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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-04-26
BREAKING UP
OF PLANTATIONS
Effort To Attract More White
Farmers Made

SELMA, Ala, April 25.-(Special
Leased Wire. IA meeting of the real
estate and immigration committee Of
the Chamber Of Commerce, headed BY
Percy Day and Mayor w. b. Hall, was
held at the Chamber Of Commerce ON
Friday afternoon when a large number
of prominent men in Dallos counts
were present. An effort was made to
pursuade the owners to break UP their
large, unwieldly plantations in smaller
holdings, thus making way for a greater
number of small white farmers. who
will bring this section of the black belt
to greater productiveness and progress.
attend COnvOcatiOn--A large number
of Selma Episcopalians attended the
conyocation of the womans' auxiliary at
the historic Saint Paul's Episcopal
church at Carlowville. In the morn
ing services were held and reports
heard. The afternoon session was adj
dressed by Miss Weed, daughter of the
late Bishop of Florida, and by Mrs.
Wilson of Woodward, Ala.,s president
OF the state eonvocation Of womens'
auxiliaries.
Building OrrviIle School The $50 900
school for Orrville is progressing fine
ly. Dallas county is building one large
scnool year at the present time.
Prize Cake Baker-Mrs. p. G.. Craig
OF Selma was selected as the best cake
maker in Alabama in the cake baking
contest held in Montgomery on FRIDAY
and awarded $225 electric range.
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MOTION DENIED.
IN LIQUOR CASES
Mobile Defendants I'm
able To Get Bill Of
q. Particulars

MOBILE, Ala, April Pa motion
to compel attorneys for the government
in the cases of the II persons charged
with conspiracy to violate the Volstead
act to give the defendants in the case
bills of particulars, was denied by
Judge Robert T. Erwin in federal court
today.
The big conspiracy case, which in
cludes the sheriff, the former chief of
police. and several prominent politicians,
as well as alleged "retail' liquor dealers,
is scheduled for trial Monday.
Motion for the bills of particulars
fled, claim that the charges. contained
in the indictment of the Il defendants
are so vague and Indifferent that the
indictedawere unable to properly prepare
for their defense.
Among the items of information de-
manded in the motion were the names
of all witnesses, summoned by the dis
trict attorneys office before the grand
jury, the date and place of the infor-
nation of the alleged conspiracy, the
various acts alleged to have been com.
mitted by the alleged conspiracy when
each of the defendants entered into the
alleged conspiracy, who Of the alleged
conspirators sold liquor, and the main
points of evidence that the prosecution
expects to bring out. +,
Judge Erwin denied the motion on
the grounds that the items in the in.
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Why BLAME THE STOMACH
FOR SO MANY TROUBLES?

The answer IL that the stomach is
really to blame for most of the human
ailments though 1t seems far removed
from the seat OF many such diseases as
rheumatism. constipation, sskin diseases,
etc, Medical authorities are pretty gen
orally agreed that the stomach is the
tions. Indigestion is Known as one of the
first troubles to develop from accumulat-
ed acids In the, stomach. That explains
whole lot, makes 1t easy to see why
Distressing headaches, loss of energy, con-
etipation. rheumatism, skin diseases and
a rundown system are such usual COM
plants with many of us. 1t is because so
stomach disorder The diseases just men
toned are the result of poisons absorbed
by the system from a stomach which does
not function as nature intended. That the
stomach could be made well and strong
and all its troubles easily overcome, was
not realized universally until that wonder
full medicine, FERRALINE, was made
suffered. Its great merit has been proved
in thousands OF cases. 1t promptly aids
nature in restoring the stomach to its
normal condition and in overcoming the
many complaints arising from absorbed
potsons. Let this nature-made stomach
corrector bring back your health. Re-
member that IL you SAVE THE STOMACH
FERRALINE good trial on our liberal.
money-back guarantee, "A S1.00 bottle
goes a long ways. At oil leading drug
gists.
FREE YEAR BOOK TO REvERYBODY.
Send for one, it's full of facts. figures and
data. Address, The Ferrallne Co.. Dept.
CO. p. o. Box 1888, Atlanta, Ga.--Adv.
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TROY TO HOLD FAIR
Horse Racing To Be Feature OF
Exhibition

TROY, Ala, April 25.-(Special
Leased Wire THE Pike county fair
will be held October 20 TO %. The
Facing will be feature of the fair and
the association will be members of the
National Trotting association. The
horses will be under the national rules.
Two purses of $3.50 will be given to
the winners. DR.. Giltner of Murphrees-
boro, Tenn, will be starter. He was
the officiating judge at Pinehurst, N. c.,
the past winter. The fair will be man
aged by Thomas I. Littlejohn.
AIS Delegates Attend-About 225
delegates were in Troy Friday in at
tendance at the Baptist Young Peoples
Union convention, which was held here
at the First Baptist church, Lunch
was served the delegates by the Wom-
ems Missionary Union of the First
Baptist church and a reception was
held for them Thursday evening fol-
lowing the program at the church.
Liquor Car Seized Deputies w. E..
Furlow and Bill Hood captured car
late Thursday night belonging to a
negro woman, Beatty Manley, and two
gallons of whisky,
KiwanIans Entertained-T Troy
Kiwanis club was entertained. Thurs
day night at its regular luncheon at
the Troy High school by the junior and
senior hpEae economics classes, under
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OPERA STAR DIES
Miss Elizabeth Weed Is Buried AT
Athens

ATHENS, Ala, April 25.-(Spe-
eial) 1.-THE remains of Miss Elizabeth
Wood, who died at the home of her
brother, George III. Wood, Wednesday
morning, were buried in the city
cemetery this afternoon after funeral
services were conducted at the resi-
dence by Drs. Glasgow and Tyler of the
Methodist church.
Miss Wood was brought from New
York, where she has been making her
home for the past several years, about
ten days ago, by her sister-inlaw, Mrs.
George II. Wood, who FASTENED to her
bedside after receiving a message that
she was critically i'll, having suffered
a stroke Of paralysis.
The deceased was reared in this city
and received her education at the
Athens college and after many years of
residence in Athens, she went to New
York, where she connected herself
with the Metropolitan Opera company
of that city and was at time of her re-
cent illness, a member of the chorus of
the Metropolitan Opera company, where
she had won distinction as singer.
Miss Wood was the daughter of the
late Col. #. s. Wood and leaves two
brothers, George H. Wood Of this city
and William NJ. Wood of st. Louis.
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construction OF the lio'ooo soi' 'rans
mission line. III,
The order, issued by the commission
Friday, formally setting the date ana
also the place of hearing, montgomery,
appoints the following as lntervenofs !
Il. w. Pratt, chairman, Huntsvnie A.
H. Carmichael, Tuscumbia; =. W: Sar-
yer, Athens; j. L. Andrews, Sheffieid !;
w. s, Hatch, Sheffield; W. d.
MITCHELL Florence; X. Nj. Jones, sec
rotary Chamber Of Commerce, FLOR
ence ID. Il. Spangier, Leighton; A: l.
Armstrong, Townereek; w. W. Fus-
sci, Decatur; Orlan b. Hill, Florence |;
III. A. Bradshaw, Florence.
Bonds Registered registering OF
5000 900 worth of bonds OF the new
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HOUSE rs SHIPPED
TO MISSIONARY
tenn. valley Buread)

MOULToN, Ala, April 25.1Friends
in Moulton have received letter from
Miss Sarah Andrews, missionary of
the Church of Christ, who has been in
Japan several years stating that at the
time of writing, Marci- 81, she was ex-
pecting her house" to arrive every
day. In the winter material was ship
ped her for a real American house as
the Japanese houses are extremely un-
comfortable and unsuited to American
ways.
Miss Andrews, stated that she had
been told her house was to BE used for
Christian mission work there and would
be no tariff to meet but if tariff had to
be paid it would be about $500. For
the past FIVE years she has been engaged
in kindergarten work and private mis-
sion work at Okitfu, where she was
kindly given free of charge the town
hall for her work.
Surveying ROad--A party of sur
veyors began work on the Moulton to
the Valley road Tuesday. 1t is under
stood that every effort possible will
be made to, get the survey completed
and work begun within the next few
weeks. The road will run due north
from DIoultoH from Old Mountain Home
and iatersect the Sheffield Decatur
laglSway a h1ile east Qf klQrrtla1sh the
lower valley of the. county.
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TUSCALOOSA BOY
DIES OF BURNS
Child's Clothes Ignites AS
Brother Burns Sage
. 4 Patch

TUSCALOOSA, Ala, April 20
Webster Roatman. four year old son
of Mr.. and Mrs. Collier Boatman,
Route .. Tuscaloosa, died from the ef-
fects of burns at the Druid City hos
pital late Thursday night. HIS niue
brother set fire to some sage brush anu
Webster, while playing around the IRE
had his clothes ignited and he was SO
seriously burned that it was m,ossioie
TO save his life when brought to the
hospital. -,
Scale Harris, Dr., H0nored-Ihe
senior class of the Alabama Medical
college held class day exercises at the
college Thursday with the principal ad-
dress delivered by Professor y. u.
Lambert. There are thirty in the
class. r. r. Cracke, the president OF
the class, delivered the annual presi,
dents address. Scale Harris, Jr., OF
Birmingham is historian, Lelias Kirby is
class orator and J. 7. Carter is class
prophet. Five awards of fellowshlps
in the Gorgas medical society were
made, among the number being Scale
Harris, Jr. Thursday night the seniors
entertained at a banquet. On>Satur-
day, May 3, DIR. Bass, dean of the medi-
cal school, at Tulane college at New
Orleans, will visit this school to inter-
view the graduates here who will enter
Tulane next year.
Going to Chicago-Dr. Clyde Brooks,
dean of the Alabama Medical school,
will attend the annual meeting of the
American Medical association at Chica-
50 June 8.
Aviators Race-The one hundredth
and sixth Aero. squadron of Bifming-
ham attended the A-day exercises at the
University of Alabama Friday and gave
some thrills as the planes flew over
Denny field, which was concluded with
a race high in the air. There were sew
en- planes. The squadron was in com
mand of Major W. v. NJ. Robinson, Jr.
State Board Invited-The state
board of agriculture has been invited
by the Tuscaloosa farm bureau to hold
a meeting here at an early date. s
Push Bond Issue-The good roads
committee met Friday afternoon and
arranged for speakers to visit the sew
|eral districts Of the. county in the in
terest of the good roads $500, 900 bond
election to be held May 10. IS
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Blue SKY CASE
BEFORE COURT.
Birmingham Men In
volved In Hearing Be-
fore Appeal Court
Estate .CapitaI Rnreanl

MONTGOMERY, Ala, April 25.--
Cases involving the cOnstitutionaiity of
the state blue sky law were referred
Friday by the supreme court OF Ala
bama to the court OF appeals and Will
be heard by the latter court May 3.
These cases. in which Ross Skinner,
James T. Driver and Preston Orr all
of Birmingham, all are defendants,
were referred to the court of appeals
on the ground that this tribunal has
Jurisdiction OF criminal cases In which
the penalty does not exceed 70 years
imprisonment. 1t developed that none
of the charges against the defendants
would, should the defendants be con-
victed, entail more than seven years i'm
pris0nment.
The cases were brought by the state
from the Birmingham court where
judge w. r. Fort decided that the
Alabama blue sky law was unconsti-
tutional. Should the court OF appeals
decide the law is constitutional, the de-
PENDANTS may then take the matter to
the supreme court on writ OF GER
tlorlarl. II the court or appeals decides
the law is unconstitutional, 1t must
certify TINS TACT to tn, supreme Court
for the highest tribunal to finally pass
on the question.
In the cases that were to have been
argued orally before the court Friday
the state was represented by Willard
Drake, assistant solicitor of Jefferson
county, while Alex Birch, Col. 70. O.
Harris and Judge Z. e. Nesmith of Biz
mingham, were attorneys for the de-
fendants.
Escape kecaptured-John Mosley
who escaped from kllby prison, No.
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TO RULE
CITY SATURDAY
James Moore To Preside
AS Mayor OF
Admission
lAnniston BureanlN

Z ADMISSION, Ala, April 25.-Plans
were complete late Friday for Boy
Scout rule in Admission Saturday when
all Of the city offices win be held BY
scouts and all affairs of the city gov
eminent handled by them for IL hours
James Moore will preside as mayor and
Hughie White win be president of the
city council. A session of the police
court win be held, conducted by the
scouts Judge j. b. Holman, Jr., has
been appointed chairman of the commit
tee to assist the scouts in case of an
emergency.
Court Adjourns This afternoon the
civil jury docket of the Calhoun county
circuit court adjourned after having
completed its: work for This term. Judge
Woodson u. Martin of Gadsden pre-
sided over the court for the past several
days owing to the fact that Judge s.
w. Tate was disqualified because of his
connection with several of the cases as
attorney prior to his appointment to
the bench. III
Colonel Arrives Lieutenant Colo
mel James Regain, who is head. of the
quartermaster department of the fourth
corps area, arrived in Admission Fri
day and is making an inspection of the
quartermaster department at Camp Nc
Clellan. 1t Is stated that this depart
ment is rapidly completing arrange
ments to take care of the soldiers who
are expected to begin arriving by the
middle of next month.
Mrs. Mary v. Richardson Funeral
services will be held Saturday morning
for Mrs. Mary Vann Richardson, 81,
who died Thursday night.
DIR. Foster Visits-Dr. ]. H. Foster,
until recently president of Central col
lege at Tuscaloosa, is in Admission on
visit to friends. DIR. Foster was for
number of years pastor of the Par
ker Memorial Baptist church in Annis,
ton. He recently accepted a call to
the pastorate of the large Baptist con.
gregation in Ashville, Va.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-04-26
VALLEY CITIZENS
TOPRESENT Side
IN POWER CASE
Transmission Line Con-
test, Set For Hearing
May Is

MONTGOMERY, Ala, April 25.---
In formal order issued today, the
public service commission set Thursday,
May Is, at 10 o'clock ais the hour for
the hearing Of the petition of the Ala
bama Power company for q rehearing
of the case involving its application for
permission to construct an electric
transmission line Of 10000 volts be-
tween Huntsville and Hopgood. Twelve
north Alabama citizens are named as
intervenors in the case.
In the order the commission directed
the Alabama Power company to deliver
copies of its application for rehearing
to all persons who interviewed in the
case when it was pending last year.
They include those who opposed the
Z granting of the petition until the dis
position of Muscle Shoals. The COM
mission held that the intervenor should
not only have notice of the filing OF the
application, but should have copies of
the application in time for study before
the date of the hearing. Counsel of
the power company will be required to
file a certificate at least ten days be-
fore the date of the hearing, showing
that copies of the application had been
delivered TO the intervenors.
Because Of the complications due 70
IL haie,doscopic movements In the liti-
sa.loI curing tne week. many persons
navs become confused about the status
- .ns various casesy according to IN
nvap 1919. lon =. tne capitol today. Sew
sra. unqulrles nave peen made as to
way the commission had not reached a
;ss su. On tne case, tne INQUIRIES COM
ilom PERSONS VINO Deneved the case
IA Dsen penGlng DeIore the commission
"1'n0as oeclslon SINCE last June.
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BITTEN BY MAD DOG,
FARMER MA Y DI E
Bibb County Overrun By Rabid
Animals

CENTERvILLE, Ala April "a
(Special. There seems to be several
mad dogs in the Centeryille community
as three or four have developed symp-
tons of rabies during the last few days
and much uneasiness is manifested over
the situation. j. NJ. Jones, who lives
about four miles north of Centerville,
was bitten by dog about two weeks
ago. and although he took the Pasteur
treatment during the last few days he
has become desperately ill, and his life
is despaired of by the attending physi,
clans. Tuesday afternoon a physician
from Pasteur Institute of Montgomery
attended the sick man, but offered lit.
tie encouragement.
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SILHOUETTES or
STATE CAPITAL.
fstate CAPITAL Bureau)

MONTGOMERY, Ala, April 25.-
Col. .Dallas b. Smith, in charge of the
United States veterans bureau for the
district. which has New Orleans as
headquarters, was visitor to the Of
flee of the adjutant general today.
Colonel Smith has been spending the
last two months at his home at Ope-
lika, recuperating from the effect of
injuries received in railroad accident.
He was greeted by many friends at the
capitol, who were glad to see that he
has fully recovered from accident.
Mai Everett Jackson. in charge of
the Montgomery subdistrict of the
veterans bureau, who accompanied
Colonel Smith on his visit, gave some
interesting figures on the scope of the
work Of the bureau in this district,
which comprises central and south Ala
bana, and three counties in Missis-
sippi. There are total of about 1000
claimants whose cases have been filed
with the veterans bureau from this
district.
At the present there are approx
imately 90 men in training in the dis
trict.. as compared with a maximum at
one time Of over hoo, indicating the
progress being made in giving training
to disabled veterans. Major jackson
stated that the veterans bureau is an
ticipating big increase in the volume
of its work If the bonus bill is finally
enacted into law, since it is provided
that the bonus will be handled through
the veterans bureau.
-
Among other visitors to the adjutant
generals office today were Capt. Joe
4. Brantley. commander of Battery +,
One Hundred and Forty first field ar
tilIery. Troy. and Capt. George #.
Winter. commanding Troop A, Fifty
fifth machine gun squadron, at Green
vile.
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6 INCHES OF SNOW
IN DENVER STREETS
All Night, Storm Delays Auto
mobile Traffic

DENVER, Colo, April 25.-Snow to
depth of six inches was piled in DEN
yer streets early this morning following
an all night storm. By daybreak the
tramway company had snow plows
and sweepers out clearing the lines 30
street car schedules might be main
tanned. Automobiles found difficulty
in driving through the snow, which was
wet and heavy.
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NO SPOONING
ON HIGHWAYS
ORDERS X. X. X.
(Gadsden Bureau)

GADSDEN, Ala, April 25.-Pet-
ting parties on the public highways
leading out of Gadsden came under
the ban of the Ku Klux Khan Friday
when that organization notified the
sheriff and the newspapers that con-
fitons had reached the stage where
something drastic must be done.
The khan offered its services to
the authorities in an effort to bring
about complete change. The khan
complains that conditions have
reached the point where decent peo-l
pie living a few miles distance from
town are loathe to start to town
after dark, for fear of running into
a scene that would be emba raising.
The newspapers have promised the
names of those who are guilty OF
public misconduct in the future.
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BOULDIN ENDORSED

SCOTTSBORO, Ala, April 20
Especial. THE Jackson county bar, in
behalf of Judge Virgil Bouldin( of the
supreme court of Alabama, unanimous
ly indorses his candidacy for election
to succeed himself on the supreme
bench of Alabama. The members of
this bar have been colaborers and fell
low townsmen of Judge Bouldin for a
number of years, during his 35 years
Of practice at the Scottsboro bar.
Wedding Announced-Mrs. Edward
Boyd announced the marriage of her
daughter, Adelia, to John 7. Robertson,
the wedding having occurred Janu-
airy q.
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DIES AT fOs

SOUTH BEND, Ind, April 25.-The
oldest woman in northern Indiana, Mrs.
Mary Elizabeth Mayo. is dead at the
home of a daughter. here. She was 100
years old. She was sborn in Owens
boro, KY, in 1915, and until four years
ago was a resident of Evansville, Ind.
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pI.AlGfrE ! q sIIPREl,Ans

norts from the ANU Barya region, Rus
sian Turkestan, wIere- the plague has
bf6ken out. say that the epidemic is
spreading at an alaPHing More
than 100 cases have already been regis
tered In the Shoumashinsky district.
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RESIGNS EDITORsHIP
DIR. Russell Bowie Quits Southern
Churchiinan

RICHMOND, Va. April 25.-The
resignation of DIR. w. Russell bowie,
New York, as editor of The Southern
Cnarchman, publication OF the Epis
copal church, has been accepted and
IT. Joseph B. Dunn, Richmond, np-
Tointed to succeed him, it was an
nounted officially today.
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the direction of Miss Mary Garrison,
teacher of that department. -
Mrs. l.. G. WHOLESALERS. L. C..
Wheeler died Friday morning at the
home of her daughter, Mrs. ]. e. Bal
lard, ON Madison street.
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dictment were sufficient to acquaint the
various defendants with what charges
we're against them, and consequently
was sufficient to enable them to pre-
pare for their defense.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1924-03-21

tend shop union cooperative plan to
entire system.
Four killed when Bombay police fire
on cotton mill strikers
Political organizations favorable to
third party to meet in ST. Paul, June
18th.
Germany sets May IL as date for
reichstag elections
Machinists on 500 line leave COM
pany union and join International As.
sociation of Machinists.
Big storm leaves trail of death and
injury over eastern seaboard
Dock workers at Hamburg, Ger
many, strike; harbor operations cease.
New York contractors accused of
s7,000,000 fraud rlin construction of
Camp Meade.
Jesse Smiths divorced wife testi-
fies Attorney General Daugherty was
involved with her husband in deals
for stocks that cost them nothing.
Russia celebrates seventh anniver-
sary of overthrow of Gar Nicholas