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The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-03-30
MRS. JEBELES FILES DEMURRERS IN PLAN
 ID SAVE PROPERTY
Constitutionality of Law to Be Tested This Week. Attorney General to
 Defend Statute
Is the prohibition law permitting

Is the prohibition law permitting
 cOnfiscation of property on which
 an illicit distillery Is found cons
 stitutionals
 It will be tested beginning this week when demurrers filed yesterday by Mrs Penelope Jebeles against the effort of the state to confscate her property will be argued in the chancery court Mrs. Jebeles owns the praperty oc- cupied by the Jebeles & Colias' Confec- tionary company, on which sometime ago an illicit distillery was discov- cred.
 The state evidently recognizes that this test will be the real test, because it will be represented by Attorney General Smith and his assistant, Horace Wilkerson. Mrs. Jebel will be rep resented by Weatherly, Deedmeyer X Birch
 It is understood that the chancelors decision in cases brought by Thomas J. Judge and other attorneys attacking the constitutionality of the law will be reserved until the decision in the Jeb- e1eS case is DreDared.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-03-30
Rainbow Waist Shop
 to Open for Business

The Rainbow waist shop will open for business at 1921 Third avenue very shortly. >This is a new firm and 1t will greet Birmingham women with a for nal opening. which is to be announced later.
 The new store on Third avenue is be- ing remodeled and redecorated. the in- terior to be elaborately finished, mak- ing it quite an addition to the busl- ness center of Birmingham.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-03-30

How much coffee is sold in the Bir- mingham market, do you supposeE asked H. Key Milner
 Several guesses were made, Manager Fred Shireman of the Tutwiler hotel es- timating that it was something Ike 100. 900 pounds a week.
 We have just made survey or the inbound and outbound tonnage Of Bir- mingham for the purpose of ascertain
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-03-30
Special Programme
 at Baptist Church

A special programme for the enter tainment of the public will be rem dered at the sixteenth Street Baptist church (colored) tonight.
 Soldiers having served more than eight months in France and more than five months in the trenches will par ticipate in the programme ana these short speeches will be interspersed with musical numbers Special select tions will be rendered by Julia K Will kerson and J. K. Moore.
 Congressman George Huddleston VII sneak on "The League of Nations"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-03-30
THREE MAIN QUESTIONS

Mrs. Jebeles, who claims to have nac no knowledge of the improper use ot her property, in her demurrers assails the constitutionality of the entire oil on three main groundsTdefective tltle' failure to provide opportunity for Jury trial of disputed questions Of fact, ana deprivation of property without due process of law.
 Section 12 of the bill, which provides for the forfeiture of personal property in use on. the premises and also the real estate and gives the machinery for the enforcement of the forfeiture and the disposition of the funds realized from the sale of forfeited property, is also questioned along the same constitu- tional lines
 The specific attack on Section F IS probably made in view of decisions of the courts that a law may stand even though parts of it may be construed 10 be unconstitutional However, if sec ton 12 falls then forfeiture of real es- tate and building cannot be made.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-03-30
DEPRIVATION OF PROPERTY

The law in question provides for the forfeiture of the real estate of the owner thereof who permits the opera tion of a distillery thereon. It will no doubt be contended that one cannot per- init the operation of distillery on ones premises without knowledge or the fact that such still existed and was operated on such premises. The ques- ton of knowledge might be disputed question of fact, and the demurrers question the power of the legislature to confer Jurisdiction upon court to try such an issue. in which court Jury trial cannot be had as matter Of right.
 The law is further assailed on the ground that 1t seeks to deprive per sons of their property without due pro- cess of law. it being contended that such legislation is violative of both the state and federal constitutions for that req son. One of the demurrers points out the fact that section 12 authorizes an officer of the law summarily to destroy any property used on the premises on which a. still Is found, and this with. out any judicial determination of the unlawful use of such authority. In other words, the demurrer contends, the owner of the property Is not al lowed his say in court to show that the nropertv sought to be destroyed has never been put to an unlawful use, but sucb question Is left to the arbitrary decision of the sheriff or officer who claims to have discovered an Illicit distillery.
 Other alleged defects are pointed out bv the demurrerS.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-03-30
Ladies of A. o. H. to Meet

The Ladies' auxiliary of the Ancient Order oDHibernians will meet Thurs day afternoon at 8 o'clock at the Knights of Columbus hall. Business of importance will be disposed of and all members are requested to be present.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-03-30
Birmingham Drinks Ten
 Tons Coffee in 24 Hours

ing the traffic possibilities of the War rior river" stated MT. Miiner, and among the things so far reported Is cof- fee.
 According to estimates made by mer- chants, the Birmingham market con- sumes 40O0 tons of coffee year.
 That is an average of 666,666 pounds a month, 15S,S46 pounds week, or 21,- S2O pounds a day"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-03-30
ARGUMENT IN DEMURRERS

The first general line of attack in the demurrers is that the title of the legis~ lative act does not disclose an inten- ton in the body of the act to provide for the confscation of either personal property or real estate.
 The demurrers next assail the bill on the ground that it fails to provide for a iurv trial. Jurisdiction Is attempted to be conferred on the chancery courts. In such courts jury trial cannot be had as a matter of right, but can be granted in the discretion of the chan cellor, but even If granted the verdict is not binding on the court, as IS the case in the law courts, but such verdict is simply advisory. The constitutional provision here invoked Is that the right to a trial bv jury shall remain invio- late. and the denial of this right is pointed out in a number of the demur-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-03-30
MRS. SIMMONS WOULD
 DROP THE PROSECUTION

Mrs. Simmons has stated that she merely wants to recover the amount of the bonds, and that she has no desire to prosecute Mrs. Cambridge.
 q left the bonds in the box in the clothes closet of the room because was too sick to carry them to vault sne said. No one except Mrs. Simmons knew they were there. Mrs. Cambridge later occupied the room.
 She was traced to New Orleans. from there to Pittsburg, from there to New York. and thence to Chicago.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1919-06-27
Copyright. W. @. Chapman

ice. At the foot of the hill saw two
straight and narrow lines on the soft
snow. They were the tracks of sleigh
runners.
l followed them, sobbing and catch
ing my breath and screaming:
"Jacqueline Jacqueline !"
Then / heard Simon's voice. Bon
jour, NJ. Hewlett !" he called mocking--
ly. This way! This wayw
1 turned and rushed blindly in the
direction of the cry. 1 had left my
snowshoes behind me in the hut, and
at each step my feet broke through
the crusted snow, so that 1 fioundered
and fell like a drunken man to cho-
ruses of taunts and laughter.
1t was a horrible blind mans buff,
for they had surrounded me. yelling,
from every quarter.
"This way, monsieur! This way!"
piped thin voice which 1 knew to be
that of Philippe Lacroix.
A SNOWFALL struck me on the chin,
and they began pelting me and laugh
ing. l was like q baited bear. 1 was
beside myself with rage and helpless
fury. The icy balls hit my face a
dozen times; one struck me behind the
ear and hurled me down half stunned.
pulled my pistols from my pockets
. and spun round, firing in every direc-
tion through that wall of gray, yield
ing mist that gave me place but never
gave me vision.
The clouds had obscured the sky
and the snow was falling again. My
hands were bare and numb, except
where the cold steel Of the pistol trig-
ser scared my fingers like molten
metal.
A dog barked once more, very far
away. and at last understood their
scheme.
Doubtless Simon had reached the
huts at dawn and had discovered us
there. He must have been in waiting,
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1919-06-27

but when he saw Jacqueline run from
me he changed his plans and sent the
sleigh after her. Then, realizing from
my actions that I was snow blind, he
had remained behind with some of his
followers to enjoy the sport of bait
ing me, and incidentally to drive me
out of the way while the sleigh went
on.
But Jacqueline-
She had tried to escape me. She
could not have been playing a part
she was too transcendently sincere
Something must have occurreG-some
dream which had momentarily crazed
her; and she had confounded me with
her prosecutors.
l stood deep in the snow, a pistol in
each hand, waiting. Once l heard the
| dogs yelp, far up the valley, and ther
| there was only the soughlng of the
wind and the sting of the driving
sleet flakes. And the gray mist hat
| closed in all about me. l was alone IL
that storm-swept wilderness, and there
was no sun to guide me.
plunged along-half delirious.
believe, for began to hear voices OF
every side of me and to imagine L saw
Simon standing, just out OF reach,
shadow upon the mist, tauntiRg me
| followed him at an undertaking dis
tance, firing, reloading and firing
again.
1 was no longer conscious of m,
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1919-06-27
IN HER DADDY's FOOTSTEPS
Small Daughter of Wall Street Opera.
tor Had Her Own Idea of How
He Made Money.

The imaginative little girls father
was a curb broker in Wall street.
After dinner in the evenings he talked
to his wife about shares of this, and
shares of that, and stocks going up
and down. They had no idea that the
imaginative little girl heard any of
these conversations until one day they
found her playing a fascinating game
with her baby sister.
'What are you playing, Peggy?" her
father asked.
Family said Peggy gravely.
''Family?" her father repeated.
''What are you doing with your hands ~
Peggy was pulling away at the air
as though she were pulling a'rope.
ST am the father, you see," she ex-
planned, "and this is the dumb waiter
here by the curb.''
''What do you need a dumb waiter
by the curb for?" asked her father,
still more puzzled.
'Qh, daddy, don't you see?" Peggy
sputtered. 1.-THE chairs are going up
and down while I make money"
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1919-06-27
THEORY OF ODD NUMBERS
AS Far Back as Can Be Traced, super
stition Has Held Them
in Reverence.

"Why is a hen given an odd num-
Der of eggs to hatch and never an
even number?" a writer in Tit-Bits
asks. He answers himself by saying
that it is all matter of superstition
and that. despite our advanced clvill-
zation we still cling to things OF the
musty past.
Salutes from warsbips, forts, etc.,
are always given in odd numbers, he
explains, with no valid reason, other
than the old theory that the odd num-
Der was always lucky.
Virgil records all sorts of charms
and spells practiced around odd num-
bers and never an even one.
People still say, after two failures
that a third attempt may be success
| full.
Seven is the favorite biblical num-
ber. and old divines taught that il
held a mystical perfection. Three is
the number of the Trinity-an ode
number again.
Falstaff, in the MERRY Wives" is
entrapped a third lime. He is quot
ed as saying "They say there is a di
vinity, in odd numbers"
The number two was always avoid
| ed and had an evil reputation, II
ancient times, because on the secont
day hell was created.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1919-06-27
Thin PEOPLE
SHOULD take
PHOSPHATE
Nothing Like Plain 6itro-Phosphate
TO Put on Firm, Healthy Flesh and
to Increase Strength, Vigor
a and Nerve Force.

Judging from the countless preparations
and treatments which are continually be-
Ing advertised for the purpose of making
thin people fleshy, developing arms neck
and bust, and replacing ugly hollows and
angles by the soft curved lines of health
and beauty, there are evidently thousands
of men and women who keenly feel their
excessive thinness.
Thinness and weakness are often due
to starved nerves. Our bodies need more
phosphate than is contained in modern
foods. Physicians claim there Is nothing
that will supply this deficiency so well as
the organic phosphate known among drug
gists as bitro-phosphate, which is mex
pensive and Is sold by most all druggists
under guarantee of satisfaction or money
back. BY feeding the nerves directly and
by supplying the body cells with the nec-
essary phosphoric food elements, bitro-
phosphate should produce a welcome
transformation in the appearance; the in
crease In weight frequently being aston
ishing.
Increase In weight also carries with II
q general improvement in the health
Nervousness, sleeplessness and lack OF
energy, which nearly always accompany
excessive thinness, should disappear, dull
eyes become bright, and pale cheeks glow
with the bloom of perfect health.
CAUTION: = Although bitro-phosphatt
Is unsurpassed for relieving nervousness
sleeplessness and general weakness, i
should not, owing to its tendency to in
crease weight, be used by anyane whit
does not desire to put on flesh.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1919-06-27

prepared by the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture.)
New wonders of nature continually
ere opening to the home gardener who
V atches carefully the evolution of the
creatures in his food plot. Even the
insects that attack his plants have
power to amaze. And no insects are
more interesting than the tiny plant
lice or aphids, which grow in a large
number of forms and suck the juices
from various kinds of plants
The most remarkable thing about
some of the aphids is their partnership
with other insects. Many forms of the
aphids are fostered and protected from
the beginning to the end of their little
lives by the industrious ants. The part
nership seems to have reached a most
| pefect form in the case of the corn
root aphids and the cornfeld ant, and
| it is usually found that where there
are aphids there are ants.
| Operation of Ant-Aphis Alliance.
! The partnership of ant and aphis-
| the cornfield ant and the corn-root
aphis-operates in nearly every sec
ton where corn is grown east of the
Rocky mountains, especially in some
of the corn belt states. The work
ings of the partnership have been COM
pared to a subterranean dairy, with
the aphis as the ants "cow," the ant
directing the enterprise, the aphis do
ing the work, and the ant getting the
| ifc hn iS n ho T-fl ~
full to the corn, but the aphis is With
out the ant, however, the firm would
have to go out of business and that is
why the United States department of
agriculture tells farmers who want
to get rid of corn-roOt aphis to get rid
of the ant. The same advice applies
in the case of certain other forms of
root aphids.
This is how the subterranean dairy
works:
In the fall the ants carry the eggs
of the aphids to their nests and care
for them as they do for their own
young. In the spring, when the eggs
hatch, the ants tunnel along weed
roots and place the helpless aphids on
the roots. Soon the aphids begin to
give off "honeydew," made from the
i juices of the plants on which the
aphids are resting. The ant dearly
loves "honeydew," and they tenderly
watch over and care for their ''cows.'
The aphids are wholly dependent
throughout their life on the ants.
Escaped Aphids Seized by Ants.
The first two or three generations Of
aphids live entirely on the roots OF
weeds, but as soon as the newly-plant
ed corn sprouts the ants transfer thC
aphids to the more succulent corr
roots. After two or three successive
generations, many of the aphids ma!
be winged, and some escape from tht
ground through the ant tunnels anC
, fly away to new field. If they chanc,
, to alight near an ant hill they ar,
, seized Immediately by the watchfu
, ants, carried into their burrows, PLACED
on roots, and honeydew production
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1919-06-27

starts again.
When cold weather is approaching
and the ant carries the aphids eggs
and the young ants deeper into the
soil, the ant goes at least eight inches
under the soil and eight inches is
deeper than the ordinary plow fur
row
The particular aphis that attacks
corn is called the corn-root aphis be-
cause of its preference for that plant.
| In gardens it is very common on as
ters and related plants. There are
many other varieties of aphis, how
ever, and for many of them ants have
tender feeling. For instance, there
are the aphids that attack orange
trees in California. The ants surround
these aphids, attack other insects that
attempt to reach them, and induce the
aphids to excrete honeydew by strok-
! ing their bodies with their antennae,
or feelers. Unfortunately for the or
ange aphids, however, they are at
tackled by winged parasites which
''sting" and lay eggs in them, and these
parasites are so small and active that
the ants cannot successfully defend
their charges.
How to Control Pests.
The corn-root aphids in fields is con-
| trolled by rotating with crops upon
which the aphids cannot live, by plow-
ing and disking, thus breaking up the
ant and aphis colonies, and by the use
of certain pungent substances, mixed
with a chemical fertilizer and distrib-
uted by means of fertilizer attach
ment to the corn planter. These sub
stances tend to drive away the ants
and prevent them from placing aphids
on the corn roots.
Aph6s in Gardens.
The home gardeners whose plants
are attacked by aphids, such as the
melon aphis, spinach aphis, potato
aphis, and the turnip and cabbage
aphids, which live above ground, the
specialists of the United States de-
partment of agriculture recommend
spraying with 40 per cent nicotine sui.
phate at the rate of one teaspoonful
of the sulphate to one gallon of wa
ter, in which has been dissolved a one
ounce cube of laundry soap.
Killing the ants, of course, by de-
stroying their colonies will help in
the control of the corn-root aphids in
gardens, and this is about the only
way it can be controlled, since, living
underground, it cannot be reached by
sprays. The simplest attack on TIE
ants is to scald their hills with boil
ing water. Another method is tC
pour little carbon disulphid into the
, entrance to the hill and immediately
cover the entrance with earth in order
keep the poisonous fumes in the fur
row.
, Spraying with nicotine sulphate, how
| ever, is the standard remedy for mos
Garden aphids, and should not be post
Doned or neglected when they arr
! found to be present, as they increas'
| cry rapidly and unless checked sool
| ill the plants.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1919-06-27
AS EUROPEANS JUDGE US
French Won,an's Idea About as Sem
sibIe as Many That Have Been
ssReaIIy Believed.

At a dinner in Washington the wife
of an attache of the French embassy
turned to Secretary of State Lansing
and remarked:
ST never can make out you Ameri-
cans. You measure everything by the
dollar, you name everything after dol
lars, you even count our great victory
in dollars, and yet you gave your lives
and your dollars cheerfully-for a
principle"
''Yes," replied Lansing, though I
don't know what you mean when you
say we even name things after money"
"Your doughboys. Only yesterday I
heard a man say he got dough from
the government. Not before this did
I appreciate the name you give the
Sammies."
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1919-06-27
HAND PUMP BARREL SPRAYER /
implement Is Most Desirable and Can
Be Bought and Maintained at
Small Expense.

For the average farmer whose or
chard is small and of minor impor-
tance in his farm production, the ordi-
nary hand pump barrel sprayer is the
most desirable. 1t can be bought and
maintained at comparatively small
cost, while the initial cost of the large
power sprayer is so great as to make
the owner of the small orchard heSf-
tate about its purchase. In some cases
a neighbor or one who makes busi-
ness of doing custom spraying may
be engaged to do the work with the
power sprayer which he owns. But
even under such conditions, it often
happens that one, is unable to get the
work done just at the right time.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1919-06-27
Hewlett RECEIVERS his sight
in Pere Antoine's cabin and
sets out to find Chateau
Buchaine.
CTo BE CONTINUED.)
Law on Vampires.

Some one has dug up an old anti
vampire law which indicates that
vamping was just as much in vogue in
the seventeenth century as it is at the
present time. The law reads: Female
shamS-A law against obtaining hus-
bands under false pretense, passed by
parliament in ITO, enacts: That wom-
an of whatever age, rank, profession
or degree, who shall after this act i'm
pose upon, seduce and betray into
matrimony any of his majesty's sub
jects by virtue of paints, cosmetic
washes, artificial teeth, false hair, iron
stays, bolstered hips or high-heel
shoes, shall incur the penalty now in
force again; the marriage under such
circumstances upon conviction Of the
offending parties shall be null and
void"