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The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-05
SUMMER SCHOOL
 HELD AT JASPER
Professor Helms Is Teacher Of
 Mathematics

PARRISH, Ala, June 4.-(Special.) Prof. Ira l.. Helms of the Parrish High school, who is one of the instructors in the summer school being held at the Walker County High School at Jasper, states that large number of students have enrolled there for extra work. Mir. Helms is instructor in mathematics.
 To Celebrate FOurth-One of the larg- est Fourth of July celebrations ever staged in Walker county will be held here under the auspices of the athletic association. Some of the entertainments to be offered are public speaking, base ball games, band concerts. Employes of the mining companies will be given a holiday.
 To Teach Mining-Principal Helms of the local high school has organized class for vocational instruction in min ing.
 old Post Office Burns-The old post office building at Gayosa, three miles west of this place, was burned down Monday night, according to informa- tion reaching this place today. The building was occupied by William Ma son, a merchant.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-05
DOG LAW SIGNED
 THROUGH MISTAKE
Now Canines Must Wear Collars
 N'Everything

JACKSON, Miss, June 4.-Unless law enforcement officers close their eyes or look the other way, a dogs life in Mississippi hereafter will be a dog s life, for new law enacted by the last legislature and signed unwillingly by Governor Whitefield, became effective today.
 For i've months each year, from March l to August 1, all dogs must be muzzled, and in addition, must be chaiped to their kennels. The "purp," which heretofore has boasted that he wore no mans collar. must wear one now, for the law requires it, and pro- vides that the collar must carry a metal plate bearing the name and ad- dress of the owner. Another provision, effective Jan. l, 1925, is tax of $1 per year on male and $2 on female canines.
 The measure caused a rumpus in both the senate and house when it was under discussion, and the atmosphere was highly charged as a result of the debate. The owners of coon dogs espe- cially kicked against putting collars on their hunting companions, while every dog lover joined vehemently in the pro test against chaining them up five months of the year, and putting "bird cages" on their face, as one member described the muzzle provision. The bill, however, managed to slip through each house by hairs breadth.
 Governor Whitefield sympathizing with the canine population, had a veto ready, but in the jam at the conclusion of the session, when he had to sign scores of new laws in patches, and sign them quickly, the dog law became mixed with those to be signed and he affixed his signature before he realized what it was.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-05
.DISQUE HEADS
 SCHOOL BOARD Gadsden Man Has Acted As Chairman For
 29 Years

GADSDEN, Ala, June 4.-Judge John H. Disque, who has been chair man of the city board of education con- tlnuously since it was organized 29 years ago, was reelected to that posi- tion Wednesday. It. is said his service to the community in this capacity is unparalleled in the nation. When he first took the office, Gadsden had one old wooden school building and an enrolment of 300. It now has eight buildings of stucco or brick and an enrolment of 4,0S1, the system reouir- ing nearly 100 teachers. Judge Disque asked that he be allowed to retire, but the board insisted on his keeping the post for another term.
 To Vote On BOnds-The Alabama City council Tuesday night ordered an election to be held July 8 for the pur- pose of determining whether the city shall issue $50,000 in bonds to retire floating debt of approximately that amount. Officials claim that by con solidating the debt they will save from to per cent on interest and the city's credit will be strengthened.
 Mrs. MeIberta Davis-NIfs. Melberta Davis, 60, died at her home on Tusca- AOVco dFShuC CdIiy W cuuSSudy mOrn- ing, the victim of dropsy. The funeral will be held at the home Thursday morning and the burial will follow at New Bethel cemetery in Cherokee county.
 School Tax PropOsed-Five of the most progressive communities in Mar shall county-Guntersville Grassy, Arab, Preston and Diamond-will hold elections June 24 to determine the ques- ton of carrying a special 3-mill tax for school purposes.
 It is said that all of them are ex- pected to vote favorably. ,
 Court House Condemned Declaring that it is unsafe for coart officials and public gatherings, the Marshall county court house at GuntersviIle has been condemned by Chester Johnson, state fire marshall. In letter to Pro bate Judge Williams, MT. Johnson states the. building is designed in such a way as to be menace. He says the clock tower is apt to wreck the struc- ture at any time and he advises the erection of a new building at the earliest possible moment
 Offer Declined-While the Alabama Water company did not submit a prop ositiOn to furnish Alabama City with water purchased from the, Gadsden plant, the Alabama City council Tues day night discussed the matter and let it be known that it was not interested in an offer of the kind.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-05
MAN PAROLED WHO RESCUED
 DROWNING BOY

NEONTGoMERY, Ala, June A. MA parole of 30 days has been
 granted to O. D. Bohannon, con vict at Speigner prison, for the res- cue of Peter Crump, 13-year-old son of MT. and Mrs. P. w. Crump of Montgomery, when the lad fell into the water tube that supplies the tur- pines that operate the states cotton mills at Speigner,, it has been an. nounced
 Bohannon, engineer at the plant, heard the boy's cries for help, and leaped into. the manhole, drawing the lad to safety. The parents of the boy, who had watched the strug- gle, started machinery in motion to have Bohannon paroled.
 $, At the expiration of the temporary parole the state pardon board will be asked to make the. parole perma- nent, it has been announced.
 Bohannon is serving sentence of from four to five years, imposed by the Jefferson circuit court, follow ing his conviction June 20, 1921, on charge of bigamy.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-05
.SELMAGASRATES
 MAY BE REVISED
Power Company Wants Delivery Charge Of
 $2 Per Month
(State Capital Bureau)

MONTGOMERY, Ala, June 4.-The Alabama public service commission to- day set for hearing July 9, at the city hall, Selma, the petition of the Alabama Power company seeking to revise it's gas charges at Selma. The schedule proposed by the power company pro vides for a minimum delivery charge of $2 per month for the first 30 cubic feet of maximum hourly demand, to en. title the consumer to 800 cubic feet of gas per month; $1 per month for each additional 50 cubic feet or fraction there of of maximum hourly demand and a consumption charge of 15 cents per hundred cubic feet for all over 800 cubic feet, consumed per month. It is provided that discount of 1 cent for each 100 feet consumed above 500 shall be allowed if bills are paid within 10 days of date.
 Guardsmen entenced-Informatio was received from the office of the ad- jutant general today of convictions by summary court-martial on charges of unauthorized absence from drill of Pri. vate Barto Franklin, Troop A, 55th Machine Gun squardon, Greenville, and Private Jim Franklin, same unit. Each was sentenced to 10 days imprisonment
 Wife Wins FreedOm-Mrs. Pearl Peebles, accused of making liquor, won her freedom in the circuit court today when her husband, Clayton Peebles announced that he was the guilty per. son and that his wife knew nothing about the whisky plant. William T. SeibeIs, solicitor, requested the court to dismiss the indictment returned against Mrs. Peebles. Peebles told the court that he would enter a plea of guilty and that his wife should not be prose cuted for an offense she did not com init.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-05
What A Trial
 Revals
Seeing Is Believing, So Sweet Dreams Spray Kills In- sects While You Look.
Flies, Ants, Pleas, Moths, and Mites, All Easy Vic tims.

Because a certain insect killer failed to work, or because it stained, or because it had an offensive odor. has led some people to believe that such is true of all annihilators.
 To such people we appeal-for in the manufacture of Sweet Dreams Spray, every detail has been, carefully studied.
 Being double-strength. Sweet Dreams Spray kills insects with unfailing cer tainty. It never stains and 1t is entire- ly free from all objectionable odors.
 Your dealer has Sweet Dreams Spray. Half pint red-top cans, 40c; larger pack by every dealer. everywhere.-Odv.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-05
NEW COTTON, REGION

MUNTGUMERH, Ala, June IT. Especial. )-Arid areas in the South west are being developed for cotton growing on extensive scale, according to Mrs. Thomas NJ. Owen, director of the state department of archives and history, who returned today. from Albu- querque, N. M., where she attended the joint meeting of the convention of the United States Good Roads association and Bankhead Highway association.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-05

torium with Dr. Lang of the Univer- sity of Alabama:
 To Clean on Cemetery-The people will meet Saturday, June IA, to clean off the cemetery here.
 Principal Black Returns-Professo Hugh Black returned to his home at Guntersville Monday after a most sue oessful term as principal of the high school here.
 Revival At Log Camps-Rev. G. c.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-05

Corley returned last week frfon5 : ing a revival at the Walco los z He reports a good meeting with ser conversions.
 Postmaster Returns--Mr. and Harry c. Phillips returned Sunday { an extended trip through the east. T motored through and visited m places of interest and report . most joyable trip.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-05

victed as one of Birmingham's ax men was expected to reach Kilby prison Wednesday night to servesa life sen- tence. He was convicted 64f atclfafeA of robbery, his latest victim not hav- ing been killed. He will.face trial in Birmingham later on a murder charge, it was stated. State Transfer Agents Wilson and Herbert went after the prisoner.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-05
If you knew
 what Ggei'1g in aOOod does for pipe tobacco

Even the finest Kentucky Burley Tobacco (and that s the kind we use)i is green and raw when it's pulled. You could hardly smoke one pipe load of it.
 And here's where Velvet is different: Our ageing takes out that rawness and harshness, and makes the tobacco mild and mellow and gives it fine flavor. Ageing in wood does what no artificial treatment can do. Remember-Velvet Tobacco, aged irs iOood. a,' @
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-05
HIGH SCHOOL CLOSES

FAYETTEVILLE, Ala, June A. Especial. )-The closing exercises of the Fayetteville -Talladega Springs High school was held at the high school audi
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-05

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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-09-17

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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-09-17

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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-09-17
CHESTERT0N IS
MAKING HIT
As ACTOR
Famous Author Is Leading
Light in Fleet Street
Group of Players
BY DAVID M. CHURCH,
international News service.

| LONDON, Sept. 17.-G. K. Chester
ton-corpulent of body and agile of
mind--has made his first appear
aIlce as an actor.
While Chesterton has no intention
Of forsaking the literary world, his
combined physical appearance and
quick wit might easily make him a
! rival to the recognized comedians of
the world. TO see Chesterton upon
the stage, playing the part of a
roly-poly, happy-go-lucky king, is to
laugh before he has uttered word.
His lines are even funnier than his
appearance.
The only drawback to Chester
toms career threatens to be his
staunch refusal to learn his part
and his insistent demand that he be
allowed to make up his lines as he
plays. He, also steadfastly refuses
to rehearse.
Chesterton is a leading light in
1.-THE Pleasant Players of Fleet
Street." an organization of news
paper men and women, which has
caused something of a sensation
with its clever production of "St.
Vanglia." All of the players were
working newspapermen, and each
player was called upon to write
his own part. Chesterton played the
part of King Baldua" and also
doubled in the part of Famine" in
the epilogue.
Despite the entreaties of his fel.
low players, &c. K" steadfastly re-
fused to waste his time on re-
hearsals until he was called in to a
dress rehearsal a few hours before
the production. Then he discov'
cred an infant audience Of children
of the players and spent all of his
time amusing the children, so when
| tho curtain arose on his first scene.
&c. X" had little or no idea of
his part, but he was never at a
loss and never failed to speak his
lines, most of which were epigram-
matte.
The happy-go-lucky manner of
playing adopted by Chesterton
forced the other players to follow
suit, and they we're kept on the
oui vive, for Chesterton's extern
poraneous lines didn't always fit in
with the plot, and as a result the
plot was constantly changing to fit
| in with Chesterton's remarks, with
the net result that the plot was
entirely lost before the first act had
ended.
"St. vanglia': was a satire upon
modern English newspaper methods,
and it was satirical to the point of
becoming on the verge of the libel
GUS. The newspaper peers We're held
up to ridicule time and time again,
and there was no respect for any
of them, not even the dead, for a
ghostly character which had much
to do with the play was undeniably
modelled after the late Lord North
cliffe.
Chesterton seemed to thoroughly
enjoy his dip into the theatrical sea.
and while he never was "all at
sea-" his fellow players were, so
long as he was on the stage. He
also insisted upon stepping out of
character and when not on the stage
sat in the front row, smoking a
huge cigar and chuckling at the
performance.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-09-17
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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-09-17
LOSES ACTION AGAINST
"SPELLBINDER" HUBBY

ALTOONA, Pa. Sept. 17.--Alleg.
ing that her husband put some sort
of spells" on her, causing her un.
told miseries, Mrs. John Grant, Of
Altoona, lost her petition to Judge
Thomas j. Baldrige for separate
maintenance with direction that her
husband leave her home.
Grant some time ago agreed to
pay his wife $40 a month. but con-
tinued to room in the house. He de.
clafed his wife would come to his
bed chamber and blow whistle for
an hour and serenaded, him with old
tin pans. Judge Baldridge directed
the $40 agreement to stand, with
permission for the husband to re-
main
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-09-17
NEW CLEWS UNEARTHED
IN HAIL-MILLS MURDER

NEW BRUNSWICK, N. J., Sept.
1.-THE mysterious murder of the
Reverend Edward Wheeler Hall ard
Mrs. Eleanor Mills, q choir singer,
whose bodies were found on Phillips
farm, near here, two years ago, may
yet be solved, Ferdinand David,
county detective, says that he is
at present working on a clue of
recent development which may lead
to arrests.
David said he had no knowledge
Of recently reported activity on the
part of the Ku Klux Khan in the
case. He said he welcomed any
assistance offered, but doubted the
efficiency of amateur investigations.
James Mills, husband of the slain
woman, still lives here and is janitor
of a school.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-09-17
COLLEGES ARE RAPED BY
PRESBYTERIAN SPEAKERS

PITTSBURGH, Sept. 17.-Neces-
sity for the churches to throw
their best into a fight to force
tan philosophy Of life" was
Of Christian education of the Pres
byterian church.
The Franks case in Chicago was
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-09-17
DR.. FARABEE UNDERGoEs
TRANSMISSION 21ST TIME

WASHINGTON, Pa, Sept, l7.--
Doctor w. c. Farabee, University Of
Pennsylvania scientist, who has been
i'll here for several months, has I'M
dergone the twenty-first blood trans.
fusion operation
He has spent the entire summer
at home on the outskirts Of Wash
ington, and feels that he has made
a gain in his fight for. health. He
suffered a breakdown while he was
on an exploration trip in South
America.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-09-17

gunman up the Youghiogheny river
valley following the Staying Of
Chief of Police George Rae, of
West Newton. Pa.
Rae died in McKeesport Hospital
today from his wounds.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-09-17

declared 1t had awakened the
whole country to the necessity" for
such teachings.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-09-17
A Healthy Woman Is
Always Beautiful
Use DIR. Pierce's Remedies.

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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-09-17

Of Philadelphia general secretary
of the board, as an example of tho
lack Of Christian education. and he
Evening star., 1924-11-28
BY II. q. SALSINGER.

n ASE running was revolution
n lied by Ty Cobb. When he
- broke into the major leagues
he noticed that base runners. in hit
ting the ball safely to the outfeld,
crossed first base, turned to the
right, passed outside the foul lines
and leisurely trotted back to the
bag. They could not be tagged out
as long as they turned outside the
chalk line.
Also, Cobb noticed that outfielders
fielded the ball leisurely and lobbed it
back to the infield. That gave him
an idea. Instead OF turning leisurely
to the outside, Cobb touched the bag
and turned sharply. starting in the
direction of second base. Outfelders,
not used to this method, were sur
prised, and Cobb took advantage of
the surprise and sprinted to second
base.
After Cobb had gotten two-bacgcrs
on what other men would have re-
ceived singles, outfielders began to
change their methods. Instead CT
do it hurriedly and throw the ball
back to the infeld on a line instead
Of lobbing 1t back.
He knew Distance.
Cobb was a keen Judge Of a batted
ball. He had a superb eye for dis
tance and he knew his speed to the
fraction Of a second. He continued
running in what looked to be q wild
and crazy fashion. But 1t was not
as wild or as crazy as most of his
opponents believed. Cobb had studied
the matter thoroughly and planned
carefully.
He continued turning frat base
sharply on his short drit.s and
watching the outfielders. Sometimes
he made a half turn toward first and
as the outfielder's arm was raised
slowly and slow throw was started
Cobb reversed and streaked for sec
ond. Or he would come to a dead
stop. and the outfielder. thinking
Cobb would make no attempt to ad-
vance, would take his time. At the
proper moment Cobb sprinted. He
rarely ever lost on the play.
During the first few years that he
ran bases in this way they said it
was the luck of a lunatic.' And
then, noticing his continued success,
other players started copying his
methods. This was especially true
OF the younger players, because the
veterans were too thoroughly drilled
in the old system to change. No
longer did base runners Jog beyond
first and turn outside the base line
and jog back to the bag; they turned
sharply at first and made a start for
second, ready to take advantage of
any opportunity.
Changed Methods.
AS this style became general, the
had to change their
methods to meet the new style of
attack The outfielders used to play
deep. That gave them a chance to
get balls hit far out, and they could,
always come in for short flies. All
find 1t easier to come in
on a ball than to go out on one. That
is logical That is the way they
played when Cobb started his new
style Of base running.
The outfielders now come in much
closer; they had to: 1t gave them a
chance to cut off ground-hit balls and
prevent the runner taking an extra
base. 1t gave them a shorter throw
and, again, prevented the runner get
ting a one-base advantage on account
of a long throw.
1t is so in any game. When the
attack changes, the defense must
Evening star., 1924-11-28
Junior League Holds Honors
TURKEY DAY SHOOT
IS WON BY STOKES

Walter r. Stokes, twice all-around
champion rifle shooter Of the world.
added additional laurels yesterday In
the Turkey day shoot held under the
auspices of the George Washington
University Rifle CLUB.
He turned in so plug 5s in the
prone and registered the high Aggre-
gate score of SO.
Lawrence Neusslein, world cham
pion in the sitting position, and
Olympic marksman, got second place
with a high aggregate of 80.
Other contestants who impressed
with their scores follow: Sergt.
Dempsey Of Camp Humphreys, 81;
Sergt Thill of the District National
Guard, SO: H. Clay Espey OF George
Washington, 50: Ralph c. Stokes. 80:
Bernsdorf of the District National
Guard, SO.