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Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1924-04-10
RELATIVES SOUGHT
FOR WOMAN'S RICHES
Aged Wanderers Death Reveals She
Had Securities in Many Banks

PITTSBURGH, Pa, Nationwide
search vast started today for relatives
of Jane Mccullough an aged wan
derer," who died here Friday. 1t is
said her effects have disclosed that she
had fortune in stocks and bonds de-
posted in various banks from Los
Angeles to New York.
Body Unclaimed
The woman, friendless and suppos-
edly penniless, died in a hospital. The
unclaimed body was turned over to
the Pennsylvania Anatomical Society
when discovery of what is reputed to
be the record of a fortune was made.
John A. Freyvogel, a member Of
the society, said records among the
woman's effects showed apparently
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1924-04-10

woman has number OF husbands.
Usually woman marries the Oldest
son of family and then takes all
the other brothers along with him.
The women have an easy time of it,
there being virtually no housekeeping
Meat is eaten raw, for fuel is rare and
used only for boiling tea.
Never Battle
The temperature of the land gets
as low as IS degrees below zero at
times. During one of these coldspells
woman took a bath and died She
probably contracted pneumonia, but
the Tibetans thought that the gods
were angry with her for having wash
ed her body. Since that time none of
the inhabitants battle.
DR.. McGovern lived in the country
for whole year and during that time
he never once took bath. He said
that on returning to civilization he
had to force himself to battle.
He said that divorce is common in
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1924-04-10

that she had placed stocks and bonds
in banks at Los Angeles, Chicago,
Cincinnati, Wilmington, Del, New
York and other cities. kilograms
were sent to the police of those cities
asking aid in the search for relatives.
Personal letters revealed that the
woman was a native of Wilmington
and that she was also known as Jane
Chalmers and Elizabeth Agnew. The
letters disclosed that she had been
travelling from place to place for the
last 10 years.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1924-04-10
PROMISE MADE TO
WIFE CARRIED OUT
Husband Visits Spot Where Marriage
Was Performed Fifty Years Ago

Columbus. Cato carry out a
promise made to his wife as she lay
On her death bed some two years ago
Charles c. Lloyd an employee of the
Muscogee Manufacturing Company
appeared at a local newspaper office
Wednesday afternoon and asked per-
mission to stand again once more on
the exact spot where he and his wife
were welded fifty years ago to the
hour. The building now used as a com
posing room was formerly the Broad
Street Methodist church building.
On Exact Spot
Placing himself directly in front of
a linotype machine, Lloyd related how
on March 5, 1874, he led his bride to
the same spot, where they were mar
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1924-04-10
WOMEN RULE IN TIBET;
BATH TUB UNKNOWN
Believe Angry Gods Killed Woman
Who Once Washed Herself

DIR. William Montgomery McGov-
ern. of Augusta, Ga, has just return
ed to this country from Lhasa, the
Forbidden City, capital of Tibet, in
the southwestern part of China
He had to disguise himself as a
Chinese soolie, dying his brown hair
jet black and changing his blue eyes
to brown by means of lemon juice
His eyes are now badly affected.
Women Rule
Tibet is country of about 2000.-
900 inhabitants living in a mountain
eous, almost inaccessible region. DR..
McGovern said the civilization of the
country has gone to seed!
Women rule in Tibet, he said In
stead of man having several wives
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1924-04-10
FRENCH AND TURKS
FIGHTING IN SYRIA

Constantinople.-Renewed encoun-
tiers have taken place between the
Turks and the French along the Syrian
frontier, according to dispatches from
Adana.
The Turks attacked the French
post at Abdurahman, killing two sol
diers, while Turkish bank was at
tackled by French attachments in the
neighborhood of Antioch.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1924-04-10

Tibet. A husband pays the father of
Ia woman so much when she becomes
his wife, and when the woman tires
of the husband she simply returns the
money to him and tells him to get
out. On the other hand if the hus-
band desires freedom he simply pays
her certain amount of money and
leaves.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1924-04-10
INDIAN LANDS EXEMPT -

Washington.-Lands held in trust
for Indians by the United States are
not subject to taxation by the state
authoritiesB The Supreme Court of
the United States held Monday in de-
Gliding a tax suit against Eneas J.
McCurdy, County Treasurer of Usage
County, Oklahoma.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1924-04-10

We have that new ribbon you need
for your Typewriter. All colors for ali
makes of machines. Leader Publishing
Company.
New Britain herald., 1924-01-04

1 of the church that the clergymen who unfrocked him are now making every effort to effect compromise with him.
 The new Holy Synod has called an All-Russian Church Council for Jan- uary 18th and has invited Tikhon to appear before it. Archbishop Evdokim head of the Synod. admitted in a con- versation with the correspondent that the conference may never be held if Tikhon declines to attend. The new church group insist that it was legally and canonically correct in deposing and unfrocking the patriarch, and contends that sooner or later the Sov- jet government vii bring the patriarch to trial.
 If the church epuncil does meet, it is expected to reveal dozens of petty differences and several bitter feuds that have developed within the vari- ous new church movements during the past year. One group wishes to unfrock Antonin, the Archbishop of
New Britain herald., 1924-01-04
be. established"

be, established"
 in gesture of horror and exclaimed What have such obscene inhuman imaginations to do with us? Leave teem to America where they are said to- be very successful. delighting the bluestockings to whom that country is the chosen land"
 Brandes was reminded that when featuring once in London he declared that intuition was a quality which should be left to female admirers of Bergson, and that this statement drew reproach from the French philosophers mother who happened to be in the audience. Brandes says he remains faithful to that opinion.
New Britain herald., 1924-01-04
LOUD SHORES LEAD
 KUN ID PRESIDENCY
Romantic Story of Head of China'S Government Is Told

Shanghai, China, Jan. With the accession of Tsao Kun to the presi- dency of China, the usual crop of fantastic stories purporting to ac- count for the rise of any notable figure has appeared, not the most fantastic being one obtained from native sources in Tsao's own province of Chilli.
 According to this account Tsao's enlistment and subsequent rapid ad- vance as a soldier in the armies of the old Manchu dynasty would have been impossible but for his sonorous snores.
 Tsao, originally, was cloth. mer- chants apprentice, having been put in that service by father noted for his stern disposition, the story goes. Becoming proficient. he was provided with a barrow and stock of goods wherewith to make rounds among prospective buyers and chaffered keenly with the housewives, of neigh boring villages. He was discontented with thiA prosaic occupation. how ever, and sought solace for the pangs it caused his adventurous spirit by engaging in escapades which failed to find his fathers approval.
 The parent cast young Tsao adrift and the lad, bethinking himself of a career which would supply his de- mand for activity and color. sought to enlist at military camp not many miles from his home. He was re- jected because of inability to provide proper guarantor. Although de- spondent, he was determined not to return to his family and sheltered himself in haystack, where he pres- ently fell asleep.
 An officer from the camp, strolling through the vicinity. heard the lusty evidences of Tsao's slumber and reused him unceremoniously. In re- sponse to the officers inquiry as to why such 8, robust young man should be sleeping. the day away, Tsao told his story of eviction from home and rejection by the recruiting officials.
 The officer became interested. used influence to obtain the waiving of the necessary guarantor in Tsao's place, and the youth enlisted. His rapid grasp of military matters impressed his superiors and sensational mili- tary career, eliminating in Tsao's ad- vancement to the highest ranks and elevation to the presidency. followed.
New Britain herald., 1924-01-04
RUM ROW SMUGGLES IN
 NARCOTICS AND JEWELS
Jersey State Police to Re Stationed Along Shores Permanently to
 Combat Bootlcggers.

Atlantic Highlands, N. J., Jan. 4,-- State authorities claiming to have re. duced to thin trickle the flood of holiday liquor which has been pour ing ashore from Rum Row, have set about checking the smuggling of diamonds, narcotics and aliens. in which the rum fleet and bottle fisher. men are reported by residents to be actively engaged.
 Colonel H. Norman Schwartzkopf, head of the New Jersey state police, and Major Kimberling of the Trenton headquarters. declared that these complaints have become so numerous that they have planned to station state troopers here permanently.
 Several Chinese are known to have been smuggled in at Perth Amboy recently. The authorities asserted also that many shore rum-runners weer transporting narcotics to New York. Philadelphia, Jersey City, Trenton, Newark and other centers.
 We know diamonds arc being smuggled into Highlands, waterwitch and Atlantic Highlands" said Ser. seant Tigiie, assigned to this phase of the troopers activities. They are too cheap there. Persons suspected of being in the rum business are of-' ferins diamonds at ridiculous prices, and one of the biggest men in the trade is reported to have boasted--- even to the poliee-that he can get diamonds duty free"
New Britain herald., 1924-01-04
[,]H!1ilIE
A FEELING OF SECURITY

You naturally feel secure when you know that the medicine you are about to take is absolutely pure and con tains no harmful or habit producing drugs.
 such . medicine is Dr. Kiimer's swsmp-Root. kidney, liver and bisd. der medicine.
 The same standard of purity, strength and excellence is maintained in every bottle If svsmp-Root.
 It is scientifically compounded from vegetable herbs.
 'It is not stirulsnt and is taken in tesspoonfui doses.
 II is not recofnmended for every. thing.
 Ii is natures great helper in reiisv- ing and overcoming kidney, liver snd blsdder troubles.
 Asvorn statement of purity is ~ith every bottle of Dr. Kilmer's Swamp. Root.
 fyou need q medicine, you should ksve the best. On sale at all drug stores in bottles ef two sizes. medium snd large.
 However if you wish first to try fhis great preparation send ten cents fo Dr. Kilmer & Go, Binghsmton. N. y., fer a sample bottle. When writ la be sure ssd mention this rspu,
New Britain herald., 1924-01-04
SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE
 HAVING WARM WEATHER
Serious Drought in Bulgaria, Where it Has Not Rained Since August
 -Ruins Crops

Sofia, Bulgaria, Jan. 3.-It has rained very little in Bulgaria since last August, and the resultant drought has seriously damaged the autumn sown crops. Thelev has dropped 30 points in the last month because of the poor agricultural outlook, coupled with reparation demands. Crop experts pre- dict that. unless it rains soon next years harvest will be failure.
 The water supply of Sofia has been cut down by one-half. and there has been more than one serious fire, The
New Britain herald., 1924-01-04

street lights have had to be reduced by two-thirds.
 In the middle of November of 1922 children were throwing snowballs in Boris park. Now the park on moon- light nights is filled just as it is in summer evenings with strolling couples. A year ago the slopes and the summit of Mount vitosha were covered with snow; today they still show signs of verdure.
New Britain herald., 1924-01-04

Moscow and Head of the Church of the Regeneration movement. An other group is said to be very anxious to attack Archbishop Vedensky, tho fiery orator who swayed the previous church council in its denunciation of Tikhon.
New Britain herald., 1924-01-04
RUSSIAN CHURCH UNDER
 THE RULE OF TIKHON

Moscow, Jan. 4.-Within six months of his release from prison pending trial Patriarch Tikhon. who was de- posed and deprived of his priesthood by the new church authorities. has 70 far succeeded in .regaining control
New Britain herald., 1924-01-04
Yes. It Might,

It might help a little if Congress were given a commission on all the money that is saved the taxpayers Charleston W. Val Gazette.
New Britain herald., 1924-01-04

The highest hotel iu Europe is now being built near the summit of the Jungfrau. in the. Swiss Alps al an altitude of i1,so0 feet.
New Britain herald., 1924-01-04
EINSTEIN IS THINKER OF THE DAY, SAYS DANE
George Brandes, Critic and Essayist Declares Scientist Is Newton
 of This Age.

Paris, Jan. 4.--George Brandes, the Danish critic and essayist, who is visiting Paris, is rather hard on American taste. still critical of Berg sonian philosophy, and regards Freud as apostle of ''obscene inhuman imagination Though in his S4th year Brandes is very active.
 Asked whom he considered the greatest thinker of the day, he re- piled: "Einstein beyond contradic- tion: he is the Newton of this age. All his conclusions are being, or will
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-15
sE WEIR PROJECTS.
 START APRIL 15.
Commissioner Dickson Ready To Spend $275,000
 For Expansions

Initial work on the city's supple mentary sewer project will be begun April 15, when the first of the sev- cral units surveyed for better sew CTS, embracing a large area in the downtown district, will be fitted with drainage pipes twice the size of the present ones. at a cost of more than .$275,000, City Engineer A. J. Hawkins announced today, after q conference with Commissioner ". E. Dickson
 Mains will be put in to take care of an area bounded by Norris and Eighth avenues and Thirteenth to Twenty-siXth streets. They will be from to 30 inches in diameter, talk ing the place of some to 15 inches in diameter.
 With this expansion the business district is entirely cared for, and fu- ture growth, to a certain extent. is provided for, Mir. Hawkins said. Tine increasing number of large buildings in the area, together with tho totally inadequate sewerage system now used, requires immediate remedy, he asserted.
 A large force of workmen and en- gineers will be employed in the task. The work will be based upon the findings of the survey, which discov- cred that a great deal of blasting and hard cutting would be nrcessa " to lay the large mains.
 A small percentage of the present drainage pipes will be allowed to re- main, MT. Hawkins said. The work will require some. time to complete. probably all summer or longer. Ad- ditional units embraced in the suvay will be begun later, Commissioner Dickson indicated
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-15
]. w. MILSTEAD DIES
Held Not Responsible For UaasazR 'H Acts During Last Illness

Held Not Responsible For UnazunR st Acts During Last Illness $ J.AW. Milstead. 732 Thirty-first street. Ensiey. died at 1l:50 o'clock Monday night at the Hillman hospi- tai from the combined effects of a self-inflicted wound and a stroke of paralysis, according to Coroner J. D. Russum after a preliminary in vestigatfon early Tuesday morning.
 MT. Mifstead, who had borne a good reputation5 all his life and had been highly thought of by all who knew him, was taken, i'll a few days ago. physicians and friends saying that several unteward acts shortly be- fore his death being traceable to his mental condition, and that he was in no way responsible for what he did at the time.
 The sympathy of a wide cifcle of friends goes out to the bereaved family, not only because of his loss. but because of the great misunder- standing that arose among those who did not stop to realize that he was temporarily mentally i'll, a sick man. like one 'delirious in fever, and not, during the period. in any way ac- countable for his acts
 From the time his malady became very pronounced. if is said by those who were with him, he did not utter a word. Regret was heard Monday from many that the situation was so seriously misunderstood. especially because of the extra grief and heart ache caused innocent relatives
 The funeral arrangements will be announced later.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-15
PAYS BACK POLL TAX OVER 22-YEAR PERIOD
|. R- Wade Gets Receipt For $33
 TetakAFifteen More Days

Some Jefferson county citizens are paying poll tax for as far back as nSsS in order to have a voice in the mumeruus primaries and elections tlhEs year, L. K Bowen, county reg BstrsAr, said Monday.
 Approximately $500 persons have pafd polI tax since last October. This leaves some thing like 35,000 to pay up before the books close February l. After that date no one can qualify t@ vgre this year.
 L.. R. Wade stepped in the tax col leeror's office Monday and shelled owt ss2 to cover poll tax for 22 years.
 J. $. McE1ruy and J.. HI. Rodden pahd S2f each to cover the last It years
 II believe poll taxes will come in r1pddly for the rest of the month. sHid HI C.. Miller. deputy tax col neetor. They always do in big po- DithefHl years"
 I'm most cases the persons who pay for several back years smile broadly att the clerks when they get their receipts and tuck them away. Evi- @emrny they are nursing grudge BGahnst sorne one who is seeking el- eetfom. and they don't mind Spending SD or $39 or $40 dollars to get even.
 Certainly the office seekers might do wreIu-to investigate For many per- sons are now paying poll taxes for uhe- first time in years and years and the primaries are just few months off.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-15
lfRlNk Il. GAFF0RD.
 CLAIMED BY DEATH.
Former Street Commissioner
 Succumbs To Heart Fail ] ure Monday Morning

Frank Henry Gafford. pioneer resident of Birmingham and former ly head of the fire. police and street departments of the city. who died early Monday morning at his resi- dence, Ell Highland avenue, will be buried Tuesday afternoon in Elm wood cemetery. Funeral services will be held at the residence at o'clock. with the Loy Undertaking firm in charge.
 Mir. Gasford has been in ill health for some time. and his death was not unexepected It Is thought that he died about o'clock, as he was found dead in bed when relatives entered his room about g o'clock Death is said to have been due to heart failure.
 Born in Greenville, Ala. November 3, 1853, Mir. Gafford spent practical ly all his life in Alabama. He came to Birmingham in 1870, and entered at once into the business and po- ltticaf lffee3of the cty. One of the frst offices he held was that of chief of police, which he resigned to be- come chief of the fire department
 MT. Gafford was elected street commissioner on the strength of his success as head of the police and fire departments and held that posi- tfon until about five years ago. when ill health and his advanced age forced him to retire from a work in which he had become deeply inter ested. He was in office when the present commission form of govern ment was adopted. serving under both forms, He came to Birming ham when the city was merely a village and saw it's growth to its present size and importance. as one of the leading southern cities. He will be rmeembered as on of the most popular men who have held office in Birmingham.
 Mir. Gafford is. survived by his wife, who before her marriage was Miss Minnie Fuller: a daughter, Mrs. W. l. Justice of New Orleans. and two grandsons. F. H. -Gafford. IT,, and W.tJ Justice, Jr
 The following close friends and business associates of MT Gafford will act as pallbearers: F. L. Bivins 2. T. Rudolph, Dr. "A. Gibson, Thomas Alexander McElroy, James P Ormand, B. A. Schroder, and s r Sturgeon active; T. o. Smith, c F. Orr, James Weatherly, James Pat ten, pr c. w Schropshire, Dr. s. c. Charles c. Locke, Jr, Her man Saks,' lillian Oberhelman, Maj. E. M. Tutwiler, William Lathrop, W T. Warren, J. H. McCary, Jr. Elliott Knight, Maxie Fies, Ralph Fies, Alexander Birch Charles J Smith. I B. McLemore. and Capt. W. A He'd den, honorary.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-15
W.J. DUNCAN DElD. END
Wel-Knossn Citizen Subiect To Heart Truuble Wrote
 Data For Newspapers

William 8phm Eumcnz, lggsS esl dls9 su8denly &smdz>s asszrm0@n au his resj8ence. 1Hss Ngr1h Twsmry-sfghth can had becm i'm Tll hsnlth far sss1n q ttme. 5mf w1s mot Samfimel 1D hiss hGme. He xsarne Mam4 Ngmt1Bw nnonn- i$g cumpaafninsg af feslamg hGdnF. butt later nm tine exemimg sH2rrssd tD G@ Cut again He dropped dstaa @m une
 Three or fOur days ag@ Mir DHn- can wrote tase fslR0wim$ 2re@umt @f his life for the neE Exu<aEenS- to h-e ne. leased upon his Sas.4ah, Hpeaa<v Tmg uhar his b@arr affe~tisn unhgiha take htm off at amy tiimss-
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 Was married to MEzss EiHE EarIe Emsns November P. 1XRH Was e@ar- nected with w. N NzEBme & Ga amE their snccessprs fngrm 1g@2 umdHH nFDE- when the gzmisDm-Seiales agsmey bought the 3Es1Dezs. December 15. 1sV1, RDd hRs R,e=m with uhRn agemey since then
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 He IS survived by hEs widsgw, Mrs W L- DnrncEm- rhne@ sBmA EEan H. Duncan, Hugh L4 Duncan aml w J. Duncan. Ir.- n hrmriher, nr H. IL Dunn cam and two xifsrxnS. M-x. w. K Knr- imam End Wrs FwmlR"
 Funeral services wiHa be Am1@sumeeSL later by Raiieur.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-15
FURNACE AT SHEFFIELD LIGHTED IN FEBRUARY
Also To Keep Vanderbilt
 Stack In Operation

Another furnace of the Sloss-Shef- f1eld Steel and Iron company-thls ufme at Sliefffe1 e1d-wi1l be blown in durfng February, it was announced by the company Monday. The Sloss company just before Christmas re- suuned operations at it's city furnace i'm Birmingham, following a period of several months dullness in the irwm market, and the resumption Of stifl another idle stack. at Sheffield, indlieates a continuation Of the heavier demand which has ben prev zleut for the past two months.
 At the same time it became known thnr NoS 2 furnace of the Woodward Irwn company. at Woodward which wns blown out for repairs during De- eennber, is ready to resume opera rIauss Vanderbilt furnace, which was blown i'm at the time No. , sus- per1fad operations, will be kept light- ed Indefinitely, instead of uspend- Hug operations upon the resumption of the stack at Woodward.
 The price of pig iron. Bfrming- hahn base, is expected to be we'll es- tnblEshetl at the advanced figure Of $a2. 50 per ton by the end of this wreck. aecorffng to furnace interests. Ssrne Birmingham sellers have with dlrawn from the market for first qIunrrer delivery, being we'll booked ahead
 While the prevailing basic quota tIon is stiH somewhat under the RHgh mark reached during the past xear, iron manufacturers are greatly encouraged over the outlook for the IF nr@mths ahe1dL
 Eff the politicians only leave the railroads alone, it is bound to be a good year. as one spokesman put it.. The railroads of the country con- slume about 49 per cent of the nations rgn and steel output, it is pointed AnlIh