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Imperial Valley press., 1920-12-24
REEO THANKED
BY CHURCH FOR
EARNEST EFFORTS
TIE Baptist church has sent the
following letter to the retiring pas
ton, Rev. Walter S. Reed:
Dec. 13, 1920.
Rev. ". S. Reed, Pastor,
First Baptiss Church,
Ell Centre, Calf.
Beloved Brother:

First Baptiscc Church,
Ell Centre, Calf.
Beloved Brother:
1t is with a feeling of deepest sor-
row that this church received your
resignation as its pastor, and as a
body have regretfully accepted it.
During your six years work among
Us you have been called upon to per
form many trying tasks. During the
great war, when the very foundation
of our country was being shaken by
foes from without and within, which
sought to DESTROY it, yours was the
steadying hand which pointed the way
not only to the members of this church
but also to the whole community
Yours was the voice to be raised in
suppllcatlon to us to stand firm in
the belief that God rules all things.
Yours was the call to us to maintain
100 per cent Americanism, not only
in actual battle against our enemy,
but also to give of our bet to those de-
serving agencies of mercy, the Red
Cross and the Y. M. c. A. That your
leadership and your sincerity in these
matters was appreciated by the COM
munity was evinced by the high posi-
tion YOU were called upon to accept in
Red Cross work And during all
these days of service to your fellow
an you were still our beloved pas
tor and Gods humble servant. More
recently you have been justly and sig
nally honored by being appointed a
member of our public school trustees.
We would be less than human if
we failed to respect and love a char
acter such as you possess. Your kind
words to us in times of affliction,
your gladness at our joys and sue
cesses has bound you to US in bonds
that can never be entirely severed,
regardless of where you may go. Yet
it is not given to us to question the
will of Him whose call you now obey.
Our portion is solely one of sorrow
and grief that you must go from us,
yet we rejoice with those to whom
you are going, in that our irreparable
loss will be their enviable gain.
May Gods richest blessing be the
portion allotted to you and yours, is
our earnest wish and prayer.
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH.
Done by order of the church, Dec.
/, 1920.
?. l.. ECHOIS. Clerk
Imperial Valley press., 1920-12-24
STARVATION WILL END "WAR'
p. O. Open Xmas

Postmaster C. w. Collins an
nounced this morning that tomor-
row being Christmas all depart
ments Of the postal service will be
open from 10 o'clock until noon, in
order that those expecting packag-
es may receive same. One city
delivery will be made, with the ex-
ception of the business section,
and merchants expecting parcel
post mail can receive it at the
postoffice between 9 o'clock and
noon.
Imperial Valley press., 1920-12-24
EXPECT VETO ON
REVIVING WAR
FINANCE CORP
(By Associated Press)

WASHINGTON, Dec. PA veto
of the joint resolution, reviving the
war fianance corporation is expected
by Whitehouse officials but in giving
expression to their belief they made
it clear that they have had no spe-
cific information from President Will
son. The resolution is in the hands
of Secretary Houston, to whom the
president referred it for examination
and report. He is strongly opposed
to it.
Imperial Valley press., 1920-12-24
TAFT GUEST OF
HARDING TODAY
(By Associated Press)

MARION, Dec. "a. - President
elect Warren G. Harding turned to
former President Taft today for
council over the world peace problem
and practical details for the organiz-
ing of the next administration. The
conference was arranged at Harding'a
request and is understood to concern
particularly the proposal for a new
international court, in which Taft
has been interested for many years.
Imperial Valley press., 1920-12-24
COLBY GREETED
BY S. A. WARSHIPS
(By Associated Press

BUENOS AIRES, Dec. 24.-Brain-
bridge Colby, United States secretary
of state will be officially received by
the Argentine government as the ma
tion's guest. The foreign office an
nounced that Argentine would send a
warship to Montevido, Uruguay, to
bring Colby. to Buenos Aires.
Imperial Valley press., 1920-12-24
FRIEND SERIOUSLY
INJURED HIS PAL
(By Associated Press5

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 24.-Ed-
ward Conway came to San Francisco
last night to visit Edward Edmonds.
He found Edmond's house dark and
unable to raise anyone, ne crawled
in the window. Edmond grappled
with the intruder ana threw him down
stairs. He turned on the light and
found Conway unconscious and per-
hans fatally hurt. ILL.
Imperial Valley press., 1920-12-24
WET CHRISTMAS
PREDICTED FOR US
(By Associated Prcss)

IBy Assoclated PrcsS)
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 24.-Clear
sparkling weather tonight with
snap to it" for northern California
and stormy conditions for Southern
California was forecast for Christmas
day by the weather bureau here.
Imperial Valley press., 1920-12-24
ElkS' Dance

Elks and their ladies are cordially
invited to an Elks' dance tomorrow
night at the Elks' club rooms. Harry
Ellison and Earl Yant are looking aft
er the affair and promise some novel
ties which will surprise and delight
the dancers. Christmas night will be
BIG NIGHT at the Elks' club.
Imperial Valley press., 1920-12-24
Daily
Weather
Report

Southern Californa-Tonight and
Saturday unsettled, probably rain.
Arizona-Fair in south, snow in
north. Saturday the same. Cooler in
west portion Saturday.
Imperial Valley-Unsettled tonight
and tomorrow, with threatening rain.
Not much chance in temnerature
Imperial Valley press., 1920-12-24
NO PRESS CHRISTMAS

In accordance with it's usual GUS
tom. there will be no issue Of this
publication tomorrow, Christmas day.
Mrs. lone Finley leaves tonight for
Los Angeles to make her home in
that city in the future.
Imperial Valley press., 1920-12-24
SEN. CHAMBERLAIN
GOES UNDER KNIFE
CBy Associated Press)

WASHINGTON, Dec. Ex-senator
Chamberlain, of Oregon, successfully
underwent the first of two operations,
necessitated by his condition. His
physicians are satisfied with the pro-
gress and expect to perform the other
operation within the next two days.
A new farm center has been organ
lied at Trenford, Yolo county.
Orland, Glenn county, expects to
ship out between 500 and 600 boxes
of oranges.
The winter vegetable crop is NOV
ing from the Sutter Basin. Grain
seeding has begun.
Imperial Valley press., 1920-12-24

Miss Florence Shamel, daughter of
Rev. and Mrs. A. w. Shamel, has
returned from the University of
Southern California to spend the holi-
days with her parents.
Imperial Valley press., 1920-12-24

Mr.. and Mrs. Oliver Ennis, assis-
tant advertising man of Varney
Brothers, will leave tonight for Los
Angeles.
Imperial Valley press., 1920-12-24
TOP DISEASE HERE
(By United Press)

BERKELEY, Cal, Dec. "a. = The
sugar beet industry of this state, in
volving an investment of factory
capital alone of 25,OOO,o 900, is threat
ened with total destruction if means
are not found to control the "curly
top disease and render production
more secure, according to the annual
report of the director of the agricul-
tural experiment station of the Uni
versity of California.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-09

captured, was killed, was revived again. In the end our expedition, having demorl- strated it's utter lack of preparation for desert warfare, withdrew and Villa grinned.
 His grin has broadened. He has seen a quarter of million of our soldiers die elsewhere since, Europe devastated and revolutionized, Mexico torn by dis sensions and watered with blood, and 1t has amused him hugely. That act over. it was time for him to come upon the stage once more, weeping into his bloody handkerchief, and swearing amendment. Now he is an officer of police; it is his duty to preserve the order he SO enjoyed upsetting; his automatic and the offfcia. pardon for his crimes sticking together from his sash, he rides the border and wonders with a twist of his lying lips when he shall have another opportunity to murder few Americans.
 He has immunity from the Mexican gov ernment for all crimes committed against Mexico. And in this country he is re- garded with a kind of sneaking amuse- ment-1916 was so long ago-and, after all, he is only a Mexican
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-09
MORNING PAPIER BEST

From the Indianapolis Star.
 Several delegates to the Associated Advertising Clubs convention attended the meeting Wednesday of the Indian apolis Real Estate Board Sat the Cham Der of Commerce building. Frank F. King of Denver Col. who sold more than s1,00O, ,0O0 worth of high priced residence property last year. made a talk in which he urged the adoption by the Indianapolis board of the exclusive listing. He declared that Teal estate dealer could not give adequate service without the exclusive listing. He de- clared that he never listed house for a shorter period than six months, and in case it was very high h-priced, he would not take it for less than year. 7 Among other recommendations he said that the best results in residence property advertising were obtained through the morning newspapers. He declared that the women read the morn ing paper almost to the exclusion of every other paper and he pointed out made to please the women. He declared that the classified section was of value to ordinary property, but that for high grade residence property one of the best methods of advertising he had found was in the large displays in which a good picture of the house might be shown to advantage.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-09

, tinF hlinself Q, CT it's politics or ethncioey, or saa sbe manners of it's women fcis ''rodd snd a fellow feeling, those are the things that we want, wherever we may be-" he says, inNt'yanity Fais
 "Pt spia may say that money is third necessity, but, if 1t be so, only because the gaining of it leads to the possession of the other two. The duty of traveller, then, is threefod-to see beauty in na- ture, to discover food that is comforiable 10 the belly, and to discover men o. like mind 10 himself. The country which for a traveller provided him most hap ply with these things is the country that he will love"
 If more Errlishmen would come to this country to enjoy food and friends-to re- kissing little boy in New Orleans, my self cstching a red snapper below Miami, and a very clever colored boxer in Jack sonvie''-if Englishmen would stop try ins to aralyze the workings of our Sem ate or baseball as national institution, we wonder how long it would be before Americans learn to stop sniggering at crrinpets and cricket. How pleasant it would be to travel in England without getting nervous prostration over the Saxon kingsi
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-09
A HAPPY TRAVELLER

From the New York Tribune. S7 nGGH walpole is the first visiting ITl author who succeeded in having a
 @' good time nthis country, and is not ashamed to admit it. His summary i of his impressions of America is re- freshingly frank and welcome after a century of British travellers who felt constrained to analyze and dissect and patronize the strange creatures who in- habit "the states Even the most mod ern and least ostentatious of them, when they begin to flower with anecdotes in the magazines, yield to the temptation to find many things strange or terrifying or quaint or absurd in American ways, Seldom indeed have we entertained a wis., itor who took us so calmly as does Mir. Walpole.
 Only genuine friend, we feel sure, would dare sum us up, as he does, in a halfdozen lines:
 When l say l love America it will be because of a doctor in Indianapolis. two ladies in Chicago an oyster stew in San Francisco, a cocktail in Balti- more and the Arizona Canyon"
 This guileless climax is the result of the Walpole philosophy of travel, which permits a man to so about having a good time in strange country without fret
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-09
LIKE M,LuKE SAYS

woman always waits until she hasn't a single thing to write About and then she sits down and writes a letter to some other woman. Some of the June brdegrooms are discovering that while two hearts may beat as one, two mouths can't eat as one.
 If there were more old-fashioned Fathers who would use a paddle on the spot where the skirt fits tightest there would not be so many flip Princesses hanging around Jazz Joints until mid night.
 As long as his wife isn't sick in bed the average married man can't see what his wife wants with a servant in the house.
 Some of the women folks seem to visit each other just to get even.
 The reason why a wife uses her hus- bands razor for ripping seams is be- cause she- doesn't want her scissors to get dull.
 Why is it that the man who won't waste a moment on the lingerie dis play in a department store window will waste four hours on the lingerie dis play on the sidewalk?
 The leopard cannot change it's spots. And a flivver will remain Na flivver even though you put limousine top on it.
 One thing we like about the low shoes the girls wear in Summer is that you do not have to use a step ladder the way you have to, with the Winter kind.
 Just about now many a June Bride is wondering if she didn't land a Sun Perch instead of a Whale.
 Some men are natural born idots and can't help looking that way. And other men wear sport shirts.
 The fellow who christened them "The Weaker Sex" was never married.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-09

portation facilities meet one another is the place that invites capital to invest.
 The coming of the Lehigh Com pany is especially noteworthy in that it is the largest producer of cement in the United States. In selecting Birmingham as site it paid the district the same tribute as the United States Steel Corporation ac- knowledged in taking over the Ten ressee Coal, Iron and Railroad Com pany.
 Great concerns like these invest many millions where investment is |basically sound and inviting, just as they withhold investment altogether unless this condition exists.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-09
Alabama Pig Iron
 Rides Over Difficulties

1H HE Birmingham district has
 6 risen above the difficulties that have reduced productive ca- pacity in other sections.
 We have entered the first half of the year with 25 per sent inirease in our iron production. Our June output was 50 per cent greater and that of July more than 40 per cent greater than in the corresponding months of 1919 and they were the largest producing months in over two years.
 Luck had nothing to do with this, but three underlying causes did. They are the character of our labor, the propiuGuity of our raw materials and the common tongue that is spoken here. During the steel strike of the early fall of 1919 the east blew out one hundred and three blast fur naces; we blew in additional ones. Tho November coal strike failed to put single furnace on the idle list. In the spring of 1920 the "outlaw" strike passed us by. The subsequent ! ldemoralization did not affect us. Again, we blew in furnaces as the east blew them out.
 We escaped the distress of the universal car shortage measurably :! by the nearness of raw materials which enables a small number of cars to assemble an enormous amount. When the coal car priority order was added to the car shortage this situa- ticn still saved us. Chicago furnaces blew out; we blew in an additional one and pade the banner iron produc- ton of the year.
 An observant nation can no more escape these salient and outstand- ing facts than it can avoid the sea- sons. They are counting for Bir- nsingham every day with greater and greater import.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-09
OLIVER GOLDSMITH

OLlVEH GOLDSMITH
 Wayne D. McMurray. in the Cleveland
 Plain Dealer.
 For he who fights and runs away May live to fight another day.
 The rest of this quotation, of which Oliver Goldsmith is the author. reads: "-But he who is in battle slain, Can never rise and fight again."
 Oliver Goldsmith was born in Ire- land in 172s. His father, pastor of a small church. earned barely enough to support his little 'ar,ily. but suc- ceeded in sending his son to Trinity College, Dublin. In 174s. shortly after his fathers death. Goldsmith left coll kge and prepared to enter the minis try. He was about to enter the clergy when the Bishop of Elpl,in, who was his examiner refused to pass him probably because of his knowledge of the youths wildness.
 Goldsmith now became tutor to a wealthy family, but soon lost this po- sition through dispu.c with the mas ter of the house ovei game 0. cards. Following this episode he was ready to sail for America when he changed his mind and allowed the boat to sail without him. His uncle came to his rescue and gave him $50, about $2oy,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-09
TwENTY-THREE YEARS OLD.

From the Greenville Advocate
 Hon. E. w., Barrett has had the dis tinction' of owning and managing The Age-Herald of Birmingham for 23 years. There has been an increase in the pros perlty of the paper every. year since he first took charge of it. and today it stands as one of the best papers in the south. Mir. Barrett has been signaly successful in his management, and from a non paying proposition he has made it power in the financial institutions of the state. Sundays issue contained seventy-two pages and all of them filled with splendid articles and adver- tisements. MT. Barrett is still young man, and gives promise of achieving stN greater success with his great pa per. The Age-Herald The best wishes of the Advocate for his consummation goes out to him.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-09

with which to go to Dublin and study law. He went to Dublin, but never studied law there, as he lost the mono y his uncle had given him in gambling.
 Despite his repeated impru1encas, he was again rescued by his uncle and sent to Edinburg to study med,circ Here he remained for eight cen months and acquired some knowledge of med : ic:nr. but never took a degree.
 His best known works, "rhc Vicar of Wakefield" and The Deserted yil- lage" achieved instant popularity and brought him a considerable return. He hesltated long while before accepting his royalty of $500 for the Deserted Village for fear that the publisher would not make sufficient to cover his expenses! Goldsmith died in London, April 4, 1774, in debt more than sIa,- 600. but the best loved literary man of his generation.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-09
Made in Birmingha m

The Alabama State Fair should be an unusualy interesting one this year." says Frank A. Waldrop. because of the many Made in Birmingham articles that will be exhibited there.
 During the past year Birmingham has rapidly come to the front with hum dreds of small manufacturing plants. Out-of-town visitors during the fair are going to declare it to be the great est one yet and much of the credit will be due to the great number and variety of Birmingham products that will be exhibited there"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-09
Brings Good Price

One thing which shows that buildine material is still high" said Sol Jacobs, " is the fact that it is not only much easier to sell old dwellings to be torn The scarcity of everything which goes into the erection of homes has made quite few enterprising contractors go into the wrecking business.
 T know of four houses on Fifth ave- nue which have been demolished in the last few weeks It is lot of trou ble to pull down old houses and requires both skill and patience, but evidently 1t is worth while and pays those who are Willing to tackle such jobs"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-09
Transportation Is Big
 Problem of Industry

1.-THE gravest problem which in-
 y dustry is to face during the next five years is transportation.
 The ra%roads are short one million freight cars. They are not built in . day. It is estimated by the most conservative that it will require five years of systematic replacement for the railroads to make up for the lack q car production during the war period and at, the same time keep pace with the growing demands of productive industry.
 One of the controlling factors in the location of the Lehigh Company's million-barrel cement plant here was the city's strategic advantages from . transportation standpoint. It is a great railroad terminal; a natural point of assemblage of freight cars. That simplifies the distribution of a product after it has been manufac- tured and this is the problem which industry is taking into more careful consideration than ever before.
 Raw materials for cement are ob- tainable in numerous localities, but where the raw materials and trans
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-09
A PESTERED QUEEN

From the Cleveland Plain Dealer. M L1 AIRY, Queen of Roumania, was llWll compelled to leave 8 Paris hotel SVo and to take up her residence in private quarters in order to escape the in tolerable intrusions of new-rich tourists mostly Americans-who were patrons of the hotel.
 Now, if this step had been taken by almost any other Quen it would prob ably not be accounted to her credit. She might have been writ down a snob or an anachronism. But everyone knows that Mary is the most democratic as well as the most accomplished and most beautiful of queens. She is keenly appreciative of the new status of royalty. She realizes that kingship must justify itself. Kings and queens must prove useful if they hope to retain their jobs. All the world af- fleets the Missouri attitude toward sov- ereigns. And the world has appraised
 Mary as worthy of her salary. During
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-09
VILLA

From tht Chicago Herald and Examiner. lN NOTHING in the drug store is so
 M healing as time. The moment a
 crisis is past we forget it; the moment scoundrel escapes we begin to forgive him.
 Pancho Villa, who has robbed American country sides, burned American homes. tortured American men and attacked American women, has become friend oe the people. He has said he is sorry, and means to be good. The Mexican government has embraced him, and de- clares him to be a good boy now.
 In 1916 Villa, without the excuse of a state of war, crossed the American bor- der, fired upon and burned the village of Columbus, and killed a number of Amer ican citizens. His attack was regarded as important enough to Justify the mobil- ization of the American army and the presence of the most distinguished Amer ican general. For months our men pa troled the border, and futilely marched the deserts beyond. They died there, from wounds and bad water and a mur- derous sun; their graves mark our ad- vance. Day by day Villa retreated, was
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-09
THE SONG OF THE SHIRT

By Thomas Hood. With fingers weary and worn. With eyelids heavy and red. woman sat, in unwomanly rags. Plying her needle and thread Stitch stitch! stitch
 In poverty, hunger and dirt; And still with . voice of dolorous pitch
 She sang the Song of the Shift.' Work, work. work.A While the cock is cfowing aloof. And work--work-work,
 Till the stars shine through the roof. It's oh. to De slave
 Along with the barbarous Turk, W here woman has never a soul to save
 If this is Christian work! 
 Till the brain begins to swim. Work-work-work
 Till the eyes are heavy and dim. Seam, and gusset, and band,
 Band, and gusset. and seam. Till over the buttons I fall asleep.
 And sew them on in dream 70 men. with sisters dear.
 O men, with mothers and wives' It is not linen you're wearing out.
 But human creatures lives. Stitch-stitch-stitch,
 In poverty, hunger and dirt Sewing at once. with double thread,
 A shroud as we'll as a shirt! But why do talk of death
 That phantom of grisly bone: I hardly fear his terrible shape.
 1t seems so like my own
 It seems so like my own
 Because of the lasts keep; o God. that bread should be so dear.
 And flesh and blood so cheap! 'sW Work-work-work.
 My labor never flags And what are it's wages? A bed of straw
 A crust of bread. and rags, That shattered ro0f-and this naked