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The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-12-05

Several feet of wire are automati- cally reeled within a new electric light plug to permit the movement of lamps connected with it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-12-05

This lot represents just 800 pairs mems fine shoes that are in no way damaged, but must be cleared calf and kid feathers, and sold to $S.50 regularly.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-12-05

Shoes that are slightly damaged . by smoke only-which in no way impairs their worth. Brown and
 black kid and black kid oxfords and boots-in perfect condition.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-12-05

This lot shows but very little smoke and water damage-and in most cases no damage at all-all the new styles and materials will be found in the lot. Formerly sold to $7.50.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-12-05

Here are 300 pairs mems shoes that are In good wearing condi- ; tion-only slightly damaged by waterfall sizes, in black and tan all feathers.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-12-05

Here are 500 pairs shoes that are damaged by fire and water, They will make good house shoes-as there is plenty of wear in every pair, at soc.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-12-05

Shoes that sold in a regular way at SS.50-and shoes that were not at all damaged--in fact, were in packing cases at time of fire-on account of insurance adjustment now they go at $S.95.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1923-06-16

The value of plaster IN the house
as a heat and sound insulator, for
purposes of fire protection and for
decorative and other uses Is such that
only the strongest cost considerations
Justify it's omission. Where used ana
where paid for by the builder or
buyer of a residence, 1t should con-
form to certain standards which Will
insure successful performance OF Its
nominal functions. In localities sub
ject to high winds, and where plaster
Is not used, it is advisable to anchor
the frame of wooden dwelling to
|, the masonry foundations sufficiently
to obtain the element of stability
otherwise resulting from the weight
of the plaster.
! The following discussion of plaster
| ing practice outlines these desirable
| standards:
In no place is the Importance OF
good honest construction more evil
! dent than in the plastering of "A house
! If the general construction Is neglect
| ed or skimped the results are shown
[ by the unsightly cracking and some
J times dangerous falling of the plasteT
| Therefore the building code commit
4 tee Of the Department of Commerce
realizing that under the best of con
/ ditions it is impossible to avoid al
! cracks in plastering. wishes to EN-
| phasize the necessity Of good build
| ing.
| Causes of Cracked Plaster.
| Following are some of the common
causes which result in cracked plas
| tering: Inadequate or faulty footing
under bearing posts; too small girder
or too few bearing posts. joists of in
sufficient size, joists under PARTITION
not doubles, improper framing owe
wide openings, uneven settlement du
! to shrinkage of wood frame improper
iy designed and construed. Gimme.
not independent of the frame. settle
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1923-06-16

The national lumber movement, as
observed by the National Lumber
Manufacturers Association. declined
quite noticeably last week as COM
pared with the preceding week,
though allowance should be made for
the fact that reports were received
from 26 fewer mills. Production is
still much in excess of what it was
at this time last year, and is more
than normal: shipments are about
r tho same and new business about 10
per cent less
k'a~ all TIE 500 reporting mills
shipments We're 50 per cent ana 20, or
ders 20 per cent of production. The
corr esponding percentages for the
southern pine group were 80 and
50, and for the west coast 100 and 80.
The $50 of the reporting mills that
have a normal production figure for
the week. show actual production 10
have been los per cent OF normal.
SHIPMENTS 100 per cent Of the same
and orders so per cent. Unified or
ders of 1913 southern pine mills are
1925 cars. equivalent 10 26l,S59.6ss
feet, a reduction of about 4o,Voo;ooo
feet from the previous week. n
filled orders of the West Coast Lum-
hermen's Association mills are given
as 250.G0S,S51 feet of cargo business
and 1866 cars of rail trade business
as compared with 25S S99,SI4 feet OF
cargo orders and 7,415 cars of rail-
trade business the preceding week
Uindered BY Rains.
According to report from John Nj
Gibbs, secretary of the North Caro-
lima Pine Association at Norfolk, Va.
heavy rains during the past weei
seriously interfered with operation o
mills. especially in Alabama, Georgi'
and part of South Carolina. Pro
duction in those states was reduce
approximately so per cent. Virgins
and North Carolina are suffering from
an acute shortage of labor at man.
points and current production ha
fallen off about a third. Orders ar
coming in systematically. while ship
ments are proceeding rather satisfac
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1923-06-16
VITAL TO SATISFACTION
IN BUILDING OF DWELLINGS

ment of wall footings and founda-
lions and separation of partitions from
walls.
When plaster is to be applied
directly to- masonry surfaces. these
should be rough in texture but not
uneven: the surface should be free
from dust, laitance or other loose
material which will prevent a good
bond between plaster and wall, and
particularly from grease. which will
cause discolorations. The wall sur
face should be wet enough so that 1t
does not draw water from the plas-
ter, but not so wet as to fill the
surface pores, and prevent good bond
or interfere with hardening. Care in
this respect is not so important with
lime, plasters as with gypsum. because
lime holds water against suction better
than gypsum, and because water is not
required for hardening lime while 1t Is
for gypsum.
Broken Joints Needed.
To prevent undue lateral expansion
shears and loosens the plaster keys
such Iath should not be over an inch
and a half by three-eighths inch In
! section, and key places should not be
! less than three eighths inch for lime
| plaster. or one-four.h inch for gyp'
| sum plaster. Wood lath should bt
! thoroughly wet when plaster Is ap
Piled Lath should be attached to a
least three supports. and good prac
| tice requires broken joints at leas
| every eighth lath.
! Expanded metal lath weighing 2.
! pounds per square yard. or No 2
! wire cloth two and one-half meshe
! to the inch. are sufficiently rigid 70
| plaster supports in small dwelling
where timbers are spaced not NOR
than sixteen inches for walls an
! twelve inches for ceilings. Longe
spans demand heavier lath or specia
I stiffeners. Ends of sheets should b
joined over supports and horiZonta
edges Tapped and laced securely wit
wire. Continuous sheets bent aroun
corners tend to prevent corner crack
in the plaster. 1t is recommends
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1923-06-16
SMITH REFUSES REPLY
TO NEW DRY ACT PLEA
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
FRENCH LICK, Ind, June 16.-Gov.
Smith of New York, spending his Vaca-
ton here declined to comment on re.
port from New York that the National
Committee Of One Hundred for Law
Enforcement had taken action asking
that he call a special session of the leg
islature to pass a prohibition enforce
ment measure to put New York in line
with other law-abiding states"
George Van Nance, the governor
secretary. said numerous requests of a
similar nature had been received. but
none of them would be given considera-
ton until the executive completes his
vacation and returns to the capital
Considerable interest was shown by
political leaders in a statement issued
today by Thomas Taggart. democratic
leader of Indiana, who declared no
party can win by raising the wet stand
ard as an issue" Many of the leaders
interpreted the statement as meaning
that Gov. Smith would not be accorded
the support of Indiana democrats.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1923-06-16
NATIONAL LUMBER MOVEMENT
SHOWS DECLINE FOR WEEK
Shipment From 1876 Reporting Mills Only
SO Per Cent, and Orders 20 Per
Cent of Production.

torily on the whole. There are no in
dications of an unusual demand Tor
lumber until early fall, but in view
of decreased production. it is reason
able to expect that new business in
the meantime will closely approxi-
mate production.
From New Orleans the Southern
Pine Association reports that unfa-
vorable logging weather over a pur-
ton of the south was reflected last
week in a decrease of about s per cent
in production of southern pine. COM
pared with that of the previous week.
OF the seventy-tive mills reporting
running time SiXtytwo operated full
time and five overtime. Labor short
age is apparently affecting the output
of some mills shipments last week
decreased almost 10 per cent and new
orders fell off &c per cent. The un-
filled order file has fallen from Il, 4!
cars for 1877 mills for the week ended
March Is, to 1925 cars for 133 mills
last week.
West COnst Mills.
The West Coast Lumbermen's As
ISOLATION reports from Seattle thai
the production of 1873 reporting West
Coast mills last week was 90 per cent
above normal, new business was j:
per cent below production and ship
ments were Ii per cent more thar
new business. Forty-one per sent Of
all new business taken during the
week was FOR futurf water delivery
This amounted to 39.952.6T4 feet, o
which 2S.230S42 was for domestic car
go delivery and 1l,721,S32 export. New
! business by rail amounted to LIS
cars Thirty-eigh per cent of tn
weeks lumber shipments moved b.
water, amounting to 42,177.23S feet
| of which 34.056.776 moved coastwis
! and intercoastal and S,120,462 over
seas Actual rail shipments wer
2,126 cars.
From San Francisco the California
White and Sugar Rine Manufacturers
| Association reports that the labo
and car supply are normal, the lo
supply ample. weather fair, stock
low and demand general.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1923-06-16
EIFFEL TOWER RIVAL
OPPOSED IN LONDON
Traditional British Dislike for
Tall Buildings Crops
Ont

General British dislike of tall
buildings, of curious interest to
Americans In and out of the National
Association of Real Estate Boards
who ara wrestling with the problem
of building limitations, is
taking form Just now in opposition
to the building of a 600-foot rival of
the Eiffel tower proposed for the
British empire exhibition to be held
next year in Wembley. a London sub
urb. The most imposing Of London
edifices are less than 100 feet II
height.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1923-06-16

that all metal lath be either galva-
nized or painted.
Gypsum Plaster Boards.
Gypsum plaster boards are essen
TALLY squares of gypsum plaster
coated on both sides with paper. or
instead of paper, wood fiber or other
vegetable fiber is mixed with the ma
terial of which the boards are made.
They are usually 80 by SO inches and
supplied in thickness from one-fourth
inch up. For small dwellings where
the distance between supports is as
given above, one-fourth-i Inch board
may be used. For greater spans a
thicker board is required for rightly
but in no case should the board be SO
thick that it's surface is not amply
covered by the plaster in obtaining
the required thickness. Each board
should be fastened to at least three
supports, and all joints perpendicular
to supports should be broken. The
surface of the board is finished sc
that plaster adheres readily. anc
should not be wetted when plaster is
applied.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1923-06-16
DAYLIGHT SAVING WINS.
CAN'T" Bill Defeated in Illinois
House-Chicago on New Time.

SPRINGFIELD, ILL.,, June 16.-Sena-
tor Wright's anti-dayTight saving bill
was permanently shelved last night by
the house.
Chicago now may continue to prac-
tice daylight saving without inter-
ference by down state.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-04-19
MRS. N. SNYDER
GAINS 29LBS.
Declares TanIac 0vercame Rheu.
matism and Stomach Trouble,
Restoring Full Vigor.

'sTanlac built me up twenty pounds,
and am as happy over my new health
as my little boy was over his Christ
mas toys" declared Mrs. Mary Sny-
der, S3S Estes ST.. Charlottesville, Va.
'For two years / suffered from
stomach trouble, rheumatism and a
nervous, rundown condition. 1 was
almost skeleton and got to the point
where. when I went to bed nights. ]
wondered II would be able to get up
in the morning. Rheumatism in my
shoulders was so painful. and 1 was so
thin and weak that did little OF any
thing except try to get well.
81 was in despair when / started tax.
Ing Tanlac, but now my troubles are
all gone and am as healthy and happy
as I could wish to be. Tanlac has
earned my undying gratitude"
Tanlac is for sale by all good drug.
gists. Over 35 million bottles Sold
Advertisement.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-04-19
BETTER
ROADS
MEASURING HUMAN PROGRESS
Ihere Has Never Been High State of
Civilization Without Dependable
transportation.

There are now $4,000 miles Of
paved or surfaced highways in the
United States-more than there are or
ever were in any other country in the
world. They have all been built. too.
within comparatively few years. When
the system provided for in the federal
highway act is completed, the Agricul-
tural department reports, the improved
mileage will amount to 10000 miles.
The process will keep right on, with
accelerating speed, establishing new
trunk lines across the continent and
up and down. in a transportation sys-
tenn of ever-growing fineness and dur
ability.
Imagine all this network of good
roads swept away-the condition In
which 1t would leave the country and
the deterioration that would follow.
Good roads are civilization. There
has never been a high state of civili-
cation without dependable transporta-
ton routes connecting every locality
with every other, and still less will
there ever be hereafter, says the Brat
tleboro, VT, Reformer You can meas
ure modern human progress pretty ac-
curately by its road building.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-04-19
CRIMINALS PUT UNDER WATER
Capital Punishment by Drowning Was
Common Method OF Procedure
for Many Centuries.

Drowning was long method OF cap
ital punishment. Tacitus says that the
Germans hanged their greater GRIM
inals, but the meaner and more Infa-
nous offenders were plunged under
hurdles in the boys and fens. Drown
Ing was also a Roman punishment.
The Lex Cornelia decreed that parrl-
cides should be sewn In sack with a
dog, cock. viper and ape and thrown
Into the sea. The Anglo-Saxon codes
condemned women thieves to be
drowned.
In Scotland in 1856 a man con-
victed Of theft and sacrilege was SEN
fenced to be drowned, by the queens
special grace" AS Late as 1911 a man
was drowned at Edinburgh for stealing
a lamb. In 1923 IL gypsy women we're
sentenced TO be drowned in the Edin-
purgh Nor Loeb. BY that time the
punishment by drowning had become
obsolete in England. II survived in
Scotland until 1856 (the year of the
drowning of Wigtown martyrs), and
In France was employed as late as
1893.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-04-19
Diamonds in United States

Rock formations showing Favorable
structures" for diamonds, and a few
diamond crystals here and there have
been found in North Carolina, Georgia,
kentucky, Ohio, Wisconsin and Colo
RADIO. In the Isaac Lea collection there
Is a yellow stone, uncut, but highly
polished, picked up at Cabin Fork
creek in Kentucky. Whether this stone
was produced in Kentucky, or was
picked up by bird in neighboring
state and casually dropped over Cabin
Fork creek 1t would be hard to say.
but 1t was surely produced somewhere
not far from where 1t was found, and
the National museum catalogues 1t as
coming from Kentucky. AS long ago
as 1856 a diamond weighing eleven
and a half carats (about 40 grains,
diamond weighD was found at Man
chester, near Richmond, Va.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-04-19
IN PLACE OF ENCHANTMENT
Charming Word Picture Of Old World
Garden Under the Rays Of the
Full Moon.

That evening was the evening of the
full moon. The garden was an en-
chanted place where all the flowers
seemed white. The lilies, the daphnes,
the orange blossom, the white stocks.
the white pinks, the white roses-you
could see these as plainly as in the
daytime; bat the colored flowers ex-
listed only as fragrance
The three younger women sat on
the low wall at the end of the top gar
den after dinner, Rose a little apart
from the others, and watched the enOr-
nous moon moving slowly over the
place where Shelley had lived
just hundred years before. The sea
quivered along the path of the moon.
The stars winked and trembled. The
mountains were misty blue outlines,
with little clusters Of lights shining
through from little clusters of homes.
In the gardens the plants stood quite
still, straight and unstirred by the
smallest rifle of air.-From 1.-THE En-
chanted April"
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-04-19
I'D Gents Give: Sh s54 New Color Tone to Old Curtain:
BY THE SCIENTIFIC METHOD
Modern Mother, Physician Thinks, Has
Poor Ways of Bringing UP
Her Children.

DR.. Alzamon Lucas Of New York
who claims that by the exercise OF
will power mother can determine
both the sex and the vocation of her
unborn child, said at Atlantic City the
other day:
Il hope to see-in fact, 1 do see
a revival of the good old-fashioned
motherhood idea. The modern mother
was too scientific altogether. She
glanced through textbook and
thought She knew 1t all.
There's a story about a nursemaid
who rushed into the smoking room of
one of these modern mothers and
shrieked:
"'Oh, my goodness, ma'am, the twins
have fallen down the Welt What
shall / doY"
1.-THE lady lit cigarette and an
swered calmly:
"'Go to the library and bring me
the last number of Modern Mother
hood" There's a very complete article
in 1t on How to Bring Up Chill
dren."'"
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-04-19
BETTER ROADS BENEFIT ALL
Farmers as Well as Wealthy Tourist,
and Truck Using Corporations
Are Helped.

Good roads are vital to all sections
of the country. Contrary to common
conception, the wealthy tourists and
truck using corporations form only a
small fraction Of those who are urging
better highway transportation.
Better roads will benefit two great
classes, 100000 Of farmers who are
dependent upon their automobiles. and
as many more city dwelling families
with incomes Of less than $4,000, who
with the farmers own two-thirds of
all the cars sold.
Purely as an investment, better
roads will pay regular and substan.
tial dividends which every enterpris-
Ing community cannot afford to lose
Better highways mean better trans
portation and better communities.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-04-19
Record Gold Nuooets.

The largest gold nugget ever found
came from Chile, weighed more than
400 pounds troy, and was worth near
ly 100000. The second largest, weigh
ing 224 pounds, was mined in Ballarat,
Australia, in 1859. The third largest
was picked up at Carson Hill, Gala
yeras county, Calf. in 1854 1t was
a lump about 10 inches long. wide
and thick, weighed 1875 pounds troy,
and brought more than $4,000.
French Ravine, Sierra county, Calf,
was a perfect nest Of big nuggets. A
$1,000 one was found there In 1850,
an $1,000 one in 1851 and a $4,000 one
in 1S55-thus proving that In mining
lightning sometimes does strike more
than once I'm the same place.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-04-19
dyes or tints as you wish
JUST HAD To "MINGLE THEM"
Task Set Before Little Erastus couIa
Hardly Be classed as an Inn
possible One.

Erastus was dressing to go to Sun
day school. He couldn't find his
clothes and pestered his mother In
his efforts to discover them. On this
particular Sunday he seemed worse
than ever. Finally he was dressed en-
cept for his feet.
MA !" he said plaintively, "does you
know whereabouts ma shoes and stock
ms is?"
"Rastus," said his mother, exasper-
ated. 'yo is de good-fer-nothin'- ness
chile dat 1 knows. Yo' shoes am be-
hind de do, yo' stockin's am undah
de bed and yo' feets am on you. Now
see can you mingle EN-"
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-04-19
UTNAM FADELESS DYES
MATER COULD BE ARRANGED
Rather Embarrassing, However, the
Frankness With Which Ruth
Discussed the Idea.

We had wealthy bachelor. terribly
stingy, living across the hall in our
apartment. He came to our apart
ment frequently to play cards.
He and our little four-year-old
daughter, Ruth, became friends. He
always tried to get her to call him
"Uncle Frank"
L remarked to my husband 1 would
teach her to call him uncle If 1
thought he would leave her something
In his will.
One evening in the midst of our
card game, Ruth touched him on an
elbow and said, Mother says she will
teach me to call you uncle II you
leave me some of your will."-Chicago
Tribune.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-04-19

The Book of Jasher is lost He
brew book, twice quoted in the Old
Testament (Joshua O:13, II Samuel
1:17, 1S). It's author and contents are
both unknown, and have given rise
to much speculation. According to
many scholars, the book persisted dur
Ing the captivity OF the Jews I'm Baby
lon (GO6-536 y. ca AS the word Jash-
or means just or upright, the book
Is generally thought TO have bean q
history Of just men.
Two rabblnical works under the
name Book Of Jasher are extant, one
written In 1894 a. ID. by r. Shabbatal
Cramuz Levlta, the other by r. Than,
printed in 1914. An anonymous work
was also printed in 1927 at Venice and
Prague.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-04-19
Why She Didn't Want Tea.

"No, thanks" said the girl emphatI-
cally, mo tea"
"Why not?" inquired her escort.
mo, l think I'll make it hot choco-
late today"
whats happened? / thought your
cup of tea every afternoon was one
of the necessities of life. What made
you give it up? Are you getting too
nervous; did the doctor advise you TO
stop it? Haven't they got the brand
you like here?"
All the time they were at the table
she kept them in suspense and then,
when the last cooky had been eaten
and his store of persuasive adjectives
had been exhausted she said:
well, now that they put the tea in
those little old bags there are never
any leaves in the bottom of the CUP
to tell your fortune with, and that's
what l liked about tea"
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-04-19
New Use for Mouaetrana.

The mousetrap has a new govern
ment job. Finding English sparrows.
which have been committing serious
depredatlons on the immature corn
and mungo beans growing In the eD-
perimental plats of the federal expert
ment station at Honolulu, Hawaii, too
wary to eat poisoned grain, the mouse
trap was called into service. In tho
corn plats the traps were wired to-
partly eaten ears. For bait a soft
kernel is used. When the bird at-
tempts to eat the innocent-looking bait
the trigger is released and the pilferea
caught by the head or neck. Death
is instantaneous. For the Mungo
beans, the traps are also balted with
soft corn and laid on the ground near
the plants.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-04-19
HOSPITALS MADE ACCESSIBLE
Automobile and Improved Roads Have
Made II Feasible for Farmer to
Enjoy Advantages.

The development Of the automobile
and the construction of hard roads
have made It possible In many sections
to equip and erect modern hospitals,
even in the smallest towns and cities,
and to make these hospitals accessible
10 patients through the use Of motor
ambulances for distances as far as 30
and 40 miles. The old emergency
operation was performed on the rough
pine table; now, II may be done, In
many instances, under the most mod
ern Of hospital advantages.