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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-05-08

Skowhegan, Me, May - Vice
President George S. Bates of Calais
was advanced to the presidency by
the annual Congregational Confer
ence and Missionary Society today.
Rev. Henry S. Bradley, d. D.. of
Portland was chosen vice president
and Rev. a. c.. Townsend of Water
ford, clerk. Much of the forenoon
session was occupied with reports Of
the trustees and committees.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-05-08

If your property is really worth
while make that fact lear in q elias.
sified ad and you will find a buyer.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-10-14
Little Stories For Bedtime
Peter Rabbit Doesn't Know What To
| Think
tBy THORNTON BURGnl

A s PETER Rabbit crawled through
"A the hole in the fence into the gar
den of Farmer Brown he was do
ing his best to think of something to
say to keep up the spirits of his friend,
Old Mr.. Toad. You remember that Old
Mr.. Toad had fallen into a great pit in
a corner of the garden, and that all that
day Peter had tried to think of some
way to help Old Mr.. Toad out. He had
almost run his legs off trying to find
Sammy Jay. At least that is the way
his legs felt. Sammy was the only one
Peter could think of who could get
Farmer Browns Boy over to that pit,
and Farmer Browns Boy was the only
one he could think of who could get
Old Mr.. Toad out.
But Sammy Jay had been nowhere
to be found, and Peter felt that all his
efforts had been for nothing. He had
so hoped to be able to help Old Mr..
Toad through Sammy Jay and Farm
| er Browns Boy, and all he could do was
to 20 try to cheer up Old Mr.. Toad
and keep up his spirits. This didn't
seem like doing anything at all. But
IN this Peter was mistaken. To try to
comfort and cheer those in trouble is
TO do one of the very best things in all
the world.
As Peter drew near the edge of the
deep pit in the corner of the garden he
paused. Somehow he couldn't bear to
look down in there. He knew that old
Mr.. Toad cannot bear the hot sun, and
there he had been in the bottom of that
pit all the long, hot day without a
thing he could crawl under.
He must have suffered a great deal, !"
thought Peter. tWhy didn't think to
cut some big cabbage leaves and drop
them down there for him to get under?
How stupid 1 am. I'll do it tonight,
so that he may have them tomorrow.
They will keep the sun off. My after
| thoughts are great deal better than
my before thoughts"
In this Peter is not unlike great
many people Afterthoughts are very
often a great deal better than before
thoughts. But the real trouble with
Peters thinking was that he didn't
think enough, although he tried hard
enough. If with his thinking he had re-
membered things which he had found
out it would have saved him some worry
regarding Old Mr.. Toad. But he didn't
think back. and so he quite forgot that
Old Mr.. Toad could dig himself right
down quite out of sight in the sand
at the bottom of the pit and so get out
Of the sun.
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Carefully Peter crept to the edge of
the pit and looked down in. 1t was
still quite light, for jolly, round red Mr..
Sun had not long disappeared behind
the Purple Hills, back Of which he goes
to bed every night. Peter gave a funny
little gasp and then he swallowed hard
once or twice. He could see all over
the bottom of that pit and nowhere was
Old Mr.. Toad to be seen! No sir, there
wasn't a sign of Old Mr.. Toad. Peter
rubbed his eyes and stared very hard.
What did it mean? What had become
of Old Mr.. Toad? Where had he gone
to? Had some enemy found him a help
less prisoner there and caught him
That didn't seem possible, for Peter
couldn't think of any one who would
dare 90 down in that hole or who could
get out again If they did go down.
Could it be that Farmer Browns Boy
had been over there and had taken Mr..
Toad out? Hastily Peter looked TO see
If there were any fresh tracks Of Farm
er Browns Boy, but he couldn't find
a single fresh track. Back to the edge
of the pit went Peter and sat staring
into it, as If he thought that by star
ing hard enough he could see Old Mr..
Toad. 1t was a great mystery, Old
Mr.. Toad certainly couldn't have
climbed out himself. No one could.
The sides were too straight and too
crumbly for any one to climb them.
Peter didn't know what to think. The
more be tried to think the more puzzled
he became. Where was Old Mr.. Toad?
What had become of him?
Next Story: Peter Discovers Some
Holes.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-10-14
From LuciIes Diary

1T certainly was a surprise to me
when my Cousin Nancy wrote that
she was going to be married very
soon to that charming college professor
/ met out at the farm In the summer.
She Is so absurdly happy that am
really glad now that did not en-
courage his attentions to me. Nancy
is such a soulful little idealist that she
cannot realize how dull life will be in
the small college town. She is not prac-
teal enough to understand how hard
it will be ito live on very slender
salary, but since she is satisfied, /
wish her joy.
Don't you wish me to shop for you,
Nancy dearw asked when was
telepl1oning my congratulations.
mo, thank you very much, Lucille,
she answered. II want to do it myself
A. little later I'll run into the city and
put in a few days hard labor in the
shops"
well, I'm glad you're SO gay about
it." / responded. you have had so lit
tie experience that you don't know what
a job it will be-"
I'm not frightened at the thought
Of purchasing my modest trouseau," she
Sdlu, Huu i saw tudL bhe Whb uctefmtHcu
to come, SO said no more, though i
do hate having our household all stirred
up by visits from country relatives. ]
suppose Aunt Anna will come with her
end poor Cousin Fannie will have to
give up her room.
must say l am little fed up on
Nancy's effusive letters about her dar-
ling Harold Garthwaite, and descrip.
tons of the gifts she is receiving and
all the other tiresome details of her
engagement and wedding preparations
Anybody would fancy that she is the
only girl in this century to be married
Nancy has always been a rather intense
person. She called me- up today in a
very bad humor, and / thought as we
cenversed over the long distance that
she might be a most difficile wife for
Harold, if everything does not go just
her way.
Il simply can't understand, Lucille
she said, why you even opened a pres
ent that happened to be sent to your
house for me-"
But, Nancy, dear, 1 thought maybe
there was some mistake. / thought ]
ought to see from whom it was"
II was astonished when / got your
letter, Lucille. l can't see why you
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of Mrs. G. NJ. Williamson en- route by
motor to Athens, Ala. where she will
attend the meeting of the First District
A. F. w. G. She will return Thurs
day to resume her visit to Mrs. Will
hanson and attend the third district
meeting here.
Mr.. Erwin McCrossin Of Worthwhile.
KY. is spending the week in Birming-
ham as the guest of his parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Il. J. McCrossin, while attend
ing the Institute Of Mining.
Mr.. Luke Sewell of Cleveland, Ohio,
is visiting friends in the city for sew
eral days. While here he is stopping
at the Motion.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. D. Marston spent
the weekend id Atlanta as the guests
of friends and relatives. While there
they attended the state fair.
Misses Pearl Haynes and Myrtle Pat
terson have returned to their home in
Decatur after "A visit to friends in Bir
mingham. u AID
Mrs. d. s. Sutton is visiting in Gads
den.
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MORGAN.HEAD
WEDDING IN ATLANTA

A wedding of much interest was that
of Miss Anne Lucille Little, daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. George William Lit
tie, of Atlanta, and Neal Morgan, son
of Mrs. Louise Morgan, of Helm, Ala,
which was solemnized Friday afternoon
at 4 80 o'clock at the home OF the
bride in Atlanta.
The marriage was performed by the
brides uncle, the Rev. Milton r. Lit
tie, assisted by Rev. Roberts, in the
presence Of q number of friends and rel
atives.
Throughout the home were artistic
decorations, and a profusion of palms,
lovely cosmos, roses and dahlias.
The ceremony was performed in the
living room, before an improvised altar
of stately palms and smilax erected be-
fore the massive fireplace. This formed
a most effective background for pedes-
tai baskets overlooking with copper and
buff-colored dahlias.
The first to descend the stairs was the
maid of honor, Miss Georgia Mae Lit
tie, the sister of the bride. She wore
an attractive gown of blue satin. with
a circular overskirt and large picture
hat of black velvet trimmed with French
flowers. She carried an arm bouquet
of OpheliR roses.
The bride entered with her father, by
whom she was given in marriage, and
was met at the altar by the groom and
his best man, his brother, DIR. KaIph
Morgan, of Birmingham. !
She was lovely in copper brown en-
semble suit, with which she wore small
brown velvet hat. Her arm bouquet
was of kaiserin roses with swainsona.
Following the ceremony an informal
reception was given by the parents OF
the bride.
Mrs. Little was assisted in entertain
ing by her sister, Miss Matte Clements.
The table in the dining room was
OVERLAND with cover Of Italian cut work,
gracing the center of the table was the
brides cake, which was designed IN
three tiers and embossed in valley lilies
made of icing.
Silver candlesticks holding white can
dies were interspersed with silver COM
ports filled with minis.
The out-of-t town guests were Miss Ella
Perryman of Helm, Ala; Miss Louise
Shaw of Chattanooga, Frank Morgan OF
Birmingham, Mrs. LattemOre Mosley OF
Tallapoosa, DIR. Ralph Morgan of Biz
mingham and Frank Owens of Helm
After a wedding trip they will make
their home in Helm, Ala, where Mr
Morgan is connected with Perrymar
Brothers, cotton dealers. --'
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| tournament At
Roebuck Next
Week

The Roebuck Country club is open
for practice this deck to all women golf
players who will take part in the invl-
tation tournament which will take place
there next week.
The qualifying rounds will be played
Tuesday. October 81, to be played Octo-
Der "a, the finals October 70. Wednes-
day afternoon there will be mixed Two
ball foursome.
There will be a tea Friday at the
Roebuck club and an open handicap:
which will be open to all men and
women.
Among the Atlanta guests present
during the tournament will be Mrs. DO
zier Lowndes, Mrs. Strickler, Mrs. Beck.
Mrs. Pattillos Mrs. Eleanor McAuliff
and Mrs. Lois P. Potillomeer. Mrs.
Dalton Raymond of Baton Rogue, La,
and Mrs. Charles A. Aurey of Savan-
nah.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-10-14
State Convention
Opens Session
This Afternoon

The first session of the state con-
vention of the w. G. T. U. viii be
held, this afternoon at 2 D. M, in the
Sunday school room of the First
Methodist church. This will be bust
ness meeting.
The evening will be marked by the
allegiance banquet this evening to be
given in the ball room of the Tutwiler.
The following program will be enpoyed
on this occasion
Mrs. Mary 7. Jeffries, state presi.
dent, presiding.
Music, orchestra.
Sound the Jubilee. Young Peoples
branch, "Hallow the Fiftieth Year"
The Spirit of Temperance and Pro
hibition, Miss Linnie May Lipscomb,
Miss Dorothy Daniel.
Greetings from the Churches, DR..
George r. Stuart, pastor, First Metrod-
list church.
Welcome from unions of the district,
Mrs. P. B. Bowers, president Central
w. G. II. u.
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Listening In On Eue

should have taken it upon yourself to
return a gift of mine"
"But, Nancy, you had written me
that you had received three pairs Of
vases already, SO when saw that some.
body had sent you two silver ones ]
felt that you would be awfully glad to
have me exchange them for something
else"
"You might have, at least, consulted
me- insisted Nancy.
but, dear child, thought they had
probably been sent here SO that they
could be quickly and easily exchanged II
so desired. You know people are grow
/ ing so much more thoughtful and con.
siderate about wedding presents than
they used to be-"
"WeH," Nancy persisted, these vase,
weren't sent with that idea, because
had a note from Lucie Farwell THU
morning saying that the day she bought
her gift that she didn't have my address
with her, and then she sent them to you
knowing that you would send them or
out to me. She said they were unique
design which she thought would like
very much. So, Lucille, want you tt
20 right down to the Gold and Silver
Shop, and order those vases sent out
to me. Then you can return the salad
| forks you took in their place"
"Oh, Nancy, / can't do thot. You'll
Just love those salad forks"
But, Lucille, 1 want the vases!
don't want the salad forks. know
from Lucie's note that those are very
special vases, and besides, ] think she
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would be much hurt if didn't keep

would be much hurt if ] didn't keep
them"
Nonsense, Nancy, Lucie wouldn't
be so silly as that" said little i'm
patiently perhaps, for Nancy was most
trying.
Lucille, / want the vases and I don't
want the salad forks and / think we
have been using the long-distance long
enough"
"You see, DEAR" l said soothingly.
"The salad forks are being engraved
with your new initials and, Of course.
you have to keep them"
"why, Lucille, / don't want my new
initials engraved on anything. Every
thing is being marked with my maiden
name. You certainly are some busy
body. could just cry about those
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-10-14
Social Calendar

A mass meeting of women will be
held Tuesday afternoon at 2 30 at
the First Methodist church for the
privilege of hearing Prof. Allen Loehf
who has recently returned from the
Near East. The meeting is under the
auspicies of % Womens clubs which
compose the council of clubs, Mrs.
Crawford johnson is general chair
man of the occasion and urges a large
attendance.
The Wesley Bible class of the First
Methodist church will celebrate their
first birthday with q luncheon Tues
day at IL o'clock in the Sunday school
room. A delightful musical program
has been arranged with solos by Mrs.
, Charles POguem, Mrs. Walter Going
a whistling solo by Mrs. II. G. Wright,
and a talk by Judge Virginia Mayfield.
Reservations may be made by calling
Mrs. B. y. Byrd.
The Avondale Parent-Teacher assO-
citation will have the first meeting
Tuesday at 8 10 p. m. All mothers
are invited as the meeting will only
last an hour.
The meeting of the Board of Man
ayers of the Mercy Home has been
postponed from Tuesday, October Ia,
TO Tuesday, October Is.
The Junior league will meet Wednes-
day at 10 80 a. M. at the Independent
Presbyterian church.
The Lady Crox review, w. B. A,
will meet Tuesday afternoon at Fra
ternal hall.
The Woman's club will meet Friday
at 10 a. M, at the WoOdlawn library.
The Plotters club will meet Tuesday
at 10 80 p. NJ, at the WOodlawn
library.
The South Highland circle of the
Child Conservation league will hold the
semi-mOnthly meeting Tuesday at 10
q : M, in the Sunday school room OF
the Southside Baptist church.
The Ladies auxiliary of the A. o. HI
win hold their regular meeting Thurs
day at 2 80 at the Knights of Columbus
hail.,
The Current Topics club will be en-
tertained Friday afternoon at 1 O'Clock
4 Dy OudIltS IcudEplcSJ NlHclJ -tHAEN
Ardley Road, Grove Park.
The Edith Harper class of the Sixty
seventh Street Methodist church will
entertain with silver tea Wednesda!
afternoon on October 15 from 3 and
o'clock at the home of Mrs. w. A
Sawyer, 6S01 Sloss avenue. A delight
full program has been arranged.
There will be a call meeting of tn,
Study Circle Tuesday morning at 10 81
ia the rest room of the Tutwiler.
The Salaha club will meet Thursda!
afternoon at . 80 with Mrs. Prestis
Pepper.
The Parent-T Teacher association of tn
Huffman school will have a spelling
match Friday, December II at Z AS il
the school building. Mrs. Dona Teas
ley, a school ma am of yesterday, will
spell against the whole association.
small sum will be charged and ever!
one is invited to come.
All chapter presidents Of the Z. d. c
and all chairmen and members of com
mittees of Sunshine" are urged TO NEE
Tuesday at 2 p. m, at Broyles store
Kamram Cladron No. 25 will NEE
Tuesday evening, October IA. All mem
bers are invited to attend.
The West End Study club will hol,
an important meeting Friday Afternoon
at the residence of Mrs. L. NJ. Wheeler
at 1927 Pearson avenue, with Mrs
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-10-14
STRAIGHT FROM PARIS

Enthusiastically of French origin is a
frock of black taffeta which has a wide
collar of black cashmere covered with
brilliant flowers embroidered in heavy
silk. The front of the skirt is covered
with an apron also of taffeta upon
which discs of cashmere outlined with
black stitching form a pattern.
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Wheeler and Mrs. Walter Minis joint
hostesses. Mrs. Brenton Fisk will be
the speaker of the afternoon, her sub
ject to be "Good Citizenship" Each
member is urged to be present.
The Guest club will have its first
fall meeting Friday afternoon, Octo-
Der IL, at 2 :30>o'clock, with Mrs. JOS
eph r. Estes, 1900 Fourteenth avenue,
south,
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BEAVER TRIMMED COATS
The most adorable little coats for a
very wee person arefof cheviot or home
spun In shade of brick dust red and
are trimmed with beaver.
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WoMANS DAILY MACHINE

vases
/ really feel sorry for Harold when
think what a childish, undiseiplined,
ungrateful girl Nancy is.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-10-14
Random Notes

Governor and Mrs. B. B. Conner have
returned from New York and their
country home at Conner after an alb
sence of several months.
e -
DR.. and Mrs. Sam Majors have re-
turned from Quebec and Montreal.
a
Miss Rosa Edmonda of Cornwall,
England, is the guest of DIR. and Mrs.
Edmonds Bennett, having come to at
tend the Graham-Bennett wedding this
evening.
Miss Emily l.. Norrie of New York
is in the city to attend the Graham
Bennett wedding.
+
Mr.. Ted Martin returned Sunday
from trip to New York.
Mrs. Val Taylor, state president Of
the A. F. w. c., Of Uniontowns spent
Monday in Birmingham as the guest
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-09-18

guest presented the hostess with a
20-dollar gold piece, and, in addition,
she received diamond bracelet.
Thought Robbery Joke.
Mr. Hague today gave his version
Of the affair. lie is heavily built and
almost six feet tall. He began his
career as sailor and has been shot
at in waterfront strikes. He thought
the robbery was practical joke.
He said that when a man poked a
gun in his face as he and Miss Bobe
entered her apartment he stepped for
ward to poke his finger in the mans
ribs and laugh at him. Then he re-
ceived blow from behind that
stunned him.
One of the gang protested that
Hague had too good an opportunity to
survey the gangsters' faces and urged
his fellows to do away with the oil
man. Miss Bobe interviewed and prob
ably saved Hague's life by urging the
to take anything they might
want. but to spare Hague.
Both Hague and Miss Bobe denied
that he had given her the bracelet at
the party.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-09-18
WARNS STATE OFFICERS
OF HIGH TAXES DANGER
Treasury Undersecretary Says Elk.
cessive Levy Kills Incentive
to Create Wealth.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
ST. LOUIS. September Estate
taxing authorities were warned by
Undersecreary Winston or the
Treasury last night to guard against
tax rates that will eliminate incen-
tive to creation of wealth, and there
by destroy important sources of
revenue. He urged all students Of
taxation to give attention to long
time rather than immediate plans for
raising Government revenue.
Speaking before the seventeenth
annual conference en- taxation, the
Treasury official went at length into
the subject of estate, or as he de-
scribed them, death taxes, assert
ing that the States have a greater in
terest than the Federal Government
in whatever permanent form of
death rates is voted. Estate levies,
he said, are a capital tax, adding that
history showed such assessments al
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-09-18
ENGINEER IS HELD
IN BOBE ROBBERY
Ex-Convict May Offer Clue to
0therS-M0diSte'S Life
Threatened.
Rv the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK. September lS.--An
ev-convict has bean arrested when
Offering to give Information ahout
jewels stolen when Miss Edith Bobe.
Fashionable modiste. and her escort,
Robert l.. Hague. Standard Oil Of
fCial. were held uD bv fonr masked
men in the hallway of Miss Bobe' S
apartment.
Montague Pike, who said he was a
civil engineer. was arrested last
night charged with eXtortion after
he had ACCEPTED $500 ain marked
bills from Miss Bobe's secretary.
The police said he admitted serving
a four-year sentence at Sing Sing
for grand larceny. He dec AIRED that
he really knew nothing about the
jewels. but thought he could con-
vince Miss Bobe'S secretary that he
did. The jewels We're valued at
$4,000.
Told of Earlier Hold-Up.
The police increased their efforts
to capture the robbers when they
were informed that two weeks ago
four persons. all socially prominent,
were Waylaid in the hallway of an
apartment house in Fifth avenue and
robbed of $4,000 worth OF jewelry.
Secrecy surrounded the identity OF
the victims. but it was learned that
Seymour n. Enrich. son of Samuel
Enrich. a reputed millionaire, was a
member of the party. He was host
to a man and two women at a down.
town restaurant. The robbery oC-
Cured in the foyer OF the apartment
house where Mr.. Enrich lives with his
mother.
Miss Bobe left the city hurriedly
yesterday after some one called her
on the telephone and threatened to
take her life if she did not cease Civ
ing assistance to the police.
Detectives are checking up the
guests at Miss Bobe's birthday party
last Saturday on the theory that one
of them tipped off the robbers. Each
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to the arrest of w. H. Bennett and
his wife of,Rome, Ga, on a charge of
murder.
The BENEFITS were occupants of the
house where the skeleton was found
when Miss Hoffman, an aunt of Ben
nett, disappeared The accused are
now at liberty under $500 bond.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-09-18
SKELETON STARTS PROBE.
Grand Jury Takes Up Disappear
ance Of Chattanooga Girl.

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn, September
1S.-Disappearance of Miss Augusta
Hoffman. modiste, in 1915, will be
Investigated by the Hamilton County
grand jury today, the case being the
aftermath of the finding Of skeleton
in a shallow grave under a house in
this city, few weeks ago, leading
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-09-18
Police Killed in Line of Duty.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
LIHUE, Island of Kauai, T. H,
September 18.-Four policemen, kill
ed here last week, died from gun
shot wounds received during a riot
at Hanapepe, caused by an attack on
the police by certain Filipino strikers
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avs had worn themselves out. in

ways HdU "Orn .tHenSeIVtU OuC III
time.
time rather than long time planning,
Mr.. Winston cited the Federal rates
and returns on incomes Of over $780,
600 a year In 1915 when the maxi
mum surtax was Is per cent, there
were 2.449 taxpayers reporting net
incomes of 100000 or more. This
number dwindled with increas-
ing rates to 535 in 1921, when the
total maximum surtax went to IS per
cent. In the next year, however,
when the rate dropped to SIS per
cent. the number of taxpayers in the
100000 class jumped to 1,097.