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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-05-10
POPULAR STUDENT
Of CHEROKEE HIGH
DIES WHEN IN BED
Son Of Chairman Of Calhoun
Board Of Commissioners
Found Dead
GADSDEN BUREAU !
THE AGE-HERALD !
Gadstlen, Ala, May 0

Robert Washington Hannah. son of
Chairman Wood Fl. Hannah of the
Calhoun county board of commits
sioners, and one of the most popular
students of the Cherokee County
High school. was found dead in beG
at Centre this morning at o'clock.
Late yesterday afternoon he went
home with DR.. S. G. Garden to sperd
the night and they sat up and talked
until after midnight. When the boy
went to bed he apparently was N the
best of health. He was member of
the baseball and football teams of the
school and passed his senior eXami-
nation yesterday. He was % years
old ann had been at the school for
two years. The funeral and burial
will take place at Joseph Springs, in
Calhoun county, tomorrow
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-05-10

was soda water, tha,.s what. So you
must all go away or else / will start
and chase You away Then o shall
build a house right here and keep the
candy covered cookie bushes and the
spring all for myself.'
I'VE were here first, Mister
Snoopywiggy." Raggedy Ann said.
What difference does that maker
the Snoopywiggy howled. Il want ev-
erything here all for my own. so
you had better go before l begin
chasing you away"
I'VE shall stay right here just as
long as we want to- Raggedy Andy
said.
"Tll bet a penny, If once start
chasing you, then you'll go in a
hurry the Snoopywiggy cried.
Raggedy Ann handed Grinny Bear
and Raggedy Andy and Little Neepy
more of the strawberry favored
spring water, but she didn't ask the
to have any.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-05-10

Now the Snoopywiggy cried.
Just because you are taking some
more of that spring when / told you
l wanted it all myself l shall be-
gin to chase away" But as none
of our frie DIS started to run. the
Snoopywiggy scratched his head. Il
guess l will begin chasing Little
Neepy first, then Raggedy Ann, then
Raggedy Andy, then old Mister Gruf-
fy Bear"
Don't you ever. ever call me
Gruffy Bear again." Grinny Bear
cried as he jumped up Because
am not Gruffy any more, so now
shall wrestle you again.
The Snoopywiggy did not wish to
wrestle again, but Grinny Bear just
made him, and he wrestled the
Snoopywlggy so hard, in few min
utes, Grinny made the Snoopywiggy
run, and instead of chasing the Rag
gedys and Little Neepy, the Snoopy
wiggy was chased himself
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-05-10

Il guess 1t must have been a
magic brook and 1t washed away all
your gruffygrumpsl" Little Neepy
said
mo 1t wasn't magic brook" a
loud voice cried from the brushes,
and here came the Snoopywiggy to-
wards them.
"Oh. dear me" Grinny Bear said,
Here comes the Snoopywiggy! I was
hoping when 1 wrestled him into tho
brook like Raggedy Andy wrestled
me. that it would change the Snoopy
wiggy as 1t changed mel"
We'll it didnt!' the Snoopywiggy
said real mean like, and I am Just
as peevish as l was before Now l
shall chase all of you away from
here, for l see there are candy COW
cred cookie bushes! And that water
from the spring must be good, be-
cause you are not drinking it like
water! You are drinking it like it
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-05-10
DAIRYMEN TO MEET

All dairymen in the Gadsdep dis
trict have been called to meet at the
city hall at 10 o'clock Friday morn
ing for the purpose of discussing the
proposed new milk ordinance. c. A.
Able. expert from the state health
department., will attend and explain
the operation of the Jaw at Tusca-
lcosa, the only city in Alabama that
has adopted it.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-05-10
YOUTH SURRENDERS

A 20-year-old boy who says his
name is Alonzo l.. Bennett surren-
dered to police today as deserter
from the United States marines. He
was half famished and said he had
been lodging around the country for
four months, according to police.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-05-10
WINNIE WINKLE
|aAdveWMtes.
~ Of -
|KAs49edy.
eANiu
>%eAnA %
|'Ka99e@
eAnAN
It's a lot more

It's a lot more
fun being cheerful
and kind than 1t Is
being gruff and
grumpy" Old Mis-
ter Grinny Bear said
to the Raggedys
and Little Neepy as
he came to where
the stra w b cry
flaw re d spring
bubbles up from the
ground beneath the
C an d Y Gov e r e d
cookie bushes.
"Of course 1t is,
Grinny Bear" Rag
gedy Ann laughed
as she handed Grim
ny Bear a leaf-cup
full of stra wberry
FLAW wore d spring
water. why do
you ever doubt it?"
"Oh! / shan't any
more." Grinny Bear
replied, But before
r a & & e d y A n d y
wrestled me into
the brook, I was al
ways grumpy and
gruffy! That Is why
everyone used to
call me Gruffy Bear!
But since Raggedy
Andy threw me into
the brook, / have
felt so different it
has been just like
the golden sun
peeping out after a
black cloud passing
by; that's how 1
ho1ra FAlt ;~eiItit
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-05-10

7. 3. Berry, 16-year-oId negro,
charged with having killed Claude
Sisson, 14-year-o white newsboy
was found guilty of murder in the
first degree today and was sentenced
TO the penitentiary for life. Sentence
will be formally passed next Satur-
day. At his first trial the negro was
sentenced to death.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-05-10
Place Your
Bets
Gentlemen

A brave, not to say a foolhardy
man, who Is old enough to know the
risks he runs, Is going to celebrate
his birthday by inviting 20 widows to
a dinner at which he will be the only
lone, lorn male.
wonder which widow will get
him?
Will 1t be the jolly widow? She
will be fair. and fat, and 40-not too
fat. and not too forty-but just
plump and round. and good natured,
and old enough to be like Lady Kews
daughter, who was 40 years old and
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-05-10

The home of 7. J. Hollis, Park
street, was destroyed by fire Tues
day. The house caught in the kitch-
en- about $50 o'clock and the blaze
was not extinguished until the roof
had burned away. Owing to the high
wind the blaze started again about
II O'Clock, and this time the house
was entirely destroyed.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-05-10
Do Your Feet Hurt?

When shoes pinch or corns and bunions
ache. get a package of Aliens Foot Ease,
the antiseptic, healing powder to be shaken
into>the shoes. 1t takes the sting out of
corns. bunions and callouses, and gives in
feet. At night when your feet ache and
burn from walking or dancing. sprinkle
some Aliens Foot-Eass in the foot-bath
and you will solve your foot troubles.
Over 100000 pounds of powder for the
feet were used by our Army and Navy
during the war; Sold everywhere. Trial
Package and ot-Ease Walking Doll
sent Free. AddresS =
Aliens Feot-N -, L. Roy, N. Y.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-05-10
AGED CITIZEN DYING

Uncle Joe" Rogers, aged and
wealthy citizen of Gadsden, IS re-
ported to be dying at a Birmingham
hospital He suffered the amputa-
ton of a foot yesterday, but blood
poisoning already had set in and it
is said he cannot recover.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-05-10
EMBARGO IS p! AGED
ON WARRIOR SYSTEM
Action Means virtual D;Econtinuance

Action Means Virtual D;scontinuance
Or Barge Service
MOBILE Ala, May Notice of
AZ embargo on the Warrior division
81 the Mississippi Warrior Federal
Barge line to and from Demopolis,
Tusf aioosa ard Cordova, Ala, which
means virtual discontinuance of the
service, was received hero today from
General Freight Agent W. NJ. Hough,
with headquarters at New Orleans.
The embargo is effective at once
and includes shipments of all charac-
ter of freight to the three river cities
named, with the exception of ship
ments of coal and coke, which are
exempted in the embargo.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-05-10
CANDIDATE is SPEAKER

Lister HILL of Montgomery. can
didate for Congress to succeed Judge
Tyson, spoke Tuesday at the court
house. Circuit court is in session and
Judge Gamble adjourned long enough
for Mr.. Hill to make an address
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-05-10
PROHIBITION DEBATED
New York EpiscopaIians Ask Smith
Not Ta SIGN RCneal Bill

Not To Sign Repeal I'LL
NEW YORK, May "a spirited de-
bate over prohibition and it's enforce
ment today marked the close of the
annual convention of the Protestant
Episcopal diocese of New York,
which finally adopted resolution re-
ouesting Governor Smith not to sign
the bill which would repeal the pro-
hibition enforcement act.
During the debate one clergyman
asserted he favored repeal of the
state dry law, because under present
conditions persons were compelled to
be hypocrites as far as enforcement
was concerned.
II go among my friends he said,
many of whom are at this very con-
vention. and find wine upon their
tables. like glass of wine myself.
Many persons. including good Epis-
copalians. are busy making their oSn
wine"
Rats fear ants.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-05-10
PLAN ALUMNI DINNER

The Alumni association of the Dis
que High school will hold its annual
banquet at the Printup hotel Friday
evening, May IS, and it is announced
that the Go graduates of the 1928
class will be guests of honor.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-05-10

OF course. besides these. there will
be at the dinner all the different va
rieties OF the species-the musical
widow who charms a mans heart out
of his bosom with her singing; the
cooey widow who curls up like kit
ten on the sofa. and just waits to De
petted; the widow who rouses
mans sporting blood by vowing thai,
she will never, never marry again.
the rich widow who can make life so
easy for her husband, and the wistfuI
poor one who needs a man to take
care of her.
Each will have her own particular
brand of fascination, and the prob
lem is which one will get him?
For it is unthinkable that he should
escape alive!
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-05-10
GRANT HALF.HOLIDAY

the stores of Gadsden will give their
employees weekly half-holidays DUR
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-05-10

for the young person. Nobody expects,
her to blush, or be shocked. Thus
she combines the charms of the debu-
tante with the freedom of the mar
ried woman. So it Is small wonder
that few men escape when widows
mark them for their own. 40.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-05-10
CONDUCT TRADE DAYS

HUNTSVILLE. Ala. May 9.-Hunts-
Vile merchants are conducting a
series OF Trade Days" which are at
Alabama city. The first of the trade
days was held during the present
week.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-05-10

Linen industry in Ireland employs
about $4,000 people.
Wybrand Lolkes. Dutch dwarf.
was 81 inches tall when so years old.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-05-10

Being widow gives woman
many privileges that no other woman
possesses. 1t eliminates the chaperon
who must be dragged around for thu.
young girl, and the husband who
must be accounted to for the married
woman. Also a Widow may do MANY
things that would be a little risquo
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-05-10
Fauorite Recipes
of Famous Men
BOUILLABAIsSE JOE TILDEN

FEED THE BRUTE 66 IS :. e..
By Ellis Parker ButIer)
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-05-10

Rats fear ants.
Eggs boiled in salt water peel
easily.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-05-10

VIII it be the giddy widow?
She is generally tall and splender
with golden hair, and she wears black
not so much in memory of her dear
departed as because it throws out the
sheen of her hair and the whiteness
of her shoulders. Her weeds are dis
tinctly frivolous, with frills and
wicked spangles. and she's naughty
but she's nice.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-05-10

But always. and at all times. she
keeps busy with the incense pot until
she dopes man up SO with flattery
that all he wants to do is to curl up
and lie on her hearth rug and let her
wipe her feet on him.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-05-10

The comfortable widow looks like
taking out a paid-up policy on do
nestle bliss. and she can generally
get any settled. middle-aged man she
desires,
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-05-10

marx them for their own.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-05-10

Drying a widows tears is one of
the most hazardous deeds ever per-
formed by man. which is doubtless
the reason that it Is mentioned in the
Bible as one of the meritorious acts
whose reward is Heaven.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-02-03
What Is the True Value
of Single BIessedness?
Should Bachelor Have to Pay Tax? Leg
islators Ponder

Representative Floyd Danskin. OF
Spokane. claims that even this isn't
enough. lilo also II n bachelor. and
he ahould know when ho eays II Is
worth SIS year.
Over In the senate the prevailing
opinion is entirely 10 tbs contrary.
Senator Waiter 3. Davis. OF Pierce
county and Senator Dan LAndon. OF
King county. both cmphaucally de-
clare that thoy should Do given a
bonus
we ought " got something for
having to eat At restaurant counters
when married men can Ei AZ their
own table,
Sure he's right seconded Lam
don.
But then the plot thickans when
we come down 10 Representative Carl
Morck from Aberdeen. Morck was In
the bachelor lists last year. but now
no Is looking from the other aldo OF
the fence,
His theory Il Tax them the limit.
II they don't know any better than
to stny single they ought TO be
taxed"
But then, hist This II secret n
Ia rumorod that there win be another
bill that would tnx spInstcn.
Miss Reba Hurn, the woman sen.
ator from Spokane. would vote for IL.
But when asked what tho age limit
should be she said.
1T wouldn't be diplomatic 20
answer that"
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-02-03
Income Tax Facts
Married Yet Single.
Legal Separation.
Full Exemptions.
Heads Of Families.

Anomalous as II may seem. n
person may be married and Jet
single for the purposes OF the In
come tar law. A taxpayers status
with regard 70 exemptions and
credit Is determined rs Of the last
day OF the taxable ycsr. December
81. 1874, II the return Is made on
the calendar year basis. as most
are. II on that day a man and
his wife were living together they
are entitled TO an exemption Of
$4,000 or $500. according to the
amount Of their net income for
1891. II. however. they wero sep
arated BY mutual consent or were
divorced. each Is allowed only the
$1,000 exemption granted single
person
In the absence OF continuous
residence together. the question Of
whether man and wife are living To-
gether In the eyes Of the income
TAX law depends upon the character
Of the separation II. occasionally
tho husband Ii away on business.
or II for any necessary reason a
temporary separation exists. the full
exemption Is allowed The presence
Of = wife at a sanitarium. or her
unavoidable absence because Of III
health does not change the marital
status. and the husband Is entitled
to the full exemption But when
the husband deliberately and con-
tinuously makes his nome at one
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-02-03
M'KAY PRICES
SET LOW MARK
New Ford Agency StartleS
car-Buying Public

The aggressiveness Of the William
o. Mckay company was displayed
this week when the announcement
was made that the William o. Mo
Kay company would sell Fords for
sac down. For several days the
entire city was al q loss TO know
what was coming. as tho forerunner
of the campaign was announced BY
the Mckay locomotive. an interest
Ing spectacle which was seen on
tho street. bearing the sign = T."
THE telephone operator At sol
u. Pine a. was about as busy as
any Of the newspaper Information
bureaus. informing the tnquirers
that the cat would be lot out OF
the bag on the eve OF the sist." Nc
Kay said Saturday.
II Is less than 90 days ago that
William o. c'Bill'1 Mckay announced
the organization or one OF tho larg-
est Ford sales contracts In tho city.
which was an achievement that Gre
nted wide interest In the automobile
field Since then the Mckay com
pany have piled up sales. and now
rank as one OF the city's largest
and foremost agencies. The organi.
xAtion Is now well establlshed-hav-
Ing an excellent sales force. an eff
Client service. parts department and
shop. which has made possible the
rapid advancement and wide follow.
Ing which this firm has enjoyed.
Mr.. Mckay's past record speaks
for itself His ability as an organ
izer and captain Is exemplified In
the large undertaking and the sue
cessful efforts OF tho sales force
dreaded by Claude wismoiek. sales
manager. who Is a pioneer In tho
automobile business as well as a
veteran OF the world war;. Is largely
due TO the policy adopted by the
William o. Mckay company. whose
slogan is After We Sell We Serve"
Dell Thompson. Ralph ostrander
and Harry Gibbons. Mckay salss.
men. have maintained their regular
speed OF car a day-January being
recordhreaking month. which con-
firms the report Of an early short
ago this year on Ford cars
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-02-03

place and his wife AT another. they
are not living together for the pur.
pose OF the income tax law.
The law works both ways. A man
may wed on December 81. yet no Is
granted the exemption allowed q
married person for tho full year.
The brides income for 1912. how.
ever. must be considered with that
OF her husband In filing a return.
A widower whose wife died before
the end OF the taxable year Il
classed as single man and allowed
only nm exemption OF $1,000.
Similar conditions exist with re
spect TO the head Of a family. II
during the year his support Of rel.
atives In his home ceased. no IA
entitled only to the $1,000 cxemp.
ton. A man who has a dependent
child. not mentally or physically dc.
fective. that attaina the age OF 10
years Just before the close OF the
taxable year cannot claim the $500
for dependent. Likewise, II q
dependent dies before the end OF the
benefactors taxable year. the $500
credit Is not allowable.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-02-03
Cynthia Grey
Bachelor Tar Glass Legislation, Says One Man
Abridging Personal Liberties, Says Another
What Is Your Opinion?
BY CYNTHIA GREY

II the state legislature passes the leighton bill providing
for So SO tar bachelors IL oA be class legislation,
pure aud simple iorites one man.
Letters arriving from all the state protesting
against such do and legislators at all interested
the people they represent they should read en and eep"
Here are OF them:
Dear Miss Grey 1t with mingled amusement and dis
gust that read OF the proposed leighton bill to levy
single divorced not the heads of families between
the ages OF 25 and go.
1t furnishes just another proof Of the cabre of awmaker
that the big interests thrust and out
am not radical bolshevk but for the life of
not why would not be orderly and aw-abidng
people IL legislators abolished is the sort we must
put up with We overburdened with laws and taxes If
onehalf the laws have rgdy enforced two
thirds of the population would spend its time in as and
penitentiaries.
Any supposedly intelligent who would draw up and
present such impossible asnne law ought TO be stricken
from our list OF lawmakers Yours truly RBL
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-02-03
BY FIELDING LENNON

OLYMPIA. Feb. How much
should Il cost 10 be a bachelor7
That's a question that has been oc-
cupying some OF the brightest iegiAla-
tive minds for the pagt few yeara
Representative Charles leighton Of
King county started all the trouble
two weeks ago when he introduced a
bill which would tax all bachelors In
the state IS year.
leighton. who Is dyed-ln-the-
wool bachelor himself. says II should
DO worth SIS 10 any man To enjoy
such q privilege Tho revenue and
taxation committee. 10 which the bin
was referred. evidently thought the
privilege was worth moro than that
for II Is rumorod that they win PRO-
pose an amendment that would mako
tho tax $40.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-02-03
RICSENDACKER
CAR A SUCCESS
Firm Plans to Treble Pro-
duction, Says Dealer

There Is ono car. exhibited for the
first time NJ the last New York
show. that has made unusual history
during the past year. and which 10
oleyerly shown at the current ex.
hibltion In Grand Central palace.
II IL the Riokenbacker ak. do
signed and built by Capt. II. ".
Itickenbackor and his organization
In Detroit Last January the Rick.
enbacksr had just gotten into pro-
duotion and was not eligible 10 space
In tho national exposition. but In
recognition OF the achievements Of
Capt Rickenlwcker. Il was unani-
moualy agreed 10 lower the barE.
In that month the company built
~ cars. increasing production stead
ily until a total OF 5000 cars were
completed during the year. and 70
successful has the automobile been
that production figures for 1923 arc
being trebled. and soc, 900 additional
square feet factory space has been
taken over. according TO Alfred
Ayerht. OF Cline q Ayerat. Broadway
and Denny way. local distrlbutorA
Advanced engineering ideas exhib-
tied By Rickenbacker for the first
time last January win be exhibited
on other cars during the current
show, especially the tandem ny.
wheel. which eliminates periodic vi.
bratlon IN tho Riekenbaeker.
A strong organization Of IS dis
tributors and sT5 associate distribu-
tors has been built up and OF that
number are numerous well.known
retired automobile men who re-
entered tho automobile business with
tho advent OF the Rickenbaoker. and
not few officials OF other factories
left their parent organizations 10
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-02-03
Appraise Estate
at Over Million

EVERETT. Feb. s.--Apprnisers.
Ming their reports yesterday. est.
mated u.ois.ii7.s4 TO DO tho value
OF property lief, by the late John II.
McChesney. former Everett business
man. Mcchesney WAS found 10 have
had shares in stock corporations and
motion picture concerns in all parts
Of the country.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-02-03

Dear Miss Groy: Apropos your
invitation to discuss tho tariff on
bachelors:
/ viii not argue tho question 70 tn
fairness or unfairneas: but viii say
that Il IL class legislation pure and
simple. II Ia unconstitutional and
viii not hold In any court
w. u. ~.
Dear Miss Grey: What DO think
about tho bachelor taxi What did
you think OF the poll taxi What
does tho general public think of tho
voistosd act?
We Americans are peculiar people
--we no doubt believe in prohibition.
but we resent the kaieerfstic methods
OF imposing II. 30 wo violate II.
I'll wager II the bachelor tax bin
becomes n law. wo will see more
bachelors than ever. simply because II
II n dominant trait OF human nature
to fight anything that abridgea per-