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The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-03-22
Time for Fighting the Twin Pests ! --L (AnuiHton Starl


 The time for "swatting the fly" is at hand. In fact, we should have been "swatting" the fly all winter, whenever one of the household pests appeared in the home. Now it is in- portant that we postpone the Swat ting" no longer. In 8 few weeks the house fly will become both a pest and menace. Only by per- sistent fighting with swatters, traps, fly-paper. and every other device we can find, can the fly be kept out of homes and away from food We eat and the babies we love. A fine and effective campaign has been and is being waged against the mosquito menace by the county health department. The mosquito is the side-partner Of the fly as a dan ger to humanity and must be con- quered in the interest of commu- nity health. The fly and the mos- quito constitute the chief menaces in the spring and summer. It would be well for all to look to the screen ing of windows and doors as the first and one of the most important ncCPc HI Vnc campaign agdluSL DOCH the fly and the mosquito. Good screening of windows and doors will keep most of the pests out of the homes. Some, of course, get in anyhow, when doors are opened or window screens are not as tight as they should be. These, should be promptly "swAtted." Another inn portant step in the fly and mosquito war is to see that sanitary condi- tions around the home are good, that no damp, filthy places exist to furnish breeding places for them, that trash is removed and premises are kept clean. If this is done by all there will be fewer flies and mos quitoes. Mosquitoes breed in stag nant water. All stagnant water around the home should be drained off without delay. This will tend to keep the mosquito menace down. All preventive measures that sug- gest themselves should be adopted without delay for the twin pests are moving upon us daily.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-03-22
E1eanore!

The pest of my life is neighbours wife Who shrieks all day for "Eleanore!' She calls for the child until I am wild; Loan me the key to the pest house door
 M. M. T.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-03-22

Whale Stranded on Sand Bar Tn Potomac River" Showing how dry it is in the vicinity of Washington.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-03-22

 The note that the Bessemer council plans to refer the milk ordinance to the people. We'll and good. But doesn't the council know that the final decision as to health and sanitary requirements, by state law, rests with the health boards, county and state? Besides, what reason is there to suppose that the good people of Bessemer would vote against the protection of the purity of their milk supply?
 .U. S. Collars Adorn Necks of Fifty-three Countries"
 And U. S. dollars adorn their pockets. Five kids pinched for stealing swim. A violation of the dry law, so to speak.
 March IT
 To you whose parents crossed the seas From Erin's Island green,
 To live in, far America
 In liberty serene,
 Whose fathers trod the Shannon's banks Or knew the Wexford rills, Whose mothers loved Killafney's lakes Or Kerry's green clad hills;
 To your true hearts whose loyalty Your wartime record shows,
 But who can never quite forget The land where the shamrock grows; To you, in whose clear eyes there shines The blue of Irish lakes
 Whose merry voice from Gaelic blood richer, cadence takes;
 To members of that sturdy folk, The race St. Patrick knew Those verses for the seventeenth dedicate to you. HI. H. B. H. $.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-03-22
A Real F.rmer.' Platform

(Gadsden Times-News)
 The farmers of Laurens county, Georgia, have adopted a platform that has attracted much commenda- tion and is well worth the study of all farmers. The platform reads: Make every public road . good road; market for all farm pro- ducts; 100 hens on every farm in the county; two dairy cows to every blow; two pure bred sows to every blow; a permanent pasture on every farm; a deep we'll on every farm; every house painted;a . home orchard of all kinds of fruit on every farm :; more town and country co-opera- tion." A platform such as that, if carried out, will mean certain pros- perity for any farming community. Any farmers organization would do well to adopt a platform patterned after that one and 70 make a con sistent and determined effort to have it carried out.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-03-22

Where did those wandering coal vendors develop the intonations of dying calf?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-03-22
Tuti Tutl

Another pest
 Is old King Tut; He sets the style
 For this years suit. Ida Ohr
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-03-22

We wonder whether the city commission has received any letters from conventions asking for auditorium reservations.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-03-22
! H E AG E. H E R A ID

Entered at the Birmingham. Ala, postofiice as second-class matter under act of Congress, March G. 1879.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-03-22

Five kids pinched for stealing swim. A violation of the dry law, so to speak.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-09-30

issued $7 upes $350 The full be withdrawn They bear scale favonng the steady investor
 each months by the month and long until will also be getting check like the this the book
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-09-30
6% PAID UP CERTIFICATES

have already saved in America They issued in $50 mues $l0000 the canb be withdrawn a definite periods
 When these great work-the creating of homes better citizens
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-09-30

Mr. Harris of many all walks of life who has profed by of savings Your career well the destiny of your family the money you Start book and watch 1t grow.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-12-29
RIVER PEARLS SCARCE
Fresh Water Gems Fewer As Clam
 Beds Are Worked Out

Beds Are worked Out Pearl producing clam shells in the upper Mississippi river and Wiscon- sin inland streams are becoming scarcer every year and now are only 10 to 20 per cent what they were l5 or 20 years ago, according to pearl
 and shell experts.
 While clans are still plentiful and many clam fishers earn their liveli- hood fishing for them, the present supply is of the younger variety, the
 old clans in which good pearls are
 usually found nave become rare. There was a time some years back
 when Wisconsin pearls were famous
 and commanded good prices in gem
 markets, but so few of the precious
 pearls are now being found in this territory that the states reputation is slipping. Efforts to conserve the clam beds that remain are being made, bat just what effect these at
 ten.pts will have in producing good
 pearls remains to be seen. Fair-sized pearls, selling for s400 to $500 each, are found now and then,
 but the better ones that are worth
 from S1, GOO to $2.000 each and which
 were found in considerable numbers years ago, are rare indeed in the up-
 per Mississippi and in the Sugar and
 Rock rivers and inland streams of
 Wisconsin.
 The cause is simply that the old
 clans. in which the good ones are
 usually found, have about been fished
 out and the younger shells, still quite plentiful, though nothing compared with former days, are not welding pearls to any very great extent.-Mil- . waullee Sentinel.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-12-29
FIND INSULIN MAKES CORN GROW RAPIDLY
Interesting Experiments With Disease Described At St. Louis

ST. LOUIS, Mo, Dec. 2S.-A series of interesting papers were read to- day at joint meetings of the federa- ton of American societies for ex- perimental biology which is holding it's annual convention here.
 Important demonstrations were given showing the advance in the knowledge of hypnotism and it's ef- fective use the treatment of disease while the explanation of recent eX- periments with nicotine and the use of insulin in the treatment of da- betes. Addison's disease, which turns the body copper color is soon to be arrested by serum made from glands.
 One of the notable features was the interest displayed in insulin and it's effect on corn. It was demon- strated that if the seedling was inn mersed in insulln solution it showed a phenomenal growth sometimes so rapid practically as to burn up the seeding.
 Dr. Max EIellis of the University of Missouri, who has experimented with the insulin on corn sprouts and seedlings, showed that condition almost exactly like diabetes in hu- tion 8 small tip of the. corn leaf, which ordinarily gives off water, gives off a sugar solution instead. If the seeding is immersed in an insulin solution some of the seed lings show a growth about twice that of the normal plant. In other cases the metabolism or consumption of the food is so rapid that the seed lings practically burn up.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-12-29
BRITONS IN U. s.

Where are most people OF purely British origin to be found? The oo . vious answer would seem to be, Tn Fneland.' But the answer would De wrong. The number of people or pure British blood in England is nerhaps 35. 00o. GOO; in Scotland about 3.ooo,ooo in Canada about 5,o0o.ooO, ana Tn South Africa about s,000,oOo. Fms appears on the surface to be conciu- sive, and to leave England mics ahead; but we forget the United States.
 An American. few years ago crossing from France to Britain, strongly objected to being called of, ficially foreigner" on the ground that. as he said. he had as pure An glo-SaNon blood in his veins as any man in the British army could boast And he was right.
 According to the census figures of the United States for 1920, the United States contain more people of British, exclusive of Irish, origin than Great Britain does. The actual figures are 55. 5.000,000, against, say. 3S,00e,0 900 in England Scotland and Wales. Thus for every two representatives of the British race found in Great Britain there are three in the United States Answers, London.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-12-29
PLEAD GUILTY TO ARSON
Wisconsin Couple Is Sentenced TO
 Four Years In Prison

SUPERIOR, Wis, Dec zo.-Nby Associated Press. )-Edward J, sali- stad and Dorothy Anderson. who to-. day pleaded guilty to charge or arson and were sentenced to four wears imprisonment by Judge Archi- hold Mckay in superior court, to- night were en route to Greenbay In custody of Sheriff W. A. Hagreen of Douglas county.
 The former Eau Claire manufac- turer and Miss Anderson, who ad- mitted they burned Lake Nebaga- mon, Wis, cottage containing the disinterred body of Allen McPhee on the night of. August 26, 1920, left with the assurance that when they have served the allotted time, they would be free tS marry. When the rair returned to the county Jaii al.er the brief court proceedings, sal stad was served with the complaint in the divorce proceedings brought against him by Mrs. Leone Sali- stad- Richardson, who seeks leea | senaration from her husband so that she might re-marry Ross T. Rich- ardson. Eau Claire oil salesmah' whom she married two years ago thinking Sailstad to nave burned to death.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-12-29
GIRLS START RIOT IN INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL
More Than 200 Said To Have
 Escaped In Night

DELAWARE, O, Dec. 2S.--Inmates ofS the Girls 1ndustrial school near here started a riot tonight. A call for assistance was received. here to- gether with a summons for medical aid. indicating that some had been injured.
 The trouble. according to. reports received here, started in Cottage No. 5. in which about.40 girls are housed. Mrs. Ella Cherington, regular ma tron of the cottage, is away on a vacation. A substitute matron was unable to cope with the situation and the, girls escaped.
 Girls from other cottages, number ing, according to reports, from 2c0 to 800, joined the 40. and battled with officials who sought to restore or der. Windows of many of the cot tages, it was said, were broken by flying missiles thrown by the girls.
 Men from nearby forms aided of ficials and between so and 100 girls were placed under guard More than 200 are still at large, it was said shortly before midnight.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-12-29
MODERN DANCE |S SCORED BY BISHOP
Speaker In Chattanooga Compares Modern Condi-
 tions With 18th Century

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn, Dec. 2S.- Drawing parallel between the period of moral decadence of the eighteenth century and the present day, Bishop Edwin M. Mouzon oi the Methodist Episcopal church south, this afternoon launched an at tack on modern dances and certain classes of motion pictures in an ad- dress before a conference of ehureA leaders here.
 Bishop MoIzon declared that chil dren today are allowed to go IS they please and are given too much I'D erty. Be branded some of the pc lures now shown on the screen as most abominable and full of zealous appeal" T do not know about the dances our grandmothers did" said the bishop, but I have an idea that they were very simple-no more than children dancing around May-poie. But if the modern dances are not ln- decent and immoral, nothing in the world is Some of these started Tn Argentine, found their way into pub lie dance halls and have crept into some of our good Methodist homes.
 Bishop Mouzon attacked the treno of modern literature. laying special emphasis on an article advocating trial marriages, which, he said ap- peared in a recent issue of the New Repuplic in September. Young peo- pie are more conscious of body and less of soul than ever before, sad the bishop, declaring. that conditions following the World war, but not necessarily an effect of the war, have caused certain scientific and critlca conclusions not in keeping with re- ligion.
 Declaring that the time is now ripe for another Methodist revival O. evangelical religion similar to that of the eighteenth century, when the Methodist church was founded pv John Wesley, Bishop Mouzon ad- vised ministers to go to the blpie ments on science, philosophy and the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-12-29
EQUAL HORSE TRADERS
SecOnd-Hand Motor Car Dealers Hard
 To Beat, Judge Says

Secondhand Motor Car Dealers Hard
 To Heat, Judge Says
 Justice John c. Loucks of. Grand Rapids, Mich, who for 15 years has been settling damage suits growing out of traffic accidents, comes to bat with this hefty swing al "Olf Dobbin:" :"
 "Td rather try motor car damage suit, than an old hoss case'Sany day"
 From a legal standpoint Judge Ioucks admits there is considerable degree of similarity between the mod ern motor car damage suit and the old runaway horse suit, but he agrees wholeheartedly with the popu- lar comedienne who sang this eN- planation of why sheschose a hothouse worker against livery stable laborer for her Sweetheart: Now. mind, l do not blame him. I'm
 making no complaint;
 But a hothouse has fragrance that
 alivery stable aint."
 ",rhere isn't the barnyard odor around the court room," he explained when motor car suit is being heard" %s Ts-
 In suits growing out of motor car trades the legal points involved are almost the same, except. as the justice pointed out, there isn't, the great amount of depreciation to he con sidered in horse trade.
 The old ashioned horse trader is famed in song and story as one of the slickest grafters that ever lived, but some of the motor car dealers will run him close second, avows the justice.--Detroit News.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-12-29
"BLIND ADS"

In order to make 1t easier to re- ply to a 'blind' or keyed ad- vertisement, The Age-Herald will accept replies over the telephone and place the memorandum in the advertisers answer box.
 If you wish to answer an ad- vertisement in this way. simply phone Main 4900 and ask for Classified Department, Give the young lady the mess5ge you wish delivered to the advertiser and she will do the rest. Simple enough, eh?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-12-29
--------------s----------- JEWISH FRATERNITY MEET
Speaker Declares I<u I<Iux ixIan Will
 Not Be Tolerated In America.

4. Not Be TOierated In America. | CLEV BLAND, O., Dee. 2S.-The e twenty-fifth annual convention of the Zeta Beta Tau. Jewish college fra
 ternity. opened here tonight with re- ligious and memorial services al the
 Jewish temple. Dr. David Levine of
 New York city, presided at the me-
 morial services. The convention closes Monday night with silver jubilee ball.
 In his annual report read at to- nights gession, Harold Riegelman of New York. national executive of the society, declared the Ku Klux Kfan
 will. never be tolerated tn American
 universities.
 "The university man has marked preferences and certain prejudices, Mr. Riegelnan said, but he has a level head and is neither a knav. nor a fool. Consequently he has no
 stomach for the Ku klux Klan nor
 any of its implications.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-12-29
SITUATIONS wANrED-MALE E

SALESMAN or clerical work, outside or inside, fifteen years experience; best of references; give bond if necessary; am employed at present, but de- sire to move to Birmingham or in Birmingham district for business reasons. If you can use some thew blood" in your business, address or phone, U- 23, care Age-Herald.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-12-29
Want a Room?

Let The Age-Herald Classified Department help you out. We keep on file list of all our regular advertisers who have rooms. apart ments or board and can save you a lot of steps by directing you to just what you want.
 This Is just one of ths many things The Age is doing to secure more results for advertisers and better service to req ders.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-12-29
LEGALS
Notica


 Notice Is hereby given that the undsr- signed will sell at public outcry, for cash belore the Third avenue door of the Jef- ferson County Alabama. courthouse on January 3, 1924. during legal hours of sale, notes agsregating sS.40f.sS. as fol- lows;
 c. A. B. Edwards Jr.. s1.51ass. due Nov. 1. 1922.
 NJ. A. Greet. s624s6. due Nov. 1, 1922. ]. w. Byrd s37965, due Nov. 1, ls2, D. L. Carroll. sS4S.15. due Nov. l. 1922 R. D. Reynolds, $210.60, due Nov. 6, ls22 Cooperative Farm and Land Company s1,250 due Dec. 5. 1929.
 Scale Wagon and Manufacturing Com pany, S550, due Dee. 20. 1922.
 Scale Wagon and Manufacturing Com pany, s550, due Nov. 20. 1922.
 ]. c. and j. L. Newman, $SoA2s, due Oct. l, 1922.
 D. ", Tulford. balance s7ss.4s. dus R. W. Garner. ss7s 90, due Oct. 1. 1922. R. N. and G. T. Robinson. 31.os0.2 21, due W. V. smith. s22s.ss, due Nov. 1. 1922 l. L. McCart. balance $4s, due Oct i. F. L. Mozey, s1ss.s9, due Dec. 1, 1922 Pledged to secure indebtednesa of c. P, Bowling Hardware Company. now pa ast due. THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK ov
 BIRMINGHAM. ALA. F. s. FOSTER. Cashier.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-12-29

OFFICE MAN, ETC.-I want
 a job, must have one; l am a
 competent bookkeeper, office
 man, store manager, salesman.
 Address c. A. Moreno, care T.
 H. Whitfield, 4010 Oak St.,
 Central Park Highlands, Bir-
 mingham, Alabama.
 SALESNiAN-Lumber and building ma terial salesman wants employmc mt: have had years of experience in lumber and estimating and billing material; can fur rish best or reference as 10 qualified ton and sales record. A. C. Simpson, I3i N. 5ist St. Birm ingham. Ala. COOK-A-1 cook wants job; 12 years ex- perienee: in or out of town. good all round man R-30. Age Herald.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-12-29
EMPLOYMENT
HELP WANTED-MALE

WANTED-Twenty white coal loaders with
 families: combination truck driver-sales- man; first-class lady stenogra pher; exp produce salesman; exp. white waitresses; white boys learn trade: 5 white rough carpenters, 75c hour; colored truck driver 10 colored coal loaders with families; 10 coIored la borers B day; colored hotel hall boys; bus boys: orderly boys: colored women cooks, hotel maids nurses; colored boys girls dishwashers; others 21191s 2d Ave
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-12-29

AUTO SALESMEN--Wanted, 2 automobile
 salesmen; prefer men that have had passenger car and truck selling experi- ence; good opportunity and perms nent position for the men that can produce
 Bissell Motor Co, 23oS 1st Ave. Main
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-12-29

TIRE SALESMAN--Wanted. by manufac-
 turer of quality merchandise; must be able to show results; good territory open give references and Nolume produced. Ad- dress 29-N. -ar~ Age Herald.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-12-29
EMPLOYMENT
sALEsMEN WANTED

SALESMAN-I have po- sition open for a conscientious and reliable salesman. Good Easy selling. No previous ex- perlence necessary. Qualities required are honesty and will ingness to work. My present staff earn 100000 per year and more. Call at 2000 Fifth Ave. MT. Hard.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-12-29

s START. THE NEW YEAR with a new rebuilt typewriter, We can Supply any standard make at at- tractive price. Typewriter Ex- change, E. W. House. Mgr. 202S 5th Ave. N. Main 1885.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-12-29
MERCHANDISE
ARTICLES FoR sALF

LARGEST assortment of odd trousers :r
 the city; lowest prices. Marc Link, 1911 1st Ave
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-12-29
sALESMEN WANTED

SALESMAN-Wanted, to sell nationally advertised line of footwear and clothing for Northern Alabama; prefer man living in Northern Alabama; give references and experience first letter. Address Y-30, care Age Herald.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-12-29
RCHANEISE 4 ARTICLES FOR sALE z.

HAVE A RADIO watch party New Years Eve. Dance to music from New York or Cincinnati. Complete sets with loud talker. |, $1G0; terms. Only a few left Radio Dept. Typewriter Exchange. FOES 5th Ave-, N.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-12-29
INFORMATION

STYLE TWO-This type is set with white space around. The rate is 2 cents per word for one insertion, 20 cents per word for three, 40 cents per word for seven, or $1 for 50 consecutive insertions.
 On open accounts this style will be charged at the regular line rate.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-12-29
ROOMS WITH BOARD

ROOM AND BOARD-LarBe front rooni
 in elegant South Hghla nds horne; steam heat; men or business couple, references reouired. 1900 S. goth St. Phone Main S914-W.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-12-29
AUTOMOBILES
A V A V &fA 0AFA 1k<0 A1 AUTOMOBILE ACCESSORIES !

AUTO PARTs-Used auto parts for most
 any make model car. New axes shafts and gears. 20 to 60 per cent off | list price. Alabama Auto Wreckinz Co. | <17 S. 21st St. Main 6S07.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-12-29
ROOMS AND BOARD
uoUsEKEEPTNG ROOMS

INSBEN-I5I5 AVE.
 rooms; bath connected; modern con veniences AIRFIELD-Furnished apartments; gas,
 water and lights free, reasonable rent 4T00h Gary Ave. ---> N ISTH ST. 715-Two large connecting
 furnished front rooms. First floor 1I6G-N
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-12-29

NORWOOD-Rooms with board in quiet.
 private home; modern convenie nces; garage: block and half of car line. Hem In1cls A62-I.3.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-12-29
BUSINESS EQUIPMENT

PAID the highest prices on mems secon hand clothing. Call Main 565.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-12-29

VULCANIZlNG-Tir and accessoriea
 MASTERS TIRE CO, anA s. 2OTH ST. MAIN R2OA
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-12-29

CLEVELAND-5 passenger sport, 1922 model, A big bar gain for own use or dandy for trade on new car. Owner must sell at once. For ap- pointment address W-29, care Age-HeralJ.
 OvERLAND--For sale, cash only, new Overland touring car never used, make offer. S-30. care Age-Herald BUICK-Late 1922 Buick touring, excel lent condition; sacrifice if sold today. 230A 18th Ave-. N. MAXWELL. 1923. 6-passenger. like new; dandy Christmas present. Come take look 92o s. 18th St. OVERLAND-For ale. one new Overland automobile; price sS25. Main 7o5. AUTOMOBILE ACCESSORIES 2 AUTO PARTS--Largest stock Of parts ip the south for nearly every make and
 E. GREENBERG
 AUTO WRECKING co.
 Corner of 18th St. and Sd Avenue
 Main 12lS
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-12-29

AUTO PARTS-Save 25 to 75 per cent on
 new and used parts Jefferson Auto wreclSing Co.,, 141S 2d Ave. N. Main 24s0
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-12-29

SECONDHAND CLOTHES AND SHOES
 211e SECOND AVE. PHONE 1881. FURNITURE-Wante to ouy and sell
 secondhand furniture. 5312 Ed Ave. Main 1a1s. Orr Enrniture Co.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-12-29

PARTS-All klrds Of parts for any make
 of cor. SoutsAern Auto Wrecking Co.,. 1422 8th Ave. Main 9655