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The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-11
EMPTY FARM HOUSES

last decade most of the conveniences and comforts of modern life have been put at the farmers disposal
 Every well-to-do farmer. wherever he may be. can have modern water supply. central heating. and his own easily oper- ated electric lighting plant. The motor car takes him and his wife quickly to markets. shops and theatres and carries his children to good school. The talk ing machine and the mechanical piano bring plenty of music into his home.
 Never has farm life been less lonely than it has been in the 10 years which have seen the march from the plough to the city shop. And the real reason for the movement was not loneliness It was the discovery by the farmers son that he could get more money for less work in the city. The war made this doubly possible. Now. for the first time in five years, it looks as if the desertion of the farms would slow down.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-11
INDEPENDENCE


 Should a physician give his wealthy patients harmless powders when they insist on being treated, although he knows they are quite we'll, or should he tell them frankly there Is nothing the matter with them?" asked the young doctor.
 That depends on the financial status of the physician" said the elder ly doctor. If he has an income suf- ficient for his needs and is not depen- dent on his practice for a living, he should not only tell such patients there is nothing the matter with them. but If he feels in a facetious mood he can even afford to pooh-pooh their most cherished symptoms"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-11

effective work as spies. The fact that they were of German blood may or may not have been just coincidence. There is at least ground for suspecting that Willers was partly telling the truth when he said police officers who questioned him would be surprised if they knew "the number of officials at Washington during the war who were employed by Germany as spies"
 # # # The colored brother who journeyed to the north is beginning to realize that he is among strangers who have never given a castoff suit of clothes or a good warm breakfast to a colored brother in all their lives
 A Boston merchant was fined s10 for displaying a toy dog for sale with a miniature American flag attached to it's tail. As the merchant was a Jap, the incident may justify the addition of two more dreadnaughts to our navy.
 # # x
 Since no two observers seem to agree on the state of MT. Wilson's health. we may conclude that he is doing as well as could be expected.
 
 Big Bill" Haywood. the l. w. W. leader, was convicted two years ago and is still out on bail This is one of the reasons why radicals have contempt for the American government.
 # # #
 Marshal Foch says Bulgaria is ful- filling her treaty obligations May we not commend the course of Bulgaria to one of her associates in the World war who Is keeping France wrought up?
 # # #
 If General Pershing and King George ndulged in platitudes when they met. we are safe in assuming that Mrs. Will son and Mrs Harding did not discuss Plato.
 # # #
 A New York artist is accused of having put pencil marks on the face of his fair model every time he kissed her. Foolish man! Why didn't he use a compto- meter?
  A man who is linguist, playwright and forger has just been sent to prison for five years. There is such thing as being too versatile. x x F Argentina's withdrawal from the League of Nations left room for Bulgaria to joint without taxing Genevas hotel accommodations. Maybe Peggy Marsh is frequenting New forks flashy resorts to forget her un- successful fight to break the Marshall Field will. Senator Reed of Missouri labors under a serious misapprehension if he believes the public is interested in knowing what he thinks of President Wilson. 1 < !. = l Mrs. MacSwiney's married life was brief and full of trouble, but her widow hood promises to be just one interview after another. l x * F
 MT. Harding has not gone so far as to say he will call on the master minds" for advice. 1 * * * 1 Now that the football season is over, billiard champions are edging into the spotlight # * #
 Shortly after her acquittal. Clara Smith Hamon may hear the call of California studio.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-11
NATURAL MISTAKE

Whats happening on the earth to- day?" asked the first Martiap.
 T noticed a curious phenomenon just now" said the second Martian. as he put aside the instrument through which he had been gazing. "A number Of earth-dwellers were fighting in a curious, bowl-shaped structure while great throng of other earth -dwellers seemed to be urging them on.''
 "A benighted people, sighed the first Martian. Why, we haven't had a war on this planet in 100000 years"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-11

in the next House will be those or Ogden L. Mills and Hamilton Fish. Jr.' the latter being the third member Of the family of the same name to sit m Congress. Both are from New York city. The Wadsworth. Mills and Fish families have been powerful in social and business circles for generations.
 There are numerous other examples of the power of old families in New York politics (and the politics or other states as well) but perhaps the most recent notable example was that of the Roosevelt family. Of course, Theodore was the most illustrious of the Roose- velts, but his family was influential and more or less noted long before he came upon the scene.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-11
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GRIM DIFFERENTIATION

From the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
 A 12-year-old Nebraska boy burned a school house three times in success sion, to keep from going to school. The youth that fired the Ephesian dome was a mere piker beside this fellow
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-11
Fine Piece of Work

Mobiles prompt action in almost doubling her proportion of the cost of
 the site for the coal terminal there is
 the real goods" said H. T. DeBard ele-
 ben. manager of Warrior river trans
 portation. Although Birmingham "oal Operators agreed to contribute s15,00o sof the $375O0 required, Mobilians got busy, and see they raised s41, 900. The beauty of it is, too, that it came ir small, as well as large lots. showing tbat it was general contribution from the community. That is the way to do
 things in Alabama. A little of our own effort and the outside world does the rest. This self-help is mighty good ex- ercise. Nothing like it to develop mep and communities"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-11
$ % % Big Industries Reflect
Sound Business Conditions

Sound Business Conditions TN the midst of readjustment u period. when some of the timid are upset, it is comforting to know that some of the largest concerns in the country are doing well.
 Their status is a negation to the ap- prehensions of the fearful In their employment of immense numbers of men and the production of enormous quantities of goods, they reflect the strength and stability of the industrial world.
 Of the largest of the industrial op- orators the Wall Street Journal says
 Earnings of the United States Steel corporation in the current
 quarter are going to be larger than expected by the rank and file of Wall Street. When the inde- pendents started to cut steel prices, the belief prevailed that United States Steers earnings
 would suffer as result of re-
 duced operations. But there was
 no material falling off in Steel's
 operations in October and Novem-
 Der. As . matter of fact, it is said that October, from the view point of earnings, was one of the best months of the year.
 If some of the smaller steel opera tors have not much business on their order books now, be it remembered that they enjoyed long period of unusual prosperity, when premiums for prompt delivery were paid over and above even the higher market price maintained by them. They have a comforting retrospect and the pros- pect of extensive purchasing by the railroads is just ahead.
 A country is sound when its larg- est industries are in normal opera ton.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-11
MANY AYES TO GRIND

From the Florida Times-Onion.
 It is safe to predict that the League of Nations assembly will do nothing to discourage the United States from join ing.-Birmingham AgeHerald. That's right With all those axes to grind somebody is needed to turn the grind stone.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-11
Old Kentucky Town
 Surrenders Charter

@ NE of the oldest of Kentucky " towns, after a municipal ex- istence of 126 years, has asked for revocation of its charter. The req son given by the citizens of Jeffer- sontown is the high municipal tax.
 This little place has about 700 in- habitants. It has been the home of Henry Watterson. It is doubtless a "sweet sequestered vale," such as Oliver Goldsmith wrote about, a place where there lived men of a type of whom he said: Remote from towns he ran his godly race, and ne'er had changed nor wished to change his place."
 Jeffersontown assumed a charter more than a century ago, but the smallness of it's population shows that it never became a real town. The flavor of pioneer days must have chung to it. Restless men who wished to rear factories marring the serenity of neighborhoods with their morning and evening sirens and the ugly wreaths of black smoke issuing from their chimneys must have avoided that reposeful neighborhood. It has perpetuated itself to this day a re- hinder of the sturdy past when men blazed the path of civilization through trackless forests and set up their cabin homes within bowshot of hostile sav- ages.
 High taxes may be the superficial reason for revoking the charter of Jeffersontown, but the real cause is the character of its people. They do not wish to be city. Perhaps some thing of the past calls to them to cling to it. And who shall say that they have erred? The country, too, is
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-11
all the better off for having a few "sequestered wales" remaining undis- turbed by man-made things.
Novel Method Tried for
 Catching Dry" Officers

Novel Method Tried for Catching Dry" Officers
 N NEW development in the heart A breaking problem of enforcing prohibition is reported from Savan- nah. In a petition filed before Judge Beverly D. Evans it is alleged that a cage was constructed at the entrance to a Savannah barroom to catch fede- ral officers. The trap was just in- side the door and was controlled with ropes running back to the bar. It is said an inquisitive prohibition agent was captured few days ago and held for half an hour. By that time all the evidence" had been removed and he had nothing to work on but strong personal grievance.
 The idea has great possibilities. Even device so crude seems to have proved quite effective. The ingenuity of rum sellers, always great, may be led into new fields of invention. Something will have to be done if the business is to survive because it does not help trade any to have regular patron interrupted in the very act of "crooking his elbow" to say noth- ing of the annoyance of fine and confiscation of property to which the dealer is subjected.
 Instead of cage at the entrance to saloons, why not a trapdoor over a we'll ll-greased chute leading whereve, the fancy of the proprietor may dic- tate? When a stranger who bears all the earmarks of federal officer made his appearance it would only be necessary to touch a button and re- move him from the premises.
 # x x
 Secretary of Conservation
 Is Needed in the Cabinet
 m REPRESENTATIVE MDUFFIE IN of Alabama has introduced a bill in Congress to create department of conservation. It is proposed to make the head of this department a cabinet officer. He will aid in con- serving the national resources, in pre- serving national parks and forests and in protecting birds, fish and game. The need of such an official has long been recognized. Our national resources have been shamefully wasted. Billions of dollars have been lost to the American people by the destruction of forests alone. At pres. ent the al-important work of conser. vation is divided between two govern ment departments. The forest service and the biological survey are grouped with the department of agriculture and the geological survey and the na- tional park service with the interior department.
 It is obvious that the Secretary of Agriculture must give most of his at- tention to agricultural matters and similarly the Secretary of the Interior has quite enough to do without be- ing held responsible for the geological survey and our national parks. As long as the arrangement now in force continues, these departments must re- main as auxiliaries and cannot be com- petently directed by two overworked cabinet officers.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-11
CONSOLATION IN ADyERsrrY

From the Cincinnati Enquirer. General Wrangel has one consola- tion. Russia is one of the finest places on earth to flee from
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-11
A WICKED WORLD

A WICKED WORLD "The man who is accused by his wife says he merely wished to adopt the beautiful young person." "A likely storyl' Quite. And his claim isn't strength- ened by the fact that the beautiful young person has been heard to call him daddy"
 PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-11
An Appreciation A


 Most of my life has been spent in Charleston, S. C.. so am not keen to see my name in print" said Mrs T. Fred Robertson of Bessemer, but do want to remark that Richard F. Johnston's s column. For Good of the Com munity," is about the most inter sting reading I've ever read.
 Suppose home-keeping woman. past mid-stream of life. Is suddenly confronted with business conditions and necessary investments and has to go in on her own, and suppose she reads The Herald daily. from 'kiver to cover,' naturally she becomes enthusiastic anent this great and mighty district, and turns each day first to Yours For Upbuilding.'
 "In my time I've heard some rood preachers, but never a clearer. straight forward and more convincing gos- Fpel.
 For Good of the Community is gold-thread to lead Us all to the promised land, in this life and In the next, for faith in God. duty to self and community and courage to hunt for the end of the rainbow are therein held.
 !" AS 'twere the mirror up to nature {"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-11
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES
SHIRE

For a style that's rather shocking
 Dimpled knees will quite atone. When a maiden wears the stocking
 Designated Roll Your Own."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-11
A BARGAIN SPILLED

You seem to be in trouble, friend" said the motorist to a man whose car was in a ditch.
 Your eyes do not deceive you,' said the victim of diversity. And I dare say you smell something that is not gasoline"
 Since you mention it, I do detect rather agreeable odor.''
 Just so. I was afraid when I suc- ceeded in buying a superior grade of moonshine' for only ss a gallon that the jinx that has pursued me all my life would prevent me from getting it home safely"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-11
Community Sing

Tt is difficult to estimate the value of the community sing to the young people of Birmingham" said Miss Leta Kitts, general director of music in the public schools. At my request, MT. Erickson is opening his programme next Sunday with the Unfinished Sym phony" of Schubert. work which we have given great deal of study in our various music classes.
 "The students understand the con- struction of both movements of his symphony. and know we'll the principal themes as they are brought forth by the many instruments.
 T am glad these several hundred stu dents will have an opportunity to hear this symphony on Sunday"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-11
4 MORNING PRAYER

4 MORNING PRAYER
 Lord God, l want happiness. but grant that l may not seek it Grant that I may walk in self-fOrgetful- ness and seek the distant goal of loving service. Then I shall find happiness along the way. Amen.
 r-M. $. B.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-11
LIGHT WORKERS

How many stenographers work herer'
 Two"
 But there are six on the premises" -Four of them aspire to the movies"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-11
AN OLD TIMER

How old is Miss Sereleaf?" q don't know, but l can give you some idea"
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-11

I've seen her. sitting at the piano l and accompanying a young man who ' , hae ],
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-11

Receive what cheer you mayI The might is long that never finds a day, ---Macbetk.
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The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1920-03-05

The following clipped from last
Sundays Baltimore Sun is too good
to let go by without reprinting SO
that every farmer in the county may
have the opportunity of reading il:
To The Editor OF The Sun-Sir:
Ridge Farm, being in dire need of
help recently, put little ad. in The
Sun for a competent man. While
the answers received were, of course
but few, they We're not lacking In
the spirit of the age. The following
is a sample. The reply to it is giY-
en- that all the world may know
farmers are not behind the times:
Ridge Farm.
Dear Sirs-Having noted your ad.
in The Sun, l will come up and look
over the field if you will advise me
what train you will meet. L expect
$40 per week, including board,
working strictly an eight-hour day.
| belong to union and can neithne
milk cows nor hook up horses. AIi
an excellent judge of good dairy
stock and only work among regis
tered herds. Am very fine team
ster-can drive only thoroughbreds.
Also can run a tractor in goof
weather. All fields must first be
cleared of stone, and will run only
on absolutely level land. VIII eN
rect the privilege of using our auto
mobile one day every week for re-
search work in the adjacent county
thus making a speciality of soil
physics. OF course, you will benef
fit by my increased knowledge. IL
H.. ~ fIp.N
variety, it is useless
tD reply. Hoping you will be able
to secure my valuable So-viCc. very
respectfully yours,
"JOdN J. JONES'
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1920-03-05


AS to our COWS, they are all gradu-
ates from q college for the higher
education of cows and do not have
to be milked. No horses are to be
hooked up here and we are even get
ting beyond the age of tractors.
Airplanes are quicker and quite as
efficient.
1t is extremely painful to us to
have anyone think We could be
guilty of owning anything so out of
date as an automobile. We keep a
fleet of limousine planes with expert
pilots and mechanicians awaiting
the pleasure of all employees of this
ultra up-to-date farm. Our steno-
grapher is away at the moment on a
little research iaunt to the North
Pole, researching comparative tenn
peratures that We may decide wheth-
er to make hay on the Fourth of
July or wait till the fifth. 1t is due
to this that l must ask you to par
don this scrawl, tho stenographer
having taken our typewriter along
with him.
Now, if you are disposed to wake
up and care to honor us with a visit
by plane-we insist on your coming
this way, so as not to destroy the
morale of our force Zone MANI
you may be able to demonstrate a
thought that might lead to business.
Thanking you for hoping we may
be able to secure your valuable SER
vice you say you are valuable, and
of course, you should know-yours
very truly. William Smith, owner
Blue Ridge Summit, Pa, Feb. 81.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1920-03-05

Actor a Suicide in Wales.
Philadelphia, March 5.-Ch
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1920-03-05
ARMENIAN GIRLS HERE
Neighbors Aid in Reuniting Members
of Family Separated Years.

OF Family Separated years.
Nil'on, Pa, March J.-COmpleting
a 5U0O-mile journey that required al
most u half a year to make, Fenya
and Orla Saab, aged ten and nineteen
years, respectively, arrived here from
Armenia.
They were met at New York by
their father, Yuta Saab, who resides
ON Il small farm near here.
The girls were left with relatives
in Armenia when Saab and his wife
came 10 this country, seven years ago.
The family never prOspered sufficient
ly To enable them 20 send for the chill
dren, and it was not until recently,
when pathetic letters were received
telling of the plight of the girls, that
they were sent for, their transporta-
tion having been raised by friends of
Saab.
The children still bear the effects
of hunger and other privationS. On
arriving here they met for the firs,
Time two brothers and Il sister, all OF
whom are American-bOrn.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1920-03-05
Approve Bond Issue

Andrews, Md.
To the Honorable Board of Coun-
ty Commissioners, Your Honors:- -
We are willing that our County be
bonded to the limit for good roads
not dollar for schools until prices
become normal. r. L. Simmons,
Jos. M. Moran, Merritt Foxwell,
Holk N????? Chas r. Andrews,
Norman Wroten, S. Harry Wallace,
Thomas Denny, Guy Webster, Scott
Jones, Sleighter Wallace, w. c..
Dean, Geo. w. Robinson, J. Wildly
Slacum, Perry Wallace, William
Burton, Sewen Simmons, John T.
Simmons, Jack Shorter, George "A.
Simmons, John Austin Haddaway,
James w. Haddaway, William Short
er, Harold Simmons, Geo. T. Stewart
and John w. Bramble.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1920-03-05
FOR SALE

FOR SALE-The 8 farms now owned
by the undersigned; one water front
es below market value if purchased in
time to relieve present owner of ac-
tive management for this year. Also
one Cleveland caterpiller tractor and
plows, in good condition and ready for
service, used about one year at about
one-half price. HENRY L. JOHNSON.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1920-03-05
WHY Colds Are Dangerous.

You are often told to beware
cold" but why? We will tell
Every cold weakens the lungs,
ers the vitality and paves the
for the more serious diseases.
PIE who contract pneumonia,
take cold. The longer cold h
on the greater the danger. espec
from the germ diseases, as a
prepares the system for the n
ton and development of the g
Of consumption. diptheria. sc
fever and whooping cough.
quicker you get rid of your cold
less the danger of contracting
of these diseases. Chamberl
Cough Remedy has a great rel
ton as a cure for colds and ca
depended upon. 1t is pleasan
tGke.-AdV,
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1920-03-05
ffifassD Il D c G 4 4 OiiG5 bnONCHTTIS
FOR TNENTY-SIx YEARS
NOW WELL AND HAPPY
This rs WORTH READING

The experience of Mr.. E. ]. 7
palik, 1438 Rose street, LaCro:
Wisconsin, is chiefly remarka
on account of the length of tt
he was afflicted.
He writes: 81 have been S
fering with chronic bronchitis
twenty-siX years and every win
| would catch cold and become
hoarse l could not speak for six
eight weeks. l could get only II
porary relief.
This winter I was taken v
Grip and was in awful shape.
fellow workman advised me to t
PE-RU-NA. By the time |
used three-fourths of a bottle,
hoarseness was gone, also t
tired feeling. | am on my see
bottle. Hereafter PE-RU-NA
be constantly in my house. II
the best medicine ever put Up
the purpose"
For any diseaca due to cat;,l
or cata u. ! Conditions, PERU
is equally ierandabla. Cong
colds, catarrlI OF the head, stom
trouble, constif atom, r&o@l~iati
pains in the back, side and 10
bloating, belchirg ges, indiceSti
catarrh of the large and small
testines, are some Of TIE ti"pt
for which PE-RU-NA is es.ssyla
recommended.
PE-RU-NA can be purcl.a
anywhere III either tablet {: Ii
form.