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The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-06-06
TAX ADJUSTERS T0 <. HEAR PROTESTS
Hearing to Commence To- mOrrow-Limited Num-
 Der of Cases Set Daily

Hearings of protests of property owners regarding the increased prop eIty assessment will be started by the board of tax adjusters tomorrow morn ing. The board will be located in the office formerly occupied by the sur veyors in the basement of the court house and will be in session from g a. m. until D. m. daily for several weeks.
 About 100 cases have been set for tomorrow and only those set specifi- cally set for this date will be taken up by the board. However. after the first day an average of 300 cases have been Set for hearing.
 There has been some confusion re- garding tn hearings of the board" said F. E. McLendon, tax collector and a large number of propert yowners have been to my office to see about the matter. Everyone is urged to read the citations carefully and note the date on which they are cited to appear before the boadd. If this is done they will save themseiy es much trouble and the boar1 as we'll"
 While no figures are available. it is estimated that the increased property assessments outside of corporations will amount to between $5,000,000 and coco. Last year the assessment of property. real and personal, was S170 000.000, and the increased valuation will materially increase this amount, it is contended.
 Approximately 1Sooo x individuals have had their assessments raised and every one will be given an opportunity to appear before the board and pro- test against the raise if they so desire. Citations to all property owners whose assessments increase were mailed Monday and should have been received by every one. It is important to note the date on which the property owners are to appear, as a limited number have been set for each day and no cases will be heard unless set for that date.
 The board will be at the courtroom in Bessemer on the second floor of the Realty building on July [, s and for the purpose of hearing protests Of property owners in that section of the ccunty.
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LETTERS TO EDITOR
Our Educational System

To the Editor of The Age-Herald.
 No wonder the intelligent population is leaving rural sections and coming to town. There are but 1Ss affiliated high schools in the state. and these all in the cities or villages. with few or no excep- tions The only way for the country boys and girls to ever enter college is to leave home and attend one of these affiliated high schools for three years
 There are many rural districts in the state where competent teachers have been employed and have advanced pu- pills who can enter college with credit But the advancement counts for naught The pupil must attend one of these at filated high schools before he can enter college. And before school can be classed in this utilization it must employ at Neast three teachers for the whole school session, and this is utterly Nlm- possible in many sections of our state. A greater injustice was neYe rimposed upon an honest people and will not he long endured Our college officials tea us that they are helpless; that they are bound by the Germanized system under which the universities of our country are being conducted.
 I am informed by unquestionable au- thority that our whole school system is Germany's system duplicated, and Ger manys fate is fresh on our memory. 1t is not the purpose of this article to re- view the history of Germany, but to ap- peal to the proper authorities to adjust present conditions that justice. in a measure. may be done the boys and girls of our rural districts. Having taught in the state twenty three years, eleven years as principal of the M. L. Academy, I feel that this subject might be discussed intelligently by me with but little instrusion. l find that it is being discussed by the parents in the rural districts, and that they are going to demand recognition.
 And when we realize that less than 40 per cent of our population must feed the United States and spare some for other countries, it behooves us to look we'll into any condition that tends to de- crease food production. If the legisla- ture is called in extra session we insist that our present school system be gone into, for it is indescribably weighing down the ambitious youth of the state.
 JAMES WALKER.
 Birmingham, June 5. 1920.
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behind closed doors and that indicates the making of the choice. Meanwhile they try to hold together. It's fine life if you can only stick it out.
 A Pennsylvania leader explained the indorsement of Sproul; We want to hold the vote together. We want to get some thing for Pennsylvania. Give me seventy six votes and I'll go into the convention and get something; besides, Sproul has a chance" It is the prevailing mood. EN- erybody has chance And solid block of votes can get something. This is the one stabilizing factor in the situation. It is the usual attitude of convention But it is stronger attitude this time,
 The big prize is anyone's who can get it.. And everyone who has block of dele gates can do his own trading. There are no masters of the great art of trading who are going to Inonopolize the oppor- tppifv
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Letter From Thigpen

To the Editor of The Age-HeraId;
 note that upon an official count of the votes cast in the primary on May H. 1920, Judge Henry F. Merritt has been declared the nominee for associate judge of the court of appeals. Will you kindly permit me- through your columns, to ex' tend to my many friends throughout the state my sincere thanks for the loyal
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-06-06
JOHNSON AND WOOD ARE REAL RIVALS IN
 FIELD AT CHICAGO
TALK OF DOUBLE CROSSING
(Continued from Page one)

national committee. and his allusion to the strength of Johnson.
 TALK OF DOUBLE CROSSING
 The hotel corridors called the state
 ment double crossing Wood. It was calculated to show division in the Wood forces and indicate that the politicians surrounding Wood were getting ready to flop to- Johnson, and array the or
 ganization against Wood more strongly
 than it had been. No candidate was ever so double crossed by his campaign as Wood has been. The purpose of fore | ing Woods hand is written all over the | ir cident.
 The statement and the revelation of the feud hurt Wood. They lend a cer- | tain moral strength to Johnson wno IS even without them gaining surprisingly | with the organization supporters. They will tend to keep Lowden in the fight as Lowden will hope to profit by the division of the Wood forces. l The big fight of the convention mas begun to take form. Wood snapped al | Johnson when he branded as enemy propaganda the story published in a | Johnson newspaper here that Coione , Procter had been superseded by Frank | H. Hitchcock.
 | Johnson snapped back at Wood with | out knowing what the general had said when he threatened all, kinds of dire 1 things to any one who tried to tampeI with his primary instructed delegates reminding the general of what he himself
 had done in urging that Indiana abide py 1 the primary vote and instruct for Wood
 IS NATURAL FIGHT 1 This is the natural fight. Wooe
 and Johnson have been pitted agains each other in the primaries, they have
 been pitted against each other In th' l campaign fund investigation. They 1 represent the two big divisions or tho I party. Wood is the candidate of the l conservatives. Johnson is the choic' 1 of the liberals Wood, as between the i two, is preferred by the business in l terests.
 Johnson is the hope of the labor | vote insofar as it is republican. l Wood supports the German treaty with reservations, the Lodge reserva 1 tions or something stronger. Johnson wants the league covenant amended
 at least if not defeated. Both arc
 vague on these issues. Both pussy l foot in spite of Johnson's repeatlns 1 the old Roosevelt cry against pussy | footing, but they are on opposite side' | of the great republican divide. On th' | Johnson side of the great watershed | the stream flows west. On the Wood l side they flow east.
 At this writing it seems, as Greell said of the Civil war. An irrepressi-
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been appointed professor Of French at the University College at south Wales. Professor Watkins at present occupies the French chair at Johannes burg University and is one Of the bcss British French scholars.
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support that was given me and to as- sure them thaA appreciate their sup. port very much? Thanking you, I am, yours very truly,
 EMMET S. THIGPEN. Erewton, June {, 1920.
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Once Mason Now Professor

Cardiff. Wales, May 27.-Morgan Watkins. who fifteen years ago was working as a mason in his native vil- lage of Clydach. Swansea valley, has
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ble conflict" In this is involved more than personalities. In fact, as you see the two men at Chicago they are not remarkable personalities. The social forces that they represent are more powerful than they. Johnson put it. unconsciously, when he said that ms candidacy expressed an overwhelming public sentiment. It was not he that counted but the sentiment And the sentiment. he said. was the determi- na ton of the public to keep America at home. That is, however, only one side of it. The determination is based on the feeling that we have enough to do to settle our own social prob lems at home. without spending our energies abroad and involving our selves in commitments there.
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national committee. and his allusion tt the strength of Johnson.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1920-08-27
BUILDING INDUSTRIAL VILLAGE
Attractive Six Room StuccO Houses
Now Under Construction

Roscoe G.. Tindall, architect, is
building an industrial village Tor the
American Vulcanized Fibre Company
at Newark, Del. The buildings are
located on the extension OF Cnurch
street after it passes the tracks OF
the Baltimore and Ohio railroad and
leads down into the plant.
The buildings are all of The ''in
dustrial" type, that is, they arc con-
structed in groups, there being two
groups of four houses each and one
group of three houses. All now are
we'll under way and will be COM
pleted by about September first.
The structures will be occupied by
the families of workmen employed iii
the plant. 1t is intended to place the
rentals within the means of the oc-
cupants and provide them at the
same time with homes little better
in architectural design than Is usual
~ provided for the amount of rental
that will be paid in the present case.
The buildings have stucco walls
are unusually artistic in their design,
are provided with pipeless heaters.
All six of the rooms are light and
airy. The bathroom, kitchen and
laundry arrangements are especially
attractive.
Mr.. Tindall also is constructing a
number of houses for Worth Broth
ers at Worthland, Claymont, in
units of the industrial village type
but without, some of the more attrac-
tive features of the houses at New
Star.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1920-08-27

Tennessee's ratification of the suf-
frage amendment last week assures
to the women the right to vote. The
only other detail now to be carried
out is proclamation by Secretary OF
State Colby in Washington that the
Nineteenth Amendment has been
ratified by the necessary number OF
States.
Before women can vote, however
they must register, and Supervisors
of Elections in Baltimore city and
the counties will at once proceed to
make the necessary arrangements &c
register the women.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1920-08-27
HOW PRIVILEGE REWARDS IT'S
HUMBLE ADVOCATES.

The methods pursued by the gov
eminent against profiteering, while
futile, are far from a joke to bust
ness men. To be arrested or threat
ened with prosecution for conducting
business in the way that economic
conditions require business to be
carried on is no laughing matter to
those who are thus made scapegoats
for the evildoings of privilege. This
applies especially to the retailer
whose apparently large profits form
the basis for charges of profiteering
by ignorant or sensational officials.
In many retail lines profits of from
fifty to one hundred per cent have
cases that fact is now heralded as
new discovery and represented as
recently established practice account
ing for the high cost of living. OF
course when the price of commodities
has doubled or trebled, as compared
with former years, before reaching
the retailer the final addition of a
hundred per cent profit makes
tremendous difference. But h e
remedy for this state of affairs lies
in removal of the cause or the causes
of price-boosting before reaching the
retailer, and in removal of causes
that make the expense of conducting
a retail business so high as to neces-
state high gross profit. When, in
stead of following this course, the
government resorts to prosecution
regardless of economic conditions, it
may succeed in soaring some bust
nessmen out of business, but will
benefit no one.
However, the businessmen suffer
ing from this policy are largely to
blame for it. Most of them have let
themselves be misled into believing
the interest of predatory privilege to
be their own. The have consequent
ly upheld the opposition to all funda-
mental measures of social justice.
They have stood by the interests in
fighting the single tax, abolition of
private control of railroads, free
trade and measures recognized as
steps toward these reforms. Now
when persistence in refusal to adopt
such measures has resulted in an
abnormal high cost of living, and
victims are needed whose sacrifice
will detract popular attention from
the true cause, the unprivileged de-
fender of privilege finds himself Sc
lected for that function. Possibly
some will now do some thinking.
American Economic League.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1920-08-27

If the action of the Tennessee
Legislature in ratifying the Nine
teenth or suffrage amendment is not
reversed through the motion to re-
consider the vote or is not left in
definitely in suspense by injunction
proceedings, the politics of the pres
ent campaign, as well as of the
future, will be revolutionized
Nearly 100000 edition a
women will be enfrachised, at least
half of them in States now regarded
by professional politicians as doubt
full. More than 100000 women
already hold the right to vote for
President under State laws, but only
100000 were entitled to vote for
members of the Federal Senate and
House of Representatives.
Moreover, the suffrage amend
ment confers upon women the right
to hold office. Under that measure,
they enjoy the same privileges as
men and it need not be surprising il
women in increasing numbers aspire
to seats in both branches of Con-
gress or even aspire in time, to the
Presidency and Vice-Presidency of
the United States.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1920-08-27
To Help Reduce Old III. c. l..

Outlines of programs for helping
reduce the high cost of living will
shortly be received by the federated
women's clubs of Maryland. They
are to be used by the clubs in their
fall and winter work. The outlines
have been prepared by Mrs. Eudora
Ramsay Richardson, director of
women's work in this district for the
War Loan Organization, and will be
issued in cooperation with Mrs.
Francis Sanderson, of Baltimore
thrift chairman of the federation OF
women's clubs in this state. A study
of wise spending and systematic saw
ing featured the work of the feder-
alton last year and is thought TO have
been largely responsible for The in
vestment in Maryland of $374,0OO in
government savings securities.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1920-08-27

A bill to make platform pledges
binding is to be sought at the hands
of every State Legislature. The act
that makes failure Of a legislative
official to vote according to the plat
form on which he is elected felony
was drafted by member Of the
Presidents Cabinet and has been
sent to the Governor of every State,
with the expectation that it will be
introduced at the first session of the
Legislature of that State.
Special elections are in sight in
New York and North Carolina, while
the Tennessee Legislature is still UNI
adjourned, and, while these special
sessions have been called for specific
purposes, there is nothing to prevent
: other legislation being taken up.
The object of the bill is, of course
to put an end to the spectacle OF
candidates promising all sorts of re.
forms and then letting political ex,
pediency or other considerations in
fiuence them to betray their constitu-
ents. In other words, an electorate
is entitled at the hands of it's agents
the legislative candidates-to the
legislation it sends a man to the
State capital or to Congress to enact
The theory is that candidate is
given his election on certain specified
conditions, and when he violates
these conditions he is as much guilty
of embezzlement as any other man
who takes the consideration named
in a contract and violates that con-
tract.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1920-08-27

The anti-suffragists are desperate
and are playing their losing game TO
the very limit. Thirty or more OF
the Tennessee Legislators left the
State in order to prevent a quorum
for further action. Suffrage advo-
Gates, however, continue to charac-
terize the situation as satisfactory.
They reiterate their contention that
the action of the House Saturday in
ealing up the Walker reconsideration
motion, in defeating it, and in order
ing the Senate joint resolution of
ratification transmitted to the Senate
for engrossing, to be justified and un-
assailable, despite the lack of legis-
lative quorum.
The Constitutional League, which
has been fighting ratification in Ten
nessee on the ground that the State
Constitution prohibited the present
Legislature from acting on the suf-
frage amendment, has addressed a
message to the Governors of Yer
mont, Connecticut, Florida, Ala
bama, Louisiana, Delaware and
South Carolina. The leagues mes
sage, declares that Tennessee has not
ratified suffrage, and serves notice
that any State official who attempted
certification would be attacked for
contempt of court under the injunc-
ton which the league announced
would, if necessary, be carried to the
Supreme Court of the United States.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1920-08-27
A Travelling Mans Experience.

You may learn something from
the following by w. H. Ireland, a
travelling salesman of Louisville, Ky
"In the summer of 1888 1 had a
severe attack of cholera morbus.
gave the hotel porter fifty cents and
told him to buy me bottle of Cham
berlain's Collie and Diarrhoea Rem
edy and to take no substitute.
took double dose of it according to
the directions and went to sleep. AT
five O'Clock the next morning l was
called by my order and took train
for my next stopping place, well
man,
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1920-08-27

Sugar will continue to go down,
not up. There has been no actual
shortage of this commodity at all.
Only an artificial situation, created
partly by transportation difficulties
and partly by panic on the part OF
large consumers, has existed. But
the old law of supply and demand is
now getting in it's work and the in
flated bubble" has burst.
This is upon the authority OF the
Bureau of Crop Estimates of the De-
partment of Agriculture.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1920-08-27
Women Not Obliged To Give Age
Before Voting.

AS Tennessee gives the ballot to
women, the matter of registration
will have to be attended to speedily.
One feature of this act which has
furnished great deal of discussion
is the supposed necessity of giving
ones age. Several registry boards
to whom the question was put state
that the law merely requires that a
voter be of the age of 81 or more.
Affirmation that she has attained this
age is all that will be required of
women.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1920-08-27

A new method Of fighting the U-boai
menace is for the attacked vessel to
drop a depth charge as the torpedo
approaches. In daylight the wake OF
the torpedo can usually be seen quite
clearly When the depth charge ex-
plodes 1t either causes the premature
explosion of the torpedo or else diverts
the deadly missile from Its course This
was found out quite by accident. A
ships officer In his excitement one day
threw a depth charge overheard, 1t did
the trick.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1920-08-27
The Best Physic.

When you want a pleasant physic
try Chamberlain's Tablets. They are
easy to take and mild and gentle in
effect. They are highly priced by
people who have become acquainted
with their good qualities. They
only cobt quarter.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1920-08-27
Marriage Licenses.

T. Hayes Martindale, of Colora
and Violet T. Bradley, of Rising Sun
John Fletcher Hevlow and Mary
Jane Husfelt, both of Cecilton.
Earl Scarborough, of Philadelphia
and Grace E. Hoy, of Elkton.
John l.. Hutchinson, of Elkton
and Helen Dale, of North East.
Francis T. Burns, and Mrs. Rachel
Ann Shaeffer, both of Elkton.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1920-08-27

Women will vote in Maryland this
fall for the first time.
The election will be for President,
United States Senator and Congress
men.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1920-08-27

Let's drop the word bargain"
from the business dictionary there
can be no permanent profit in tran.
sactions where one or the other doses.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1920-08-27

One Of Uncle Sans battle-wagons
going through the Panama Canal. This
view was taken near Culebra Cut
from a Navy seaplane.
The little tug hardly looks large
enough to chaperon a battleship, does
1t? But then the tug is a part of the
U. S. Navy too.
Size isn't always the most impOr-
tant thing. The men of the Navy
have learned that brains amount to a
great deal more.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1920-08-27

Can you recall those hard times
when beef got so high the poor had
to fall back on pork chops
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1920-08-27

Why is it the small customer al
ways demands more service than 9
big one?
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1920-08-27
WE BUY

Rags. Bones, Bags, Burlap,
Hides, Iron, Gum and Metals,
Paper Cement Bags, Magazines,
Papers, Books.
HIGHEST CASH PRICES PAID
For all kinds of Junk, Hides,
Calf Skins, Furs, and Tallow.
JULIUS /. BAER
Phone 126-X
RISING SUN, MD.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1920-08-27

Most special favors draw high
interest.
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