenings getting up a play or other
entertainment, the fact is thoroughly
advertised, and it is not difficult to
get out a good crowd.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1923-10-04
COUNTRY TOWN
ACTIVITIES

Life in some country towns is very
dull and unprogressive. The people
attend strictly to their own business
enterprises, they just barely make a
living, and they do not seem to have
any time for community activities.
Such place stagnates.
But in other country towns they
have a new point Of view, and we hope
that Julesburg is in this latter class.
In order for the proper progress to be
made, it must be realized that there
must be activities and organizations
that will provide wholesome enter
tainment and recreation, social and re-
ligious life, community and business
progress.
The autumn months are the period
when such enterprises begin work.
Existing organizations lay out plans
for the year. New organizations can
best be formed at that time to supply
needs not filled.
If Julesburg is to make the winter
season of 1923-24 one of progress, its
public enterprises must be carried on
with enthusiasm and public spirit.
The members of our various organi-
cations must be willing to take hold
and do the work of these organiza-
tions. There are some forms of ac-
tivity in Julesburg and community
which our people should take up.
To help on the cause of the progress
of Julesburg and community, the Grit
Advocate expects to shortly publish a
brief series of editorials stating the
lines that every such town should take
up and put through. It hopes to in
terest all who are ambitious to see
Julesburg and community go ahead
and that the practical result will be
some better degree of support for our
home community.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1923-10-04
TEdltQxial
FIRES ARE A
GREAT MENACE

President Coolidge has lived in the
country, and has also spent good part
of his time in small towns. So he
knows what he is talking sbout when
he declares that fires in rural sections
and in our smaller towns are the great
est menace that people can face. He
referred to it but few days ago when
he called attention to the fact that we
are now entering the dangerous per-
iod, when leaves, weeds and grasses
are becoming dry and highly inflam-
mable.
All of US know how easy it is for
bonfire or even the fragments OF .
cigar or cigarette carelessly dropped
to start fire that will destroy many
hundreds Of dollars worth Of proper
ty.
Citizens of Julesburg should real
ize that the season is here when it is
necessary to inspect all chimneys and
flues before starting fire in stove
or furnace, and they should not need
a second warning along this line.
We do not particularly need "fire
prevention day" to remind US Of our
duty. We can make today fire pre-
vention day by cleaning up dry rub
bish in yards and alleyways; by see
ing that summer rains have not en-
dangered chimneys or rusted holes in
flues and stove pipes and by cleaning
them out before starting fire in the
house.
The old proverb about an ounce of
prevention being worth pound of
cure must have been spoken first of
fire prevention. At least it fits very
well-and right now would be good
time to put it into practice.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1923-10-04
HOW TO MEET
COMMUNIST PROPAGANDA

Little attempt seems to be made to
prevent the spread Of radical propa-
ganda in this great country of ours.
Some energetic people would have a
lot of people put in Jail and many
others kicked out of the country, and
many of our agitators might we'll
deserve that treatment, but it would
not do anything to stop the propagan-
da.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1923-10-04

It's about an even break with the
votes. Henry Ford gets the straw
vote; Magnue johnson gets the wheat
vote and the "corn" vote goes to
Gov. Smith of New York.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1923-10-04

You Julesburg men who are always
rapping the young people for spooninR
in their automobiles, ought to think
back 4 few ysafs to some Of the bug
~ rides you took along dusty roads
with the lines wrapped around the
whip socket.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1923-10-04

Plasterers are now getting $1O5 a
week in New York. When Julesburg
men hear that they understand why
more boys don't study for the minis
try,
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1923-10-04

The only objection to jailing these
folks who take people out and flog
them, is that the Jail is too good a
place for them.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1923-10-04

In about two months the Congress-
men will all be at Washington at
tending to the duty for which they
were chosen Of finding jobs for their
constituents.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1923-10-04

They say that moths eat nothing
but wool. II that's true a lot of over,
costs now being turned out in this
country are safe from moths.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1923-10-04

Do you remember when the old
fashioned girl used to warn her beau
by telling him what her mother thot
about lot Of things!
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1923-10-04

The boys who have acquired ability
to throw such long distances to bases,
can now utilize the same by throwing
the rocks out of the moving field.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1923-10-04

The business men of . good many
communities want their employees to
show snap, while many of them are
looking for a soft snap.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1923-10-04

When It takes bushel of wheat to
pay for . haircut, you can't blame the
farmer much for growing less wheat
and more hair.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1923-10-04

The greatest misfortune in this
country seems to be that the fellows
who are out Of office know most
about how our public affairs should
be run.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1923-10-04

That political writer who says that
the 1924 campaign will be quiet one
evidently never heard Ford running.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1923-10-04

When a Julesburg man goes away
for q change and rest, the railroads
get the change and the hotel men get
the rest.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1923-10-04

Courtesy is what keeps a woman
smiling when . neighbor woman is
holding open The screen door and let
ting in lot of flies.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1923-10-04

Discipline 10 . good thing. The hus-
band in Jufesburg who has to sew on
his own buttons seldom sows any wild
oats.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1923-10-04

The girls who have big feet do not
seem fully consoled by the thought
that they will be able to do more
housework without getting tired.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1923-10-04

And perhaps after all no one is any
more interested in the drop in the price
OF gasoline than the undertakers.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1923-10-04

Peace in Europe is said to be hang
ing by thread. If it's anything like
the thread with which they used to
sew up our torn trousers when we
were boys, it may hold.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1923-10-04

The folks who claim that President
Coolidge will do good deal Of dam
age, have not so far ventured to al
lege that he has broken the silence.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1923-10-04

Fruit trees may be improved by
grating, but it doesn't seem to work
in the case Of political timber.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1923-10-04

Also the girls who do facial decora-
ton so skillfully. ought to be able tc
tint up those parlor walls.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1923-10-04

The people who won't take any part
IN politics because it is 20 corrupt are
finding fault about the men that get
elected to office.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1923-10-04

The average college student is anx-
ously looking out that he doesn't study
too hard and injure his head.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1923-10-04

It would be just this country's luck
to have to face cranberry strike in
time to spoil Thanksgiving.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1923-10-04

Some mems idea of a good CONVEX
sationalist is one who let's them do al
the talking.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1923-10-04

About one year from now the poll.
ticians will be displaying keen inter.
est in all our families.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1923-10-04

The average Julesburg girl may not
want you to kiss her, but she would
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1923-10-04

hardly be human il she didn't want
you TO want to kiss her.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1923-10-04
YOU SHOULD KNOW
YOUR HOME TOWN

Many citizen of Julesburg who
brags about his own community
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-01-01
AMERICAS FOREMOST new YEAR RESOLUTION
WHAT SHOULD IT BE- (? -

ism, which devotes its best effort to
prevent lawlessness, to promote rev.
erence for law and to create an abid-
ing devotion to the free institutions
OF our Beloved Republic.
IRWIN S. COBB, humorist: To re-
peal the Volstead act.
HENDRICK WILLEM VAN
LOON, lecturer, author of "The
Story of Mankind" To let all de-
cent people find their own salvation
after their own fashion.
HUBERT WORK, postmaster
general: That there shall be in Amer
lea during the new year less selfish
ness and more cooperation, less re-
preston and more freedom, more
we CT do it" and less 'it can't
be dore."
HARRY PRATT JUDSON, presi-
dent of the University OF Chicago:
|. To make fewer tew laws. 2. To
respect and enforce those now on the
statute books. 8. To be less eager
for radical changes in the constitu-
tion of the United States.
WARREN A. GAMBLER, Atlanta,
chancellor of Emory college, and