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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-04-21
ATTEND LECTURE

Some OF the members Of the Chris,
tian church at Bessemer attended a
lecture by Mrs. Ross at the First
Christian church il. birmingham. Mrs.
Ross made an interesting address on
foreign missions touching on points
of which the Bessemer organization
is interested. Those attending from.
Bessemer were: Mrs. j. u. Gibson
Mrs. C. H. Muse, Mrs. L. S. Moorer,
Mrs. Earl Damon and Mrs. T. w.
Smith.
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CuAUTAUQUA COMING

The Redpath ChautauQua VIII APP
pear in Gadsden May 81 under the
auspices of the Business and Profess
sional Women's clubs. The engage
ment is for three days and 1t is SAID
the program is unusually attractive.
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TIP cox SENTENCED

Tin Cox. married and the father OF
+vo children. was convicted on the
charge of corrupting the morals of
l4year-old girl in the circuit court
TODAY and the jury fixed his punish
ment at two years in the pen1ten.
tiary. 1t is understood that COX VIII
appeal to the supreme court.
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FARMERS AND LABoRERs MEET

Farmers and laborers Of the coun-
ty and city have been called to meet
at the court house Saturday night
for the purpose of adopting plans on
which they can cooperate on all
questions of public and political inn
portance The call was issued by
the organizers of the farm labor
union and the central labor union.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-04-21
GETS BRICK CONTRACT

The Gadsden Clay Products COM
pany has contracted to furnish
! 100000 brick for the new s15o,0o0
high school building to be erected
on Twelfth street. The company
has number of large orders on
hand and it's big plant is running
full time.
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MOTHER OF
LARGE FAMILY
Recommends Lydia E.Pink.
hams Vegetable Compound
to Other Mothers
Window, Mimi so rundown
that was just good for nothing. l

was TO become Ln6
| mother of my
ninth child, and |
| thought l did not
have the strength
| togo through with
it. l took Lydia E.
| Pinkham's Vege-
| table Compound,
and it has surely
| done all I could
| ask it to do and l
am telling all my
friends about it, /
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Doug Kelly was acquitted of the
charge of manufacturing whisky by
Jury in the circuit court this morn
ing. Last week he was tried in the
same case but the jury could not
agree. The principal witness against
Kelly was a convict who was brought
up from the mines to testify.
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STILL IN TN SHOP

c. w. Adams was arrested ana
Jailed today following the finding OF
still and some whisky in MS TN
shop at Alfalfa by federal and couh-
~ officers Adams claims that he
had purchased the still from the city
of Alfalfa.
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Prof A. G. Loher, who holds the
chair Of English in the Birmingham =
Southern college, will lecture on
China at Gaines chapel Sunday morn
ing, and at the Eleventh Street Meth
odist church here Sunday night. He
was born in China and Is said to I'M
derstand the needs of the mission
aries to that country.
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work ON DEXTER AVENUE

Mayor McTyeire states that the
grading of streets and the laying of
sidewalks will continue on Dexter
avenue until large colume of work
in that neighborhood has been com
pleted. 1t viii. require at least two
months. There has been a number
of calls on the city for street i'm
provements in various sections but
on account of lack of funds no adj
ditional street work can be under
taken in the near future except a
few necessary repairs.
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SMALL CHILD DIES

Guy Thomas, 9-months-old son of
W. F. Pettus, died this morning as
the result of an attack of acidosis.
The funeral and burial will take
place Saturday.
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ENSLEY BUREAU

Persons desiring 70 get IN toucn
with the Ensley bureau Age-Herald
correspondent will please phone MIS-.
Harold Mandy, Ensley 406-W. The
circulation department of the Ensiey
bureau is at 3o91a Nineteenth street
Room 4.
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PASTORS HELPERS

Circle No OF the PASTOR Help
ers of the First Methodist church
will entertain at a lawn festival at
the home of Mrs. Ray Hassler, 2501
Seventeenth avenue. Saturday after
noon beginning at o'clock Ice
cream, candy and cold drinks will
be offered for sale and profession
al playground supervisor will super
intend the games for the children.
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CROWD FOR GLEE CLUB.

large attendance is expected at
the Saturday evening performance
given by the Alabama Glee club at
the high school auditorium. The pro-
gram will begin at eight o'clock.
The performance this year is said to
be the best this organization has
yet presented.
Plans are being made by numb err
Of Bessemer alumni for the enter
tainment of the members of the club
On past visits they have usually
been entertained at a dance by the
young men of the city but this was
dispensed with this year on account
of the fact that they appear here
Saturday evening
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WOMAN APPEALS CASE

LONDON, April 2o.-Mrs. Christa
bel Russell, wife of the honorabie
John Russell who was found guilty
of misconduct by a divorce court re-
Gently. has appealed the case.
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OPELlKA BENEFITS BY
NEW PASSENGER TRAIN
New Schedule Gives Opelika Five
Trains Daily

OPELIKA, Ala, April 30.-tSpeciaI
Leased e.)-Information OF IN
usual interest to the citizens of Ope-
lika and contiguous territory Is that
on April 80 the Western will put on
a now assenger train operating bc-
tween Now York and New Orleans in
connection with the Pennsylvania.
Southern and Louisville and Nash
Vile.
The new train. No. "a, east bound.
Will leave Opelika at 4.42 a. m. and
No. SO, west bound, will leave Opelika
at 1899 q. m. The schedules of tho
other trains will remain practically
unchanged. This will make five pas
senger trains daily each way from
Opelika over the Western, and this
train service will greatly benefit
this section.
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ROTARY ANN CLUB,

Mrs. Alice Snider entertained the
Rotary Ann club Thursday afternoon
at her home on Third avenue. this
being the regular monthly lunch con.
The dining room and living room
were attractive with cut flowers and
ferns, and Mrs. Snider was assisted
in entertaining by Mrs. Kate Sprad-
ley and Mrs. Golan Buck. Following
the luncheon an interesting business
session was held
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that he had seen any of the states
exhibits prior to the digging up of
two barrels in which theparapherna-
liza ofthe communist convention had
been buried by the grounds commit
tee.
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JUNIOR MCDOWELL ENTERTAINs.

The Junior Mcdowell club was en-
tertained this week at the home OF
Miss Frances Rush on Second avenue.
when an interesting program was
carried out. Miss Rush gave re-
port of the meeting of music clubs
of Montgomery. to which she was
delegate. Those appearing on the
program were Miss Clara Mae Love-
lass. Miss Iris Lehman and Miss Bes-
sic May Stephens.
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BESSEMEV WINS AGAIN
J. Jones. pitcher, starred for Bes-
semer in it's Friday afternoon ball
game with McAdor. high schoo
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BESSEMER BUREAU.

Persons desiring to get in touch
with the Bessemer bureau of The
Age-Herald circulation department
will please phone Bessemer 1031W
Those desiring to call Howe Price,
Bessemer spondent, will please
!, phone Bessemer 276.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-04-21
~ TAKE EXAMINATION

Examinations for teachers licenses
at the courthouse under the super
vision of w. Y. Fleming. county su
perintendent of education, for both
white and colored applicants. closed
Friday. Twenty-seven persons took
the examinations.
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MISS COBB HOSTESS.

Miss Maxine Cobb was hostess to
the Juvenile Music club Wednesday
afternoon at her home on Eighth
avenue.
After the business session a must
cal program was carried out under
the direction of Mrs. Macon Williams
and later an Ice course was served.
Those present were: Miss Virginia
Hood, Miss Maurine Turk, Miss Wal
tana Grover. Miss Tolbert Griffin,
Miss Mary Smith, Miss Bebe Joy Hol-
lingsworth, Miss Edna Cochran, Miss
Evelyn Winburn, Miss Grace Brig
man. Miss Fannie Grace Bailey, Miss
Helen Brigham, Miss Kathrine
Stretch, Miss Elizabeth Veitch, NJ ISIS
Bessie Spain. Miss Lucille Parsons
Miss Virginia Shipp and Miss Wilma
Collins.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-04-21

Engineer ]. l.. Young of Birming-
ham, who was severely injured in a
train wreck at Woodward crossing
near Lipscomb recently died at a Bes-
semer hospital Friday morning at
6:45 O'Clock. Mr.. Young suffered
severe burns as result of the wreck
and his condition gradually grew
worse, little hope being held out for
his recovery. The other injured
members of the passenger train crew
are RAPIDLY improving.
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PRESBYTERIANS WILL
HOLD SERVICE SUNDAY
AT TEMPLE in ENSLEYI
Congregational Meeting Will
Discuss Plans For Sunday
School Annex
ENSLEY BUREAU !
THE AGE-HEKALD !
Ensley, Ala, April 90

Inc congregation or the First
Presbyterian church will hold church
service at the Ensley Masonic tenn
pie starting with Sunday morning
and continuing until 1t builds tho
Sunday school annex. At the IL
o'clock services Sunday morning
ject "A Challenging Situation" and
at the evening services at 1880
o'clock "A Prevailing Force" Fol-
lowing the morning service there
will be a congregational meeting in
which they will elect a trustee and
several matters of Importance con-
corning their new church will be
discussed. The members of the plan
committee have been busy during
the past week working on plans for
the Sunday school annex and they
will present them to the congrega-
ton in the very near future. The
Sunday school annex. which will be
located on Avenue G and Twenty
first street, will also be used by the
congregation to hold church serv-
ices until the main auditorium is
built. Workmen will begin within p
few days tearing down the presei1.
church, which is one of the land
marks of the city.
FINED FOR RECKLESS DRIVING
Falmos Foster, a negro. was fined
$50 on charge of reckless driving
before Judge II. A. Burns in the
Ensley police court Friday morning.
Foster, driving am automobile. col
Eded with horse and wagon driven
by l.. Brazzell, white man of Do
cena, on last Saturday, painfully in
juring Brazzell. The horse was also
badly crushed.
TALKS ON PASSION PLAY
The members of the Junior Thread
o. the Story club ware entertained
Wednesday afternoon by Mrs. Glenn
ents McWhorter at the home of her
mother, Mrs. j. w. Minor. on Ave-
nue. G.. The feature of the occasion
was an address by Mrs. Enslett of
the Birmingham library, who told of
witnessing the presentation of the
Passion Play last summer. She told
of the customs and manners of the
people. Mrs. Enslett was introduced
by Mrs E. e. Turnipseed. The rooms
were decorated with ferns and Eas-
ter lilies and at the close of the club
hours a salad plate was served. Miss
Dorothy Dare Kirkpatrick of Chat
tanooga was the guest of the club.
WILL SERVE LUNCHES
The Pastors Helpers of the First
Methodist church will serve lunches
at the old Morrison bakery stand on
Avenue E Saturday beginning at IL
o'clock Home made cakes and pies
will be offered for sale.
PASTORS HELPERS
Circle No. of the Pastors Help
ers of the First Methodist church
will entertain at lawn festival at
the home of Mrs. Ray Hassler, 2ool
Seventeenth avenue, Saturday after
noon beginning at o'clock. Ice
cream- Candy and cold drinks viii
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BESSEMER'S N { W
TAXI LINE BEGINS
RUNNING MONDAY
Engineer J. l. Young Dies As
Result of Recent Cross
ing Accident
BESSEMER BUREAU |
THE AGE-H ERALD :

A taxi line from Birmingham to
Bessemer will be inaugurated Mon
day by Seramour & Felix, four
seven-passenger Studebaker cars
being placed in service at that time.
owners of the company state that
other cars will be bought later and
that they plan regular schedule
over this route beginning next week.
The taxi service will extend from
Birmingham, through Fairfield, Dolo-
mite and Bessemer, returning over
the same route. The schedule is to
be announced Sunday. Mr.. Seramour
will be looted al the Bessemer Of
flee, while Mr. Felix will have charge
of an office at Fairfield.
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MRS. NJ. c. sWEATMAN DIES

Mrs. NJ, C. Sweatman, Sc, died at her
residence, 1910 Berkeley avenue,
Thursday, her death coming as a
shock te' the entire community. At
breakfast Mrs. Sweatman appeared in
her usual good health but shortly aft
erward dropped dead without having
complained of feeling i'll.
Funeral services will take place
from the residence Saturday after
noon at o'clock, Rev. B. T. Waites
officiating, burial following at Cedar
Hill cemetery. with Huey & Nc
Cornell in charge. Mrs. Sweatman is
survived by two daughters in Besse-
mer, Mrs. James A. Trotter and Mrs.
S. j. Bailey: three grandchildren.
kittrell Trotter. David Trotter Of
Eutaw and Mrs. Fred Cobb of Tusca-
loosa. She is also survived by five
great grandchildren. One son, ]. w
kittrell, resides in New York and two
stepdaughters. Mrs w. S. Webster
and Miss Mary Sweatman, reside at
Winona, Miss. The pallbearers will
be David Trotter, kittrell Trotter.
S. e. Bailey, w. S. Webster and w. F.
Cobb.
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TALKS ON PASSION PLAY
WILL SERVE LUNCHES

The Pastors Helpers Of the First
Methodist church will serve lunches
at the old Morrison bakery stand on
Avenue E Saturday beginning at IL
o'clock Home made cakes and pies
will be offered for sale.
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thigh, with sufficient length from
waist to knee to permit Wearer to as
sumo a squatting position without
binding at the seat or knee: breeches
to present the appearance of fullness
when standing; to be cut tight for
about three inches Immediately be-
low the knee. In the case of commits
stoned officers, the use of a strappipg
of buckSkin of color approximately
similar to the material of the
breecheS is also authorized; the lac
ing on the front of the legs to be
inside of the shine-bone.
The buttons for officers uniform
will be of gold, gilt or gildine metal.
Bronze buttons now on hand may be
continued in use as long as service
able, provided the bronze finish is re-
moved and the metal polished. The
provision for service coat is as fol-
lows:
the figure without tightness; the
breast to have a fullness of three and
a half inches above normal size; the
last button to be placed slightly be-
low the waistline so as to show just
below the leather belt; the skirt to
be full and to extend two to three
inches below the crotch, according to
the height of the wearer with a slit
in the back extending from the lower
edge thereof to three-fourths of the
distance to the waistline; the front
overlapping, left edge of the coat to
be cut with a slight flare below the
lower button so as to appear straight
sfrom the collar to the bottom of the
coat; the metal hooks to be placed
at the waistline for support of belt;
the collar to be standing, not to ex-
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eed two inches in height; the gorge

ceed two inches in height; the gorge
of the coat to be cut to fit the base
Of the neck so that when the collar of
the coat is set on ii. II Will slope
slightly inward from the top; the col
lar to be of sufficient size both
around the gorge and around the top
to be comfortable and to allow per-
feet freedom in turning the head and
neck. When the white collar is worn
it will show not to exceed One-fourth
of an inch and will be attached to
the collar of the coat by clasps or
studs.
For commissioned officers only, the
two lower outside pockets will be
made with large inside hung pockets,
the opening of these pocktes to be
mouth of the patch pockets.
The leggin will be of good quality
tan, pigskin, cordova or russet leath-
er. 1t will fit closely at the top and
also at the bottom so as not to sep
arate from the shoe and extend as
high as possible without causing in
convenience when the knee is bent.
All insignia, as stated, will be in
gold. gilt or gildine polished. In the
case of aides the shield in the design
will be in enameled colors. verticle
stripes of red and white, chief of blue
with gilt or gildine star or stars. The
coast artillery insignia will have a
raised center of red enamel. The in
sigma of the engineers will include
a castle in silver with regimental
number in silver. Officers of the
general staff will wear an insignia in
which the shield will be in enameled
colors with vertical stripes or red
and white and blue chief, the star to
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THE CIVILIAN ARMY
BY LIEUT.. STEPHEN F. TILLMAN.
Organized Reserves-National Guard

Officers of the reserve air service
will meet Tuesday evening in the To-
cal headquarters, Graham building,
14th and E streets northwest.
There will be meeting of the
313th Field Artillery Thursday even
ing at the reserve headquarters.
At the annual convention of the
Reserve Officers Association of the
United States held in Detroit, the fol-
lowing officers were elected: Brig.
Gen. John Ross Delafield of New
York, president; Lieut.. Col. Phelps
Newberry of Detroit, first vice presi-
dent; Col. George A. keenan, of Bos-
ton, second vice president; Maj. o. E.
Engler of Omaha. third vice presi-
dent, and Col. John Stewart of the
District of Columbia, treasuer. Brig
Gen. Henry j. Reilly, the retiring
president of the association, was not
candidate for reelection. 1t was
decided to hold the next convention
at Columbus, Ohio.
The professor of military science
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BRING SUITS FOR FALL.
Porter L. Bush and Wife Ask 500
600 of Walter L. Lyddane.

Clotilda L. Bush, a tenant in the
apartment house of Walter L. Lyd-
dane, 1928 1st street northwest, has filed
suit against her landlord to recover
$4,000 damages for alleged personal in
juries. Her husband, Porter L. Bush,
sued Mr.. Lyddane for an additional
$4,000 damages for the loss of his
wifes services and the expense incident
to her illness.
Through Attorneys R E. ]. WhaIen
and T. Gillespie Walsh the plaintiff
says a railing on the porch of her
apartment broke and caused her to
fall eighteen feet to the ground. She
sustained serious permanent injuries,
she states.
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and tactics at Kemper Military School
Bonneville, Mo-, has recommended to
the War Department that proper
equipment be issued to his school
This being a junior unit of the r. O.
T. c., present regulations do not pro-
vide great amount of equipment for
the school. There are some $50 boys
pursuing the training and ii is felt
that they should be given every as
sistance possible.
Lieut.. Col. James L. Mcdonald, in
fantry, detached officers list, having
reported for duty at headquarters of
the S0th Division, Richmond, Va. is
announced as assistant chief of staff
for personnel, G-1, and assistant chief
of staff for intelligence, G-2. Maj.
James II. Tierney. infantry, is relieved
as assistant chief of staff for person
mel, G-1.
The militia bureau is sending out
to National Guard disbursing officers
and others interested a model pay
roll for use in National Guard or
ganizations. This model anticipates
every situation that may arise in the
preparation of the pay roll and con-
tains, as well, much valuable in
Evening star., 1923-11-11

Taking up as a business the Ozark
ranch of her husband, used by him as
a hobby, Mrs. Ella Davis. widow of a
Chicago physician, has made. a great
success as a fruit grower.
Census statistics indicate that one
out of every five women in the United
States remains single.
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formation Tor the guidance or 0fncerS
upon whom this important duty de-
wolves.
Lieut. Gov j. Danforth Bush of
Delaware has been appointed a lieu
tenant colonel of the 198th Artillery
of the Delaware National Guard.
Lieut.. Col. E. N Caldwell, I. G. o.
r. c.. was ordered to active duty on
November ] and detailed as an addi
tional member of the War Depart
ment general staff at Washington,
with the Ga Division. Maj. A. l..
Richmond, Air Service Reserve, will
be ordered to active duty at Washing
ton on January 80 and will report at
the Army War College for a course
of instruction. Maj. H. T. Partridge,
who resigned his commission as cap
tain in the Regular Army to accept
the position of chief of the Cunard
recently accepted commission as
major in the quartermaster section of
the Officers Reserve Corps.
Advance information of prospective
changes in the Army uniform regula-
tions (600-35) became available this
week. Special emphasis is impaired
to the fact that Army officers-regu-
lar, National Guard and reserve
will not adopt any of the changes in
contemplation until the receipt of print
ed official orders from the War Depart
ment.
In the case of the service breeches,
it is made known as follows:
To be cut snug at the waist. top to
be about two inches above the hipbone,
full in the seat and loose in the
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be silver. The quartermaster tnsi@-
mia will include blue enamel FOR the
felloe OF the wheel.
1t is announced that whenever
changes in design or material OF
uniforms are published in Army Reg
ulations 600-35, all members OF the
Army are authorized to wear out ex-
isting clothing. New uniforms, pro-
cured or manufactured under promul-
cation of the changes, will be OF the
new type. Reserve officers and officers
of the National Guard in federal
service will wear the same insignia
as officers of the regular Army.
The National Guard has a stronger
peace time strength today than at
any time in its history, excepting
only the period Immediately preced-
ing the world war. when it was built
up from approximately 100000 to in
excess of 100000.
The commissioned and enlisted
strength at present is 165.S07, of
whom 1915 are officers and 155. .S32 are
enlisted men. A year ago the National
Guard comprised approximately 1884,
900 men. There was loss of about
5 900 men during the winter months.
but this loss was completely wiped
out during the spring and summer.
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formation for the guidance of officers
upon whom this important duty de-
wolves.