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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-05-04
HOLD MEMORY TEST
Three Graded 100 Per Cent In Union.
town Contest

UNIONTOWN, Ala, May 3.-(Spe-
ciaI Leased Wire. The annual mem
Tory contest of the Weenona Hanson
Junior Music club was held in the
school auditorium and was conducted
by Mrs. Charles p. Johnston and Miss
Flora Howell. The judges were Mes
danes Frank T. Jones, Victor Coleman
and A. l.. Pou, who after due delibera-
tion, made the following report Misses
Lucille O'E3rien, Susie Lea Langhorne
and Bell Mccall Hart, were graded
100; Misses Louise Robertson, Lily
Taylor Davidson, Frances HARDWOOD and
Erin Underwood, honorable mention
among the older members and Frances
Harris, Bette White, Lyl Glass and
Mary Coleman Long, honorable mention
among the children members. Prizes
will be given at public meeting on
May II.
Road Work Begins--C Construction
work has been started on the Union
town Brown station section Of the Dixie
overland highway and it is the purpose
Of the contractor, Owen Farior, TO com
pIete it by December /. Nhe road will
shorten the distance be sen Union
town and Selma about 81 miles,
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-05-04
SHOWS DEATH NOTE
Woman Slashed Threat With Razor In
Corn Crib

HEFLIN,. Ala, May 3.-(Special. }
Arlan Gaines, husband of the young
matron of the Lebanon section of the
county who spread a quilt on the floor
of corn crib and slashed herself to
death with razor last week, was in
Helm Saturday and exhibited his
wife's farewell note to a number OF
his friends.
Mrs. Gaines stated in her note that
she had planted farewell kiss on the
lips of her 9-month-old baby girl before
sending the nurse and children to a
nearby store and requested herShusband
to kiss her before she was placed in
the grave. BIZ
Back In Heflin-After attending the
Methodist district conference at Gads-
den and visiting friends in Admission
and Choceolocco, Rev. and Mrs. j. @.
Francis have returned to their home
In Helm,
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-05-04
FARMERS BEHIND
IN HIGH JACKSON
Strawberries Begin To Move On
Market

SCoTTSBoRO. Ala, May 3.-(Spe
cial. rains in this section
have caused much delay with the farm
ers. Crops have not been fully plant.
ed. While the planting has progressed
as well as possible, temperatures have
been too low for best termination.
Strawberries will begin TO move in
few days This is new industry
here but the past year was a success.
full one in this line. The strn wberry
growers ship together. thereby making
an even distribution of the crop. Coffey
and Bynum and Claude Spivey are
probably the largest strawberry grow
ers In this section.
The prospects for a potato crop are
good. Last year the potato growers
shipped theiE crops comparatively and
several car loads were made up.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-05-04
300 SCHOOL BOYS ~
IN OPELIKA PARADE
ROtarians Help Boys Enjoy Red
Letter Day

OPELIKA, Ala, May ESPECIAL
Leased Wire)-A spectacular stunt
was staged by the Rotary club Thurs
day afternoon when members of the
club paraded through the streets of the
city at the head OF a column of 300
school boys in line of march. The event
was in observance of boys week, fos-
tered by International Rotary club. 1t
was 9 thrilling sight to the onlookers
to see the stream Of young Americans
as they marched with flying banners
with various inscriptions, such as BE
His Pal" Give Every Boy His
Chance" 1.-The Boy is Our Greatest As
set, These Boys Need an Athletic
Field, and many others.
At the conclusion of the parade the
boys were served with free ice cream
at the railroad park while the Opelika
hand furnished music. Afterwards the
youngsters were given free tickets 70 the
movies by the manager Of the Rainbow
theatre. 1t was a red letter tlay for The
boys and enjoyed by the citizens as
we'll
Macon Man To Preach--Rev. Marvin
Pharr of Macon. Georgia. will preach
at the First Baptist church both morn
ing and evening"
To Grade Athletic FieId-Work on
the new athletic field for the high
school will he begun Monday. This
much needed improvement is the result
OF the work. Of the joint committeeman
from the Kiwanis and Rotary clubs
who appeared before the county com
missioners and secured the county
grading crew to do the work of grading
the ground.
Two In Race--Interest in municipal
politics has been aroused by the recent
entry OF the second ticket in the field
The two candidates for the office of
mayor are Henry X. Pickett, local at
torney, who announced several weeks
ago, and II. G. Cliff. the present mayor,
who announced this week. The city pri-
mary Is to be held May ~.
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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-05-04
STATE CAMP Align
AIMS TO PROTECT
TIMBER SUPPLY
Rules Adopted For Crea-
ton OF Auxiliary
State Forests
FIRE PREVENTION
is FIRST CONCERN
Timber Being Cut Four
Times AS Fast AS
1t Grows

MONTGOMERY, Ala, May 3.--(By
the Associated Press. IA campaign Of
education and conservation is being
launched BY the state forestry depart
hent, one Of the newly created govern
saental bodies Of Alabama.
The state commission already has
adopted rules and forms Of contracts
for creation of auxiliary state forests.
The owner Of the land contracts with
the state to set aside his land for a
period of five years, devoting 1t to for
est culture and guarding from fire.
Alabama has total Of about 49,,
10000 acres of timber land, according
TO Major Page s. Bunker, state for
ester. OF this amount about 10000
900 acres is in an unimproved or wild
state. This part includes the hill lands,
Improbable farm lands and sandy
tracts that are of little use. but will
trow good timber rapidly, he said.
Warning Issued
The state must take steps to
cultivate its timber supply and
increase the growth, or with
in few years it win be buying all its
wood from the Pacific northwest, and
paying out millions OF dollars In car
rage costs, Major Bunker asserted.
One OF the principal steps OF forest
conservation Is fire prevention, Major
Bunker said. Fourteen Or 10 million
acres OF timber lands in large and small
blocks easily could be put under fire
protection IN the state, he said. Texas,
LOUISIANA, North Carolina, Virginia
ana tennessee ALREADY nave fire pro-
tecnon measures in effect, and Ala
bana Is starting its campaign.
Ere protecton, flrst, increases the
yield from forests. The average for
the south now 10 about 2OU to 800 board
rect an acre per annum. Pine stump
age now IS worth on an average OF 20
a thousand feet
II flres are kept out OF the timber
reserves the Yield Will go up to about
ovV board Ieet an acre per year, and
some foresters believe 1t VIII go even
nigner, MAJOR Bunker said. In the
meanwhile, tine price OF stumpage also
VIII ascend, and thus making timber
raising an even more profitable in
Vestment
Eor example, If 10, 100000 acres are
put under fire protection, producing
QUO board feet an acre, that alone
woIl n mean an annual revenue Of $37.-
oO0sUOO, MAJOR Bunker continued Like
49,, WITH the increasing prices Of
ssumpage, the value OF the yield win
Dc increased.
another reason for reforestation in
alabama IS the fact that timber is be-
ing cut about four times as fast as it
rs grown, according to forestry figures.
Timber Raising Profitable
Timber raising In the south is even
more profitable than in the north, be-
cause the southern pine, which is the
principal kind of lumber cut. has a
heavier bark, and less wax in the leaf,
90 that 1t resists fire, and seldom ever
Is totally destroyed, although its growth
may be retarded. The northern pine
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-05-04
VALUATION INCREAsED

MOBILE, Ala, May 3.--An increase
of approximately 100000 in valuation
of Mobile county property was made
this week by the county board of rev.
enue. The board found upon investi-
CATION that valuations given by. some
property owners did not come up to
the meaning of reasonable value"
Of the property, and additional amounts
were added.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-05-04
ROAD PROJECT ADOPTED

MONTGOMERY, Ala, May 3.-The
state highway commission has reached
an agreement with the state depart
ment Of agriculture on a road project
in Lauderdale county and the report
has been sent to the bureau of public
roads. it has been announced. This
project involves bridge over Shoals
creek, six and one-haIf miles east of
Florence.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-05-04
u. d. G. TO CONVENE
TUESDAY AT OZARK
Mrs. Mcdowell OF Eufaula To
Preside

OZARK, Ala. May 3.-Women from
all parts of Alabama will gather here
May 6. Z and for the annual conven.
ton Of the United Daughters of the
COnfedcracy, according to local off
cials. Mrs. Charles Mcdowell, Jr., of
EHfaula, state president, will preside
at the sessions.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-05-04
CROPS DAMAGED
Heavy Rains May Prevent Stand OF
Cotton

FORT DEPOSIT. Ala, May b.
Especial. )-It Is reported that the
farmers in this. vicinity viii sustain
much loss to their crops as a result OF
the heavy rainfall and high winds which
occurred here this week. The majority
of the cotton acreage which was re-
Gently planted is packed so hard by
the heavy rains that it is a speculat ton
as to whether stand will be secured.
City Growing large garage and
display rooms being erected by n. j.
Martin on East Pollard street are
nearing completion and will be quite
an addition to that part of town. Sew
eral new garages and gas filling sta
tions, number of business houses, and
also new homes have recently been built
here. tF
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-05-04
PROPERTY SOID

MUNIGUMERY, Ala, May "a
two-story building and lot at III Dex.
ter avenue recently was purchased by
William IL. Moore from Adolph Roe
mer for consideration of $45, 900. The
building will be reopened as soon as
the stock, owned by the bankrupt j.
Henle Mercantile company. under the
name of Porteus and Pol1on. has been
disposed Of. it was announced.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-05-04
LEGIONNAIRES IVA MEET

TUSCALOOSA, Ala, May 3.-Five
hundred former service men are ex-
pected to attend the annual convention
of the state department of the Ameri-
can Legion here July 3 to 5, according
10 word received from F. Taylor Peck
Of Mobile, commander. The woman's
auxiliary and the 40 and s. will hold
joint sessions with the legion.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-05-04
GOING mo- ANNAPOIIs

HELM, Ala, May 3--(Special. J
Paul Adams. son Of Mr.. and Mrs. L.
e. Adams, who was recently appointed
as cadet at the Annapolis academy,
win take his entrance examination in
June. Mr.. Adams has been attending
the Marion Military institute during
the winter session.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-05-04
SEEK ORPHANs' HOMIE

TUSCALOOSA, Ala, May 8.-Tus-
caloosa Chamber of Commerce has ap-
pointed a committee to meet with rep
Iresentatives of the grand lodge of Ala
bama OF the knights of Pythias to re-
quest that that body locate its orphans
home at Tuscaloosa.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-05-04
NURSRRYNTEN no MEET

MONTGOMERY, Ala, May 3.-The
Alabama Nursery association and the
state board Of agriculture viii meet on
some date between May 20 and so, in
the Tennessee valley, probably at
) Huntsville, according to- j. M. Moore,
commissioner Of industries and agri-
culture.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-05-04
BANKER DIES
w, L. Melton Succumbs After Ions
Illness

MOBILE. Ala, May 3.-william
Letcher Melton, former vice president
of the Farmers & Mechanics Bank of
Mobile, chairman of the legislative COM
mittee of the State Bankers associa-
ton and an official of the Common
wealth Finance corporation of New
York, died here today after long ILL
ness. He was engaged in the banking
business at Centerville, Ala, at the
time of his death. He is survived by
his widow and one son,
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-05-04
nINING RnnM nPENs

DOTHAN, Ala, May S.-The new
dining room of the Newsom hotel here
has been opened and cafe is to be
opened later to be operated in con-
nection with the dining room, it is an
nounced.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-05-04
TO LET PAYING Ribs

FLORENCE, Ala, May Bids
will be received May 6 by the city
commission of Florence ON IS paving
projects embracing about 20 blocks Of
paving.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-05-04
NAMRD MINE INSPECTOR

MONTGOMERY, Ala, May Nv.
L. Neill Of Birmingham has been com.
missioned as associate mine inspector.
He succeeds w. w. Kicker, whose term
expired last month.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-05-04
STREET PAYING ASKEn

HUNTSVILLE, Ala, May 3.-Three
petitions have been presented to city
officials here, requesting pavement on
three streets in the city.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-05-04

Lost articles are found. work is OBJ
tanned, help is secured, real estate is
sold, through Want Ads placed in
The Age-Herald.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-04-11
RADIO VANDALISM

A reward is being offered for the apprehen-
sion of radio vandal," who is accused of
interfering with the broadcasting of political
speeches. tits question. however, whether
such a personals a yandal or a public bene-
factor. 1t is not to the taste of wide num-
Der of persons to be obliged to listen to po-
litical speeches that continually obtrude them
selves when the taste of the majority of au-
ditors is for concerts, bedtime stories or other
entertainment. In such a case perhaps the
speech-maker is the real vandsl. There is no
radio activity so persistent as the one the
operators are seeking to avoid. If there is
a speech going on in Detroit it is going to
obtrude itself into almost every tuning-in
process, no matter how frantically the knobs
are revolved in order to escape from it. 1t
is the free privilege of the American citizen
to avoid speeches if he likes, and the radio
doesn't permit him to avoid them. Wherein
then lies the vandalism?
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-04-11
Brief Nature Stories
BY j. OTIS SWIFT

Filling the air of old pastures growing up
to wood with music from the gray dawn
until after shutdown, the field bunting, or
bush sparrows as Burroughs called it. comes
in April to wake the arbutus and riolets.
Wintering from Virginia and Illinois south
ward this chestnut-crowned minstrel keeps
ahead of the hiker in spring fields and bushy
uplands and does not encourage near ae-
quaintances. The upper back is streaked
with slaty brown and black over rich chest
nut, lower back more smoky, whitiah wing
bars, long tail, grayish white below and light
buff on sides and breast.
The grass nest is on the ground or in a
small bush. Many mistake the bird for the
chipping sparrow because of its red head
The plaintive song, with three soft wild
whistles and ending in a series of trills and
quavers that slowly melt away in silence"
as Nellie Blanchan described it, turns many
a summer afternoons monotony to gold,
Among distinguished marks are the gray
line over the eye; no marks on the light buff
breast, reddish bill and rusty brown tail.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-04-11
Worry rs A Habit
nx n. AppTNGToN BRuCA

Has It never occurred to you, who write,
complaining Of your inability to find relief
from the malady Of worry, that possibly
worry Ii In your case not 50 much malady
as merely bad habit? Certainly this posi-
bility Is suggested by. your own statements.
You write that you worry about every
thing-your work, the weather, the safety
Of your children when they are out Of your
sight, anticipated evils of all sorts. Hark
back in memory and I fancy you will find
that this chronic induignece In fretful anx-
iety and gloomy foreboding has been Of
gradual growth.
There was a time, you perhaps will recall,
when you worried only occasionally and for
reasons giving good ground for worry. Little
by little you developed tendency to worry
about imaginary as well as real ills. Until
today it actually is easier and more nat
urai" for you to worry than not to worry.
This certainly Is the way worry takes
possession of many people. Essentially it is
nothing more or less than a habit process.
Like every other habit it gains strength with
repetition until finally it obtains complete
mastery.
Also like every other habit, though. the
worry habit may be broken. But it can be
broken only through the gradual substituting
Of counter-habit of meeting lifes vicissi-
tudes and trials confidently and serenely.
Instead of making the impossible resofd-
ton, II will not worry" set watch, so to
speak, to catch yourself worrying about
some specific or expected happening,
When you do thus catch yourself, bring
back to recollection similar occasions when
you worried needlessly. Reason with your
self that IL it was foolish to worry then,
Il will be no more sensible to worry now.
Force a smile, however difficult it may
seem to do so. That smile will have a re-
flex action helping you to feel more. cheerful.
For the same reason, assume an erect, con-
fident posture. Don't let yourself adopt the
dropping posture of anxiety. Stand straight,
front life courageously.
And--most important of all-busy your.
self with some activity that will keep your
attention interestedly occupied. If, for ex-
ample, you turn attentively to your work,
you can't very we'll be worrying at the
same time for there won't be room In your
mind for worrying thoughts.
1t will not always be easy to adhere to
this program. In fact, since you are by your
own admission confirmed worrier, it is
likely at first to be exceedingly hard. But
don't give way to despair.
No matter how many failures you may
have. persevere with your systematic self
discipline for cheerfulness. Your successes,
little by little, will begin to outnumber the
failures. And each success will make surer
the final outcome of a replacing Of your per-
nicious worry habit with a benign habit of
self controlled tranquility.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-04-11
LEGISLATIVE sLoYFNL1NEss

The opinion of the attorney general Of
Alabama that the recently enacted game
and fish laws are unconstitutional brings
disappointment to many who Loyalty worked
for their formulation and passage The in
validity rests, not upon the purpose of the
law or the manner of its application and en-
Increment, but upon the usual omission of
something or other in the title that is re-
CURED by the constitution. In other words,
the invafidity is due to the inefficiency and
carelessness with which our laws are drawn
and engrossed. If this were the only law
that has failed because Of such omission,
the error might be forgiven as due to the
rule and not the exception. 1t has been the
case, not only with minor and unimportant
laws, but with those laws that have had the
Endorsement and support of the entire peo-
pie. The flaws are such as can be prevented
with even ordinary attention.
The last two or three legislatures have
been earnestly besought to surround the for
malities as to the constitutional require
eentS governing statutes with such safe
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-04-11
Facing The World
BY JOHN CARLYLE

Is Pollyanna the patron saint of America?
Lynn Harold Hough, brilliant Detroit
preacher until recently the president of a
great university, says Pollyanna is on the
way to occupying that eminence.
And he wonders if the Order of the Ostrich
is not growing beyond all safe and reasonable
bounds. His plea for Americans and for
world citizens to face the facts is worth our
earnest investigation.
Do you know that every intelligent, we'll
informed person in Europe faces the convic-
tion that the end of civilization may very
possibly come within one hundred years?
Do you know that many of the most
thoughtful persons in Great Britain believe
that their homeland is no longer the land
of reasonable opportunity for their sons?
They look to America as the last chance for
a new generation to achieve future befitting
a great ancestry.
Dou you know that thinking men and wom-
en- all over the world have at last come, freely
to admit that the principles for which the
great nations of the earth induced hundreds
Of thousands of young men to die are not the
principles for which the living stand today?
These facts are cold and cruel, but they
are facts just the. same.
Is it not time that we, faced them and
quit muddling along in the unsecured hope of
a brighter day?
This is not hopeless or even a pessimistic
cry. There is nothing to be permanently dis
couraged about, But there is much to be
done, and it Is time that our voices and our
influence were marshalled into a fashion for
the lettering of the world.
Today the air force of France is fifteen
times as great as that of any other nation,
This is not criticism of French policy. II
is only a significant example of the spirit
which animates the wounded body of Europe
today.
When we sent our young men to war, we.
had very definite ideas that q rich sacrifice
was to be made. But we believed In some
exalted, mysterious fashion that the earth
was to be purified by the costly blood of the
slain
We thought that in one thunderous crash
We were silencing the war-drum forever.
Now we know that the world we hoped and
fought for is not the world we have today.
Shall we not face the facts and shall we
not lift our voices increasingly in the cause
of peace and a new and better world?