The Birmingham age-herald. [volume], July 11, 1915, Page 7, Image 7

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f We Close
) Thursdays j
—1 P.M.— j
silence may have been golden once
i but now we’re going to holler
added attractions
$10 Mohair and
“Kool Kloth” Suits $7.95
I You know what we mean when we say “Kool Kloths”—
those suits with the look and the feel of fine wool, even
though part cotton. You may have one of those or a Mo
hair, or a Palm Beach, for all Palm Beaches are included.
$15 Mohair and
All Silk Suits $11.50
And this means choice from the cream of our stocks—
fine silk Mohairs, always so dressy—luxurious silk suits
and the much liked white serges. All go in—none stay
out, so there’s plenty of choice for all.
Look in Our Windows Now
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Just because we’ve a lot to holler about, and a story to tell you that ought to stir
your every ounce of thrift to action and set you thinking—thinking hard
about our Clothes and their prices in our mighty 12-cylinder sale. Now then! to
the story—here it is in big bdld defiant type—so that even those who run may
read.
$18.00 Summer Suits $11.50
$22.50 Summer Suits $16.50
$25.00 Summer Suits $18.50
$30.00 Summer Suits $24.50
$35.00 Summer Suits $28.50
Stein-Bloch, Society and De Luxe Lines
with the sole exception of the $11.50 lot. And while we term them Summer
Suits, we want you to know that many of them will do for Fall, at which time
prices will be a whole lot higher. Nothing is reserved, and even Blue Serges—as
standard as gold—
July sales in all departments
MEN'S SHIRTS | 1 thade mark-res.
REDUCED REDUCED
Mail Orders Invited FRFE DELIVER!
OF BIRMINGHAM AVE Ar 19IH ST.
ENLARGE WORK OF
BOYS’ DEPARTMENT
Officials of Y. M. C. A. Plan
to Increase Membership.
To Form Clubs
The boys’ department of the Young
Men's Christian association is plan
ning a greatly enlarged work. Many
new features will be Introduced during
the months of September and October
that will appeal to the boys of the city.
Flans are on foot to increase the mem
bership in this department from 700
to 900. Mr. Robbins, boys’ work di
rector, will have an assistant who will,
in all probability, be a Birmingham
J oung man, as the committee is con
sidering several young men prominent
[ Hn boys' work and will reach a decision
I^oon. The boys are to be classiflitd
according to age and organized into
groups and clubs.
The Young Men's Christian associa
tion is a pioneer in work among the
boys and shapes its work along prac
tical and scientific lines. The associa
tion, through its educational classes,
will provide an opportunity in its night
school for the highest development of
the boy along business and commer
cial lines, as well as practical Instruc
tion along mechanical and engineering
lines. Bible study courses will be in
troduced for the development of the
boy spiritually as well as training him
for church and Sunday school work.
No association in the south has a
better equipped physical department
than the Birmingham association and
it is under the direct supervision of
experts in physical training who are
specialists in symmetrical body build
ing for boys. The working boy will
receive special consideration and
classes and clubs for his best devel
opment will be organized and pro
moted throughout the season.
F. E. Robbins, the boys' work di
rector, and the boys' work committee
are busy outlining plans for the new
season with a view of giving the boys
of Birmingham the best all round de- !
velopment for the highest type of cit
izenship.
Women Biggest Eaters
From the St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
San Francisco.—Alfred Steimer,- fa
mous as a chef in the cafes of San
Francisco, made the statement before
the national convention of cooks in
possion here, that women eat more
than men. “No matter how small a
v oman is,” he said, "she can eat three
times as much as a man can when she
gets into action. If it were not for the
gefrtler sex the big restaurants of the
country would go broke, for men do
not eat big meals as a rule when they
are paying big prices for them. Wom
en’s appetites are increased by lights,
music and high prices, while a man's
hunger is proportionately decreased
under these circumstances.”
j $5.00
I Glasses
SPECIAL SALE OF GLASSES
j We will sell our Cristo-Ease $5.00 lenses for reading or
distance, $1.00, fitted by our expert optician. A written
guarantee with every pair of glasses or money refunded,
i We grind our own lenses. Pizitz popular prices. i
In Ordering Goods Pleane Mention THE AGE-HERALn
Floral Designs I
FOR FUNERALS I
The most artistic flower creations' in the H
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aii urttiirlag Goods Plea#* Mcntioa THE AGE-HEHAL1I
ORPHANAGE PMC
TO BE HELD JULY 29
Elaborate Programme Be
ing Prepared to be Pre
sented at Fair Grounds
Active preparations are being made for
the annual picnic and outing for the ben
efit of the East Lake orphanage. The
big event will be held at the fair grounds
on Thursday, July 29, under the auspices
of the Jefferson County Orphanage asso
ciation. George Ratterman is chairman
of the general committee on arrangements
and William C. Fowler recording secre
tary. Quite a number of subcommittees
have been appointed and at a recent meet
ing of the general committee reports from
the subcommittees were very encourag
ing.
There Is much activity in the suburbs.
Praptically every outlying section of the
city will be represented by a special com
mittee and all are working hard for the
success of the event. George Ratterman
states that indications are that the picnic
will surpass previous efforts.
Music, furnished by Turner’s brass
band, dancing contests, games and many
other kinds of amusements will be pro
vided by the committee. Many fraternal
orders, particularly those of a semi-mili
tary nature, have been Invited to enter
the drill contest for the several valuable
prizes that are offered. Foot races and
track events will be held during the day.
A coniesx xnax is attracting interest is
that for the diamond lavalier, in which
two young ladies, one from Ensley the
other from Birmingham, are the contest
ants. Five thousand souvenir buttons
have been ordered, which will be sold at
10 cents each. They will be distributed
by the committee In a few days.
This morning the visiting committee
will go to Bessemer to report progress
and confer with the Bessemer committee.
On Thursday evening a lawn party for
the benefit of the orphans will be given at
the home of Mrs. Harry C. Gibbons. ir»
YVoodlawn. to which everybody is in
vited.
Weekly meetings of the committee are
being held each Thursday night at the(
Knights of Columbus hall, and good re
ports are being made by the forty-five*
subcommittees.
FAYETTE
Petition Probate Court to Organize
Drainage District
Fay ette. July to.—(Special.)—A petition In
the probate court to organize a drainage
district to Include the swamp and over
flow lands of Luxappallla bottoms from
near Wlndfleld. Ala., to the state line of
Mississippi, under the provisions of the
Moore bill, passed at the first session of
the new legislature and approved March
4, 1915. is being filed with the probate court
of Fayette county. The district will be
some 40 miles long and one to one and
one-fourth miles wide.
Those circulating the petition report
that they have been over.the entire area
and found no objection to a consideration '
of the district. More than the required
number of land owners have joined in the
petition, and the bond will likely be made
and a hearing of the court called in a
short time. The land owners will en
deavor to have the work done under the
supervision of the chief of engineers at
1 Washington.
AGE-HERALD OFFERS FINE
OPPORTUNITY TO OBTAIN
_ADDITION TO LIBRARY
By MRS. SIDNEY M. HUMAN
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for you.
Try your hand at writing and you may
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The Age-Herald is offering wonderful
book prizes to the man or woman over
16 years of age in the state of Alabama
that will write the best essay on "The
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Six prizes will be given and every one
of them will be a valuable addition to
your library.
First Prize—One set of Nelson’s Ency
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Second Prize—The entire six seta of the
great authors' library included In The
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The rules of the contest will be pub
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Every set of books In this offer is from
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Every home Is Incomplete without a
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A set of encyclopedia is a very expen
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The subject of this essay has been
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A WOMAN WHO DOES
Nothing could have been more ap
propriate than the presentation of tl«*
loving cup from the Lovemnn, Joseph
& J-oeb salesladies to Mrs. W. K Mur
doch Thursday at suffrage headquar
ters, unless it be the thought behind
the gift and the spirit of the woman
behind the Inspiration.
It is after a long, untiring fight that
is only now' really beginning to show
j results, that Mrs. Murdoch Is being
I rewarded for her efforts in behalf of
the salesladies of this city. And, al
though the beautiful loving cup pre
sented to Mrs. Murdoch will ever be as
she said, her prized possession, the
success of the Thursday early closing
is even dearer to her heart.
Thursday afternoon downtown 1b as
quiet as a holiday and one feels grate
ful that one day during the week of
the extreme heat, the stores are closed
for some hours and the salespeople arc
getting a restful afternoon.
Mrs. Murdoch has for years been a
' roclal worker in Birmingham, hardly
an Institution for the betterment and
aid of the needy in this city, but has
felt her helpful hand, all big civic
problems, in which women and chil
dren are concerned, have been part of
her work, and everybody in Alabama
knows “child labor” and Mrs. Murdoch
are synonymous, now her work for
early closing, and her help with the
serving of tea at suffrage headquarters
are but added links in this woman s
unselfish assistance to her friends in
the working public.
Mrs. Murdoch is a retiring littl
woman, with a splendidly trained mind
a compelling personality and a big
heart. She is an ardent suffragist, and
was one of the charter members of the
Birmingham association.
Mrs. Murdoch also has a fine repu
tation for service outside of her own
city, and has often been a conspicuous
figure at many national conventions.
MRS. SIDNEY M. XjuumAN.
Recruiting in Ireland
| Dij)>lln, June 2«— (Special.)—Recruiting
| In Ireland, excluding the Orange section
I of Ulster, has been far below the aver
age. The number of Irishmen who have
; enlisted since August 4, 1914, la only 53,
200, about 120 to each 10,000 of population.
| Certain areas In Glasgow and Birming
ham have raised nearly seven times the
' number pro rate.
Of the 53,200, Ulster has raised nearly
38.000 or 249 to each 10.000 of the province's
i population. Connaught has raised about
! 33 to 10.000, while Belfast has raised 585
| per 10.000. There is a large ■' emigration
right now from the south and west of
Ireland
CHENEY’S
EXPECTORANT
CURES
Colds, Coughs
Whooping Cough
C h e n e y‘e Expectorant
quickly overcomes a bad
cough, chest or throat cold
Loosens, heals' and soothes
a dry, hoarse or tight cough
or cold. Stops the forma-*
tlon of phlegm In the
throat and bronchial tubes.
Best remedy for whooping
cough. 2te at druggists.
FIVE ARE RELEASED
FROM COUNTY JAIL
_ I
Habeas Corpus Proceedings Instituted
by Assistant Solicitor—All Are
Recognized by Judge Pugh
Two white women, a white man and two
negroes were released from the county
jail yesterday on habeas corpus proceed
ings Instituted by Assistant Solicitor
James Davis and heard by Judge John C.
Pugh. Mr, Davis was willing to recog
nize the defendants, but as the five pris
oners were committed to Jail on warrants
regularly issued, their release could only
be procured by the habeas corpus pro
ceedings.
Mrs. Nettie Johnson, charged with vag
rancy was released on her own recogni
zance and sent to the anti-tuberculosis
camp on Red mountain. Mrs. Mary
Sweet, charged with abusive language,
was committed to the asylum for the In
sane at Tuscaloosa.
C. O. Roper, the white man arrested
for the murder of W. J. McLaney. the day
watchman at the Louisville and Nashville
Railroad company’s yards, was acquitted
by Coroner Spain on the above charge
and was arrested and placed in Jail on
a charge of unlawfully riding on a train.
At the Instance of Mr. Davis he was
released on his own recognizance, as was
Will Williams, negro, in jail for a simi
lar charge. Mary Jones, a negro woman,
was sent to the Hillman hospital to be
treated for cancer.
Former Manager of Cleve
land Americans Peeved
at Charles Somers
Cleveland, July 10.—Joseph L. Birming
ham. former manager of the Cleveland
American Baseball team, today flled suit
for $7«>000 In common pleas here against
Charles W. Somers, owner of the team,
to recover salary and damages alleged to
be due because Somers terminated his
j contract, discharged him as manager and
released him as a member of the team.
The suit is expected to be a test of
the so-called "Iron-clad" contract, which
displaced the 10-‘day clause after certain
court decisions held the latter Invalid.
Rodin Working on New Group
Paris, June 12.—(Special.)—Rodin, ths
sculptor, is said to be at work upon an
Important group to be called "Humanity
In Distress," a subject Inspired by ths
war.
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