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Evening star., 1919-10-06
TRADING IS ACTIVE
0N|L0cAL EXCHANGE
Ascending Prices Noted in
Capital Traction, Lanston
/ and MergenthaIer.
DEAL IN BANK SHARES

Trading was active and in volume
greater than usual on the Washing
ton Stock Exchange today. Capital
Traction, Lanston and Mergenthaler
we're dealt in on an ascending price
scale.
The session opened with the trans
fer Of ownership of six $1,000 Wash
nigton Gas SIS at 96.
Capital Traction came upon the
scene with sales of ten shares at S7A,
five shares at S71a and a five and
ten share lot at S..
Evening star., 1919-10-06
Bank Shares Change Hands.

Fifteen shares of Commercial Ma
tional Bank stock in two lots of five
and ten shares changed hands at 175
Lanston opened with a sale of ten
shares at 79, followed by ten at 79A
These sales were followed by, one
twenty share, one ten-share and one
twenty-share lot at so.
Thirteen shares of Mergenthaler in
one three share and two FIVE share lots
sold at 1873.
After call twenty-share lot Of
1-anston was bought at s0A. Four
hve-share blocks of Mergenthaler
brought 13sH and one five-share lot
lesE -..-0
August Summary of Rail Income.
Railroad earnings for August as re-
ported by the government showed
decrease Of $25.431.454 in operating
revenue as compared with the pre-
vieus August. For eight months in
cluding August the operating revenue
shows an increase Of $1Ss,S79,316, but
the net operating income for the same
period shows decrease Of $50, 2,S09, ,31o
These figures are the basis for the de-
mand on the part OF railroad men that
there must be a IS per cent increase
in freight rates before the roads are
turned back by the government
Evening star., 1919-10-06

Dated New York. October 9
Smyrna times., 1919-01-08
STATE AUTO LICENSE RUSH.
Stampede at the State House to Get
the 1919 Tags, on First Day.

Although the Secretary of State be-
gan to issue 1919 licenses for automo-
biles, November l, the greatest STAN
pede here on Tuesday. The office and
corridors were crowded from 8 a. m. to
6 p. m. The office force with all ad-
ditiOnal help that could be secured,
was put to work. The rush was due
to the open season. Secretary John
son, when asked if there would be anV
extension of time, replied: "Under
the law, that Office has no power to ex-
tend the time limit, but | hope the
justices of the peace will exercise len
iency for four or five days. The cx-
ceptiOnal weather conditions are
largely responsible for the stampede
at the last moment. The entire force
of the department is working over
time. There would be no congestion
whatever if owners of cars had taken
reasonable advantage of the appor-
tunity given by that office during the
past two months. In three or four
days we can take care of the work, ac-
cOrding to the policy of that depart
ment, that of completing every days
business before closing.
Smyrna times., 1919-01-08
Madagascar Graphite.

Production of graphite on the island
of Madagascar in 1917 was estimated
at $4,000 TONS and exports amounted
to 27S38. Shipments to England to-
tailed 1886, and those to France 1892
tons. While direct shipments to the
United States have not been permit
ted, it is understood from consular re-
ports that 5000 tons reached this
country from MarSeilles in 1917, and
a considerable quantity has also been
shipped from that port during the
present year, principally through a
cOnSOrtium Of French firms which. up
until now, has controlled the bulk of
the output of Madagascar graphite
other than that shipped to England.
Inasmuch as the French firms belong
ing to this cOnsOrtium are represented
in Madagascar, it is not unlikely that
they will endeavOr to control such
graphite as may be shipped to the
United States direct from the island
when restrictions are removed, while
it would appear that various indie
pendent producers are endeavOrlng to
form direct connections with the
American importers.
Smyrna times., 1919-01-08
TO ADD STRENGTH TO COTTON
Machine Devised by New Jersey Man
is Something fer Which the World
Has Been Looking.

There is probably no service which
subjects cotton fabric to so severe a
test as that it has to endure in an au-
tomobile tire. says Scientific Amer
lean. The fabric serves as rein
fOrCement for the rubber. It is de-
signed to withstand an enormous ten
Sile strength in all directions, i'm
posed by steady pressure of air within
the tire, and must also withstand the
sudden shocks due 10 the passage Of
the wheel over Instructions. At the
same time it must be perfectly flexi-
BILE; for it is fieXPd constantly as the
wheel runs over the ground The fab
ric cannot have its strength increased
merely by using heavier threads, for
this would interfere with its flexibil-
lty. 1t has occurred to an inventor,
William g. Trautvetter of Paterson,
N. J., that a fabric might be designed
in which, in addition to the regular
warp and filing diagonal reinforcing
threads might be Incorporated. And,
starting out with this idea, he has de-
signed a machine which will actually
weave such a fabric. Anyone accus-
toned to handling looms or familiar
with the operation of these machines
will realize how revolutionary must
be mechanism which will put bias
threads into woven fabric.
Smyrna times., 1919-01-08
MENACE TO CAUCASIAN RACE
Practice of PoIygamy in the Orient
Constitutes Peril Which Must
Not Be Underestimated.

The storm center of social reform
IN Asia for the next quarter of CEN
tury is likely to be over the relations
OF the sexes, writes Tyler bennett in
ASIA. If any statement of the men
ace of pOlygamy were necessary to
bring home to American readers the
lmmediacy of the subject, some re-
cent statements from the editorial
columns of the Far Eastern Review
would .eHm to be suitable The eau
casian population of the world is dOu-
bling its number once in a hundred
years; the dark-Skinned races, which
now Outnumber the white population
two to one, are doubling their num-
Ders every twenty-five years.
At least such is the case in Korea,
where the most recent figures are
available. The editor of the Far East
ern Review figures out that at the
present rate of increase the Caucas-
Ian element in the worlds population
will have shrunk in a hundred years
to scarcely per cent. The oriental
demands male children, as many of
them as he can produce. The editorial
in question says: $50 long as the
oriental man is able to arrOgate to
himself the right to possess plural
wives, just so long will polygamy pre-
vail. But there is a way out and one
which is becoming broader and more
easy to tread each year. The wife
with foreign education is a precious
thing in China in the eyes of the re-
turned students, since she is one Of
few women of his own race that
realizes and understands his peculiar
aspirations. She has it in her hands
to be the one and only wife, and if
the few examples that have come un-
der the writer's notice are any critic
riOn, she will exert that power to the
utmost"
Smyrna times., 1919-01-08
ODESSA MAN RAT ANIHILATOR.
S. F. ShallcrOss With Ferrets and Ter
riers DispOses of 100000 Rodents

Serrick F. Shallcross, a farmer liv-
ing near Odessa, estimates that he
has been responsible for the death of
three-quarters of a million rats dur
ing the last As years Rat-killing has
been Mr.. ShallcroSs profession since
boyhood and he has a band of trained
feTets and terriers which make short
work of rodents. The team work of
the ferrets and dogs is remarkable
The little fellows are determined,
bloodthirsty and great fighters. The
soldiers in the rat-ridden trenches at
at the front would have welcomed
them. The strategy of the rat-killers
is simple and efficient. The terriers
stand on guard while the four ferrets
drive the rats from their hiding
places. When the rats run out, they
are pounced upon and killed by the
terriers. One day last week the gang
killed over 300 rats on two farms near
Middletown.
Smyrna times., 1919-01-08
Sees Dry Nation Speeded.

National prohibition will be an ac-
complished fact before the end of this
session Of Congress, according to a
statement of Senator Sheppard, Dem
Ocrat, Texas, author of the Constitu-
tiOnal amendment. More than thirty
six States, the necessary three -fourths
majority, will have ratified the amend
ment before the end of February, Mr..
Sheppard said
To make prohibition effective, if so
decreed, it will be necessary for Con-
gress to enact laws providing penal
ties for making or dealing in liquors,
to vest jurisdiction in competent
courts of cases arising under the law
and to set up the machinery of pro-
secution, especially of espionage and
detection.
Drastic laws will be proposed to
prevent the evasion of prohibition.
The history of State prohibition has
shown it is possible through the cleo
tiOn of sympathetic local officials vir-
tually to nullify the law in some com
munities. Statutes for enforcement
of countrywide prohibition will be
made accordingly. Enforcement will
be by Federal officials responsible tc
Congress through appropriations fol
maintenance.
Smyrna times., 1919-01-08
DELAWARE HAS OFFICIAL FLAG.
New One Now Provided for Official
Use at the State Capital at Dover.

A silk embroidered state flag, army
regulation size, mounted on staff with
spear head, has been given as a Christ
mas gift to the State House by Gov
eInor Townsend. Delaware has never
had any other state flag except the
governors flag of bunting which is
thrown to the breeze at Dover from
the flag staff of the State House on
the occasion of the governors visit to
the State House, this only being done
in very recent years. Last May, when
the governors of the several states of
the Union met in independence Hall,
Philadelphia, the State Department at
Dover was telephoned for the loan of
Delaware's official state silk flag.
The reply was that Delaware did not
own one. The silk flag presented by
the governor will meet any further re-
quests. When not in use on state
occasions, the flag will be placed under
a glass frame in the governors parlOrs
in the State House. A handsome new
silk American flag has been purchased
for use on state occasions.
Smyrna times., 1919-01-08
Frank Conment

Martin likes to go next door every
Sunday morning and have his Uncle
AL read the 'funnies" to him. One
morning the pictures were particular
ly alluring and he was deaf to all i'm
pOrtunities to get ready for Sunday
school. Finally Uncle AL added to
Martins discomfort by urging the
benefits Of attending Sunday school,
offering as an argument that he had
attended until eighteen years old.
WhereupOn Martin cast a withering
glance upon him and said: II don't
see where it did you any .,COd. Chi
cagO American.
Smyrna times., 1919-01-08
FIreproof ceIIuIoid.

Great interest has been aroused by
the announcement that professor in
one of the japanese universities had
invented a successful incOmbustible
substitute for cellulOid, to be manufac-
tured from sOya bean cake.
The new product has been given the
trade name of "Satolite," derived from
the name of the inventor, Prof. s. SatO,
and a company for It's manufacture has
been started with a capital of 2,OOO,-
600 yen ($1,000,O00).
Satellite is described as a galalith
made of the gfucine of sOya bean, CO.
agulated by formalin.
Smyrna times., 1919-01-08

H. P. Fenimore, manager of the
Dover Opera House, has recovered his
stolen automobile, which was aban-
doned between Delmar and Salisbury.
A. B. Powell, of Dover has not found
his new Hudson machine which was
recently stolen in Philadelphia.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-05-29
About A Chicken
By JOHN SPARROW.

To relieve any misgivings or anticipa- of The Age-Herald, l will state at the outset that this chicken is a rooster. Five years ago l would have said that he was lord and master of very large flock Of hens. But the world has moved on since then and today can only allege that he is the humble servant of an unusually fine bevy of creators of albuminous spheres, owned by MT. Will Tarrant, Of East Lake. In spite, however, of all dis counts due to the enlightenment ana progress of the world, this rooster IS some bird.
 The narmtive which follows is taken from the records of the transportation department of the Birmingham Railway. Light and Power company, and is vouched for by one J. G. Brabston, who has somewhat to say about the operation of electric cars in Jefferson county
 The other morning at 9.3O Tfdewater Motor Gar No. 2S, with H. c. Allen at the controller and J. P. Williams on the bell cord, was bowling along Underwood avenue, East Lake, on time to the dot. As the car was approaching the Tar rant residence the hero of this sketch (to wit, the rooster. not Brabston attempt ed to cross the highway, in the effort to answer, by proxy, the age-long query, why does a hen cross a road?'
 The journey of the erstwhile monarch of the barn yard was intercepted by the car, and Mrs. Tarrant, who was in the front yard thought she saw her poor bird pass under the car wheels. The car was stopped on her signal and she and the tainmen made diligent search for the mangled remains. All they found were a few feathers. Otherwise the rooster had disappeared as completely as if the earth had opened and swallowed him alive
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-05-29
GOAL MINER TELLS SUFFERING HE HAD w. A. Partain, Secretary and Treasurer of Coal Miners
 Union, Gives Strong .. Testimonial For Plant Juice

That Plaint Juice is meeting with tre- mendous success in Birmingham it is only necessary to read the signed testl-
 w. A. TARTAN.
 monials of local people who have been restored to health by it's wonderful heslth.giving properties.
 One of the latest received is: that of Mir. w. A. Partain, who lives at Dora, Ala, a coal miner by occupation and one of tine Test known men in this section Of the country. being secretary and treas u-er of the coal miners unior He stated:
 For years I have suffered with my stomach and had indigestion so bad that could hardly keep any food in mN stomach, as it would ferment and cause gus to form; I had chronic constipation sn1 could never get any med inc to give me relief; I had headaches, dizzy spells, black spots would come up be- fore my eyes; l could not sleep at night and sometimes would set so weak that could hardly stand on my feet; I felt melancholy and blue and had no ampi- tion or energy to do my work; l had terrible rheumatic pains in my hip, and knees and my liver and kidneys both CT ed me good deal I tried all kinds of medicine without any benefit until 1 fin- ally started to take your Plant Juice and now can truthfully say that l have not an ache or pain: l sleep fine and nave good appetite for my meals-in fact can eat any kind of food and digest t. I have never lost one day from iworR since. I feel in perfect health ana am glad to endorse Plant Juice.
 Plant Juice is sold in Birmingham at Nortor.'s drug store, Fourth avenue ana Twentieth street.-Adv.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-05-29

measure is planned by the republicans Although calling for appointment of a special committee, party leaders said that the resolution merely contemplat- ed enlargement of the standing House committee on war department eXpen- ditures consisting of four republicans and two democrats, and headed by Mir Graham Provision for the larger com mittee, Floor Leader Mondell said, was made because there are number of branches in the department which 1t may be deemed wise to examine sep arately" through subcommittees.
 The purpose of the investigations as in all the committees that will under take work of that character" added MT. Monden. lis accurately stated in the legislative programme promulgated by the republican conference at the be- ginning of this Congress as such in vestigations as to inform the people of war expenditures and serve the public interest
 The resolution was referred to the rules committee. headed by Represf e tative Campbell of Kansas, who said he anticipated that the resolution would be be called to the attention of his committee next week.
 Party leaders intimated that the investigations might assume a wider scope than inquiry merely into the war department. It was said that the com mittee might later investigate expen- allure of the s100, 100000 war fund given the President for discretionary disposal and also for an investigation of the war risk insurance bureau.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-05-29
PRIZE OFFERED FOR
 HAMPSHIRE HOGS

Through the efforts of the Alabama Hampshire Swine Growers association $500 will be distributed among breed CTS of Hampshire hogs, as compared with ss9n for other breeds at the state fair to be held in Birmingham this fall
 "The increase in the number of Hampshire breeders in the state in the past 12 months has been marvellous said l. E. Brosius. secretary of the Alabama Hampshire Swine Growers as- sociation and it is conservative to state that had it been possible to have obtained breeding animals of the Ala hama standard the increase would have far exceeded the expectations or thS most optimistic Hampshire advocate.
 seThe officials of the Alabama Hamp- shire Swine Growers association arr of the opinion that with $s3o as a pren1iun fund the Hampshire breedeFs from all over the state will exhipit a' the state fair, thus affordlng the pup lie an opportunity to see some or the hest animals from the greatest herds |, Inc Tinted states as well as giv- ing the farmers a chance to see and realize why this breed is the packers i6eal. why they are by nature adaptee to southern conditions v
 "Durine fair week a sale of regis tered hogs win be conducted by the as- sociatior. all of which will be ser lected and judged by disinteresteo party and competent swine judge.
 Every effort is being made by the fair association to have the breeders of other breeds of swine get together and follow in the footsteps or the Hampshire officials and thus make the state fair show place for hogs ol ot1alitV.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-05-29
PLACE HIGH VALUE ON MERIT0NE'S AID
T Wouldn't Take S1,OOO For What It Did For Me, Many Say---Should Be Proof Enough to Anybody of Meritones Real Merit

When men and women who have tried Meritone say, T wouldn't take s1oG0 for what it did for me- other men and women who are ailing and run down sf ouldn't hesitate any longer Such state ments should be proof enough to any suffering man or woman that Meritone is at least worth a trial
 Many men and women have made such statements about Meritone.
 TROUBLED FIVE YEARS
 W. R. Kirkpatrick of 5012 Illinois ave- nue, West Nashville, Tenn, said: For five years l suffered with soreness in my stomach and pains in my leg. I tried many medicines but nothing helped me until I took Meritone. l wouldn't take S1o00 for what Meritone did for me-
 John H. Clemons of Rural Route No. ', Lebanon, Tenn, said: For years I had stomach trouble and it finally got so bad that everything ate soured on my stom- ach. My strength started going down and I had to quit work. Meritone has done me 8 wonderful lot of good. My stomach is in excellent condition now
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-05-29

and I'm getting back my strength. l wouldn't take s100o for what Meritone did for me-
 J. P. Collier of Rural Route No. 1, Lebanon, Tenn, said For an entire year my health was so bad I couldn' t work. I took Meritone and it has helped me so much I'm back at work again now. wouldn't take 5000 for what Meri- tone did for me-
 WHY NOT YOU
 If you are suffering from stomach, liver or kidney trouble, catarrh, ner- vousness or sleeplessness or are in need of an appetizer, strengthener and gen. eral system cleanser, take Meritone. Per haps if you do you. too, will say, T wouldn't take 5000 for what it did for me-
 Meritone is being specially introduced in Birmingham by the Meritone repre- sentative at Nortons drug store and also is sold in Birmingham by the Jacobs drug store, 1904 Second avenue and is sold in Ensley by the Berney drug store and in Bessemer by the Pegram-Patton Drug company.-Adv.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-05-29

Mrs. Tarrant returned to her front porcn
 to consider her loss and Motor Car NO
 28 moved on with the trainmen ruminht-
 ing on how the little incident would show
 up on the trip sheet At 2 o'clock in the
 afternoon they were relieved by Motor
 man H. E. Box and Conductor R. r.
 Self and the car continued in service
 until 1.2O a. m., when it headed into the
 car barn at East Lake for an all-too-
 brief period of rest and relaxation. Chapter 1.-The mystery deepens. At daylight that morning Barn Foreman J. T. Carpenter was startled by clar- ion crow, or rather a series of crows, defiant and self-assertive to the fifth degree. As chickens are taboo in the barn, MT. Carpenter immediately 1n- stituted rigorous inventigation. which finally disclosed the rooster sit ting serenely on the forward trucks of car No 2S. He was plucked from his novel perch by Mir. Carpenter himself, who rejoced as strong man ex- ulteth when he findeth hidden treas ure- in due course of time taken to the Carpenter domicile. In a little while neighbors identified the stranger as 'the Tarrant rooster and later in the day he was returned to his nu- merous widows by brevet; and, in newspaper parlance, it became closed incident.
 Trip sheets in the transportation managers office substantiate the state ment that car No. 2S had travelled 243 miles with the rooster as a stowaway. A friend of mine who dabbles in oc- 1 cultism and to whom I narrated this absolutely truthful story, declares that l the rooster was a chronic hobo in a 1 previous incarnation and merely ! obeyed a thought impulse to Init the I trucks once more. MT. Brabston's ex- 1 planation is less abstruse. His theory | Is that the rooster was lulled to slum- | Der by the rythm purring of the motor | and continued to dwell in blissfu' | dreamland until dawn stole into the | barn.
 i The reader can adopt either theory ! or formulate one of his Cor her) own | I have discharged my duty as the | chronicler of a current event.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-05-29
Damage Suits

The following suits were nled m ths circuit court yesterday:
 Rv Archie M. Wright against Walker n u;nes director general of railroads. onerating the Alabama Great Southern railroad, for s1OOoo for the loss of the services of his minor daughter. saman- tha Wright. alleged to have been per n-anently injured while crossing the tracks at Forty-third street
 By Samantha Wright, by ner nehs friend, Archie Wright also against WalN- CT D. Hines for slo,oo TOT aiieseo per manent personal injuries.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-05-29
TO CLEAR HEAD AND NDCLEANLIVER
 TAKE CALOTAB
The Nausealess Colonel Tablet that is purified and Refined
 From the Sickening Effects.

What will human ingenuity do next?
 Smokeless powder, wireless telegraphy,
 tasteless quinine.--now comes nausea less calonel The new improvement called "Calotabs" is now on sale at drugstores.
 For biliousness. constipation and in- digestion the new calomel tablet IS practically perfect remedy, as evidenced by the fact that the manufacturers have authorized all ,drnERists to refund the price if the customer is not "per- fectly delighted" with caiotabs; one water--thats all No taste. no nausea
 no griping. no salts. By morning your liver is thoroughly cleansed and you are feeling fine, with a hearty appetite Eat what you please--no <dAnger--go about your business. original package. Sealed. Pricesthirty
 Give centA--Adv.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-05-29
REPUBLICANS MAKE
 FIRST MOVE TOWARD 1 BEG|NNING PROBE
Resolution Introduced Calls For Committee To Fully Investigate all Contracts
 and Expenditures

Washington, May 2S.-Republicans made their first move in Congress to- day toward beginning their proposed investiga of war expenditures.
 A resolution, approved by party leaders. was introduced by Represen- tative Graham of Illinois, calling for the appointment by speaker Gillette of special committee of 15 me-1be CTS fto fully investigate all contracts and expenditures made by the war depart ment or under it's directions during the present war" Early action on the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-05-29

M. Barnes officiating. Only close friends and relatives were present at the wedding. The bride wore going away suit of blue and entered the ilv- ing room, where the ceremony was performed. with the groom to the strains of Mendelssohns wedding march. played by Miss Edna Earl Ol- yer They left immediately after the wedding for West Virginia, where Cap