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mons. who exhorted the crowd to e5-
chew the word Tranquility" and emblaze
on their banners the word "~discontent.
Mr.. Maxton added, as long as we have
such conditions, don't be peaceful, even
for the sake of the Lab0ur Government,
Politics is not a game now, but a very
definite and bitter class war which can
not be fought with kid glove methods.
London, May 4th-Sinc3 the creation Of
the Overseas Settlement Committee A.
269 immigrants have been assisted under
the Empire Settlement Act, 1926 to
Australia, $3.50 to NewZealand and 6, 1875
to Canada. In the light of these tiguIes
and tendencies, the report says, 1t Is at
least safe to assert that there is no pros
pect Of immigration reducing the number
of the population of Great Britain in a
manner injurious to pOsterity. As a mat
ter Of fact, the total migration from this
country last year. though substantially
larger than that of the previous year was
less by 1873, 900 than in 1913.
Berlin, May 4th. General elections
took place today throughout Germany.
Advance reports from all the metrOpoii-
tan centres and industrial sections midi
cate an exceptionally heavy vote, the to-
tai exceeding 80 percent in the numerous
precincts, as compared with rs four years
ago Only a few disturbances were re-
ported in and outside Of Berlin. The vot-
ing in the occupied areas proceeded
without obstruction. A very large So
cialist and Communist vote was register
ed in the Ruhr, SaXony, Thuringia and
the industrial districts of greater Berlin.
In the local residential precincts the Ger
man NationaIists and the LudendorH par
ty led the others.
London. May 5th. Earth shocks, equal
in intensity to those occurring in the
Derbyshire coal fields on April 4th, were
registered over d period Of seven min
utes on the ~seismograph at the West
BromWich Observatory last night. The
centre of the disturbance is believed to
be about 40 miles from the observatory.
Calcutta, May 5th.-Lieds. PeIletier
Doi8y arrived here at one O'Clock this
afternoon in his flight from France to
Japan. He covered the las $50 miles
of his journey in six and INT half hours.
The airman will probably remain here
two or three days for repairs to the
wings of his airplane.
London, May 5th.-Keen ii terest was
aroused here today by the news that
Lieut.. PelIetier Doisy. the French avia-
tor, had arrived at Calcutta on his
flight to Toxic. The press is in
cIined to believe that Lieut.. Doisy may
continue his flight around the world in
comneiition with the Britt: b and the
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ros, who are making a flight to China,
arrived here yesterday from the lndo-
Persian frontier. They are somewhat
exhausted, having encountered strong
head winds and dust storms which great
ly hindered their flight
London May 9th British United
Despite listers objection to the reopen
ing Of the boundary question, the Colo
NAL Secretary announced today that the
Irish Free State had appointed Mr.. John
McNeiiI as lis representative on the bound
airy co nnissi0n. Ulster has been re-
quested to make a similar appointment,
while the British will endeaVer to name
a suitable chairman.
Hongkong, May 5th.-The passenger
motorboat Oport0. sailing for Canton
from Honeymoon, was seized today by
pirates, who killed the Portuguese skip
per and an Indi IN guard and kidnapped
forty passengers.
Washington. May 5th.-Daily air mail
service between New York SanfrauciSCo,
with deliveries within % hours, or from
one morning to The following evening,
will begin on July lst. was announced to-
day by The Posi-. Master General The
time of transit will be cut to "a hours,
probably within q few months. the Post
master General believes.
London, May 5th. UNITED Press The
Cabinet Committee. which has been sit
ting sfor some weeks past under the
Guardianship OF Mr.. Thomas, concluded
its Investigations and has made certain
recommendations, relative o the future
of the airship problem in Great Britain.
which have been sent to the whole cabi-
net, Ii the latter accepts these recon-
mendatiOns, work will be began imme IL
ately on the first super airship, which
will bring the very remOtest parts of the
British Empire within seven days of Lon
don. This new airship will carry about
200 passengers and eleven tons of mail
and will have a speed of at least 80 miles
per hour.
London, 5th-As a result of the Prime
Minister'S conference with NJ. Theunis,
of Belgium, at Cnequers Court, over the
week end, a new inter-Allied conference
for making the experts PREPARATION plan
effective, is close at hand than has been
generally anticipated, according 10 the
view of British officials who have had an
opportunity to learn something Of infor-
NAL conversations held at the Premier's
official country residence.
New York, May 5th-Another decline
of 1fi6 cents was recorded in the local
raw sugar market today. with spot quo
tations at $50, duty paid. Retired sug-
ar also declined owing to the cheaper
raWs, with fine gyanulated quoted at so
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FLOATING ISLANDS

The good ship President Adams docked in New York recently with a story of having been chased up the Pacific ocean by a floating island.
 Captain Jonas P0rkelbury was the skipper. This was his first experience with floating islands (except by way of a dessert) and he met the thing as he was sailing north of Borneo.
 It had plain trees, he declares, taller than the wireless nasts of his ship, with singing birds and chattering mon keys in them. Through marine glasses he made out a mass of Towering yegeta- tion and a family of reptiles.
 His first guess was tha> this charts were wild, and he was heading for the mainland. But this bit of land came floating up the sea-And then began to follow him.
 "Before night" declares Captain Parkelbury, taking pains to impress the reporters that his first name is Jonas and not Jonah, Eve sighted eight or ten more floating islands, but none so large as the first one."
 What happened, members of the American Geological society explain, was that the captain merely ran into q rather large order of an entirely normal phenomenon in tropic waters.
 ''Floating islands" are tangles of vegetation, tightly woven as a grass rug, that wash out of the mouths of rivers in times of trOpic floods.
 Not often, however, are they so well populated as this skipper found them. --Collier's.
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Talbott will do some flying for the United States Army Reserve corp while in San Antonio. Lieutenant and Mrs. Talbotts' home is in Chicago, and have many friends in Birmingham, where they frequently visit.
 Miss Florence McCrossin's party, who have spent the summer abroad, have sailed for the United States on the $. s. George Washington and will arrive in New York Saturday. Miss Kate Nelson Turnipseed and Miss Katherine Leeper are among the Bir- mingham girls in the party.
 Miss May B. Bell and Miss Evelyn Going are spending some time at Gal zier National park in Montana, en route to Chicago, after concert tour on the Pacific coast.
 Band No. 2 of St. Pauls Altar so- ciety will meet Monday afternoon, Au- gust 9, at 3 o'clock at the home of Mrs. R. A. Cunningham, 2520 Nine teenth avenue, north. Members of this band please meet at the southeast cor ner of Third avenue and Nineteenth street at 2 80 o'clock sharp. MfS. b. be0r, or olrmlnSnamS3AlSi among the guests this week lat the George Vanderbilt hotel, Asheville, North Carolina.
 Mrs. W. A. Willis is leaving today for her home in Nashville after visit to her sister, Mrs Eli T. Morris, and attending the HOlley- Morris wedding.
 Mrs. Jamie Holley has returned to her home in Wetumpka after a visit to friends in Birmingham.
 Miss Eleanor Curan and Miss Vera Mae Smith have returned from a visit to Miss Curans relatives in Nashville, Louisville and Chicago.
 Miss Goedrick of Nashville is visit ing her niece, Mrs. Foster Hamilton.
 Mrs. Haskin Williams and Miss Emily Williams have returned from a lengthy stay at Rome, Ga.
 MT. and Mrs. Edward Hanaham and son, Edward, Jr., are visiting in Jack sonville, Fla.
 Mir. and Mrs. Jack Wallace are ex- pected to return from their wedding trip in few days and will be at home with Mrs. Neal Wallace until their home is completed.
 MT. and Mrs. R. D. Davis and fam fly, Lucille, Helan and Nelson, are ex- pected home today after a two weeks
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wana, is now the guest of her grand parents, Dr. and Mrs. B. F. Riley, on Twenty-first street, south.
 Mrs. J. K. Lanning is in. Anniston, the guest guest of Mir. and Mrs. Wood Herren, Jr.
 Miss Mary Lou Mcconnell has re turned from a visit to Dr. and Mrs. J. T. Hawkins in Anniston. Helen and Laura Johnson are visit ing Miss Margaret Johnson in AnniS- ton. Mrs. J. 0. Kyle of Anniston is visit ing in Birmingham.
 Miss Virginias B. Handley is in Mo bile where she is in attendance at meeting of the state department of the Child Welfare, of which she is director. Mrs. A. F. Owings of Columbus, Ga, is the guest of Mrs. W. H. Owings. MT. William Royal recently re- turned from Roanoke, Va, his old home and other points in Virginia where he ~
 &
 Mrs. W. c. Pope, who has been vis- iting her cousin, Mrs. D. c. Royall, at morning for her home in Montgomery. Miss Claudio Guice Haynie is wis., South Eleventh avenue.
 
 Mir. and Mrs. William Lawrence of young son. Mrs. Lawrence will be Cormack of Birmingham.
 Miss Florence Hunt has returned from visit to friends in Atlanta.
  the past week in Atlanta as the guest of Mrs. Arthur Clarke en route to Kanuga Lake, ". c.
 Mrs. Walter Mitchell has returned from visit to friends and relatives in Chicago and Columbus, Ga.
 Mrs. Victor Coleman of UniOntown is spendindg a few days in Birming- ham as the guest of her sister, Miss Carrie Lee Pugh, and Miss Hattie Horton.
 -...+ Miss Maybelle Prowell, who has been the guest of Mrs. Andrew Cromer in Selma for the past few days, left Fri day for. a visit to Dayton. She will return to Selma for a short while be- fore returning home.
 Miss Margaret Price, one of the past seasons most popular .debutantes, returned home Monday night after a delightful visit to relatives and friends in Birmingham.-Nashville Banner.
 $ --. Mrs. Willie Hogan Emerson leaves today by way of Chicago for her home in Los Angeles. She is accompanied by
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Mir. Pegiam Partridge has returned from visit to Demopolis. trip to Pensacola, Fla, and other places of interest.
 Mrs. R. D. England and Mrs. c. B. Robinson of Marion are visiting their sister, Mrs. Neal Wallace.
 Miss Lois Hanley, who has been the admired guest of Mrs. B. A. Monaghan, will return to her home in Milwaukee Monday. Miss Harriett Jackson, accompanied by Barney Monaghan, will return from Greensboro today, after visiting rela- tives. Miss Jackson is the guest of her sister, Mrs. B. A. Bonaghan.
 Mir. W. T. Johnson who has been i'll at local hospital with pneumonia is convalscing at his home.
 Dr. L. c. Woodson has returned from a two months stay in New York and Canada.
 , Mir. and Mrs. Wallace McClary of Chicago are visiting Mir. and Mrs. J. B. McClary.
 Mir. and Mrs. J. D. Poole have re- turned from a two weeks visit at Ocean View, Virginia Beach and Washington.
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 MT. and Mrs. W. T. Eason are spend ing the weekend as the guests of Dr. and Mrs. J. P. Stuart in Attalla.
 
 Miss Mary Elizabeth Webb and Miss Lucy Webb accompanied by their grandmother, Mrs. N. E. Lappage. are visiting their aunt, Mrs. F. M. Moore. in Russellville.
 
 Miss Louise Seier left Saturday for Mentone to spend the weekend with
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Random Notes

Mir. and Mrs. Will Durham and daughters, Mary Alice and Katherine, and Mrs. Georgia Durham have re- turned after spending several weeks at Camp Walton, Fla.
 The many friends of DT. and Mrs. E. NJ. Scott will regret to learn that their son, Edgar NJ. Scott, Jr., who has been ill at the Norwood hospital, continues in a critical condition.
 Mr. Jack McLarm has returned to his home in Cincinnati, after spending his vacation in Birmingham.
 4At
 Mir. and Mrs. Harry Coffin and Miss Evelyn Coffin left Friday for stay at Camp Walton, Fla.
 Mrs. Arthur Lovelace and daughter, Miss Jamie Lovelace, have returned from AIonteagle, Tenn, where they have spent several weeks. Misses Mary Ida, Martha and Sarah, will return the first of September from Europe, where they have spent the summer.
 Mrs. Hubert Scruggs is back from Chicago and other lake resorts where she passed the heated term.
 MT. Herbert Scrubbs, Jr., has re-. turned from Chicago, where he spent the summer studying at the Academy of Fine Arts.
 Mir. and Mrs. Paul Haynes Shrop- shire have named their infant daughter Mary Brooks.
 Miss Betty MeCaskey is visiting her niece, Mrs. William Marian Woodall, at her home in NorwOod.
 Miss Ada Wagner is the guest of her uncle, Rev. F. L. Leeper, in Me Minnville, Tenn.
 Misses Eoline McCullar, Alice Taught and Louise Ramsey, who have been attending the summer term at Howard college, have returned to their homes in Carbon Hill.
 Mrs. R. K. Kennedy, of Woodlawn, Frank Cobb (Mattie Hughes Kennedy in Carbon Hill.
 Mrs. Roy Armstrong is at home after a serious operation at local infirm- ary.
 Misses Mary and Monia Gibbon are leaving today for stay at Mentone.
 MT. August Hirsh, who has spent the summer touring Europe, arrived the past week in New York on the Aqua tania, and will return to Birmingham in few days.
 Miss Virginia Seirer, the daughter of Mrs. Arthur. Serer, will cave Mons day evening for New York, where she will be a member oft he Blossom Time company, and with them, will leave for a tour of the west.
 Mrs. Mason Douglas and twin daugh- ters, Martha Louise and Mary Eve lyn, have returned from visit to Rus sellville and Florence and are with Mrs. Douglas parents, Dr. and Mrs, J. w Partridge, at WoOdlawn.
 Miss Eloise Partridge will return to- day from visit to relatives in Russell vile.
 Mrs, James A, Acton (Frieda Seirer) and Miss Jimmie Miller are spending two weeks at Mentone.
 Lieut.. and Mrs. Raymond P. Talbott left the past week for San Antonio, Tex, after a visit to friends in Bir- mingham and Montgomery. Lieutenant
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Child Should Be Self : Reliant
 At Table
By EMILE HOFFMAN.

A T A table in a farm boarding A house the other day, young lady
 was asked whether she preferred the dark or light meat of chicken. The embarrassed girl looked helplessly at her mother, who happened to be con versing with the guest seated beside her. -ss an
 The carver repeated the query and the miss, in confusion replied, "I don't know" Then she asked, Mother what kind of meat do l. eat?"
 There was a shout of laughter from the less considerate guests, in which her mother joined.
 This lady seemed to enjoy the situa- ton and explained that Marion is very dependent on her mother in every way. 1 always put her food on her plate as she never has to help her self" and with an air of satisfaction, she added, :,'oh, she is a perfect baby"
 This ''baby" happens to be IS years old. This may be an exceptional case but how often consternation is registered on the. faces of young folks dining away from home when food is passed and they must select a DOT tion. They are d>.eidedly ill at ease and every mother should guard her child against such a predicament.
 The custom of preparing the food on q child's plate should be discontinued as early as possible. A child of five or six years can be taught to help himself to sthe foods that are passed also to properly season and cut the food.
 Make your children self-reliant in the matter of table service if you would have them perfectly seff9pos- sessed when dining with guests or in public places. It is a real pleasure to watch family of wel1-bred children dining at a restaurant.
 The parents do not continually ad- monish or reprimand the young folks and the confident manner in which the children order their food and re- ceive the attention of the waiter is charming to behold. No hesitancy, nor confusion-just a meal with every one at ease.
 The wise mother will help her chil- dren to attain this perfect poise at the table. -..,!.,.. / =
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He Was Excited

The bridegroom was embarrassed; the bride was self-possessed,
 'Tf it were only over," he whispered excitediy. "I know I'll do it wrong." 'tIt won't take long, dearie," she an- swered, consolingly. You haven't much to say"
 Suddenly there came to the ears of the bridegroom the voice of the min ister, saying, Kindly change places with the bride" The bridegroom tried to do so, but stepped on the toe of her shoe and, raising his arm, caught the cuff button in her veil.
 Do be careful!" she implored.
 The minister began the ceremony. The bridegroom grew more and more embarrassed.
 ''If any person knows any just req
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derful skin whitener, softener and beautifier.
 Massage this sweetly fragrant lemon bleach into the face, neck, arms and hands. It cannot iritate. Famous stage beauties use it to bring that clear, youthful skin and rosy-white complexion also as a freckle, sunburn and tan bleach. You must mix this remarkable lotion yourself It cannot be bought ready to use because it acts be immediately after it is prepared,
 Adv,
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PINK AND WHITE PINAFORE
 FOR MEAL TIME

Quaint and useful are little pink and white checked pinafores for little children. Across the front of each is a large patchwork elephant done in white. with black stitching. These pin afores are semi-made.
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GREAT MEN

There is nothing strange about great men; they are like us, only deeper, higher, broader; they think as we do, but with more intensity; they suffer as we do, more keenly they love as we do, more tenderly David GPayson.
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son." said the minister, "why these two should not be joined together, let him now speak"
 q wilt" shouted the bridegroom From the Pittsburg Chronicle Tele- graph.
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The only harmless way to bleach the skin white is to mix the juice of two lem ons with three ounces of Orchard White, which any druggist will supply for a few cents. Shake well in a bottle, and you have a whole quarter
 pint of the most won
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MILLER-TODD
 WARRTAGE ANNOUNCED

MT. and Mrs. Fl. !. Todd announce the marriage of their daughter. Margue-- rite, to Mir. Odyer Harrison Miller, of Tulsa, Okla, which was solemnized at Hot Springs, Ark, on August 14. Mir. and Mrs. Miller will be at home in T,,,lea Okla
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 Mentone Springs hotel. r Mrs. Kate Ward is spending two weeks on St. Simons Island.
 Mir. and Mrs. A. R. Dearborn and Miss Augusta Dearborn are spending some time in Biloxi.
 Miss Winifred Timon of Nashville, is visiting her aunt and uncle, Mir. and Mrs. T. A. McGough.
 Miss Elizabeth McAdOry of Mont gomery, is visiting friends and rela- tives in Birmingham.
 Mir. and Mry. NJ. L. Blumenfeld and daughter, Evelyn, and son, Leonard, of Montgomery, will arrive today to be the guests of their mother, Mrs. H. Lands burger.
 Mir. and Mrs. H. Stanton, Mir. and Mrs. w. c. Prickett, Mir. and Mrs. c. E. Bigsley, Mrs. L. N. Means and Miss Alice Schafer are returning today from two weeks stay at Mary Esther, Fla. MT. Jimmie Robinson has returned from Halyville, Ala, where he has been visiting his mother.
 
 Mir. and Mrs. c. E. Harvey are visit ing in Chattanooga, Tenn.
 Mrs. H. M. Lewis and daughter, Catherine Harvey, and Miss Noinie Jones spent Sunday in Schocco Springs, Ala.
 
 Miss Martha Street of AnniSton. is visiting her sister, Mrs. Paul J. Wat ton, and Mir. Watson.
 Mrs. F. F. Postell and young son have been removed from the Baptist hospital to their nome. #@
 Mss Dorothy HOyt of Houston. Tex, who has been attending Camp Naka-
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her friend, Miss Kathleen Wright, of Bloeton, Ala, who will spend the winter with her,
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Further Explanation Required Father-Who was here to see you last evening"
 Daughter-Ethel called, father. Father-Tell Ethel she left her pipe on the piano.
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Social Calendar

The Axis club will meet Monday at 12 80 o'clock at Cascade Plunge. An interesting program has been arranged and all wishing reservations for lunch con must mage them by today by call ing Main 6596, Woodlawn SO2-W or Hemlock 134.
 The regular meeting of the city mis- sion board will be held Tuesday morning at 10 o'clock in the annex of the First Methodist church. A full attendance is urged.
 
 The Jefferson County Orphans asso- citation will meet Monday evening at 5 :15 p. m., at the Knights of Colum- bus hall. This will be the last meeting before the Labor Day picnic and the committees are requested to make full reports.
 Purity temple, Pythian Sisters, will have a convention Tuesday, August 26, at Knights of Pythias temple in Ems ley. All members are urged to attend.
 The Kappa Phi Alpha fraternity is making arrangements for their annual dance to be given at Cascade Plunge carly in September. The occasion will be delightful one as are Ill of the af- fairs given by this popular organization
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Mrs, James A. Acton (Frieda Seirer) and Miss Jimmie Miller are spending two weeks at Mentone.
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Miss Eloise Partridge will return to- day from a visit to relatives in Russell vile.
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LEMON JUICE BEST
 TO WHlTEN SKIN

TTho XII Lor,,I Ios.
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Lieut.. and Mrs. Raymond P. Talbott left the past week for San Antonio, Tex, after a visit to friends in Bir- mingham and Montgomery. Lieutenant
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Mrs. Mason Douglas and twin daugh- ters, Martha Louise and Mary Eve lyn, have returned from visit to Rus sellville and Florence and are with Mrs. Douglas parents, Dr. and Mrs. J. W. Partridge, at Woodlawn.
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Miss Virginia Seirer, the daughter of Mrs. Arthur. Serer, will cave Mons day evening for New York, where she will be a member oft he Blossom Time company, and with them, will leave for a tour of the west.
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Miss Louise Seier left Saturday for Mentone to spend the weekend with
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CLARK

George Lights father arrived
Monday evening from Kentucky to
visit for a short time.
Mrs. VIM. Lindsay of Bridger and
Harvey Mcdowell spent a couple
of days at the Bennett Creek ranch
the past week.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. G. Hopkins en-
tertained several friends from Kings
town, Pa, at the home the past
Week.
G. c. Bever went to Belfry Wed
nesday to meet Mrs. Bever and
Mrs. H. S. Williston. They will
spend the summer at the ranch.
Mrs. C. A. Pearson, her son and
daughter, arrived home from Lar
annie the early part of the week.
Stanton Towards father, sisters
and brothers, of Idaho, are visiting
the Howard family.
Mrs. Ora Trumbo and children
spent a few days in Billings the
past week visiting with Mrs. Trum-
bo's parents.
Little Leola Hogan entertained a