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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-01-22
BANKRUPTCY PETITIONS

Following petitions in bankruptcy
were filed last week:
Hosie Tarver. 1925 Twenty-first
street, Ensley. January 10, 1923.
Liabilities, $50; assets, wages due by
T. G. l. Co., $40. Murphy e. Hanna
attorneys.
A. L. Barnett, S11 Forty second
street. January 10. 1929. Liabilities,
s472: assets. watch, IS; gun, SIS;
wages due by. Louisville and Nash
Vile Railroad company, 500; accounts
against Henry Hosley, $40, and Bry-
ant Barnett, $685. all claimed exempt.
and also household furniture, SEQ;
bank account, Sc. J. C. Arnold, at
torney fNA
w. ]. Rolen, 1917 Avenue /. Ensley.
January is, 1928. Liabilities,
s1i73.94; assets, wages due by Bar
rett company, s29,52. Benton G.
Lewis McIntoush, Route 2, Box ia,
Bessemer. January Is, 1928. Liza
bilities. s67.25; assets, wages due by
Sloss- Sheffield Steel and Iron COM
pany, s1s, claimed as exempt
Fayette Kirksey. 2517 Alley b.
January 10, 1928. Liabilities, $50:
assets, wages due by Louisville and
Nashville Railway company, $3e;
Murphy & Hanna. attorneys.
d, y,
Bessemer. January Is. 1928. Liabil-
tiles. sos; assets, wages due by Re-
public Iron and Steel company, SIS:
Murphy & Hanna, attorneys.
w. 7. Pitts, 412 Sixteenth street,
north. January Is, 1923 Liabilities,
s371.12; assets, wages due by. Frisco
Railroad company, S9765, claimed as
exempt. Harris G Burns. attorneys
Empire Jewelry company. Birming-
ham, Ala. January 15. 1923. Invol-
untary case. r. DUPONT Thompson,
attorney.
| Will Haynes COS Thirty-third
street, south. January Is. 1928 Liza
bilities, SOB; no assets. r. D. Coff-
man, attorney.
Walter Moore, so41 Underwood
avenue. January 16. 1928. Liabilities
| $367.64; assets, wearing apparel. $25
w. T. Stewart, attorney.
| Cottrell Wimberly, 1916 Drennen
street. January 16, 1923. Liabilities
$196.15; assets. wages due by Louis
| Vile and Nashville Railway company
$52. claimed as exempt.
O. c. Greenlee, Ensley, Ala. Liza
bilities, $39910; assets, Ford tour
! ing car. $3.50; household furniture
5000; wages due by Tennessee Coal
Iron and Railroad company, ss4
claimed as exempt E. L. Hargraye
attorney.
Sam Arlington, 1411 Fourth ave-
nue.. January is, 1923. Liabilieis
s177; assets, wearing apparel, $50;
wages due by Frisco Railway com
pany, $50. Parrish & Patrick, at
torneys.
J. H. Holcombe, 25 Commerce
street, Inglenook. January 16, 1928
Liabilities, $500; no assets. Arlie
Barber, attorney.
| Samuel M. Noles. 1890 Third ave-
nue., north. January 16, 1923. Liza
bilities, $1,365; assets, wages due by
Louisville and Nashville Railway
company, SAL. Frank 8. Address. at
| torney.
| Henry Moore. Birmingham, Ala.
january IL, 1923. Liabilities. 1898;
assets. wages due fly Louisville and
Nashville Railway company, s45,
claimed as exempt. Parrish & Pat
ttrick. attorneys.
| Joe Hobson, 2605 Thirtieth avenue,
north. January II, 1923. Liabilities,
1893; no assets.
| Joe Thomas, 2715 Avenue c. Janu-
| airy IS, 1928. Liabilities, $3.50; no
Iassets. Kenneth c. Charlton, attor-
ney.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-01-22
OUTBOUND RIVER TRAFFIC
HAS DEVELOPED GROWING
INBOUND CARGO BUSINESS
By RICHARD F. JOHNSTON

Get good thing started and keeps adding to itself
charging $3 for hauling Birmingham iron pipe to the Pacific coast
brought equsion Mobile and this
Golden Mobile the
nsatable still
lines established angs instituted TO this
Then looked Flour and goods began
Now they in large quantities One Warrior boat
loaded Bmngpo week others the
Steel followed the regularly
lines reduction of the the
$780, but the by rail of Mobile So
The boats have the coast business sewed in sack
Birmingham began shipping Houston and Galveston by
barg of Mobile The bages found return Of sulphur
chemical plants The
Then the wire mills discovered this economic route for forwarding
These will
channel
al to Galveston and Houston this week.
ad
sulphur
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-01-22
F A R NJ SITUATION
FULL Of PROMISE,
REPORTS INDICATE
Improvement Shown in Fall
SoWn Crops Throughout
Country--A agricultural
Work Is Proceeding

WASHINGTON, Jan. 2o.-The gen
eral agricultural situation is full CT
promise, the department of agrieul-
ture announced in reviewing condi-
lions of the first half of January.
Improvement in fall sown grains
quite generally throughout the coun-
try was reported IS a result of mild
and open weather which enabled
backward fields to catch up in sea-
sonal development of growth. Farm
work has proceeded satisfactorily in
most sections and blowing for spring
crops Is generally further advanced
than usual.
Live stock is generally in coed con-
dition with some small loss of hogs
from cholera in the upper Mississippi
valley, Corn husking is practically
finished and in stock feeding areas
the demand is heavy and prices are
on the increase.
Cotton Picking Completed
Cotton picking is practically com
pleted and an increase in acreage is
indicated for the next crop. Strip
ping and marketing of tobacco is pro-
ceeding rapidly with prices generally
good.
Farm stocks of potatoes. both white
and sweet, are reported to be large
but are showing deterioration in
many areas. In central regions east
of the Mississippi large quantities are
being fed to stock with good results.
Fall blowing is backward in all Sec
tions of Virginia. Fall sown oats
are reported in splendid shape in Mis-
sissippi and is very promising in all
southeastern states. Tennessee re-
ports some Hessian fly damage to
pyh nd ha ~ Tx,
rice crop is largely in farmers hands
and sugar cane grinding is abort com
pleted. Cane grinding is. not yet fin
ished in Florida, where the season
was very late.
Interested I'm Dairying
Increasing interest in the dairying
industry is being shown in Arkansas
and Georgia. In Arkansas it is devel-
Gping rapidly and dairying products
are finding good markets in the de-
velop.ng oil fields.
The mule movement in Tennessee is
slower than for many years. but prices
are picking up. In this state the indi-
cations are for an early movement of
lambs. In Georgia and nearby south
ern states, hogs are coming to mar
ket in larger numbers than usual, but
are much lighter in weight. Florida
range cattle are poor in flesh and
much troubled by ticks.
The ground is ready for the white
potato crop in Florida and planting
has begun. There Is complaint of
white potatoes rotting On the farms
in South Carolina.
Marketing of nom pooled tobacco is
progressing in Kentucky and Tennes-
see, with prices good for beth the
dark and hurley types. Pooled to-
bacco is being delivered to the asso-
citation. The association is planning
to include West Virginia in the pool
and tc' establish warehouses in that
state.
Growers Optimistic
Growers In these states are OPP
timistic and are preparing for big
acreage in 1928. Cooperative houses
will open for receipts at once in
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-01-22
A TRUE EvANGEL OF TRADE

From the Nations Business.
Recently there have been signs of
remarkable broadening the world
over in interest of American edu-
cational opportunities. The new phase
Is more distinctly in business lines.
For example, the ]. B. Stetson COM
pany reports that from their Gus
toners abroad they are getting
quite a large number of requests for
the placing of young men in business
training. They have young men sent
to them from Mexico. from Argen-
tina and other lands
Before the war they got requests
of this sort from their customers in
Germany. but rarely from other
countries. They believe the war
made tremendous impression upon
the world regarding Americas great-
ness in business sense no less than
in a military form, and now there
is an earnest desire to round out
the education of their promising
young men in this country rather
than in Great Britain or in Ger
many as formerly was the custom.
Even the British are sending young
men here for training. One example
is furnished by Sir George Paish,
formerly editor of the statist, and.
for a time, financial adviser of the
British government His son Donald
is at Albany, n Y, in the office
of l.. F. Loree, president of the
Delaware and Hudson railroad.
Young Paish is to put four years
of practical work and study in the
United States and then return to
England. He is a graduate of Cam
bridge university.
The United States Steel corpora
ton, the Bethlehem Steel corpora
ton. the American Wooden company,
various of the large automotive con-
Germs, locomotive plants, smelling
from all over the world for the adj
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-01-22

Florida and the wrapper sections of
Georgia, where seed beds are being
prepared and planted
In Virginia 80 per cent Of the cot
ton crop has been sold by the grow
ers. Picking is practically over in
Texas. The indications are for large
increase in the cotton acreage next
year in Texas, Mississippi and many
other states, except where the most
damage was done by the weevil. A
trivial amount of cotton remains I'M
picked m North Carolina.
Watermelon ground is ready for
planting in South Florida and some
have already been put in.
The movement of citrus fruits in
Florida is reported to be heavy and
the truck crops in this state to be
in excellent shape.
In Virginia, West Virginia and
KentculSy the farmers are hiring as
little as possible, especially within or
near Industrial areas, where wages
are running too high for them to pay.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-01-22
Vital Statistics
Births

Births
Mr.. and Mrs George W. Durrett, 2s4
Princeton avenue, January 16; girl
Mr. and Mrs. Leonard C. Dean, 619 Fifth
avenue, Pratt City, January H. boy.
Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert B. Etheridge
1901 Seventh court. south. January 6;
boy.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. A. Thomas. IFS Kate
avenue, January 10: girl.
Mr.. and Mrs. Julian Green, Sr., 619
Ninth court, January 10: boy
Mr.. and Mrs Ludy II. Conley. III
North Seventy-first street. December 81 ;
girl.
Mr.. and Mrs. Victor R. MILESTONE, 6314
First avenue, December 20; girl.
Mr.. and Mrs Walter II. Wilkinson
2711 Avenue f. January IS: boy
DIR. and Mrs. Harry C. Edmundson s26
North Fortyfirst street. December 2; girl
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-01-22
ISLAND DEDICATED TO RELIGION


Star Island, one of the Isle of
Shoals, 10 miles off the mainland of
New Hampshire, has been dedicated
exclusively to religious service for
100 years, says the Popular Me-
chanics Magazine in an illustrated
article. On its rocky summit is a
small gray church which was
built in the year 1900. This has been
used ever since as place Of wor-
ship, first by fishermens mothers.
sisters, and sweethearts, who prayed
for the safe return of their loved
ones. During the last 26 years. it has
been a shrine for Unitarians and
Congregationalists AT 10 o'clock each
night, long lines of men and women,
carrying small lanterns. wend their
way thither and churchill at a
time, hang their lanterns on the
walls, and bow their heads in prayer
or raise their voices in appronEiate
hymns.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-01-22
Growers Optimistic

Growers in these states are OPP
timistic and are preparing for a big
acreage in 1923. Cooperative houses
will open for receipts at once in
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1923-09-20
NO GETTING AWAY FROM II
Washington Mans Name, In Some
Way, lntimated That He Was
an Easy Mark.

Before Frederick w. Steckman be
came the Washington representative
of certain financial interests In New
York, he occupied Just simple office
of his own, with his name painted on
the glass door. Steckman had always
mark, sympathetic fellow who was
susceptible to more than his share
Of hard-luck tales.
One night as Fred Steckman sat In
his office alone a wayfarer came In
the door, related sorrowful tale and
touched Steckman for the price of a
meal. AS Steckman handed over the
money and exhibited just bit of i'm
patience he asked:
Say, wish you'd tell me one
thing: Out of all the men and offices
In this big building why did you select
me and this Office to make a touch p
"Well," said the panhandler, II
dunno exactly, except that your name
sorter looked easy. l looked 'em all
over all down the corridor, and when
l came to Steckman 1t somehow sug-
gested to me that here was a kindly
fellow who'd fall for my yarn. And
you did. l don't know why 1t struck
me that way, but 1t did,"
well, I'll be ID" said Steckman,
as he turned back to his desk; "even
my name costs me money."-Washing
ton Post.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1923-09-20
ABOvEBOARD WITH THE BOYS
William n. Morgan's Remarks to a
Woman Who Questioned
Habit Of Smoking.

William II. Morgan, who conducts
one Of the best boys camps in Maine
has studied human nature In both
boys and men, and knows just what
to expect Of people. The mother of
boy at his camp noticed that sew
eral Of the Instructors smoked and
she wondered If this wasn't setting a
bad example to growing boys. Mr..
Morgan replied, remarks Golfers:
Regardless Of what we may think
about the propriety of smoking, we
are obliged to recognize the fact that
the majority Of active men do smoke.
II you select instructors who do not
smoke you limit your field and may
have to do without other desirable
qualities. Or II you ask men accus-
toned to smoking suddenly to change
their habits and do without tobacco
for two months, the chances are that
they will slip away and smoke when
nobody Is looking. The boys are
bound to learn of this and then they
have the example Of men doing things
on the sly, which is Infinitely more
harmful than the example of smoking
would be. / don't care anything about
smoking myself, but I do light a ciga-
rette occasionally before the boys so
that they won't think that maybe I
smoke only In secret. Nothing Is so
important for boy as to learn to do
whatever he does do In the open"
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1923-09-20
AND THE FIREMEN LAUGHED
But Perhaps All Of Them Didn't, Al
though Mrs. Blank Undoubtedly
Meant Well.

Lawson Purdy, secretary of the
Charity Organization society, said al
reception In New York:
"Some people run down the charity
expert-the man or woman who studies
charity and makes 1t his or her pro
fession, but why shouldn't we have
charity experts as well as medical ex-
perts, law experts or military experts
"Take collecting, for instance-col-
lecting for charity. The expert knows
how to do 1t, and the greenhorn, be-
side him, Is like Mrs. Blank.
Mrs. Blank was the chief pillar Of
q home for stray cats. The home was
In very bad way. In fact. its credi-
tors said they'd foreclose on 1t If 1t
didn't settle up at once.
Late one night, tossing sleepless in
her bed, heartbroken over the homes
coming ruin, Mrs. Blank had a sudden
brilliant idea. She rose, ran to the
telephone and sent In a fire alarm.
when the f1remen, breathless and
wild-eyed. dashed up with their en-
gines and hose and ladders, Mrs. Blank
met them at her door.
Boys she said. with q gay laugh,
there isn't any fire really. I've just
brought you here because you've sim
ply got to subscribe 90 cents apiece
to my stray cats home.'"
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1923-09-20
PARTICULAR ABOUT HER VEIL
Rummage saIeswoman Learned Some
thing From Woman Customer
She Failed to Please.

The Woman Who Sees had had no
acquaintance with rummage sales
other than seeing such posted signs.
so when she was asked to be such a
saleswoman she was thrilled. Her
table was covered with scraps of
silks, laces, wells. discarded collar and
cuff sets and things in their category.
Late in the afternoon dear old lady,
wearing an expensive Persian lamb
coat, came up to her and asked II
she had any gray wells. The Woman
Who Sees said that she had. and i'm
mediately produced one from among
the veil pile.
"This is a very pretty one, and It
has deep. lacy border; 1t ought to
look well on you, 1t is such good
looking taupe shade"
The dear old lady held the veil I'D
to her face. and asked how much II
was.
Eight cents. madam"
"But isn't 1t too gray for me, dearf'
mo. I shouldn't think so. Besides,
1t is the best veil I have here; no
holes in It. and scarcely worm"
The old lady fused bit, smiled,
and walked away. But in ten min
utes she had returned and said,
Dear, I'm afraid the color Is too
deep for my skin. Thank you.'-Ex-
change.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1923-09-20
How Python Was Moved.

At the London zoo gardens, a few
days ago. number Of men moved as
quickly as they could between the en-.
trance and a snakes cage, carrying
what looked like large hose-plpe.
A second look showed that this was
no hose-pipe, but huge python, 2s
feet long, doing Its best to escape
from the hands Of the men. II II had
escaped. 1t would have instantly coiled
Itself round one of them and crushed
him to death. They kept tight hold
Of 1t. and all Its wrigglIngs were in
vein.
Tail first, 1t was carried, the bearers
shuffiing along. anxious to be rid of
their perilOus burden. It's head was
muffied In a cloth, and kept muffied
until all the rest of it-had been pushed
Into the cage. Then the head went
In, the doors were made fast, and the
Job Of moving was over.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1923-09-20
RADIO HOTEL is THE
LATEST IN DETROIT

DETROIT.-The radio hotel is
the latest.
With a radio receiving set in
each of its 1915 guest rooms, the
Book-Cadilac Hotel, under construc-
ton here, will be completed October
|, 1924.
A radio broadcasting station, with
maximum power, will be installed on
the roof of the 30-story hotel, and
special telephone installations will
allow use of the telephones for
radio receiving, while not being used
for local conversations. An order to
the switchboard operator will be all
that is necessary to have the phone
connected with the radio set.
The hotel is being erected on the
downtown site formerly occupied by
the historic Cadillac Hotel, which at
one time was considered as the fin
est in the history of the middle west.
With its thirty stories, the hotel
will be the tallest transient hotel in
the world and will be Detroit's tall
est building. 1t is being erected and
furnished at a cost of $14, 000,000
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1923-09-20
GOES BACK TO OLD LEGEND
Why the French Throne Has Long
essn Known az the "Throne
Of the lIIiea"

The throne Of France IL called the
throne of the lilies because Of the old
national emblem-the fleur-de-lis, a
species of lily. The story of the adop.
ten of the fleur-de-lls is partly his.
torical and partly legendary.
According to history Clovis, king
Of the Franks. married the Princes,
Clotilde Of Burgundy In A. d. 493
The young queen, who was Chris.
tian, earnestly desired the CONVEX.
sion Of her husband, who, like the
most Of the Frankish nation, was a
heather. In 400 the Franks and the
Allemanni (Germans) were at war,
and at the battle of Tolbiac. near
Cologne, Clovis was so hard pressed
by his enemies that In desperation
he called upon the God Of the Chris
tians for help, vowlng that should
he obtain victory he would himself
become Christian. The Allemann
were routed, and on Christmas day
OF the same year Clovis and sew
eral thousand Of his soldiers were
baptized.
The continuation of the story,
which is legendary, Is that on the
eve OF his baptism, an angel from
heaven presented King Clovis with
blue banner embroidered with
feur-de-lis, which he was to adopt
az the banner Of France. However
this may have been, 1t is a fact that
from the time Of Clovis to the French
Revolution the kings of France bore
as their arms golden lilies on an azure
field.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1923-09-20
EUREKA MURDER CASE
DEFENDANTS ARE FREED

The jury in the murder trial at
Eureka last week returned verdict
of acquittal after being out but
thirty minutes and the two defend
ants, George Allen and Mrs. Mellis-
sa Guthrie, were released from Gus
tody just before the midnight hour,
the Elko Free Press reports.
The crime, committed on the first
day of last July at the Soapcreek
ranch, north of Carlin, when Lester
Hanks was shot and killed, excited
a lot of comment in this part of the
state and many stories were floating
about. The scene of the crime was
just over the county line in Eureka
county and the case was called in
the district court at Eureka begin
ming last Tuesday. The prosecution
was represented by District Attor-
ney Edgar Father, assisted by Nor
ley Griswold, while f. P. Carville
had charge of the defense.
1t took but day to secure the
jury and four days to present the
mass of testimony. The case went
to the jury at ten o'clock and in
little over half an hour the verdict
of acquital was returned.
The defendants, Allen and Guth-
rie, set up self-defense and the evil
dence bore out their assertions.
Their story was about as follows:
On the day in question Allen was
at the Guthrie home and had been
there some hours when Hanks and
Goblin drove up in car. They had
been drinking and were quarrelsome,
and one word led on to another
when Hanks struck the Guthrie
woman. She started for the house
with Allen following close behind
her. They were pursued by Hanks,
who passed Allen in his eagerness
to reach Mrs. Guthrie, and he again
struck at her with something he
had in his hand. She lodged and
ran, when Hanks turned and struck
at Allen, who drew his gun, shoot
ing and killing Hanks.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1923-09-20
PARADISE NEWS
CORRESPONDENCE

PARADISE, Sept. 19.-H. F.
Fritchen and sons, Wilbur and Wal
ter, Thomas Bradshaw, Jr., j. H.
Bradshaw and son, Halbert, and
Floyd Lye formed deer hunting
party that went to the desert Sun
day. Reports from them Monday
stated Thomas Bradshaw had bag
ged his deer.
A fire alarm was sounded Monday
morning and help summoned to the
Rudolph Schwartz ranch to fight a
fire that seemed to be raging under
heavy east wind. The fire was
soon extinguished, little damage be-
ing done.
Lee Case, Dave Mowery, Dewey
Schriner, Art English and Price
Schriner came down Monday from a
deer hunting trip from over the
IIinkey summit. Case was the only
man in the party to return with a
deer.
William Freemonth of Toll House
was an arrival here Saturday and
returned Sunday taking his mother,
Mrs. Mary Freemonth with him. His
mother will visit her son for few
days when she expects to go to Fern
ley to spend several months.
Reports from Willow Point are to
the effect that grasshoppers have
eaten all pasture in that vicinity,
especially at the Grayson ranch,
which is said to be bare as floor,
and the pests are migrating north
ward.
Charles ZORRO spent Sunday as the
guest of his sister, Mrs. Antoine
Romasco, and family, at Andorno.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1923-09-20
10 Determine pIspIaeemen,.

An apparatus by which the amount
Of water displaced by a vessel can be
found at any time by means of a water
tube or gauge installed In the center
Of a vessel has been invented by the
French shipping engineer NJ. Augereau.
and was on exhibition at the French
national colonial exposition at Mar
seilles 1t Is said to be simple, prac-
teal and comparatively inexpensive as
to installation. BY this means an &C
curate indication Of the weight Of car
% aboard ship can be secured at any
given moment.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1923-09-20
Red Gross Symbol.

The Red Cross symbol is exclusive
ly reserved for sanitary formations
conveying wounded soldiers or sailors
and for the institutions engaged In
the treatment Of such cases by a law
passed In France In 1913 and strict
enforcement of this law is being car
ried out The directors Of French
Red Cross societies. noticing that va
rious pharmacists and laborers' first
aid stations had put up the Red Cross
sign. decided to demand the removal
Of all such emblems where unauthor-
lied. As a result the courts are busy
prosecuting the various drug stores,
which refuse to take down the sign,
alleging that 1t is perfectly justified
because In reality they are first-aid
stations. However, a decree has been
issued stating that the law of 1913
must be observed.