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The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-19
SCHOOL HEAD RESIGNS
Prof. Ramsey New Agricultural
 School Prfucfnal

School Principal.
 ABBEVuLLE, Ala, August 1s- Special. )-Prof. Claire Dufford has resigned as principal of the second- ary Agricultural school. Prof. w. H. Ramsey has been named active prin- cipal by State Superintendent of Ed ucation Aberorombie.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-19
PLANS WHOLEsALE 1UsINEss

BAY MINETTE, Ala, August l8.- Especial Leased Wire. )-Eric Lind berg of Robertsdale, Ala, announces his intention to establish at Rob- ertsdale wholesale candy and con fectionary business.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-19

Rev. V. c. Kincaid, pastor of the enjoying a vacation, has returned to the city and will fill his regular ap- pointments at the church Sunday.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-19
GO CAMPING

BRANTLEY, Ala, August 1S.- Especial Leased Wire.)-A large number of young people of Brantley left this week for Morgan's mill pond, where they vii camp for three days.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-19

W. c. Roberts and family have re- turned from an extended stay in Georgia, where they were called by the death of Mrs. Roberts sister, Mrs. Vera Adams, who died after a long illness at her home in Bowden, Ga.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-19
ih Staff ReUeDs OOO National Guardsn1en Al Camp Mcclellan

JASPER HOSPITAL NEARING beautiful he vii lopenb A. o is in vthN nurses C. H L. J. H. w. J Jr Dr. L. Dr. and I. Dnworh
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-19

Sympathy of many friends is ex- tended to Mrs. J. R. Dozier of this city in the loss of her brother. O. H. Florence, who died at his homo in LaGrange. Ga.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-19
rs M1nGEr FARMER

Size or the lack Of lt is no detrI- ment to farming This was illus trated here by the arrival In the Twin-Cities of John G. James. four feet, and one inch in height, and weighing only 70 pounds. James is 8 prominent farmer of the Valher- mosa section, this county. and brought load of produce here.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-19
TWIN-CITIES WANT NEXT LEGION MEET
Albany -DeCature Delegation Will Go To Mobile With
 That End In View
TENNESSEE VALLEY BUREAU
 THE AGE-HERALD
Albany Decatur. Ala. Aug. IS

Albany Decatur will extend a cor- dial invitation to the Alabama de- partment of the American Legion to hold it's next annual meeting here This became known Saturday when call was made by Judge W. P. Vert, commander of the Morgan county post, for a special meeting to be held Monday evening when dele gates will be chosen for the 1923 con- yention which opens in Mobile the latter part of August.
 Monday evenings meeting will be held in the offices of Eyster & Fly ster, local attorneys. The delegates elected then will be instructed to wage an active fight to bring the next meeting to the Twin-Cities. The Albany Decatur Chamber of Com merce and other civic organizations will assist the Legion in it's efforts to bring the convention here.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-19
Y.YGHTNTNG sTRIKEs sCHonn

The Decatnr High school building now in course of erection on Pond street had another narrow escape from possible serious damage last night when it was hit by lightning. Recently spontaneous combustion caused ignition, of chemicals in the laboratory. Damage done by the lightning amounted to only about S60. The bolt struck and broke two of the copeing stones on the south west corner of the building The broken stones were each about six feet long, eight inches wide and six inches thick. New stones will replace the broken ones.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-01
GERMAN LIVING COSTS TAKE SKYWARD FLIGHT
Average Retail Prices More Than
 Doubled During Present Month

BERLING, June 3o.-.By AssG- ciated Press )-Llving expenses in Germany underwent a record break ing increase during the past week retail prices going up SPA per cent after an advance of more than S9 per cent In the wholesale markets last week.
 The average retail prices during June were 103 per cent higher than in May, and new wave of increases will set in tomorrow ranging from about 43 per cent to A per cent about necessities for stuffs now cost 17,t76 times the pre-war fig ures. For all living expenses com pared with 1914 the increase Is Il 900 fold.
 With the first of July the le- gally fixed rents in Berlin will be raised fivefold.
 The poor among tho population holding government rebate cards will have to pay $500 marks to- morrow for a loaf of bread instead of 3,1O0, the present rate and rolls will cost them 13o marks each in stead Of 100. For other purchasers bread will rise to 10000 marks from 1000 for the loaf and rolls from 300, now to 500 marks.
 Railroad fares will be quadrupled for t' first and second classes and trebled !or third and fourth class passengers. Freight rates will be tripled The Berlin omnibus. hacks and taxicabs will raise their rates 50 per cent, postal rates will go up to three times the present figures and telephone tolls will be multi piled by five,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-01
A GENTLEMAN OF PARIS

He was elderly. His dress was a little shabby perhaps- I saw him only for the space of half minute, and yet I shall always remember him as a fine old gentleman. He passed the table on the cafe terrace where we were taking our coffee after de- jeuner. He was hurrying along. but caught sight of a waiter. A smile lit his face. You must excuse me from taking coffee today" he said. flor 1 am attending a ceremony at the Sorbonne and I am late" Then a slight pause, and-"Monsieur." With the word monsieur" he raised his hat. It was in the manner in which he raised his hat to the waiter that the gentleman in him shone. How can one describe it? The slight in clination of the body, the boise of the head that was barred, the pause with the hat held in front of him, the way his fingers Eripped the brim. There was polish in every part of the little ceremony. It was supremely the honor paid by one gentleman to an other. He vanished In the crowd. Yet because of that honor so elegantly paid by one man to another all men For the moment seemed finer men. For in that simple raising of the hat centuries of culture and fine thinking had expressed themselyes.-F. G. H.. in the Continental Edition of tb~ Lon don Mall.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-01
RESERVE RULINGS ARE SYSTEM OF REPRISALS,
 BANK HEAD DECLARES
New Regulations Present Very Alarming Situation,
 Georgia Official Says

ATLANTA, Ga., June 30.-New regulations announced last night by the federal reserve board at Wash ington, extending the scope of the federal reserve systems par clear ance arrangements, were termed "a system of reprisals in the par clear ance controversy" in a statement is sued here tonight by l.. k. Adams, general secretary of the Country Bankers association of Georgia and the National and State Bankers Protective association.
 According to the federal reserve boards announcement, federal re- serve banks In the future will be prohibited from receiving on de- posit or for collection" checks drawn on banks which demand a fee for collections.
 The new regulations present "a very remarkable, if not alarming. situation" MT. Adams said In hls statement. The supreme court has declared, according to extracts of decisions he quotes, that the policy of the federal reserve banks Is gov erned by the policy of the United States When semi-governmental agency, curbed by three decisions of the supreme court. resorts to re- prisals against certain class of our citizens in order to compel those cit izens to bow to their will and ac- quiesce in a system of doing busi- ness which the supreme court has said is not required by the law and Is contrary to the express provisions of the federal reserve act" the statement declares, we find the government arrayed against a DOT tion of its citizenship, seeking to ac- complish by reprisal that which un- der the law they have no right to demand"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-01
GEORGIAN COMMANDS
 CONFEDERATE N AV Y ORGANIZED IN CHINA
American Adventurer Moving Figure In Latest Revolution
 ary Movement
By RAY G. MARSHALL Ueascd Wire to Ase-HeraId)

PEKIN, June 30-Atlanta, Ga, furnishes new soldier of fortune, steeped in the o. Henry tradition with all the accoutrements of ad- venture.
 Capt. l.. D. KearneE late of the L. s. A., Is his name.
 Chartering a Russian ship and Japanese rifles, and hiring a Chinese army of his own. Kearney has be- come commissioned commander in the navy of the Confederate States of China" and Is said to be the nov ing figure in what appears to be fo- mentation of another of this coun- try's revolutions.
 American authorities here are aid ing the harassed Pekin government in an attempt to curb the adventur- ous officers activities.
 The Confederate States" is in the process of formation at Hangchow. While its political leaders spin their wcbs, the captain is on the high seas, reported to be bound for Ning-Po, with 700 refugees aboard his Russian merchantmen. Also on the seas, tenants, is the old Chinese gunboat which the American took to Gen-San to round up his refugees.
 The latter have been promised steady jobs in the army of the con- federacy.
 A vast quantity Ot rifles and ma chine guns, of Japanese origin but purchased from eager Chinese at Gen-San. is aboard the Russian ship.
 NingPo, reported to be the cap tain's destination, is in the Che Kiang province, whither officials have invited all parties interested in opposing the Pellin government. Many of these favor the plan for a confederacy.
 Kearney's only comment on his po- stion is to admit that he is a high military adviser" to the new group.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-01
WORK WILL IGNORE KICKS AGAINST DAVIS
Interior Secretary Outlines Policy
 On Reclamation Service

HELENA, Mont, June 30.-Secre- tary of the Interior Work will ignore the protest against the dismissal of A. P. Davis as director of the re- clamation service. Work said here that he would give protests from the American Engineering society and various big power companies "respectful consideration" but would do nothing more.
 "I shall put the protests on one side, and on the other side the let ters and messages of commendation from power users who have to pay for the work of the director" the secretary said.
 "We have abolished the reclama- ton division and created a reclamN- tion bureau. Heretofore, the engi- neering feature was paramount in the reclamation service. We shall from now on endeavor to button up the various angles of the service, to assist the farmer in making the fullest use of the water. so that he may grow crops that will permit him to pay for the water"
 Work continued to evade direct answer to the question, whether Da- wis was dismissed or had resigned.
 T have his resignation" he said.
 Did you request 1t of him?'
 Well, we didn't need two chief engineers when we abolished the service of which MT. Davis was di- rector. We already had one chief engineer, F. E. Weymouth"
 Work said there was $s,ooo,ooo outstan anding as delinquent payments due the government for water on reclamation projects. Asked whether delay in collecting that money had anything to do with the change of policy and the dismissal of Davis. he iptimated the opinion that Davis had paid too little attention to financial and other details"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-01
FARM HEAD REMOVED
Charge Minister Has Been Leading
 Double Life In Two States

MACON, Ga, June 30.-Rev. Roy E. Davis, president of the Georgla farmers union, was removed from office at a meeting of the executive committee of that organization here late today.
 In connection with the removal 1t was announced by the executive com mittee that it had been found that Davis had been leading dual life in Texas and Georgia.
 The executive committee announced that it had been found by it's inves- tieators that Davis had been con victed of the charge of cheating and swindling in Wise county, Texas, in 1877; that he came to Georgia and took the name of Prof. Lon Davis, singer" later becoming pastor of a church at Acworth, Ga.; that he was removed by the congregation for "conduct unbecoming a minister, and that he had deserted wife and four children in Texas.
 These charges. it was stated, along with others. were substantiated by affidavits and photographs.
 The committee announced that 1t had called the meeting for Macon with view of giving Davis hear ing, but that he failed to appear.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-01
AMERICA WILL GREET
 WAR HERO OF FRANCE
General Gourand Will Be Guest Of
 Rainbow Division

NEW YORK, June 30.-French and American veterans of the western front, officers of the army and navy, and city officials will greet Gen. Henry Joseph Eugene Gourand, one-armed hero of the French Dar- danelles campaign and the battle of Champagne, when he arrives tomCr- row on the France to be guest of the Rainbow division.
 The griZzled veteran of many years warfare against African tribesmen wso was five times wounded during the World war, will be escorted to the city hall by attachments of vet erans of the Seventy Amer ican division.
 He will remain six weeks and will attend the reunion of the Rainbow division in Indianapolis on July 15, the fifth anniversary of the great French drive he directed In the Champagne.
 A Parisian and graduate of St. Cyr, the French West Point, General Gourand tough six colonial cam paigns against the natives in the before he was recalled to France at the outbreak of the World war. He gained great popularity by his cap ture Of Chief Samory, leader of the Senegal insurrectionists.
 He had just taken over command of the French forces in the Dardan- elles when he was severely wounded in action. Undaunted, he directed his troops from his bedside until the gravity of the wounds in leg and arm necessitated his removal to France. On board the hospital ship that took him back the general chafed at the interruption Of his fighting service and demanded of the surgeon how long he would have to wait before he could smell powder again.
 "Oh. it will be long before your wounds heal, Mon General the medical man said
 How long?" he insisted, and was told year, at least.
 And if you amputate, my armE he suggested.
 "Three weeks" was the answer.
 "Then cut it eff" he ordered.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-01
Agricultural Town Will Become
 Huge Reservoir For Irrigation

AMERICAN FALLS, Idaho, June 30 (By Associated Press.)-This little agricultural community has consent ed to plans for it's rem moI al to a new townsite as the result of negotiations by representatives of the United States government. The present site according to plans, will be inundat- ed together with S3,000 acres sur rounding it, to make way for the con- struction of the gigantic American Falls reservoir.
 Authorization of plans to build the reservoir, which will be the largest in the United States and the fourth largest in the world, with capacity of 100000 acre-feet of water, was given at recent special election in the American Falls irrigation dis trict. The district embraces approxi- mately 500,000 acres. The cost of the project is estimated at SIP, 900.
 The immensity Of the proposed reservoir may be realized by the statement that it will be among the worlds wonders as a means of water storage. There will be only three comparable reservoirs, one on the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-01

Euphrates, one on the Nile, and the one created by the Gatun dam at Panama, which is not an irrigation project.
 The floor of the reservoir will con tain S3,00O acres when the project is extended to the full capacity of 3.0000OO acres. All preliminaries, in- .cluding foundations, moving the town of American Falls, the railroad etc. The height of the dam for the American Falls townsite unit will be 75 feet. Addition of 20 to 25 feet will double the capacity, or make the reservoir 100000 acre-feet, at the relatively small cost, according to officials, of between s3,o0o,000 and S4000,000.
 The benefits of the project will extend to all South Idaho, and gen eral stimulation of business in all lines, notably agriculture, will result officials say. With an ample water supply to meet all shortages, values will be stabilized and a remarkable development is predicted.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-01
SAYS LABOR BODY PUTS HEAVY LOAD
 UPON TAX PAYERS
English Newspaper Claims League Bureau Costs
 World Large Sum

LONDON, June 30.-(By Associated Press. s.)-The International Labor Bureau of tho League of Nations is not averse to taking on a few cap italistic ideas In the matter of sal aries and expenses. says a core spondent of the Daily Mail in an ar ticle in which the bureau comes In for criticism. He declares that the bureau costs the League of Nations 349, ,76S. which Is about one-third of it's revenue.
 The offices of the bureau at Gen eva are described as situated In a large private school building near the city. The staff of the bureau is composed of some 3Ss persons, 80 of whom are British subjects. Fifty three of these are earning from 800 to 3,600 pounds year, and their salaries are free from anything that resembles an income tax.
 Allowed Long Holiday.
 Further, these employees are al lowed a six weeks holiday every year, and their expenses paid to their place of residence. The cost of send ing their families to Geneva also is met by the League, as well as spe- cial motor bus transport to and from the city to the offices, and the midday meal.
 Teas, which were provided at an an nual cost of 16o pounds are no longer of the free list. This. and a reduction in the cost of office supplies and the expense of courier between Gen eva and Paris are the work of an economy expert sent recently by the British government to investigate the operating costs of the bureau. Salaries Are High.
 The indivudal salaries range from 200 pounds year for office boys and 400 pounds for stenographers, to $500 pounds the remuneration paid to the director. Albert Thomas, the former French socialist minister.
 The correspondent of tho Daily Mall has figured out that the British taxpayers donate 30. 900 pounds the re- to this bureau, whose work is de- scribed as being "the recommenda- ton to more backward states of la Dor legislation calculated to bring them Into line with the practices Of western countries, and of accumulat- ing and furnishing upon demand authoritative information about la Dor conditions all over the globe"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-01
EMPLOYES TO FIX
 OWN SALARIES IN UNIQUE CONTRACT
UnfurniShed Corner Of Office Furnishes Scene For The
 Strange Experiment
By HARLAN 6. MILLER Leased Wire to The Ase-Herald)

NEW YORK. June 30.-In an un- furnished corner of an office at 55 Worth street a dry goods commission business will be constructed on these unique principles:
 T. Employees shall set. raise and lower their own salaries
 "2. Our mills shall set the com mission they will pay us.
 3 It is not necessary that this should be a making concern.
 A. Competing firms are at liberty to appropriate our ideas.
 '5. We will refrain from circular izing cotton mills already served by faithful competitors"
 Outlines Methods.
 Fisher c. B. Bailey, sole partner in the firm, denies that he Is crazy. He points to a career as student in a Pennsylvania college, as soldier during the war and as all experi- enced hand in the firm of his grand father. Joshua l.. Bailey. dealer in dry goods, as background for his be- lief in the Golden Rule.
 His business methods are set forth in circulars he is sending to south ern cotton molls. One striking para graph follows:
 We guarantee to deal with scrup- ulous honesty with every mill GUS D with us We reserve the right i'm mediately to sever connections with anyone who is not absolutely honest in every word, or deed, or who does not at all times tell the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth"
 Everyone connected with us will consider himself his brothers keeper. We will reward or advance anyone discovering even the head of the house not in every way living up to our standards"
 Humanity Is Honest.
 "A large portion of humanity is honest" Bailey said Saturday, bor- rowing a chair from an office col league to seat the interviewer, "on that theory I am founding my busi- ness.
 Why, no sooner had hired office space here than I had proof that my beliefs were sound. A wallet con taining s10O which I lost on a com muters' train to Long Island was sent to me by the young girl who found any reward. AS soon as my business expands sufficiently I will offer her position"
 A telephone operator Is Bailey's en- tire staff to date.
 Asked if she had set her own sal ary, she said:
 Sure, I quit my old job to work hero for the same money, I don't in tend to ask for a raise. All l want Is a square deal, and I'm getting it."
 The only furnishings in Bailey's of- flee are tidily-framed notices adorn- ing the walls. The one In favored position says:
 Live for infinite values and ex- banding, developing life-only some thing that has permanent value can ever satisfy us"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-01
p1.ANr CHANGES HANDS

Announcement was made here Saturday of the purchase or the Peters-Scanlon handle factory here by Patrick McCrystal' ousines z Memphis. MT. McCrystal states he viii increase the capacity of the local plant and make some improveme ments' inciuding boiler repair work. MT. McCrystars firm has handle nlilis at Memphis, Chicago Heights ana , Tn Peters -Scanlon factory makes and finishes handles for all kinds Of tools and the product turned out here Is shipped to all parts of the world
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-01
RANK TO IMPROVE

Work soon will begin on the Ten nessee Valley bank building a. Stevenson, where one of the lo branch banks of the system has been in operation for over 70 years. the nlan ia to extend the length of the bank building about 20 feet, put in new fixtures, new marble floor and stone front.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-01
--------------es- -es--------------- nu. VESSEL. AGR0uNn

BALBOA HEIGHTS. c. E., June 30. Tho Standard oil of New Jerseys s tanker, John D. Archbold, largest and most modern of its class, Is aground on Bona Island. off the Gulf of Panama The tanker was en route from Los Angeles to New York with 20, 900 tons of oil. Salvage tugs have been dispatched to the rescue
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-01
dlng Fails 70 Ren1oue PogeU Sentiment From Hearts O Weseners

was instantly killed when his housq was blown upon him as he was At- tempting to escape the wrecksga through a window, His wife rs- ceived slight injuries.
 John D. Watkins, a young farmer of TIiCo, was killed by lightning.
 An entire business block was un- roofed here and a number of house1 were demolished between Ridgely and Tiptouvine.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-01
CUTS HIS OWN SALARY

HARRISBURG, Penn, June 3o.- Governor Pinchot reduced his own salary from s1S,o0o to s1o,ooo a year Saturday when he Topped off s2,155, o4o from the general appropriation bill as passed by the senate.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-01
MELLON REMAINS FIRM
I.~retary Of Treasury Not To Relax
 lu.oe Endorsement

Liquor Enforcement
 LONDON. June 30.-(By Associ- ated Press.)-Andrew w.. Mellon. American Secretary of the Treasury, who arrived in England last evening on the Majestic. told the newspaper men here today that the United States gov ernment had no intention of relaxing its attitude regarding the confiscation of liquor on board in coming liners. He saw no solution of the problem until Congress met. he added.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-01
TO PAY DIVIDEND

Morgan County National bank or ficjals announced Saturday that the stockholders of. the bank will De nsid inc regular semi-annual divld end of 4 pe, cent July 1. Reports made at a recent meeting of the d. ,,,.ec tors.4 of this bank showed tho institution to be In flourishing con dition.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-01
TWO KILLED IN STORM
Great Property Damage Done By
 Tennessee Tornado

RIDGELEY, Tenn, June 29.-Two men are dead a S a result of the wind and electrical storm which swept the northwestern section of Tennessee yesterday and did great property damage, according to reports reach inE here.
 John Sough. residing near here,