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The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-01
Birmingham Citizens Offer
 Suggestions To Better The
 Existing Traffic Conditions

inspected, cleaned and adjusted, and. aoove all. fitted with the best pur- 1 chasable brake lining, for good b-akes are the cheapest accident insurance that driver can carry, for between you and death on the open road there are only the brakes
 In purchasing new car there is much said about the pickup, the horsepower. how fast she will go, how many. cylinders. etc. but never do you hear anyone ask How do the brakes work?p or How quickly can you bring her to a stop from average road speed?" Yet this is above all the most important part of an automobile
 At the present time companies are spending thousands of dollars through rational publications in an endeavor to educate the motorists on the subject of retardation, and only this morning in conversation with Dr. Vance he mentioned that after req ding one Of these articles he resolved to have his brakes inspected and adjusted every two weeks, and 1 want to say right now that this resolution would be one well worth the consideration of every driver in the Birmingham district, and it may mean in the future the saving of numerous lives ill addition to the thousands of dollars lost in automo- bile smash-ups annually.
 l trust you will find place in your paper for this article and I believe it will be we'll worth the effort for your editorial department to look thor oughly into the subjeoct of retardation and through your columns help edu- cate the public to the necessity of stop ping a~car quickly in an emergency. Sincerely yours, J. T. BENTON.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-01

Concerning the traffic laws and con- ditions of Birmingham, and the dam ger to pedestrians from motorists, the following opinions are expressed:
 To the Editor of The Age -Herald:
 Several have written about automo- hile dangers and speeding. One man is anxious about "our wives and our daughters" when they go out. As for me, am anxious about our husbands killed by the wives and daughters" who >ride day and night, Ioafing on the crowded streets. sometimes driving and sometimes being driven.
 It is not so much the speeders who keep our pedestrian wives and daugh- ters' constantly jumping for their lives, as it is the we'll dressed men and women loiling in automobiles up and down and around the crowded streets Sometimes these people speed when they should not; but the are careless, and careless automobile driver is as had as q reckless one.
 Several have made suggestions, but the way to keep down the nuisance ir for all people who own automobiles to make upstheir minds to use them when it is necessary to do so, and never to loaf up and down crowded streets like they do now. These loafers are usually idlers who have no business downtown, except to be in the way, and who ought to be requiredi if it could be done, to park thir cars out to one side and walk about on the streets while they are down town.
 There are not so many bicycles as automobiles. but the way they are speeded up and dowr the streets makes them exceedingly dangerous. About tbree weeks ago Arthur Brigden, aged 4S to 50, was run down by bicycle, his right leg and hip being broken. He is maimed for life and by reckless speed fiend. racing in the streets.
 People will prematurely grow old watching out for automobiles. No matter which way you look you will see from one to a dozen approaching from all directions. You don't know which one to dodge and should syou think you are clear of one, another will suddenly, maybe, just miss you, while at the same moment bicycle will brush your clothes and pass out of sight, only to have the same thing re- peated again and again.
 It might be all right to be killed dead, but it is all wrong to be fright ened to death every time you go out on the street Automobiles ought to run slow enough for the officers to count the spokes, and bicycles should rot be. used by messengers who natur- ally wish to make time and invariably run too fast. Automobiles should never pass by stopped street cars. This is one of the worse crimes drivers com init. They often and often run past stopped street cars while people are trying to get in or out. Living in Bir- mingham or in Atlanta these days is like being in continuous battle, yes, In an ambuscade. Yours very truly.
 P G. EDMONDS.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-01
CALL MRS. JACOBS
 SPEAK FOR COX
Message From Senator Harri- son Received Yesterday.
 IA Days in West Virginia


 Birmingham as well as Alabama las been signally honored in the selection of Mrs. Solon Jacobs to speak in the democraGc campaign for James M. Cox, presidential nominee for President.
 Mrs. Jacobs received a message yes- terday from Senator Pat Harrison, chairman of the speakers bureau, ask ing her to come to West Virginia to srlcl. in the campaign.
 She will leave Sunday for Charleston and expects to be absent for two weeks, when she will return to take part in the campaign in Alabama.
 So far as could be learned, Mrs. Ja- cons is the only woman in this state to be asked by the national democratic committee to speak in the presidential campaign and this is the third call for Mrs. Jacobs.
 In August the committee urged her to come to New York and about two weeks ago she was asked to speak in Maryland. However, she was unable to speak in the two mentioned in- stances.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-01
Marriage Licenses

The following marriage licenses wer issued yesterday at the office Of tn probate judge:
 Ray M. Colgrove and Miss Elizabetl D., McLemore.
 Earl F. Brown and MisssDorothy Leck w. J. Arnold and Miss Erma 'Whise nant
 David M Perkins and Miss Lue, Landaster Vaughn.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-01
Joint Meeting

There will be joint meeting to- night at o'clock at the Southern Club of the board of directors of the Birmingham Automobile Club and the chairmen of the various committees. who were appointed the early part of the week. it. was announced yesterday by J. P. Dobbins, secretary of the auto- m mobile club
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-01
Hoods SarsapariIla Makes Food aste Good

Creates an appetite, aids digestion, purifies the blood, and thus relieves scrofula, catarrh. the pains and aches of rheumatism and gives strength to the whole system.
 Nearly 50 years phenomenal sales tell the story of the great merit and success of Hoods Sarsaparilla. It is just the medicine you need now. Hoods Pills help--fine cathartic.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-01
CLUES BOOK

TO the Editor of The Age-Herald:
 There are some very good sugges- tops appearing in this mornings issue of The Age-Herald in regard to the violations of our traffic laws. and ways to stop the same, but there is another good plan which will help, in the opinion of a good many people, to reduce these violations to minimum It will be started with the appearance of a booklet, "Birmingham's Traffic Laws which, will be given to every automobile owner and driver, so that they may acquaint themselves with the traffic laws.
 Here is a quotation from a recent in- terview with Chief T. J. Shirley.
 Appointment of 150 citizens as spe- cial traffic police may be good thing, but what seems to me to be a still better way of handling some of the vexing traffic problems of the city is the publication of traffic code for every owner and driver of automobiles. good many of the minor violations arise from ignorance of the traffic laws.
 This booklet will make it's appear ance in Birmingham in the next few days and let's hope that every owner and driver of automobiles will avail himself of a copy of this booklet and thus know the traffic laws of our city. Yours very truly.
 STAUNTON~SIL
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-01
New Drug Store

The Fourteen Eleven Drug Con- pany' is the name to be given the new drug store to be open soon at Four teenth street and Eleventh avenue, South. by H. w Oliver. Jr.
The Owosso times., 1920-12-03
HUMBLE CATFISH DOES WORK
ers Cleaned at Small Expense
to the Taxpayers.

In one Of the towns Of Oregon the
familiar catfish figures as hardy pio-
neer, and a valued adjunct to the
street department, all because the,
terra Gotta sewers and drains, espe7
cially those In the lower part Of the
town, frequently get choked.
If the sewer is not broken it can be
cleaned by passing rope through IT.
to be pulled backward and forward
until the obstruction is loOsened and
removed. The deputy superintendent
Of streets had good deal Of such
work to look after, but Mt last he dis
covered a quick, sure and easy method.
He goes to the river, catches a cat
fish, ties a string to Its tail, drops 1t
down a manhole into the sewer, and
1t at once starts for the river and
forces its way through any obstruc-
ton not as solid as brick, dragging the
string after 1t. Then the deputy goes
as far down the sewer as he deems
necessary and picks up the string,
which he uses to draw wire through
the sewer, and with this rope Is
pulled through and the sewer Is soon
cleaned. -
The Owosso times., 1920-12-03
leuend of the Lotus.

The lotus is closely identified with
the ancient Egyptian religion, and was
dedicated to Osiris, no Egyptian think
ing of approaching temple without
three of the blossoms In his hand. The
name was given it, according to
mythology. when beautiful nymph OF
the same name, heartbroken over the
coldness of Hercules, went to Hebe
for sympathy, and by her was trans
formed into flower. The Greek
hero taking ship shortly afterward
with Hylas, youth he loved as his
own son, came to an island where the
latter landed, and searched for
spring. He found one in the center
of pool, the pool being covered with
beautiful blossoms. AS Hylas stared
at them, Lotus in her nymph FORM
emerged from the blossom and drew
him to her arms, and then to the
depths Of the pool, where he drowned.
The Owosso times., 1920-12-03
Resolution No. llS.


Resolved, by the Commission Of the City
of Owosso, tn whereas the report of the Com
mis- iOner of public Impr .vements ROW on fiie
in the ONCE OF the City Clerk shows that the
following named streets in the City OF OwosSo,
which il has heretofore been clared neces-
sary TO Spr nike during the season OF 1879 Win
wafer or with Oil the same u constitute
Sprnklng District No 2, to-wit
Corunna Avenue from Washington St.,,to
city limits
Cass t. from washington to hiawassee st.
Lynn St from Cedar TO Lansing -
T.. Main ST. from Saginaw to Gould St:
w. % end of pavement to Hoyt ST.
II. Mason St. from Park TO Dewey 3D.
W. :" a" Howell to Cedar st.
williams st. from Shiawassee to Dewey st.
Goodhue ST. from Park to Hickory St.
King st. from ShiawaSsee TO saginaw ST. ~
said Districc No. 2; also to include the lots and
parc Is of land adjacent to and abutting and
fronting upon the said above named streets,
have teen sprinkled with water during the said
season OF 1920 and that the total OF the costs
and expense for labor and materials employee
in the sprinkling of the streets aforesaid con.
stuutipg said District No. was the nmount OF
two thousand thirty six 100 dollars tS2, 6
now, therefore the City Assessor Is hereby
directed to prepare and file in the office OF the
City Clerk a special assessment roll Ior tno
amount of two thousand thirty-six 6Q-l00 do1-
lars (82, ,036. .SO), which is the actual cost ~
sprinkling said district, and to spread said
amount upon and evy the same against all the
lots and parcels OF land adjacent 20 ana 'front.'
ing upon the streets above described and con-
s ituting the said assessment District No. ,,
said assessment to be levied according to bene-
fits derived to said lots add parcels SO abutting
Resolved, further, that on the filing OF the
said special assessment roll in the ofice OF tte
City Clerk, the same shall be by him consecu-
lively numbered and thereupon the said Clerk
shall cause notice to be given according 70 the
terms OF the city charter, in some paper pub.
lishei in said city that at regular session oi
said Commission to be held on date therein
specified, and not less than two weeks alter !ns
first pub ication thereof, the said Commission
will meet to review said roll and TO give n
persons interested opportunity to make ob1ec-
lions thereto and to be heard thereon and tnel
the sa special roll is ile in the ONCE u said
Clerk and open to public inspection.
The Owosso times., 1920-12-03
Welch Fred-On w Y OF N o v. com fs.0
shns { s snd \ Oh p Of n Z post S!-ico chr

d.. VI .'
ehns Isl 5. ana x cb Of 4 ( post, 3 e7-ioo chn
8 s,e3x chns. w 6.7-I0 chns N 6a2x chns
beg. Tax. eco 90.
saSs ss y Fl posl nEs sG% sSss x Ssns
l,6iH chns, w e.7-ioo chns. TO beg Tax
Bartz, Herman-com 10 2-ioo chns 3 and X ch
+ OF a pot. Il 67-i0O chns, s2h iks, w
6.7-IO0 chns, to beg. Tax, SEQ 90.
Perry, C-Com 92e-iGU chns and X ch = Of
N 4 post E67-iO chns s2N lks w $500
chns, N TO beg Tax, go 90.
Bailey. l. WON W u u, com 8 chns
S so lks E OF N y post. Il 6.7-lOo chns S 500 90
chns, w 67-ioo chns N TO beg. Tax, $50 co.
Taylor G H-Com Is rds s OF N 4 post, 0
rds, T. to J II Laverocks add, rds, w TO beg.
Tax, $40 90.
Hart, E-Com 10 rds of N 4 post, S rds
- rds, N rd w "a rds TO beg. Tax, $50 00
Lamont. Jason w 4 OF N Il a, com at N u
post T. 10 rds. s 10 rds, w 10 rds. N.to beg
Tax, $40 co.
Wood. a Jon E Il ofN w 4, com 2 rds w
OF w 4 post w rds, 10 rds, Z 8 rds, N to
beg Tax, 500.
Crane, Norman-Com rds w and 10 rds OF
N Il pos. s rds 10 in w par with N line said
sec. to Shiawassee river My along river TO N.
Line said sec, E 9.S-lOO chns' 5 10 chns' L t'aeg
Tax, $50 10.
Smith, I-Com lO7o-loo chns S: and rds W W
OF N n post of sec, w 80 IDS 81 It, s rds. f 80
rds 81 IT, N TO beg. Tax, $40 90.
Setback, O-Com res w ana 10 cnnS ~ lkS >
| of N 4 post, w t river, My along river to 5
| line of ID M Hart's land, e to Shiawasseey st, )
| to beg. Tax, 5000.
Bussel, Il II On L 4 of w a. com IL. o-l0O
| chns s. and ? rds w OF N a post, $ rds IL It,
| w to RIVER, N I.18-lOO chns to beg. Tax,
| 800 90
Stevens, o W-Com 9s rds lc-l2 IT N and
rds w of cen of sec. l., w s rds N rds, Il
4 rds, : to beg. Tax, S20 90.
| Dawson. H--Com rds w and 81 rds 1912
| IT N Of of sec, w rds N rds, + rds, ;
| TO beg. Tax, $50 co.
| Hovt, Horace Com SO rds 5l0-l2 IT and 2
| rds w cenler o sec, w = rd', n 8 rds
rds, &c beg. Tay $50 20.
Jones, T-Com 81 rds b,l0.i2 It N and RS w
| OF cen OF sec, w rds, n 4 rds rds, 3 to
beg. Tax $50 10.
! Gould, f H Beg at point 81 rds 5l0-l2 chns
| N and w of cen of sec. I3. thence WHY par with
| E and W a line + S, SLY par with N and 5 4
line rtls WHY par with said and w a line
II rds SLY par with n and 4 line " rdS and
5 20 IL fl, thence due w to E bank OF Shiawas-
see riv' l., " Ely alo . river bank to point on
thence tily par to said E and w u line TO IL
| point on aid and 4 line, thence sly IN
| said n and S "a line 81 rds 70 place OF beg, lex n
rds of f. rds) Tax t6j 90.
InSersoll's Add
butcher Julian (ESt) Lot /, blk 2, also com
at e cor iobl, blk ,. n rds, w res, ) rds,
r to b, L in sec l3 Tax, fi0 co.
Myers, T. " Lot 9, b,; /. Tav, SO 90.
Smith, Mrs ClsLot !, blk Tax, S2O 90.
ALA Is Williams Add
Flickinger Edith n &c # of lot and 8
rds lot :, blk /. Tax. $40 60.
Soper, Nina Lot T. blk /. Tax, $50 90.
Renefts, A. Special Tax, $3.50 co. Total Tay,
1860 U0
The Owosso times., 1920-12-03
PERSIA LAND OF CULTURE
Has Been Favored Region From the
Very Earliest Age-CapitaI
Beautiful in Ruin.

Persia ranks among the foremost OF
ancient nations that have exercised the
greatest influence on the fatcs of Eu-
rope. It has been region OF culture
from the earliest age, where traces or
the pure religion of Zerdusht when
he brought among the nations from
Mount Albordi. may still be recog-
niZed.
The people who inhabt the southern
side of the great ridge of hills nave
always displayed greater inventive
power and greater constancy in pre-
serving their institutions than the
tribes who dwell to the northward.
The former they owe to the ease and
leisure afforded them by most pro-
pitious climate and by their settled
habits, not being prompted by rest
less spirit to migratory life.
The remains of the ancient Persian
capital, PersepOlis, as well as the
Egyptian, Thebes, and the ruins on the
higher peninsula of India, bear the ex-
preston Of majestic grandeur and OF
desire to hand down to futurity
eternal feelings Of certain great truths
or remarkable events. These elevated
feelings are not due to climate, his
torians claim, pointing to the same
countries today where, instead of sim
plicity and grandeur, fondness for
singularity and false refinement Is now
tiisplayed.-DetrOit News.
The Owosso times., 1920-12-03
Notice of Hearing Objections to
Public Improvement and of Spec
ial Assessment No. 224 for the
Making of Sewer Connections on
North Shiawassee Street.

TO All Whom 1t May Concern:
Pursuant to a resolution of the Commission
of the City of OwosSo, the City or OWosso mas
nude the following Improvement:
Making sewer connections on North ShiaWas'
see Street
That the statement of lsts are on tile in my
orice for public inspection; that ihe Oommis-
sion has designated as the special assessment
district upon which the special assessment for
said Improvement shall be levied, lands as iOl-
lows:
Al the lots lands and promises fronting and
arltting on the said Improvement or IN any way
benefited thereby, tn same 10 be assessed ac'
cording to benefits thereon.
The Commission of the City of Owosso Will
meet M it's regular session on Monday evening,
Dec 49, A. ID. 1920, st 81 O'Clock in the afte'-
noon, when it will hear objec ions to the I'M
provement as afor said and TO the district 10 De
assessed.
Notice is also hereby given that the
special assessment heretofore made by the
City Assessor for the purpose OF defray-
ing that portion of the costs which the
Commission decided should be paid and
borne by special assessm, mt for the i'm =
Improvement as aforesaid is now on file in
my Office for public inspection. The Com.
mission of the City OF Owosso Will meet
at it's regular session on Monday. December
18th, A ID. 1920, at 7:30 o'clock In the
afternoon to review the special assessment
and hear any objections to any assessment
which may be made by any person DEEM
ing himself aggrieved thereby.
Dated, Nov. 80, 1870.
B. X. LUCAS,
City Clerk.
The Owosso times., 1920-12-03
Resolution No. 1i9
Resolved, by the Commission Of the citx

Resolved, by the Commission Of the City
of Owosso that whereas the report of the Com
missioner OF Public improvements now on nt0'
In the office OF the City Clerk, shows thai the
following named str cts In ths City OF Owoago,
which IL has heretofore been declared mecca
sary to sprinkle duting the season OF 1920 With
Sprinkling District No. 3, to-wit <,,t
Stewart st. from Chapman to Washington ST..
Chapman st. from Main to south ST.
Co%stock st. nom WashiOg,eU parE to Dewey St
Oliver ST. from Dewey to Gould st. 81
Exchange ST. from Park to Dewey st. N
Mason st. from Ball to Park st.
said District No. 3; also to include the lota{and
parcels OF land adjac mt to and abutting and
fronting upon the said above named stroot<<|
have been sprinkled with oil and water during
the laid season OF 1920, and that the total Of the
costs and expenses for labor and materials en-
ployed In the sprinkling Of the streets af0rc
said constituting said District No. was the
amount Of twelve hundred seventy-eight 09-lOQ
dollars (S12iS53); now, therefore, the City
Assessor Is hereby directed to prepare and dle
In the office OF the City Clerk. a special asses9-
ment roll for the amount OF twelve hundred
seventy-eight 53-l00 dollars (Si27e.53 which II
the actual cost OF sprlnkling said district. and
to spread said amount upon and levy the same
against oil the lots and parcels OF land adjacent
TO and fronting upon the streets above descriD-
ed and constituting the said assessment DIG
trict No. g. said assessment to be levied accog<l-
ing TO benefits derived to said lots and so abutt>
ing.
Resolved further, that on the filing Of thu
said special assessment roll in the office OF the
City Clerk the same shall be by him consecuL
lively numbered, and thereupon the said Clerk
shall cause notice to be given according to the
terms cf the city charter. In some paper pub
lished in said city, that at regular sessi. n OF
said Commission to be held on date therein
specified, and not less than two weeks after the
first publication thereof, the said Commission
Will meet to review said roll and :, give ali
persons Interested opportunity to make obiec-
tions thereto and to be heard ther, on. and that
the aid sp cial assessment roll Is on le In the
office OF said Clerk and open to public iuspec~
tion.
Dited, Nov. 23, 1920. N
b. X. LUCAS.
City Clerk. :
The Owosso times., 1920-12-03

ESOao Systoms
At meeting of the Board of County
Road Commissioners held at the Court
House in the City Of Corunna, on Fri
day, November 26. 1920.
nt-Commissioner Cline, Par.
menter and Bailey.
Commissioner Parmenter presented
the following resolution which was
unanimously adopted:
Resolved, by the Board of County
Road Commissioners that the following
roads be entered into the County Road.
System:
1. Commencing at the south town
line between Secs 81 and 32. New
Haven Township. north two miles to
corner common to Secs. 10, 90, 30 and 81.
2. Commencing at the east quarter
post Sec 10, sh'aw6ss Township,
thence west and southwest through
sec. 10, Shiawassec aid Sec. "a, Ben
uington Township.
3. Commencing at the southeast cor
ner Of Sec. 10, Shiawassee Township,
hence west bel ween Secs. 1924 and
1923 TO the int ntersection of the GOOD
roads duplication No. 57ls)
a. From the east quarter post Sec
21. Sciota Township. thence SOU h.
westerly across Sec 81 and 20, to the
Clinton County line.
(signed,) A. w. BURNETT.
81 40 County Cleft.
The Owosso times., 1920-12-03

CHINESE SCHOLARS ARE
TRAINED TO MEMORIZE.-


CHINESE SCHOLARS ARE
TRAINED TO MEMORizE.-
Chinese schoolroom methods
are interesting as showing the
contrast between schools In the
Orient and schools In this coun'
try. Many elderly people VIII
recall the time when practices
In the district schools OF the
United States had some or the
Chinese thoroughness and de
pendence upt / the memory, re
marks the New York Sun anc
Herald.
The beginner takes his book
TO the teacher, who hears him
read column or more. aftei
which the pupil returns to hiss
desk and repeats this lesson
aloud until he can recite II
from memory. He then takes
his book again TO the teacher,
turns his back upon his master
and recites what he has learned
This Is called backing the les
son."
In this way the pupil commits
the whole book to memory ana
he Is expected to learn 1t so
thoroughly that he can at any
moment repeat the whole of any
passage the initial words OF
which are mentioned TO him.
Just before the monday re-
cess the teacher writes senti-
ment, q proverb or Il proposition
upon a slip Of red paper and
pastes it upon the door. Each
boy as he goes out reads the
lines and in the afternoon rem
ders to the teacher another line
which will, with the first, make
a couplet.
In China all hcnors, social,
pecuniary and official, awhit the
scholar, and the teacher has al
ways at hand illustriOus exam
pies to hold up for the emula-
I tion of those who become dis
cOuraged. Among the ancients,
| as among the mOderns, many
who were poor or stupid rose to
eminence by sheer diligence and
se!f-discipline.
The teacher tells of SO Chin,
who, being afflicted with drOw-
| sinesS when at his nightly stud
les, thrust Il needle through his
flesh so that pain might keep
him awake; and of the restless
Sal Lin, whose active body re-
VOTED against sitting at his
books, and who cured himself
of constant disposition to rise
and leave them by placing a
Il pail of cold water where his
feet would be immersed in it
whenever he stood up.