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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-04-16
wATERW0RKs SOUGHT

PARRISH, Ala, April 15.-(Spe-
cial. with the paving of Mani street
through Parrish a certainty, and other
improvements in sight for this place,
town officials and. public-spirited bust
ness men here will undertake to secure
waterworks and telephone system for
this place. Mayor Cutlery says that
the most needed public Improvement is
waterworks system, and that he has
discussed the matter with number of
firms with view to inducing them to
install plant that will supply the
town. ass' ssA.9 sa
Plans Big Orchard-Hardy Black
well of Parrish, Route 2, plans to put
out 800 apple trees of select varieties
on his place three miles north of this
place. Mr.. Blackwell Gays the soil of
this section is ideal for apple growing,
and that with proper care an orchard
in this vicinity can be made to pay on
commercial basis. ~ Ngs
Roads Bad--Recent rains have halt
ed farm operations In this vicinity and
roads leading in to Parrish are said to
be nearly impossible. Roads had been
worked recently and are in worse con-
dition than if they had not been re-
paired. *
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-04-16
EX-SLATE WILLS
ALL TO MASSA'S'
GRANDCHILDREN

MONTGOMERY, Ala, April 15.
Loyalty and devotion for his old
"massa" and "missus" that lived in
the heart of negro slave for years
after their death, found expression
in a will bequeathing property ac-
cumulated during his freedom to the
grandchildren of his former owners
in preference to his own offspring,
it was revealed in probate court here
today. %Q
Dan Freeman, a familiar charac-
ter here during the years after his
emancipation, left property valued
at approximately $4,000 to the five
children of Mrs. G. w. Garrett of
this city, who was a daughter of the
aged negro's former owners, under
provisions of second will, evidence
showed Freeman's three children are
contesting the award under tesla
ment drawn prior to the one giving
the property to the white persons,
charging that he was of unsound
mind at the time the will was made.
Freeman died in February, 1928.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-04-16
JUDGE CENSURED
FOR STATEMENT
Remark Toward Higher
Court Brings Reversal
Of Case
Estate Capital Bureau)

N MONTGOMERY, Ala, April 15.-
I Disparaging remarks by a trial judge
directed at decisions of higher courts,
affecting case being heard before him,
not only constitutes reversible error,
bd'fs Is highly improper" according to
3 decision of the court of appeals to-
I day, which reversed the lower court in
the case Of Marvin Owens VS.. the state.
m this case, appealed from the Clay
circuit court, the trial judge, when
rasliag on an objection by the defend
ants counsel to a question asked wit
mess, was cited to a decision by the
supreme court of Alabama. In &C.
coftiance with this decision, the trial
Judge stated that the evidence objected
to should not be admitted, ''nothwith-
standing I don't think it is right"
In the opinion of the appellate court
in this case, written by Judge Sanford,
it was set forth that whatever may
have been the opinion of judges of
courts of inferior jurisdiction, such
Judges must conform their opinion ex-
pressed in the discharge of their official
duty, to the opinions of the supreme
court" Again, it was stated that amy
remark By a trial judge in disparage-
ment of the decisions of the superior
courts relating to causes then on trials
is not only error, to work a reversal in
favor of the party against whom made,
but highly improper"
Owens was charged with a statutory
cffense.
Fayette Case Up-The court Of ap-
peals reversed another case, that of
George Medders, appealed from Fayette
circuit court, stating that the defend
ants case was prejudiced against him
by the manner of many rulings by the
trial judge" One of these rulings was
cited which resulted from the solicitor
! asking defendants witness whether he
had been convicted of making whisky.
In ruling on the objections, the trial
Judge stated that "the state has to be
awful particular" and said further
II doubt if you can let the state ask
the defendants witness that. It's a
funny rule, but they are SO technical
about those things"
Liquor Ruling Made-Another case
was passed on by the court of appeals
today in which the defendant, Troup
Glaze, Chambers county, was convicted
Ge manufacturing liquors, the liquors
myolved being the beer or mash from
which whisky is distilled. The convic-
tion was affirmed, Judge Sanford dis
senting from the majority opinion. In
his dissenting opinion, Judge Sanford
stated that 1.-THE evident intent of the
legislature was to prohibit the manu-
facture Of liquors capable of being
used as a beverage" and expressed the
opinion that the majority of the court
was in error, lin that they have as
sumed without sufficient proof that the
beer or mash from which whisky is
distilled is capable of being used for
beverage purposes"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-04-16
FIGHTS EXTRACTION
TO FLORIDA CIT Y
Embezzlement Charged To Man
At Florence
Muscle Shoals Bureau)

FLORENCE, Ala, April 15.-H.
Blustine. who was arrested here at the
request Of Palm Beach, Fla, authorities
on a charge of alleged embezzlement,
will fight the attempt to secure extra
dition papers from Governor Brandon,
according to statements made to Off
GERS by his father, who has arrived
from Asheville. N. G. Blustine was en-.
gagged in taking moving pictures Of local
business concerns, which were to be
shown at the picture houses as ad-
vertising, and had sold his proposition
to a number of merchants. All money
that had been paid to him has been
refunded by Manager Rosebaum of the
North Alabama Enterprises, which was
to have participated in the deal.
Cat Mothers FOx-J. e. Massey of
Lauderdale county reports that a cat
at his home has adopted four young
foxes in the place of four kittens that
had been taken away. from her and is
now mothering the little foxes as if
they were her own offspring, and the
family is apparently contented.
Hear Past Presidents-The Florence
Rotarl club had the pleasure yesterday
of hearing three past presidents of the
club-Dr. H. J. Willingham, DIR. A. A.
Jackson and A. w. Darby.
Turner to Speak-Rev. H. L. Turner
of Sheffield, district governor-elect of
the twenty-sixth Rotary district, will
feature the program of the Florence
Kiwanis club at this weeks luncheon.
Booklets Out-One thousand copies
of Electric Power from the Tennessee
River" an illustrated descriptive book
let on the hydo-electric and navigation
development on the, Tennessee river,
prepared under the direction of Hugh
Il. Cooper and company, consulting en-
gineers, engaged in the construction of
Wilson dam, have been received by the
Florence Chamber of Commerce.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-04-16
HARSH AGENTS
SMASH STILLS.
OH MY OH N.Y.

Industrial expansion programs
where the demand warrants it Is
usually an axiom Of business, but 1t
brought added grief to noon
sinner in the hills near Elvira sta
ton Tuesday.
Instead Of losing one still, he lost
two.
Federal Agents Robinson and
Fowler found one still of 100-gallon
capacity, which had apparently been
outgrown yet kept in the neighbor-
hood for, pehraps, sentimental rea-
sons, and nice, shiny new one Of
300-gallons close by.
But neither sentiment nor bust
ness figured with the agents. They
smashed them both. -;
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-04-16
FIRE INSURANCE
BOARD PROVIDED
Three Members Of Mis-
sissippi Body To
Be Named

JACKSON, Miss, April 15.-(Spe-
cial. "A conference will be held before
the close of the week between Gov.
Henry l.. Whitfield and Attorney Gen.
eral Rush Knox and Insurance Com
missioner T. NJ. Henry, to name the
fire insurance rating commission au-
thorized under the provision of senate
bill 126.
Each of these officers is authorized
under the law to designate a member
of the commission. The three members
are to receive salaries of $4,000 per
year and the law required that they be
men experienced in the insurance bust
ness.
According to a rumor current in the
political circles, one of the commits
sionerships will 60 to John Sharp Viii.
liams of Yazoo City, one of the best
known insurance men in the state, and
another to T. L. CASTOR of Hattiesburg.
The latter is brother-in-law to Cover
nor Whitfield and was engaged in the
insurance business for a number of
years. go,
40 speak At bayl0f-GOVernOf WHIT
field has accepted the invitation ex-
tended by DR. J. c. Hardy, president OF
Baylor college of Delton, Tex, to de-
liver the commencement address at the
institution in May.
Debaters To Clash-Debaters repre-.
senting Vanderbilt university and Mill
saps college will meet at 7:30 O'Clock
Wednesday evening in the chapel of the
local institution to debate the question.
J. G. Ellis and H. A. Knoblock will
represent Millsaps.
Wanted In Vest. B. Feldman,
manager of the Hub at Hattiesburg,
charged with having illegally disposed
of bankrupt stock at Los Angeles,
appeared for second hearing Monday
afternoon before United States com.
missioner and was identified as, the
person wanted in California. Judge
G. r. Holmes has issued an order for
his removal to California.
Heads Health Board-Dr. W. w.
Crawford of Hattiesburg was elected
president and DIR. w. f. feathers re-
elected secretary and executive officer
at the first meeting of the newly APP
pointed state board of health here Tues
day
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-04-16
TWO PERSONS HURT
AS TRUCK CRASHES
Sewer Bursts During Heavy
Rain AT Selma

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SELMA, Alas April 15.-(Special
Leased Wire. Cecil Boyd. 17-years-
old, employed by the Montgomery Ad-
yertiser suffered serious fracture in, the
bones Of his face and nose when a
truck driven by J., G. Hicks of Selma,
ran into the closed iron gates of the
Alabama bridge at Selma Tuesday.
morning. Hicks, the driver, was also
hurt. The truck was badly damaged.
Hicks crashed. into the gates without
stacking speed and claims that the gates
were closed and no lantern or warning
displayed. i@
To Fight Malaria-A special COM
mittee fro mthe Chamber of Commerce
headed by G. Melvin, made an appeal
to the council for. 5000 to match the
$4,000 Of the county to be used in the
fight against malaria. The council
agreed to the appropriation and the
matter has been taken up with the
state board of health, which will send
competent engineer to Dallas county.
Bond Issue Discussed-A lively dis
cussion was held at the council meet
ing on Monday when the bond issue for
Selma's floating debt of $4,000 was
brought up. 1t was agreed to put the
issue in the proper form and submit to
the people in an election probably to be
held next September.
Almost a FIood-Rain fell on Mon
day afternoon between and 5 o'clock.
Residents in Riverview, near the Bap-
fist hospital, were startled by a heavy
detonation when big sewer pipe at the
end of View street, adjoining the Hop
son place collapsed. Investigation
disclosed hole big enough to hold a
cottage, which had washed away after
the sewer pipe had gone out. Water
reached a depth OF several feet on new
ly paved Mabrey street and on Park
man street to Ftirniss avenue.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-04-16
AUCTION SALE
PROCEEDS GO j
TONEW SCHOOL

ONEoNTA, Ala, April 14.-A
puglic auction, the proceeds of
which viii be applied to Oneonta's
new 5000 public school building,
now under construction, win be held
here May 1, 1t has been announced.
The Oneonta Service club and Par
ent-Teacher association will hctsas
sponsors for the sale. =
Properties from a dozen eggs to an
S0-acre tract of land viii be offered
for sale. In connection with the sale
a program is being planned. A
Queen Of May" is to be selected
from among the prettiest girls in
Oneonta to rule the ceremonies.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-04-16
LOW BIDDER GIVEN

MONTGOMERY, Ala, April is
Especial. THE Nashville Bridge COM
pany, with a bid of $61, 199, was the
low bidder for the erection of steel SUI
perstructure Of the bridge at Eufaula
over the Chattahoochee river, accord
ing to tabulations made Monday after
noon at the state highway department
of bids opened earlier in the day.
The only bid on the building of ap-
proximately one mile of highway ex-
tending through Lafayette was turned
in by the town itself. This bid was
$43, 365.75. Part of the roadway will be
of gravel, the rest of asphaltic material
1t is expected that contracts for these
projects will be awarded by the state
highway commission when it meets next
Thursday.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-04-16
CROPS BEING PLANTED
Scarcity OF Labor Is Reported L

FORT DEPOSIT, Ala, April TO-
Especial. The farmers here. avail
ing themselves Of the fine weather for
the past two weeks, have about fin.
ished preparations for planting crops
OF all, kinds. The past few days. have
been devoted to corn planting, which,
with d few days Of favorable weather,
will be completed. Corn planted last
week is coming up and a. satisfactory
stand is promised Owing to the scar
city of labor, the acreage for all crops
for this year viii be curtaiIed The
many large pecan groves are in excel
lent shape, the land being. well broken
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-04-16
EQUIPMENT NEEDED
Hill Outlines Jail Deficiencies Before
Board

Board
The county Jail is badly in need Of
new beds, sanitary toilets and other
equipment, Chief Deputy Sheriff Henry
s.. Hill told the board of revenue at
! Tuesdays meeting.
Mr.. Hill pointed out that 81 new
beds were needed, electric fixtures
should be repaired and other improve
ments should be made for the comfort
of the prisoners. He added that all
negroes on the third floor of the Jail
were obliged to sleep on the floor.
The request was referred to F. A..
Downey, custodian, who was instructed
to report back to the board.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-04-16
PASSPORTS INCREASE
Applications Set Record, Is indication
Here

While figures are kept as private
records of the department of state it
was learned Tuesday that applications
for passports in the Birmingham dis
trice have increased enormously during
the past few weeks and surpass any
mark in recent years.
Applications are filed here with the
federal clerk of courts to be later for
warded to Washington where the pass
port is issued. This procedure gen
orally takes from five to ten days.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-04-16
ABSENTEE BALLOTS
Voters Out Of Precincts On Election
Day To Be Accommodated

Jefferson county voters who expect
to be out of their precincts on cleo
ton day may obtain special absentee
ballots by applying to Probate Judge
]. p. Stiles, according to announcement
Tuesday.
Persons applying for them should
designate their precincts and voting
places to facilitate handling of their
applications. These ballots vii be s.
sued up to five days of the primary.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-04-16
PUSHES SCOUT WORK
Several liontevallo Girls To Attend
Camps

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MONTEvAtLO, Ala, April 15.-
Especial. Miss Corinne Chisholm
regional director of the Girl Scouts
with headquarters in Birmingham
visited Alabama college at the week.
end. The students here are much in.
terested in scout work and several are
preparing to 60 to the camp in Georgia
during the summer.
Urges Missions-Miss Hannah Rey.
nolds, field worker for the Baptist
Women's Missionary work in Alabama,
is spending a week. at Alabama col.
lege and Montevallo, leading classes in
mission study and other religious ac-
tivities.
To Act As Judges-President Pal
mer has accepted the invitation to act
as one of the judges at the state ora
torical contest to be held in Birming-
ham April 25.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-04-16
POSTMASTER NAMED

WASHINGTON, D. G., April 10
Especial. THE President nominated
today Dyer B. Grow and Zula L. Da-
Wis to be postmasters at Collinsville
and Prichard, respectively.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-04-16

There is a giant barometer with a
dial face on the tower of the German
Museum at Munich.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-04-16

"Want Ad Corner" The Age-Herald
building-convenient and results are
sure y -. = -
The Omaha morning bee., 1924-05-06

ttoutiuucu IrU1u leepefuh1sl
"Psrforce, else would he be called
to account. T was so much dust he
flung into the face Of true Muslimeen
Those manumissions prove linger-
Ing fondness for the infidel country
whence he springs. Is there room
for that in the heart of a true mem
Der of the Prophets immortal House?
Hast ever known me languish for
the Sicilian shore from which In thy
might thou wrested me, or have
ever besought of thee the life of
single Sicilian infidel In all these
years that I have lived to serve thee?
Such longings are betrayed. say,
by such a practice, and such long
ings could have no place in one who
had uprooted infidelity from his heart.
And now this voycage of his beyond
the seas-risking vessel that he
captured from the arch-enemy of
Islam, which is not his to risk but
thine in whose name he captured It,;
and together with 1t he imperils the
lives of 200 True Believers. To what
ond? To bear him overseas, per-
chance that he may look again upon
the unhallowed land that gave him
birth. So Biskaine reported. And
what II he should founder on the
way?"
Thou at least wouldst be content
thou fount of malice" growled Asad.
Call me harsh names, o sun that
warns me, Am I not thine to use and
abuse at thy sweet pleasure? Pour
salt upon the heart thou woundest
since It is thy hand I'll never muir
muir a complaint. But heed me-heed
my words ar since words are of no
account with thee, then heed his
deeds which ! am drawing to thy
tardy notice. Heed them | say, as
my love bids me even though thou
shouldst give me to be whipped or
slain for my temerity."
Woman. thy tongue Is like the
clapper of a bell with the devil swing
ing from the rope. What else dost
thou impute?"
"Naught else, since thou dost but
mock me, withdrawing thy love from
thy fond slave"
"The praise to Allah, then" said
he. Come, IL is the hour of pray
err
But he praised Allah too soon.
Woman like, though she protested
she had done, she had scarce begun
as yet.
"rhere is thy son. o father of
Marzak"
There Is, o mother of Marzak."
And a mans son should be the
partner of his soul. Yet is Marzak
passed over for this foreign upstart;
yet does this Nasrani Of yesterday
The Omaha morning bee., 1924-05-06

And Othmani standing forth relat-
ed how they had yovaged to distant
England in the ship that Sakr-el- Bahr
had captured. through seas that no
corsair yet had ever crossed, and how
on their return they had engaged a
Dutchman that was their superior in
strength and numbers; how none the
less Sakr-el. Bahr had wrested victory
The Omaha morning bee., 1924-05-06
DRAKE TO HOLD
BIRTHDAY RITES

Des Moines. Ia. May with the
entire Drake university student body
broadcastlng college yells from sta.
The Omaha morning bee., 1924-05-06

bs the help Of Allah, las protector.
how he had been dealt a wound that
must have slain any but one miracn.
lousy preserved for the greater glory
of Islam. and of the surprising
wealth of the booty which at dawn
tomorrow should be laid at Asad's
feet for his division of IL.
TO be Continued Tomorrow
The Omaha morning bee., 1924-05-06

Of forging his sistef-in-las' name TO
a note for $1,000 shortly before the
failure of the Nebraska State bank
OF Millisan, In which kotss was a
stockholder. He has been In Jail since
his sentence 20 days ago. pending ap-
peal, being unable to procure bond for
$500.
The Omaha morning bee., 1924-05-06

In churchyard far up on River
side drive is a marble slab on which
vas chiseled many years ago: Far
from worldly turmoil, he rests" As
one reads there Is the din OF steam
riveters on a halfscore OF apartment
houses being erected nearby.
The Omaha morning bee., 1924-05-06
koIas Taken 10 Penileniiary
10 Serve Forgery Sentence

Geneva, Neb., May 5.-Emil J..
kotas OF Milligan has been taken TO
the penitentiary to serve a sentence
of three to seven years for forgery.
He was convicted In district court
The Omaha morning bee., 1924-05-06

ton WHO. Drake alumni throush9as
The United statos will Join IN ainlals
taneously TO help celebrate tie "a
anniversary Of the founding Of -
university next Wednesday. /
The Omaha morning bee., 1924-05-06

Haryard.-Harvard's second oil fiifs
Ing station has been opened.
Evening star., 1924-01-22
Skirts the
Fashionable South
Is Wearing, $1,000

Flannel. of course, to the fore-in white with
contrastingly coored bindings colorful sports
shades. such as Monterey, Copen, rust, gray, tan
and powder blue.
Non-crushable wool crepe that stays pleated
SO well. eponge, alpaca and Roshanara are also
featured in peated. wrap-around and straight
styles.
Sizes from % to 55 as we'll as Extra Sizes.
LAEsBuRGH & 7RoTHzR
Evening star., 1924-01-22
ADJUSTMENTS

gets his hearing back. Then he shoul-
ders the blame for the murder, be-
lieving that his wife was the mur-
deress-afterward the police and de-
tectives discover the attempt to hide
the body In the armor of one Of the
marionettes. In the end Bruno be-
trays himself by seeing ghosts and
Angela comes into the arms OF her
Toni. The curtain goes down on a
happy couple ready to start another
honeymoon. and there you are,
As 70 the melodramatic thrills in
THE Marionette Man" at least one
OF the audience kept remembering
that II was terribly cold night out
side and couldn't forget hi. cold feet.
Cllrich Haupt, however, excited
genuine admiration by his handling
or the part of Toni. Claudette Col
bert undoubtedly is a capable actress,
put dld not seem to drive her role
nome last night, as Angela Hal
Crane did commenlable work as
FRANK Earacca and r NJ DAngelo
was quite acceptable as Sandro
Rupini Ionrs asst tant. Miriam Ba :
tlSta' child movie star. was the little
gir! whose scream gave Toni his
nearing again. Dwight Frye cast as
Bruno Riccoboni, the william and mur-
defer--wore his hair slicked down,
ms race round a, l. harvest moon.
ana howfng artistic tie-he saw
ghosts. Others in the cast are at
least acceptable in their roles.
nile the play is not the old blood
and thunder of the old Academy OF
MUSIC for sheer thrills. at the same
time IT Smacks somewhat of those
days.