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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-05-03
OAK CITY CHURCH
PLANS new Home
Option Taken On Old
Methodist College
Property
iTuscaloosa Buraaul

TUSCALOOSA, Ala, May 2.-The
vestry of Christ Episcopal church has
secured an option until May 10 on the
old Methodist college property on Queen
City avenue on which it is contemplated
to- erect a handsome church and other
church buildings. The price named
in the option is $50, 900. A mass meet
ing Of church members has been called
for May to consider the proposition.
The present church property is worth
abbut S1O0,O0O and this would be sold
il the new site is acquired.
Directors To Meet-DirectOrs of the
Tuscaloosa farm bureau meet Satur-
day morning at the Chamber of Com
merce rooms.
Urges Training Camps = Major
General David c. Shanks, United
States army, spoke at the luncheon
meeting of the Lions club Friday aft
ernoon on the importance Of young men
attending the citizens training camps.
John Dettie spoke on the A5Qerican
constitution, his prize winning speech
Free Clinics StartedzzyFree clinics at
the Druid City hospital are being con-
sidered by a special committee appoint
ed for the purpose by the hoard of
trustees. Miss Bessie Bilbrey has been
added to the hospital staff as dietician.
Shes was formerly connected with the
Bryce hospital.
See Good Fruit Tuscaloosa
county has every promise of good
fruit year, according to reports of grow
ers of orchards over the county.
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CRITICISM GIVEN
ROAD COMMISSION
Delay In Completing Shoals
Underpass Scored

SHEFFIELD, Ala, May 2.-The
Sheffield Rotarians heard splendid
address yesterday on Truth" deliv-
cred by DIR. w. G.. Clark, pastor of, the
First Presbyterian. church. The cues
ton of the. delay in finishing the I'M
derpass of the intercity highway was
brought up and the statement was made
that road construction was waiting for
the state highway department to pre-
pare plans for Colbert county before
the company could complete the work.
Rotarian Andrews vigorously criticised
the highway department, which, he de-
clared, had acted in a manner that
should call forth the, severest criticism
of its course His remarks met with
the approval sof the, club.
Negro Drops Dead-James W. Wis
dom, well known negro of Tuscumbia,
dropped dead from heart failure at his
home this morning.
Guests Kiwanis Cuba splendid
program of music and oratory featured
the weekly luncheon today of the Tus-
cnmbia Kiwanis club. Lieutenant Gov
ernor Nathan L. Miller, Borden Burr
and Judge j. Q, Smith of Birmingham
were the guests of Kiwaniaff Walter
Miller and pleased the club with ad-
dresses.
G. O.. p, Conference Heidi. Fon-,
tain Little, postmaster of Sheffield, left
today for Decatur to attend a political
conference to be held there Friday
night by o. r. Street and other repub-
lican party leaders of Alabama. He
was accompanied by III. A. Caffey and
r. NJ. Sims Of Florence and Charles
d. Kennemer, United States district
attorney of Birmingham, who has been
in Sheffield attending the annual ses-
sion Of the State Bar association.
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NEW. DIRECTORY ,,.-
TO BE PUBLISHED
Huntsville Volume Will Appear
In September

HUNTSVILLE, Ala, May 2.-(Spe-
cial. 1.-The Piedmont Directory COM
pany of Asheville, N. c., which has pub
lished the city directories Of Huntsville
during the last twenty years, has sent
an agent here to make preliminary ar
rangements for the publication of a new
directory. The new volume will appear
about September 1, it is, stated, and
will contain the names of all people in
Huntsville and suburbs, listing for the
first time all the residents of the terri
tory eventually to be included in Great
er Huntsville"
Wedding RepOrted-Lawrence N.
Uranium, prominent young business
man of Gurley, and Miss Artie Lay,
daughter of J. NJ. Lay of Huntsville,
were married Wednesday evening. =;
Students EntertainedEThe Kiwanis
club entertained the members Of the Sc
Nor classes of the Huntsville college
and the Huntsville High school last
night, following their annual custom of
some years past. ..''.
4 Boy Disappears-Huntsville police
have been requested to look out for
Winston Moore, a ffteen-year-old boy
of Gurley, who has disappeared from
his home.
Farmer Dies-William ]. McNeill,
aged so, well-known farmer of Madison
county, is dead after long illness.
Court Term Set-The deferred term
of the circuit court, which was post
poned from next week. will be held be-
ginning July z, according to informa-
tion received from Judge o. Kyle and
Judge James e. Horton by court Of
ficials here. The court term was post
poned because the farmers, many of
whom would be required to attend. are
two or three weeks behind with their
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DIPLOMAT GOES !
TOPOST IN CUBA
Gadsden Man Served Five
Years AS Consul At
Bagdad

GADSDEN, Ala, May 2.-Thomas
r. Owens, former high school princi-
pal of Gadsden, World war veteran,
and for the past five years United
| States consul at Bagdad, ancient CAPT.
tai Of Mesopotamia, has been detailed
as the United States consul general at
| Havana. Cuba. He was recently re-
| lieved of his post at Bagdad and has
been in Washington awaiting assign.
ment for about two weeks Immediate
IL after he was discharged from the
army Mr.. Owens successfully passed
an examination for the consulate serv-
ice and was sent to the Near East.
Mistrial Results-After being hope
lessly divided for two days, the jury in
| the case of Bill Hooks, Fred Mayo and
Bernice, charged with disturbing re-
ligious worship reported Friday that
| it could not agree. Judge Steele order
ed mistrial. Three Of the jurymen
stood for conviction and nine for ac-
| quittal. !.
Heads Parent. Teachers-Mrs. w. F..
LETTERS was elected president of the
| Glencoe Parent-Teacher association FRI
| day afternoon. Other officers named
were: Secretary, Mrs. J. e. LETTERS /;
| treasurer, Mrs. G. A. East; assistant
| treasurer, Mrs. J. J. Croft. Plans are
made for community fair to be held
next fall.
Postal Receipts Jump-Post office re-
ceipts for April totalled $4,240.23, as
compared to $3,782.28 for the same
month year ago. The increase is de-
clared to be about the average for the
past four OF five years.
Cottage Planned--The Etowah Coun-
ty Baptist Young Peoples union. which
meets here Sunday afternoon, will make
final plans for erecting a county b. I.
P. u. cottage at Mentone, before the
state Baptist convention meets there in
June. DIR. Fred d. Pearson, returned
missionary from Palestine. will be the
principal speaker.
Rates On Stoves Up-Secretary w
HI. Butler of the Chamber of Commerce
has received notice of hearing in Bir-
mingham May q by the public service
commission of citation to all railroads
in Alabama to show cause why freight
rates on stoves should not be reduced
He will attend and represent the cham
Der.
Rescue Home Urged-Mrs.J. j. Moore
and other w. G. T. U. leaders in the
movement to secure the establishment oil
a detention home for delinquent girls
state that the project has been given
the Endorsement OF every luncheon club
in the city. These include the Rotary
the Kiwanis, the Civilian, the Axis and
the Business and Professional Women's
club.
Alfalfa Chosen-The Gadsden district
conference, which ended its session here
late Thursday will meet next year al
Alfalfa. Delegates named to the north
Alabama conference, which meets al
Talladega next November, are S. G.
Tatum, Center: w. A. wilbanks, Col.
linsville; E.. P. Murphy and S. ]. Miller
Jr., Gadsden G. w. Floyd, Flat Rock
Lamar Smith, Noojin, and Mis- Ida
Davenport, Valley Head.
Randolph To Speak-Rev. Oscar
Randolph, rector of the Episcapol
church of st Highlands
of Birmingham, will preach at the
Church of the Holy Comforter here
Sunday morning.
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Famous Campaign Slogans

controlled enough votes to win the nom
nation. Morbid it appear that there
would be a. sufficient shift in favor
of any of the acknowledged favorites,
The strategy Of the Blaine leaders ap4
-parentiy was TO allow each one, in turn,
to show his fullest strength and then
subside, leaving Blaine as the logical
candidate to- break, the deadlock.
Whenever a candidate approached
this, danger mark, the Blaine men set
about dividing the vote by swinging
their support elsewhere. They toted
banner around the hall, bearing the
inscr' ption, Blaine and: Protection"
and groups of young men paraded
through hotel Hobbies and, other places
where politicians foregathered, chant
ing Blaine, Blaine. James G.. Blaine"
While the delegates abided their time,
the magic name was kepttalive.
William MCKINLEY. had Jan apportun-
ity to prove his loyalty when he was
brought, forth as a%compromise candi-
date. He promptly squelched the boom
by declaring !: .."I would rather have
my right arm cut off than be suspected
of any ambition here, except the ambi-
ton to secure the nomination of SEN
ator Sherman A combination of lead
ers directed by Plat of New York,
Quay of Pennsylvania and Clarkson of
Iowa finally brought about the nomina-
ton Of Benjamin Harrison, which was
greeted with half hearted cheering, last
ing scant two minutes
With Protection" as the dominant
cry of the republican orators, Harri-
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Too echnicnl And Verbose,
Clayton Tells Attorneys
Briefs No Longer Brief And Redundancy Is
s Vogue, Declares Judge In Address

possibly to avoid the study and thought
that may be necessary for clear phrase
ology, nurses similar course. Another
thing sometimes briefs are not briefs in
fact but are treatises with many cita-
tons, sometimes of cases which have not
been read or studied by the brief
maker." sS
Judge Clayton commended the activi-
ties of Alabama lawyers to rid their
profession Of unworthy members, stat
ing: mo higher duty could be imposed
upon the profession than that Of Kidding
itself of unworthy members
Referring to the blame which has
been attached by some persons to law
yers for their part in legislation, Judge
Clayton stated that legislation encour-
aged by lawyers has done much to
diminish the lawyers business. He
mentioned as an example that lucrative
sources of employment were deliberately
destroyed by lawyers who formulated
and procured the passage of the bank
ruptcy act. Lawyers ought to be, and
are, as a. rule, more conservative and
more capable lawmakers than other
Legislators" he stated. Is
On Restating Law
Speaking Of the matter. of a restate-
ment OF common law principles, Judge
Clayton said; The work upon which
the commission appointed by Chief
Justice Taft, which has been referred to
is engaged. that of restating the COM
mon law, gives much promise-of better
ment of conditions.
SHEFFIELD, Ala, May 2.--At this
mornings session of the Alabama State
Bar association the members voted to
consolidate, this association with the
state bar organization, making one law
yers' organization for the state of Ala
bama. Chopper Almon. Of Sheffield, son
of Congressman .Almon. read a paper
on "The New Act Creating the Alabama
Bar"
'The Profession Of Law, Its Ethic
and Standards" was the subjects Of a
paper by #. D.. Macarthur Of Birming-
ham.
The annual address was delivered
by Judge Henry d. Clayton of Mont
gomery.
At 3 o'clock this afternoon the Wis
itors were taken in automobiles for
a visit to Wilson dam, Florence and
the nitrate plant. Tonight at the Ten
nessee Valley Country club the visit
ors were entertained with an informal
banquet and smoker.
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BENJAMIN HARRIsON--Protectio
1855 -. y ,


-1SSS -
W7HEN James G. Blaine. stated that
w he was not presidential candi.
Sdate, the decks were cleared for
lively action at the republican conven-
ton in Chicago, June, 1883. Blaine
still. remained the biggest gun in the
republican party and probably could
have doomed his way into the. noni-
nation; but his public withdrawal per-
mitted the lesser guns to. carry on
merry warfare. y i.,t
Senator John Sherman had large
following, as did Governor Russell A.
Alker, Benjamin Harrison, Walter Q.
Chauncey M. Depew went to Chicago
as the candidate Of the, New York del
egations but his chances were never Sc
riously considered. An other, things
being equal, the genial senator was toe
heavily burdened, with railroad inter-
ests, fact which Depew. himself rec
ognized when he gracefully withdrew
after his home state had supported
him for few ballots. n
Most aof the actual work of the con-
vention was done. in hotel rooms and
Hobbies in efforts. to win over dele
gates, for it soon became evident that
a deadlock threatened. Followers of
Sherman and Harrison, not crediting
the sincerity Of notwithstanding,
claimed that this was precisely what
his sHpporters in the convention plan
ned. And though there is nothing to
indicate that, Blaine sanctioned the at
titude of his boosters, the history of
the convention shows that they played
a shrewd and tricky game.
A careful counting, of noses made il
evident that neither Sherman, Harri.
son, Gresham, or any Of the Others.
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SPADES HOLD INITIATION
Auburn Society Selects Senior Honor
Students

AUBURN, Ala, May 2.-(SpeciaL
In connection with May Day festivities
here today the Spades, senior honor So
ciety, staged its annual initiation cele-
bration. The Spades consists of ten
members of the junior class, selected on
merit of scholarship and student activi-
ties, by the Spades of this year. The
newly elected members constitute the
membership of the society next year
and are members of the senior class
of 1925.
Those participating in the initiation
were: William A. Young, agriculture,
Vernon, Ala; r. H. Cobbs, electrical
engineering, Gadsden, Ala; G. H. Turk,
mechanical engineering, Greensboro,
Ala; L. A. Agee, pharmacy, Lamison,
Ala. r.. L. Locke, mechanical engin-
eering, Montgomery, Ala; ". e: Glenn,
electrical engineering, Chipley, Ga; L.
@. Pattillo, electrical engineering, Hart
selle, Ala. w. H. Weidenbach. agri-
culture, Birmingham, Ala; w.. 7. Saw
age, Jr., electrical engineering, Mont
gomery, Ala. and Sidney Deane Peter
SEN. agriculture, Chattanooga, Tenn.
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(Afuscle shoaIa Bufeaul

SHEFFIELD, Ala, May b." Some
past, present and prospective burdens
Of lawyers was the subject of the ad-
dress delivered here today before the
convention of the Alabama State Bar
association by. United States District
Judge Henry d. Clayton. judge Of the
middle and northern districts of Ala
bama. Judge Clayton's address covered
various problems of the legal profess
sion in interesting fashion, and con-
tanned a reference, among other things,
to the effect which stenographers have
exerted upon the length Of legal pro-
ceedings.
Under our system Of pleading in Ala
bama ] need not tell what happens in
many cases, for you know to what I'M
necessary length ,pieadings are some
times drawn out, redundancies INDUCED,
meticulous refnements set forth, and
sometimes at lengths il not intolerable,
inexcusabfe and intended to create con-
fusion, or to delay or prevent the con-
of the real merits of the case, y
Judge Clayton stated. Traps are set
for the lawyer not highly skilled in
technicalities, and the busy judge who
may not always discover the Senegambia
hid in the monstrous verbal woodpile.
'.t.... Doubtless prolixity, redundancy
and overrefinements in pleadings are SUI
perinduced by the fact that. the prac-
titioner is good talker, has an expert
stenographer who is also q lovely
'typist' blonde or brunette. You can
imagine the lawyer sitting on one side Of
the table and the young lady on the 9TH
er. and then he begins to talk out what
he calls his declaration or other plead
ings in the case. The words flow on
and he becomes forgetful even of the
fact that the public service commission
Of Alabama can order, in railroad cases
at least, terminal facilities. :.
Briefs Not Brief
II think there is a general tendency
Of growth in length and redundancy II
not uncertainty in pleadings. The
craftsman will sometimes amplify in.
stead of preparing brief or succinct
declaration, which he would doubtless
do if writing it out in longhand or
even If picking it out himself on a
typewriter, and lessen unnecessary en-
largement and redundancy. The scat
tergun' effort to cover everything in a
loose way would be avoided. His ad-
yersary, possibly due in part to his de
sire to keep his stenographer busy, or
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LIMITS
.Rt6lT TO ERECT.
ROAD BHLB0ARDS.
Property Owners Consent
Necessary AS Well As /.
v That OF State

a.IfI IA UHI y
MONTGOMERY, Ala, May p
when the state takes over the land
ofsan indyidual for the right-of-way
Of a publ road, such n taking does
not give te state the right to allow
theferectiq Of advertising Biiiboards
onJ4he land IL has been held by Judge
Ara. Eyas, assistant attorney gen.
eral of the state. This opinion has
been rendekd by Judge Evans at the
request OF John A.. Rogers, chairman
OF tthe stat highway commission.
In his lettr that requested this opin-
ioHs from tn attorney generals office
Chairman Hgers stated that the board
Of administration had entered into con-
tract with t. Aiabama Highways Adj
vcrtising conbany, Inc.,n to put mark
ers Jon the hihways and also to allow
them to erect gillboards along the right
ofrway. Chatham Rogers further stat
, ed that rules Ind regulations had been
adopted for thserection of road mark
kerF, and advertising signs, giving the
scompany named he exclusive right to
advertise along the highways.
This question, shoe while ago was
brought to a head by, tbe acf;cn Of
Cray Henderson, landowner Of fillmore
cosanty, who removed advertising signs
from his property through which rms
the right-of-ways of the MONTGOMERY
Wetnmpka road from Judkins Ferry
bridge over the Tallapoosa river to We
tumpka. The state highway commits
sion ordered Mr.. Henderson to, restore
the signs a 7sif;:. ~ Z
According to the decisicnnof the at
torney generals Office tEe iEfate high
way commission has no authority to
contract with 4 third party. granting
hin. the right to erect mercantile ads
verfisement boards on lands conveyed
by property owner as a Yight-of-way
for "a public road without the con-
sefif Of the land owner.
Friday, Chairman Rogers of the state
highway Commission was out of the
city as was M. 8. Whitfield. Official
Of the company which has the con-
tract for erecting signs, and markers
on the Alabama highways. Il A. Royd.
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ADMISSION READY
FOR CHAUTAUQUA
William Jennings Bryan
And Other NOtables
On Program
(Anniston Bureau)

ADMISSION, Ala, May ACCORD
ing to an announcement made by the
committee in charge the Summer chau-
tauqua season will begin in Admission
on June 6, and continue until June-12.
A splendid program of attractions in
cIudes such well known figures as Will
liam J.. Bryan, Charles Booth, son of
the founder Of the Salvation Army /;
Granville Jones and others. The week
previous to the opening Of the chau-
tauguqua a well ;. known director of
pageants viii appear here and instruct
hundreds of children who are to take
part in one of the feature acts of the
season.
Bankers Mother ,Dies-Mrs. M. M.
Young, mother of Henry A. Young, vice
president of the First National bank
Of Admission, died at her home here at
noon Friday, following an illness of
tlipee weeks duration. - 4 s
. Paving Rushed ork on the road
leading from Noble street to- Camp Me-
Clellan which has been under way for
the past few weeks viii be completed
in the next few days it was announced
Friday by Wood HI Hannah, president
of the board of revenue, who are re-
sponsible for the work being done.
Revival Postponed Revival. services
that was scheduled to begin at the
Leighton Avenue Baptist church Sum
day morning have been postponed indef-
initely because of the serious illness of
the pastor, Rev. A.. B. West, who was
operated on Friday morning. r,
Tax Collection Hesvy-April proved
to be banner month for City Tax Col
lector and License Inspector G.. w.
Tolleson, according to his report made
Friday. During the month he collected
81, 1880 in sanitary taxes and $7S6 in
street taxes, the total amounting to
$2,O9S.50.
Child For Adoption-It was an
nounced today that the juvenile court
Of Calhoun county has a fine hve-year-
old boy for placing ON adoption.
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LIONS INITIATED
Gas Service To Be Extended At
Florence

FLORENCE, Ala, May 2.-(Spe-
cial. 1.-THE local den Of the royal or
der of Lions held a meeting last night
in the lodge room in the K. p. building
when a large class was introduced into
the secrets of the order. Among the
new members were a number Of bust
ness and professional men of the city.
The order now has enrolled more than
500 members locally.
To Extend Gas Mains-The Muscle
Shoals Gas company plans to install
larger units at its plant and extend its
lines into new sections of the city. A
new main will be run to north Florence
and lines from it viii. be extended into
the new sections throughout that terri
'ory, reaching maugi new hpmAA
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ATTENDS BAR MEET
Tuskegee School Faculty Is Effected
r.. NJ Cnnnla..

TUSKEGEE, Ala, May 2.-(Spe.
.cial. )-SenatOr r. H. Powell left Tus-
kegee early Wednesday morning for
Florence, where ne will at.end the bar
associat don. .le
Slough Elected-Supt. z. L. Slough
and the entire faculty have been re-
elected. Some Of the teachers have ac-
,cepted and others are going to a city
systena
Sappho Club Meets-The Sappho
club met with Mrs. Laslie Wednesday
Afternoon.
Back From New York-Mrs. A. s.
Alderman returned from New York
Thursday, where she has spent several
weeks with her daughter. s--
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DOCTOR
GIVEN FLOGGIAG
Ordered To Get Out O.
Talladega In Ninety
Days

TALLADEGA, Ala, May 2.-(spa
cial. w. H. Brummitt. negro doc
tor, was taken from his home in the
western part Of the city Wednesday
evening by a band of unmasked men.
carried several miles into the woods,
given a whipping and released. Brum-
mitt arrived home about 3 a. m. after
his experience.
According to the officers, Brummift
stated he was told he was whipped be-
cause he practiced on white people,
especially white women. According to
the officers, Brummitt told them he
was given 90 days in which to close
up his business and leave town.
Brummitt related his experiences to
the officers, according to them and
was alleged to have said that he vas
called to the door and forced IT, % with
the men. He was placed in q car and
taken about Is miles down the Syia-
bcauga road and taken into some woods
and given a severe whipping, where he
was left to get back to his home the
best way he could. He made his way
to a negro cabin and was brought back
to Talladega.
Brummitt is president Of Alabama
Negro Medicine association. u
f1s
$50
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CLAY MEMORIAL DAY

\ CLAY, Ala, April 1t Special. =
Memorial Day exercises viii be held at
Clay on Saturday, May g.. There win
be short program and song service
carried out, and the pastor win preach
at the il o'clock hour, followed by bas-
ket lunch served at noon.