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Columbus daily courier., 1920-07-27

l read somewhere . comparison of
Ruth and Cohh somewhat 10 the dis.
arrangement Of Ruth. This strikes me
a. being extremely unfair. Ruth has
quite a. much baseball Intelligence ns
Cobb ever had. and 20 my miad ne IL
Of far greater value 20 a team. for
Ruth is willing TO play for and with a
team. writes W. o. Mc0cehan IN New
York Tribune.
For one thing. ituth reports chror-
fully for bis spring training and Works
Just ns enthusiastically % the young.
est recruit who IA trying 20 earn for
himself even a place on the bench.
Cobb dlsdnlns spring training. He
claims the special privilege Of a prima
donna. and that Ia bad not only for his
own team but for the morale Of organ.
lied baseball. Il makes discipline a
farce.
cobb late IN starting.
Cobb seldom has been nt his best al
the start Of the season. II n not until
he has worked In many gnmes that he
Il ready 10 play his game. lie IA par.
ticularly iaie IN starting this season.
and the entire Detroit team was In q
slump At the start. almost directly a.
result OF the special privileges grant.
ed 10 Tyrus Raymond Cobb.
In this regard u seems 10 me that
Ruth displays a higher degree Of IN.
Columbus daily courier., 1920-07-27

telllrence. He Il big enough 10 realize
that while he IL the supreme nttrac-
tlQn In baseball az tho present time,
his teammates and bis employers have
some rights that must be respected.
He 4 playing the game fairly and ear
nestly, and the way that be Il doing
u has earned the regard not only Of
those who know baseball but of those
who seldom see q gnme. He gives the
best that he has.
Ruth Not Spoiled.
Ruth has considerable force of char.
nctef. lie suddenly became a nailonpl
Idol, yet Il has not spoiled him ~ far.
and ! do not think that Il will. He
does not pose and he does not play
70 the galleries OF course he must
glory In his achievement, this boy who
was reared IN poverty and suddenly
nhunted into more llmelleht than has
cowe 10 many a general. statesman or
movie star. but he takes n all grace
fully and with a native intelligence
that shows character. And force of
character l. the essential 10 suceess.
even IN professional sports You viii
reallze this n you viii look over the
list Of the real successes IN profes.
sional baseball.
This Colossus Of Baseball l. stand.
Ing on a crude pedestal. but u aeema
TO me a vrry nrm one.
Columbus daily courier., 1920-07-27

Daily Courier, Zoe mouth,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-13
HUNGER STRIKE ENDS
Nourishment Being Administered to
 Nine Men In ork Jail
By Associated Press

| l Cork November 12.-The hunger strike of the nine Irish prisoners in the Cork jail was called off today, the ninety fourth day of the strike.
 This was revealed, when a message received by Lord Mayor OCallaghan from Arthur Griffiths, founder of the Sim Fein organization, was given out.
 q am of the opinion read the mes sage, that our countrymen in the Fork prison have sufficiently proved their devotion and fidelity, and that they should now az the were prepared to die for Ireland. prepare to again live for her.
 1 This message has been transm tied to the nine surviving hunger strikers in the jail.
 Tho men were reported today i'll a deplorably low state. 1 The announcement of the receipt of the Griffiths letter closely followed an appeal made by Bishop Coahlan of Cork that there be a cessation If the strike, which he declared would ,nly be a waste of lives. l Nournishment is being adrli his. cred to the nine men, it was stated this eve ming.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-13

cline of more than 20 cents a bushel In wheat and of about 10 cents de- cline the week before. Todays setback in wheat ranged from 4 to cents, with December delivery closing at $1.76 to $1.771a
 Opinion on the exchange today was practically unanimous that the unfa- vorable financial outlook has had big share in forcing values to shrink to such an extraordinary degree. Under normal conditions, grain price breaks equal to those which have .een witnessed of late would have induced investment buying on large scale little or no business of this kind, how ever has apparently developed on the present decline.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-13
NEW ROAD CHIEF NAMED
Marvin Pearce of Marion County Suc-
 ceeds ". C. Davis, Resigned

Montgomery. November 12-Cspe- cial.)-Marvin Pearce of Hamilton, Marion county, was appointed mem Der of the state highway commission by Governor Kilby today He will succeed ". c. Davis of Jasper, Walker county, who resigned because of his ina ability to attend all meetings. MT. Davis said he had been forced to miss
 severa! meetings and did not believe person should remain a member of the board when he could not give it the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-13
YEARS OF STOMACH AND BOWEL TROUBLE
Had three operations and was all run down. Newspaper ad guided her back to
 health.

T suffered from stomach and bowel trouble in the worst form for a long time. I went through three serious operations and doctored all the time. but found nothing that would do me any good.
 'On seeing Milks Emulsion adver- tised in the daily papers I decided to try it. The first three doses relieved me. and I am now on the .4th bottle, and can say I have never taken any medi- cine that has done me so much good. I am feeling better than I ever did since my operations. I am gaining in health and flesh rapidly. I now weigh 14S lbs."-Mrs. Hattie Sharpe 1ol6 Ridge St., Keokuk, Ia.
 Thousands of sufferers from catarrh of the stomach. indigestion and bowel troubles. have found that yMilks Emul- sion gives prompt relief and real last ing benefit.
 Milks Emulsion is a pleasant, nutri- tive food and a corrective medicine. It restores healthy, natural bowel action doing away with all need of pills and physics. 1t promotes appetite and quickly puts the digestive organs in shape to assimilate food. As builder of flesh and strength. Milks Emulsion is strongly recommended to those whom sickness has weakened and is q powerful aid in resisting and repair ing the effects of wasting diseases.
 This is the only solid emulsion made, and so palatable that it is eaten with spoon like ice cream.
 No matter how severe your case, you are urged to try Milks Emulsion un- der this guarantee--TalSe six bottles home with you, use it according to di- rections and if not satisfied with the results, your money will be- promptly refunded. Price 75c and $1.50 per bot tie. The Milks Emulsion Co. Terre Haute. Ind Sold by druggists every where.--Ady.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-13
FOUR SECTION HANDS DEAD
Motor Car Jumps Track on Norfolk and Western Railroad In Virginia
Ry Associated Press

Winchester, Va, November 12-With the death late this afternoon of Adolphus Peyton, four fatalities resulted when a motor car on the Norfolk and Western railway near Old Chapel Bridge. Va. jumped the track and went down an embankment. The three men killed in- stantly were William and John Peyton and Joe Ritter The four, who were section hands, were on their way to make repairs to the bridge. Adoiphus Peyton was the father of William Pey- ton, and John Peyton was a relative.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-13

Bessemer. November 12.-(Special)- The new schedule for the street cars goes into effect in the city Sunday, when the short line between Jones' boro and the Pipe Works will be dis continued as a seperate line and will be consolidated with the North and South Bessemer lines. The South Bes- semer cars will run through Bessemer to the pipe works. and the North Bes- semer cars will run through Bessemer to Jonesboro, Passengers going from
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-13
NEW GRAIN CUTS
Fresh DOwnturns Come After Steady
 Decline for Week
By Associated Press

Chicago, November 12.-Notw;tI4 ; standing the severity with which grain prices have been slashed during the last fortnight, new cuts were with essed today, and quotations for all cereals dropped lower than at any time within the last four years. The fresh down turns today were notable chiefly by the fact that they came after 8 weeks de-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-13
ST. LOUIS GETS 1921 U. D. c.
Birmingham Daughters at Asheville
 Withdraw After First Vote
Fly Associated Press

Ashevilie. N. C., November 12-St Louis. Mo-. was chosen unanimously late today as the 1921 meeting city by the United Daughters of the Confed- eracy at its closing business session. The convention will meet the first "Wednesday in November, next. Bir- minghain withdrew after majority vote favored St. Louis
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-13
CHURCH BAZAAR

 The Christian Workers of the First Christian church met Thursday after noon at the home of Mir. and Mrs. E. H. Hutchinson. Mrs. L. Harris led the de- votional exercises and prayer was of- fered by MT. Hutchinson. A very in- teresting business session followed. in
 which reports were made by various committees.
 A miscellaneous shower by the mem bers followed the business when num- bers of beautiful and useful gifts were donated for the baZar. which will be
 held on December 10 and II by the i society. After the appointment of committees to arrange the details of the bazaar. the hostess served delight ful refres hments. salad plate with coffee to her guests.
 The Girls Auxiliary of the First Baptist church met\ Thursday after noon at the church. when 8 very in | teresting programme was carried out with Miss Mary Deason, leader. Nurses and Doctors of Foreign Fields" was the topic discussed and the following pro-
 gramme was rendered: Song, 70. Zion, Haste;" Bible study, Jesus Miracles of Healing" given by the members; reading, "The Closed Gate" India
 Crofford; reading, Royal Service"
 Martha Ross; Our Lifesaving Stations in China" given by six girls Miracles of Medical Missions" Rachel Wilson; reading, Katherine Gilliland; song. Francis Vail; prayer. for doctors and
 nurses in mission work, Mrs. N. B Parker.
 1 Rev. T. IT. Hutchinson will preach at both services of the First Christian
 church Sunday, using as his subject in the morning, "The Ministry of Jesus
 and His Church." in the evening. Death, or Life, Which?" Sunday
 school at S45 a. m. Junior Christian Endeavor S:S0 ?. rn Senior Endeavor
 6S0 D. m.
 Miss Katherine Hawkins of Mont
 gomery is the guest of Miss Rachel 1 Ra gsdale at her home on Arlington avenue.
 l, Mrs. Mamie Warren Moats of Texas,
 who has been the guest of her aunt ] Mrs Jerome Karr, has returned home l Mrs. Eugene Miller and little son are l visiting relatives in Pineapple, Ala.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-13

Jonesboro to the pipe works and from the pipe works to Jonesboro will be transferred at Nineteenth street and First avenue
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-13
CONGESTION OF SCHOOLS

The chief topic of discussion at the meeting of the board of education was the congested condition of the public schools. This conditions amounts to a serious problem in the high school, where 500 pupils are enrolled in a
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-13
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Bessemer of circulation and advertising C. Moore
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-13

attention it deserved. MT. Pearce will represent the Tenth congressional dis trict
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-13

building which was constructed to take care of 300. A condition of this kind is not only great handicap to the pupils, but works a great hardship on the teachers of the school
 This condition will be somewhat re- lieved as soon as the new county high school at Hueytown is completed, when all of the Hueytown pupils at tending the Bess semer school will be 1 transferred to the county high school. The county will be asked to complete the school as rapidly as possible. so 1 that the transfer of pupils can be made at the beginning of the next term of the school year.
 Brooks Lawrence, superintendent of the Anti-Saloon league, will speak in Bessemer at the First Methodist church Sunday at II o'clock a. m. His sub ject will be- "A New War on An Old Enemy"
 Deputies J. G. Thomas. J. E. Dn- lard and o. J. Tucker captured still Thursday afternoon at old McAdory. about miles from Bessemer.
 The still was skillfully concealed beiEg in an underground room, with the entrance hidden with growing shrubbery and the room was about F feet below the surface. according to the officers. Six barrels of beer mash were found at the still. II Foster was ar rested in connection with the case.
Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1920-12-14
MERIDEN.

Last Sunday morning officers for the
ensuing year were elected for the sun
day school. Mrs. Walker was elected
superintendent aid ReuI'en ROehm as
sistan Mrs. Roy Ottei'bach was elect
ed organist.
Mrs Ida Powell of Mendoza srent
several days last week with hol
daughter, Mrs. Frank Grrney.
The chicken pie supper at Mcriden
last Tuesday night was we'll attended
Several AUTOMOBILE" loads came oVt
from Mendoza to attend.
The Ladies' Aid was p'easantly en-
tertancd at the home of Mrs. jacob
Diehl las. Thursday afternoon A
large crowd was present and a fine
tine reported by all in attendance.
The Y. p. A. will meet next Thurs
day evening at MeTit'en The annual
election of officers will take place
after which a social evening will DC
enjoyed.
Reuben Roehm spent last Tuesday
in Napervile
Mr. Schon sheled corn one day last
week and delivered it at I,arlville.
Last "Wednesday evening the neigh
bors and friends of Mr.. and Mrs. Tur-
pen gave them a pleasant. surprise
in the form Of a chariyari at the home
OF the latters parents, Mr., and Mrs.
ChaunCey Meade, Mr.. and Mrs. Tur-
pen expect to go to housekeeping at
Creston, Iowa, the first Of the year
Melvin fIosselman is visiting his
sister, Mrs. George Mccormick
Mr.. and Mrs. John Barrett attend
Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1920-12-14

At its meeting last evening Ottawa
Encampment, T. 0. O. F., conferred
the royal purple degree on class OF
three candidates, the ceremony being
carried out in the usual impressive
manner in which this degree is
handled
Following the degree work officers
for the next term were elected, with
the following result;
Chief patriarch-John Murphy.
High priest-Al Houchins.
Senior warden--C. II. Wilson.
Junior warden-Charles Lambert.
Scribe-Charles Halliday
Treasurer-E. Z. Roberts.
Trustees-George Bowermaster, W.
r. Faupel, Charles Lambert, John Nal
colin and James Lambert.
After the close Of the formal session
of the camp there was bountltul
spread of good things to eat. all of
which were enjoyed with zest.
* X y.
At the regular meeting of st. Elmo
lodge, X. of P, held last evening, the
following officers were elected for the
next term:
c. C.-Alfred C. Colwell.
V. C.--August Kerste.
prelate--James Qulter.
NJ. of W,-Harry Miller.
X. of r. and S.--Owen Anderson.
M. of Frank d. Moulton.
NJ of Ex--Paul Zickler.
NJ. at A-Paul Fischer.
|. G.--Charles Miller.
O. G.--John Gerber.
Trustee (three years)-Wtlliam Col
well
The installation Of officers will take
place the first Monday in January.
y y y.
The dance which The members OF
Ottawa post No. SO, American Legion,
will give at Armory c tomorrow night
Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1920-12-14
For Growth and Strcnrth,

Poor food in childhood means poo
health In manhood and Womanhood.
There Is hut single use foT food !;
to furnish uutritiye value to the hui
man hody-to stoke the human engine.
A food is WORTH only as much as the
nutritiye value it supplies; its true
value is measured by the amount Of
fuel ii furnishes the body.
Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1920-12-14

ed the chicken pie supper at Triumph
Friday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Hill visited
with Triumph relatives last Sunda"
Mr. and Mrs Floyd Wells spent last
Saturday with Mendoza relatives.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1920-01-31

Magma Charta in 1915, the English
Bill of Rights in 1889, the Declara-
ton of independence in 1776, and
the Constitution of the United States
OF America in 1878. Epoch making
as each of these documents is, it is
the constitution which represents
the highest expression of the SOW
ereignty of free people.
Cleaned from the collective wis.
dom of the ages and forged into a
perfect whole in the fires of genius
the Constitution, consummating the
hopes and aspirations of genera.
tions, brought into being nation
founded on the principle that all men
are equal before the law and that
all are entitled to an equal voice
in the government under which they
live.
This great instrument, whose ex-
cellence has been proved in war as
well as in peace, is the channel
through which our national life finds
true expression. 1t is the bulwark
Of our individual rights and the
guardian Of the destinies of the re-
public. With reverence we stand
in the presence Of the Constitution
of the United States, beholding in
it the symbol Of democracy, victori-
Gus after centuries of conflict, the
visible evidence that this nation is
builded on the eternal rock of hui
man liberty.
May we never surrender this
great birthright of American citizen
ship. May We give to it our undi-
yided allegiance. Mry we defend it,
even with our lives, from every enc
my who seeks to destroy it in prin-
1iple or power. AS it shielded our
'orefathers and has shielded us, let
IS always shield it from profaning
hands"
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1920-01-31
JANIToRs EEEIclENr NOW.

Boston, Jan. 30.-Prohibition hal
improved Boston's janitor service 10t
per cent. The reason, according tC
employment agencies, is because JAM
tors and cellars naturally go togeth
er, and private stocks are found in
some cellars.
The rush for positions as ianitors is
in full swing, according to employ.
ment agents. while there's prohibi.
ton, there will be lots of janitors," it
was predicted.
Tenants in many apartments here
say the janitors are keeping the steam
up better than ever before. The an
swer of the employment agencies is:
Prohibition
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1920-01-31
FIGHT kAISER's CLAIM.

Berlin, Jan. 30.-Long before the
Versailles conference decreed there
should be practically no German army
or navy, Herr Knorr, Pan-German and
and true to the kaiser passed away
and left will
Under the terms of the testament,
Knorr gave most of his fortune, con-
sisting of property and securities, TO
the kaiser to be used for military pur-
poses. Now the widow of the old
man and her half-brother have gone
to the courts to demand their share
of his worldly goods.
The Knorrs argue the man would
never have given the kaiser his prop
erty mad money if he had known it
could not have been used in the fur
therance of German military policies.
The former emperor's interests are
represented by an attorney.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1920-01-31
DEBS' LAST SpETCH
PLACED IN RECORD

ALBANY, N. Y.-"Eugene " Debs
last speech before his voice was
silenced" by a pen 'tentiary sentence
of ten years for violating the espion
age act, was read into the record
at the trial of the five suspended
sicialists assemblymen being tried
by the judiciary committe on charges
of disloyalty
In his speech, made before social
lists in Cleveland last March, Debs,
declared he spoke "as a socialist, a
revolutionist and bolshevist." prais-
Lenine and Trotzky "as the greatest
statesmen in the modern world" and
expressed defiance of the laws of
this country and the supreme court.
The speech was distributed in
form "by the city COM
mite of the socialist party of Great
er New York." according to the pros
ecution
Asserting that only part the work
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1920-01-31

ing class was allowed to play in the
making of peace was through "sec.
ond-hand representative Comp
ers,' Debs in his speech said: Il
am opposed to the system under
which we live; l am opposed to its
government, which compels the great
majority to pay tribute to the in
significant few"
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1920-01-31
SACRED INDEPENDENCE PAPERS
BROUGHT OUT or THEIR STEEL
HOME TO "POSE" FOR "MOVTES''

Washington, D. G., Jan. 3O.-Fol
the first time in years the constitu
tion Of the United States and the
parchment bearing the Declaration
Of Independence were brought out
of their steel home in the state de-
partment last week and shown the
light of day. These two sacred doc
uments of the republic are seldom
subjected to the fading influence of
sunlight and are only brought forth
for most important purposes. This
time Secretary Of State Robert Ian
sing brought them out to exhibit
them before the motion picture cam
era, in the hope that the message OF
honest liberty they hold might be
flashed before the country as an an
tidote for ultra-radical "redism."
Protected from the air by hermet-
ically. sealed glass plates both the
sacred instruments guaranteeing the
safety and structure 70 American
liberty with withdrawn from their
steel safe by the secretary and held
for few moments under the lenses
of the camera. Only a few of the
state department staff were present
with the photographers, and the doe
uments We're examined minutely, be-
fore being returned to their resting
place to determine the effect that
sunlight and time have thus far had
on these original copies About
seventy years ago the Declaration of
Independence was subjected to a
letter press copying. process and inl
is much more faded
than the Constitution Out of the
blurred signatures that of John
Hancock" stands out boldly still a
to the world of the
of human liberty he stood
for before aall others.
Mr. Lansing addressed the group
as She cameras flickered over the
documents, explaining the purpose
Of the state department to have
l10OO0,OOO citizens from Maine to
California view once again these
original birth papers OF the re-
,ublic as a reminder of the institu-
ion under which and for which we
i've in a united country.
-Four great documents Mr.. Ian.
ing said, "mark the progress of the
truggle of thousand years to at I
ain the civil liberty which has found 1
Expression in American citizenship
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1920-01-31
THE BEsT COUGH MEDIC NE

When a druggist finds that his
customers all speak well of certain
preparation, he forms a good opinion
OF it and when in need of such med
icine Is almost certain to use 1t him
self and in his family. This is why
so MANY druggists use and recon-.
mend Chamberlain's Cough Remedy.
j. B. Jones, a well known druggist o.
Cubrun, Ky, says, 81 have used Cham
berlains Cough Remedy in my fam
lily for the past seven years, and
have found it to be the best cough
medicine l have ever known
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1920-01-31
Monday-Pearl White.
uesday-Smashin Barriers.
COMING SOON-"The Lion Man" :"
Watch for it.

rology, which in turn is a brancl
of geology, relating to the structural
meteorological, and chemical charac
ter OF rocks.
A great number of well cuttings
are available fro mthe oil fields OF
Oklahoma which can be studied with
view of correlating the various
producing stands
In addition to training students in
that line of work, the department
expects to obtain practical results
Of value to the oil interests of the
state.
Expansion of the peology depart
ment along other lines also is under
way, according to DR.. Joseph Umple-
by, head of the department. Two
graduate students, William f. Alb
sher Norman, and B, L. Laird, will
be instructors in elementary courses
while working for the degree of mas
ter of arts.
Several new courses have been
added including a seminar course in
petroleum geology, and a special
course in structural geology, and
special summer school course of one
months duration which will be con
Quoted entirely at the university
camp in the Arbuckle mountains.
Practical work will supplement class
room work there every day.