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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-12-13
ME- RCHANTS BACK
I RAFF|C CHANCES
Delegation SoIidIy Behind
President McLendon For
Modification Of Law


Birmingham merchants have ar
ranged a traffic conference with the
city commission for 1890 o'clock
Thursday morning. at which they
viii urge favorable action on the
proposal Of President D. e. McLen-
qon to restore angular parking privi-
area"
aother amendments In the new law
are asked by the delegation. which
VIII include representatives of prac-
Ucally every business house DOWN
town, it became known.
Special notice of the meeting was
placed on every commissioners desk
and they We're urged to be present.
ENidntly, the business men lave
lined up solidly behind Mr.. McLen-
fons proposal to modify the regula-
tons. with probability that some OF
them viii seek still further relief.
Indications grew a the city hall
Wednesday that the commission
would incline toward the proposed
changes at next Tuesdays meeting
despite violent protest from Com
missioner w. B. Cloe, who asserted
the ordinance has not been given a
fair trial.
Directors of the retail merchants
division of the Chamber of Commerce
day and protested against the paral-
lei parking regulations. The view
prevailed that, in view of President
McLendon's strenuous protest
against parts of the ordinance, the
proper time had arrived to bring the
issue to a head.
Representative of the merchants.
Oh the eve of the conference said the
commission would be urged to make
notifications that will relieve exist
ing hardships on merchants, shop
pers and the public generally.
A lively spat between President
AIcLendon and Commissioners Cloe
over the formers published attack
ON the new parking regulations, oc-
CURED in the city hall lobby We'd
nesday morning.
Bradishing his morning paper,
containing an interview with the
commission president, Cloe sought
What do you mean by this?" he
demanded.
lust exactly what I said; your
ordinance is a farce retorted NC
Lendon.
Commissioner Cloe said he was
tired of other commissioners Inter
fering" with his department. He
added that the new ordinance had
not been fairly tested, and said he
would fight the effort to modify 1t.
Il expect to take the situation up
with the commission Tuesday" SAID
President McLendon.
well. I'll be right there to block
you" returned Commissioner Cloe,
who later said the commission head
had attacked his traffic law to dl-
vert attention from the controversy
between Comptroller Marvin Taylor
and Mrs. c. c. Walker. which was
heard by the commission Tuesday.
"That's not the case" Mr.. McLen-
don said. I'm trying to get rid OF a
bum ordinance that never Will WORK
successfully"
Lines have been tightly drawn for
the impending fight, and it may
break loose at the hearing Thurs
day morning
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-12-13
EPWORTH LEAGUE 200 POINT JUMP
QUINTETS TO PLAY IN COTTON PRICE

The first basketball game of the
season for the Birmingham Union of
City Epworth leagues will be staged
Friday night in the gymnasium of
the Simpson high school at Owenton
at o'clock. The Wesley team will
play the Owenton league while Fair
view meets Sixty seventh street and
Shadyside plays Woodlawn.
Dan NJ. Marshall was appointed at
a recent meeting to get the teams to-
gether and arrange a schedule for
the season and the teams have been
requested to get in touch with him
at Birmingham-Sou college or
call Main 572S. Girls teams wishing
to enter have been requested to call
Miss Venus Hill at Hemlock 1443.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-12-13
LEFT $4,000 ESTATE

If any of the heirs of the late Mrs.
Elizabeth Romeo seek to break her
will. they will automatically forfeit
their inheritance, according to the
terms of the will, filed in Probate
Judge j. P. Stiles office Wednesday.
The estate Is valued at 100000 and
is divided among her six children, her
husband being dead.
To her SON, E. F. Romeo. and
daughter. Mrs. B. Vigilante, she left
piece of property in Birmingham,
the remainder of her estate, real and
personal, being left to all her six
children equally. These are Mrs. r.
Agrimix, M. J. Romeo, A. M. Romeo.
E. F.. Romeo and Mrs. B. Vigilante.
Mrs. vigilante is named executrix of
the estate.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-12-13
DELAY STADIUM

Contamination of plans for the
Junior Chamber of Commerce sta
dunn will be delayed until after the
holidays, it has been decided by the
junior directors.
A new committee will be formed
by merging the two committees pre-
viously in charge of the project.
Thad Holt who was chairman OF the
committee directing the securing of
subscriptions, is slated for chair
manship of the general committee.
NJ. Fl. Sterne who was chairman of
the original committee, asked to be
excused from further service, due to
pressure of other work
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-12-13
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CALIFORNIAN TESTIFIEs

"I took your HONEY AND TAR
COMPOUND and got some more for
it surely did help me when l had an
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out it," writes Mrs. Chionister, Cajon,
Cal Be sure to get the genuine FO-
IEY'S HONEY AND TAR COM
POUND, the best remedy on the mar
let today for the relief of coughs
colds and hoarseness. 1t is pleasan'
to take and very soothing as ii
spreads healing coating over the
inflamed surface, bringing immediate
relief Contains no opiates-ingre-
dents printed on carton. Sold every
wEere.-Adv.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-12-13
Steam Cars Await Each
Others Passage. Before
ESsaying Danger From
Thoroughfare

Three long trains drifting good
naturally across Twentieth street
Wednesday afternoon played tag
with time so successfully that 81 au-
tomobiles, 16 street cars, II other
vehicles and eight bicycles were tied
up in less than Is minutes without
any of the trains mourning a great
deal of blame.
The first train came on the stage
at 2;26 o'clock and left at 2.31 the
second at 2:32 and left and 1886; the
third at 2:3S and left at 2:40. They
seemed to profit by experience.
Six trolleys stopped to let the first
train pass; a No. IA, a No. 2S and L
No. Is scowled at the age of steam
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-12-13
7TODAYS |
DCALEkDAR|
AT THE THEATRES

.Jefferson-"The Bingham Girl"
Lyric-Keith vaudeville and Fox
comedies and Pathe News.
Loews Bijou-Loew's vaudeville
headlined by Harry Fox; picture,
pleasure Mad"
AT THE MOVIES
Capitol-Constance Talmadge in
Mammals Affair.""
Galax-Wally Van and Patsy Ruth
Miller in "The Driving Fool"
Odeon--"The Santa Fe Trail"
Princess-"The Fighting Skipper.y
Rialto-Harold Lloyd in Nov or
Never"
Royal-Neal Hart in 1.-THE Secret
of the Pueblo"
Strand-Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., in
Stepping OUT
Trianon-Marie Provost and an all
star cast in 1.-THE Wanters."
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-12-13
TO HONOR SIGMA NJ

Old gold, black and white, official
colors of Sigma MI fraternity, will
be used in window displays and ad-
vertisements of Birmingham mer-
chants on the occasion of the thirty
first chapter of this organization,
which will convene in Birmingham
December % to 81
The directors of the retail mer-
chants division of the Chamber of
Commerce, at meeting Wednesday,
granted the request of Roy r. Cox,
general secretary of the convention,
that this practice be followed dur
ing the days of the frat gathering
here,
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-12-13
Can RUPTURE Be RELIEVED
WITHOUT T0RTURES0ME TRUSS?
YES!- SAYSEXPERT
Rupture Expert Opposed to Prosecutions of OdF Fashioned
Gougng, Hard-Pad Truss. Cites Wonderful Invention
That Gives Instant Relief, and Places Ruptured Men
and Women Road to Natural Recovery.
Free Offer to All Truss Users

A great invention is now within the
reach OF every ruptured man or woman
suffering the terrible tortures of the old :
fashioned, bungling, tight-fitting truss
Ruptured folk no longer need wear such
relics of barbarism that frequently en-
dangered normal body growth, caused a
depressed feeling and dragging down SEN
sation, Imperfect health, and at times
drove its victim almost mad.
That crude method of rupture relief is
past. Truss wearers no longer need be
miserable With the great blessing of the
wonderful Sponge Rubber Rupture Pad
every single trace of truss torture is COM
pletely banished; the terrible fears that
usually went hand in hand with rupture
are forgotten; unfortunate ruptured folk
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-12-13
OFFICERS FIND STILL
Nav Lead To COnfiscatiOn. OF House
of William Reckling.

William Reckling, harness maker
of 1916 Eighth avenue, north. may
lose his hone as a result of finding
a still and whisky there by county
officers, Solicitor Jim Davis and dep
uty sheriffs said Wednesday.
A raid was made by Deputies e. j,
Wall, f. p. Jones, II. E. Badger and
Henry S. Hill. netting a still, So gal
Ions of mash and 10 gallons OF
whisky. II it is found that he owns
his residence, the county will be en-
titled to confiscate it under the same
law that permits confiscation OF
automobiles used for liquor transpor-
tatien it was pointed out wednesday
by county authorities.>
Reckling was arrested but was
later released on $500 bond. The still
is said to have been one of the most
complete ever captured in Birming-
ham.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-12-13
WERE IN RAILROAD WRECK

Birmingham friends Of Mrs. c. NJ.
Lauritzen and Mrs. Irene Gibson OF
Chicago will regret to learn that thew
were injured in the recent New York
Limited wreck While en- route from
New York to their home in Chicago.
They often visited their sister, Mrs.
A. r. Clark, of Ensley, and have
numerous acquaintances in Birming-
ham,
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-12-13
PEARSON NOT GUILTY
Hunter Armstrong Wins His Frs
Case In Criminal Court

Hunter Armstrong Wins His First
Case In Criminal Court
Verdict of not guilty was returned
by the jury in Judge H. p. Heflin's
court Wednesday in the case of
Charley Pearson, negro, charged with
the murder of George Moore, also
negro, last July. Pearson was de-
Tended by Hunter Armstrong and
Clarence Mullins. 1t was Mr.. Arm
strong's first case in the criminal
division; and clerks in the chancery
court, of which he is register, tuned
out in force to hear him argue it,
Assistant Solicitor l.. H. Ethridge rep
resented the state.
Moore was found dead behind a
washhouse belonging to the Phoenix
Portland Cement company in BoYles. a
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-12-13
AUCTION CAUSES SUIT
/. T.. krehs Charges Misrepresenta-
ton In Sale OF Ring

ton In Sale OF Ring
A reflection from an auction sale
under way in, Birmingham was pre-
sented Wednesday in the filing of
suit for S11G damages by l. p. Krebs
against J. l.. Art and Herzog- Thomp-
son Company. 1t is alleged that Art
IS conudcting an aeAtion sale of the
jewelry stock of Iierzog Thompson
and he charges breach of warranty
in the sale of a diamond which he
claims Art as auctioneer warranted
worth $175, without flaw, and that
fthe mounting was platinum over gold,
when the ring is worth in tact $50
and is not platinum over gold as rep
resented.
Plaintiff sets out that the ring was
sold at auction and alleges that said
J. L. Art knew or Should have known
of the lntruthfulness of his aver
ments and statements regarding sall
ring"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-12-13
REALTORS TO MEET

Edgar NJ. Elliott. Birmingham real
estate dealer. will address the weekly
meeting of the sales division, real
estate board, Thursday noon in the
lecture room of the board headquart
ers, ia Twenty-first street, north.
His subject will be THE Buyers
Viewpoint" Mr.. Elliott is regarded
as one of the most successful opera
tors in the city.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-12-13
HOME EXPERT TO SPEAK

Birmingham realtors will hear
Oliver w. Fraser, home expert, on
handspring and Beautifying of
Small Home Grounds" at the regular
weekly luncheon OF the Real Estate
board, to be held Thursday at 10
o'clock in the municipal market.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-12-13

IT COSTS nothing to look through
the Shop-o-scoAs. 1t saves money to
buy through the Shop-o-scope Turn
to the christmas Gift Suggestions
in the Classified Section now!
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-12-13
CHRISTMAS HOURS FOR
STORES ANNOUNCED
Remain Open Four Nights-Close
Christmas And New Year

Birmingham stores will be open
Thursday, Friday, Saturday and
Monday nights preceding Christmas
Day. and will be closed all day
Christmas and all day New Years $
Day, it was decided by the retail
merchants division of the Chamber
Of Commerce Wednesday,.
No Closing hour was designated
for the nights on which stores will
remain open, but this will be left to
the discretion of the individual
merchants
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-12-13
ORDERS FOR PIPE

Orders booked during the past
week by the American Cast Iron Pipe
company included $50 tons for
Kansas City, Mo, S73 tons for West
Monroe La, 125 tons for Fort Worth,
Texas.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-12-13

A pump with valves and plungers
ao3 Years old was found on the
cite of the ancient city of Velsunna.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-12-13
MORE STILLS SMASHED

State and county forces operating
in Lee county recently captured
e0-gallon still. with 500 gallons of
beer, according to report received
Wednesday by Walter X. McAdory,
state enforcement chief.
In Shelby county, the state ana
county forces seized 100-gallon
still, 900 gallons of beer and 10 gall
Ions of whisky. Three men were
arrested.
State and county men in Jefferson
county seized a coupe Of a Wen
known Detroit make and 40 gallons
of whisky. One man was arrested.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-12-13
LUM 10y TO CHINA

The remains of Lum 10y, sixty
year-old Chinaman, who died
Wednesday morning at a local in
Urinary, will be sent to Hong Kong.
China, by Ridout, upon the arrival of
his brothers in Birmingham.
Lum 10y was taken i'll several
days ago at his rooms above the King
Joy Inn, where he worked and lived
He was carried to a local intirmary,
where he requested before he died
that his remains be sent back to the
old country for interment.
He is survived by his brothers, Lum
of Birmingham, Lum Yet of st. Louis,
Lum Lung of Dundee, Miss, and Lun.
Ching of Chicago.
1T COSTS nothing to look through
the Shop o-scope. 1t saves money to
buy through the Shop olscope. Turn
to the Christmas Gift Suggestions
in the Classified Section noWl
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-12-13
RAR COMMISSION no ELECT

its first meeting in Montgomery
January s, 1924, it has been an
nounced at the capital. At this SEES
sion, the board will elect a president,
two vice presidents and secretary
The board consists of one represeh-
tatiye from each of the states Ju-
dicial circuits. The names of the
personnel were certified Tuesday TO
the secretary of state by the com
mittee that conducted the election.
This committee consisted of Robert
F. Lyon, clerk of the supreme court;
Alex Troy, clerk of the court or APP
decisions of the two courts.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-12-13
A. G, PATTERSON HoNoRED


Members of the Alabama public
service commission returned Wed
nesday from Florida, where they
were in attendance last week at the
annual convention of state railroad
and public utility commissioners
held at Miami.
Frank Morgan, assistant commls-
sioner. states that the election OF A.
G. Patterson, president of the Ala
hama public service commission, as
second vice president of the commits
sioners' national association at the
Miami meeting was great thing Tor
the state. " will mean, he SAID, that
MIR. Patterson will be president Vi
the body in 1925. -.
The convention ended Friday ait
ernoon and on Saturday the com
n1issioners from the various states
made an extended tour of that sec
ton of Florida as the guests OF the
Chambers of Commerce in the >vari-
Gus cities visited. SATURDAY they
we're at Sanford, Flo. the heart OIL
the celery growing District. oatulS
day night they were the guests vi
the Chamber of Commerce OF -
lando Fla. They spent SUNDAY
night at Lakeland. Fla. On Monuay
they were served with a opanlsn
dinner at Tampa, Fla. as the guests
of the Chamber of Commerce of that
city. The afternoon was spent d.
St. Petersburg, Fla.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-12-13
NEW BRIDGES GO
UP ON TROY ROAD
Through Traffic From Mont
gomery To Troy Routed
By Pine Level
STATE CAPITAL BUREAU |
THE AGE-HERALD
Montgomery, Ala, Dec. IL

Constitution of bridges on the Dub
| lin Orion road, part of the Montgom-
ery-Troy highway, has been started
according to r. d. Jordan of the state
highway department, who on Tues
day made an inspection of this prof.
ect The bridges will be seven in
number and will be built of creosoted
wood
On the road proper grading is being
done. but until it is graveled through
traffic from Montgomery to Troy IS
routed by way of Pine Level. Part OF
the Dublin orion project of Tx miles
of roadway, the three quarters of a
mile stretch leading into Orion is
kept open for the traffic that comes
by way of Pine Level to Orion and
thence to Troy. This part of the
project win not be worked on until
the dry season has set in with the
summer when grading will be pushed
to be followed Immediately by
crawling.
When the Dublin Orion project is
completed, it will connect the gravel
road from Kramer to Dublin in Mont
gomery county with the improved
state highway in Pike county. lead
ing from Orion to Troy.
TELLS OF INSURANCE MEET
great deal of important business
was transacted at, lne
of the state insurance commissioners,
held last week in New York city, ac-
cording to Frank n. Julian, Alabama
insurance commissioner, who has re-
turned recently from this convention.
Among the things that the conven-
ton did Mr. Julian mentioned the
following: Appointed two new com :
mittees to consider the subjects OIL
fire insurance profits, contingent
commissions, conflagration reserves
and the separation movement.
Went on record against the ap-
pointment of automobile dealers, ga
rage proprietors and automobile club
employees as insurance agents unless
qualified.
Adopted a resolution to restrict the
charges of examiners employed by the
insurance departments.
Urged the extension of compensa-
ton rate supervision to all states not
now having it.
Merged the committees on multiple
lines and coverages to carry out rec
concentrations of the report of the
multiple line committee, which Will
allow insurance companies to write
more broadly.
Continued the present system OF
valuations for the ensuing year.
Planned to hold the next conven-
ton at Seattle, Wash, in the week
beginning July 81, with the spring
meeting probably at Pinehurst, n. {.
Memorial resolutions adopted TO-
the late President Harding and tho
late Commissioners McSwain, futile
and Donahue.
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1923-07-07

Zavadf plynOve roury, vyhfev
nj topenf, plecharske prace,
pokryvani strech q vse co do
oboru onoho spada.
Vyb6r teskych srpd, zahrad-
nickeho nacinf, barev, olej0
q podobne.
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1923-07-07
} LAVA 4OTI-LETLs . TR,
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SNAJDR, CTS. 81.
G. S. P. S.

AEs AocldSSC We Slicuu Il. Ger
vence 1923 Y Bridgeport, q. v
zahrade bylo upraveno male,
ale vkusne divadlo. Delegace
sc dostavily cd radu j. P. Alt
geld Dillonvale, cd radu
Lech Bellaire cd radu v.
kerber a Clevelandu cd v.
r. Statu Ohio. Predseda radu
br. Antonin krob uvedl 35 ce-
kancu do fadu a 40 ditek k
pojist' 'ujicimu. odboru a pax
predseda N. H. Ufadovny, br.
Pergler prednesl zajimavou a
poucnou rec ceskou j anglic-
kou, v ktere licil postup Jedno
ty c. S. P. S. a jeji pfednosti.
'Skoda, re rec br. Perglera ne
mohla byti vyslechnuta v mist
nosti, kde by pfitomni j vice
pczornosti venovali. Ma vyle-
tech recnik Sc marne namaha,
ably pozornost prltomnych u
poutal. Pc reci br. Perglera
Albinka Kfenova p6kne pred
nesla vyznamnou basen, ke
konci podekovala br. Perglero-
vi odevzdala mu kytici kras-
nVch kvetin. PAX Emilka Va
vrova S peknym proslovem ode
vzdala kytice dosud zijicim
zakladatelum j. Veberovi F.
|Sramkovi. Aiois Huml jme--
mem dele'ace Clevelandu bla-
hopral fadu Vaclav Snaidr k
jejich tax vyznamne slavnosti
a k uspesne agitaci, neb v jed
ne schGzi uvest 35 cekancu a
40 ditek k pojist' 'ujicimu odbo-
ru, jest ridkou udalosti deji-
mach nasi Jednoty c. S. P. S.
PAX byla hladce sehrana jed
Inoaktovka - 'ZenuSka povo-
lila" cd Jaroslava Llnaka,
Nv ktere 1cinkovali p. Vaclav
Pokorny, 81. Bozena Dragoun-
ova, a Vaclav Pokorny. Diva
dlo jest velmi poutave a agita-
chi pro spolky podporujici,
ktere Sc ma dost malem jeviSti
lehce necha provesti.
| Solo palickou ma pilu pekne
.sehral br. Josef Kubalek a hr.
Josef Vavroch obecenstvo OBJ
veselil jeho vystupem "Ne-
St astny vdovec'. Spolkova
hudba vyhravala pro mladez,
ktera ma travniku tancem Sc
bavila. Vecer sc shromazdili
We spolkove sini. kde byla ta-
necni zabava. Mladi jako sta
ii Sc chill, ably slavnosti uzili.
Mezi tancem br. j. Frcka tlu-
mocil pozdrav cd V. r. Statu
Ohio, iakoz i od vsech radu Y
Clevelandu. Zaroven pouka-
zal, jak jiz pred 40 roxy. phi
zakladani radu, musili byti mu-
III pokrokovi, kdyz jejich rad
pojmenovali po muzi, jenz po-
krokovemu, svobodomyslnemu
hnuti, literature, poucovanim
lidu po eely jeho zivot Sc byl
obetoval. Zabava byla skute-
cne pfatelska. Mladi sc bavili
tancem a start vypravovanlm o
cinnosti spolkove. Cleveland
Sti budou miti pro vzdy milou
vzpominku ma chvile straven61
Y rodine br. NJ. Krena. Pc
velmi chutne veceri, kterou.
nam pripravila pri pfate,skemH
hovoru sestra Marie Krenova,
jsme stravili ma verande. z KITE
re jsme nell pfilezitost pozo-
rovat krasny obraz prirody,
jenz Sc nam objevil ma druhe
strane reky Ohio. Pc tech Wy
sokych stranich. p6kna obydli,
stromy i zahradky, mile puso-
bi na cizince, ze nemuze Sc do
sti nabazit toho zvlastniho mi
leho pohledu. Bylo by k pfa
nj, aby ii mladi clenove chopi-
Ii sc tez prace spolkove, ably
pomahali tenn starym a kde nu-
tho je nahrazovali, nebot' pra-I
ce spolkova jest dobra skola
pro kazdeho. Mnoh6> zdaru
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