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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-10-02
EVERYONE SHOULD
HELP BUILD ROADS

KANSAS IS one OF the three states
n. IN the Union which have thus FAR
failed TO provide any state money
with which 70 aid the counties in
road Improvement. This fact has
been due TO the fact that the con-
eutution prevents the state from. en-
CaEing in internal Improvements The
legislature OF 1913 passed an amend
meut which VIII be submitted % the
voters at the general election IN
November this year which provides
that the state may aid In the con
strucuon Of highways 70 the extent
OF % per cent OF the cost and not
more than $4,000 per mile.
". c. Markham, secretary Of the
Kansas highway commission, recent
fv published a pamphlet Ga the inter
est Of this constitutional amendment
This contains many interesting anu
useful facts and outlines several plans
by which a state may produce funds
with which 70 aid the counties. The
following paragraphs are quoted from
ait. Larkham's pamphlet
How State Can Help.
some years ago since 10 was en-
uhatically decided that this was q
union and not a confederation OF
states and that the federal govern
men can so leEislate that the strong
shan help the weak in anything Lnat
is for the common good
II II fs reasonable that the federal
government should aid the several
states f. road building on the theory
that we thus arrive AZ the most eQult-
able distribution Of the cost Of some
thing that Is necessary for the CONF
mon good, il IS just as potent that
the states should aid the several
counties under their jurisdiction"
THE entire state pays towards the
upkeep Of our asylums and no one
rreFffous the equity OF The charge.
The entire state conrri butes TO the
maintenance OF the state detention
for law violators and yet none OF Us
cares TO wear stripes in order 70 get
back his share OF such enforced pay
II it IS not equitable for the state
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-10-02

county over the hill OF expensive road
construction which now stands as a
barrier between counties uch in val-
leys and having large and wealthy
market centers- Not long since, in a
certain Kansas county, the people
were preparing a petition and ar
ranging the benefit district 70 be
described therein. One farmer pro-
tested against his assessment being
the same as that OF his neighbor be-
cause there was no grade work 70 be
done in front or his land. where there
was a stubborn hill TO be effaced IN
front OF the farm OF his neighbor.
And yet this self-same hill has for
so years kept this farmer from haul
a full load to market"
Ways to Raise Money.
There are at least three methods
70 raise the funds for state partci-
patton IN road building:
"One is By levytng mill tax on
all kinds OF property and limit the
aid each year 70 the amount raised.
Another would be to issue bonds
per cent aid TO the counties which
have constructed roads
"A third method IS 10 secure the
funds by the use OF the automobile
license fees. This method Is IN use in
many states. Virtually all the states
the automobile license fees for this
purpose and many use all the fees"
Levy a tax Of one cent per gallon on
gasoline. make a minimum license on
automobiles OF SIS, and exempt the
auto from personal tax"
1t would be a grevious mistake for
Kansas to place the entire burden Of
raising this state money entirely upon
the motorists who IN Kansas are
composed largely Of farmers The
plan Of levyinF a mill tax would be
far more equitable for then the bur
den would be borne by all interests
somewhat in proportion TO the bene-
fits received. This would be IN line
with the automatic thought expressed
by 1Ir. Markham in his pamphlet that
the public road Is a public care and
when all Of the people are likely 70
use a road all the people should have
some part however small IN paying
for It There could be no objection
to placing the burden Of maintenance
OF state roads on motorists as Is done
in most states. but the burden Of con-
struction should be borne by all,
share and share alike. in proportion
TO the value OF property owned
From American Motorist.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-10-02

West keeping close % ne border an
the time.
He is the pioneer in the automo-
bile Industry in the southwest and
purchased and drove the second car
to be operated in the state OF Ari-
IONA He also sold the first truck
to be used Ga that state.
His pet hobby is road racing, and
he has been identified with all the
big road races in this section. At
present he is associated with TIE
committee that is promoting the
Longest Road Race In the World. &"
The FL Paso-San Diego road race that
VIII be run off next February.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-10-02

ROY Lester, Of the Lester Motor
company. has returned 20 Fl Paso
from a tour through the territory vis-
itinE Re We're dealers. Mr.. Lester
drove a Re We're on this 1000-mile
run Part Of his trip took him
through southern Arizona and New
Mexico and he states that great en-
thusiasm IS displayed over the com
ing FL Paso-San Diego road race.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-10-02
AUTO BUSINESS EXPECTED
TO IMPROVE IN MEXICO

John Allen Of the Paige Sales and
Service company, returned to Fl Pas0
wednesday from a trip into Old Mexi-
co that took him 200 miles south Of
Torreon. He sold two Paige touring
cars IN that part Of the republic and
says there IS a big future for the au-
tomobile business IN that country.
James Allen. brother and other
member Of the firm, 81 on a swing
around the territory IN q Paige cor
visiting Paige dealers.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-10-02

LOUIS ana not
Martin Luther as
N a ny o ( his
ri e n ds have
messed.
Mr.. NaQuin was
corn in New Or
cans, La and
ONES OF an old
ouisiana French
stock. 3 e fore
many years had
rolled over his
head his parents
brought him 70
san Antonio and
from there he
has moved On
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-10-02

to aid In building roads. why Is &c
equitable that all the license fees go
TO dragging country roads when many
automobile owners live in the cities
and must pave streets at their own
expense"
state aid means to help many
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-10-02
AUTOGRAPHS

l. NAQUIN. southwestern dis
VII trlbutor for the White line Of
motor trucks, has a first name
hat he seldom uses Il Is Myrtel
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1920-01-17
.BLACK-DRAUCHT A
FAMILY MEDICINE
Some Kind of Stomach
Trouble With Cramps and
Terrible P aims Made
This Oklahoma Mans
Life Miserable I'm
til Black-Draught
Relieved Him

Chickasha, Okla.-Mrs. J. w. Walker
recently said this: I'VE use Black
Draught as family medicine and think
II ia the only liver medicine made. My
husband makes it up and uses it as
tonic as we'll as a laxative. I use it for
headache. sour stomach. full, heavy
feeling after meals. which I suppose is
indigestion, and it certainly does me
lot Of good.
Ny husband had some kind of stom-
ach trouble-we don't know just what.
1t would strike him just any time in the
day and cramp or pain him just ter
rtbly bad. Someone told him how to
make a tea of the Black-Draught. which
he did. 1t did him so much good. it re-
moved the cause and cured him. Since
then we have praised the Black-Draught
to our friends. and gladly do So"
seventy years of successful use has
made Thedford's Black-Draught a
standard, household remedy. Every
member of the family at times needs the
help that Black Draught can give in
cleansing the system and preventing or
relieving the troubles that come from
constipation. indigestion. lazy liver, etc.
Try Biack-Draught. Sold by all drug
gtstA-Adv.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1920-01-17
NAVY WOULD CALL
$4,000 RESERVISTS
TO ACTIVE DUTY
BY Associated Pres,

Washington. January 16.-No in
crease in the personnel of the navy
over that authorized for the present
fiscal year will be asked by the Navy
Department for 1921, Rear Admiral
Coontz chief of naval operations. to-
day told the House naval affairs COM
nittee. The department, however, VIII
ask authority to order $1,000 naval re-
servists to active duty for training
during the coming fiscal year. The
authorized strength for 1920 was 49,
600, including apprentices.
The naval reservists will be used
entirely at sea on battleships of the
second line and the training will be
confined as much as possible to the
summer months. Admiral Coontz said.
Although full compliments on all the
ships the navy desires to retain in
active commission would require 1Q7,-
600 men at sea. he said the ships
would be manned with $1,000 until the
present shortage of men has been
overcome. even though they would not
be up to full fighting and cruising
strength.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1920-01-17
Manners OF The Long Ago

Rumaging about not long ago among
forgotten lore" books-extinct as the
mastadon, and quite forgotten, 1 came
across an old tattered and torn volume
of the vintage of-Heaven knows when
hound in dingy green and lettered
in gold with the title THE Young
Iadv's Friend; Manual of Practical
Advice and instruction to Young Fe-
ha1es Upon Entering Life After Fin
ishing School"
The author of the volume was that
casual parsonage "A Lady"
1t happened that only few days pc
fore reading this old fashioned book
had been talking to very charming
English woman, visitor TO our lar
land. who had been rather vehement
IT thought) concerning the freedom
accorded our American girls, where
rnon afterward l fell to rejecting
upon some of the passages l had read
in the old fashioned book dated 1913.
All the advice was very "pruns and
nrisims and potatoes like; just what
a perfect Lady would undoubtedly
write and yet, strange to say, 1t was
not half as amusing or humorous as
would have thought that book or
that generation and time would be IN
this parlous year of our Lord, 1920!
The exercises recommended Tor
Young miss were aStoniSn1ngly hliu'
among the number being a suggestion
as to playing bowls with small ngne
halls to suit their little hands. while
"battledore" "the graces" s(whatever
that game may bel, and of all queer
things "quoits," held prominent place
walk in the open was suggested
provided the young miss had an CD
iect in view, such as the study OF
botany or mineralogy.
In quoting this to my English &C
quaintance, she said:
What do you suppose the perfect
lady who wrote that book would think
of hockey and bicycles and gymnasium
stunts?'
"The perfect lady suggested said
I. that for indoor exercise there was
nothing better than making beds,
which for the rich in life, in lack of
proper manual diversion, this would
remedy many evils"
"Since I have been in this country
said the English lady, II have been as
tonished at the way young girls are
allowed to run about alone In TACT,
when I was in New York last week
was absolutely dumbfounded at the
manner in which young girls in their
teens were seen galivanting around
the tearooms. Why, they walked in
and out of these public places with as
much aplomb as if they were in their
own drawing rooms"
Perhaps there is really much more
liberty granted young girls in New
York than in other cities" I ventured.
II called the attention of one of my
friends to two giddy young things, one
afternoon at one of the fashionable
tearooms,'' said She "and asked her
where the maid was, who should be in
their comnany To which she replied,
Haven't you read enough about Amer
leans to know that maids do not exist
for this particular Capacity I then
suggested that the family send a foot
man along to see that they did not get
in trouble. but perhaps they just call
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1920-01-17
75HENSLAY 4OEGGS
ADAY INSTEAD0F4
The Same Plan Mr.. Schlenvogt Uses
in Winter Should Work for Others.

1--WE had bad winter here. and lots of
our chickens were dying. We were getting
2 to eggs a day. Then read about Don
Sung and tried it in January, and our rs
hens started laying so to 40 eggs day
VIM. H. Schlenvogt, Box 319 Mott North
Dakota
Figure that out About 5 dozen extra
eggs each day. at SO cents dozen, made
about S45 per month extra income. Don Sung
for his rs chickens cost Mr.. Schlenvogt
about 50 a month. Here's the same offer he
accepted. and it's open to you:
Give your hens Don Sung and watch re-
suits for one month. If you don't find that
it pays for itself and pays you good profit
besides, simply tell us and your money will
be promptly refunded.
Don Sung tChinese for egg-laying) works
directly on the laying organs, and is
also splendid tonic. 1t is easily given in
the feed, improves the hens health, makes
her stronger and more active in any weather,
and starts her laying.
Try Don Sung for 80 days and if it doesn't
get you the eggs. no matter how cold wet
the weather, your money will be refunded
by return mail Get Don Sung from your
druggist poultry remedy dealer send
80 cents for a package by mail prepaid.
Burrell- Digger Co.. 304 Columbia Bldg, In
Annapolis, Ind.
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LII Honey, dar's er Heap
Nv us dat uses "CROSS
S TIT c. H E 81 when we
"KNITS OUR BROWS."
Yassum.
YaSSun1.

a cab il necessary when they want to
go home"
Neither" said T. They walk quietly
along the street until they reach home,
unmolested and not interfered with.
"why. | have heard in different
homes Young girls dash in and say to
their mothers, Don't wait dinner for
me, am off with Charles for an
automobile ride. Just put the latch
kew under the door mat, for, as usual,
I'll be late,' and off she goes with a
rush and a DASH" said the English
visitor.
Can you imagine any such thing
, happening at the Carlton in LONDON as
young girls going to the tea room
alone? Can you conceive of Two
young English girls going there, I'M
les accompanied by their mother, their
grandmother, a maid and perhaps a
governess% continued the English
woman with great hauteur.
well, I should think to be in such
durance vile would be the worst pun
ishment in the world" I exclaimed at
her suggestion. with us, freedom of
habit, freedom of speech and freedom
of action is the shibboleth, both of the
American woman and girl. / am sorry
you do not admire us
"Oh, don't misunderstood me-" apollo
getically said the English visitor. Il
admire the American girl extravaganza
ly She strikes me as being immensely
attractive and perfectly frank in every
way and amply able to take care of
herself. T. of course, with my old
fashioned views, think her latitude
just wee bit broad. and personally
L think the happy medium between the
independence of the American girl and
the clinging attitude of the English
girl would be just the middle course
necessary to the perfect girl
Perhaps 1 said, but so far I have
always been terribly pleased with
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1920-01-17
BY DOLLY
DALRYMPLE

American girls and their morals and
manners. In fact, the incest thing
about the American girl is that she
is so clever about taking care of her.
self under all circumstances and not
dependent upon others"
Il think a girl should be capable of
protecting herself said the English
visitor, but not too apparently so.
There is no use to have her ability
emblazoned upon her person, SO to
speak Don't you think it is liable to
rob contemporaneous men of some OF
their chivalry? / think just a shade
OF diffidence would add great deal to
her charm
Then you agree with "A Lady who
wrote the book / have been quoting.
said |, that when young girl is in
vited to dinner party she must wait
to be spoken to. And then only to dis
cuss subjects like Grimm's Fairy
Tales, child, worked ottoman. an
annual, bunch of flowers or some
new pattern of crochet?"
I'm not quite as narrow as that"
said my English friend. but I'm not
quite as broad as the other"
We'll, you can't expect me to crit
icize my own countrywomen," said I,
80 suppose we discuss the climate
which 1 think you'll find just as var
liable thing and not nearly so dan
gerous.'
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"Oh, Andrew" said Imogene, Isabel
has been here all the afternoon, and fell
you I do admire that woman.
She is so alive and so deep in the
heart of the movements of the day and so
active in all sorts of things that her life
seems really worth while and makes me
feel as if | were awfully lazy
''She is disciple of the new feminism
you know, and believes that women were
made for more than just ornamental pur-
poses.
"She is first vice president of the Eu-
genics Association, and she says they are
working for the passage of laws which
will make it impossible for weaklings of
either mental, physical or moral OBJ
liquity to intermarry.
She explains that the result of this
will be race of people who will be
sturdy morally, mentally and physically.
and she talks about producing people like
my father used to talk about producing
prize steers.
"She is also interested in looking after
the sanitary upbringing of children, and
says that proper food, milk and bathing
viii bring to maturity more than half
of the infants who now die in the poorer
sections of the city, and"
'Haw! Haw,' laughed Andrew.
what are you laughing att" questioned
lmogene, Indignantly.
Seems to me Isabel got her wires
crossed there" said Andrew You say
she is trying to have laws passed to
prevent the intermarriage of weaklings,
and while she isn't on that job. she is
trying to keep a new race of weakllngs
in the world to use her new laws on.
Wouldn't it be better, in view of her
determination TO improve the race, that
she let these little alley rats die? Why
not allow nature to eliminate the weak
iings as it has always done?'
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1920-01-17
AndreU and k11ogene
LIFE Condolences IN THE EXPERIENCE OF COUPLE
PHLOSOFHIC THOUGH
BY

'If Isabel is going to be so enthusiastic
over her eugenics. why not also be con-
sistent?
IF we are going to breed babies like
we do setter pups, why not drown the
runts, like the dog fanciers do?
''If that is too coarse an illustration
for you. let us turn to Mendel's law of
herity and use what he used-flowers-
to demonstrate our point.
when a florist wants to produce
crackerjack chrysanthemum for show
he looks over all the blooms on the plant
and selects the best one, and then pincSss
off all the other buds and devotes his
time to developing that one
Now, why doesn't Isabel devote her
time to having a law passed appointing
a commission to go into families of more
than two children and look EN- over and
select the best male and the best female
and then chloroform the rest of the Kids
or else tie brick around their SETS
and throw EN- in the horse pond, like they
do kittens?
Then. also, this same commission
might carry guns and shoot every guy
they see with elubfoot or harelip or
a bald head or anything of that kind.
Then there are the mental dehclents,
too Take a woman trying to climb on
q street car in one of these narrow sklrts
the elimination committee would be JUS
tilted in leading her OUT anu shooCiHs hoi'
Then there is the woman with the henna
dyed hair: they could
Never in the world should any com
n1ittee be empowered to kill people VINO
are mentally deficient" declared fmogene
with emphasis
why not?" asked Andrew. sit is only
being consistent
Because I don't look well in black!
snapped Imogene.
Copyright 1920 by the Twenty first Csr-
fury Press 1nc.)
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1920-01-17
MISS PULLIAN
H0NORED

Mrs A. d. Smith entertained a NUM- :
Der of friends yesterday afternoon at
her nome at East Lake at INSECT
1aneous shower in honor of MISS Nell
pullian. whose marriage to Mr. Manly
Eugene Moor will be an event of next
week.
The house was most attractive with
ferns and palms combined with cut
flowers, and Mrs. Smith was assisted
in receiving by Miss Vera Pulliam and
her mother, Mrs. Pulliam, and MISS
Lois Warrington, who will be the
maid of honor at the wedding.
Miss Pulliam wore smart gown or
blue georgette and spring hat to
match.
Little Misses Virginia Eagles and
Marjorie Smith, who will be the flower
girls at the wedding, greeted the
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1920-01-17
RANDOM NOTES

Mrs. John NJ. Caldwell is the guest of
her sister. Mrs c. F. Cross, in Gadsden.
Mrs. Hillyer Robinson of Admission spent
the past few days in the city.
Miss Leila Darlington. who has been the
guests of friends in the city, has re-
turned to her home in Admission.
Mrs. A. NJ. Tynes of Mississippi arrived
last evening to be the guest of Mr.. and
Mrs. w. D. Tynes for few days.
Mrs. j. A. Ward of Baltimore is the
guest of her parents. DR.. and Mrs. J. D.
Heacocke, at Mountain Terrace. Mrs.
Ward will be remembered as lovely Miss
Ida Belle Heacocke of this city.
Mr.. and Mrs Edward r. Rice and Mrs
]. A. Ward of Baltimore will leave this
morning for Montgomery to hear CALI
Curl sing this evening.
Miss Robina Gallagher of Jasper is the
guest of her sister. Mrs. r. A. White, and
Mr.. White.
The many friends of Miss Jennie Wat
ers, who has been i'll for the past few
days, will be glad to learn that she is
improving at the home of Mrs. c. t,
Randall on Quinlan avenue.
The friends of Mr. and Mrs. 7. w. Will
liams of Woodlawn will regret to learn
that their little daughter is i'll at their
home with pneumonia.
80
Mrs. Shannon of Beatrice. Ala. is the
guest of her daughter. Mrs. Frank fiIl
at East Lake. Mrs. Hill has been i'll fol
the past few weeks at the Birmingham
infirmary and is now improving.
Mrs Frank Hill and children, aftel
spending few weeks with relatives II
south Alabama, have returned home.
Mrs. Harry Jones of Woodward i!
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n ISIS SARAH EUBANK enter
| tanned the members of the
= senior class of the Margaret

A R ISIS SARAH EUBANK enter
lWl tanned the members of the
2N0 senior class of the Margaret
Allen School, of which she is a mem
Der, yesterday afternoon at tea party.
The house was thrown open and was
most attractive with ferns and palms
combined with cut flowers ana the
school colors. blue and gold
Miss Eubanks was assisted in re-
ceiving her guests by her mother. Mrs.
r. G. Eubanks, and the members OF
the class. who are Miss Mary AleXan-
der. Miss Macy lie Davis, Miss fran
ces Gray. Miss Sarah Patterson, MISS
Ruth Patterson. Miss Mary sharpe
Miss Lolita Stubberfield, Miss Hilda
Tolytenl<i. Miss Caroline Karples, MISS
Rosamond Howard, Miss Lilly Porter
Miss Dorothy West.
The tea table was centered with
blue Venetian vase of yellow narcissl
and the candles of yellow were shaded
with blue and tied with tulle. MISS
Tallie Lehman presided over the tea
Gums at one end of the table and MISS
Mildred Raw served ices from crystal
bowl at the other end. During the
afternoon Miss Vivian Lyle sang
proup of attractive songs and Miss
Claudine johnson gave an interesting
reading.
Miss Nancy Doster presided over the
punch bowl in the library and late IN
the afternoon a plate course was
served to about rs young women OIL
the school set, who were included in
this hospitality.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1920-01-17
Woman's Precious Gift

The one which she should most zeal
ously guard is her health, but she often
neglects to do SO in season until some
ailment peculiar to her sex has fastened
itself upon her. When so affected
women may rely upon Lydia e. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound, a remedy
that has been wonderfully successful IN
restoring health to suffering women.
If you have the slightest doubt that
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound will help you, write to Lydia. 2.
Pinkham Medicine Co. (confidentiaD
Lynn, Mass, for advice. Your letter
will be opened, read and answered by .
woman, and held in strict confidence.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1920-01-17
MR.. CARROLL WEEDS
IN ADMISSION

Mr.. and Mrs. E. H. Brown an
nounce the marriage of their sister,
Miss Helen Brown of Troy to Mr.. LIE
Vert Carroll of Birmingham, the mar
riage having occurred last evening at
the Alabama hotel with Rev. Leon
Latimer performing the ceremony in
the presence of few friends.
Mr.. and Mrs, Carroll will reside in
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