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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-05-10
PRESby It R | A n :
RAISED S3,225,26
PLEDGES FOR YEAR
DR.. Lilly Presides Over We'd
nesday Meeting Which
Was Executive Session

Report of the ever member can
vass for the benevolent causes of the
Southern Presbyterian Church
United States a. submitted TO the
annual meeting of the ste ardship
committee, held Wedn. sday after
noon at the Young Mems Christian
association building, AMI showed
that up to date s3.225,126 had been
pledged for the year ending March
s., 1928. The goal for this year had
been set at $3.50, 300.
DR.. D. Clay Lilly or Lexington,
Ky, chairman of the general as
semb,y of the church, presided over
the meeting, which was exec :tive,
with DR.. NJ. e. Melvin, from the
Chattanooga, Tenn Headquarters,
acting as secretary.
Plans are now being formulated by
the stewar ship committee to be
81 omitted as recommendations to the
neral assSTb bly, fer the activti.;
of the church for the entire year.
During the orenoon tbs members
of the commit on mems work
held TER annual meeting at the Y.
NJ. c. \. buildinc. AS a result of this
meeting the committee adopted a
recommendations to be presented the
general assembly that they elect
secretary of mems work and provide
for the expenses of the committee
men to work among the laymen.
This branch of the work will be
similar to that now Icing done
among the women of tn church.
o o O
Appointments Named.
The report, which was submitted at
the meeting of the Stewardship COM
mi a CT hoy ad +i,,,,
adopted by the synods of the church.
which were as follows: Alabama
$4,000; Applache. $4,000 Arkan-
sa,, sl56,000; Florida, s145.000; Geor-
gia, s363,415; Kentucky, S262, 900:
Louisiana, $4,000; Mississippi, s207,-
1854; Missouri, s234.994; North caro-.
lima, $79l,237; Oklahoma, $4,000:
South Carolina. s352.0oo; Tennessee.
s252,000; Texas, s3sS,523; Virginia,
$677,549: West Virginia, s161,000
Snedecor Memorial $4,000 making
total of s4,5S4,964
Other than committee workers
of the assembl 5 causes who
DR.. NJ. +. Melvin of Chattanooga.
Tenn, secretary of the general as
sembly stewardship committee; Ed
ward w. Smith, secretary OF the ror-
eiSn mission committee Edward f.
Willis, treasurer of the foreign mis-,
Smith, secretary of the foreign mis-
sion committee: DR.. S l.. Morris.
secretary of the assemblys home mis-
sion, with headquarters in Atlanta;
Or. Homer Mcmillan, secretary of the
home mission committee; DR.. Henry
H. Sweets, secretary of the Chris
tian education and ministerial relief
committee, With headquarters at
Louisville, KY, and r. f. Masill
secretary of the publication COM
mittee Mrs w. c. Winsboro of ST.
Louis, Mo, superintendent of the
Woman's Auxiliary. was also pres
ent.
Mrs. Winsboro is attending the an
MT al sessions preparatory to submit
ii her report for the years work
of the auxiliary.
The committees will reconvene
Thursday morning and will meet in
executive session on the fourth floor
OF the Y. NJ. C. A. building.
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PAIN relieved BY
THIS WONDERFUL
PRESCRIPTION
is SAFE WHEN OTHER
REMEDIES CANNOT
BE TOLERATED

There is a prescription for the relief
of pain and for breaking up colds and
grippe which was conceived by a Euro
pean doctor of international reputation.
Its absolute safety has been demon
stratod by thousands of doctors who have
prescribed it. and by exhaustive expert
ments in some Of the worlds famous hos
pitals. where it has been used with such
marked success for rheumatism, sciatica
and lumbago and for colds. And in many
Of these cases the patients could not
tolerate such remedies ms aspirin, phenace-
tin and quinne without unpleasant and
disturbing after-effects.
The preparation is called Kozo and it
can now be obtained in convenient tablet
form from your druggist. Just ask for
rs grains kozol and he will hand it TO you
in original sealed package. 1t is one of the
best chemical preparations known to
science.-Adv.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-05-10
MISS BROCK ELECTED

The fact that Miss Grace Brock
was elected a teacher of the fifth
grade for the Fairfield schools was
omitted from the announcement
made this morning. With this eX-
ception those named were elected as
announced. Miss Brock is a teacher
now at Fairfield and has merited the
esteem OF the authorities and stu
dents
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-05-10
MAD COMMENCEMENT ADDRESS

DR.. Guy e. Snavely, president of
Birmingham Southern college, re-
turned Wednesday from a trip to
Mobile. on the way he stopped at
LAGRANGE college, LAGRANGE. Ga,
aud made a commencement address
Monday night at Lineville. He spok Z
at the ST. Francis Street church
Sunday morning and at Crichton
Sunday night.
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son, president of the club. yesterday
in regard to the affair and it is ex-
pected that it will be staged
at Woodward. However. no definite
announcement will be made.
The Kiwanians expect to have
very elaborate program Monday
nj ght
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-05-10
GEORGE HARBOUR ARRESTED

George ZarZour, 1914 Avenue C,
was arrested at Q o'clock Wednesday
afternoon by Detectives Moser and
Peveler, and held in the city Jail for
officials at Chattanooga, Tenn. 1t
is understood that Zarzour Is wanted
for emb ezZlement
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STAGE CHAPTER PRESENTATION

Officials of the kiwanis club were
trying to arrange to hold the chapter
presentation exercises at the Wood
ward golf club Monday night Chair
man G. E. Boyd of the entertainment
committee conferred with d. E Will
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CONSIDERATION FOR ILLNESS

That the boys and girls of the Fair
field schools taken with the measles
will be promoted. although they
have lost two or three weeks, pro-
vided they were in good standing
when they left school. was the an
nouncement made Wednesday by
Prof. F. D. Graves. This will
prove reassuring to many of the boys
and girls who have been very much
worried over the possibility of fail
ure at the forthcoming promotions.
The physicians here have commented
upon the fact that some of their pa
tients have not progressed satisfac-
torily on account of worrying about
promotion week after next. How
ever. Professor Graves said, the
school authorities would be very len
lent with those that have been Ill
and would try and take care of them
in every way.
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MUSIC CLUB MEETS


The Wednesday Music club was
delightfully entertained at the homo
of Mrs. A. y. Sturdivant Wednesday
afternoon. An important announce
ment made at this meeting was thar
the club had been successful in oh
tanning scholarship in voice
through the federation OF Clubs for
Miss Phillis Waites. This scholar
ship provides for instruction at the
hest studios in New York city Pa"e
also were discussed at the Wedn p
day meeting for q concert by ~
Wates to be held in August.
Mrs. George Ross and Mrs. George
the thirteenth biennial convention of
the federation at Asheville. n c..
Lune to II. Mrs. Joe Little and
Miss Lucille Lyle We're elected alter
nate delegates.
After considerable discussion, the
school bond issue. A resolution also
was passed making all newspaper
correspondents honorary members o'
the club Discussion was held on
the radio program which the club
will deliver over the station of the
Alabama Power COMPANY in Biz
minGham during June, and Mrs. G..
&. Hollingsworth was appointed
chairman of a committee to arrange
the program, Following the business
session the hostess served salad
plate with an ice, and was assisted
by Mrs. Gordon Fritz and her moth
er. Mrs. Copeland.
"MOTHER" PROGRAM GIVEN
4 program on Mother" was car
ried out at the Tuesday afternoon
meeting of the Jonesboro Parent
Teacher association, DR.. L. i. Vann
made the principal address, and
after the regular program the fol-
lowing officers We're elected: Mrs.
B. L. Russell. president; Mrs. j. G.
Bruce, vice president; Mrs. NJ. Willis.
second vice president; Mrs. Dave
Briggs, treasurer.
u. ID. c. MEETING
The monthly meeting of the United
Daughters of the. Confedecacy was
held Tuesday Afternoon at the home
OF Mrs T. s. Fitzgerald, when Mrs.
Ruth Tillman, Miss Bonnie Wi, .ams.
Miss Mary Lovett and Miss le
Fierce were joint hostesses lhe
house was attractively decorated in
spring flowers and ferns. and there
was large attendance. The chap
ter paid many compliments to Mrs.
f. l.. Huey. who recently presided
over the state convention at Gads-
den. Mrs Homer Hurd, Mrs. Lacy
Edmundson and Mrs. Emmett Ray
were named as committee to look
after the U. u. &. burial plot at
Cedar Hill cemetery. Another COM
mittee. composed of Mrs. j. T.. Nc
.AGory and Mrs. ". T.. Cunningha m.
vas appointed to look after the
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-05-10

Members OF the Exchange club,
after spending the day on the War
rior river. where luncheon was served,
reached home Wednesday night
weary but remembering a very pleas
urable outing. No business was
handled at the meeting excepting
some routine matters. The members
were provided with abundance OF fish
by the fish committee, composed of
Esslinger, Pratt and Hargrave. The
outing was entirely pleasing.
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FAIRFIELD BUREAU

The Age-Herald maintains a regu-
lar Fairfield bureau in its news
department. Items for publication
may be telephoned the bureau at
Ensley 626.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-05-10

s. s. ;. clears up exin eruptions through
IL power OF Cleansing the Blood.
red-blood.cells to the po.at where Il
10 practically impossible for eczema
to exist. We know that C., blood.
cells increase In number, blood
impurities vanish! We also know
that night fellows day. Both arc
facts! But have you, eczema suf-
ferers. ever actually taken adva.:.
tage OF this wonderful fact? Tho;,-
sands j1st like you have never
thought about 1t. Skin e-uptioa-.
eczema with all It's fiery, si,ia-dic.
ginS torture and It's soul.tearing.
unreachable itching. pimpies, black
heads, and boils. they all pack W
and 60, when the tide of blood-cell1
begins to roll In! B.ood-cells aro
the fighting giants Of nature! 8. 8. 8.
builds them by tho million! It has
been doing It since 1926! s. 8. 8.
is one of the greatest blood.cell
builders, blood-cleansers and body
builders known to US mcrtals!
When you put these facts together,
then to continue to have eczema
and skin eruptions looks moro like
a sin than q disease. s. s. S. con.
tains only vegetable medicinal in.
gradients. Because S. s. S. does
build red-blood.cells, It routs &C.
sema, builds firm flesh, fills out hol-
low cheeks, beauties the complex.
ion, builds you up when you are
rundown. S. s. S. !s sold at all
good drug stores. The large size
bottle Is more economical.
@ & G Make. ya.. fsel
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REsSEMER BUREAU

purchase of uniforms for the veter-
ans of the Bessemer district. 4
salad course with tea was served.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-05-10

Persons desiring to get in touch
with the Bessemer bureau of The
Age Herald circulation department
will please phone Bessemer lOSl-W
Those desiring to call Howe Price
Bessemer correspondent, will please
phone Bessemer 216.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-05-10
THE WEATHER
LOCAL DATA

Forecast for Alsbama-Fair with rising
temperatur eThursday and Friday.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-05-10
MASON 10y ARRESTED
Is Charged with InjurinE Negro
Mnmcn On Niaduct

Mason 10y, 1928 Eleventh avenue.
south, 20-year-old son of Lige 10y,
was arrested at 4:30 Wednesday att
ernoon by Detectives Elledge and
Williamson. and charged with speed
ing and reckless driving, after having
run down Lucy Wilson and Pearl
White, SOC Twenty fourth street.
north. negroes. on the vaduct last
Sunday night while racing with an
other machine.
The negroes are still in the Hill
man hospital suffering from the Sc
we're injuries received. 10y is out
on bond and will have to appear in
recorders court at 1 80 Thursday.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-05-10
ClRRE<T EVENTS

NO WSY PROGRAM
Cotton quotation service begins
a. m. and 3 p. m.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-05-10
SUPPORT BOND ISSUE

Four minute speakers are being
sent by the Bessemer board of edu-
cation to all civic clubs in an effort
to arouse popular support for the
s15O000 school bond issue and 3-miii
tax. the election on which will be
held May 30. This week speakers
have been appearing before CLUB
meetings of the women and next
week school officials will speak be-
fore the Rotary and Kiwanis clubs
and other mems organizations.
The aid of members of the various
Parent-Teacher associations is be-
ing sought especially by the women.
Members of these organizations are
being asked TO give their active sup
port to the publicity campaign the
hoard of education is carrying out
Supt. l.. L. Vann is in charge of the
ca mpaign for the board. and states
that he has several workers aiding
him in presenting facts pertaining to
the needs Of the schools before the
club member Of the city.
The s15o,O0o bond issue is to be
used to pay for the com1'etion Of the
new high school building on Second
avenue and to properly equip it.
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negro, about $50 o'clock Wednesday
night. Foster escaped. A partial in
vestigation was conducted by Cor
oner j. ID. Russum, who arrived on
the scene 10 minutes after the shoot
oath by the coroner and an inquest
will be held at o'clock Thursday aft
ernOon,
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E c. HORTON, Observer
Summary of observations made at sta
tons of the United States Weather Bureau
during the "a hours ending at p. M,
auth meridian time. Nav 2. 1923:
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F 7a7as. TODAYS
MAY 10 NfT TkmA All
4 1928 CAItNUAkI
AT THE, MOVIES

n
Alcazar-"is Divorce Failure?'
with Miss Leah Baird in person.
Galax-"The Worlds \ Stage"
with Dorothy Phillips.
Odeon-"The Social Buccaneer."
Princess-tloot Gibson in The
Gentleman From America"
Rialto-"Trimmed in Scarlet" with
an all-star cast.
Royal-Jack Hoxie in Back Fire"
and omedies.
Strand-Theodore Roberts, Con-
rad Nagel and May McAYoy in
Grumpy"
Trianon Jackie Coogan in
Daddy"
At THE THEATRES
Jefferson-Dark.
Lyric-k vaudeville and pic
lures.
Loew's Bijou-Vaudeville and pic
lures.
CURRENT EVENTS
Retail Credit Mems luncheon at the
Tutwiler hotel at l o'clock.
Real Estate Board luncheon at the
Tutwiler hotel at l o'clock.
Birmingha M Memphis b a ball
game at Fleetwood Park at $3.50
o'clock.
NO WSY PROGRAM
Cotton quotation service begins at
a. m. and p. m.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-05-10
NEW ENTERPRISE STARTED

new business enterprise for Bes
semer opened this week when the
Ford Rental Service system estah-
Iished headquarters at Twentieth
street and Fourth avenue. The Bes-
semer office is in charge of j. G.
Mullen,
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TO OPEN PARK

The formal opening of Pineview
beach will take place May 10, when
Manager r. L. Ziegler and assistant
are planning to entertain a big crowd
of pleasure seekers This park is
the latest of the amusement resorts
of the district and its opening is
being widely advertised. 1t is To-
Gated a few miles below McCalla. and
is one of the beauty spots of the
section.
The company operating the resort
has built a pavilion. boat houses and
a number Of cottages. Several amuse-
ments are to be provided, including
dancing, boating and bathing. The
resort will cater 20 week and
camping parties.
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PLAN MEMORIAL DAY SERVICES

Plans are being made for the an
nual Memorial Day to be held at
Pleasant Hill cemetery on Sunday,
Nav 20, when several hundred people
from other sections are, expected to
attend In addition to the annual
memorial features, when graves III
the cemetery are to be decorated,
this occasion is to be a reunion, and
special services are to be held at
Pleasant Hill church both morning
and evening.
A large committee of residents Of
the Pleasant Hill community will
meet at the church Tuesday, May IL.
and will clean up the cemetery, pre-
partory to the exercises to be held
there.
Rev. ]. S. Glasgow is In charge of
Memorial Day plans, and is being as
sisted by large committee Of all
denominations
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AS.S. lie yss,s w d 5sss
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-06-01
''sNAkE HILL" HISTORIC ssuf
EmInence In New York Fortified by
Hssslans During the Reyolu.
luticnary Conflict.

A hill in Mount Morris park in New
York city was called Snake Hill"
by the Dutch when they settled New
Harlem, because it was infested with
snakes In large numbers.
During the Revolution the snakes
were dispossessed of their habitat by
British troops, who built upon the
summit of the hill a square redoubt.
This work was garrisoned by Hes
slams. Lieut.. Charles Philip Won
Kraft, Hessian, who had hard work
spelling local names, tells in his diary
how the rebels" in Morrisania were
terribly bombarded from Shnek HIP
in July, 1871. He was several til 'es
in active command on "Shnek /. II"
Snake hill was a lovely little emf
ence, and when, in 1885, it was sug-
gested for a park the committee of
public lands and places of the COM
mon council described it as crowned
with various kinds of forest trees,
many of them of great antiquity and
possessing a very peculiar and distinc-
tive character" The committee also
pointed out that "its insular situation.
its great height, its conical figure
and the trees with which it Is covered
furnish the greatest capabilities for
converting it into a place of the great.
est ornament and beauty and which
will be looked upon with pride and
admiration by our successors"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-06-01
WED ONLY CLOSE RELATIONS
Custom Of Burmese Tribe Leads to
Marriages Between Extreme Old
Age and Youth.

The only occasions on which lads
and lassies Of the Red Karen tribe I'm
Burma meet are at marriage feasts
and at wakes, according to the Ma
tional Geographic Magazine. These
festivals last over three nights, and
are veritable orgies, with great ex-
cess of eating and drinking. Both
sexes are well-seasoned vessels, since
they begin drinking strong drink be-
fore they are weaned Marriages are
limited to near relations and result
quite often In unions where husband
and wife are of very unequal age, the
husband fifteen. the wife seventy, or
the other way about.
Punishment for marriage out Of the
clans was formerly very severe. A large
hole was dug in the ground and q
log placed across It, to which two
ropes were attached. The ends of
these were noosed round the necks
OF the offending pair. They were
made to jump into the pit. and so hang
themselves.
Now they are accommodated in
stead, and never allowed to enter q
Karen village again. The two vii
lagos Of Kara in the Nan-kwo circle
are said to be inhabited entirely By
such clipping couples.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-06-01
PROVED ABILITY 70 REASON
Qualities That Might Be Con-
sidered Almost Human

Apes are so human that even when
they display traits that In man would
be simply abominable one cannot help
laughing. A correspondent In South
Africa writes that certain large apes
are so much in the habit Of raiding
the coffee plantations that they have
to be guarded.
Among the coffee trees grows Q
shrub the fruit of which the apes
particularly enjoy. But as wasps
fasten their nests to the shrubs, the
apes. fearful Of being stung, usually
keep away from them. One morning
the people In a certain plantation
heard the apes making fearful out
cries and, rushing out, saw this
singular scene. A large baboon, the
leader of band, was throwing some
young apes at the wasp nests just as
a boy might have thrown stones at
them.
The poor victims. stung by the In
furiated insects, were crying piteous-
ly, but the old baboon paid no heed
to them whatever. While they were
suffering from the anger Of the
wasps he quietly proceeded to regale
himself with the fruit, which he
could now pluck without danger. Oc-
casionally he would turn round and
graciously throw a handful to some
females and young standing q little
way off.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-06-01
A Pair of Gloves.

One keen, biting winter morning half
a dozen grizzled, stoop-shouldered old
men were cleaning off the snow and
ice from the sidewalk of an eastern
city. They were warmly clad, and ali
wore thick gloves or mittens except
one; he was trying to work bare
handed.
While he was alternately swinging
his pick and stopping TO blow on his
fingers tall, broad-shculdered man
came walking along the pavement. He
wore a fur coat and a pair of beau
tiful heavy gloves. When he came
opposite the old man who was resting
a moment from his work, he suddenly
snatched off his gloves, thrust them
vigorously into the hand of the labor
er, and with the tenderest and merri-
est Of smiles went right on, without
even turning round, and was lost In
the crowd.
The old man Strengthened and stood
staring after him III utter bewilder-
ment. Then, shaking his gray head
over and over as if he were unable
to explain the generosity of the
stranger, he slowly drew on the COM
forting gloves and continued his hard
work.-Youth's Companion.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-06-01
is LARGEST BARREL VAULT
Structure Built Many Centuries Ago
Proves Value of Bitumen Used
to Cement Mortar.

OIL seeps, large and small, occur
throughout Persia and Mesopotamia.
Asphalt played an important part in
the enduring character of the build
ings of the ancient civilization in that
part of the world. One of the most re-
markable instances of the use of as
phalt or bitumen Is the Arch of Ctesi-
phon on the River Tigris, about thirty
miles to the south of Bagdad. This
arch was built by Chosroes, one of the
Sassanian kings, about the year $50
A. D., and of this famous structure
two wings are still standing. 1t Is
Nuilt Of bricks laid in bitumen, and
he original structure consisted of
large hall 163 feet long and Sc feet
vide with vaulted roof 95 feet high
zen at one end and closed at the
other The crown Of the arch was 9
feet thick, and the wall supporting it
% feet across at the base. The open
end Of the hall was f1anked by two
wing walls, rising to the height of the
top of the arch and some 20 feet thick
at the base.
The whole is built of large, fiat,
burnt bricks, some of them bearing
cuneiform stamp. The Ctesfphon arch
has always remained the largest bar
rel vault In the world, and furnishes
valuable evidence as to the value of
bitumen used In cement mortar.