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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-05-04
COOLIDGE GETS
ENDORSEMENT
Valley Republicans Also
Back Up Ford Bid
For Shoals
lTenn. Valley Bureaul

ALBANY-DECATUR, Ala, May 5.
Republicans of the Eighth congression-
al district favor President Calvin Cool
idge for reelection and the offer of
Henry Ford for Muscle Shoals, accord
ing to opinions cleaned from a get-to-
gether conference of members of the
party in this district Friday evening
at the Lions hotel. Republicans from
nearly all of the north Alabama coun-
ties were here and enjoyed a banquet
as an opening feature of their meet
ing. The Eighth district republicans
will hold their formal convention for
the district in the Decatur city hall on
May ID, at which time they will select
delegates to the state convention. Pres
ident Calvin Coolidge was Endorsed
unanimously. o. ID. Street was indorsed
for national committeeman and Jerre
Murphy OF Huntsville was. Endorsed as
delegate to the national convention.
To Repair Highway-Busin men
Of Albany and Decatur will meet Thurs
day morning on Bank street to go out
on the CORTLAND pike and put in a
full days work ON that highway. A
meeting was held Friday evening in
the Chamber of Commerce rooms when
the plan of the Kiwanis club was dis
cussed and many business men volun-
teeref to, aid in the project. 1t is
planned to have the business men of the
Twin-Citie repair the road from here
to Fish Pond and the business men of
C0urtIand will repair it from Fish Pond
to Wheeler station.
CarniyaIs Banned-Street carniyals
now are under the ban in both Al
bany and Decatur. An ordinance pro-
hibiting such attractions was taken up
by the. Albany city council last night,
while similar action was taken by the
Decatur council earlier in the week.
Twin Cities ChOsen-The next meet
ing of the Tennessee Valley Road Inn
proyement sassociati0n will be held here,
the members meeting i'll CORTLAND Fri
day having accepted the cordial invi-
tation extended by the Twin City rep
resentativcs. The meeting will be held
on May III. The session at CORTLAND
was an enthusiastic one and bylaws
and a constitution were adopted for
the permanent organization. The mem
bership rates also were fixed.
Review May BE ASked-Courts of
the state may be asked to review the
local act which created five school dis
trlctS for Morgan county, it was stat
ed here Saturday. Copies of an Opin-
ion rendered by Edwina Falkner, as
sIstant state attorney, holding that the
local act Is invalid nave been received
here and are being read with interest.
Decatur Wins Game-A baseball
game between the sixth and seventh
grades of the Albany and Decatur
schools was the feature of an outing
ut Malone PARK Friday afternoon. S.
u. Edwards, boys work secretary of
the \. III. q. A., had charge of the pro.
gram. The Decatur team won the game.
DR.. Edmonds To Preach-Dr. Hen
ry NJ. Edmonds of birmingham. one
of the best known preachers in the
south, viii arrive here Monday morn
ing TO conduct series Of services at
the Westminster Presbyterian church. 4.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-05-04
DIXIE HIGHWAY
WORK UNDER WAY
New Stretch VIII Shorten Selma.
UniOntOwn Distance

SELMA, Ala, May Especial. y
Work has been started on the Union
tOwn-BrOwn station of the Dixie Over
land highway, a distance of nine miles.
The road runs parallel with the South
ern railroad and will shorten the d
lance between Selma and UniontoWn
six miles. Owen nSariOr is the contrac-
tor and CASTOR Wilkinson is the en-
gineer. The road will be ready for
traffic by late fall.
Bishop On Visit--Bish0p Edward G.
Allen Of Mobile. reached Selma on
Friday night from the east. On this
short visit to the parish, he is the
guest of Father Wilkinson Mt the rec
tory. Bishop Allen will deliver the
sermon on Sunday at the Catholic
church. Z
Miss Mallory To Speak Miss Kath-
leen Mallory, secretary of the WOm-
ans Missionary Union Of the Southern
Baptist church, will speak on Sunday
evening at s O'Clock, at the First Bap-
fist church. She has spent eight months
visiting the mission fields of China and
Japan and Selma welcomes the oppor-
tunity to hear her.
Directory Ready-The Folks of Chi
cago have completed the directory of
Selma for 1925 and it is now being
published.
In Debating COntest-High school
students debating for the Lucy Nell
son OratorieaI medal on Saturday night
were William Craig, Darlington Fos-
ter and Robert MakOff. The Judges
were the trustees of the school. The
winner of the contest will be announced
on commencement night. Eli fash. win
ner of the medal for 1929, presided
over the meeting.
Rail Worker HI. w. Ball of
Marion Junction and Selma, well known
employee of the Louisville mad Nash
vile is seriously i'll at local hospi-
tai.
Dem0pOIis Man LOw-T kilograms were
received in Selma early on Saturday
that Col. John d. Webb, a prominent
citizen ofsDemopolis, was sinking rapid
ly, with no hope held out for his re-
eovery, '.-
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MASONIC LEADER .
|. DIESAT GADSDEN
Was Formerly Grand Mas
ter OF Mississippi
Grand Lodge
(Gadsden Bureau)

GADSDEN, Ala, May 3.@Charles
H. Blum. prominent man and civic
worker. died at his home on Chestnut
street Mt 0:40 o'clock Friday night,
the victim of cancer The funeral was
held at Beth-Israel. temple at o'clock
Saturday night and the body was
shipped to Greenville. Miss, where the
burial will take place Monday, Mr..
Blum was 6S years old and is survived
by his widow, three sons and one daugh-
ter. He was born in, Alsace in 1856
and came to this country in 1873. set
ting at Vickshurg. Miss. He was u
veteran OF the French army during the
Franco Prussian war. He was once
grand master of the Mississippi grand
lodge of MasOns. also high priest of
the grand chapter, Royal Arch Masons.
Grocery Robbed Thieves broke into
the wholesale store of the Gadsden Gro
Gerry company Friday night and carried
off lot of cigarettes and candy. Three
freight cars of the Southern were broken
into and robbed of cigarettes and
candy.
Mrs. Berdie RaIey Mrs. Berdie
Raley, Is, died at her home in Ala
bama City Friday night.
Delegate Named-R. v. Davidson
has been appointed delegate from the
North Alabama Presbytery to the Pres
byterian general assembly which meets
at San Antonio. May 1922.
Junior Order To Meet-Plans were
completed Saturday for entertaining the
state council of the Junior Order of
United American Mechanics which con-
velies in biennial & session here next
Tuesday. About 80 delegates will at.
tend from over the state and practi-
cally all of them will be here Monday
night for a plate supper to be rendered
by the Daughters of America. T. NJ
Fullington. Gadsden, is state council
lor and will preside over the session.
To Fight WeeyiEOf Officers and d.
rectors of the Etowah county farm bu-
reau have been called to meet here
Monday to discuss the boil weevil con.
troll campaign which will begin May 10
and which will cover the county. The
officers will also discuss the co-opera-
tive egg marketing campaign which be-
gins Nav 26. ~
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STATE TREASURY
ENJOYS BIG MONTH
Disbursements For April In Ex.
cess OF Receipts

MONTGOMERY, Ala, May b.
The month Of April, 1924, was the
biggest April in the history. OF the
state treasury, according to statement
today from State Treasurer George w.
Ellis. Receipts for the month amount-
ed to $2,198, 402. SO and disbursement
81, 2US, 620.50, showing an excess of dis
easements over receipts of 500, 217.76.
For the first seven months of the
present fiscal year, from October /,
1923, through April, 1924, total re-
ceipts of the treasurer have been $751;
250,416s69. For the corresponding seven
months in 1922 % receipts were $13,-
273,673.20 making an excess of re-
ceipts for the present year to date of
$2,97i, 743.39 over the preceding year.
\ Disbursements for the seven months
ending April 80. 1924 have been $780,
187, 1887, as. compared with $13, 49,
414.20 for the same : period in the
preceding year. showing an excess Of
disbursements for the first seven months
of the present fiscal year over the
year before of $2,6SS, 1917.
These figures show that the state
is running within its income" Treas
urer Ellis stated. They indicate an
improved condition from that of a
year ago. Although we have gotten
most of the taxes for the present year,
we have also paid the heaviest appro-
priations, including nearly all Of the
school funds and about three-fourth of
the confederate pensions"
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STREET PAVING
PLANS ADOPTED
HaleyvilIe TO Improve
Thoroughfare TO Rail-
road Station

HALEYvIELE, Ala, May 3D. Spe-
Iscial. )--In keeping pace with her rapid
growth and development in all business
lines, Haleyville will in all probability
have d paved thor0ukhfare ON TWEEN
tieth street from the Northern Alabama
depot extending all the way to East
End. This is step forward I'm the
advancement and progress Of this busy
little city which viii put Haleyville in
the forefront of north Alabama towns.
A committee Of prominent citizens
visited nearly all the property owners
object Of ascertaining il they Were will
ing to defray the cost Of the work and
a majority Of those interviewed agreed
to the proposal.
Qualities As Marksnan- Grady X.
Berry, former HaleyyiIle boy, now q
member of the United States marines
and stationed in Haiti. has qualified as
an efficient marksman in the marine
bulls eye at ranges Of from 200 to 600
been awarded a badge indicating the
degree Of skill he has attained.
Berry.Tittle Wednesday evening In
the presence Of a few friends, Mr.. W.
A. Berry and Miss Myrtle Title, both
Of this city, were happily married.
Dies AT 77--J. G. Crosswhite, aged
II years, died Wednesday at his home
in Colbert county, near leighton, Ala,
after a long illness. r.
j. 8. Bachelor After d long illness,
]. 8. Bachelor, who lived about two
miles from HaleyviHe,; died Tuesday
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|ORPHANAGE SITES
| TO BE INSPECTED
Committee Will Visit Tus-
cal0osa Monday-Re-
ception Planned
TUSCALOOSA BUREAU

TUSCALOOSA, Ala, May 3.-The
committee appointed to arrange for the
visit of the committee Monday to in
spect sites for the Knights OF
Pythias orphans home met Friday. f.
J.. Dodson was elected chairman and
he appointed subcommittee on enter
tainment and sites to be visited by the
committee. The orphans home COM
mittee is composed of Allen Crenshaw,
Andalusia, chairman; grand master
Leon Shertzer. Demopalis: J. v Ellis,
Selma and Wakley of Huntsville.
Wanted In Bessemer-Mose Mead
ows, a young man, is held at the city
Jail pending the arrival of an officer
from Bessemer where he is wanted on
a charge of the theft of some clothes.
Meadows was captured by police officer,
Jack Ryan, after long chase. A long
distance call from Gordo advised Police
Chief A. l.. McDuff that Meadows was
headed for Tuscaloosa in a drive-it-
yourself car, he had hired and was
wanted in Bessemer.
Plan Fair Prizes-Directors of the
Tuscaloosa farm bureau. held an i'm
portant meeting Saturday morning A
committee was appointed to help in pre-
pairing the prize lists for the county
fair this fall and another committee to
prepare for the big farm bureau picnic
in August.
Child Dies-Nichols Leon House, 16
months old son of Mr.. and Mrs. N.
G.. House, died Friday at his home In
Searles. The funeral was held Satur-
day from Friendship church and in
terment was in the church burying
ground. -N
To Fight Weeyil-The county farm
bureau distributed to farmers Saturday
a large amount of calcium arsenate to
fight the boil weevil. The bureau is
making an early start against the pest
in Tuscaloosa county.
Merchants To Meet-The Tuscaloosa
merchanths bureau will meet Tuesday
night at the Chamber of Commerce
auditorium.
Curb Market Busy-The Tuscaloosa
curb market was open Saturday morn
ing for the second time and is prov
ing a great benefit to farmers in dis
posing of their products in h business
like manner. Hundreds of dollars worth
OF provisions was disposed of Saturday,
the demand being greater than the
supply.
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SODATOL is USED
FOR EXPLOSIVE
$4,000 Pounds Utilized In
Alabama In Six
Months


ASDI ny, Ala' May o'-tope-
farmers in fbirtv-e;gbt Counties ~
Alabama have boueht and nsed for
explosive nurnoses 7S 600 nomnJs ~
sodatol. according tn a comnlete renort
/ of this nroiect h1 r. r. I,ePron Of tbs
tlena rtment Of ogr;crIturoI on1;noo,.;nr
Raldwin headed ths list Of comnt;es
from the standpoint Of volnms wifi
% 3OO nonnds wbiIs Favetto yros sac.
onI with 16 700 ami Gavin oton Nor.
roe and Limestone ranked nat in tbs
order named, The balance was divided
among thiTty.tbree other con %T s''t tbu
size of orders ranging from 80 pounds
upward.
Sodatol is a very biSb ernIos;vo and
is = salvage war nroduot tl;str;hrtsd nv
the denartment ~ ngT;cuItvra throuDj
the state aqricu,turai COLLEGES II We;
used nv farmers in AIahams for clear
ing land. for ditching and in nrena rim,
! land for free nIanf;no II 10 ha;ns
used in road construction for arcovaf
ing and for ROCK blasting Farmer,
owning land in fbe h;1 dra;ua 90 die
trict in Fayette comfy are ns;ng II fo,
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gomery and at Atlanta, 20 years be.
ing spent here. He is survived by his
wife and a brother, j. F. Grice, OF
Pittsburg, Pa. .5
Much Cotton Stored Cotton stored
in Montgomery warehouses is
worth approximately 1880, 900. at cur
rant market prices. Figures given out
by the Montgomery cotton exchange
today show the stock on hand to be
10 ,296 bales, with middling quoted at
% cents and an average weight of 500
pounds per bale, the total value is
81 ,492, 920.
EIks To Convene-More than 500
Elks are expected to attend the an
nual convention of the state association
OF Elks, to be held here May 13 and
Ia. Gov. w. w. Brandon and Mayor
w. A. Gunter. Jr., are on the pro-
gram for addresses of welcome>at the
opening session Tuesday, May 10.
The Lodge of Sorrow will convene on
Tuesday afternoon. Entertainment
will include visit to Kilby prison and
to Maxwell Field. flying stunts have
been arranged at the air field for the
entertainment of the Elks. A boxing
bout, ending in a free for all" has
been prepared for the evening of May
10, and barbecue will be given We'd
nesday afternoon.
Dogs Head P0sitive-The State Pas
teur institute found positive Saturday
the head of dog sent in by III. b.
Beasley of Montgomery. 1t was stated
that several dogs had been bitten by the
animal, but no humans.
Board Meeting Set-Next meeting of
the state highway commission will be
l. -,
it was. announced Saturday at the Of
fees of the state highway department
On next Monday bids will be opened at
noon at the office of the state highway
department on a project about five
miles in length on either side of the
bridge between Alexander City and
Goodwater. This Coosa county pro-
iect will fill in the gap of the high
way between Alexander City and Jack
son and will be a gravel type road.
Check Up Bids-The state textbook
commission spent Saturday in check
ing up the results of the hearing it has
been conducting for the past several
days of representatives of the various
publishing companies. These hearings,
which were held i'll the senate cham
Der, were completed Friday. The COM
mission. will be busy for several days
vet before its report is ready for the
state board of education, which meets
May S.
Brandon On Trip-Gov. W. W.
Brandon left Saturday afternoon for
Washington, D, c., for. a conference
with members of the interstate COM
merce commission. 1t is understood
this conference will have reference to
the port at Mobile. General W. l..
Sibert, chairman of the state docks
commission, will also attend the con.
ference in Washington.
KelIar Gets Request-W. s. Kellar,
state highway engineer, has been re-
quested by +. r. White, president. of
the American Association of State
Highway Officials, to handle the pre-
sentation to the democratic national
convention of a request on behalf Of the
association for plank in the party
platform advocating continuance of fed
eral aid to the states in road building
Mr.. Kellar has the request under con
sideration.
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sTIFF.sORE-ACHEs AND PAINs-sOUR STOMACH
TOO MUCH URIC ACID?
LET US SEND YOU THE WILLIAMS TREATMENT
IS Cent Bottle (32 Dosesl FREE

To prove The Williams Treatment
conquers kidney or bladder disorders
rheumatism, and all ailments caused
by "too much Uric Acid" no matter
how chronic or stubborn, we will give
one s5c bottle (32 doses) free if you
send this notice. Kindly send 10 cents
to help pay postage, packing, etc., to
The DIR. D. A. Williams Company, Dept.
Dept. CA-2333, p. 0. Building,
East Hampton, Conn.
If your sleep is broken by an irri-
tated bladder that wakes you up every
few hours, you will appreciate the rest
and comfort you get from the free
bottle. (32 doses)
Send at once. You will receive a reg
ular S5c bottle without mourning any
obligation. Only one free bottle to the
same address or family.
Nothing sent C. o. D.
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FAMOUS ORCHESTRA
APPEARS AT AUBURN
Village OF Plains Hears Mime
ap0lis Musicians

AUBURN, Ala, May 3.-(Special.)
The world-famous Minneapolis Sympho-
ny orchestra concluded here last night
program that is generally conceded
to be the best program of its kind
heard by music lovers of Auburn. Two
performances were given, one in the
afternoon, the other last evening.
Immediately following the evening
program the members of the orchestra
left for New Orleans on a special train
The orchestra came here direct from
Jacksonville, Fla. Following the New
Orleans concert the orchestra will so
to Houston, Texas Auburn is the only
college town and, incidentally, the small
est town in which the orchestra per
formed on its 6,00O-mile tour.
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muscles sore-burning, aching back
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Rheumatism, kidney and bladder
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Be strong and we'll. Get rid of the
rheumatic" pains, stiff joints, sore
muscles, "acid' stomach, Kidney or
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If you have been taking all sorts of
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Williams Treatment prove what great
relief it gives even in stubborn cases.
Hundreds of thousands have used it.
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no PROBE DRUG RING

MONTGOMERY, Ala, May 81
Especial. )-ActiOn in the investigation
of violations of the anti-narcotic law is
expected when the federal grand jury
for the northern division of the middle
district of Alabama is empaneled here
Tuesday, May g. Morphine ard CO.
caine valued at $500 was recently
seized in raid here, and number
of arrests made. Six persons waived
preliminary hearing pending grand jury
action. fc
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PLAY PRESENTED

SCOTTSBORO, Ala, May 3.-(Spe-
cial. AS closing number of Scots
bOro city school commencement play,
Brother Joseph" was presented by
the sixth grade. This play was twice
postponed on account Of an epidemic
of the measles, two of the leading char
acters being unable to take part on
account of illness.
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!. BOND Issue rAy0REn.

TUSCALOOSA, Ala, May 3.Tus-
caloosa county citizens apparently are
almost unanimously in favor of the
proposed. 100000 bond issue for good
roads. A series of meetings is being
held over the state, and no opposition
as yet has developed, according to re-
ports.
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YES. ADVERTISING DOES Par


To settle an argument as to whether
it pays to handle advertised goods or
not, survey was conducted. Two sim
liar articles, one advertised and the
other unadvertised, were placed on sale
at the same price in "a hundred quality
stores, writes Tom Drier in Forbes
Magazine, No attempt was made by the
store clerks to influence the decisions
of the customers. What actually hap
pened was this
Eighty-seven and six-tenths, times a
customer bought advertised merchan-
disc. Six and ,three-tenths times the
disc. Eight and eight-tenths times the
customer bought nonpreference.
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Do you need efficient, industrious
help? There's one sure way to get it
quickly--read and use Age Herald
Want Ads.
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The open door to opportunity-The
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BACK IN HELM
HELM, Ala, May 3.--(Special.)
Edward and Jack Dodson have return
ed to their home here after short
pleasure trip to Montgomery.
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81 was troubled with letter on /
my feet fOs a long time. 1t broke |
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-10-08

that hole was so deep that only Farmer Browns Boys head appeared above the ground. Still he kept on working, and et last only the very top of his head could be seen. That pit was now so deep that it was hard work to throw the sand out.
 q guess it is deep enough" said Farmer Browns Boy, stopping to rest. I'll make the sides nice and stralgnt and smooth and then guess it will do"
 So after a while he smoothed the sides with his shovel, and when he had fin ished he had a pit with sides perfectly straight up and down and almost SIX feet deep. In fact it was so deep that he had to rest his shovel against the smooth wall and climb up on that in order to get out.
 'Tf anybody tumbles in there they won't get out in hurry" said he as he looked down into it. They would need wings to get out. It is too deep to jump out of and they couldn't climb those steep sandy walls. l guess I'll have to keep an eye on this to see that no one gets caught in it."
 Of course, he meant his little friends of the Green Meadows and the Green Forest. You see he knew that many of them often visited his garden, and Il might be that not knowing that the pii was there one of them would carelessly tumble in. With his shovel over ont shoulder and whistling merrily, thS tramped home. When he had gone tht garden was just as before save that down in the far corner was the great pit he had dug. But of this none oi the little people save sammy Jay knew sammy had watched Farmer Browns Boy dig it. But Sammy said nothing