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The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-29

sure of him. The thing that IS dl1iltui. to get is the thing we value more 'nhn .hn the thing we can have any day lor 'ne taking. And that is true even of hearts.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-29

Dear Miss Dix-I have a girl chum who is most attractive, but she loses out with the boys because she simply talks them to death. She is good-looking. and dances well, and men are attracted to her at first, but she never holds them, and they never come back the second time because she talks too much. Is there any way to stop her?
 CURLY LOCKS.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-29

The chief object of interest in the world to the average man is himself. That is subject upon which he can spiel by the hour, and have a perfectly glorious time telling about his fads and fancies, his car, his dog, what he said
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-29

But spend what you are going to spend freely. Don't haggle over pennies. Don't complain of restau- rant prices, and the cost of theatre tickets. A girl would rather go to ten-cent movie and have a glass of soda afterward than to have or chestra seats at theater and res taurant supper with man who spends the time discoursing about how much it costs.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-29
Listening In On Foe

the women folks had to take the bags out again and soothe the children. Those kids need discipline"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-29

Generally speaking, however, a girl can have no more fatal fault than a perpetual motion tongue. Most men avoid her as they would the plague, not only because noth- ing is so boring as. to have to listen to a monologist but because men like to do the talking themselves.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-29

Answer-It is for you to decide whether you care enough for him to condone his faults. Nobody can settle that question for you.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-29

But girls aren't hard to please. They are dying for attention, and they eat up love talk, so you can't go astray in your wooing.
The Dawson news., 1924-09-23
THOUSANDS NEGROES
ARE IDLE IN NORTH
MANY ARE REPORTED PENNI-
LESS, FACING A WINTER OF
MUCH SUFFERING.

Several northern cities are wrestling
with the problem OF preventing more
southern negroes moving to them un-
der the mistaken impression that
work is plentiful and wages good in
the north it is pointed out by railroad
passenger agents. In most OF the cities
Of the north, reports received here
state, there are already thousands OF
idle negroes, most of them recent ar
rivals from the south, and nearly all
of them will become public charges
during the winter, with inevitable suf-
fering on the part of many
Misled by False Promises.
For southern negroes to consider
joining the many already in the north
and thus aggravating the situation as
well as facing almost certain distress
and disappointment is folly" said a
well-known railroad passenger agent.
yet evidently some, perhaps many,
are planning this when the cotton
picking season in the south ends and
they have the money for the trip
north. The trip back south again, a
trip most of them soon will wish to
make, will be much more difficult to
arrange, for those who go north soon
find the promise of work false one
and when their money is exhausted,
which is very soon after arrival, they
are helpless and powerless to return
again to their southern homes"
Last winter white people in Georgia
contributed genrously to bring back
a large number of negroes who had
gone from the state to northern cities.
The Dawson news., 1924-09-23
The Landing Place of Noah's Ark
May Become Big Pleasure Resort

Although Ararat, strictly speaking,
no longer is within Armenian terri
tory, having been awarded to Turkey,
Armenians are anxious to make it an
active center OF interest for American
tourists and other visitors.
They say they are prepared to give
American promoters every assistance
in converting the icy dome, which is
an extinct volcano. into pleasure re-
sort Their idea is to make a sort of
Pixies Peak and to charge small fee
for making an ascent to the summit,
from which an excellent view can be
obtained of the entire Caucasus re-
gion.
Ararat is entirely barren, producing
neither water, minerals, nor timber
nor any form of life. 1t is useless ex-
cept as a scenic spectacle Neverthe-
less. it is held in sacred veneration by
the peasants, who daily pray to it.
The Dawson news., 1924-09-23
CONVIVIAL FLASK IS
FLAYED BY DISMUKE
U. S. ENFORCEMENT OFFICER
WOULD ARREST CUSTOMERS
AS WELL AS SELLERS.

The convivial flask that bulges many
a masculine hip pocket has become
the object of attack by Federal Pro-
hibition Director Fred Dismuke in his
war to dry up Atlanta.
Formerly it was the sale or manu-
facture of liquor; now the agents have
resorted to the possession of liquor
count in making arrests. -,
"Tf we cut off the demand we will
render the supply useless, argues MI
Dismuke.
"The most effective way to do this
is to arrest all persons possessing
whisky.
"Tf we arrest the bootleggers' Gus
toners and then get the bootleggers,,
themselves. we get 'em coming and
going. and | don't think dealers IN IL
licit Iiouor can stand much OF that.
The arrests for possessing whisky
followed closely upon the arrest OF
thirteen for alleged sales of whisky,
several of which were accomplished
through the use of 'bootleggers. dl-
rectorv" taken from the person OF an
alleged dry law offender captured by
Another feature OF the drive was
the confscation of forty-two gallons,
of corn whisky taken from cache"
on Peachtree street by officers who
Stumbled upon the contraband while
investigating the shooting OF a negro
The whisky was hidden in bush, the
officers reported.
The Dawson news., 1924-09-23
Borglum Seeks a Mountain on
Which to CarOe Union Memorial

men of the early days. His plans call
for a project so large that the site
must be even greater than the huge
Stone Mountain. Also, the sculptor be-
lieves that a location could not be
ideal unless it were situated IN a spot
where a gigantic national park might
be laid out.
American civilization, the biggest in
the world, according to the sculptor,
should have the greatest memorial IN
the world. he thinks. Many nations OF
Europe, notably Greece, have such
memorials in many forms, and the
United States, he believes, should not
lag far behind.
Mr.. Borglum will make personal
tour of the country, with the assist
ance OF other artists and sculptors, in
an effort to find an ideal location
where some day his dream may come
true.
The Dawson news., 1924-09-23
PAUPERISM IN GEORGIA
IS NOW ON THE DECLINE.

WASHINGTON, D. C.-Pau-
perism in Georgia in on the de-
cline, according to report issued
today by the federal census bureau,
The figures show that the num-.
Der of paupers enumerated in aims
houses in Georgia on given date
in 1928 was S72 against 8l3 in
1910. The number per 100000 pop
ulation enumerated on a given date
in 1928 was 29.4 as against 31.2 8,
1910. The fact that there are fewer
aims houses in the state will pos
sibly account for the decrease.
Some counties pay their paupers
small sums OF money, and others
give them provisions monthly.
The Dawson news., 1924-09-23
WAR WHO0P AGAIN
MAY ECHO IN 'NOOGA
CHEROKEE INDIANS TO SUE
TO RECOVER 100000 ACRES
IN TENNESSEE.

ATLANTA, Ga.-The terminals OF
the Western and Atlantic railroad,
owned by the state of Georgia and
located in the heart of Chattanooga,
Tenn, may become involved in litiga-
ton instituted by the Cherokee In
dians, of Oklahoma, to recover 5,000,-
900 acres of Tennessee's choicest land,
according to information reaching At
torney General George M. Napier.
The attorney general has received
from John Taylor, an attorney OF
C1aremore, Okla, and himself of
Cherokee blood, a copy of newspa-
per published in that city, announcing
the intention of the Cherokees to
bring suit for recovery OF large tracts
formerly occupied by the tribe in rev.
olutionary times.
Based on Grant of 1888.
The suit, according to the newspa-
per story, is to be filed in the federal
courts, and will be based on a claim
dating back to 1888 and said to be
embodied in the code of North Caro-
lllld, ulluCl lIiC IClli va WitiN'i NAAS
Cherokees were to have permanent
abode" on great tract Of land in
the southeastern part of Tennessee and
including the site of the city of Chat
tanooga. This grant, according to the
attorney for the Indians, was in COM
pensation for the Cherokees' services
to General Washington during the
revolution.
According to the newspaper, the
land which is claimed for the Indians
includes Chattanooga, Lookout Noun
tain and all of that property lying
south of the river and known as the
Ocoee district.
THE exact date when the Indians
will march down Market street and
take possession Of the banks, office
buildings, newspapers and ice cream
parlors has not yet been determined
upon" according to the newspaper
The Dawson news., 1924-09-23
.$7718,OOO, 5000 IS
NEW TAX RECORD
STATE, COUNTY AND MUNICI-
PAL ASSESSMENTS GROW
ING EACH YEAR.

Taxes of all kinds in the United
States amounted to the record total OF
S7,718,000000 in 1923, an increase of
S755, 100000 from the preceding year,
according to figures made public yes
terdav by the National Industrial Con-
ference Board, which makes an annual
study of the country's tax burden.
In ten years taxation has risen more
than $5,5O0,00O000, the report shows.
The idea that large part OF the in
crease is due to war pensions is a mis-
taken one. according to the figures. In
1918 federal, state and local govern
ments disbursed $208,000000 on ac-
count of pensions, and ten years later
the sum amounted to $330,000, 900,
comparatively a small increase.
Municipal Taxes Grow.
The item of interest on public in
debtedness scared considerably in the
same period, amounting to $224,000,
900 in 1918. Just before the war, and
to $1,447, 100000 for 1923.
In 1922 federal taxes amounted to
81. .802,O00,000, and this was increased
to $3,223 100000 in 1928. On the other
hand. the combined municipal taxes
of the country for 1922 were $685.,
100000 and amounted to but slightly
more-$882. 900, ,000-in 1923. State
taxes rose at a greater rate.
Viewing the problem from another
angle. the board finds that in 1890 all
taxes represented IL per cent of the
national income. In 1908 it amounted
to 81 per cent, and decreased still fur
ther in the next decade to "a per cent
in 1918. The war intervening, the ratio
doubled in six years. so that by 1919
the proportion of taxes to national in
come amounted to 12.l per cent.
Higher Rate Likely for 1924.
The record of 167 per cent was
reached in 1921 but the decline set in
after that. and by 1922 it had decreas-
ed to 12.1 per cent, and by 1923 to
1l.6 per cent. The experts predicted
the recession OF national incomes for
the current year is likely to be appre-
ciable. as compared with those of 1928.
In view of the continued rise in the
volume of state and local taxation it
is considered highly probable there
fore that the ratio OF taxes to income
will be higher in 1924 than during the
last wear
The Dawson news., 1924-09-23
Armenians Seek Aid of American Cap
italists to Make Mount Ararat
A Second Pixies Peak.

Efforts are being made by group
Of Armenians. headed by Leon Pasha-
lian. secretary OF the Armenian ma
tional committee at Geneva, Switzer-
land. to interest American capitalists
or amusement promoters in a plan to
exploit Mount Ararat upon which
Noah's ark is supposed to have
grounded when the food waters began
to recede Nothing has come OF the
proposition to date, however.
The project contemplates making
Ararat a tourist resort. The plan IS to
erect a funicular railway up the slopes
OF Ararat. the mighty snow-clad sum
NIT OF which at an altitude OF 7,955
feet marks the dividing line OF Arme-
MIA. Turkey and Persia.
The Dawson news., 1924-09-23
CHURCH SPENDS 1898
TO SAVE. A DYING TREE

BASKING RIDGE, n. 1.-THE
pastor of the Presbyterian church
here. in his financial report to the
congregation tonight, said that the
church had spent $3,5930S last
year in an effort to preserve an oak
tree believed to be the oldest in
the state.
The tree is ninety-three feet
high, twenty-three feet in circum-
ference and 400 years old. 1t is dy-
ing fast, and last year three tons
of concrete were used to fill cavi-
ties and thirty-hve cables were
necessary to brace the trunk.
The Dawson news., 1924-09-23
MISSOURI BARBECUE FOR
$4,000 GREETED DAVIS

BUNCETON, Mo.-A mammoth
IN, Hrue was given on the farm of
gary w. Nelson, democratic
NOMINEES ~nr of Missouri,
at which John Wis, demo-
cratic candidate for president open
ed his Missouri campaign.
On the grassy ampitheater floor
of the Nelson front yard fires were
lighted in $50 feet of trenches,
where meat for $4,000 persons was
barbecued. Twelve thousand pounds
of beef and 5000 pounds of mutton
were cooked. There were 2,400
double loaves OF sandwich bread,
$4,000 buns, four barrels of pickles
and 900 gallons of coffee.
The Dawson news., 1924-09-23
Famous Sculptor, Building Conteder-
ate Group, Thinks U. S. Should
Have National Marker.

A memorial to the birth OF the re-
public of the United States creation
even bigger than his confederate me-
,,,or;a1 on the side of Stone Mountain
near Atlanta, Ga, is the dream OF
G,,tzon Borglum, famous sculptor. Mr.
BoroIum has Just about decided to
make plans for carrying out his VISION
In TACT he already is seeking a noun
tain preferably of granite, where ne
NAV NAV get to work on the union memo
'@I The union memorial, Mr.. Borgluml
4h;nte should contain the figures OF
Waeh;ngton Lincoln and the scores
~ the otbeT American heroes and states
The Dawson news., 1924-09-23
GETTING BOOZE FROM
WORLDS BIGGEST BAR
HALF HUNDRED SHIPS LIE AT
ANCHOR; 100000 CASES IS
AVERAGE STOCK.

Legally dead are the famous bar
rooms of New York city, with their
gay throngs and their foaming glass
es, but old New York still gets its
liquor from the biggest barroom in
the world, where half a hundred ships
lie at anchor and where half million
cases OF booze is the average supply
on hand. This is rum row.
Has Sidelines Too.
New York barrooms of the old days
had sidelines in the form OF free
lunches and other attractions. Rum
row, too, has its sidelines. They are
narcotics and aliens, both of which
are being smuggled into the United
States along with the liquor This fact
has been discovered by the United
States coast guard.
Rum row appears to be a home
town proposition so far as New York
is concerned, for it is believed that
most of the vessels in rum row are
operated on the cash furnished by
bootleggers of that city. Almost ev-
erv dav one or more OF these bootleg
gers counts his assets and decides to
retire. Rum running, although dan
gerous, has proved to be highly profit
able
Have Slick Methods.
Z These New York city promoters Of
rum row are slick, in common par
lance. Most of their ships fly British
flags and stay outside the Emile linn
- CO tho coae+ or,ard vessels cannot
touch them. Most OF the ships stay
on rum row from one to six months,
and then return to unknown ports for
fresh cargoes. Fleets of smaller boats
carry booze from rum row to shore.
The Dawson news., 1924-09-23
Race Is Close.

One closely contested race was that
between J. D. Price and A. J. Wood
ruff, in which Price won by only 49,
$50 votes. Prices vote was ll4,212;
Woodruff's 94,325.
In the race for commissioner of
agriculture Commissioner J. J. Brown
defeated Hunnicutt by 2o,287 votes,
Browns vote being 123,6l5 and Hun
nicutt's 94,326.
In one of the races for public SER
vice commission Bennett got 125,944
and Boilfeuillet got 90,273, Bennett
winning by 35,671.
For pension commissioner John w.
Clark got 1237l9; c. f. McGregor
81, ,363
j For. the United States senate Harris
got 144,740; Hardwick 74,813.
For state school commissioner Land
got 1850; Ballard 102,325.
The Dawson news., 1924-09-23
POPULAR VOTE OF
STATE CANDIDATES
CONSOLIDATION MADE WITH
OUT RETURNS FROM MUSCO-
GEE. SPEER LEADS FIELD.

Consolidation of the popular vote OF
the state-minus Muscogee county,
from which figures have not yet been
received-shows some surprises, one
of them that the total vote this year
was somewhat in excess of the total
vote polled in the primary two years
ago At that time the state total was
approximately 212,700 The total vote
this year. minus the missing county,
is approximately 22l,000
The highest vote was polled by
State Treasurer Speer, who got 220,-
517 votes.
The vote for uncontested Offices, ex-
elusive of MuScoUee 1uae.
The Dawson news., 1924-09-23
Makes Clock of Straw;
Required Three Years

A clock made entirely OF straw was
the sensation of the Munich summer
fair OF products of precious metals IT
is FIVE feet in height and IS modelled
after the famous cathedral tower OF
Cologne. The clock needs no oiling
and keep time perfectly. Its builder is
village cobbler of eastern Prussia,
who worked on it three years
The Dawson news., 1924-09-23

Italy will buy about 100,000,000
bushels OF wheat this year.
The Dawson news., 1924-09-23
FIVE STATES RESTORE
THE. PENALTY OF DEATH
STATISTICS SHOW MURDERS
INCREASED WHERE EXECU-
TIONS WERE ABOLISHED.
PROOF GIVEN BY STATISTICS

Restoration of Gallows and Electric
Chair Cuts Homicide Rate in Half.
Some Illuminating Comparisons on
Crime in Various States.
Evening star., 1924-08-07
CAUGHT ON THE FLY

Walter johnson was due to toe the
slab for the Bucks here today in the
opening game of the series of four
with the White Sox.
Scout Joe EngeI again is with the
club. He has been combing through
circuits in the Southwest. Joe is to
remain here with the Bucks a day
or SO.
Rain yesterday threatened to pre-
vent a game between Browns and
Bucks, and did delay the opening of
the contest for twelve minutes. The
tilt was not long under way, though,
before the sun came out and the
grounds soon were dry
Harris again shifted his batting or
der, dropping Rice to third place and
moving Bluege up couple of
ed. for the Bucks got eleven good
smacks. something they had not done
for several days.
GosIin got an infield hit in the first
inning. With Rice on first and Harris
on second, Goose sent slow roller to
McManus. Marty got the ball too
late to try for Rice or Harris and
Goose beat the throw to first
In the third inning Tobin warmed
Judges hands with a low, sharp
liner Had Joe missed the ball he
would have had his knees well
bumped.
. SEVERED probably would have had
only a single instead of a double in
the fourth had not Leibold slipped on
the wet grass as he was about to
throw the ball to Harris. Memo had
made brilliant one-hand stop of the
drive.
Jacobson's homer over the leftfield
fence was the second in two days for
the Brown centerfelder. His circuit
hit Tuesday cleared the same barrier.
Judge did a stellar bit of fielding in
the sixth when he stopped with one
hand RobertSon's sizZler on the llne
back of first base and threw to Mo-
eridge to retire the batter.
Evening star., 1924-08-07
FOUR BOUTS SCHEDULED
FOR ALEXANDRIA SHOW

Johnny Conroy of the Mohawk Ath-
letic Club, who received pasting at
the hands of Eddie Burnbrook last
night at Fort Myer, intends 10 give a
better account of himself tonight
when he tackles Willie Ptorney in the
six-round feature bout of the boxing
show to be staged at the Dreadnaught
Park for the benefit OF the Alexan-
dria playground equipment fund.
Battle-AI Hawes will exchange
swats with K. o. Savastino in the six
round semi-final, while two coIored
heavyweight, Hy-Tex Willard and
Jackie Johnson, will be opponents in
another six-round whirl. Emmett
Bullock will face Kid Childs and Kid
Cole will meet koodles in the pre-
liminaries.
Evening star., 1924-08-07

All of the above is problematical,
but the fate of the Bucks is not prob
lematical if they do not get hep to
themselves within a day or so. They
have been getting deal of good
pitching, but hitting lightly recently.
Yesterday. though. they jumbled the
program and did some good cloutlng
back of pitching NOT so impressive.
Yet the change could not break the
spell that has been over the Harris
men for nearly week, and they
dropped 6-to-5 scrap TO George SIS
ler's crew.
for the Harrismen and their fifth
straight to the Browns. However,
with a bit better work on the bases
the Bucks might have trlumphed; AZ
least more speed by Memo Leloo!d
probably would have created tie
score in the ninth and given Harris
and his athletes anoCher chance for
their white alley.
Mogridge Weak at Start.
Mogridge was opposed by Dixie
Davis, who beat the Bucks sunday
and wanted more glory. Mogrldge
did all his poor work at the outset,
while Davis reserved his for the last
inning, but was hustled out of the
scene before he could completely
spoil it for the Browns.
The Bucks jumped on Davis for a
trio of successive singles in the first
inning TO get d ldIlS, uuI Ul5 -llSdI lcu
George put them in the way of max
ing four in their first turn at bat. He
passed the first two batters to face
him. Then came Harris tumble of
Sisters rap that let one score in and
McManus' single that drove in an
roasted on the paths while two
Browns were retired, but SEVERED
poled single to left that got them
home.
There were two Browns out in the
fourth when Davis with a single
showed home SEVERED, who had dou-
bled. and in the sixth, with one gone,
Jacobson lifted the ball over the left
field fence for round trip. The
Bucks, idle for three frames after
the first, came to life in the fifth and
got a marker with Leibold's single,
Rce's walk and Goslin's one-base
blow. Two tallies splattered over in
the eighth by virtue of successive
doubles by Judge and Bluege and
Gerber's tumble of RueFs drive.
Davis WobbIes in Final.
In the ninth, the Bucks threatened
ings. but the Browns saved them the
trouble by casting him adrift- To
start the frame Matthews batted for
Mogridge and doubled to right center.
Leibold, with hit to the same ter
ritory, chased Wild home and Harris
sacrificed. Manager Sisler decided it
was no place for Davis with Rice
and Goslin, left handlers, coming up,
so replaced Dixie with the southpaw,
Ernie Wingard.
Rice knocked a bounder toward
McManus that gave the latter a deal
of trouble to field, but Leibold, in
stead of breaking for the plate with
the sock, stood his ground a moment
then headed homewar6. But Memo s
pause was just long enough to al
low McManus to recover his balance
and Marty shot the ball to SEVERED
ahead of the little Buck. Memo
lodged back and forth on the home
stretch long enough to let Rice reach
third, then made a second out. when
Evening star., 1924-08-07
D. C.. TYPOS NEED TWO
WINS TO KEEP TITLE

CHICAGO, Ill, August 7.-When
rain comes down in torrents as IT
has been doing here, such things as
base ball games usually are washed
away. That was the case yesterday
when the Chicago-Washingto bat
tie in the Printers international
tournament was scheduled to be played.
played.
AS result of the deluge, the
game had to be showed over on to-
days program, which will make 1t
necessary for the winner OF the Chi
cago-Washington tilt to play a dou-
aspiratfons Both teams are bit
ten by this bug, and only time Will
tell which will engage Detroit In
the battle royal that Will decide the
championship.
It's going to be hard on the team
that is victor in the all-important
Chicago ashington struggle, for ITS
a certainty that neither can afford 20
use other than its best pitcher. Al
ter these two mines finish the cut
throat game. Detroit may nave
chance to carry off its first title.
Besides washing away the Print
ers game, Pluvius said No" to the
White Sox Athletics affair, Wnlcn
the players, out-of-town printers ana
their families were to attend as
guests Of President Comiskey OF the
local American League club. In
stead every one had to keep under
the shelter or get an awful ducklnS
Most of them Stunned the out OF
doors, so there wasn't much excite
ment for the visitors.
Many of the persons anxious to
take in the major league game and
also the players who looked forward
to fighting their way into the hnal
Yesterday wanted to get their hands
on the gentleman who wrote that
song 1T Amt a Gonna Rain No
Mo-"