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The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-26
ANOTHER BANK
 ADDED TO CHAIN
Tennessee Valley System To Take Over Cullman
 Enterprise
Tennessee Valley Bureau)

a
 ALBANY-DECATUR, Ala.v June %. Stockholders of the Alabama Bank and Trust company of Cullman have ap- proved the proposed merger of that in stitution with the Tennessee Valley bank, chain headquarters of which are here, according to reports received to- day. The stockholders of the Tennes- see Valley bank will meet soon to pass upon the proposed merger, the direc- tors already having approved the plan. If the stockholders of the Tennessee Val ley bank look with favor upon the movement the consolidation is expected to be effected at once.
 Clyde Hendrix, president, and ". W. Russell, vice president of the Tennes- see Valley bank, were in Cullman to attend meeting of the stockholders of the Alabama institution. The Tennes- see Valley bank has 16 branches with headquarters here and is the largest chain in the state, having deposits of several millions and covering practi- cally all parts of north Alabama. The Cullman branch will be the first unit of the banks in Cullman county.
 Traction Problems Up-W. ". Rahm, president of the Albany-Deca- tur Chamber of Commerce, will name a committee to confer with officials of the Alabama Traction company rela- tive to the status of the street car lines here following conference held at the Chamber of Commerce Tuesday evening when John D. Weakly, president of the traction company, and A. c. Patter- son, president of the public service com mission, met with citizens. President Patterson presided at the meeting and declared that the public service commis- sion was ready at any time to help work out a solution of traction prob lens here but suggested first that cit izens confer with the< company owners and seek methods to improve the serv- ica and maintain it at high standard
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-26
HEARING RESTORED
 OFTEN IN "A HOURS
Amazing Results Secured in One Day by Use of K-17, Formerly Known
 as Rattle Snake Oil

Deafness and Head Noises need not be dreaded any longer since the dis covery of a widely known physician. Now it is possible for some of the most obstinate cases of deafness to be relieved in days time by the ap- plication of a prescription formerly known as Rattle Snake Oil. This treatment is meeting with wide suc- cess all over the country.
 MT. D. Dey, Nebraska resident, 67 years old, says, q have used the treat ment for only two weeks and my hear ing is restored perfectly. The relief was almost instantaneous and now the head noises have disappeared. My ca- tarrh, a case of many years standing, is improving wonderfully"
 Hears Clock Tick.
 Frank Quinn, of Mississippi, says: Before I used K-17 had not heard the clock tick in long time. And after I had taken the treatment two days I could lay, in bed and hear the clock tick plain"
 Head Noises Stopped in 5 Days
 Mrs. D. c. Wilkins, of Mississippi, says: .'K-17 has helped me wonder fully. In five days it has stopped that awful noise in my ears. l think it is a grand medicine"
 Such amazing reports come from all over this country and foreign coun- tries. The prescription, which is known as K-17, is easily used at home and seems to work ke>magic in it's rapidity on people of all ages.
 So confident are we that K-17 will restore your hearing quickly, and to introduce this remarkable treatment to a million more sufferers, we will send large, $2.00 treatment for only e$1.O0 on ten days free trial. If the results are not satisfactory the treat ment costs nothing.
 ! Send no smoney--just your name and address to the Greene Laborato- ries, 57 Greene Bldg, Kansas City, Kan, and the treatment will be mailed at once. Use it according to the sim ple directions. If at the end of 10 days your hearing is not relieved, your head noises gone entirely, just send 1t back and your money will be re- funded without question. This offer is fully guaranteed, so write today and give this wonderful compound . trial.-Adv.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-26

Power company is laying twin steel crossties and 85-popnd steel rails on portions of Forrest avenue and Twelfth street, replacing the old wooden ties and 40-pound rails that have served the street railway system for years. The same type of track is to be put down in Attalla when that city begins its paving program. Eventually the local system will be entirely rebuilt, it is said.
 Soil Expert Lectures-S. E. Boyd, soil and crop expert of Auburn, will spend Monday and Tuesday in Eetowah county featuring on and illustrating methods of producing dairy vetch by the state experiment station and model farms in Alabama.
 Sues For Damages-W. E. Lucy and his son, Fred Lucy, are suing John Temple for $25O damages, alleging that his horse and buggy ran into their au- tomobile and injuring it..
 Plant Manager Transferred-E. R. Sturdivant, for three years manager of the Gadsden plant of the American Bakeries company, has been transferred to the Wilmington, N. C., plant. His successor has not been named.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-26

Oh, yes, the town IS g00t0 the old. The average expectancy of life is greater than out. on the farm But as to the manner in which the town treats the young?
 We'll, listen. l
 Oh, yes, the town is good to the old. nifty Trust. Formed to take care of be- quests for purposes that have now be- come obsolete. The Sailors Snug Har- Dor, for example. When old Captain Randall left his small fortune to pro- vide home for destitute mariners he had no thought that it would become one of the great fortunes of New York --or that the time would come when there would be no sailors left to be made snug. :.
 Therefore the Community Trust has been created. The plan is to gather in the other obsolete trusts and put them to work for society as their 'givers desired, even if not upon precisely the lines originally laid down. These great charities are to be freed from the grip of the dead hand.
 The head of the Community Trust is Ralph Hayes. And he is 27 years old.
 A queer town, for sure. This morn ing blind negress. was tapping her way up Madison avenue. At street corner the most charming young woman l have seen in weeks stopped, her face filled with divine compassion. She pressed bill in the blind womafi's hand. The blind negress tapped her way into the street. i
 'soh, wait," murmured the young wo- man. art
 She had two young buckoes---rosy,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-26

choir ever organized here for a revival campaign.
 Degrees Conferred - Royal Arch Masons at Millport conferred the chap ter degrees upon 13 candidates last week. A team from Jasper came to Millport to lead in the degree work.
 Dredging Proceeds-The dredge boat used in the Fayette-Lamar counties drainage project has passed Millport and is rapidly making its way toward the Alabama-Mississippi state line. A temporary bridge has been placed over the pike road between Millport and Yer non, where the drainage ditch inter sected the pike and the bridge crew is at work on the new steel bridge at that place.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-26
Manlsattds Days And Nights
By HERBERT COREY


 worlds richest commuter. Ninety work on the five-cent subway each lpany head died at the age of 1O1. ty in the financial district who get .ey Depew celebrated his ninetieth yenty-year-old woman who has just e.
 superbly dressed, ively--at her side. She dared not leave them to guide the blind woman, and yet she could not take them with her. They were as restless as quicksilver. But before she could act a man I recognized as one of the worlds great bankers took the woman's arm. Another had turned to tion lawyer type. A third-a grubby taxi man-had pulled up his cab by the curb. He would have helped.
 Fine, wasn't it? Yet few weeks ago old Sam Langford came to town, stone blind. The gamest negro pugilist in the ring. He has been fighting, al- though he could hardly tell daylight from the dark. He waited for his an- tagonists to- come to him. They could hammer him at will. His one chance was to land blow in the dark.
 Did New York help Sam Langford ? Not so you could notice it. One of the sporting writers wrote about Old Sam for days, and New York did not help. A physician gave treatment free, hospital provided bed and room, few dollars came in. That's all. For years he was great figure in the ring. Kindly, free-handed, always jolly. Now he is to be turned out on the street, a broken old negro, practically blind.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-26

and provide sufficient patronage for the lines to make them well paying in- vestments. The Rahm committee is expected to hold conference with the company officials within a few days,
 Work At Nigl&-The heat has be- come so intense during the day time that harvest field hands have been forced to work at night instead of the day, according to word received by Lewis Nebris, local high school youth who is helping in the wheat fields of Oklahoma this season. On the farm where he it at work Nebris wrote that % cattle recently died of sunstroke in one day. The night shifts are growing in number he said, but in some places day work has been abandoned alto gether. Additional hands are needed for the harvest, he said..
 Crops Good In Lawrence Crop con- ditions in Lawrence county are excep- tionally good, according to Mrs. A. D. Orendorff, who has just returned from that county, where she had been study ing agricultural conditions. The farms generally are in, better shape than they were at this time last year, she said, and if unforeseen difficulties do not ar rive farmers may expect a very sue cessful year. az .n
 Highway Meeting Set-S up con ferences will be held in Morgan county within few days in preparation for a general meeting of all citizens to be held soon under the auspices of the Morgan county unit of the Tenneesee Valley Road Improvement association when plans will be mapped out for i'm proving the highways in this county. J. ". Clopton, president of the associa. tion, stated that the Madison county unit already has called conference for
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-26
GUARDsMEN ENTERTAIN

GREENVILLE, Ala., June 24.- Especial. )-Officers and men of Troop A, 55th Machine Gun Squadron en- tertained scores of citizens from Green vile and surrounding country at a soldiers mess last night. Capt. George Winters was toastmaster and i'm promptu speeches were made by Judge A. E. Gamble, Solicitor Calvin Poole, Judge c. F. ,Winkler, Capt. Duke Guice and Capt. J.sJ: Bohn.
 Tourists Pass Through-Many tour ists are daily passing through Green vile. Many of them report favorable on the roads between Montgomery and Mobile through Greenville.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-26
SHEFFIELD GETS TEAM

SHEFFIELD, Ala, June 25.-The fast baseball team from Wilson Dam will play at Sheffield for the balance of this season. Their first game will he played here on Thursday, Friday and Saturday of this week is scheduled for three games for the remainder of the season gpch week.
Evening star., 1924-03-28
JUDGE MATT|NGLY
IS REAPPO|NTED
Municipal Court Jurist, DEM
ocrat, Renamed by
President.

President Coolidge today reap
pointed Robert f. Mattingly as a
judge of the Municipal Court of the
District of Columbia.
This nomination, which was sent
to the Senate fo~ confirmation, had
been expected, inasmuch as Judge
Mattingly's administration during the
four years he has been on this bench
is understood to have been highly
nature of his Endorsement for reap
pointment.
Z Judge Mattingly, a. democrat and
native of Washington, was appointed
to the Municipal Court four years ago
by President Wilson. At the time
of this appointment he was serving
as supervisor Of the fourteenth dis
Washington.
Besides the Endorsement Of a large
number of representative citizens who
voiced their confidence in Judge
Mattingly's qualiffca tions there were
unanimous endorsements from the
District Of Columbia Bar Asso-
CldtloI, tIlt bdTElSJtrS tIuD and the
District Colorcd Bar Association and
the Mid-City Citizens Association, of
which hs has been a prominent
member
Judge Mattingly was born in South
west Washingto ton and received his
early education at the Jefferson pub
lie school. He later graduated from the
Georgetown University Law School
During his practice of law Judge Mat
tlngly has held the esteem of the
courts and of the members of the To-
cal bar. He also has always taken an
active part in civic matters, at all
times standing ready to assist in the
advancement of the Capitals inter-
eStS.
During the four years he has sat in
court has has been frequently assigned
oy the Chief. Justice of the Supreme
Court OF the District to sit in both
branches of the local Police Court
Because of the nature of Judge
Mattingly's record and because of the
practically unanimous request for his
reappointment it is thought that the
Senate will readily confirm the non:i-
nation.
Evening star., 1924-03-28
GIRL FOUND IN RIVER
IS DECLARED SUICIDE
Body Recovered Today Identified
as Helen Smoot, 10, of
Kensingtan, Md.

Relatives identified the body of
girl found in the Potomac this morn
ing, under the government wharf, at
the foot of Z street, as that of Helen
Smoot, eighteen years old, of Ken
sington, Md. Following a report by
Detective Sergt. Thompson, who in
vestigated, the case. Coroner hewitt
issued a certificate of suicide.
Detective Thompson reported that
Sergt. John O'Grady, in charge of
the wharf of the Washington bar
racks, had reported seeing the girl
yesterday, when she talked with him
about her fear that relatives were
preparing to send her back to a
sanatorium for treatment of mental
disorders.
A brother of Miss Smoot visited
the morgue this afternoon and
identified the body.
Evening star., 1924-03-28
Printing Money Wasted.

Representative Blanton points out
! that $1,000 alleged to have been paid
to Baltimore concern by Miller for
printing the bill was wasted" and
introduced letters to show that
s25065 is still owed on this account.
Representative Blanton asserted
that IS a result of personal inquiry
he found other contributors to the
propaganda" fund besides those list
ed by Supt. Miller. and said:
Until j forced it out of him with
a corkscrew Supt. Miller never ad-
| mttted that he received the $500 con-
tribution from the Southern Aid So
ciety of Virginia, an outside com
pany entirely. And up. to this good
hour he has never admitted that the
Acacia Mutual Life Insurance Assoc
iation has contributed more than
| $40, when, in fact, it contributed
$3.50, or $3.50 that he has never in any
way listed
Included in Representative Blan-
tons indictment is a letter from w.
Gwynn Gardiner. a former District
Commissioner. who IN replying to a
letter from Mr.. Blanton stated that
Supt. Miller was indebted in some
manner to Louis A. Dent, a lawyer
in the Southern building. and this re-
suited in Louis A. Dent being en-
payed by Burt A. Miller TO draft
an insurance law. which he did, and
which bill presented to Congress was
so drafted. Mr.. Miller called upon
the insurance companies to contri-
butte to Mr.. Dent for his services,
and l am reliably informed that Mr..
| Dent received from the insurance
companies S2,500 for his services in
drafting this bill.
Il am also reliably informed that
all bills contracted by said Miller for
printing incident to the work in con-
nection withythis bill were paid for by
| the insurance companies."'t ~
Evening star., 1924-03-28
PRESIDENT FAVORS
ARM0RY FOR D. c.
Weeks Urges Replacing o1
Present Inadequate Rent
ed Quarters.

Prospects for an armory for the
National Guard of the District of Co
lumbia to displace the old. delapidated
and unsuitable rented quarters it now
occupies were frightened today. when
Secretary of War Weeks made a
recomm endation in favor of such a
building, and President Coolidge in
dicated that he was favorable to it.
Secretary Weeks called at the White
House today and recommended to the
President that he instruct the director
of the budget to prepare an estimate
for a suitable armory for the troops
of the National Guard of the. District
OF Columbia. in order that the troops
here may be sufficiently and adequate
~ housed, and proper provision made
for their training.
The President was represented as
strongly in favor of doing this.
Both the President and Secretary
Weeks, IL was indicated, are strongly
convinced of the necessity for im-
proving the conditions of the local
National Guard troops, who for years
have had to obtain their training un-
der most unfavorable conditions. The
facilities are so unsatisfactory that
the War Department refused to rec
ognize certain troop organizations
which had been formed with much eff
fort here simply because there were
not suitable armories to house the
expensive equipment. furnished by the
War Department.
Following represe tauon some
time ago that the President was op-
posed to- a local armory as a part
of the public buildings bin, Maj.
Gen. Anton Stephan, commanding the
District of Columbia National Guard.
called on Secretary Weeks and point
ed out that the federal government
would not be asked to construct the
building in its entirety. but that
the armory bill now pending in Con-
gress provided for it's construction
on the 60-40 basis of payment as
other expenses of the government
are paid.
This feature, 1t was pointed out,
was laid before the President, TO-
gether with the fact that the Ma
tional Capital certainly should have a
proper armory for it's militia.
Just how much of an appEopria-
ton might be ordered In the pro-
posed order to the director of the
budget was not learned. as Secretary
Weeks merely asked for a suitable
armory, to include large drin hall
and company and store rooms, to-
gether with Offices for the headquar-
ters.
Evening star., 1924-03-28
MRS. MARY SMELL DIES,

Mrs Mary c. Smell. e1ghty-one
years old. widow of Rev. NJ. Porter
Smell of this city. and for many years
a resident here, died Tuesday. Fun
eral services were held at the resi-
dence of her son, William A. Smell,
corner of Hawthorne and Jewett
streets northwest. this afternoon at
. o'clock. Rev. Walter NJ. Eagleson,
pastor of the Sherwood Presbyterian
Church, ofticiated, assisted by Rev
George NJ. Cummings, pastor of the
Garden Memorial Church. Interment
was in the Congressional cemetery.
Mrs. Smell was for many years
prominent in the work of the local
Woman's Christian Temperance Union,
having been a trustee in the organi-
cation. She was the daughter OF
the late Gerard Hailock of New Ha-
ven, Conn. who was at one time
president of the Associated Press and
fog long time editor of the New
York Journal of Commerce.
She is survived by two daughters,
Mrs. Joseph NJ. Long of Hyattsville,
Md, and Miss Cora l. Smell of this
city; four sons, Theodore ri, Charles
l. and William A. Smell of this city,
and Clarence E. Smell of Richmond,
Va, also by fifteen grandchildren
and two great-grandchildren
Evening star., 1924-03-28
ATTACKING COUPLE,
BANDITS GET S1,5OO
Aged Mother and Son Beat
en- and Robbed of Fu-
neral Money.

Aroused about 2:3o this morning by
the breaking down of the door of
their bedroom, William B. Simmons.
fffty-eight years of age, of Capitol
Heights, Md, and his mother, Mrs.
Evelyn Simmons of Sidney. Nd, were
attacked at the home Of the mother
ut Sidney, badly beaten. and robbed of
currency totaling between S1.50o and
$4,000. The assailants were three or
four white men. and were masked,
according to the meager description
Simmons could give.
Two shots were fired by the robbers,
but neither Mrs. Simmons nor her
son was struck by bullets.
Aroused as the door broke. Sim
mons said, two men leaped upon him;
and graphing with him. inquired
where's that money" simmons said
he had no money. and struggled with
the men. He had one man down on
the floor, he added. choking him.
when the other struck him over the
head with 4 blunt weapon. and
knocked unconscious. His mother. in
another bed. was also knocked un-
conscious by a blow on the temple.
Took Funeral Money.
The assailants then went through
Simmons clothes and took more than
$1,000 in bills which he had intended
to use for payment of expenses IN
cident to the funeral of his brother.
who died last Saturday, $50 of his
own money, and a gold watch chain
with a diamond set in the fob.
Fifteen minutes later Mrs. simmons
son walked to the home of Charles
Ciladman, a neighbor, $50 yards dis
tant, where they were treated for
head cuts and decorations. Their
wounds were declared not to be Serl-
GUS by physician
John o. Simmons, brother of VIII
liam. who died last Saturday, left, ac-
cording to neighborhood gossip, a
considerable sum of money in the
house. He was buried Tuesday, and
since that time William had been
staying with his mother at the family
home.
Tore WDman's Clothes.
During the struggle Mrs. Simmons
clothing was partly torn off, as the
robbers. temporarily baff1ed in their
search, hunted everywhere for money.
They tore simmons clothes after
they had located the money in the
pockets. John Simmons is said 70
have left between $4,000 and $4,000,
most of which was in Washington
bank.
The robbers left as clues only the
lining of mans felt hat, size 67s
and a footprint in a pile of ashes
where one man jumped from the
porch Neighbors said they heard a
small automobile start about PAS
this morning. few moments, accord
ing to Simmons, after he had been
attacked.
Unable to Reach Gun.
Behind the bed on which Simmons
lay was a loaded shotgun. but the
men were upon him so quickly he
had no time TO get it Deputy Sheriff
F>ugitt of Prince Georges county is
investigating the affair. trying to
link il up with an attempted robbery
of John Simmons about five months
ago. Detective Sergts. Mullen and
Mansfield OF the Washington police
force visited the scene of the crime
today. Mansfield was unable to To-
cate any fngerprints or other marks
made by the assailants. He found an
empty .32-caliber revolver shell and
an unexploded cartridge
Evening star., 1924-03-28
With, CHURCH RADIO
STATION, S|LENCED
Rev. Earle Whitley Told Boyer
Company Action Follows
Phone Suit.

The voice of VIII. one OF Wash
ington's pioneer radio broadcasting
stations, has been silenced, ending
temporarily, at least, the religious
broadcasting service of the Vermont
Avenue Christian Church.
The only explanation given for the
signing off, of VIII by William p.
Boyer of the William p Boyer Com
pand, owners of the station, is that
his operator advised him TO stop.
Earle Wilfey. pastor of the Vermont
Avenue Christian Church, however
ascribed the cessation to the "eXis-
tence of an apparent monopoly"
DR.. Wilfiey declared that the Boyer
Company had informed him that WJH
had been compelled to discontinue
broadcasting in order to avoid prose-
cution by the American Telephone
and Telegraph Company, which in
stituted a suit in New York recently
to protect it's patents affecting radio
telephone broadcaSting.
Pastor Resents Move.
There is a growing feeling that
a monopoly exists to put the inGe-
pendent broadcasters out of business
said DIR. Whitley. II strongly resent
this idea if it is true. I feel that the
American people will never stand Tor
a
radio broadcasting."
The Sunday evening services of the
Vermont Avenue Christian Church
have been broadcast for more than
a year by WJH with the result that
the church has built up large in
visible congregation. DR.. Wilfley is
anxious that the religious services
continue TO go out on the ether
and the publicity committee of the
church is planning to take some ac-
tion that will make this possible.
The action of the Boyer company in
closing it's station under fear of
prosecution was viewed at the Ches-
apeake and Potomac Telephone Com
pa.ny today as an excuse for Stepping 6
out of the broadcasting service. 1t
was explained that neither the COM
pany nor the American Telegraph
and Telephone Company had indi
Gated that II would take any steps
TO close WJH. a statement issued
by the American Telegraph and Tele-
phone Company in New York several
days ago, it was pointed out, declared
that "a monopoly either of broad
casting for entertainment of the pub
lie or for hire is not desirable from
any point of view" and that there
has been no danger and is no danger
OF such a monopoly