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Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1924-12-18

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Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1924-12-18
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-20
VETERAN SUCCUMBS TOHTS WAR INJURIES
Samuel Giles Of Marine Corps
 To Be Buried Sunday

Funeral services for Samuel Edward Giles, age 26, overseas veteran, who died at local infirmary Saturday morning, will be held from the resi- dence, 2901 Nineteenth avenue. Hilltop station, Ensley, at 3 o'clock Sunday afternoon and from St. Anthonys Catholic church. Avenue H, with in torment in ElmwOOd cemetery. The American Legion will have charge of the funeral and members of the legion in uniform will assemble at the Green wood cafe at o'clock Sunday after noon.
 Mfr. Giles served in the '. S. Marine Corps during the World war and saw active overseas service, having been wounded several times, from which wounds he never fully recovered. He was decorated by General Petain for undaunted courage in caring for the wounded under fire, though swounded himself. On another occasion he led his platoon after the commander had been killed and gained the objective without the loss of man.
 Mir. Giles is survived by his widow, nee Angela Ramsey, two small children and brother, Howard Giles.
 Honorary pallbearers Major w.. S. Prichard, Dr. H. A. Harris. Dr. F. c. Ray. Dr. Grady Lovelady, H. J. Kribs, A. H. Moore. William Lammert and N. H. Hawkins
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-20
IRON MARKET STRONGER Quotations Advance To $22.5O And S23
 Ton In Few Wekes

Reports that the United States Cast Iron Pipe company had purchased 6O,O0O tons of pig iron for first guar ter and second quarter delivery were not substantiated in industrila circles Sat urtlay.
 This company, which has headquar- ters in Burlington, N. J., is understood to have taken care of it's future re- quirements several month ago, when pig iron was quoted as low as $19, Bir- mingham base, most pipe manufacturers having taken advantage of the slump m the market to buy at the low pre- vailing price.
 Continued strengthening in the iron market was noted during the past week. quotations advancing to. $22.50 and $23. rise of $1.50 to $2 during the past two weeks. Improvement in the market was responsible for the de cisiOn of Alabama furnace interests to put idle furnaces back into operation The Sloss- Sheffield Steel and Iron com pany will resume operations of fur mace at Gadsden has been undergoing repairs. The Woodward company, upon blowing in it's No. furnace at Woodward, announced that Vanderbilt furnace, which had been placed in operation tempoEarily while No. :, was being repaired, would continue opera tion indefinitely.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-20
FIGHT PICTURES
 COMING TO RIALTO
No Detail Of Battle Missed By
 Camera In Film

Just how Jack Dempsey tanned ''The Wild Bull of the Pampas," otherwise known as Luis Angel Firpo, the Argen- tine heavyweight, is shown in the ex- elusive motion pictures. of the great worlds championship battle which are to be exhibited in Birmingham soon. The picture will be offered as an at- traction at the Rialto Theatre during the week of January 28.t The showing of the motion picture record of that historic ring battle will be continuous each day, from 10 o'clock a. m. until II o'clock D. m.-on the hour, every hour.
 This film, taken by a battery of rapid action and slow motion cameras, records in the most thrilling retail what critics have termed the most mo- mentous and sensational heavyweight battle ever staged in the history of pu- gilism. The first round of this fight is called the greatest in all history, and the camera men missed not single detail. Critics who have seen the pie ture are said to pronounce it the most entertaining film ever made.
 The picture opens with view of the fighters in :heir respective training camps, and from there the scene shifts to the Polo Grounds, where vast crowds struggle to obtain last-minute reserva- tions. Then the scene shifts again to the great arena, and the ring, into which the giant battlers climb to begin their epoch making contest. All of the many points involved in the fight. which have caused more or less con troversy in sporting circles, are brought out in the thrilling motion picture rec ord of the battle which follows.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-20
'. MIG. A.
 SUNSHINE SLOPE
Birmingham-SOuther Students Start Fund On
 Campus

Plans for the erection 6f Y- M. c A. building at Birmingham-SOUth college are now under way, acceTdIIss to a statement made by Taylor klr'bg- president of the \. M C. A at tile college.
 The cost of the proposed structure will be appreximately S2a!09a. Nr- Kirby said. The executive commit tee, consisting of l. W ThGnfsn. Douglas Pritchett and Paul Cooke. <stlu- dents of the college. have announced that $15,000 of this amount Is already in sight.
 A meeting was recently held dA Ffr- mulate plans for the erection cd ElIr building. and from the thirty srRden1s who were present. pledges amounting to $5jO was received eleven ed IiSe students contributing $2S each. Mir Kirby stated. and according fe him. Ier, Guy F. Snavely. president ef tire eal- lege, mas indorsed she plans fssr the construction of the proposed eAifice-
 This building when completed will he great accomplishment by the college Y. M. C. A and will provide T mealrs Of F students working their waE through college l,y the employment which will he offered
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-20
STEELE-SMlTH IS
 IN BANKRUPTCY
Involuntary Petition By Three
 Creditors For Total .yssIs- Of S1, 300

Affairs Of the SteelsTsmith depart. ment store, located. on First avenue between Nineteenth and Twentieth streets, were in the hands of a receiver Saturday as the result of an involun- tary petition which three creditors filed in United States court.
 Judge W. I. Grubb named John S. Coxe as receiver and the store will re main open, at least for the present Thorough investigation of the assets and liabilities of the firm will begin at once.
 This is the only business bankruptcy petition of the year in the Birmingham district.
 The petitioning creditors are D. Cum mins, the Yorkshire Knitting mills and the Western Union Manufacturing company. Their claims total $1 300
 It is stated that the firm during the past year has borrowed considerable money in order to continue opera tions.
 The petitioning creditors claimed that the company's finances were in such condition that it should be ad- judged bankrupt. They charged that the company is insolvent and that it had recently paid certain creditors in full, thus endangering the other credi- tors.
 MT. Coxe, the receiver. immediately took charge of affairs. The store was open all day Saturday, but there were comparatively few customers
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-20
TO HOLD FUN WEEK
 FOR SERVICE MEN
Vaudeville And Other Acts To
 Feature Program

At a meeting Saturday of the com mittee in charge of the indoor carnival and bazar for the Service Mems club. plans were made for the big week of fun which begins February II and continues through February 16.
 The festival is to be staged in the old post office building. An orchestra has already been engaged to furnish continuous music for the guests and the main features. One of the high .est-priced acts in vaudeville will fea- ture the week. Other acts and attrac- tions will be in keeping with this fea- ture number. Enough tickets to make the venture a success from an attend ance standpoint have been sold.
 Entire proceeds of the weeks show will be turned oyer the Service Mems club fund and the money expended in expanding the club quarters. in fur nishing them and in decorative scheme for the walls. The club is com posed of Rainbow division veterans, Spanish war veterans. veterans of for eign wars and Birmingham units of the Alabama national guard.
 Captain Smith stated that each divi- sion of the club had gone into the work of preparation for the big show with their shoulders to the wheel.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-20
QUEER BOOKMARKS
 FOUND AT LIBRARY
Street Car Transfers Used. Pen nies, Keys And Letters

Pennies, marcAes- keys street ear transfers neney. cd letters. Christ mss cards and rikhens all kaxe their particular uses- but they have quality in eommon- that of bei1g Used as book marks by Birmingham residents Miss Fannie Parslow. first assistant in the Circulation department of the public library, points out
 The day of the regular beOkmark has passed the readers having formed the habit of using the first artlcle that comes within reach when tke time comes to close the book
 A larger number Of people are read ing books OF street cars as thcy go to and from work. Miss Partfow said. as evidenced by the large number of sxrees car transfers left m the books by the readers
 It is not ar unusual occurrence for the members of Ghe circulatl0a depart meRt staff to ffnd Enozey 1na cheeks in the books returned to the hhrary, the most no1eU0r1hy ins4ance Of this kind being noticed not RO3g ago waen two checks, totaliHg more than S90. were found in one book regMrned- In am other inssSnce- s so hiH nearly 10 ye2rs old g2s discovered la book donated tc fAe library by q Ioezl man
 Not a few of the readeEs have the habit of turning down q corRer of a page where they finiakled readIaS. but library emFlOyes sro urging against such practice, as it tEn&s to mutilate the books
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-20

are installed for cutting metal where odd sizes are desired. Monotype cast CTS mould rules, dashes and the other items needed in making up news paper page. In the advertising alley as it is called in newspaper parlance each man has his separate working cabinet where he assemblies the adver- tiSements assigned to him.
 Where so much fine machinery is in duty all the time prepared for any emergency. If anything happens to one of the linotype machines, for in stance, the operator presses a button on his machine and his number is flashed at the machinists' work bench. The entire department is piped with com pressed air This is used not only for cleaning the machines and keeping everything<spick and span; but is also used for power purposes sin some suf the machinery.
 Big Air COmpressers
 For instance, the equipment where the stereotyped matrices are made is located on this floor. When form of type is finished it moves over to the roller machine where the damp matrix sheet is placed over it and the whole is subjected to this high pressure. Thence it goes to the steam tables where tre- mendous air compressors descend and fix the type impression firmly in the matrix.
 The matrix then drops through a specially constructed chute to the base ment floor of the building. Here is To- cated the equipment for making the plates for the presses. The matrix is put in special compartment and huge pumps which pump molten metal go into action and the metal flows over the matrix in such manner as to form a semi-cylindrical plate. Cold water turned into water jackets around the
 (COntinued on Page TwO)
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-20
BOY SCOUTS GUIDE
 WARY PEDESTRIANS
Walk Right Program To In-
 duee Safety In Traffic

Boy Scouts were again called on by Birmingham to perform a necessary duty when sthe walk right program went into effect Saturday evening.
 At two of the busiest corners of the downtown district eight boys were sta toned bearing Poles with the signs walk right on their end. When the new electric signal flashed red. pedes- trians were halted; when it was green. they were let by.
 A few of the people evidenced ir- rascibility at heinz prevented from crawling under the wheels of the street cars-and automobiles. but most of them were glad to be shown.
 This is part of the new system being put into effect and if the pedestrians cooperate with the city, much of the jams and accidents will be avoided, city officials say.<
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-20
Slg,a)D NEEDED
 FOR AUDITORIUM
RIElagAsES Financial Report For QEaxtsr Shows
 SwEg

Nsre nREn S190lpgm fs needed to cfmR8eTe rfsr pd1ys Iuiia1riilm now we'll sn Gns WHY uo e,ssnpIetisn~ it was sstsrea Sa7rur'itHy m uAa report of C'gn2dHsGItr Armstrong for the period embracing ahe Gils5 rhree months of 1sr::cG.
 The Hsdal eprt af tie auditorium. Ss'A5lsasl wIrih 1ila- eesE sf the lot, S9o.- ftsel wi5l Ar disffravp,I by uhe fund of S4ESnHH ansG Sn9laR0t5 1o be raised by PRsgssaad h'nsH ISSUE. said President MclfsnIieu et 1he eury commission SA11l,las.
 d1SGlgdrSGlsr -&ruIstroGS's report sjbsMrA Hl,. ri7e had Spenr S'5, 2i)3 less Hl.HH ll1, IPSup0ris HDau cited in the l.Dtsct'i Esc Hls Hhr-.+ uusnuhss. Two de- lmrdnsR 1s sz,'t.,,j,t,J the, buigat fig sivs, npa 1irpe syrnG less than given 1ih9an
 Hm u.is- department ef general admin aS1lu11sIn md dii.nee uAa expenditures -'Ects,3eH alr lui,cs1 tiiclIrps by 1858, 4Bt.. a5ctG,.IF,- 5l, F'rPsi,l,+uu NcLen- {islL. lsH'ss.4IE 1e ul'- purchase of license 1asss isar aAe y-ur ana Us repairing the t'Gih9ia,taI cd 7l1- dile pounds.
 Tlhs +H,e~s sE <;..@Io6 aver the. budget in uhe a1t'gasEgIrac "d public improve lntI1s wafs d bs GO, uEis usual busy seq ssm n sg1peu amPCvEsafenu work at llais uIn,t B35li departments. tine. com IIis<lsa,rr> ra5G wuttBl break even ssnSIl
 Csmnsls>js spsrf HHarris,sns department ed 7sgal6- aaeFsf1B'> ~Psnu J hess than i7s A'ntsas7 ai4,wAn',e by S5s2S2- Cem- lItiss1sne-r CBtses dapartnlsmr also spent lt.>ss alis;l aIioWe,Il ,sc- S-Ws9A The de Hgrc1sr.7 ~d Rs1I1lf and education 4,s,iisea SH2zsS and miscellaneous ex- FEsDfhsTIuis-, Sl-IotS a6 eosaehIinx with 1A,t. 1tnhrsG
 The A'eas'A d s,isntatbsn. according to 1ilt iserca., ATifs eGRsfyt2d S53l .Ili5 and ''s'iziE.l-B'a -se@FPGs far the year at Sl -aa-Sdoi4sat- wAistih wdsllTs De available IA'e ElslHrntS SHsswsd expenditures of NlSfs-> and Ha~eiBrs- aH S|a. jsHl
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-20
HOWARD FATALLY
 HURT BY ELEVATOR
Richmond, Va, Man Strikes
 Head In Age-Herald Building

B. S. Howard, of Richmond, Va, travelling inspector for the Life Insur- anee Company of Virginia, was fatally injured in an elevator accident in The Ase-HeraId building Saturday after noon about 5 go o'clock. He died be- fore he could be removed to a hospital.
 Judge L. J. Haley, who was the only ether passenger on the elevator at the time of the accident, said that he ob- served Mr. Howard as he came on the enr. on the first floor. He seemed pre- occupied. said. Judge Haley, and paused uncertainty before he entered the ele- vatOr. As tEe elevator door was being closed by the operator, Howard sud- dneIy thrust his head out The eleva- tor was moving. and Mir. Towards bead struck the erOss-beam at the top of the car. His skull was crushed
 H. R. Kampen, general superinten- dent of The Age Herald building, was in ht efIrst floor lobby at the time of the accident The ear was immediately directed to tine seventeenth floor, where Dr. Miles Watkins, whose office IS on that floor, attended the injured man. He was removed to St. Vincent's hos pital in Ridout's ambulance, but died before the hospital was reached
 l. II. Sheehan, local agent Of the Life Insurance Company of Virginia. said Mir. Howard had been in Bir- mingham since Friday, on visit of inspection to the office here. He had gone ts q matinee and had an oppOint- ment with Mfr. Sheehan late Saturday afternoon He is survived by widow, resident in Richmond, and was about 35 years of age
 VIII Peeyy, operator of the elevator, whieh was No. 5 of the buildings bat, tery. was said by Mir kampen to be one of the most experienced and care fuI elevator boys, having been in the employ of the building for nearly seven years He had never had an accident previously.
 Coroner J. ID. Russum. after his pre- lIminary investigation. said he would hold a formal inquest Monday He said there did not appear sufficient eridenee to hold the operator of the elevator as the accident seemed un- av0idabIe Op the part of the man in charge of the car, and in no way due fan his eArRlesSneSS
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-20
SIMPSONS NEW POLICY Emphasis To Re Placed IOn Entrance Of Engineers In School

Final examinations marking the close of the first semester of school work begins at Simpson Monday and continues through the next day, the second term beginning Wednesday.
 Simpson will open the second trem with Il new policy in accepting stu dents emphasizing the entrance of be. ginners for the first time. Hitherto the student body of the school has been made up largely of upper class students, but plans are being made for the accommodation of d number of first year boys.
 Simpson will open the new term in her building, occupying it at the begin ming of term for the first time. The improved accommodations make the school one of the best equipped and allow the enrolment to be raised to POO each semester. The school was also recently admitted to full voting mem bership of the Southern Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools, thus allowing graduates to enter any col lege or university of tine south and any of tie north which does not re- auire entrance examinations without question.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-20
AN ALABAMA GIRL
 IN NATIONAL TRIO
Miss Margaret Byers To Be
 Heard In Lyceum Course

An. Alabsma girl ia the person of Miss Margaret ByerS EiH appear in the next number of the AeiPr0 LScegn course: which wil he given 3t the AeiPc0 school hO1se, Seventeenth street and Thirty-Girst avenue. north, next Tuesday ereninE- Miss ByerS was reared at SPEingyiile. Ala where her father and mother. Mr. and Mrs George ByerS. still reside. Miss Byers is said 10 be one Of the leading child iEnPersonators in the United States and appears in the Acipcs Lycean e0urxe as a member Of the NatSOnal TfSO-
 The National TrSO will also present Tuesday eEening txV @as-aet plays. The Man From IndiAnA- and The Way Out"
 The AcipcO LyceuA course has been conducted this winter kF tAe AeipcO Y- NJ C A cooperating with the nis- kionary society of the AeipcO church Profits which may accrue fr0z the sale of tickets are turned OVer tke Mission ary society,"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-20
DISABLED MEN EXEMPT.
Injured World War Veterans Can Get
 Poll Tax PaperS.

Disabled ex-service men will be ex- empted from poll tax, T. J. Calvert, of the Veterans bureau, announced Sat- urtlay, if they follow the correct pro- cedlIre.
 Disabled ex-service men will first get T letetr to the effect they are relying on the bureau for part Of their sup port. This they will take to Dr. J. D. Bowling at the city hall, who will is- sue them certificate to present to the registrars.
 All other ex-service men will have to pay poll tax for 1925, as the time which they were exempt has erded.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-20
VETERANS HONOR LEE
Camp Haraee Members Hold Sgpt,lAg
 NnEFlCeS

Members Of Camp Hardee. niied Confederate Veterans. held a Sg'scial memorial meeting Saturday afternoon in the \ M. (. 4. in observance 4f the birthday of Gen. Roberg F. Lee The principal address on the lie aud influence of General Lee WAS delivered by J. C. Burton. prominent EirulIlis- ham attorney. who paid tIlhIIte tn iie southern leaders qualities as Ii ss,Iiitr and Christian.
 The camp voted to contribute S9 To the Sallie E. Thompson memorial fund. and several other contributions Ms-Is. made by individual members and 1iBe Jefferson Davis camp, the letal being approximately S31
 An invitation was extended io Ile Joe Wheeler camp to attend line Ft,sGus- ary meeting of the camp. ! T. 6Ai-rt,t- son, commander of Ihe camp presided
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-20
EDWARDS CHOSEN
To Represent Howard College At Stu
 dents Conference

J. L Edwards of Howard college has been chosen by Frank Leavell, chair man of the interboard commission of the Southern Baptist convention, as one of the speakers at the Baptist Stu. dent conference in Memphis in Febru- ary.
 At this conference. which covers the states of Illinois. Kentucky, Missis- sippi. Alabama, Tennessee, Florida and Geergia. Six student speakers will be on the program to present six differ ent religious problems that face the student. t'
 Mr. Edwards will speak on "The Need of Wise Leadership in the Re- hgiogs Program
 The conference will be in session February 22-25.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-20
RAI.EY FUNERAL SUNDAY Veteran Empleye Of Southern Was
 Crashed By Cars Saturday

Funeral services for Morris Bailey, age 6S- whO died Friday night from in iuries sustained when he was trapped between tw0 railway coaches at the Terminal station. where he was em- Pl0yed as Switehman, will be held at ! o'clock Sunday afternoon from the residence. 1901 Second avenue. Avon dale Interment will follow in Elm wood cemetery, with Morrison in ehaEEe-
 He is survived by his widow; his daughters, Miss Flora Bailey. Miss Myrtle Bailey and Miss Nellie Bailey four sons. George Bailey. Will Bailey, John Bailey and Arthur Bailey, all of Birmingham
 Mir Bailey was one of the oldest rsiirOsd men in Birmingham, having followed his calling for more than 40 years. He had been in tEe emplOye of the Southern railway for IS years. it is stated
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-20
NEW S1OO,OOO !. SUNDAY SCHOOL
 FOR WOODLAWN
Methodist Congregation Ready. To Launch Its
 Funds Campaign
COMBINE FEATURES
 OF OTHER CLASSES
Committees Organized To Begin Their Work
 This Week

Latest development in the church. buildisn progress of Birmingham is the snnouhcement Saturday by Rev. Robert Eehols. pestor of the Woodlawn First Methodist church. that his congregation would build S1OO.0OO Sunday school buildIag, on two lots adjoining the gehureh, the lots having been just re eenffy acquired The church is located 1t Fifty fourth street and First avenue, and the new building will face on Fifty fourth street
 First Church at Woodlawn is the second largest Methodist church in Ala bamA,7 said Dr. Echols. the member ship rolls possessing 1, ,725 names. The Sunday school attendances have grown in proportion, and knowing that some; thing had to De done to relieve the eongestion the congregation has already voiced it's approval over the expansion plans s&s
 t@ Pms Made
 T. L. Boardie has drawn designs and they have been passed on by the builds ing committee. Announcement of a drive to be launched and the names of the team captains to officer the move ment for funds by popular subscription will be announced early this week"
 R. B Breyles, chairman of the build ing committee, stated that he would have the personnel of his team captains ready to announce within a few days. Other members of the building com mittee- who have worked tirelessly with Mir Broyles for the raising of funds are: Gilbert Ritchie, J. l.. Kirby, $. D. vann- l. R. Ensey, J. T. Rhodes, Y. H. Byrant, Ed Putnam and Ben Davis
 This committee has visited every Sun day school building in the Birmingham district and have sought to include all the good features of these buildings in the Woosilawn edifice. One of the in- novations of the new building will be recreational equipment on the. roof for epen-air basketball games and the like. Another will be an arrangement for making the annex a community cen ter. plans and specifications call for the construction of a model kitchen.
 Largest I'm District
 Gilbert Ritchie, one of the building committee. states that the new struc- ture will be one and one times as large as any Sunday school building in the entire district and that arrangements  have been made to accommodate 2,10O Sunday school pupils, looking to the growth of the Sunday school the mem bership being on the increase from Sunday to Sunday, and showing marked gains all through 1923
 The decision of Dr. Eehols' church to build immediately marks another step of the churches ef Birmingham toward developing for the future in huIldfnxS Highlands Methodist church has just completed successful drive for a $1OO. 600 Sunday school building, Southside Baptist church having re- gently announced q proposed expend- iture of $25O,O0O and First Methodist church having recently acquired lot adjoining the church property which required an investment of $2S,OOO. First Baptist church also negotiated deal the past week for additional prop erty adjoining the church, looking to building and expanding campaign.