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to bring to Ensley large number of visitors.
 Continue School Canvass
 An active canvass of the territory west of Fairview for the Howard High school will be started during the next few days. The committee, of which James A. Dupuy is chairman. will meet Wednesday. when the details of the canvass will be mapped out The committee has been asked to secure $25,O00 for the school and all organi- zations in this section of Birmingham including women's clubs, have indorsed the proposition enthusiastically. Call Church Meeting
 There will be meeting of members of the Ensley Christian church Wednes- day night at 80 o'clock in the church auditorium. It was announced Sunday by Rev. David H. Griffin. pastor of the church, that many matters of in tense interest to the congregation and the individual members would be taken up, hence the urgent request that all members of the church be present Aside from the business features there will be an interesting program ar. ranged.
 Merchants To Meet Committee .
 The Ensley Associated Merchants will receive several reports at the meeting at 12 80 o'clock Tuesday in the Wal. ters cafe. This is the second luncheon meeting, and reservations are expected
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SUNDAY SCHOOL
 BUILDING READY
Ensiey Merchants To Make Monthly Prize Awards To
 Patrons Tuesday
lEnsley Bureau l

The Sunday school building, of the First Presbyterian church of Ensley is practically completed The build ing is the first unit of the church plant, the main building to be erected in short time.
 In all Ensley there is no public building, excepting the Bank of Ensley, which can claim greater beauty than this new structure. It is of an appeal ing style of architecture, of red tap estry brick which embOdies style of brick designs rarely equalled. The members of the church supervised the construction, and it is perhaps due to the personal interest that such an at- tractive design has been created. The building is situated on the same street as the Ensley Christian church. The church proper. when constructed, will face Avenue F. joining in the rear with the Sunday school room.
 The building contains an auditorium which will he used temporarily for church worship as well as Sunday school instruction while a study for Rev. k. c. Scott. the, pastor, and a Boy Scout room has been made q part of the new structure There is also a kitchen properly equipped where serv- ice may be secured for dinners, ban quets and luncheons.
 There will be meeting of the con gregation of this church Monday at t 80 o'clock, at which time plans will be made for a membership canvass. Plans are also being made to seek subscriptions for the necessary funds with which to furnish the new struc- ture. Of the amount needed business men in Ensley will be asked to provide part while. other agencies will be utilized to secure the remainder. It is believed that the necessary funds will be secured without any serious difficulty |asS New Business Houses
 The congregation of the First Pres byter;an church disposed of it's property at Avenue G. and Nineteenth street to permit business expansion in that direc- ton and as result there has been erected and occupied number of high class stores on that site. It is be- lieved that. remembering this, the business men of this community will not withhold substantial encouragement from the congregation. It is also stated that when the church building is added to the present plant, that the congrega- tion will have caused the investment of approximately $175,000 in Ensley for church properties.
 To Award Prizes
 Ensley Associated Merchants will entertain thousands of visitors Tuesday when the monthly donations to patrons will take place in front of the Bank of Ensley. P. H. Tyler, president of the association, will preside. and will deliver short address. There will follow other features of an interest ing nature and the awards will be announced. The meeting is expected
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-03
AWAITS JAIL DELIVERY
Wife Of One Of Prisoners Admits Hay 5+ fun G0uv

BREWToN, Ala, March 2.-(spe- cial. .)-Sheriff Fountain discovered what looked to be wholesale get away on last Friday as he entered the jail, two bars were sawn in two and a large piece of lumber in one of the cells was cut in two. Following the
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friends were hiding and took out his magic book. It was little tiny green book and while it was not as good as large red magic. book he had at home, still it told how to make lot of very magical things. They will all be very hungry and thirsty after running so hard" the Magician said out loud, ''So will make Magical sandwich bush and a pretty soda water fountain. Then when they eat the magical sand wiches and drink the magical soda water they will turn into old black crows and fly away! Then I shall not have to run any fartherw
 Isn't he just the meanest old Ma gician you ever sawT' the nice, fat po- liceman whispered as they watched the Magician make the sandwich bush and the soda water fountain.
 Now, l shall go over into these
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-03
AT THE THEATRES

Jefferson-"Shuffle Along"
 Lyric-Billy Batchelor Revue in ''The Beauty Parlor.' Fox. comedies and Pathe News.
 Lows Bijou-.O Oddities of 1922 vaudeville lead; picture, Tom AIim in North of the Hudson Bay 7@kg@
 AT THE MOVIES
 Capitol-Anna Q. Nilsson in "Pon- 3ola."
 / Galax-Lloyd Hughes in Judgment of the Storm" Odeon-Harry Carey in "The Gamb- ler's I. 0. U." Princess-Hoot Gibson fin "Blinky. :" Rialto-William Russell in Boston Blackie." Royal.Hoot Gibson in "The Ramblin' Kid"
 strand-Mae Murray in Fashion Row."
 Trianon-Richard Badthelmess in 'Twenty-one."
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bushes and watch the fun!" the Ma. gician again said out loud and he walked right into the bushes where our friends were hiding.
 Raggedy Andy, the nice, fat police man. Harry Hoolygooly and the Wild Gazook caught the Magician and threw him to the ground. Then Raggedy Andy took the little green book away from the. Magician before he could work even one speck of magic
 Now" the Wild Gazook cried. "Tell me what you did with my nice, kind Granny, mean old Magician v But the mean old Magician only shut his eyes and would not say word.
 Just you hold him there," Raggedy Ann said, T will soon think of some way to make him do everything we wish him to do !"
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WINNIE TWINKLE.
4l IF lI' . |AdueniMses - ef ' +kDAAeeAAy'
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Raggedy Ann, Rag

| Raggedy Ann, Rag gedy Andy, the Wild Gazook, the nice fat policeman, and the Hoolygoolys sat upon a log in the deep. deep woods and waited for the mean old Magician toscatch up with them. They had been chas- Ing the Magician for a long time. but when the fat policeman lost his breath and the others had to return to help him catch it, this made them all lose a lot or time.
 In fact. ten minutes,
 But Raggedy Ann was a vefy good thinker and she thought of a scheme to catch up with the time they had lost. I And by catching hold of hands and all running backwards, for. twenty minutes. they not only caught up with the time they had lost, but got ten minutes ahead.
 This put them way ahead of the mean old Magician. But of course, the mean old Magician did not know how Raggedy Ann had fooled him.
 We must think of just what we must do when tha. mann nld
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 Magician comes running up here Rag gedy Ann said. For, unless, we capture him. he will run right away from us again and we will have to run after him !"
 "Let us wait behind those bushes over there ?, Raggedy Andy suggested. "Then when the Magician comes along we will all jump out and catch him p'
 So that is just what our friends did. They hid ia the bushes, until the Ma gician came in sight. He was grin ming to himself, for he thought, "Goody I am so far ahead of Raggedy Ann and Raggedy Andy and the others, they will never be able to catch up with me :" as
 So, thinking he had a lot of time, the Magician stopped and just before he came to the bushes where our
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Bridge Party

Mrs. T. F. Moore was hostess to the regular Saturday afternoon card party at Woodward Golf club Saturday. The clubhouse was attractively decorated in spring flowers. Mrs. Dan Glass was awarded the prize, Mary Garden per fume. A delicious salad course with
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-03
LAND LAW REPEALED
Governor Sings New Mississippi | t3fx SfattltA

tIf'W BEMEUEG
 JACKSON, Miss, March 2y7-The re- peal of Mississippi's anti-corpOration land owning law became a reality today when Governor Whitfield signed the bill that had passed through both branches of the legislature.
 Under the old law corporations were prohibited from having land holdings valued at more than $1,000,00O, with manufacturing corporations having a limit of $2.OOO. 900.
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1e this afterI

goes on for the first time this afters noon. .. e
 The headIiner is Billy Bachelors Re yue. In Beauty Shop" minlatura musical melange that is in class by lt- self. Two men and quartet of Deautl- full girls put on this musical play, which holds a unique position in that It has a plot.
 The added attraction is accorded headline honors on most programs. " features Jean Barrios, vandevlies sen sational vocalist, in Some impress siOns.'
 The special feature is comedy of sSa novel sort, Edwin George supplying M in "A Comedy of Errors, somethinK new in the way of juggling. <.
 Rounding out the bill are Eadle ana Ramsden in Smiles and Originaiitess and Jack and Jesse Gibson in "A Cycie of Smiles and Thrills.
 COMING TO JEFFERSON
 John Golden, producer, and WincheIi Smith. author and stage director, are a combination that have made q new record in theatrical history. They have been doing business now for ten years, and during the entire period thelr re- cord has been 100 per cent success
 Their latest offering is ''Thank-Ug a comedy staged by Mir. Smith and written by him in conjunction with Tom Gushing. It comes to the Jefferson theatre for an engagement of one week, with usual matiness. beginning Monday night, March 10. and is said to be one of the very best of the Golden-Smith entertainments It will be presented here with the same brilliant cast thN l,... ..4L AL I,..- cent run at the Garrick theatre, PhlIa delphia, from which city it comes he direct There is no other companyse. gagged in the presentation of .'Thank-U. hence a performance of unusual bri liancy may be safely counted upon. AT LOEW's BIJOU Headling the vaudeville bill Loews Biiou for this week is reveut que novelty in three scenes, starrT Athol Thier, entitled Oddities 1924" augmented by a quintette charming debutantes and filled smiles. styles and steps, presenting act which critics pronounce the quihte, sence of variety" galore.
 There are also other feature acts especially that of Clayton and Lennie | ''funnier than ever,' as The English Chappie and His Friend" as we'll as the song birds, Bob Cook and Oatman in their latest offerings.
 Other acts of merit on this bill. ir- clude the comedy laugh skit, "A T of Lace" by Jim Connors and
 Boyne. and adding to the diversity
 is also d specially selected act D, White Brothers, otherwise known ''The Tip-Top Boys"
 Tom Mix, daredevil of the SC is the star in the latest William picture. North of Hudson Bay extraordinary feature of this WI hill
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ADJUSTMENTS
AT THE JEFFERSON

The big record breaking musical con- edy "Shuffle Along" which ran in New York city for over two consecutive years, will be the attraction at the lief ferson theatre for the next two days, beginning with tonight's performance, and q matinee Tuesday with another per formance Tuesday night.
 Monday night the entire theatre will be reserved for negroes only, and Tues day night the lower floor will be re- served for white people only while the gallery and balcony will be reserved Tuesday night for negroes only.
 .'Shuffle Along" comes with tine as- surance of many theatre-gOers that it is the most unique entertainment in the category of>latter day musical comedies.
 There is regular plot running through the play. which is frequently interrupted by numerous song numbers and dance accompaniments, all done ill that peculiar style Of syncopation with its lifting, swinging, ,crooning tones that in this later day is called jazz. Among the principal song numbers will be heard "Sing Me to Sleep Nanny Dear, You Got to Kiss Nanny Good Bye, v Mary from Maryland" Baltimore Buzz Oriental Blues and many others.
 AT THE LYRIC
 Entertainment de luxe is the way d critic describes the pleasing diversion that will be offered patrons of the Lyric to be made before noon Monday. if pos sible. Officials of the association ex. naaf af ,h.,pe at Ia. luncheon. The business will include the traffic problem and other topics.
 Continue Prize Awards
 The Pratt City Merchants associa tion will continue their distribution oi frequent prizes to patrons. Announce ment to this effect was made by, Will liam Monjot, president of the associa tiOn. who said that on April the mer. chants would renew the plan.
 The Ensley Shrine cub dance Tues day night is being looked forward tC with unusual interest. It was stated that the Shriners have exerted unusual effort to render the dance unique il many ways. A seven-piece orchestra will furnish the music and other items of interest will be arranged. The poten tate of Zamora temple has been invited to attend, with the official divan. The hall will be gaily decorated for the occasion in Shrine emblems.
 Prof. \. k. Baker, superintendent of schools for Jefferson county, vii return home Tuesday after attending the national educational association meeting in Chicago. He was accom- panied by members of his family. who visited Professor Bakers home in Zenia Ohio Professor Baker is one of the best known members of the association for the first half of ths week in the new bill of five big-time Keith acts which
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investigation, Mrs. George w. Calhoun, wife of one of the prisoners, was ar rested as she admitted taking the saw into the jail in shoe box. Z
Evening star., 1924-08-01
AMERICAN ATHLETES
WINNERS IN SWEDEN

STOCKHOLM. August 1-An Amer
lean team of Olympic athletes. under
the leadership of Harold DibbIe, be-
gan competition here yesterday
against picked teams from Holland,
Switzerland and Sweden. The meet
will continue tomorrow and Sunday.
The American team Is composed of
Charles Paddock. Loren Murchison,
c. H. Moore, Frank p Johnson,
Bayes Norton, Leroy T. Brown, Allen
Helfrich and Ivan Reilly.
In the 100-meters fiat Murchison
was first, his time being 1875, and
Paddock second with 1876.
The 110-meters hurdles was won by
Reilly in 14:7. Peterson of Sweden
was second with 1879. Reilly's time
was world record, but was not al
lowed because he knocked down a
hurdle.
The running high jump was won
by Brown with 100 meters. Oester-
borg and Cassel of Sweden both
jumped 1856. and Norton made 1.s0.
The 400-meters relay was won by an
American team consisting of Reilly,
Johnson, Murchison and Paddock. The
time was 1876.
Evening star., 1924-08-01

Zachary pitched to 81 batters and
but four of them got on the paths
- Harry Heilmann began the second
p session with a walk and got as tar
p. as third while Lu Blue and Derriu
Pratt were being retired. Then
Larry Woodall proved an easy out
q, With Blue out of the way in the
: fifth. Pratt got the first hit or Zach.
:! double to left but Woodall and
z Bob Jones We're unable to move their
teammate beyond second. Rip COL
: Inns was out when Fred Haney
tripled to center in the sixth. But
Heinie Manush fouled to Joe Judge
and Ty Cobb lofted to Goose Goslin.
With Haney gone in the ninth, Bob
4 Fothergil, who had replaced Manush,
= +bunted single and after Cobb flied
= mann, though, gave Roger Peckln-
paugh an easy chance to end the
game.
Zach's Second Over Tigers.
1t was the second victory over the
Tigers this season for Zach. When
here in June the portsider beat the
Cobbmen, IL to l. They got only
two hits. both off Haney's bat, and
neither of the blows figured in the
making of their lone tally in the
4 first inning.
Z e Zachary has turned in very well
I pitched victories over the Yankees,
z Red SoX, White SoX and Indians. He
also performed splendidly In most OF
! the games in which he was vanQulsh
ed. The Tribe has beaten him, 3 to y
: and 2 to 0, and the Browns, to l
{ and to 0, while the Yankees scored
over him. to 2. The only severe
IS trouncing Zach has sustained this
saseason has been one of y to ) from
3 the Red SoX.
Z The Bucks, too, ran into some good
Z pitching yesterday. Rip Collins toed
I The slab for the Cobbmen and gener-
( verbal drum. All Rip allowed in the
Z way of hits were four, all singles.
: He also granted six passes. but none
{ came in an inning in which a hit
Z TO the Bucks as the lone wild pitch
! by Collins. Collins gave way to a
( pinch batter in the eighth, so George
z Dauss pitched in the ninth for the
Z Tigers.
Z How That Run Was Scored.
Z The Bucks had runners on the bases
Z in all innings except the sixth and
) ninth, but got nowhere worth while
( outside the fourth Leibold began
/ that frame by lofting to Manush, but
+ Miller sent slow roller toward
F Pratt and got to first just ahead of
Gend
The new Buck really should have
scored when Goslin bumped Texas
League single into center field, but
he evidently feared a catch and wait
ed too long between second and third
10 get beyond the far corner on the
hit. AZ Judge forced out Goslin with
a roller to Pratt, Miller scored, but
not without a Tiger protest.
Haney took Pratt's toss to retire
Goslin and whipped the bah to Blue
at first base, into which Judge was
sliding. The Tigers figured the ball
got there ahead of the runner, thus
completing double play that would
have killed Millers score. But Um-
pire Bill Dineen ruled otherwise. 1t
was d whisker play, at that
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1t appears. therefore, that the best
they can get is place in the first
division. and they will have to keep
busy to get that Jack Hendricks
will have to burn a lot Of gas to keep
them ahead Of the clouds.
Injuries have been blamed for put
ting the Reds where they are There
have been a good many injuries. but
after all the outcome of the race so
| logical finish of gamble that tried
to win pennant with team that
| had gone beyond the stage of juvenil-
| ity. Age is taking its toll of the
Reds.
Team Got a Good start.
The team started with a theoreti-
cally strong pitching staff that was
to atone for the possible 1ethargy OF
players whose pins could not move as
| nimbly as of old. 1t had Roush from
it had all that it sought, with the ex-
ception of Pat Moran as manager.
His death deprived the outfit of a
leader before the practice season had
fairly begun.
The Reds, however, cannot say
they did not get a good start They
were up with the elect until the end
| of May. Then they began to crumple
Many old heads on the team did q
lot of talking, and that is one reason
| they are where they are. Many old
! legs did a lot of swapping, and
that is another reason they are where
| they are. The pitching staff did not
| show the strength it was presumed
| to have, and that is another reason
| they are where they are.
Pilot Overestimated May.
| Hendricks had a wrong opinion of
| May from the start. At Orlando he
| predicted a good season for the left
1 hln W. hn ha
! California. Some critics never could
| see how Hendricks figured that. for
| May looked no better in the Spring
than he did with St Louis some sea-
| sons before.
Cincinnati. of course, can make It
hard for all teams from now until
the end of the season. But it is be-
| yond the pale of average computa-
| ton to figure they are in the PEN
nant hunt.
What's more. they have a long way
| to go to get ready for the season of
1925.
Copyright 1924
Evening star., 1924-08-01

The double defeat cut down the
Yankee lead to one-half game over
Washington, as the Nationals de-
feated Detroit, 1 to 0.
Harvey Mcclellan, substituting at
second for Eddie Collins. who is out
for few days, due to strained leg,
was big factor in Chicago's victory
over Boston, 5 to 4. The Athletics
and the Indians broke even in
double-header, Philadelphia taking
the first, to 3, and Cleveland the
second, 4 to 3, in a 10-inning battle.
Speakers double, chasing Summa
over the plate, was the deciding blow
in the second encounter.
John McGraw's Giants took an
other drubbing at the hands or the
Pirates in a game that rain limited
to six innings. The score was B to ..
enth straight win and placed them
only eight games behind the league
leading New Workers. Chicago re-
mains in second place, six games
behind.
Chicago evened up the series with
Brooklyn, winning a closely contest
ed game, to /. Barretts hitting
for the Cubs was the feature of the
game, the f1rstsacker driving in the
Chicago tallies with a homer and
triple.
Defeat once more was Philadel-
phia's portion when tho St Louis
Cards batted Mitchell out of the box
in the first inning. scoring four runs,
enough to win. The final score was
s to 3. Blades, Wilson and Hornsby
hit for the circuit, Rogers making
his 18th Of the season.
The Cincinnati-Boston game was
called at the end OF the fourth in
ming, when rain made it impossible
to continue play.
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g Sensational Comeback C1cinnaS Pennnt Hopes Blasted
TYPO TEAM LEAVES
FOR CHICAGO SERIES

Going to defend the title they won
last year, the Union Printers left for
Chicago today, confident they will
repeat in the Typos International
series. which gets unde. way tomor-
low in the Windy City.
Competition should be particularly
keen in the tourney this year, for the
victor will win the right to battle the
champion nine of the National Base
Of the United States
Webb. Hutchison,, Pound, Simons,
warren. Desper, Hood. Ford, Lemeric,
Lowry, Suess and Hancock are to play
Tor the Typos. James F. O'Mailey,
EDWARD Brown, Frank w. Green,
william Love and s. B. Freeney are
to accompany the players. 1t is ex-
pected that Tommy Ford will be
given the once over by the Chicago
White Sox while in the Windy City.
washington probably will be se-
lected Tor the tourney next year.