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La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1919-03-11

clones, de Ia Socieuad de los paeblos
para IL Paz. Fa!ta saber 81 no sera
este IN golpe mortal para esas ma
Clones cl haber vaciladc dura1tc
mucho tempo para acabar con Ia
plaga rusa. cuyo contagio
nj mundo e~ntero.'
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1919-03-11
TIBERIO.
SECCION DE CONSULTAS

hasta la cantidad dc cuatro mi! pesos. )
2asando de csa cantidai - cobrara cl docc
l.oc ciento. cantidad 4 Ia, Cue habra que agre,
gar una contribution adicionsl cuando las
cntEadaS eXcedan de cinco mil pesos.
Los individuos que no tengan 81 famiiia
aqui. aunpuc sean casados. 81 consideran co..
mo solteros para lbs efcctoS de esta ley.
Cuando cl hombre y Ia mujer t~rabajcn 81
calcuio Ac las cntrsdas debera haccrsc te-
niendo en- cucnta 10 que ambos. ganan. y Ia
refcrida ley sc ar!icar:, en- la misma forma
cuando SC rratc de mujcrc>. casadas o solic-
ras. QUE gancn dincro mcdiantc su trahajo
o 10 rc-ihan co7:o gcsuItado dc neSocicS cn
los que tcnGan parte.
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1919-03-11

Z. B iudad. No Sc admitc collaboration
del gcncro qGc ros indics. on nirguna for
ma.
I'm Subscription y ~efuciado.-San Antonio.
TexaS.-Crccmos quo icbc noncr Ell asunto
que nos ind!ca eli manos DC un abocado que
g~cs;ionc 10 que p~rc;cndc us,ed y que pare
GO muy scnsa:o. Em case dc que a>i 10 dcsec.
puedc cnviarnoS 81 nnmbrc : direction pos
tai ) timbrc De dos ccntavos para nucstra
rcspucsia y ror cart" l. jndicsrcmos el NOM
hre : Ia d;rcscin dc alcuna persona a quicn
pueda dirigirsc para cl arreglo dc csc a>un-
to.
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1919-03-11

A E~GIPCIA....
Cv0se Il un yucateco dccir meditabundo:
Los arbolcs deStruye Y el verde prado agosta;
;acridio ineXorable. acridio inveracundo!
;por que no ha dc atacar la influenza Il Ia ~langosta!
Y otro hombre que 10 oyo "estupefactado'
queriendo remediar sus males tantos,
olga lc diio, desc listed de santos,
81 l. Influenza nos mata lay, a AlvaradO.
TIBERIO.
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1919-03-11
Ia LUCUHRE HISTORIA DE
LOS ROMANOFF

,TcadsseiGs del frances oara LII PRENSAp
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1919-03-11
;OH, LA INFLUENZA!

:OH, LA INFLUENZA!
En- IN cine muy POGO concurrido:
y que tai?
va 10 ven.
Con ia desinfeci0n nos han fundido
Han deSaparecido
los microbes. -. y ell pub!ico tambien
4. PROPOSITO DE LO MISMO..
Fiiate bicn: estos dias
notaras por donde pasas
que desinfectaran tranvlas
coches, Y cines. Y casas.
Y a Venus no. Temeran
mas a Venus que a las ~larvas,
V por clio 10 lie habran
desinfectado las barbas..
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-27

for 20 or more years. He has served two terms in the legislature. Of his ac- complishments while a member of the state lawmaking body, he says:
 Prior to 1907 there had been several horrible accidents on the various grade crossings in this city. The city had no funds to remedy the situation. In the 1907 session of the legislature passed bill, over the strenuous opposition ol certain interests, enabling the city of Birmingham to force the railroad com panies to build viaducts at their own expense across these grade crossings The result of this legislation has been the building of the Twenty-first street (Rainbow) viaduct and also the one on First avenue, commonly called the Weatherly viaduct.
 q was a member of the committee which had charge of and introduced the bills in the session of 1907 that reduced the passenger rate in this state from 3 to 2h cests per mile, and reduced freight rates on nearly every commod- ity raised and manufactured in this state.
 T opposed the exemption from taxa tion of special interests and all other class legislation, and am still opposed to such legislation.
 q drafted and had passed bill in the session of 1907 requiring the sci ence of agriculture to be taught in the schools of this state. This was the first bill of this kind ever adopted in this state"
 PLATFORM OF PERKINS
 Roy E. Perkins is 29 years or age, is a native of Marengo county. but for T years a resident of Jefferson county.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-27
-------~0s------------ WISCONSIN MAN
 PRESERVES HUMOR

Omsk, Siberia, February A.-In the rev outionary gloom and sadness prevailing in Russia every American who comes to this unhappy country is cheered by the humor of Joseph Ray of Kewaunee. Wis, the American counsular agent here. Ray was clerk of the American embassy in Petrograd and went to Vologda with the embassy when the Americans quit the Russian capital in February. 1917. He was sent to Omsk to meet the American Emerson commission and the bolshevikl blocked his return to Vologda.
 50 we settled down at Omsk waiting for something to happen" said MT. Ray. "Tt did happen to me, for was sleeping in a railway train when car of dyna- mite and sharpnel exploded and many were killed escaped with few bruises. was frozen out. burned out and eaten out by bugs. My year of service is up and I hope to get out of Siberia and go home"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-27
LAPS CAN EASILY
 UNDERSEHh ENGLISH
By Associated Press


 Glasgow, March SO.-Japanese nanufac- turers in almost every line of trade are able to undersell their British and Amer ican competitors by as much as thirty three and one-third per cent and still gain a profit, according to the Journal of the Glasgow Chamber of Commerce. The trade paper attributes Japans advantage to lower wages and facilities for transpor- tation.
 In 1917, the Journal adds, Japan made a very marked advance in importation Of raw materials and the conversion of them into finished goods for export. The cost of labor, says the paper. is the crucial question in the problem of how far Great Britain can hold her own against Japan- csc competition. In the Japanese weav- ing factories II women or girls are em- ployed to one man or boy, while the pro- portion in the great English textile in- dustry in Lancashire is two women to one man.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-27
THE BIRMINGHAM AGEHERALD SUNDAY, APRIL 27 1919

He is a graduate of Birmingham col 1ege, has worked in the Ensley Tail mill, been paper carrier, railroad of- flee clerk, clerk in the office of an in dustr;al company. and since 1914 las practiced law in Birmingham. Among the important measures he will advo- cate if elected are the following: "A just workmen's compensation act. exemption of payment by soldiers ot poll tax, restoring to the cities the right to regulate public utilities, com mission form of government with a provision permitting the voters of Bir- mingham to vote upon changes Of it's form of government upon petition Of a majority of voters.
 "Rescision of action of legislature at recent session memorializing Congress against government control of rail- roads. The profits should go to the government, the public and the em- ployes, and not private parties. The fault at present is not in the system, but in the conduct of the system.
 Measures for the advancement of education-lift Alabama from third lowest in illiteracy.
 Making the jury commission to con- sist of the probate judge, clerk of the circuit court and sheriff, and not ap- pointive.
 Special registration for soldiers and sailors and other qualified persons whc are prevented by sickness or other un- avoidable circumstances from regis tering on regular registration days.
 Reform in court procedure"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-27
HARRISON'S STATEMENT

] William l.. Harrison, who has the in- dorsement of organized labor, mentions, among the subjects on which he will en- deavor to secure legislation, the follow ing:
 "A workman's compensation law This, MT. Harrison says, is going to be one or the main things for which he will work. Abolition of the convict leasing system and their removal from the coal mines. He says he has not fully determined what disposition should be made of the con- victs, but he would approve of some sys- tenn that would afford them humane treatment, keep them employed, but keer down competition with free labor as far as possible.
 Restriction of the abuse in the issuance of injunctions in labor disputes, where in employers obtain injunctions deprivins men of their lawful and constitutional rights. This will not affect the legiti- mate use of the injunction where the pro- lection of life or property might require it. The relief that we seek in this meas ure will be based on the Clayton amend
 ment to the Sherman net, which regu- lates this question from national stand point.
 "All educational questions that are for the promotion of better education. par ticularly in the common schools of the county and the state, including voca- tional education, will receive my special attention"
 MT Harrison sthted that he favored good roads and would vote for any req sonabIe legislation that he believed would give Alabama permanent highways.
 THE ESTES ISSUES Captain James Albert Estes is native ot Fayette county where hs was born 5S years ago, has been a resident of Jonesboro, now part of Bessemer, since January, 1890, and was solicitor of the Bessemer city court the first term after it's establishment
 He announces in favor of equitable workman's compensation act, "one that will be effective yet not destructive Reform in tie text book law so that the same books will be used in the same grade in all schools; an exchange value of school books and a removal of appor-
 tuties for graft in providing the books
 Protection of bank depositors so that
 "depositors of state banks will get all
 their money in bank failures"
 Application of automobile licenses to
 roads and streets in the counties where
 paid.
 Permanent roads, and broken glass,
 tacks and nails kept off the public roads
 and streets.
 Against any increase in taxation.
 Captain Estes says he is familiar with
 the laws of the state, the operation and
 legislative procedure and will know how and what to do.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-27

One week from next Tuesday the voters of Jefferson county will elect a representative in the state legisla- ture to fill the unexpired term of Thomas F. Huey, resigned.
 Four candidates have qualified fol the election. They are II. J. Haley and Roy E. Perkins, attorneys at law, of Birmingham; William l.. Harrison of Birmingham, president of the Alabama federation of labor, and James Albert Estes, attorney at law, of Bessemer.
 It is a free-for-all race, with no
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-27

A
 The Community THE criminal works in the dark He shuns Hence there is more crime in the night time than in the day.
 Birmingham is a poorly lighted city.
 Crimes of serious nature, such as burglarles and hold-ups, have been prevalent here for some time past.
 After the illuminated signs and show windows are turned off by the merchants, the Birming- ham business district is so poorly lighted that it is practically impossible to distinguish person 5Ofeet away unless he is in the immediate vcl11- ity of one of the few street lights.
 Looking down Twentieth street from Capitol park after 10 o'clock is like looking into canyon on moonless night.
 And the residence districts are still worse. Some years ago the merchants demanded bet ter lighted streets Upon their agreement to pay for the current for certain number of years the city installed boulevard lamps in the business section While this agreement was in effect; downtown Birmingham was sufficiently well lighted
 But at the expiration of the period covered by the agreement the merchants declined to bear the expense further, and the city making no pro- vision for the payment of future bills, the lights were discontinued
 It is the city's duty to illuminate the streets. This expense should not be saddled on the mer- chants who are already ovefburdened with ex- cessively high license taxes-the highest rate of any city in the nation.
 Whena merchant pays $500 year license tax-as some of them do-he is entitled not only to fire and police protection, but clean and we'll lighted streets as we'll.
 Mr. City Commissioners, turn on your boule- ward lights. They were never intended to serve
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-27
Candidates For Legislature
 Cite Issues Of the Campaign

party nomination, but it so happens that all of the entrants are demo- crats.
 Each of the candidates states that he favors good roads, a fair and req sonable workman's compensation act. better educational facilities, and such other legislation as will rebound to the best interests of the state and the cOptu
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-27
Britain and War Savings

London, March 3.-In three years the British public has bought S00,000000 war savings certificates at $S.75 each. So sue- cessful has been the work of the national war savings committee that 1t is planned to continue it's 10000 savings associations on permanent peace basis.
 TOD CCOo or Snuff Habit CURED by lUDAUUU harmless remedy. Guaran- teed. Sent on trial. If it cures, costs you $1. If it fails, cost nothing. SU-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-27
HALEY STATES CASE

Mir Haley is a practicing attorney at the Birmingham bar and has been
Crossville chronicle. [volume] (Crossville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-07-09
LONG BUSY PLACE OF TRADE
For Centuries, as Today, All Eastern
Roads and Caravan Routes
Meet at Aleppo.

From time immemorial Aleppo has
been meeting place Of roads and
caravan routes, alike from the West
and from the uttermost East. Figura-
lively and literally, all roads still, to-
day, in Asia Minor, and from the
South, lead to Aleppo, while in it's
greatest bazars is to be found mer-
chandise from the ends of the earth.
Brass and silver work from India /;
Chinese worries and porcelain; lac
quered bowls from Japan; carpets and
rugs from everywhere where carpets
and rugs are woven, from China to the
BOsporus, and so on, almost indefinite
ly. Nothing else, as one writer justly
remarks, gives such an idea Of Alep-
pos Importance as one of the great
clearing houses of the East as these
enormous, unending, vaulted bazars,
lined with shops and thronged with
people. The grand bazaar of Stambul
Is great of its kind, but the Aleppo
bazaar is altogether greater. "You may
wander in it for couple Of hours
and never seem to go over the same
ground twice; always fresh ramifica-
tons come into view and give a choice
of fresh turnings to be taken"
Crossville chronicle. [volume] (Crossville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-07-09

In the past fifty years there have
been sixteen wars in Europe and Asia.
The United States has been involved in
two wars iu that time. In the League
of Nations this country has one vote to
six for EnglanI and one in nine of the
original bunch that is supposed to
compose the League of Nations. We
have just one chance in eight to keep
out Ut European wars, that come at an
average rate of one every three years,
provided we join the League of Ma
tions.
That means if we join the League of
Nations every man who was a soldier
in the world war had better hold on
to his fighting tools for few years,
for he is liable to need them within
three or four years.
Do you want your boy to be sent to
Europe or Asia to put down war
that is of no interest to this nation?
No need to answer, every one knows
what the answer is.
Crossville chronicle. [volume] (Crossville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-07-09
Each Ones Success,

Ones success or failure is deter
mined largely by the manner In which
the individual spends his or her lei
sure. 1t seems that many OF us are
prone ITO ride our hobbies" to the ul-
innate. One plays cards every eve
ming; another shoots balls on q green
table; another is a movie devotee, and
some one else a dance crank night
after night. All these things are good
or bad in proportion to the degree in
which they rest us or improve US. We
need a more harmonious development.
1t is obvious that the supreme pur-
pose Of life is to have a goal ahead
and to use every effort to attain the
great objective. He or she who has
found his or her work in the scheme of
things is quite happy. We should
devote our leisure time to the acquir-
ing of greater efficiency, with a certain
amount of play and recreation to re-
fresh us. The pursuit Of pleasure
merely "to kill time" Is a mistake. Too
much frivolity will make us satiated
and blase. In this busy world, let us
get in the game" and use more team
play in the area of human activities.
So. let us fit ourselves for greater eff
cheney and usefulness by Q more DIS
Greet use Of our lelsyrS tius.-Grit
Crossville chronicle. [volume] (Crossville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-07-09
Popular Symbol in China.

One of the most frequent groups Of
symbols seen in Chinese designs Is
the Buddhist group. The Buddhist
knot is the sign of longevity, and also
stands for the eight Buddhist com-
mandments. Two fish denote domestic
felicity. These fish, or perch, go in
pairs and are always faithful to each
other. The umbrella of 10000 people
is presented to a mandarin on his leaV-
ing a district as token of the purity
of his administration. The canopy, like
the umbrella, is a sign relating to Of
fetal life, which IS the ambition of
every Chinese.
Crossville chronicle. [volume] (Crossville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-07-09
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NEWTON

Mr.. P. M. Brewer and Miss Sarah
Presley, were united in Matrimony
Friday, June 28.
Mr., and Mrs. Bain Scarbro and
children, of City, visited with rela-
tives and friends here last week.
Several people of our community
spent the fourth in Eastland.
Married Friday, July fourth, at the
home of Thos. J. Kerley Esq. Mr..
William Brewer and Miss Lavetta
Atkins. The groom is the son of p.
Nj. Brewer, and the bride, is the
daughter of Mrs. Mary Atkins We
wish them long and happy life.
Chas. Miller, was out from the val.
ley Saturday looking after cate.
5. S. Swallows, of Winesap, passed
through here Thursday enroute to Her
bert Domain.
Mrs. Conner Godsey, of Grassy Cove,
is here visiting her mother.
July 5, Nameless.
Crossville chronicle. [volume] (Crossville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-07-09
First Use of Toilet Vinegar.

Perhaps the ladies who use toilet
vinegar would like to know its origin?
The story runs like this: During the
great plague that visited Marseilles,
four highwaymen who had formed a
gang, invented an aromatic vinegar by
means of which they could rob the
dead and dying without any fear Of
infection. This vinegar was for a
long time known in France under the
name of "Vinaigre de quatre Voleur,"
and eventually became toilet vinegar.
Crossville chronicle. [volume] (Crossville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-07-09

1t is sometimes amazing with what
speed the war department does things
A IL an in Pennsylvania was handed d
telegram the other day notifying him
he had been wounded in action, de-
gree undetermin ed He had been home
a week, was wounded in the Argonne
last October while fighting with the
Fourth Division. Such speed reminds
one of the little couplet which says:
"How fleet is glance of the mind!
When compared with the speed of its
flight,
The tempest itself lags behind and
the swift-wipged arrows of light. -
Arrows of light seem to have a
slight edge on the movements Of the
war department.
Crossville chronicle. [volume] (Crossville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-07-09
HEBRERTSBURG

K. r. Smith filled his regular ap3
pointment at New Home Sunday.
A. A. Handy made a business trip
to Grab Orchard Saturday.
Walter Davis came home Saturday
on ten days turlough.
Miss Claudia Handy and brother
Clyde were the guest of Mr., and Mrs.
/. c. Mills Friday.
Miss Ada Smith was the guest of
F. L. Handy and family from Friday.
until Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Anderson Handy, of
Mountain City, were guests of Jack
Davis Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Handy were
in Grab Orchard Thursday.
Mrs. Dale Parker and children ara
visiting Mrs. Parker's parents, Mr.. ]
and Mrs. Reuben Myers.
Jess Davidson was in Cab Orchard
Thursday.
Quiet a number went from here tot
Crossville the fourth.
July 7. Maybe3 !
Crossville chronicle. [volume] (Crossville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-07-09

When quarterly court convenes Mon
day there will Re quite a number of
weIghty matters come up for their
cor sideration. None of them will be
of more importance than that of pro-
vlding the largest possible school fund
for the coming year. which will be
done through the tax levy provided for
that purpose.
The seriousness of the school situa-
ton is surpassed by only one other
issue-that of good roads and some
even feel that tn school question is of
more Importance than good roads.
However any enc may view the two
needs of this county all will admit that
the little boys and girls of this county
are being denied the most important
thing that can possibly come into
their young lives-a reasonable chance
for an educatio That cannot be fur
nlshed without money and lots of it.
In the many years we have had
chance to observe the problems of tax
paying in this county, we have never
known a man to object to paying the
tax that was assessed against him for
schools. The committee to fix the
assessment should be men who are
school enthusiasts and who are willing
to go to the limit to provide funds for
our rural schools. Many persons will
watch the result with interest.
Crossville chronicle. [volume] (Crossville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-07-09
BETTER SCHOOLS URGED
Some Facts That Show ExistanCe Of a
Most Alarming Condition,

WOSl nldIHilllS OOlluilVIh
The war has shocked our nation intC
a srealization of the real conditions
facing US in every phase of our nation
al Metaphysical, industrial, social, re
ligious and educational.
The relations of the physical conid
ton of our men have aroused the ma.
/ tion and powerful forces have been sci
I in motion to combat disease. But nc
less amazing have been the revelations
of llliteracy. That out of the first draft
of two million men, one hundred thou
sand could not read nor write, that
fourteen out of one hundred voters can
not sign their own names.
Facts like these have aroused the
nation to the greatest educational cam
paign ever inaugurated. We realize
tnat the school is our only hope for
preserving American principles and in
stitutions. Everywhere attention is
directed to the schools and everywhere
it is found that the best teachers have
been leaving the schools to take up
more remunerative employment
In every other field the market for
ability and efficiency is higher than in
the educational field. Everywhere it
is seen the schools must be improved
To improve them we must have better
teachers and pay the best ones sutfi.
cient to hold them. This means more
money for school purposes and that
means an increase in the school tax.
In some counties in our state teach
ers' salaries are to be increased from
five per cent to twenty-five per cent,
according to the experience and success
of the teachers.
Better schools mean better business.
In one community in our county where
there is no school, some prospective
buyers came intending to buy farms,
but on learning conditions they said,
"You can't talk to US If you have no
school, We wouldn't buy at any price.
Get your school first and then we shall
be glad to talk to you"
The new school law requires every
child from seven to sixteen years old
to be in school during the entire term.
This law will be enforced, But to en-
force 1t means that schools and teach
ers must be within reach of each child.
When the average salary of an ele-
mentary teacher is only about $3.50
per year, is it any wonder that the
schools cannot retain the best talent
in the teaching profession?
Prof. j. b. Brown, State Rural
School Inspector, during his recent
visit here, after looking over school
conditions in our county, said that the
only way we could hope to build up an
efficient school system is to raise the
school tax to the limit.
Tennessee now ranks seventh from
the bottom in illiteracy and our county !
tax is one of the lowest in the state.
A states financial and commercial
status is measured by its educational
status. Every dollar invested in schools |
means hundreds in the financial pros
perity of the county. Let US raise the
school tax to the limit. Only in this
way can we give our children the
efficient teachers, the better school
buildings and the length of school term
they deserve.
A. J. AIbertson, Co. Supt.