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The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-25
PRATT CITY BANK l
 OPENSSATIRDAY|
Ensley Committee To Make Ex. haustive Survey Of District
 4.., School Situation
lENSLEY BUREAUl

Formal opening of the Pratt City Savings bank will take. place Saturday morning at 9 o'clock. si'far
 The bank has been. in course ofsfor- nation for several months and has caused considerable interest among busi- ness men in the western part of Bir- mingham. The capital stock of $20, 900 is fully paid in.t The officers will be A. G. Grimsley of Fayette, Ala, presi. dent; s. T. Kennedy of Birmingham, vice president, and C. V. Riddle, cash fer. The latter was for some time with the American Trust and Savings bank.
 Directors announced include the ex- ecutive officers and J.. NJ. Darlington, John F. Lacey, $. T. Key. E. E. Gale, w. C. Muir, V. V. Gregory and NJ. H. Barnes. Q.
 The stock of the bank has been sub scribed by local business men, except ing the portion taken by the promoters of the organization. ;, A banking room has been completed in the building at the corner of First avenue and Fourth street, where a bank was located many years ago. The location generally is known as the Bank building.p Ss~
 Business men of Pratt City have en- couraged the organization of the bank more as civic proposition than as a plan for earning money, and William MonjOt, president of the 'B1siness Mems association. suggested when he an- nounced the organization that local basi- ness men would in no event sever their present relations with :. the Bank of Ensley or the Bank of Alabama. This reinsurance was given by Mr., Mohjot when speculation became rife as to what the attitude of the business men would be in that connection.
 To Address Students
 The speaking tour of Ensley AIer- chants to the various high schools in the western part of Jefferson county will be resumed Monday morning. Al bert w. Smith and c. o. Johnson will speak at the Minor High school Mon- day morning on the insurance business and on retail groceries respectively Tuesday, George NJ. Fields and Joe Noo- jim will speak at Quintown, while on the same day A. 1T. Ezell and W. J. 5. Drummond will speak. at the Minor High school
 The tours have been arranged by the Ensley Associated Merchants to inform the various bodies of students of the factors entering into the business on which they will speak.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-25
BRYAN R0hIPS
 DARWIN THEORY
Calls On Churches To Co 4 Operate In Effort To Blast
 Ancient Belief
{nEeeEAIER nUREAUl

BEsSEMER, Ala, Feb. 24.-For more than two hours Sunday evening William Jennings Bryan lectdred on ..Evolution. at the First Methodist church of BessemSf before a packed house. His talk frequently drew vigor- ous applause as he denounced the scien- lists and colleges who are adyocatins the DarwiniatiS theory which he characr terized as the. greatest menace to the church today.
 His description of the atheist scientist who, hes 4id, would travel around the elobe to examine the skeleton of . pre- historic man while they would not walk across the street to save soul. was in the main set out in sc0rnful wit which drew prolonged laughter.
 He stated that if man wanted to brag of his progress, let him go to the ZOO and stand before cage of monkeys comparing his fate with that of his al- lesod forebears. But if one would know how far man has yet to go, or even why he was created, his only resource would be the Bible.
 Bryan's explanation of evolution was clear and in it he brought out the RyA4Ako 0k, W4hCAf Ak CVkAAAACNSO WAbAA S&1o Old and New Testaments, stating that or that science would overthrow the Bible. His attack. upon college profes- sors who attempt to reconcile the Dar- winian theory to the Bible was bitter. He cited instances that to his knowl- edge had undermined the faith of even the divinity students, by professors, whom he characterized as mere mind worshippers.
 Bryan said he had been informed that a secret ballot among the 5000 recognized scientists in this country re- vealed that 60 per cent of them refused to believe in God or the Bible. He stated that these same scientists re- ferred to him as being mentally warped and. said that after years of political warfare even. the republicans had never questioned his intelligence, but that it first advance the theory that he was los first advance thetheory that he was los ing his mind. He described scientists as being puffed-up egoists for whom the Lords overcoat would only serve as a vest. t
 He stated that the movement he had launched against Darwinism had met with an enthusiastic response through out the country, and from the first he has been unable to fill all the requests made for speeches. His talk was brought to close with an appeal that the churches unite with him in further ing this movement.
 Following the meeting, Bryan held an informal reception, several hundred coming forward to mee the Commoner.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-25
.CA|NED40P0UNDS
 IN SIX MONTHS
Mir. C. A. Peabody, Taylorville, Ill.,, Took Six Bottles of Tay- ? lor's Blood Medicine. He
 Says That His Rheumatism
 Left Him; That He Has a z Good Appetite, Eats Any :, thing He Wants, Feels Fine, 
 and Gained Forty Pounds in ,.s Six Months.

Taylor's Blood Medicine contains Iodide of Potash and other vegetable ingredients. such as Sarsaparilla, Dan- delion, Gentian, Wintergreen and Sas- safras, which act as a fine tonic to the stomach while the Iodide of Potash absorbed by the blood destroys the pol sonous acids which lead to rheumatism and paralysis. Get . bottle of Taylor's Blood Medicine today from your drug backaches, pains in the fingers, arms and shoulders. hips and knees. It will bring back your appetite. make you gain weight if you are thin and pale Taylor's Blood Medicine Is purely vege- table, pleasant to take, will tone up your stomach and make you feel fine.
 Price $1.00 a bottle, and if you are not satisfied 1t helped you. after taking three bottles, which should last you about thirty days, return the bottles to your druggist and get your money back.--Adv.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-25
OUTLINES LABOR'S
 ARMAMENT VIEWS

LONDON, Feb. 24.-William Leach, under-secretary for air ministry, whose speech during the recent parliamentary debate on air defenses created some fears as to the attitude of the labor government on this question declared in an address at Wolverhampton that the labor government could not destroy the worlds trust in armanents in its first month of office.
 The government, the speaker con- tinued, was opposed in the House of Commons by two to one majority Therefore it had to bend to the will of the nation in matters of defense or clear out. A reduction of armaments must come by agreement for Great Britain never accepts disarmament on any other terms, he said
 Personally, Mir. Leach declared. he wanted disarmament but he wanted tc sec it part of an international plan.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-25
|EALEM, O., VISITED |RY DISASTROUS FIRE
|2OO.OOO Damage Caused By
 Blaze In Business District

SALEM. Ohio, Feb. 24.-Fre which br a time threatened the destruction E the entire business section here early bday, destroyed two three-stefy brick |usiness blocks and caused damage es; mated at nearly $2O0, 0,ooOse'Jt took the
 bmbined efforts of fire companies from hree cities to get the blaze under con, Fol. A double fire wall also prevented I,rther spread of the flames. , The fire is believed to have been
 Aused by furnace in the Robert Spei. 'eI shoe store last night. The flames 'ad gained headway when discovered. After four hours effort to check the sames the local department summoned Ed from Columbiana. Several compn- lies responded.
 An alarm was also sent to YOungs- bwn. The Speidel block and the Hen Iry block adjoining were Entted. The
 mildings and contents were insured.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-25
AT THE LYRIC

Monday afternoon marks the begin ming of Homecoming Week" at the Lyric theatre, and patrons are prom ised six days of highest class enter tainment in celebration of the event. Five big-time Keith acts with an extra special feature added make up the program for the first half of the week
 The big special feature is Nayler' s Seven Aces, Birmingham's own or ehestra, home from a northern tour making photograph records and play ing for the biggest college dances.
 The Keith handliner is Melody as Ia and Was,"' sung and played by two real artists, Dane Clandius and Lillian Scarlet. who. are said to have something out of the ordinary. The, added attraction is dance num- Der, '''Steppin' Some," with Helen Nor. gan assisted by a quartet of artists. Ed H. Ford, the man from Australia, is the special feature. &
 ,,. Rounding out the bill are Robert 5Gehan and Marjorie Garretson in Classical Syncopation" and Bert Mel rose and Betty Brooks in Scotch with a Kick"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-25
NAVY IS ANXIOUS
 TO MAKE FLIGHT
Moffett Says Plans For Pole
 Dash Not Abandoned q

WASHINGTON. Feb. 24.-The navy Is still anxious to make the Polar flight with the airship Shenandoah this summer and in the event permis- sion should finally be given, it is pre- pared to rush to completion plans for the. journey which were ordered su- spended by President Coolidge pend ing the development of the attitude of Congress.
 Rear Admiral Moffett. chief of the nayys bureau of aeronautics, reiterat- ed tonight that regardless of any plans now being made for the airship, so far as the navy is concerned there has been no abandonment of the project, and if President Coolidge should give the word" the plans again would be put into speedy operation.
 Some members of Congress interest ed in the Polar voyage, however. have stated that it would be impossible for that body to give assent in time for the flight which was planned for early in the spring. and no hope is held out by them that the Shenandoah will go northward this year.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-25
SUICIDE VERDICT
 M RONALDS CASE
Millionaire's, Death Blamed On
 Bad Health .'

TALLAHASSEE. Fla, Feb. 24.-A coroner's jury here today rendered g verdict of suicide on the death of Dr. Tenent Ronalds, 65, Scottish million aire of Edinburgh, Scotland, who died at his winter home here near this place today from pistol wound in the temple He had been. in extremely ill health fe, several months, and this is supposed tt have been the cause; of his act of self destruction. He came to Tallahassee in 1898 and has maintained a home, here and another in Edinburgh, living six months of the year at each place.
 He ownea several thousand acres of land upon which is located an elegant home four miles from the city. In Scot. land, Dr. Ronalds was an extensive land owner and agricuiturist. He was an ardent sportsman. During the World war he worked as a common laborer in an Eiglish ammunition factory.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-25
AT LOEW'S BIJOU

Hyatt, the young Californian, known as The American Samson" whose ex- traordinary muscles have nettled him a vaudeville tour, opening at Loew's Bijou Monday afternoon and to con- tinue through this week. will be the headliner of the vaudeville bill and will demonstrate how easy it is for him to, bite chains and twist iron bars with his hands, and do other similar feats of strength. Other features of this diversified vaudeville bill include the comedy, The Peach and The Stew" by Tom. my Van and Sara Vernon, as well as the laugh-pfovoking farce, The New Janitor," by Bob Archer and Blanche Belford. There is also genuine variety offering of chatter, songs, dances and instruments by Harry Bussey and Donia, and . variety of colorful dances by Marso. Beth e Go.
 Conductor 1492." starring Johnny Hines, is the screen feature of the week.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-25
THE WEAl.HER

Louisisna: Monday and Tuesday cloudy, probably occaeioned rains in south porl ton; colder in south portion Monday. 4Arkansas Monday and Tuesday cloudy and unsettled weather, not much change in temperature.
 <. OkiahOmA: Monday unsettled, not much changs In temperatures; Tuesday partly cloudy, somewhat warmer in western por- ton. sat 1tEs,
 East Texas: Monday and Tuesday cloudy. probably occasional rains in south portion. not much change in temperature. +sS West Texas: Monday unsettled. prob- ably local rain or snow; Tuesday partly cloudy, somawhat warmer in north and west portions.
 North Carolina: Rain in south and eeptral and rain snow in extreme north Epoftions Monday; Tuesday probably rain nof. much change in temperature. E South Carolina and Georgia: Rain Monday and probably Tuesday; little change in temperature.
 Florida: Mostly cloudy Monday and Tuesday,: probably showers in north por- ton; little change in, temperature.
 Kentucky: Snow or rain Monday; Tues day cloudy. not much change in tempera- tnFs. @-p
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-25
AT THE JEFFERSON

x. Once every so often there flashes across the theatrical horizon play and a star so distinctly luminous and illustrious that those who love what Is best in the theatre and it's traditions, and who stand with unshaken loyalty to- the spoken drama, inhale a fresh breath of hopa. and confidence and give the liesfo the oft.repeated assertion that our stage, sis decadent and vulgar. M
 Monday Guy. Bates Post comes to the Jefferson theatre with just such q play-s The ,> Climax" Edward J. Locke's beautiful drama. When the play is half over he has been com expelled to express his most grateful thanks for the ,thunderous applause of
 the huge audiences drawn to the theatre by the excellence of his reputation and
 of his play. The advance sale will open at the Jefferson theatre Monday for three night performances and matinee Wednesday,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-25
STEAMER SENDS sos Petrel Reported In Distress In Wireless
 Message,

NEW YORK, Feb. -24-An sos mes sage from the steamship Petrel today, at the naval communications office, re ported she was in distressa at latitude fl degrees, 40 minutes north longitude 66 degrees, 50 minutes west. The steam ship Knud was reported to be going to her assistance. The message said
 No power. Drifting. Steamer, Knud 20 miles away steaming to assistance"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-25
9AT THE MQYIEf

\ Capitol.--Norma Talmadge in Ashes of Wengeance.ii'as .555=
 Gaiax-+,z ,zanerGrey's Heritage of the Desert" .s.s4- e... A., X, ,..,
 Odeon--Harry Carey in '.rhe Sher- ifs Dilemma
 Princess--'sThe Lone Rider"
 Rialto-Harold Lloyd in High and Dizzy"
 Riyal---Zane Grey's "To the Last Man" z
 strand-Betty Compson in Woman to Woman"
 Trianon-"Painted People," with Col leen Moore and Anna Q. Nilsson and all-star cast.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-25
sT0CK BROKFR ARREsTED

NAbHN ILLE, Tenh.. Feb. 24.---Hen- " $. Frazier. stock broker. who filed a voluntary petition in bankruptcy here on February 13 listing liabilities of ap- proximately $316.000, with assets of approximately s04,000, was arrested here tonight on two warrants. charg- ing fraudulent breach of trust and grand larceny.s
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-25
AGED MAN FALLS DEAD
.ank H. Burke Was Returning Home
 Erovn Church

Il NASHVILLE, Tenn. Feb. 24.- frank H. Burke, aged n, en route
 bme from early mass at St. Mary's satholic cathedral, dropped dead in Eont of the Hermitage hotel here to- hy, while clasping a prayer book in |ks hand. He was born in Ireland. but hmigrated to the United States when Ihn,nU
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-25
FOLLIEs STAR MARRIEs Jessie Reed Of ZiegfAld Chorus Weds W. K. Young, drs

WAUKEGAN, III, Feb. Xs:2,4.-Jessie keed. Ziegfeld follies star. vas married Iere today to William F. Young. Jr.. of lew York City, The bride gave her age |s 24 and Young gave his as 26. The eremony was performed by Justice Louis K. Ekstrand.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-25
ADJUSTMENTS

Jefferson--Guy Bates Post in 'The Climax. sa~ 5.e. r
 Lyric--C -Claudis and Scarlet, hippo drome stars, in a series of songs and dances of the other days, vaudeville lead; comedies and Pathe News.
 Loew's Bijou--Hyatt, the modern Sampson in series of feats of strength and endurance, vaudeville lead; picture, Johnny Hines in Conductor 1892"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-25
EVANSVILLE MILL
 IS DESTROYED
Blaze Threatens Whole Section Surrounding
 Plant

EVANSVILLE. Ind, Feb. 24-The Kensay Burns Milling company, for merly the Aikin-E -Erskine Milling com pany. one of the largest mills of it's kind in the central states, was com pletely destroyed by fire tonight. The loss will reach the half million dollar mark to the mill alone and the sur rounding property within a three-block radius suffered an additional $25,O0O loss through destruction and damage by water caused when firemen were forced to direct their efforts on it to prevent the entire section from being gutted.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-25

NOT USUAL POOR BUT HONEST
 II know a man dat beat his wife. ' The happy pair then left for Scotland The parents were numerous and costly
 English Paper,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-25
HIS PRICE

HIS PRICE Are you the man who lectures on peace at any pr1ef "Well-er-I lecture on peace. but my price is S200 lecture. e.-Life.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-25

Visitors are always well come--we want you to see how clothes are laundered at your foundry.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-12-21

Along with all the other youngsters
all over the world the Snoppyquops
celebrate Christmas. Here you see them
gathered around the Snoopy Christ
mas tree, each one hoping that Santa
Claus would present him Cor her, or it,
as the case may be- with some fine
present. No, Snoppyquops don't hang
up their stockings. How do you ex-
pect a Shop whose feet are snails or
fish or wheels to wear any stockings!
If you look at the crowd grouped
around the bottom of the tree you will
probably recognize a lot of old friends.
Away over at the left is Philip Fish
foot, the pride of Chatalina Island,
while at the right in front of him is
old Snoopy McQuop, looking for some
corned beef and taxicabbage. In the
lefr.hand corner is Diogenes, whose snail
feet are sdll trying to catch up to that
1O-karat carrot Directly in from Of
Diogenes is Hoofo, the Happy Polyped,
hurrying to get his present. He shakes
a mean foot, you'll admit, and hopes
to get couple of footballs for Christ
mas. Then please don't miss Archie,
the Arctiquop. pulling his skates along
with magnet. And look who's IN
front of him! Jimmy, the Bulb-boy,
reading his bedtime story, or trying to
do a crossword puzzle-Im not sure
which.
Holding out his hand to shake hands
with Jimmy is Cicero Spring, with his
two-quart hat. If Cicero had any sense,
he'd see that Jims hands are inside
his crystal overcoat. To the rear of
Springero is Charlie Cello who is play
ing Christmas music. He doesn't look
as though his playing tickled him,
but once he laughed so hard he broke
string and hau to go to the hos
pital.
In the right-han corner is Blue Nose,
the editor, who will try to prevent its
being a white Christmas. But Nah-ta-
beeko. the little Indian, is going to
liven things up a bit with his bow and
arrow. Behind them is Ella, the cleo
trio elephant whose tail is an electric
light cord and whose trunk is vacuum
cleaner and Roseleen with her pet
canary is there. too.
But where's Santa Claus? Just turn
the picture upside down and you IL
see him in the Christmas tree.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-12-21
Preside Books
For Christmas

Say, do you boys and girls get to
feeling as much like Christmas as l do
about this time of the year? Its
great feeling, isn't it? If you're like
me you want to jump and yell and do
lot of other things.
One thing / like to do about this
time is to read some of the wonderfuE
Christmas stories which any one can
get. Now let's see, what are a couple
of good ones to read? Oh, yes. first
of all l like to read that great old
Christmas poem which Clement Z.
Moore wrote so many years ago Tor
the st. Nicholas magazine. Do you
know the one | am talknig about! Nat
urally you do. because the poem is
"The Night Before Christmas.
Read "Christulas Carol
If you are looking around for real
" great story about Christmas, story
which has ghosts. spirits. an every
thing, read Charles Dickens story
Christmas Carol" l am willing to bet
Won viii hate old Ebeneezer Scroogs
ms much as | do at the beginning OF the
hook and at the end of the Rockwell,
I won't tell what comes ut the end
read it, You just simply can't help
liking it. For another Christmas story,
entirely different from the first two,
try reading Kate Douglas Virgins
story. The Birds Christmas Carol.
BETTER still, read all three of these very
short boo,.s. l don't know which OF
the three you will like best, but If you
are ANYTHING like me, you'll think they
are all pretty good.
Read Fairy Tales
The fine old Danish story teller,
Hans Christian Anderson, has two beau
tiful Christmas stories in his fairy
tales. One is called The Poor Little
Match Girl and the other is called
1.-The Poor Little Christmas Tree Ii
YOU haven't these books at home, go
to the library and get them. They IL
be there, because all of them are ia,
nous Chr. ;tmas stories which boys and
girls hqve enjoyed for years. 1vn
-CAP,N ZYB.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-12-21
Christmas Puzzles

ION Christmas morning when Billy
and Susan awoke they found huge
Christmas tree in their parlor on which
were hung many lovely gifts.
The names of the gifts could be ar
ranged to make up word chain; the
last letter of the first word is the first
letter of the second; the last letter OF
the econd is the first letter OF the third,
and so on, the last letter of the last
word being the first letter OF the first
word.
The words are: vehicle for snow,
a little girls favorite toy. a gift for
Susan to wear around her neck, toy
with rtacks for Billy, block of paper
for school,. some things to fly.
.. Beheat bird with a Ions neck
and get word meaning pale; beheat
perfect and get a business Arrange
ment; behead journey and get tear :;
behead behind and get an organ OF hear
ing behead servant and get help
behead something growing on ones head
and get atmosphere !; behead a crevice
and get a stad in which article are
placed behead dry temperature and get
a word meaning ito free; behead a
number and get word meaning resu-
lar. The beheaded letters properly ar
ranged, spell "Christmas.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-12-21
NOT WORKING

"Rastus, sho' was sorry to hear that
sistuh was sick
What do 20 mean, sic?'
well, l was down to your house
yesterday, an saw sign, Bell out of
order
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-12-21
GAS TROUBLE

Editor: We can't accept this poem.
1t isn't verse at all, merely an escape
of gas"
Poet: "Ah, see; something's wrong
with the meter"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-12-21
Make 1t All Right

'But isn't your son rather young to
join the army?'
well, he is very young, but then you
see, he is only going to join the infan-
try
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-12-21
The Fun Box

I'm best" shouted the photograph.
Il hold the record"
HIS MISTAKE
Judge: you are charged with break
ink n ball bat over this mans head"
Defendant: II didn't mean to break
the hat"
NOT NEEDED
Business Man: Here, waiter,