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The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-24
SID LEE NAMES BARBECUE BOARD East Lake Affair Will
 Feature Second Day
 Of Meet

Appointment of salesmen to serve on
 the. barbecue committee of the Alabama Merchants convention, which will fea. ture the second days entertainment al
 East Lake, was made by Sid Lee, gen.
 eral chairman, Saturday.
 These names follow:
 C.. L.. Dupree, Alabama Bedding corporation, 2618 29th street.. north Geo. P. Dupree, Alabama Bedding cor poration, 261S 29th street, north; E. A.
 Lively, Birmingham Paper company l.. K. McVoy, Birmingham Paper com pany; W. F. Williams, Birmingham Paper company; Mrs. A. C.. Brewster, Birmingham Paper company J. B. Blandford, Birmingham Sash and Door company, 10th avenue, north, and 16th street; J. NJ. Armour, Birmingham Sash and Door company, 10th avenue, north, and 18th street; R. L. T. Rudgings, Bir- mingham Sash and Door company, 10th avenue, north, and 18th street; W. D. Fomby, 3417 12th avenue, north W. J. Ashton, HOS Glen Iris avenue; J. c. Cryer, York, Ala; w. R. Sikes, Box 143, Tuscaloosa, Ala; Mir. B. A. Gran dall, P. o. Box 93; Mir. Clyde Hill, ToddWitte Dry Goods company, 221S First avenue; Mfr. E. A. Bond, Todd Witte Dry Gods company, 221S First avenue; Wallace Hartsfield, Birming- ham Stove and Range company; R. B. Fulford,. Wimberly and Thomas Hard ware company; R. Lyde, Wimberly and Thomas Hardware company; F. Seel- binder, Wimberly and Thomas Hard ware company; c. E. Lewis, Wimberly and Thomas Hardware company; s. P. Wall Wimberly and Thomas Hardware company; M. Silverfield,. Silverfield and Levein, 2111 First avenue; P. T. Hurt, Silyerfield and Levein, 21f1 First avenue; Stanley Jones, Plosser-K -Knecht Flour and Grain company c. c, Har- less, Plosser-Knecht Flour and Grain company; Geo. B. Lum, Plosser-Knecht Flour and Grain company F., J. Over ton, Plosser- r-Knecht Flour and Grain company; Stein, Cooper Dry Goods com pany F. T. Hurt, Birmingham Whole sale corporation, PLY First avenue; D, B. Church, Birmingham Wholesale cor poration, PLY First avenue; c. S. Heaslett, City Paper company, 2S19 First avenue; R.. R. Watts, Economy Drug company, 2410 Third avenue; M. Blair Samuel, 'Goodall- Brown Dry Goods company; J. N. Pitts, Goodali- Brown Bry Goods company George Letson, Goodall- Brown Dry Goods com pany; J. R. Johnson, Goodall- Brown Dry Goods company; Yancey GoodalI. GoodaI- Brown Dry Goods company George Freeman, Goodall- Brown Dry Goods company, K. D. Davis, Goodali- Brown Dry Goods company; W, NJ Nail, Martin Biscuit company; R, E.l Freeze, Martin Biscuit company; B. M. Cousins, Sharp, Hat company, 2126 First avenue; R. c. Fell, Sharp Hat company, 2126 First avenue; J. R. Nun. nelly, 1413 Avenue A; J. L. Romsey,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-24
ROADS KEEP TAB ]. ON FREIGHT CARS
Records Always Show rse 2: Where Rovers Can Be
 Found

To keep track of the perambulations of freight cars is one of the most tn- tricste problems of the American rail- ways. One month car may be grind ing along through the sand of the south; the next it may be showing it's way through a Canadian blizzard, says the New York Times. ,,
 Unhonored and unsung, it rumbles along between the farm and the city, between the factory center and the sea port, now swinging out to the western grain fields, again awaiting unloading in the port of New York or taking it's place in a through train from the gulf.
 It may be gone from it's home line for several years at time, wandering from system to system, from coast to coast, eyer seeking new roadbeds to explore. :, In spite of the difficulty of the task of keeping tab on such a wanderer, lost boxcar is unknown on American. railroads. Superintendents know where to find every one of their cars. They know when cars left their own lines, what they were loaded with, what their destination was, the route they took and the time they started back home. ]. The man in the street may think that all of the freight cars are, lost half of the time, or half of them are lost all the time. If they will step into any rail- road car record office and ask the whereabouts of certain car, he win get the correct information with no more delay than it takes to consult a book.
 The Recording System
 It is essential to railroad manage ments to know where their cars are. Only by keeping accurate records of car movements can they tell if the cars are loaded and unloaded promptly, if they are piling up sufficient mileage and if they are properly routed. Then, too, the railroad receives fixed sum from other lines for each day one of it's cars is on the foreign system.
 Frequently, too, the legal department may win an important case by being able to prove that certain car was or was not at certain place at certain time. Accurate knowledge of where cars are is also demanded by shippers who want to know when their products will be delivered or when shipment of raw material will reach their mills. /
 To meet their demands American railroads have developed an elaborate system of car movement recording which begins with the train conductors out on the road. The conductor who moves a train makes report of the number and the initials of the cars in its makeup. These reports are made on large sheets. Opposite the number and the letters of each car there are spaces for telling whether the car is a box, refrigerator, tank, stock, flat, gondola, coal or coke
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-24

car; whether or not it is loaded and what it contains, the point of ship ment, the hour it left and its destina- ton. When the cars pass to foreign line at a junction point the car ac- countant of the foreign line supplies the home line car accountant with the date the car arrived on that line and the date it left either by return to its home tracks or to go to another sys- <tem.
 Record Of Each Car
 The complete information about each car, when entered on these sheets, ap- pears in single line extending hori- zontally across the page. When the sheets reach the car record office they are put by the hundred into cutting machine, which cuts them horizontally into slips containing the information about a single car. These slips are then handed to a large force of girl clerks, who sort them according to the roads to which the cars belong, as in- dicated by their initials. All of the slips giving information about Great Northern cars are placed in one slot, those about the; Santa Fe in another, and so on. These sorted slips are then given to another set of clerks who keep the records of the continuous car move ments in huge books, each clerk ham ding those of one railway system.
 The information thus secured and classified tells the location of any car at any time and forms its continuous history. Officials can tell where their cars are, where they have been, how much of their time they hae spent on the home nne,and how much on foreign lines.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-24
BRYAN TO SPEAK
 ON LABOR DAY
Will Address Farmers At Elk
 Point, s. D.

LINCOLN, Neb, Aug. 23.-Gov
 Charles W. Bryan, democratic vice
 presidential candidate, today accepted
 an invitation to address a gathering oi
 farmers at Elk Point, S. D., on Labor
 Day, September 1. It will be Ma
 Bryan's first campaign address outside
 the state of Nebraska. v
 In announcing acceptance of the in.
 vitation, extended by Louis N. Grill,
 chairman of the democratic state com
 mittee of South Dakota, Governor
 Bryan said he would discuss farm questions, review legislative and ad-
 ministrative action relating to the farmer by the republicans during the last four years and outline remedies ? Tennessee Mill and Feed company, 1413 Avenue A; R. S. Carlisle, W. S. Brown Mercantile company, 2305 Morris avenue, W. H. pany, 23O5 Morris avenue ;.J. H. vann, Morris avenue; R. P. TaSum, W. S. Brown Mercantile company, 2305 Mor- ris avenue; Ray Anderson, 1130 Union avenue, Memphis, Tenn. : c. E. McDonald, 7514 Underwood, ave- nue; Reese c. William, 1215 29th street, north; l.. P. Campbell, 1211 23d street, north; J. T. Nelson, Bir- mingham Furnace and Manufacturing company, 1712 First avenue; A. D. Barton, Birmingham Furniture and Manufacturing company, 1712 First avenue; W. $. Witt, Perfection Mat tress company. S31 24th street, north ; W. F. Lehman, Perfection Mattress company, S31 24th street, north; E. c. Deaton, Perfection Mattress com pany, S31 24th street, north 1; NJ. B. Newman, Birmingham Grain company i; W. H. Peacock, Birmingham Grain company; V. G. Sherrill, Levine-Abe1- son Candy and Grocery company, 2306 First avenue; S. A. Herzog, Levines Abelson Candy and Grocery compansys 2306 First avenue; J. A. Landlord, E. P. Allen and company, 2315 First ave- nue; T. Berry, B. P. Allen and com@ pany, 2315 First avenue; l.. A. Brooks, W. NJ. Cosby Flour and Grain com pany, 1501 Avenue A; J. B. Hollings- worth, W. NJ. Cosby Flour and Grain company, 1501 Avenue 4; M. J. Robertson, W. NJ. Cosby Flour and Grain company, 1501 Avenue A ;sJohn F. Tyndal, Bradshaw-Tyndal company, 529 18th street, north; J. Jaffe, Jaffe' Clothing company, 2214 First avenues- Sidney Kronenberg, Alabama Dry Goods company, 2104 First avenue: E. S. Plylar, Alabama Dry Goods com pany, 2104 First avenue; J. V. John son, Alabama Dry Goods company, 21O4 First avenue; W. K. Ramsay, Moore -Handley Hardware company, Avenue A; F. o. Myers, Moore Hand ley Hardware company; W. I. Kinney, -Handley Hardware company, Avenue A; J. F. Jones, Moore Handley Hardware company, Avenue A; Lem c. Dunnam, Dixie Coffee company, 24O6 Second avenue; T. J. Jones, Guar antee Leather company. 1911 Second avenue,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-24

WHAT THE KING OF sHEBA SAID
 ''The Queen of Sheba thought she knew how to live; but when she saw Solomon's idea of comfort, what really broke her heart was the poisonous re- flection that for the rest of her life
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-24
ting Aabaa Merchants ConDene Here This Week Sae Need

 My dear why Foolish by Yates
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-24
STATE OFFICERS MERCHANT CODY.

Officers of the Alabama Merchants association, which will hold its eighth annual convention in birmingham Tues day, Wednesday, ard Thursday, are Lee Hicks, president; D. c. Kinney, first vice president; J. E. McGraw, sec ond vice president; O. F.. Yarn, secre- tary; R. o. Cranford, Frank. Hurst J. R. Waldrop, Reuben WesdaM, W. L. Cutlery, S. T Palmer, J. w. Moore W. A. Jordan, Emmet King, B. J Cowart, George Edwards, and w. IT. Dickerson, directors.
Smyrna times., 1924-12-24
ILLEGAL MUSKRAT TRAPPERS
Traps Found on Lease Lands Contrary
to Maryland Game Laws

Muskrat trapperS are not waiting
until the law allows them to trap
these animals before setting traps, as
has been discovered by some of the
huntsmen in quest of game. Deputy
Game Warden Elliott, of Easton, is
after those who are violating the law,
and already he has had a number of
trappers fined $25 and costs for hav-
ing muskrat hides in their possession
at this time of the year.
Marsh owners have complained time
and time again about the scarcity of
muskrats at the opening of the sea-
son, and now it is believed that this
illegal trappers are the cause. In
many instances marsh land is rented
out or three months with the privi-
lege of setting traps for these animals
and invariably those who rent find
evidences of someone having worked
the land before the law permitted.
One piece Of march land rents as
high as 5000 for the season, being put
up at auction and knocked down to
the highest bidder. Several such
marsh lands have been found set with
traps, but while suspicion falls on
those living near, no evidence is found
other than the traps.
One colored man in the county has
been known to trap muskrats out of
season and this week Mr.. Elliott Sc
cured a search warrant. When the
cOlOred mans premises were search
ed no evidence was found, and there
fore no conviction could be had. But
the game warden is not giving uI
hope of catching this suspicious man
and hopes to get some evidence be.
fore long if he continues to set traps
In some small marsh over twenty-five
traps were found in operation, but M
clue as to who was working the lane
could be found.
After January 1 the season will b.
on, and thousands of traps are being
prepared for the first catch. One O
the largest dealers in the State live
in Talbot county. He has buyers al
over the shore, and his business run
into the hundreds of thousands of dol
lars in year. Buyers from Ney
York make frequent trips there an
buy the hides.
The present season is uncertain a
this time. No definite price has bee
fixed by the buyers as yet, and tn
trappers generally wait until fey
weeks have passed before selling.
little later the market gets firm
9 er on account Of the animals gettin
older, when the skin is better. Rat
are believed to be plentiful.
Smyrna times., 1924-12-24

KENT COUNTY INDEBTEDNESS
s5 Funding Bonds-Value $1,000 eachS IS, 100000
200 Kent County Good Road Bonds
Value $1,000 each 49,. ........ 20O,000.00
State Aid Road Bonds - Value
SlOUO each ................ ....l ,6OO,OOO.OO
Total Indebtedness .... .......$1 1885,, 10000
Dec. l. 1924, Balance
General Fund ... 80. ........S 1896. .25
Bonded Indebtedness Fund ...... 43,O49.39
Good Road Fund .... ............ 6,Ol5.83
State Aid Road Fund ............. 256,806.S1
Uncollected Taxes 1923 zee. ...... 1O,25O.53
Uncollectted Taxes 1924 49,. ...... 48,26l SO
Total Amount Available ....... .S404, $40 40
Smyrna times., 1924-12-24

Kent County, s.:
Personally appeared before me. Clerk of the
Peace of Kent County Thomas Meredith
Comptroller of Kent County who by me being
duly sworn according to law, depOses and
says that the foregoing statement is true and
correct to the best of his knowledge and be-
lief.
THOMAS MEREDITH,
Comptroller
Sworn and subscribed before me this eigh-
teenth day of December A. D. 1924
EDGAR Z. CLEMENTS,
Clerk of the Peace.
Smyrna times., 1924-12-24
rXPENnITURES

EXPENDITURES
,-- Dec /, 1923. to Dec. l. 1924
y S.laries of County Officers:
tor the Levy Court ......S l,586.5O
\ he Peace ......$ l.SS3.S4
Il : tLs Peace, Clerk 1.2S7.50 3,120.S4
Smyrna times., 1924-12-24

5,513.99 5,513.99
Total Expense General Fund SlS6, 1881
Smyrna times., 1924-12-24

Announcement of the marriage of
Miss Leuvina Bunting, of Dagsboro,
to Harry A. Goodwin, Jr., of Roxapa,
has been made by the brides par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph w. Bunt-
ing. The wedding took place at Snow
Hill, Nd, on Thanksgiving Day night.
Smyrna times., 1924-12-24
LEGISLATURE WILL Be ASKED
TO FIGHT JAPANESE BEETLE
STATE BOARD AND WILMINGTON
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE JOIN
GOvernOr-elect Robinson in Hearty
Accord With Plan-TO Join Other
States in Rigid Quarantine

A movement to throw the resources
and energies of this state with those
of New Jersey, Pennsylvania and the
Federal government in combating the
Japanese beetle menace this summer,
was launched by the Wilmington
Chamber of Commerce and members
of the State Board of Agriculture,
Thursday. Governor-elect, Robert P.
Robinson, as chairman of the COM
mittee appointed by the Chamber to
combat the beetle invasion, called the
meeting, which was held in the rooms
of the Chamber. So serious is the
situation now threatening this state
that the State Board of Agriculture,
through it's president, Oliver L. New
ton, announced that it has included in
it's budget, to be passed upon at the
coming Legislature, an appropriation
of $4,000 for 1925 and $4,000 for
1926, with which to fight the pest.
Although the beetle slugs are now
asleep in the ground and will not
poke their heads out until the latter
part of June, the Chamber and the
State Board feel that now is the time
to map out campaign.
Rigid Quarantine Suggested
1t was the unanimous opinion of
everyone present that the only way to
combat the menace is to throw the
most rigid form of quarantine around
the infected districts. All spraying
systems have been proven ineffective
to date, and the government scheme
of importing Japanese wasps to wipe
out the beetles, although now in the
experimental stages in New Jersey
and elsewhere, has yet to be proven
efficient.
Although the beetle due to the gov
ernment quarantine, failed to pene-
trate south of the infested area in the
northeast tip of this State it is rum
ored that the government contem-
plates extending the quarantine into
Wilmington and the district surround
ing the Chesapeake and Delaware
Canal. Two motions were unanimous
ly passed, and one introduced by Pres
ident Newton, requests that the Gov
ernOr recommend to the Legislator,
that a joint committee of the Senat,
and House be named to investigat,
the menace and report back within ter
days.
The other, by Colonel George A. Ell
e lott, member of the Chamber com
h mittee, requests that Delaware rep
I resentatives in the Senate and HOus
d of Representatives at Washingto
; urge the Department of Agricultur
of the United States to make ever
r possible effort to discover some chemi
cal combination which will kill tn
beetle, and suggests that the offer G
: suitable reward for such discover
would stimulate the chemists of tn
country to make prompt search fc
some effective remedy.
y The greatest problem facing Del;
ware from the inroads of the beetl
it was brought out, was not so muC
3 in the actual damage that may |
= done to the crops and fruits, but b.
. cause of the embargOes which it
L feared would be placed upon all shil
y ments from the State, thereby ruiz
- ing the market.
Smyrna times., 1924-12-24
BONDED INDEBTEDNESS FUND

BONDED INDEBTEDNESS FUND
Balance Dec 1. 1928 IS 23,6S5.91
Amount Received from
Interest on Deposits 687.16
Amount Received from
1928 Taxes 49,. ....... 33.59469
Amount Received from
1924 Taxes .... ...... 54,O4413
Total Receipts .... ....... .... .S112,O11.S9
Amount Paid out for
Coupons 49,. .... .... 68962.5O
Balance on Deposit Dec.
1. 1924 .......... 43O49.39
1l2O11.s0 112.O11.s9
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sTATE AIN ROAD FUND

STATE AID ROAD FUND
Balance Dec. /. 1928. IS 2O.294.5S
Amount Received from
Bond Sale .... ...... 955,O96.1O
Amount Received from
Interest on Deposits 2,548.l2
Total Receipts go. ............ 1917 ,939 40
Amount Paid Out as per
Vouchers . 692,748.76
1O,S83.83
17,5OO0O
Balance Available ..... 256 6,8O68l
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Seek Law Evaders

One of the greatest troubles the
quarantine officers were confronted
with last year, it was claimed, was
the fact that in only guarding the
main highways hundreds of truckers
and shippers evaded search by taking
to the back roads, thereby endanger-
ing not only themselves but the entire
community as well. It was stated
that the government is planning to
double its vigilance this summer, and
also mete out severe punishment to
those attempting to evade search.
Smyrna times., 1924-12-24
Fight is Expensive

The infected area comprise the cen
trail part of New Jersey from the
Delaware River to the Atlantic Ocean;
the southeastern part of Pennsylvania
including Bucks and Montgomery
counties and parts of Chester and
Delaware counties, and the whole of
Philadelphia county, and the north
eastern tip of Delaware. Pennsyl-
vania has spent 100000 and New
Jersey $4,000 last year in fighting
the pest.
According to Professor c. A. Nc
Cue, dean of the Delaware State Ag-
ricultural Experimental Station, and
member of the State Board of Agri-
culture, the only method of combating
the insect lies in maintaining a quar-
antine sufficiently rigid to concentrate
the trouble in the area now infested,
until other measures of destruction
may be invented. '"The natural spread
of the beetle infection is rated any
where from Eve to twelve miles per
year," he said.
The insect attacks more than 1852
varieties of vegetation, and is espec-
tally harmful to the apple and peach
crops. Tomatoes somehow seem to
be immune, and the strawberry crop
in the State is safe because it is over
before the beetle comes out of the
ground.
Smyrna times., 1924-12-24
977.s89.4O 977,989.4O
coon ROAD FUND

GOOD ROAD FUND
Balance Dec. 1. 1928 M 7,333I7
Amount Received from
Taxes .... .... ...... lOtOUU.UU
Amount Received from
Interest on Deposits 91.96
Amount Received from
Material Sold go. 425.OO
Total Receipts ........... ......S l1'856.l3
Evening star., 1924-03-26
OFFICIAL NOTICES.

District Of Columbia March IS, 1g24-Notice
is hereby given that in accordance with the
provisions Of an item authorizing changes In
the permanent system Of highways contained
in d. G. appropriation act for the fiscal year
ended June 30, 1914 tpnblie act No. 43JD. ap-
proved Msrch =. 1913 the Commissioners Of the
District of Columbia will give public hear
ing in the board room of said Com iss toner's
on Monday, March. 81. 1924. at 10 O'clock q m :.
to all parties interested owning land along
the line OF Varnum st. between Iowa ave and
18th st. NV, and along the line Of Webster
st. between Iowa ave. and Arkansas ave
Of highways plan Of Yarnum and Webster
SITS through the tract OF land numbered for
81 /i34. lying within the above limits, viii be
displayed. and the Commissioners will CON
slider any suggestions protests concerning z
the proposed changes as shown on the above
mentioned plans. CUN0 III. RUDOLPH
JAMES +. OYSTER. j. FRANKLIN BEL1.
mh13. .c1Su-f4t
Evening star., 1924-03-26
VIEWS EXPRESSED
ON SINGAPORE BASE
Differing Opinions Of British Pre-
miers Are Issued as
White Paper.
By the Assoeiates Press.

BY the Associated Press.
LONDON. March SS-The dasa-
greement Of the dominion prennicrs
| regarding the relation of the Singa-
pore naval base project to the Wash
fngton treaty, is strfkingfy brought
out in the correspondence on the sub
ject issued today as a White paper
Premier Smuts of the Union of
South Africa maintained that the pro
posed base, while technically outside
the limits os the Washington pac1,
would be out of keeping with it,
Premier Bruce OF the Australian com
monwealth, however, takes con-
trary view
THE Washington conference. which
arose primarily out of Pacific pFob-
lens" ne says, effected the greatest
contribution yet made to disarma ment
Despite the fact that all the
nations represented knew well it was
Great Britain's intention to proceed
with the Singapore base, and because
of that well known intention Singa-
pore was excluded from the area
where Notifications would not be
erected"
Canada and the Irish Free State
were non -committal, while New Tea
land. Australia and Newfoundland
were emphatic in their protest against
the decision not to develop further
this Pacific stronghold.
1t is we'll remembered, says Premier
Massey OF New Zealand. in explaining
New Zealand'S attitude, that Sngs
pore is not intended for offensive but
for defensive purposes and is no
more a threat TO Japan that Gibraltar
is to the United States or any other
country. America, he says, has an
imprc gnabic Pacific fortress in Pearl
Harbor. Fortunately, he notes, the
United States is q friendly nation, and
will remain so for centuries, but sep
arated from the heart of the British
empire by $4,000 miles OF sea- New
Zealand realizes THAT is means TO be
insufficienuy protected, for she has
not forgotten what the British navy
and merchant marine suffered In the
Pacific during the great war.
Premier Bruce viewed the abandon-
ment of the Singapore project as I'M :
perilling the existence and prestige
of the empire. a menace to the peace
of the world and a fatal blow to the
league of nations.
A brief c<abfegraIn from the Premier
of Newfoundland expressed the efn-
phatic opinion that it would be un-
wise not TO proceed with the SHga-
pore base.