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The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-17
TO LET CONTRACT FOR AUBURN HALL Work Also To Start On
 New College Fra
 : ternity House
(State Capital Bureau)

MONTGOMERY, Ala, June 16.- of Erskine Ramsay Engineering building atAuburn will be made at a meeting of the Auburn board of trustees at the governors office July s. Dr. Spright Dowell, president of Auburn, was at the capitol today and announced that bids have been advertised for the build ing and will be presented to the board on the date mentioned. The building will cost approximately a quarter of q million dollars.
 Dr. Dowell also announced that work will be started next week on frater- nity house in Auburn's new fraternity row. This first fraternity building in the row will be erected by the Theta Chi fraternity, the fraternity providing ], onezsixth of the cost and the college authorities underwriting the balance. It will be a $25,OO0 building.
 x Fire Truck Hits Car-A collision between a fire truck and a street car at Dexter avenue and South Lawrence Streets Monday caused one person : narrowly to escape serious injury and : brought slight damage to two automo- piles. The truck was en route to what was: supposed to be a fire. though the report given on the telephone proved < to be false alarm. H. l.. Jones stepped between two automobiles in an , effort to avoid the fire truck. The truck then ran into a sedan owned by Mrs. A. J. McLemore and this car was showed against smaller car owned by H. J. Burgess of Opp. Both cars were damaged.
 Bankrupt Stock Sold-Hicks Mer- cantile com any of Luverne today be- { came the purchaser of the bankrupt stock of the Eullis Hardware company of Montg, cry, one of the largest wholesale 4.rms in Montgomery, which closed its doors by an involuntary pe- tition in bankruptcy several days ago. The Luverne company paid $70.50O for the stock, which inventories $SO,O0O. BillsFreceivable increased the assets of the .defunct firm to $150,000.
 Downtown Still Smashed-In the heart of the business district of Mont gomery state and local officers today destroyed a beautiful copper still of 250 gallon capacity and 15 gallons of liquor which had been made ready for the bootleg market. E. N. Wilson, young white man, was arrested as he walked into the building where the still was located and was charged with the violation of the law. He refused to comment on the finding of the still and declined to give any information about the operators.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-17
TWENTY BIDS MADE
 ON 2 ROAD PROJECTS
Greene And Clarke County,
 Highways To Be Built
tstate Capital Bureau)

MONTGOMERY. Ala... June 16.-- Bids were opened at the state high way department today for two projects A gravel road Tn Clarke county, six miles long, between Thomasville and the Marengo county line, and gravel project in Greene county, extending nine miles on the highway between Eutaw and Tuscaloosa. Tabulatio of bids was not completed today, some twenty bids being received. Award of the contracts is expected when the coin- mission meets next Monday.
 Slag Rates Up-The Alabama pub lie service commission today heard and took under advisement. the case of the Birmingham Slag company versus the Louisville and Nashville railroad in volving rates on; slag from Birming- ham, Ensley and Bessemer to stations on the Louisville and Nashville from Oxmoor to Montgomery, inclusive.
 Vail May Run-R. B. Vail of Bay Minette, widely known newspaper own CT, has been mentioned by friends. as the next secretary of. state. Mir. Vail, when asked at. the capitol today, ad- mitted that he might make the race for secretary of state, but stated he had no announcement to make at this time
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-17
SILHOUETTES OF
 STATE CAPITAL
lState Capital Bureau )

MONTGOMERY, Ala, June 16.- Baldwin county's Irish potato crop this year was double last seasons crop, ac- cording to R. B. Vail of Bay Minette, who was at the capitol today. The in creased production more than counter acted the effect of lower prices, he stated. One Baldwin county producer achieved this year an average yield of 2O1 bushels per acre, over 10 acres, MT. Vail stated.
 Clanton is anticipating a big event July 1 when a barbecue will be staged at the Chiffon county metropolis, ac-- cording to J. L. Johnson of Clanton, who called at the capitol today. MT. Johnson stated that Col. Bibb Graves of Montgomery will be the orator of the day. A feature of the occasion will be a baseball game to be staged between the Clanton team and the Yellow Cab aggregation from Birmingham.
 Capt. Russell F. Walthour of Bir- mingham, regular army officer and in- structor for the Third battalion, One Hundred and Sixty-seventh infantry, was at the capitol today and conferred with Adjt. Gen, Hartley Moon.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-17
DAKOTA SALONS
 VISITING SHOALS
Are Guests Of Congressman
 AlmOn While In City
Muscle Shoals Bureau.) ]

SHEFFIELD, Ala, June 16.- Congressman Charles A. Christopher son of Sioux Falls, s. D., and Con gressman William Williamson and Mrs. Williamson of Oacoma, $. D., are in the Tri-Cities, the guests of Con gressman and Mrs. E. B. Almon. They are making the trip from Washington to- South Dakota in their car and came here on Judge Almon's invitation to see Muscle Shoals and Wilson dam. After inspecting the dam and plant this morning they were entertained at luncheon by the Rotary club of Flor ence. Monday evening they will be the guests of the Kiwanis club in Sheffield and will resume their journey to South Dakota Tuesday morning.
 Denies Church Guarded - In com menting on the report sent out from Montgomery to Sundays newspapers stating that seven homes and a school house had been burned in one Colbert county community and that residents of the district are guarding a newly erected church to prevent its destruc- ton Sheriff Cobb of Colbert county said that while it is true that several unoccupied houses were burned in the Wheeler belt several months ago, as was building used as a schoolhouse, he had no information that a church was being guarded in that community. He said that after the crimes were discovered arrests were made. A man named McWright and one named Me Corkle were bound over to court but there are no men held in jail in con- nection with the crime.
 Goes to SeIma-Harry DeButts of Sheffield, assistant superintendent of the Northern Alabama railway. has been promoted to the superintendency of the southern division of the South ern railway, with headquarters in Sel- ma, and left today to assume his duties,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-17
MRS. .MALLETE
 TO MAKE BOND
Reduction To $750 All lowed By Authorities
 At Tuscaloosa
Tuscaloosa Bureau)

TUSCALOOSA, Ala, June 16.- The Bond of Mrs. Margaret Mallette, who is charged with aiding her son, Jack Mallette, to escape from the, coun- ty jail, has been reduced from $2,000 to S750, which, up to late Monday afternoon, she had not made. It is believed she will be able to make the bond, now that the amount has been materially reduced. Authorities have been unable to get trace of the fugi- tive despite efforts to locate him.
 Bishop Coming-Bishop W. G. Me Dowell will hold special confirmation services at Christ Episcopal church on Tuesday evening at o'clock for Ed ward Ralph Neff. Immediately after the service Mir. Neff will be accepted as candidate for the Episcopal ministry.
 T. F. Baker-The body of T. F. Baker, who died while on visit to his son at Mercedes, Tex, reached Tusca- loosa early Sunday morning. The funeral was held Sunday afternoon | from the First Baptist church and in torment followed at Evergreen ceme tery.
 Mrs. Mary Gillian-Mrs. Mary Gil lian, age S9 years, died at her home ir Coaling Saturday. Funeral services and interment took place Sunday afternoon at Enterprise church.
 Revival Begins-A series of revival services have begun at the Southside Presbyterian church. Rev. M. NJ Davis of Birmingham will conduct the services, assisted by the pastor, Rev A. c. Irons.
 R. E. McQueep-R. E. Mcqueen, age 40, died at the home of W. c. Full Ter at Centerville Sunday.
 Aubrey Miller Hubbard-Aubrey Hubbard, 2-year-old son of R. c. Hub bard, died at the Druid City hospital Sunday.
 MasOns EIect-Rising Virtue lodge of Masons has elected the following of ficers: Milton Rosenfelt, worshipful master, C.. A. Neely, warden; F. J. School, junior warden; c. B. Boykin, treasurer w. E. Bingham, treasurer ; c. L. Boykin, senior deacon; N. B. Pallister, junior deacon; R. A. Chil- dress tiler; l. D. Hobson, senior stew art Albert Maxwell, Jr., stewart.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-17
The WeU-Dressed Man ;. sl By BEAUNASH Correct Clothes Meet The ObqatiOn of EUery Occasion
The Golf Moccasin
WTH HEN Alexander Pope jeert
 NAL I..I -l,r

WHEN Alexander Pope jeered, w "Lo! the poor Indian whose
 untutor'd mind sees God in clouds or hears Him in the wind," it was a disparagement fthe first Ameri- can to which we later Americans can not subscribe. The romance and pathos which hover around this vanishing race enshrine it in our hearts. There is one ineffaceable footprint that the noble redskin left upon the sands of time and that is the moccasin. Originally, it was cut in one spiece of soft deerskin with flexible sole, the upper being brilliantly beaded in tribe colors. Pill grim trappers and traders improved it somewhat, but no ingenuity<of civilized man has appreciably changed the splen- did noccasin of the North American Indian. .-...-. .-.-.
 Golf, which ultimately absorbs all fashions. has taken the moccasin type of shoe for its own. The upper, as H. lustrated here, is made of very pliable elkskin or soft-tanned cowhide. The sole and raised or spring heel, as pre- ferred. are grooved rubber or the new English non-slip crepe rubber which gives firm stance. To be sure, this is only one of many new styles for "Ye Guid Aud Game.' each of which is just as proper as. its fellow. In select ing shoes for the sports individual com fort, not general fashion, should be
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-17
OIL GRAND JURY
 TO REPORT SOON
Few Witnesses Remain In Lease
 Investigation

WASHINGTON, June 16.-Action on indictments by the federal grand jury here, which has been Investigating the naval oil leases, is expected before the end of this week.
 No more subpoenas will be issued. Only a few witnesses remain to be heard.
 The 26 jurymen began their de- Alterations seven weeks ago in a we'll guarded room at the district of Co., lumbia courthouse. Cabinet members, oil operators, high officials, army and navy officers, and members of Congress have passed before. them, under the di- rection of the governments attorneys, Atlee Pomperene and Owen J. Roberts.
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borne in mind. Please be advised that what is shown and described here is merely meant as guide to what is new and pNactical, not as a. magisterial de- cree to be followed inflexibly.
 The old stager of a golfer knows that comfort begins at the foot. There fore, he does not save steps to find out exactly which type of shoe is best suit ed to his needs. The improvement in the design and finish of golf shoes has been so great within the last five years that calks, spikes, studs, hobnails and other attachments to the soles have be- come almost unnecessary. The ridged or grooved or so-called "washboard" sole effectually prevents slipping and eliminates one of the greatest handi- caps. Smoked and tan elk leather are excellent for golf shoes. Latterly, a marked tendency is noticeable again to wear high-cut spats or gaiters with ones golf shoes. The seven-button canvass gaiter, worn with thicksoled brogues, is particular favorite. This lends a smart finish to the knickers and gives protection almost to the knee.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-17
WRITERS HOLD LUNCHEON

EUFAULA, Ala, June 16.-(Spe- cial. )-The June meeting of the Eu- faula Writers club was held at the 'Isle of Pines," the president, Mrs. A. A. Couric, presiding. On rustic benches in the pavilion, the members informally discussed plans for giving an entertainment, in the near future, when the members of the club will take part in a drama. The feature of the entertainment, however, will be Misses Aleita and Frances Parks, famous mo- tion picture actresses, of Hollywood, Cal. who will be in Eufaula visiting relatives and will lend the talent and charming personality to the affair.
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 Consider carefully Mrs. Bradford's letter. Her experience ought to help you. She mentions the trials of middle age and the wonderful results she ob- tained from Lydia E. Pinkham' S Veg etable Compound.
 If you are suffering from nervous troubles, irritability, or if other an- moving symptoms appear and you are blue at times, you should give the Vegetable Compound a fair trial. For sale by druggists everywhere.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-17
GROUNDED WARSHIP
 PULLED FROM MUD
West Virginia, Bearing Olympic Athletes, Returns For Repairs

NORFOLK, Va, June 16.-The battleship West Virginia, which went aground soon after leaving Hampton Roads for France today, pulled off the mud bank, where she had held fast at high water, early tonight and proceeded to Lynn Haven Roads to anchor for minor repairs.
 Mine sweepers and tugs pulled the ship free Aboard 'were members of the navy contingent of the American Olympic team, whose departure has now been delayed through the cracking of a condenser head and the losing of a tower, when the West Virginia struck in a dredge channel
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-17
no ERECT THIRD PLANT

HUNTSVILLE, Ala, June lb.-Ihe Lincoln Mills corporation of Alabama, with two plants already in operation here is breaking ground now for q third plant, The new plant is ex- pected to be ready for operation by the first of next year, it has been an- nounced.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-17
WATCHMAN KILLS
 MAN AT ALBANY
A.. s. Grubbs Arrested After Shooting J. H.
 Horton
Tennessee Valley Bureau. )

ALBANY.DECATUR, Ala, June 16.-J. H. Horton was almost instant ly killed about o'clock tonight when he was shot five times, it was said by A. S. Grubbs l.. and N. watchman.
 The shooting occurred at Johnson street and Second Avenue, many per sons witnessing the tragedy.
 .Grubbs was taken into custody. The cause of the shooting has not yet been established.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-17
FROM PERSONAL
 EXPERIENCE
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Phoebus, Virginia. Having this opportunity just refrain from

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-17
ASYLUM ESCAPE
 IS FOUND DEAD
Body Discovered In Ditch 30 Feet Deep

JACKSON, Miss, June '16.-The body of Miss Betty Ford 26, inmate of the insane hospital here who dis appeared from that institution about a week ago was. sent Monday to Fay lorsyilIe for burial Tuesday afternoon.
 The body was found Sunday morning lying in a narrow ditch 30 feet deep, during search conducted by q party composed mostly of Simpson countians headed by Sheriff Wells of Kinds county and G. E. Ford of Cohay, Miss, brother of the girl.
 Tax Suit ned-Postponement until July of the hearing of the suit of the state revenue agent against the Illinois Central railroad will be ordered Tuesday, when the state tax committee meets in Jackson The pOstponement of the case is asked in written agree ment between cOunsels involved in the case. w. Jones Miller, state revenue agent, is seeking to make assessments on lease holdings of the Illinois Cen tral for a period of six years. The lease held is the tangible property of the Chickasaw, St. Louis and New Orleans railroad, on which the Hi nois Central system pay taxes. The hearing was set for Tuesday, July IT.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-17
RATES ATTACKED

MONTGOMERY, Ala, June 16.--A petition has been filed with the Ala bama public service commission by
 the Florence Chamber of Commerce at tacking rates on sand and gravel from Montgomery. Jackson's Lake, Pratt vile Junction, Coosada, Oktamulka and Prattville to Florence, Sheffield and
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family anR a wife with high social am
billions. She knew her husbands de-
partment controlled trading concessions
ut army posts, DIT that time very lucra-
tive. So, according to the story told in
the investigation hearings later, she
suggested to Caleb B. Marsh, friend
in New York, that he apply for a post
leadership and divide the, profits with
her. He did so and was given the
post at Fort Sill, Indian Territory. The
Belknaps, it was said, received $2O,-
600 from the deal.
The custom Marsh followed was one
common in those days. An army post
trading concession would be acquired
by man who had no intention of OPP
Grating the business himself. He would
sell the privilege to an actual trader
for enough more than the purchase
price to net nice profit on the specu-
lation and the trader would charge the
soldiers enough more for the goods they
bought of him to make up the differ
ence. In the Fort Sill case a trader
named Evans had had the post for
years and wished to remain, SO he
agreed to pay Marsh $4,000 year
rent" Marsh in turn paid the Belk-
maps in 1,500 installments, he said.
After telling his story to the inves-
tigation committee, March fled to Cana
da. He returned later, however, to tes-
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mains an--evif memory in English his
tory, seems to have had no badge OF
his own. He adopted that of his
brother, although he never went cru
sading.
The White Hart badge of Richard
the Second has left it's mark upon Eng
land far more than any other royal
cognizance; for. although we have, it
is true, many a Royal Oak inn. the
White Harris far outnumber them; or,
in fact. any other sign.
When Richard the Third. that evil
Crouch Back" met his death. fight
ing on Bosworth Field, in 1885, the
line of the Plantagenet sovereigns
enu.d; then there began the House
designed for him very picturesque
Hawthorn-bush," in allusion to the
crown of the slain Richard, which
after the battle of BoSworth, was
found III one of the many thorn trees
growing on that stricken field.
King OF Many Badges
Richards own favorite badge was the
Wild Boar. and from it was derived the
old sign of the Blue Boar. once well
known as the name of old coaching
inns, but now rare.
Henry the Seventh had other badges !:
indeed, quite a number of them. Among
them was the Greyhound. But the best
known is that of the Portcullis: to
which he added the motto. Altera
Securities: Another Security" This
referred to bis marriage to Elizabeth
of York. by which he united his own
house of Lancaster. that of the Red
Rose, with the Yorkist White Rose. In
this way was Mt least ended the con-
tention between those two houses,
which, for long years in the Wars
of the Roses, had drenched England
with blood
A further badge used by Henry the
Seventh was a dragon-Athe Dragon of
Wales-for Henry was Tudor Tor,
properly. "Tyddir:" for that is how
the Welsh spell the name), and n
Welshman. His family came original
ly from Auglesey. But the Welsh
dragon was more used by his grand
daughter. the last of the Tudors.
Queen Elizabeth, than by any other
sovereign.
Rather an interesting point, this
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/ when one remembers that it was at
Elizabeth's request that Shakespeare
wrote The Merry Wives of Windsor"
For this comedy pokes fun at the
Welsh in repeated passages till one be
gins to wonder if the Swan of Avon
had forseen the advent of the Wizard
of Wales and written certain of the
scenes with one eye to twentieth
century audience.
Henry the Eighth, who loved display,
used almost every badge that had been
known up to his time Under him the
before or since. His daughter, Queen
Mary. inherited something of that de
light i'll show: and her badge was a
handsome and elaborate one, pictur-
ing the Tudor Rose as divided midway
by knotted sheaf of arrows. This
device was regally crowned, and sur
rounded by sunrays.
When James the Sixth of Scotland
succeeded Elizabeth and became James
the First of England he adopted the
very apt symbol of the union of the
two countries-the Rose and Thistle,
under one crown. This device was
treated heraldically.
Queen Anne, hundred years later,
used the same device, treated in the
natural manner and crowned not with
the Tudor crown, but with the I'm
perial diadem. She was the last
among British sovereigns to carry on
the tradition, and since her day Eng
lands kings and queens have been
content to do without these personal
emblems.
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SUPREME CLERK
TO VISIT CIRCLE
Groves Of WoOdmen Circle To
Hold Joint Meeting

Interet in the Woodmen circle of
Jefferson county is centered in the visit
to Birmingham of Mrs. Dora Alex
ander Talley, supreme clerk of the
national headquarters of the order To-
Gated at Omaha, Neb., who comes to
Alabama March &c on official bust
ness. Other distinguished visitors at
this time will be Mrs. Ethel Holloway,
state manager, and Mrs. Emma Mills,
grand guardian of Alabama, both from
Montgomery.
The visitors will be given royal
reception and the program will be fea-
tured by a meeting of all the groves
of the WOOdmen circle in the district.
This meeting will be held in the after
noon of the 18th inst, at the Frater-
nal hall, and a large number of can
didates supplied by the several groves
in the district will be initiated in the
order by specially selected teams.
In the evening commencing at Z 80
O'Clock, a banquet will be served in
the private dining rooms of the Green
wood cafe, with the visitors as guests
of honor. Mrs. Talley will make the
principal address. Indications are that
there will be large attendance at
both affairs.
An average of about 80 per cent of
the nil