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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-04-04
VITAL STATISTICS
BIRTHS

BIRTHS
To Mr.. and Mrs David Ferguson. 240S
Nineteenth avenue. north, March %; girl.
To Mr.. and Mrs. Zareh Kevarkian, b2S4
Fortieth street, Fairfield. March 81; girl.
To Mr.. and Mrs. William Smith, Bap-
fist hospital. March so, Roy.
To Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Courtney, 1920
Eleventh avenue. north, March 80; boy.
To Mr.. and Mrs. Mitchell B. Garrett
East Lake. March a. boy.
To Mr.. and Mrs. Edgar Downs. Nor
ris. Route l., March z3' girl. p...,,
side. March Z; boy
Mr.. and Mrs, r. g. Nail, Morris. Route
TO Mr.. and Mrs. ]. A Gregory. Brook
10 Mr. and Mrs Clarence Lee Powell,
Brookside, March 5; girl.
To Mr.. and Mrs. u. S. Nail. 1000 Twelfth
street, south, March 8; boy.
TO Mr.. and Mrs. William Bailey. 1897
Nineteenth street. SOUTH March 26; boy.
To Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Allen Dawson S224
Avenue l. Ensley. March 20; girl.
TO Mr.. and Mrs j. L. RutIedge, Wood
lawn infirmary, March 9; boy;
WoodIawn infirmary. March IL: girl.
TO Mr.. and Mrs. v. G: Clayton, Wood
lawn infirmary, March &c; boy;
To Mr.. and Mrs. II. 4. Boschung, s16
Fifty-fourth street, south, March rs; girl
To Mr. and Mrs Albert r. Maxwell,
woodlawn infirmary. March 22; boy
ham, Route s, March 81; girl.
To Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Lee Hurst. Bes-
Nemer, Route a. March ~; Doy'
DEATHS
Audrey w. Wade 450s Eighth avenue,
wylam, March 81 years.
John c. Allen, Lewisburg, March
-; IS years.
John IsbeH Leeds, March 81; 81 years.
John NJ. Bell, Hopewell. March 80; 81
Howard Humber. Adger. Route 1. March
saiiis seglar Brookside March IT: AZ
John w. Belcher. crOcker. March II;
90 years.
March 90: 2 years.
virginia R. Jones. 2sO6 ThiTty-seOOnd
avenue. north, March 81; Al years.
Bertha o. Ainsworth. 1131 Eleventh av-
enue. north, March /; "a years
William Courson, $50 Eighth avenue,
west, April 2; "a years.
Katherine Terry, 6122 Seventeenth street.
north, April /; years.
Katie L. Henry Baptist hospital, April
z; so years.
William Wallace Fowler, 1912 Thirty
first avenue, north, April 2; 6S years.
Joseph o. Cannon, 1910 Second avenue,
April !; As years.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-04-04

have yet to find an engineer who does
not say the underpass solution is the
proper procedure"
What steps are proper, Mr.. Wynn
Commissioner Dickson asked, ito
carry out our program
Draw an ordinance" the city at
torney answered, Ito require the roads
to build the underpass, the ordinance
carrying substantially the plans de-
sired, fixing a date to start work and
date for its completion, with the
roads bearing the entire expense"
go to Mat"
Couldn't the city agree to pay part
of it?" someone asked.
IF were not city official, and
that" Mr.. Dickson said, II would en-
join, if possible, the city from such a
step. What about it, Mr.. Wynn"
II see no way except for the city tt
go to the mat" said the city attorney
1t might be well to start condemna
ton proceedings to open Nineteenth
street now, but through another ordi
nance not connected with the one pro
posed to enforce the building Of via
ducts"
Mr.. Wynn, at the conclusion of the
discussion, received informal instruc
tions to proceed with the drawing Of
the necessary ordinance, in consulta-
ton with the city engineer. 1t was
said the preliminary preparations
would take about a month.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-04-04

Biacky the Crow is sharp of eye:
HIS pleasure 1t is to peek and pry.
truthful to be l confess, alack,
Biacky the Crow is an imp in black
1t is true, 1 am sorry to say, that
Blacky the Crow never is happier than
when he is teasing some one and max
in them uncomfortable. He is an imp
of mischief, is Blacky. Whatever bust
ness he has on hand he goes about it
with one eye open for a chance to have
fun at the expense of some one else.
And there is little that those sharp eyes
of his miss. He sees all that there is
to see. Yes, sir, you may trust Blacky
for that
1t was just the hard luck of Bobby
Coon that no sooner was he asleep in the
hollow stump in the Green Forest than
along came Blacky the Grow flying
about the tree-tops on his way to his
nest, but as usual watching sharply for
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-04-04
TO FILL VACANCIES

Filling the vacancies in the public
improvement division of the comptrol
ler's department will be taken up by
the authorities shortly. Since the re
moval of w. L. Lehman from office
and The resignation of H. W. Glasgow
numbers of applications have been re-
ceived.
s. J. Glenn, already familiar with
the work of the bureau, has been rec.
commended for the post formerly held
by Glasgow.
Comptroller G. e. Armstrong and
President d. e. McLendon of the city
commission discussed the filling of the
vacancies Thursday.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-04-04
CITY WINSFIGHT
FOR TAX MONEY
Long Controversy Settled
When County Agrees
To Pay $4,000

Birmingham has won its three-year
fight to recover $4,000 from the road
tax fund which has been withheld by
the Jefferson county authorities. The
money is promised the city within a
few days.
Attorneys representing the county
have informed City Attorney w. J.
Wynn that litigation has been dropped
and the money will be paid.
The case had already gone through
the lower courts, and to the supreme
court where decision had been handed
down favorable to the city, but at the
time the county had no money with
which to settle.
Such being the case, Mr.. Wynn
waited, some months ago, until the
county had collected fat sum in taxes,
and then enjoined the county from
using the sums on hand.
With collections of the new fiscal
is now about $260,0OO. 1t is derived
AAOAAA AoAA VI thC. ~ per tCHt TOdu LAX
fund paid by citizens within the city
limits, purely Birmingham money paid
by Birmingham people.
In. its agreement with the Jefferson
county authorities for joint road and
street projects, the city of Birmingham
had stipulated that the city's share of
such work, such as the joining the Mt.
Pinson road with city street, and
similar link-ups with streets leading
into Pratt City and Fairfield, that the
city's portion should not be payable
until the. road work was finished.
Despite this, the county has re-
peatedly held that the city owed the
county money for this work, though it
was still incomplete. To help con-
struction along, the city had furnished
the county with an advance of $50, 900.
In view of the county's attitude now,
in offering to come clean" with the
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-04-04
PACKING COMPANY
GIVEN CLEAN SLATE
Dixie Plant Granted Right To
Resume Operations

Right to resume operations was
granted the Dixie Packing company
Acipco, by the health authorities Thurs
day.
The plant was@ closed several days
ago because of the slaughter there, il
was said, of tubercular, cattle.
L. G. Bulmer of the food inspection
department stated the organization had
promised full compliance with the law
and cooperation with the health au
thorities.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-04-04
FALLS 30 FEET;
is UNINJURED;
HE'S SOME BOY!

Although falling from the second
story window of his parents home,
the infant son of Mr.. and Mrs. Max
Cohen was apparently none the
worse from his accident Thursday.
The child fell about 80 feet, it was
stated, and landed on a foundation
of cobble stone.
He suffered cut over the eye, a
slight bruise on the nose, but no
other injuries. Mr.. Cohen said
Thursday that it was only a miracle
that saved his little son from per-
haps fatal injury.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-04-04
PRISONERS EN- ROUTE

Next Story: Buster Bear Is Hung
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-04-04
OFFICERS INSTALLED
Exercises Mark Event At Howard
College

Exercises Mark Event AT Howard
College
Officers of the Howard college Y
W. c. A. for the coming scholastic year
were installed with appropriate exer-
cises Thursday morning at the regular
session of the organization.
The new officers are Miss Mabel
Willoughby, Gordon, Ala, president
Miss Willie Mae Hardy, Birmingham
vice president; Miss Daisy Hoover
East Lake, undergraduate representa-
tive to the national council; Miss Eliz-
abeth Sadler, Birmingham, secretary
treasurer.
Incoming officers, with their cabinet
members, were put through vigorous
training course the past week by Miss
Stella Scurlock, national field secre-
tary of the Young Women's Christian
association
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-04-04

Twelve state convicts were lodged in
the county Jail for several hours Thurs
day, en- route to Belle Ellen mine from
Kilby prison. They were in charge of
d. O. Austin, special transfer agent of
the state convict department.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-04-04
WOMAN'S DAILY MAGAZINE
HEADS BIBLE SOCIETY

NEW YORK, April Sc. Francis
Hyde, New York banker, was elected
president of the American Bible So
ciety by the board of managers today.
He succeeds Churchill III. Cutting, who
has been made president emeritus.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1924-01-12
OLD-B00K SHOPS IN NORWAY
Ancient Scandinavian Volumes Are
to Be Found In the "Antlk-
varlats" Of Stockholm.

Norway, like China. has no old-book
shops. ChrlstianIa. of course, was
only a provincial town in Scandinavia
when. few years ago. the partition
occurred, and even now. as the Morse
capital, It has a good deal less metro
polltan amenities than Portsmouth or
Bournemough or Cardiff. says writer
in the Manchester Guardian.
After asslduous inquiries / managed
10 reach a rather forlorn bookshop
down near the docks and was offered,
as genuine antiquity. a devotional
treatise dated 1s43 The old Scan
dlnavian books are to be found In the
half-dozen "Antikvarlats" Of Stock
holm.
They are fascinating old bookshops,
dusty and contradictions Of them
with numbers of tones dating back
into the sixteen hundreds. aud some
even century before. In one OF
them / found three years ago lot Of
ElzevIrs at very low prices. In an
other a couple OF very ancient Bibles
bound in worm-eaten wooden boards.
with a yard of iron chain attached.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1924-01-12
las mol WOMEN'S HIGH HEELS
Biologist Predicts Ultimate Loss Of
All Toes but One II Their
Use Continues.

A London biologist is quoted as
making the prediction that if women
keep on wearing high heels they will
find themselves eventually with only
one toe, says the New York Herald.
With the high heels now worn, he
says, three toes are sufficient for walk
ing; and as nature always gets rid Of
superfuOus organs it seems likely
that In the course Of time women's
toes will be reduced to three, and per
haps later to two. or even one.
The biologist is not mentioned by
name but apparently he accepts the
DRY that most evolutlonists have aban-
doned. The present view Of orthodox
biologists is that acquired character
istlcs are not inherited.
Even Bernard Shaw, who, venturlng
into this controversy in Back to
Methuselah," argues with his usual
energy against the orthodox view, ad-
mits that many generations of Chinese
women have bound their feet without
producing the slightest tendency on
their part to be born with abnormally
small feet"
He also, descending the scale, con-
cedes that the clipped ears and locked
tails which fanclers have inflicted on
generations OF dogs have not affected
the ears and tails Of the dogs pup
pies. And descending still further, he
recalls the experiments Of the biolo-
gist Weismann, who cut off the tails Of
a colony of mice, and the tails Of the
children Of the mice, and the tails of
the children of the children of the
mice, without finding that the tails Of
the descendants were am shorter than
those of their ancestors.
So the toes Of coming generations
are probably safe regardless Of the
fashion in women's footwear.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1924-01-12
DO 1T NOW
Hurley People Should Not Wait
Until Il Is Too Late.

The appalling death-rate from
kidney disease is due largely to the
fact that the little kidney troubles
are usually neglected until they
become serious. The slight syInp-
toms often give place to chronic
disorders and the sufferer may slip
gradually into some serious form of
kidney complaint.
If you suffer from backache,
headaches, dizzy spells; if the kidney
secretions are irregular of passage
do not delay. Help the kidneys at
once.
Doan's Pills are especially for
kidney disorders-they act where
others fail. Over one hundred
thousand people have recommended
them. Here's a case at home:
Mrs. Ben Berglund, 116 Cary
Road, Hurley says: "My back
bothered me badly. My kidneys
didn't act at all properly. / was
troubled with headaches and dizzy
spells and specks came before my
eye, blurring my sight. Doan's
Pills, from Sulhvan's Drug Store,
made the headaches and dizzy spells
disappear. The backache left and
my kidneys acted normally again"
Price COO, at all dealers. Don't
simply ask for kidney remedy-get
Doan's Pills the same that Mrs.
Berglund had. Foster-Milburn Co,
Mfrs, Buffalo, N. Y. Adv
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1924-01-12
oults Tobacco and ovepIeeps.

1t may seem strange that have
been chewing tobacco since was TWEEN.
ty-two months old and am still chew
ing, says a correspondent OF the Leb-
anon (Mo.) Enterprise. About two and
one-half years ago made resolution
10 quit and did quit for twenty-five
days, feeling no III effects until about
the end of that period. when all OF a
sudden l began to have sleepy spells
and had to quit reading.
Many times / did not know when /
went to bed. but when ] went to sleep
my wife would wake me up some time
the next day. l finally got afraid to
go up in the woods for fear might
&c to sleep and the big snake would
carry me to It's den and swallow me.
So l broke my resolution by taking
another chew and the sleepy spell was
broken as suddenly as It came on,
Can any one explain why oil this hap
pened7
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1924-01-12
aElrs,.AId Auto kItv Latest.

Automobilists used to be content
with earrying-by way Of extraordi-
nary accessorles-a fire extinguisher,
swing for the baby and u tow rope,
but with the list Of those injured in
auto accidents growing daily. some are
beginning to add Aaother piece OF
equipment, and an enterprlslng manu.
facturer Of hospital goods 10 capltalIE-
Ing this new need. says the New York
Sun and Globe. He has provided an
Automobile frst-aid kit" which con-
slsts Of the articles necessary 20 rem
der first aid to persons injured while
working on an automobile or driving II.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1924-01-12

There is one girl in New York who
Is fed up" Her Job is to drink nut
sundaes, sodas. all the soda fountain
connections there are. OF TO order them,
at any rate. and go through the mo-
tions She is Sp0tter. Besides de-
tectlng dishonesty and seeing If the
ticket systems OF the fountains work
properly, there Ii the service business
20 look at, satisfied customers and all
of that. The technlc Is Just the same
as in spotting In a jewelry store The
first essential is complete disguise as
an ordinary customer and the second
Is aiertness.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1924-01-12
TERHUNE DOG DIES HERO
Pet Of Author Loses Life 20 Save That
Of Tramp Canine From
Trains Onrush.

Many Of the heroes Of the stories OF
Albert Payson Terhune, author Of ''rhe
Comedy KID" says the Designer, have
been dogs-Scotch collies. You Will
remember Lad, and his harum-scarum
son, Wolf-Wolf Of the understanding
eyes. Wolf is dead He died like a
thoroughbred. From the Terhune
home town in New Jersey comes this
story:
wolf had constituted himself ward
er Of the Terhune lawns and custo-
dian Of the drlveways. When motor
ing parties came In and endangered the
lives Of the puppies playing about the
driveways, Wolf, at the first sound OF
the motor, would dash Importantly
down into the drive and every puppy
would scurry out Of harms way.
Every evening It was the habit OF
Wolf to saunter or on long walk.
The exercise. 1t seems, prepared Wolf
for sleep. One night recently Wof
ambled away and
Down in the darkness at the rail-
road station some OF the 1oiKs were
waiting TO ace the Stroudsburg express
fash by. It was a few minutes late.
A nondescript dog. with hunted
homeless droop to his tall. trotted on
to the tracks. Far down the line there
came the warning screech Of the ex-
press. The canine tramp didn't pay
any attention to IL.
1.-THE headlight Of the express shot
beam gllstening along the rails. Wolf
saw the dog and the danger. With
bark and a snap the son VI Lad drove
the stranger to safety. The expresa
was whistling for a crossing far past
the station when they picked up what
was Wolf and started for the Terhune
home"
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1924-01-12
QUEER FACTS ABOUT DRESS
Cut and Make OF Some Of Our Com
mon Articles Of Apparel
Explained.

We stIll have buttons, but no button
holes, on the cuffs of oyercoats. They
were originally introduced in the Seven
teenth century, when coat cuffs were
intended to turn back.
The stripes down the sides of some
trousers are a survival from the time
when breeches were made so close in
fitting that they had to be buttoned on.
The buttons are forgotten, the stripes
alone remain, says Pearson's Weekly
The swallow-tail coat is the descend
ant of that which was buttoned back
to save the lining from getting dirty
by rubbing against the hide Of horse.
Side pockets on coats were the out
come Of the slash made to permit~the
projection Of the sword handle.
The original reason for cutting away
the coat In front was to display fine
linen-the wearing Of which was sign
of wealth.
Stockings were once made from a
straight piece of material. The clocks
down the sides are the survival Of the
seam that made a fit possible.
The legglngs worn today are direct
descendants" of the leather stockings
once worn by our ancestors.
Buttons were at one time regarded
as ornaments, and many people, be-
cause of this, refused to wear any
buttons but those which were absO-
lutely necessary TO keep their clothes
together.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1924-01-12
Lower 5erths for All.

Spaciousness and comfort both day
and night, and a lower berth for every
body, are provided In an ingenious new
design for sleeping cars proposed by NJ,
@. Krarup, consulting engineer, and
described In Popular Science Month
ly. Two rows of seats, of the design
Of armchairs, are proposed for each
side Of the car, these doubling its
seating accommodation In the day
time but without crowding. AT night,
partitions similar 10 Venetian blinds
divide the car into compartments and
the chairs are converted into berths
by lowering the back cushions and ex-
tending the seats Each compartment
would contain comfortable he0 droom,
a wash basin and large mirror.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1924-01-12
Tax Exemption Farce Must End.

VIII Congress adopt Secretary
MELONS program for tax reduction
which includes a reduction j n
income tax and the doing away with
future issues of tax-exempt bonds?
The President and the people are
in favor of tax reduction. The
politicians, through their blocs and
parties in Congress, are pulling and
hauling to try to gain personal
prestige through delays and log
rolling in the tax reduction program.
A constitutional amendment to do
away with tax-exempt securities
passed House Of Representative last
winter but died at expiration of
Congress. It is now necessary to
pass it again. This takes valuable
time and shows waste and expense
resulting where public officials play
politics instead of expediting the
business of the nation.
At the present time it is estimated
that the income from approximately
$50, 900, 100000 in capital invested
in government tax-exempt securities,
escapes all forms of taxation. The
fact that cities, counties, states and
nation can issue tax-exempt bonds
drawing a low rate of interest has
caused a reckless increase in public
debt and has furnished the loop-hole
for billions of dollars to escape
taxation.
After an amendment to the United
States constitution is passed per-
hitting the taxation of income from
future issues of public bonds, it will
be necessary for legislatures of the
various states to ratify the measure.
For this reason, quick action in
Congress is essential in order that
state legislatures which are in session
or which will be in session in the near
future may be able to act on the
measure and put an end to the
present obsolete system which is an
invitation for the reckless piling up
of debt on one hand and lawful tax
lodging on the other hand.
1t would seem as if Republicans,
Democrats and Progressives would be
on common ground when it comes
to measure of this kind which
would assure in the future that
every person would pay his share of
income tax. II is not possible for
Congress to cut out politics and get
down to business on this
measure?-The Manufacturer.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1924-01-12
FIGURES Were Not There.

The class had been told TO draw a
picture of a river with two figures sit
ting on the bank Going round the
class the teacher came TO boy who
had finished his drawing. She looked
at his paper and was surprised TO find
only river.
why, Jack" she said, where are
the two people l tolo you TO drawn"
"WelI. you see, miss" he answered,
I'm not very good at drawing people
so I put up notice 'Trespassers
viii be prosecuted
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1924-01-12
plnnltN Respected.

Among the less familiar stories
about Charles NJ. Schwab is this one
MFR. Schwab. who Is very fond of
farce comedy, one day bade his sec
rotary get him two tickets for Char
lies Aunt Summonlng the office boy
the secretary said: Go round to the
theateI and get two tickets for Char
lies Aunt
The boy hesltated anud said: "But
hadn't I better say Mr. Schwab's aunt,
sirT'-BoSton Transcript.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1924-01-12
WOman'S Statement
VIII Help Hurley

Il hated cooking because all l ate
turned sour and formed gas. ]
drank hot water and olive oil by the
gallon. Nothing helped until ]
used Adlerika." Most medicines
act only on lower bowel but
Adlerika acts on BOTH upper and
lower bowel and removes all gas
and poisons. Excellent for obsti-
nate constipation. Helps any case
gas on the stomach in TEN
minutes. City Drug Store.