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The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-17
PROFIT
 BY RAIL RALLY
High Records Made Fol lowing -. Speculation
 BOom-LOan Nears
(By Associated Press)

NEW YORK, Nov. 16-Bullish en- thusiasm in Wall street, which brought an impressive boom in the stock mar ket last week was communicated to bond trading, sending prices to the high est level of the year under the leader ship of high-yielding railroad issues. The advance, however, was interrupted by profit-taking and diversion of spec ulative interest to stock dealings CO incident with stiffening of the time money rates.
 Many new high records were estab- lished by semi-speculative railroad oD- ligations, which readily Overcame reallz- ing sales and scored net gains of one tO five points for the week. The up swing in this list followed in the wake of the rally in rail shares, with growing indications that restoration of conf1- dence in the railroad outlook would be reflected in better earnings and more constructive dividend and merger de- velopments.
 Standard Dragged Along
 Standard, investment issues shared in the enormous demand for rails se- curities buying orders embracing such liens as New York Central Us, Atchl- son general As, Illinois Central, North ern Pacific and Pennsylvania mort gages. The heaviest, however, was con centrated on the lower priced bonds. Katy adjustment 5's led the entire list with gain of almost five points on a remarkable turnover of more than S0,- 100000 during the week.
 Other conspicuous strong spots in | V,,k lion NCI Great Northern, Chicago and Eastern Illinois, Minneapolis and St. Lotus, Chicago and Alton, Iowa Central and Norfolk and Southern liens. Several of the New Haven issues reached new high levels on reports of progress Tn roads refunding plans.
 Financial Lap
 The Hull in new financing, imposed portially by the shift of Wall street. interest to speculative market activities continued. New bond offerings az gregated $43,OOO,OO0 an increase of about S1O,OOO,000 over the preceding week. As a result of the reduced vol ume of business the investment market was described as hungry for new issues Among the offerings scheduled for new week is a $15,O0Q,000 block of Sinclair Consolidated Oil corporation 6 per cent bonds and $11, 100000 Cleveland Electric Illuminating company 3O- year 5's.
 With negotiations almost concluded for the $1OO,000,000 French loan an early offering in this market is awaited The necessity of obtaining parliamen- tary approval may prevent the Notation this week but the banking syndicate headed by J. P. Morgan and company is prepared to handle the issue as soon as it is sanctioned officially.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-17
ORDINANCE NO.. s42.C

AN ORDINANCE GRANTING TO
 T H E SOUTHERN RAILWAY
 COMPANY A REvOCABLE
 FRANCHISE TO CONSTRUCT,
 MAINTAIN AND OPERATE TEL
 EPHONE AND TELEGRAPH
 LINES, WIRES, GUY WIRES
 AND POLES ALONG THE EAST
 CURB LINE AND EXTENSION
 THEREOF OF 22d STREET BE-
 TWEEN FIRST AVENUE AND
 FIRST AVENUE, SOUTH, FOR
 MERLY AVENUE A, AND TO
 LAY, OPERATE AND MAINTAIN
 TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH
 LINES, WIRES AND CONDUITS
 UNDERNEATH SAID STREET
 BETWEEN SAID AVENUES.
 Be it ordained by the Commission of the City of Birmingham, Alabama, as follows:
 Section One Upon the payment to the City of the sum of $15O and the ad- ditional sum of ........ Dollars, to cover the cost of publishing this or dinance, and upon the lapse of thirty days from the passage of this ordinance and the completion of such publication, the right, power and authority, subject to the hereinafter conditions, are here ty granted the Southern Railway Com pany, it's successors, licensees, lessees and assigns, to construct, operate and maintain telephone and telegraph lines, poles and guy wires along the east curb line and extension thereof of 22d Street between First Avenue and the Louisville & Nashville freight depot as now To- cated, where the same crosses said 22d Street in the City of Birmingham, and to lay. operate and maintain telephone and telegraph lines, vices and conduits upon and underneath said street be- tween said points, the said telephone and telegraph lines, wires and conduits to connect the proposed new office building of the Southern Railway Con- pany on the southeast corner of First Avenue and 22d Street, and to be used by the said Southern Railway Company in carrying on its business.
 Section Two. This franchise and per- nit is granted upon the following ex- press conditions, to-wit:
 (a) After the construction of said telephone and telegraph lines and con- duits shall have been completed, the said Southern Railway Company will at its own expense forthwith restore the street and other public places trav- ersed by said lines and conduits so that they will be in the same condition as before the construction of said lines and conduits, except as changed by the in stallation and maintenance of said poles, wires and conduits.
 (b) The Southern Railway Company will hold harmless the City of Birming- ham from any and all liability of any kind and character arising out of the construction, maintenance or repair of said poles, wires and conduits.
 (c) Should the grade of any street, avenue or alley or any public place traversed by said poles, lines and con duits be hereafter changed, the South ern Railway Company will forthwith on demand of the City of Birmingham, and at it's own expense change the grade and location of said poles, lines and conduits so as to make same con- form to such new grades.
 (d) The said Southern Railway Company will lay and maintain said conduits at such depth below the grade of said street as may be required by the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-17
THE WEATHER

Extreme Northwest Florida. Alabama and Mississippi Fair Monday; Tuesday increasing cloudiness and warmer
 Louisiana: Monday fair. warmer in north portion: Tuesday fair.
 Arkansas: Monday fair. warmer; Tues day fair.
 Oklahoma: Monday and Tuesday fair.
 East Texas: Monday fair. warmer; Tuesday fair.
 West Texas: Monday and Tuesday fair.
 Virginia North Carolina and South Carolina: Fair and colder Monday; Tues day increasing cloudiness and slightly warmer.
 Illinois: Generally fair Monday and Tuesday except unsettled in extreme north portion Monday; slightly warmer Mon- day.
 Missouri: Fair Monday and Tuesday; slightly warmer in east portion Monday.
 Summary of observations made at sta tions of the United States Weather Bu- reau, during the 24 hours ending at z D. m., 90th meridian time. November 16
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-17
TEACHERS STUDY
 PENSION STATUTES

Every school teacher in Jefferson county was urged to join the County Teachers association and the state organization by J. H. Sams, principal of the Jefferson County Teachers as- sociation, at it's meeting at the First Methodist church Saturday.
 A resolution, introduced by s. J.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-17
OPINIONS DIFFER
 AS TO OUTCOME
 OF TRADE BOOM
Condlon Expects Stock Market To Settle Down
 To NOrmalcy
By EDWARD J. CONDLON (Ry Leased Wire to The Age-Herald.

NEW YORK, Nov. 16-The immed- fate course of the stock market is the thing which everybody is trying to fore cast and which does not appear ill just the same light to any two persons. Opinions range from that of a wide open break in prices to a continuation of the bull movement on an even larger scale than has characterized proceed ings for the past ten sessions. It. is true that in the week just closed spec ulatve buying showed an abrupt let down in the closing sessions, but it may be said that during the flurries of pro- fit taking which appeared at times there was no hint of reversal of opin- ion concerning the basic principles on which this astonishing forward move ment since election day has been founded.
 It has been the history of the stock market in the past that bull move ments have been followed sooner or later by sharp reaction and some times bad breaks. The bull movement of spring, 1919, was followed by q reac- 
 advance was resumed in the fall only to encounter the crash in April, 1920. The great "war baby" market of 1915 met with a series of reverses in 1916, punctuated with one major upward movement in September and then the break in December, 1916.
 Professionals Foolish
 One striking thing about the present @I,,% o1c fnn profits after the first few days of the spring upswing on the theory that reaction was about due, have been compelled to replace their lines at much higher prices. Money rates have been low, which, of course, has been of no small aid. A firmer tone in the com modity markets and gain in sterling have also strengthened the situation materially.
 Talk of three and four-million share days on the stock exchange would seem to be extravagant It is believed by many observers that the first flush of enthusiasm over the election and the excellent trade prospects has passed and that the market will settle back to a normal course, with, perhaps, present values well maintained.
 Election Responsible
 It is natural to suppose that invest ors and professional traders will be- come chary about pushing the advance too fast, at least until domestic and world trade show further gains. No overnight improvement is expected in trade in general so that it is not req sonable to expect that wild speculation will follow this period of post-election exuberance.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-17

were 1922, 1919, 1906, 1905 and 1901. Sales during this year through October aggregated about 19S,000,O00 shares. Since the election, activity has greatly exceeded any other period this yea. In one Satugday's two-hour session, the turnover reached nearly one and half million shares. Only ninteen other times in the history of the stock exchange have transactions run, in excess of the million mark. The record for Satur- day tradings on August IS, 1906, in some respects, was in a market similar to the present in that railread shares have been as popular as the industrial.
 The tremendous demand for stocks, following election, in conjunction with freer buying in other lines of activity, indicates that a general business re- vival is making progress, progress which may carry the country material ly further towards prosperity.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-17
REVIEWING INDUSTRIAL BIRMINGHAM

dress my Charles E. Harrison of county board of education, on the n state pension law.
 Because of the illness of the sec tary, Mrs. Martha Elliott, of the Irt dale school, Mrs. Harper of Tarra City acted as secretary pro tenn.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-17

City of Birmingham, and will maintain said wires, lines and poles as may be required by said City, and will at all times comply with all reasonable regu- lations, laws or ordinances now in force, or which may hereafter be adopt ed by the City of Birmingham, with reference to the construction or mainte. nance of similar lines, wires and con- duits in the City of Birmingham.
 (e) The rights hereby granted are not exclusive, and the City of Birmingham shall have and hereby reserves the right to grant to other persons, firms or cor porations rights similar to those herein granted, and the rights herein granted shall be and continue subservient to any rights, franchises, or privileges which have heretofore been granted.
 (f) The Southern Railway Company may place said telephone and tele- graph lines on poles above the said street, as herein provided, or lay the same underneath said street, but should it place said lines on poles above the said street, it will upon written de
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-17

Strock, was adopted providing for the appointment of a committee to study
 school pensions and pension laws in
 various states and to recommend a more effective law for Alabama than was adopted by the last legislature. This resolution was proceeded by an ad-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-17
A Pretty Big Bill

HIVE millions of dollars I that s the estimated budget of Birmingham s administration for a single year-l925.
 Nearly all of the revenue to pay this bill will be de- rived from Taxes on Real Estate. Perhaps you own Real Estate-or perhaps you just think you do. Bet ter make your ownership certain by having your Title insured by us. One small premium protects you forever.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-17
HUBBARD BROS. & CO.

Members New York Cotton Exchange. New Orleans Cotton Exchange. Now Members Liverpool Cotton Association. Orders solicited for the purchase and sale of Cotton and Cotton Seed Oil for future delivery. Special consignment of spot cotton for deIivarv.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-17

c ONE people are saying that the
 balloting winch the nation did early
 this month resulted in the popular election of two things: One a presi- dent, and the other, psychological con dition,-confidence Looking at the barometric action of the New York stock exchange, such conclusions are easily plausible Million and millions of sharp days have followed one an other in consistent succession. More over, judging from the manner in which prices have been pushed up, this ac- tivity has been the result of desire to own stocks rather than a desire to sell them.
 there have been only five other years in which trading on the stock exchange has exceeded this years total for the first ten months. Those years, all of which were periods of bull markets,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-17
TWO ARRESTED

TALLADEGA, Ala, Nov. 16.-(Spe- cial. 1.-Two persons were arrested here Saturday afternoon after indictments had been found against them by the grand jury. Ellis Hammond has three charges against him including abusive language and carrying knucks. Walter Turner, negro, was charged with as- sault with weapon.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-17
LOCAL DATA
WINDS

..5. ....4 12S 123 12s 12S
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-17

East Gulf Moderate to fresh north and northeast and weather partly over cast Monday.
 West Gulf; Moderate north and north east and weather partly overcast Mon day.
 Caribbean Sea and Windward Passage: Moderate east and northeast and weather partly overcast with occasional rains Mon day. west and gales tonight diminishing Mon day and weather overcast Monday.
 Hatteras to Florida Straits: Fresh to cast Monday.
New Britain herald., 1924-05-31

Banzan the conlurer was so sur prised when he struck with his stick and hit his magical Hobby Horse he could scarcely believe his eyes.
 You gee. when hc. worked his con- turing magic on inc Hobby Horse after inc Raggcdys and Berty Bear and little Rags puppy dog had run away with the Hobby Horse, Banzan expected the Raggedys 10 come back riding upon tho Hobby Horses back.
 Indeed, this is just what would have happened had it not been for lit- tic Rags puppy dog.
 When the RaEgcdye and Berty Bear jumped upon the Hobby Horse's 6 back and dashed away through the woods. to escape from Banzan. they had not taken little Rags upon upon the Hobby Horse.
 And, as the Hobby Horse was mag iral and could run very, very fas, lii ile Rags rould not keep Bp with them. so he ran as hard as he could nn'ii he became tired, then he sal InRn and rested.
 The RarRcdys did not know hoe io work the magical Hobby Horse SO
New Britain herald., 1924-05-31

1 those ringing words; otherwise wild ! horses could not have forced the coat across his brawny shoulders. Pres entity he turned away, leaving this
 man of cities almost unprotected in
 the blast of the wind.
 Why he had acted as he did he could not have told you. The dying 1 liquor had chilled him, rather than , warmed him, nor was there any shirt
 of cold-dcfying caribou hide under his outer garment of heavy flannel. He could not exist long in such cold as this. The frost seemed to penetrate his yitals. The dawn was breaking over the sea, incredible after
 this night of storm and darkness; but no mercy from the cold. Either he
 must leave his watch and seek shelter
 below, or else perish on the deck.
 He turned. at last. toward the pilot
 house; but it was the strangcst thing in all his strange life that he had little real desire 10 go. It was not that he was vitally needed on the deck. Rather it was an outgrowth of the nights dark mood; he had seen the end toward which he was drifting all too plain. At least there would be some semblance of decency
New Britain herald., 1924-05-31

up, and two more before I was my old sell. again. Through it all was con- scious of q shadow on my little maids face. and guessed that she was soreIy troubled because I was not able to hear the story she had been ready to unfold at my mother-in-law's inter- ruption. But my nerves were so tangled that l dreaded any further fraying of them from any cause, and it was not until Mother Graham and Dicky had gone for a week that my conscience finally pricked me into sending for Katie.
 She came to my room wide-cyed and tremulous, and when I had told her that 1 was now ready to listen to her story, she seized my hand and began to cry tempestuously.
 "Oh! ] so glad" she said through her sob.. 'l tink l go crazy, I so 'fraid of vot dose fools maybe s.y to hand on me. Plees; Misses Grahals, you coon along init me. now. Junior and Marion out by Jeem and every thing all right"
 WondcrinSly l followed her as she led the way to the big old attic coy- ering the whole top of the house.
 What did the girl mean?
New Britain herald., 1924-05-31
ON HEALTH- THE DON'T" HABIT

But the child must he disci- plined" insisted Mir. Mann,
 Quite so." ealply agreed Mrs Mann, but nagging isn't discipline"
 This argument may sound familiar 10 hundreds of parents.
 Very frequently--all too often ono parent, or the other, mistakes .scolding, nagging and threats for disciplining.
 Far too often IS the word don't worked to death.
 Good habits for child to he dis ciplined" in are obedience. self-re- llnnce, sincerity, sclf-control, truth mlness and general service.
New Britain herald., 1924-05-31
n.arsH fsslfs

DssreF iseEils.
 Hurrah. 1Iurrsh, and a tiger Why dear girl with six thousand doilau ws can make a lingerie shop that Vil he the talk Of the United States Peo. pie eiII come from ceerywhers. w can do a mail order business.
 wonder f you realize what thf first six months CT 0ur venture has totalsd in profits. l intended Co kecT f 10 tell you when you arrive home. bHt I can't. took an inventory This iast week. and found That Wn have on hand goods whirH total murs than our original three thousand dollar rurchase. and a deposit of twenty-five hundred dollars in fhc bank almost a hundred per cent profit.
 ] haven't bHrn able for quite @ while to supply t1e demands of our customers here Ia Albany. What J would like to do a0uld be TO adl our oan designers and workers Every day I have wsnaan ea1n1 iu here fo show me the fnUsi N2auTFu nssafe- work you ever ea-. hoping 4haf ! will engage them.
 We could aJd fhis e1rFrs5n for about three tboHsam8 dollars. and ws could make a Tar greater profit than us do new. ur eyursa- vs eaH- not obtain experienced workers as chsspiv ss they d8 iu NsH york. for ! for one do not baiiete fu sEsa'- shop methods. Es1t errn uhan Fay- ing a living wage for ths mos. ey- psrienced workers we ra1 make great deal more money than se 10 nov.
 ! shall i1eist, h0uster. my dear
New Britain herald., 1924-05-31
Ke Adventuvs5 KaggstyAnn A 4Ms9eAyAnAy R, 4zaea ly 1shHy SrueNe a

ing back for? Maybe if is because ] have been left behind and they arc returning 10 get me-" still, this did not seem 10 little Rags to be the case, so he crept behind a stone at the side of the path where he could peep out with one shoe button eye and watch the hobby horse as he came along.
 As soon as the hobby horse came in sight, little Rags puppy dog knew that the Raggcdys had nothing 10 do with the direction the Hobby Horse ran. for they were crying as loudly as they could, stop, Magic Hobby Horse!" but the Hobby Horse did not even slow ID tiny smidgin!
 "I1a" little Rags thought. T will jump out at the Hobby Horse just as nc gets here so the Ilaggedys and Ecrty Bear can get off" And. just as Inc Hobby Horsee reached the stone, little Rags, Hith loud cloth bark, hoppcd ont from behind the stone tight at the Hobby Horses nose.
 This surprised the Hobby Horse so much he sfopDed and stood upon his hind legs and The r'argndys and Berty Bear tumbled off behind.
 Then little Rags parked at the Hobby Horses hind legs and away the horse wont. without the RaEgcdys and Bcrfy Rear
 My" Inc Racccdys and Berty Bear said as they sat up and brushed the dust from their clothes. ''It was good thing you waited for HIS. little Rags" And Ii-tlc Rags was very glad foo. for if if had not been sor him. Ranzan's 1uacic would Lave carried ihcm right back 10 the conjurcr and Hs would have captured them again.
New Britain herald., 1924-05-31

'ha' he r'eaif Eo 5nft shsrrver they vishoJ. go they had 10 go wherever 'l5r hobby horse wished. So when T;auz4n worked his c0njurin- magic upon - HSbl.hy Horse To rake hin return to fhe magical soda water spring. ths Hoshy Horse turned around as soon as he feit the con jtiT- ing rnaFfr a18 ran with fhs EarEcdrs and Berry Igesr lack The same way he had rome before
 If'tle Ears had rested by this time and had ~srtr8 t0 folioz ths trail Of .4e hobby horse ard inc EaEEedys and Berry Bear
 He had no; gone far before he heard ths 'CoMPITY COMP" Of the vo0dsn feet ef the Hobby Horse re- turning
 Nos I eo1der aBat they are com
New Britain herald., 1924-05-31

TO get obedience, however, does not mean to brow-beat nag and frightcn.
 The breeding Of fear is one of tie worst consequences of discipline" " Threats of punishment do not make for either truthfulness or sincerity, The child learns ,to>l lie and hide anything to avoid punishment; it learns 10 fear.
 On the other hand, the child can not grow up without rettraint, or respect for his parents.
 The task is one nccessitating in tclligtncc md tact.
 But il is worth any effort you can make.
New Britain herald., 1924-05-31
WORST FORM OF
 INDIGESTION Disappeared Under ihs Fruit Treatment-aFuit-a-tiyeS

People are often amazed when they hear of a case like Mrs. Hammond's. Yet it is the most natural thing in the world to eat plenty of fruit for Indi- gestion, Dyspepsia and otherstomach troubles-and to try and overcome Constipation and Biliousness by eating figs and prunes.
 "Fruit-a-tiyes" made of the inten- sifed juices of apples, oranges, figs and prunes combined with tonics, will relieve stomach and bowel troubles.
 Mrs, E. c. Hammond, 2lSSykes St., Groton, NY. says: "Last February, I started using "Fruit.a.tives" for Indigestion and Constipation of the worst kind. "Fruit.a.tives" entirely relieved me and I would not be withoutyour valuable "Fruit.a.tives" in the home".
 25c. and soc. q box-at dealers or sent by Fruit-a.tiyes Limited. Ogdensburg, NY.
New Britain herald., 1924-05-31
4hechn8ZeA

Leslie. upon you taking iWo-thir1s instead Uf ouc-haH tho profits have aIHays thought it vas a one sided arFanEcmeut. for with 0ne-half inc profits and my liberal salary. am making rnaiis much more than you, ind never could have done this, arar aithyuL you. | do moi think this is fair
 lou Htra ug friend u hen ] need cd friends most. You believed in me abeu H1t a man in the world, unless i H55 Naitrt Eafks. aUuiI nave done so. Aftur tHis n8 man may say Co mczshat uon.n Bo mol stand by eacn other. Ii | were baiue tried for a crime sf Whien l was innocent. bui kueH nag Case was elOu8ed with a great deal Uf rircums-anfial evidence, ] would rather be tried hy a jury Oi women than by gury of men. And as t8g 9asslp D. mtu are much greater z0ssslps i8an a0mrH H. and they are mueh more malicious in their gossip 3Hr
 [ feel sery strongly oa His subject. Heesuzc yoB knaH fHe siFs ihat s0t around aB5ut nIa N ben Iiarry ieft iue. II vas tHe men that said ] Frobabig hHsa aH aisgBt IiaFrys 8stslcatiOu. and that [ certainly must have EHown about his betrayal of me Nith the oman He took asaE with him Uf c5ursa. I knew ia @as paying the aYn1u some attention. but ] claim that a-ifc IS tha iasf ous t9 bH0w or realize that her husi5anJ is uhtrus Co her. When all her friends are at5so- 5rfeiF sure ol it. she stiII remains iH iE5VaH Hes.
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