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The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-15
.TREkT PROMISED.
 BY RACHMAN|NOFF.
World Famous Pianist Com. poser Will Appear Tonight
 At Masonic Auditorium

Direct from his triumphant con- certs in Atlanta. in Memphis. in New Orleans and other southern cities. where eapacity houses have greeted the world famous pianist-composex. Serret Rachmaninoff. the nAgniff- cent psano virtuoso. will appear this evening in a brilliant program at the Masonic auditorium. presented by the AI-Star cO9certs- l..
 Good seats are still available at Clark f& Jones. 1913 Third avenue where those who contemplate at- tending the concert (and If there IS anyone who does not love good mu- sic. who is itD may secure them up to o'clock p- m.- and afterW2ros ak the Masonic auditorium
 With new lighting effects at the handsome Masonic auditorium. with the members of the T. C. l. chorus. under the able direction of MT Stephen Al1sopp. graciously contrib utinx their services as ushers, with society in fashionable array, the music world we'll represented by its most conspicuous members. and the entire balcony reserved for music students at the small sum of 7s cents (plus war taxi and Rachma- ninoff in his best form. the concert this evening promises to be one of the most beautiful pianistic achieve ments of the entire season
 There is scarcely a student of mu- sic today who has not studied and played Rachmanfnoffs famous C. sharp Minor Prelude and if this number is not included on a Rach- maninoff program, the great master of the piano always includes it in his --encores." for the benefit of the num- herlexs students Ss we'll as critics who practically demand hearing the composer interpret the famous Pre- lude~ as he would have it inter preted-
 When Rachmaninoff seats himself at the piano he proceeds to make his audience forget the performer and everything else in the rapt attention it Accords to the chosen music
 Foremost of living musicians he plays with an apparently absolute mastery of every resource of his ar+= am art that truly eonceals art 1t seems futile to speak of technical facility in the case of a performer who has long since forgotten that technical difficulties exist
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-15
ASKING EMPLOYMENT OF OVERSEAS DISABLED
A. BiEler Speaks For Soldiers Before Exchange Club

America's maimed and crippled work
 CTS are crying aloud for chance.
 What they need is employment. a chance to become self-sustaining and
 not occasional financial aid. then
 rogotten until imperative need
 caused them to seek succor again. Such in substance was the mes sage delivered Monday to the Ex- change club of Birmingham. by 'E. A Bigler of the Kansas City, Mo, Gas company. himself a cripple and an ardent champion of the cause of injured workers.
 NIT. Bigler is in Birmingham at the invitation of the Amercan Cast Iron Pipe company. He is intensely inter ested in the iron industry and wanted to see the making of cast iron pipe, a process he had never
 witnessed.
 Monday afternoon Mir. Bigler vis- ited several of the industrial sec tions to witness operations there. He
 will remain in Birmingham through Tuesday.
 His great interest is in creating particular emphasis on the necessity of caring for disabled soldiers. wounded in France, to the end that they might become rehabilitated and earn their own livelihood.
 "These men. the great majority of sf.tance.'' Mir Bigler said. What they want Is to become independent. They want work and there is work that they can do. plenty of 1t, if only
 they are given the chance. His address was greeted by mem
 bers of the Exchange club with. in
 tense interest and was literally ap-
 plauded.
 Rush Hess was awarded the at
 tendance prize, donated by Earle
 Martin
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-15
OIL DEALERS PREDICT BOOST IN GAS PRICES
Decline In Produtcion Expected To
 Result In General Increase

General advance Of cents per gall lon in the price of gasoline i'm the Birmingham district was predicted by oil men Monday. following am nouncement that the Standard OH company of Louisiana had advanced their price in Tennessee It was stated that advances in Alabama and Georgia usually follow this action
 Ar advance in price has been ex- pected in Birmingham for some time. due to news of advances of cents per gallon at the refineries during the past three weeks The w0ff0rd oil company Saturday announced . boost of 2 cents per gallon in the retail price of Woco Pep motor fuel but had not been followed by other local companies Monday night Petroleum statistics show a de- cline in the production of crude oil. while an increase of consumption has been noted for some time, it is stated This condition, according to oil men. has caused a normal advance, and other companies are expected to am nounce an advance equal to the Wolf ford company's before the end of the week.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-15
Bessemer Chamber Of Com. merce Directors Call Spe-
 ciaI Meeting
BESSEHEz BrREAU
 TWE AGE-HERAI.D


 A special meeting has been called for the directors of the Chamber of Commerce for Wednesday afternoon at o'clock when the work of thar organization for 1923 will be reviewed with a view to putting new energy into plans for the coming year.
 Secretary A F. Ausman will sub init a comprehensive report covering the high lights for 1923 and showing the value of the organization to the city. Several talks will be made by members who have been active i'm the organization. and who will submit plans to be worked on in the !. months.
 Progress during the past year has been far beyond the expectations of the directors. and the commercial body is said to be in a better position to carry on the work than at amy time in its history.
 Several plans to further the fn- tcrest Of the merchants in the inn mediate rural sections will come up for discussion Plans will also be made to renew the membership cam pafgn which was successfully con- ducted in the recent past
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-15
TEACHERS STUDY WORK
Good Crowd At Opening Session At
 Southside Baptist Church

Approximately 25O people attended the teachers study school of the Southside Baptist church, which opened for a weeks session Monday night at the church. Four courses are being offered the workers and as a special feature'the church officials have secured Miss Jessie Burrull of the University of Missouri to hold an organized class conference and de- liver aHlecture each evening.
 pr. J. E. Dillard, paste of the church, during the school is giving a course in The Study of the Old Testament" at 10 o'clock each morn ing and a course in The Norman Manual, Division 2" at the evening session of the school
 Miss Annie l.. Williams at the eve ming session of the school is offering a course in fThe Norman Manual, Division g." and A. R. Bond Is giving a course in Doctrine of Our Faith ''
 Miss Burrull, who is reputed to be the teacher of the largest Bible class in the world, is holding her "Or- ganized Class Conference" from 7:45 until S:30 o'clock each evening. Her lecture begins at S:30 o'clock and continues for 45 minutes.
 Refreshments are served free each evening to the workers attending the school.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-15
ALL SELLING SAME ID WILLIE HOWARD
Comedian With Passing Show Purveys Stage Wares As
 He Would NecktieS

After twenty years of stage expe-
 rience and study with his brother. Eugene-willie Howard of ''The Pass
 ing Show" coming to the Jeffercon theatre Thursday for three days, has come to the conclusion that the se-
 cret of success rests with two prin- cipal factors; first, having the goods the right time. And his conclusions lead one tosbelieve that there Is very
 little difference between a success
 full comedian and a successful sales man. In other words. purveyins comedy is easily comparable with purveying shoes or shirts.
 The biggest difference" he says 'fs in the element of time. The tenth part of a second may spoil a joke. but the salesman of any commodity can permit himself a lit- tie wider latitude.
 r we probably have a little harder joke, for a very good joke is hardly l a durable commodity. In fact, the
 better the joke the quickeh it gets worn out.
 However, our salesmanship is the same. Likewise ourselves, the con-
 mercial drummer, although he may never have recognized the fact, re- lies on pitch and tempo. The poor salesman is just like the poor come- dian. The salesman's goods may in- terest you and he starts off at a
 rapid gait. but not being prepared
 to close the deal. he runs down and | in the end loses the sale.
 ''Playgoers must have noticed the same thing with comedians often they have seen an act get under way l in great shape and with good mate rial. but the novelty of the opening soon passes away and the comedian dies for lack of systenanco in pitch and tempo. He, too, has lost the
 sale which promised so we'll in the beginning. Pitch and tempo is only another | way of putting the old phrase oi ! saying the right thing at the right
 time. A salesman may say too much 1 and throw his prospective customers
 mind off at a tangent A single extra
 word can do the same thing for a
 comedians joke. An added argument 1 by the salesman can often lead to a
 controversy with his prospect and the loss of sale. Too much by-play can spoil the testers prospects.
 1 Comedians often make good sales men," concluded Willie Howard, but
 the funny part of it is that the come- dian who becomes a salesman of 8
 commodity must first of all forget
 fe ever was comedian: otherwise he finds himself cracking a joke in-
 stead of clinching the sale, thereby forgetting pitch and tempo and say
 ing the wrong thing at the same [ time."
 Seats for The Passing Show" go
 on sale at the Jefferson today.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-15
CHARLES STOTT DEAD FROM POISON EFFECTSI
Familiar Figure Removed From
 Streets-Was Paper Seller

Charles o. Stott, aged S1, 131 Fifty second street, north, died early Mon day morning at the Woodlawn in- firmary, from the effects of poison taken 10 days ago. according to Cor oner J. D. Russum, who investigated the case Monday evening.
 Stott has been a familiar figure on the downtown streets of Birmingham for a number of years. where he sold newspapers. He had lost both of his legs some time ago. and he propelled himself with his hands on a wheeled platform. His station has been for some time in front of the First Ma tional bank.
 Stott was treated at the infirmary and discharged, only to be returned Sunday in a highly nervous state. He is survived by his mother, Mrs. w. Stott, with whom he lived; three sis ters, Mrs. Will Hilmina, Mrs. Earle Buckhannon and Mrs. s. P. Carmack :; three half brothers. oscar Mahlke, Hugo Mahlke and E. R. Mahlke.
 Funeral services were held at 8 o'clock Monday afternoon from Vice'S Woodlawn parlors. Interment fol- lowed in Forest Hill cemetery.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-15
LITTLE SPACE LEFT FOR FOOD EXPOSITION

I At a meeting of the committee for lBirminghams first big food expo fsition to be held at the nationai guard armory building. Second ave nue and Eighteenth street, February 20 to March 1. it was found that practically all space has been re- served, with quite number of man iufacturers and wholesale dealers NstiIl to be seen.
 The food exposition is being given under the auspices or the. 6iItnis ham Retail Grocers and Bctchers association and the committee IS composed of the following members; R C. Apperson, chairman; J. F. Col vin. president of the associations Charles NJ. Lane. Parker Osment. Ma son Martin. \. L. Andrews A- L. Tubb and F. W. Bransby.
 PIans were outlined for the com pIetion Of the program later in the uresent week. and great appreciatlon was felt among, the members of the committee for the prompt w0S HI which space for exhibits had been re- served. The success of the expo s;tion is practically assured by the contracts already made, and only sseyen reservations remain to De Taken at this early date, which IS e{x weeks in advance of the opening of the exposition.
 An admission charge of 70 cents stfyen out by all grocers which will resduce the price to l5 cents, Cou- 'pons given out win bear the name of fha grocer issuing them and prize of S25 will be given to the grocer %rho has the most coupons passing sshTcvgh the box office, second
 nrize of Sl5 and a third of sl0 will 6e given to the grocer who has the ~rxond and third largest number of ssoupons passing through the box oi-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-15
TO INSTRUCT AUTOlSTS
 ON NEW TRAFFIC CODE

Instruction tc automobile drivers and operators of other vehicles in the district controlled by the new cleo tric signal system may be given a limited few Wednesday afternoon, Capt W. W. Brent said Monday.
 A test of the tower s---stem and the 12 units controlled by it probably will be made at that time. he said Installation of the switchboard in the tower at Third avenne and Twentieth street is about completed. and the system ready for operation.
 The system is designed to control every corner in the area simultane- Ousley with the three lights seen from four directions on each corner The red light is a signal to stop, the amber light . signal to clear the streets for the fire apparatus or an ambulance and the green signal is to go ahead
 During the amber colored signal pedestrians and vehicles are expected to pause, the vehicles keeping as close to the curb as possible.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-15
SMALLPOX CASES REPORTED IN CITY
Bowling Urges Immediate Vaccination Of Unpro-
 tected Persons

Twenty-Five cases of smallpox in the Birmingham district have been reported to the health department Bowling announced today in a state ment calling on all unvaccinated per sons to take precautions
 "The average of nearly two cases daily demands that each individual protect himself as we'll as his asso- ciates and family from contagion," Dr. Bowling said
 The health department was prepar- ing Monday to take care of even more unvaccinated persons than have been handled in the last fortnight. New supplies of vaccine were receiv- ed during the day. and new facilities to handle individuals and groups were added.
 Letters to the county schools. sim liar to the one sent the city school officials. were mailed Monday to the officials in charge A larger number of unvaccinated pupils are found in Bowling declared In spite of this. however. the majority of smallpox cases are discovered in the city.
 Birmingham school children, are being we'll protected" Dr. Charles B. Glenn announced Monday. "The ma jority of them have been vaccinated, and each pupil Is being protected. We are cooperating to the best of our ability with pr. Bowling"
 Individuals are being vaccinated free in the health department clinic from II o'clock in the morning until 2 o'clock i'll the afternoon Plants, or business houses employing a number of persons are being furnish ed with free vaccine. and whenever possible. with an assistant to vacci- nate.
 Henry D. McDaniel of the health department is calling on industrial plant managers daily in an effort to promote corporation in prevent ing smallpox More than 700 em- ployes of the American Cast Iron Pipe company were vaccinated Sat urday under the direction of the health denartmanf
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-15
PRAISES sIGRID ONEGIN

"Sigrid Onegin is one of the great est living artists" said Miss Norma Schoolar. formerly of Birmingham and now of New York. Birmingham is indeed fortunate to have the oppor tunity to hear her so soon after she has been acclaimed by both the null titude and the most difficult critics of New York"
 ''I have heard many artists" said Mrs. E. c. Chandler of Birmingham few of whom could characterize as supreme but Sigrid Onegin is one of them"
 Certain we'll known professional critics have approached incoherence when attempting to describe the mar vels of resource commanded by this great opera star. and there is reason to believe that her appearance here on Thursday evening at Phillips Au- ditOrium will prove one more signal success for the Music Study Club.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-15
BIRMINGHAM AGE-HERALD TUESDAY, JANUARY l5, 1924
BEWARE THE IDES OF MARCH
 WARNS INCOME TAX OFFICER

all former taxpayers he said. and the internal revenue office will supply others as needed Failure to lille q statement showing the amount of income by March Is will result in a 2s per cent increase in the income tax, plus a fine varying from s1.eee to $1e,eee. Failure to make a first payment on the tax by that time will also bring a e5 per cent increase and a fine of sl,e0e-
 MT. Franklin said comparatively few returns had been filed in his of flee thus far, but indications are that the total will be considerably larger than in previous years
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-15
]. s. Franklin Of Internal Revenue Department Men,
 tions 25 Per Cent Penalties

Federal income taxes become de- linquent March 15, and persons sub ject to them will incur heavy penal ties by failure to make an initial pay ment before that time, J. s. Frank lin of the internal revenue depart ,ment announced Monday.
 Blanks for making income tax re- turns have already been sent out to
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-15
ELECT DELE6ATES
Avs.AaBe Cseise.a ID Rsstest 1Ae he'
 -w,1 O6 Tl6ewAter TR0ek8

Ar.,Iaol. G.941ne1o 10 IED6e14 x6e Be-
 Dsval or TaAewAter frneks
 Preparatory to their final protest to the city commission Tuesday morn v at I o'clock that the abandon ment of the Tidewater car line would fnjure their interests. Avondale citi- xens held a mass ,meeti-R Monday night at -:so o'clock at the Avondaie church and elected a commattee to represent them at the conference
 me meeting WIS called by the Je.- ferson County Layman's league Delexates elected will pre-, ant n concrete form the injury which they claim will be suffered by Avondaie eitizens should the line Dc ana doned
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-15
ON FORGERY CHARGE

Wilbur E. Kelley, 22I7 Avenue F. was arrested Monday afternoon on a charge of forgery The arrest was made by Propst and Walton. city de tectives. Kelley is alleged to have issued worthless checks also forging signatures to others Seven cheeks are said to have figured i'm the case so far. They range from B to $ss and are given on different banks i'm the city.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-15
ADJUST LICENSE SCHEDULES

Rirmingham bottlers were granted la readjustment of license rates by the city commission Monday. accord ing to Commissioner D. E. McLen- don The readiustment., in essence, provided fer higher rates on the larger firms and lower rates on the smaller concerns The aggregate li- cense receipts, the commissioner said would be unchanged
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-15
CLIMER BOY IMPROVES
Suffered Fractured skull When
 Trfpped Holding Auto Fender

Tripped Holding Auto Fender
 Lyrill Ciimer. 13-year-old son of MT. and Mrs James E. Climer. 4005 Fifth avenue, south. who sustained a frac- tured skull late Sunday afternoon, when he tripped while skating hold ing to the front fender of F. N. Nich- olson's car. near hts home. was re- ported improving Monday night at the st. Vincents hospital.
 The driver of the automobile was held not at fault and no arrests were made. He picked up the boy and car ried him to the hospital following the accident. Climer will recover. physicians say, unless unforeseen complications set in
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-15
COLLECT PROPERTY TAX
Hundreds Of Jurors Settle County
 Bills While At Court House

Bills While At Court House
 Monday was one of the heaviest property tax collection days seen at the court house in months. according to J. F. Hawkins. tax collector.
 Three hundred new jurors were sworn in. and many of them took ad- vantage of their nearness to the col lector's office to step in and settle up. Long lines os customers were waiting to get to the windows throughout the day.
 Collector Hawkins says Monday
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-15
.s...rarEs OUT IN CAPITAL CASES

A jury in Judge Forts division of
 circuit court spent most o1 MonuaE
 .,1srinr evidence in the trial of sAIIoIph Motley, negro, charged with S:rse staying of Race Cannon, another aSerro, last April. Court officials eX- .tS,set verdict some time Tuesday Tn Judge Heflin's division jury .sxras trying Will Haskins on charge ss,f arson. Verdict will he brought in q ST,,esday morning. evidence having
 Been completed late Monday
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-15
PROBATE PAISLEY WILL

The will of Newton Paisley, we'll known Birmingham man who died TWO months ago, was prob2ted Mon day. He left everything to his wife and made her the exeeutrix of his estate without eqriring her to make bond There are no children
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-15

always is the best collection day of the week. He can't figure out why, but his records bear out his state ment.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-15

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-15

FORD COCPERun less than eee miles
 for sale at sacrifice price. or trade for Ford touring car i'm good condition Apply Olfver's Garage. s1l3 Ssh Ave. N-. or call Main SSS4
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-15
ADJUSTMENTS
AT THE LYRIC

Monday nights audience at the Lyric seemed to prefer Florence Brady with her miles of smiles" her syncopating jazz and her semi-wicked ed Shewobbling sbimmy to the other numbers on the program. Mir. Wells her assistant at the piano. admitted he had no business on the stage. but the audience applauded him violently. Mir. Wells is one of our modern composers. He will be at the Lyric through Wednesday. Don't miss him.
 "Rubeville.- consisting of the typical country store and it's habitual characters, seemed to be second choice. Rubeville's redeeming feature was it quartet and its brass band There was the usual line of back woods lingo and a few jokes.
 Miss Ellen Octavio opened in "Ia- monks. cats, dogs and a parrot per form the usual tricks. The act is as good as one could expect monkeys and cats to make an act.
 Herman Erccti and Ruth Harman offer "I Like That" Harman Is a semi-cute little fellow. somewhat over-conscious of it. His act would be better if he would confine himself to acrohatic offerings which he does we'll
 "Crazy But Good" with Howard Mack and Henrietta Lane. lives fully up to the first word of it's title but falls somewhat short of the last Some of the audience, however seemed to fancy it and applauded vigorously.-R. W. K.
 AT LOEW'S BIJOU Variety and novelty with the usual strong photoplay are at Loew's Bijou this week. Three acts on the bill deserve special mention.
 Headlining the bill Walter Miller anw two partners offered a laugh able comedy skit. "The Pick of the Family"
 Kara, the European juggler, pres ents an unusual act of novelty twists and features.
 The Jewell Box Revue is of the musical comedy variety of dancing and singing. The girls of the revue wear gorgeous costumes.
 mate Legits' with many jokes and 8 ''Shakespearin" farce on one of our best known American citizens. Billy Frisch, composer of several popular songs, and his partner. Miss Vera Sadler present "The Song Writers Wedding Bells" featuring some of his old compositions and some of the new.
 Irene Rich and Monte Blue are heading the all-star cast of Flaming Passion" It is a remarkable picture They have put into action, the thoughts of Katheleen Norris when she wrote "Lucretia Lombard."- J. NJ C.