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The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-18
GOLDFISH STORY

THE Garden club met with Lulu
 Smith today" confided the busy lit- tie wife. "We decided to hold our meet ipgs on Tuesdays. It rained, but we took umbrellas and went all through her ravine. I ruined my new white shoes"
 Do you know" rejoined the skepti- cal husband. "I was wondering just last night what you were going to do on Tuesday. Of course, the bridge club takes care of Monday and the Woman's club and French class occupy Wednesday and Friday very nicely. That lecture course fills Saturday and Thursday is Mattie's day out and her absence keeps you pretty busy at home.
 But Tuesday was a bare, blank, open space. It worried me. I hope this Garden club will devote some time to the question of an asparagus bed. I've wanted one for years.'
 "Some people have minds incapable of ascending to anything beyond food sniffed the busy little wife. But the Garden club is not limited in that way. Nothing whatever was said about any vegetables.
 Marion Towney gave us a paper on rock gardens. It was charming. And rock garden would be just the thing for that shady northwest corner. You could carry the rocks up from the lake.
 After that Edith Clancey read a clipping from the Woman Gardener that said every garden-no matter how linn ited in space-should have a pool for water lilies. and that a delightful and practical one could be made by sinking a wooden tub in the back yard and planting seaweed and similar things in it."
 Mosquitoes" suggested the practical husband, tersely.
 Easily taken care of by few gold. fish," was the busy little wife's airy re- ply. "They multiply astonishingly fast and when winter comes you can givt them away in pairs for Christmas gifts
 "I'm not quite sure on this point
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-18
Home Nursing
By N. JEssIE LEITcH
ELECTRIC SHOCK

THE more general use of electricity A is making accidents due to its use more common every year. The live wire and the third rail exact their toll of life each day. and frequently carelessness and actual ignorance are the reasons.
 As the ordinary trolley wire carries 800 volts in current, and arc-lights and incandescent currents carry about 5000 volts, it can easily be understood that the passage of these powerful currents through the body cause dangerous shock and even death.
 To those who live in large cities there seems no need to stress the fact that the third rail in the subway and on "L" roads is dangerous. So avoid it.
 Swinging electric wires of any kind may be in contact with live wires. Do not touch them under any circum'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-18

So the Raggedys and their friends, the Gazooks and Mister Grote, the grocer, returned to the store.
 II will run to where we left the magic books and bring them, Raggedy Ann!" Raggedy Andy said, as his little rag feet padded to the back of the store. But. when Raggedy Andy reached the back of the store where he and Rag gedy Ann had left the two wonderful magic books he could see them nowhere. 'Oh. dear!" Raggedy Andy cried, and his friends hearing him. came running to where he stood. q am afraid while we were at the lovely moving picture theatre. someone must have walked into the store and taken the two magic books!"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-18
LITTLE BEDTIME STORy
, rposNToN V. euReEss
Farmer Browns Boy Plays Doc
NO greater Joy can one attaH

That helping ease another's pain.
 DOOR Bobby Coon! His broken leg T pained him a great deal. Of course. Broken legs and arms always do pain. They hurt dreadfully when they are broken, and they hurt dread fully after they are broken, and they hurt while they are mending. Among the little people of the Green Forest and the Green Meadows a broken leg or arm is a great deal worse than it is with us humans. We know how to fix the break so that Mother Nature may mend it and make the leg or arm as good as ever. But with the little people of the Green Forest and the Green Meadows nothing of this sort is possible, and very, very often broken limb means an early death. properly and the little sufferer becomes a cripple. and cripples cannot long es- cape their enemies.
 So, though he didn't know it at the time, it was a very lucky thing for Bobby Coon that Farmer Browns Boy discovered that broken leg and wrapped him up in his coat and took him home. Bobby didn't think it was lucky. Oh, n.y. uo' NO, lnueeu! bODDy thought it was just the other way about. You see he didn't know Farmer Browns Boy except by sight. He didn't know of his gentleness and tender heart. All he knew of men and boys was that most ot them seemed to delight in hunting him, in frightening him and trying to kill him. So all through that strange journey in the arms of Farmer Browns Boy up to Farmer Browns barn Bobby was sure, absolutely sure, that he was being taken somewhere to be killed. He didn't have a doubt, not the least doubt of it.
 When they reached the barn Farmer Brown'ss Boy put Bobby down very gently, but fastened him in the coat so that he couldn't get out. Then he went to the house and presently return ed with some neat strips of clean white cloth. Then he took out his knife and made very smooth two thin flat sticks. When these suited him he tied Bobby's hind legs, together so that he couldn't kick with them. Then he placed Bobby on his side on board and with a broad strip of cloth bound him to it on
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-18

couldn't move. All the time he talked Then he placed Bobby on his side on a board and with broad strip of cloth bound him to it.
 his side in such a way. that Bobby to Bobby in the gentlest of voices and did his best not to hurt him.
 But Bobby couldn't understand. and to be wholly helpless, not to be able to kick or scratch or bite, Twas the most dreadful feeling he ever had known. He was sure that something worse was about to happen. You see he didn't t krow anything about doctors, and so of course he couldn't know that Farmer Browns Boyfwas playing doctor. Very,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-18
TWINKLE
eAdveNhMtes
 -* ef < .KAs49eAy qAncA
 >~eANA ~ |Ka9Seay
 eAnAN
ID AGGEDY A N N

ID AGGEDY AN N AS and R a gge e d y the wonderful large red magic book, made the loveliest moving picture theatre for the little people who lived in the deep, deep woods.
 All the shows were free to everyone who cared to come and there was an ice cream soda water fountain at each side of the en- trance, so that every one could sit and watch the show while enjoying the ice crea m sodas. It was the incest theatre you could imagine and the shows changed every three hours by magic.
 Raggedy Ann and hef friends, kind Mis- ter Grote, the grocer, and Granma and Granpa and Georgie Gazook and Georgie $ mama and daddy watched three shows and had nine or ten ice cream sodas.
 Then Raggedy Ann said, "Raggedy Andy and I must leave you now. because we have finished rescuing all of you from your trou- h1es and we leave voi
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-18

all very happy, living here together. We must go though, in search of more adventures !'
 Granma Gazook and all were very sorry to have the Raggedys leave, for they loved them very much.
 'We will return to the store," Rag gedy Andy said, "and get the two magic books, the little green book of magic and the large red book of magic. You now have everything you can wish for. so Raggedy Ann and ] will take the two magic books and hide them where no one will ever find them!'
 "Yes!" Raggedy Ann said, we must hide the magic books for fear someone who is selfish might find them and work unkind magic with them!"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-18

The chaja or crested screamer, an aquatic bird with spurs on it's wings, is trained to herd nocks of geese in South America.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-18

Why, again, and how? imagine no good dog in all the world would ever wag it's tail or bark joyously or lick the face or boots of it's master or mistress if it ever hears of the extraordinary provisions contained in that extraordi- nary will.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-18

While our government gives a name to city upon application, it prohibits duplication within the borders of any state.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-18

There are three times as many na- tives as whites in South Africa.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-18
WE WOMEN
A DOCS LIFE
sy BETTY BRAikERD

 A WEALTHY woman recently died "A in New York and among other ef' fects left six blooded dogs which had all taken prizes at dog shows. In her will was the clause I direct that all my dogs living at the time of my decease shall be chloroformed by Dr. George c Anderson and that he be paid a req sonable compensation therefor
 A singular will for a woman!
 There is no hint in the will that the dogs would be treated in any other man. ner than they had been during her lifetime. Her husband, friends and relatives were all fond of the dogs, and her order evoked objections from them all. II am not an executioner,' Dr. Anderson. the veterina rian, said, ''1 try to save. animals, not destroy them"
 Some people gain satisfaction in hurt ing or disinheriting relative or friend who has offended them or has not been nice to them. But what of the dogs Surely they were guilty of no mis- demeanor toward their mistress? Ac- cording to accounts she paid thousands of dollars for them. They were her pets. They brought her fame as prize winners. She loved them, but when shs died she wanted them to die, too.
 Why?
 A will is a final disposition of per sons property, to take effect after his or her death. Some people are fortu nate enough to be able to leave large fortunes. others leave jewels or persona belongings of intrinsic value, while oth CTS leave what little happiness they car t., those who are nearest and dearest tc them.
 What did this woman leave to her dogs? She was kind to them in life. as they were affectionate to her, and she did remember them in her will.
 But how, and why?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-18

The Graded union will meet Wednes- day at 10 a. m., in the Sunday school room of the First Methodist church.
 Band No. 2 of the Fountain Heights Methodist church will have a measur-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-18

Circle No of the Southsidc Bap tist church, Mrs. Clarence Rice, chair man, will have their spend-the-da! party Wednesday at the home of Mrs Nelson Hill, 4301 Glenwood avenue The devotional will be led by Mrs. liar old Brown. All members are urged t, attend.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-18

The Frances Willard union will meet Wednesday at p. m.. at the home of Mrs. W. w. Kenwell, 1929 Twenty first street, north. Everybody is welcome as q special program has been arranged.
Washington telegraph., 1924-03-28

mains will be shipped here for
burial.
Miss Lucy Mcclure returned
home last week from her
school.
Rev. L. M. Byers preached
at the Grace church Sunday
afternoon.
Mrs. Geo. Cabiness returned
from a visit to her mother,
Sunday, who is very ill.
Mrs. J. w. Compton is Wis
iting her son, Luther Compton.
Rev. w. T. Pearman preach
ed at the Presbyterian church
Sunday afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Mckinley
Gross visited here Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Mcdowell
of Corinth attended church
here Sunday
Mrs. Dot Baker and children
are visiting here.
Mr.. Joe Franks family are
on the sick list this week.
There will be a Sunday
School Rally at the Methodist
church Sunday.
The Farmers are getting a.
long slow, so much snow and
wet weather, though some corn
Washington telegraph., 1924-03-28
BINGEN news

Bingen, Mar, 27.-Mr. A. j.
Rhodes of-near Doyle died last
Wednesday after a long illness.
He was 72 years of age. He
leaves a widow and three sons,
four daughters and host of
friends to mourn their loss.
Funeral services were held at
Doyle Thursday, conducted by
Rev. H. A. F. Ault
Mr.. w. H. Edmiaston receiv-
ed a message from Center, Tex,
stating the death of his brother,
Mr.. ], H. EGmiaston. His re-
Washington telegraph., 1924-03-28
dist church the fifth Sunday.
SIGNS YOU CAN BELIEVE

If your breath is bad and you
have spells of swimming in the
head, poor appetite, constipa-
ton and general no-account
feeling, it is a sign your liver
is torpid. The one really de-
pendable remedy for all dis
orders in the liver, stomach
and bowels is Herbine. 1t acts
powerfully on the liver,
strengthens digestion, purifies
the bowels and restores a fine
feeling of energy, vim and
cheerfulness. Price 60c. Sold
by Bates Drug Co.
Washington telegraph., 1924-03-28
ONE IN TEN

Neglecting a little wound,
ut or abrasion of the flesh
nay in nine cases out out of
en cause no great suffering or
L .lconvenience, but it is the one
ase in ten that causes blood
- oisoning, lockjaw or chronic
-estering sore. The cheapest,
- afest and BEST course is to
q isinfect the wound with liquid
j orozone and apply the Boro-
one Powder to complete the
= ealing process. Price (iquid)
=Oc, 60c and S1-20. Powder
- 0c and 6Oc. Sold by Bates
Drug. Co.
Washington telegraph., 1924-03-28

is planted here.
Mr.. Dick and Dave Maroon
of Highland attended church
here Sunday.
Rev. H. A. F. Ault filled his
appointment at Doyle Sunday.
Mrs. M. D. Willard is visit
ing at Dierks and Horatio this
week.
Bingen, Mar. 17.-Rev. and
Mrs. Jim Williams are improv-
ing slowly.
Mrs. Young returned to her.
home at Ripley, Miss, Satur-
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Anderson re-
turned to their home at Ander-
son, Texas, Sunday.
Rev. H. A F. Ault preached
Sunday afternoon at the Meth
o6ist church.
Mr.. Strong of Little Rock
visited here Sunday.
Rev. Tipet preached at Grace
church Sunday at II o'clock.
Mr.. T. e. Livingston, who
has been sick, is improving.
Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer Byers
of Nashville visited here yes
terday.
There will be a Sunday
School institute at the Metho-
Washington telegraph., 1924-03-28
Spring Hill

last week and was buried FRI
day. Death was caused from
paralysis of the brain and he
was sick only a few days.
C. r. Grisham went to Smack
over last Wednesday to visit his
daughter, Mrs. Finley Smith.
He came home Friday, accom-
panied by Armstrong who was
a pleasant guest of Miss Flor
ence while here.
Quarterly Conference was
held at the M E. church Sum
day and two exc -llent sermons
were delivered by the presiding
elder, J. F. Simmons. There
were quite a few delegates
present from the different
churches on the charge.
Mr.. Joe Huckabee and wife
and Mr.. Mont Allen returned
to Smackover this week, after
visit with homefolks a n d
friends.
Miss Josie Phillips Ward
Blackwell and sister, Miss Lu-
cile, of Fairview attended servl-
ces here Sunday.
j. c. Turner, wife and baby
passed enroute to Hope Tues
day.
Born-to Mr.. and Mrs. o. o.
Brint, Monday night, a fine
girl.
Luther, the 13-year-old son
of Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Collins,
died at the family home in Mil
ler county Tuesday of last
week. Death was due to a COM
plication of diseases, including
measles, mumps, flu and pneun-
monia. The body was brought
to Spring Hill for burial.
Misses Mirla Garner and Mil
dred Tarpley lost their pups
Sunday afternoon and a re-
ward is offered by them for
same. See them fer descrip-
tion.
Mr.. N. K. Foster is making
his home with his daughter,
Mrs Arthur Powell, for awhile.
Whooping cough is getting
weaker but some of the children
have been exposed to measles
and mumps now and we sup
pose the small poX will be
next, then we'll carry all parts.
Mr.. Eugene Smith and his
two small sons, and his broth
er, Emmett and family, attend
ed the funeral of their brother
in-law, Mr.. Will Sinyard, last
Friday.
Mr.. Ray Turnear, his mother,
and aunt, Mrs. Minnie Martin,
were over from Texarkana to
spend the weekend with rela-
tives last week.
Bill"
Washington telegraph., 1924-03-28

ST., Hope, and let them put a
ice new ton on, At.
Miss Audria Bearden spent
- aturday and Sunday with
N-1iss Jeneva Seaman at Hope.
Mr. and Mrs. l.. F. Higgason,
H-1iss Rosa Wallace and Miss
E-1ayme Mason were visitors to
Iope Tuesday.
Mrs. C. W. Baufman and in
ant son of Texarkana are
@uests of Mrs. Baufman's par
- nts, Rev. and Mrs. W. M.
@ &Crowson.
Let the Gasoline Engine saw
our wood, pump your water
md do lot of other jobs about
& he place. Its easier and cheap
=r than man power. will sell
-ou horse power Fair
= anks-Morse fo~ $45.00-Less
T. han half price.
=t4 w. P. Ratlifr.
Mr.. R A. White reports hav-
ing eaten radishes from his
ommercial patch for supper
Iest evening. Shipment of the
@rop, he says, will begin early
- ext week.
Lost-White,- black and tan
- OK hound; medium size and
-as growth in one eye; an
wers to name of Trim" Re-
-ard for information leading
60 recovery ]. R. Page, Wash
-ngton, Ark. 1tp.
The ladies of the Presby-
erian church will serve dinner
-t the court house on Monday,
Npril 7, the first day of court.
he Methodist ladies will serve
- inner on Monday, April Ia.
Washington telegraph., 1924-03-28
local H0gpenlngS

Mrs. w. P. Agee of Hope was
in town Monday.
FOR SALE: Good, sound
Hay A.. N. Stroud, Washing
ton, Ark.
Mrs. Zach Horton is visiting
in Texarkana.
All kinds of Market Garden
Seed in bulk. Fresh and rel1a-
BILE. Colds Cash Store.
Rev. and Mrs. w. I. Sullivan
are visiting in Hot Springs.
FOR SALE: Country Hams,
smoked with green hickory. A
N Stroud, Washington, Ark
Mr.. and Mrs. Grey Carrlgan
of Ozan were in town Tuesday
For Sale-Fine Cotton See6
for planting $1.O0 per bushe1-
A. N. Stroud, Washington. Ark
Miss Nora Dodson of Hope Is
working at the courthouse this
week.
For Sale: Bois Dare posts
See C. M. Gaddis at Lee Holt
farm on Route No. /. 9t3
Mr.. H. H. Beall of Mound
Prairie Farm was in town
Thursday.
Miss Jeneva Seaman spen l
last Thursday and Friday with
Miss Audria Bearden.
Born-Vto Mr.. and Mrs. l.. E.
Salisbury of Route No. 1, Tues
day, March 18, fine 8 1-2 10
girl
MISS LeOUd OIudII Ol oZoAA
visited Miss LaVerne Wilson
last week.
Lost-Ladies' umbrella, has
white handle and tips; left at
: Presbyterian church. Mrs. j. s
Monroe. Ste
Miss Esther Riding of Ozan
spent Saturday night with Miss
.LaVerne Wilson.
. Louis C. Bernays, Little Rock
Optician will be at Bates Drug
Store Monday, March 31st. EX-
animation Free.
Mrs. C. j. Barnett and son,
Jack Davis, spent the week
end with relatives here.
Drive your car down to TheO
P. Witt & Co., 21O S. Walnut
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-03-22
THE COURTSHIP OF
MILES STANDISH' SOHN
Most Famous Romance in
American Literature Is
Fl m e d

"a magnificent document of pic
torial history" such 1T is promised
is Charles Rays cinema masterpiece
THE Courtship of Miles Standish,"
which is a coming attraction at the
Rylander.
Longfellow's immortal poem, with
its most famous of American love
stories dealing with the picturesque
side of Pilgrim life, has been trans
lated to the screen at a cost $780,
900.
One can imagine that the pictor-
ial version has charm, with Charles
Ray in the role of the lovers who
pleading for a friend, found his
own mate. Perhaps no phrase has
ever taken such hold of the imagin-
alton of Americas womanhood as
why don't you speak for yourself,
John?"
But more than the stirring poem
has found it's way to the silver
sheet. Rays masterpiece spans two
full years of the daring Pilgrim con-
flicts with many universities.
Exhaustive research made for
this picture disclosed that the Pill
grims were in every way stock
with fighting blood and that their
experiences were highly dramatic.
So "The Courtship of Myles Stan
dish" combines the appeal of thrill
ing entertainment with high educa~
tional value. It deals with flesh
and blood characters who fought,
bled and died to found our nation
1t also composes a recital in pic
lures of important events that none
of the rising generation should fail
to see.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-03-22
COLLEEN MOORE IN
APRIL SHOWERS
Another of Better San Tday
Pictures Next Week Wa m
Leather Pushers

The second of the Better SatA :
day Programs" will be shown at the
Rylander next week, that days pic
lures including fApril showers
with COLLEEN Moore and Kenneth
Harlan, The Leather Pushefs" and
the latest episode Of "The Ghost
City"
Although april Showers" is q
story Of Irish folk, it is not located
in Ireland itself but in one Of those
intensely little "bit o Irelad" com
munities on the lower East Side OF
New York. The intimate family
life ofsthe tenements was never de-
plotted with more realism, for all
the contagious fun occasioned by
failures living close together has
been caught by Director Tom For
man as well as the sympathy of
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-03-22
''Boy of Mine" AS True AS Real
AS Your Own Heart,
Claim Critics

To interpret real life-the kind
with which we are all familiar-on
the screen is admittedly one of the
most difficult tasks in the world 1t
requires genius to achieve this re-
suit, genius in acting, in writing and
in directing. And in addition to
these, it seems as though the ele-
ment of luck is necessary also t.
bring to life a picture that lives
through its very humanness.
"Boy of Nine" playing at the Ry-
lander on Monday and Tuesday. IS
declared to be such a photoplay.
Every episode and incident rings
true, and it is declared that every
phase of the picture is so perfect
that it is difficult to pick out the
most praiseworthy feature of the
film.
Booth Tarkinton is the author of
the story, in which he again re-
veals his uncanny insight into juv-
emile and adult characteristics.
Although the cast chosen for the
the picture is brilliant one, its par.
ticular shining lights is little Ben
Alexander, who achieved instant
fame through his Characterization
OF Penrod in ''Penrod SAM" anoth-
er Harrington story. The assisting
cast icludes Henry B. WalthalI,
Irene Rich, Rocklifee Fellowes and
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-03-22
GREAT BOOTH HARRINGTON
DRAMA AT RYLANDER MON.

Dot Farley.
The story is a captivating blend
of rollicking humor and heart
rending pathos, gripping at all times
and with happy ending that sends
one away satisfied and with smile
on his face. Ben Alexander is cast
as little Bill Latimer, whose father
married late in life, is not able to
realize hat boys are animals i'll
spirit and can not sympathize with
Bills innocent pranks.
Bills mother, understanding the
boy, leaves home with him through
fear that his life will be blighted if
he remains within the chilling atmo
sphere of the Latimer mansion.
Reviewers declare "Boy of Mine"
picture that will live forever lin the
hearts of those fortunate enough to
see it.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-03-22
MASSEY TO ADDRESS
SUMMERHILL ASSN.

RICHLAND, March ga Sun
day school rally embracing all of
the Sunday schools of the summer
association will be held at the
Baptist church here Sunday March
3Oth.
Rev. Milo H. Massey, of Ameri-
Gus, will be one of the cut-of-town
speakers, his subject being The
Work and Advantages Of an Asso-
ciational Sunday School Conven-
ton"
Already the association is or
ganized in w. M. U. Work, in B.
Y. P. U. work and the Sunday school
work, will be launched and put I'M
der way on March 30th. Dinner will
be served on the grounds for all
delegations who come to attend this
great event and big day is expect
ed by all.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-03-22

people who bear troubles in conn
mon.
The entirely laudable ambition
of every Irish immigrant to becor ne
a great fighter or a member of he
police force forms the underly' ing
basis of the story. Although the
really vital interest of the OnloDker
is concerned with the action of the
principal players, large scenes have
not been entirely omitted.
The cast is headed by Colleen
Moore of FLAMING Youth" and
Painted People fame, and includes
U. nnneth Harlan, Ruth Clifford and
.Kio " Mccoy.
On the program with "April
showers will be shown one of "Thc
Leather + ushers," a series of short
subjects thai have been proving I'M
mensely popular in Am CIRCUS and
the entire coun, try. An addition
feature win be a chapU er of THE
Ghost City"