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Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-01-02

chubby proportions no might have had
regular time yesterday, what with tho
city's organizations keeping "open
house" for present and past soldiers and
The kid, however, couldn't get an
'isaue," 90 hs had TO duck into "ciyiians"
and Join the great number Of visitors who
called on their friends, paying the old-cs-
tablished New Years calls. Statistics,
those great supporters of facts, were lack
ing. but "the oldest inhabitant" the
man in the street, and that old reliable,
"the authoritative quarter, all contribut-
ed to declare that there was tremendous
increase in the custom of New Year call
ing. Everybody went to everybody's
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-01-02
DISEASED COWS ARE
STILL BEING FOUND
But Some of the Herds Near Viii
rhington Are Almost Perfect
Physically.

The bulk Of Wilmington's milk supply
is not certified and Will not be of q safe
grade until the milk ordinance is amend
ed. Milk Inspector David Hollctt told
City Council last night. Mr.. Hollett
presented the following report for the
past week:
Milk inspection work has progressed
along the same lines as heretofore, end
while additional diseased COWS are beng
found every few days it is 8 pleasure to
report that in one or two instances the
herds are in almost perfect physical
condition. In fact, with only few small
changes in methods some OF the milk
now being sold in Wilmington could be
classed as certified milk
However, the bulk Of the milk n not
Of this class and viii not bc Of safe
grade until necessary changes are made
in the milk ordinance. Il is hoped that
the new regulations viii be put In effect
for a sufficient length of time before
warm wcsther TO permit all the dealer
to make necessary changes so that their
product will stand the test during the
warm spring days.
Attention is again called to the fact
that any person who is shipping milk 10
Wilmington may have his herd tested
for tuberculosis absolutely free of charge
if he will make application to the milk
inspector for tho services OF vcteri-
marian
"All milk permits expired on Docember
81, and any dcsler who sells milk in
VI ilmington after that date without a
permit for the year 1920 viii be liable to
prosecution. In the case of dealers who
have been selling inferior milk. temporary
permits for one month only will be grant
ed, and on February / permits for the
following wear viii be granted to those
dealers who have made the necessary
improvements Supplies that continue
to he inferior must he withdrawn by
February | !"
He also detailed tests ss follows.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-01-02
ny WELCOME.
By Katherine Ede'nlan

Little faces f1attened at the windosv pane,
Little hands awaiting to hold me tight
again,
Little hps a-puckeEed for great big krs;
Which one seas me first tonight Buddy
Boy or sis?
Little eyes s-watchng my. how long Ii
gems
Shadows creeping everywhere. then the
street light gleauB-
What if caree beaet the day-evening
holds such 10y.
Little faoes watchmg-Sis andBuddy Boy
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-01-02

friends, IN tho hopn that thsre might bo
"a0mething loft over"
This idea Of going ~ the friend 8
house and looking expectant had it's Of
feet on Broadway and the remainder OF
tho town, which dripped 30 much tho
night before. The cabarets and hotels
were az empty and as dry ~ ssoti0n
Of sand somewhere east of tn. Sphinx
and the Pyramids. Those who rers IN
tho dining, dancing pisces or the hostel-
ries were there, II seemed, with one
idea in mind-nn onalnught on the menus.
The Riaito's tabictops presented unin-
terrupted vistns Of bottleloss tablecloth-
You try IN Rvery Evening want adv
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-01-02
i COLD WAVES A-CoMING.

let out your overcoat from the no'hE hEroof
bDN
Get from the bureau your last winter sox
Silt the guIn shoes from tie pile Of clothes
uuAs
! oul find the chest protector AZ the bot
tom of the trunk
Make the old furnace az clean as bone,
For cold wave 5 a-coming from the Ar
tic 1one.-Chicago News
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-01-02
White Sale UndergarmentS!
>. so Night Gowns

Pink barisoe with S2ln yoSe and SATIN T.,ll-
med sleeves, finished With shrrlng and ace
Like sSetcb.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-01-02
Good People tn Rnr~.

what dye wanter he chummy with
them new neighbors for?" demanded his
wife; 'they got no furniture, they got no
style"
Got lot OF prosperous looking bot
ties" advised her other hAf.--Loulsyille
Couriey- journal
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-01-02
Friends Entertained.

Mr.. nnd Mry. T'hoTnn. HethertOn
2 Ivy road, entertained Ns. Har =
Roberts and Miss Hstty C4upboil
d P0ptiA0, Mich, and Mr. nd Mn
William Weir nnd their daughter, Nj 8
Lille Weir, ami Mrs. Ale1ander ]. Knzrnsy
of tina city, yestsrday
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-01-02

Angus Cameron, a rogp~cto4, Win har
arrived DaesOn, says be saw whale b.
the Yukon river, AZ the mouth n sixty
Mile river. 1900 miles inland 4 Nhals
was killed in the Yukon AZ the m,uth ~
the Tanana river, 200 mile inland w.
yF-aFB ago.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-01-02

Yon try IN Fverv Evrn,ng want adv
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-01-02
NEW YEARS Grey IN NY.
RAPED BY DRY LEADER
Metropolis Attitude on Liquor
Question Not That of Rest of
Nation, Says w. b. Wheeler.

New York. Jan. 2-H thnf yuunrstcr
1920, ohristened in strong stuff but DOOM
ed 10 be brought upon water or bevo,
could have obtained uniform To fit his
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-01-02

Every Evenings classified advertise
a. entS bring results. Proved by the salts
ctIon Of many and WIlI be To you.-AdV.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-01-02
THE DIAGNOSIS.

Mr.. Griffin bad spent an anxious SITTER
noon at the office and hurried home at
an unusually early hour.
How do you feel, dear? What did th e
doctor saw he asked his wife.
''Oh, he asked me 70 put out my
tongue, she Durmured.
Yes
And after booking 3 It, he said: Over
worked
tfr. Griffin heaved an audible sigh OF
relief
II have perfect faith n that doctor"
be SAID firmly on " u have TO give
it rest
In FINLAND lawyers, before they can
secure government employment, must
serve as policemen for the purpose Of
gaining practical experience.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-03
A DEFEATFOR DEMOCRACY,

THE overwhelming victory Harding yesterday I can be interpreted in only way The American people wanted change.
 It not personal defeat Governor Cox With all due respect Senator Harding who conducted dign
 fled throughout and free from personalities there canbe little doubt that his unsuccessful rival the better of the two in satesmanship and executive ability.
 Governor Cox fought gallant but losing fight against handicap that could not be That handicap largely against the present administration and the which the inevitable of the The people, without giving much thought to the mat ter way other blamed the present administration for all the harps that have caused by the unheava in Europe They lost sight of the fact that made notable conr buttons constructive legislation successfully earned the cou
 try though the greatest of all and would have made the work of reconstruction had not been for the unfortunate wrangle the peace treaty.
 Republican leaders took advantage of this feeling. The mis- takes of the administration magnied It's great achieve ments mnmized The people led to believe that Wilson vindicaon of all his policies. They told that republican, administration would prove the panacea for all the ills that act the nato That the oldest kind of political buncombe but this year effective because the public frame of mind to believe it.
 It tragic that the League Nations only great of the campaign obscured by and pa politics The republicans appealed to the conflicting in terests of the country particularly the racial
 The victory of the republican party does not dispose of the League of Nations The sentiment of the American people strongly aNors kind of association Every humane instinct every of fair play and mutual helpful ness demands America part toward maintaining 
 party experienced of the defeats history the undertook during and immediately after the must We cannot return policy of national isolation
 The democrats have apologies make They went into with that fighting for righteous They fought against n superabe without sufficient funds The hand writing the wall spelled defeat and the democratic party bows wth good grace to the inevitable.
 Mir Harding will into office during critical period of the nations history The republican party will have to direct the work of putting the country back basis Looo r,ho4oor i4x,iH f,Jf
 behooves the forget politics for while and unite in sovng the problems which have accumulated the American declared Germany the least these problems ratification ofp
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-03
And They Stayed

Several women are serving as elec- tioE officials at the voting place in ,Inglenook," said John B. T. Rives, as- sistanA coroner. Several of the men appointed to serve failed to show up and the women who wexe the first to appear to cast their ballots were put into service and three are serving there. As was the custom, only one woman was appointed in each box where women were managers or clerks, but the failure of the men to put in an appearance makes the officers at this box exactly equal. It is really surpris- ing to see how they have taken to the job and to watch them you would not thinA it was their first experience, as they are serving just like veterans
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-03
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
 AND ELSEWHERE
Refinine Influence c

The refining influence of the fem mine touch was everywhere in evidence during the voting hours yesterday said Commissioner H. P. Burruss. The lines at all the voting places were in- terspersed with women almost at a fifty-fifty ratio, and everywhere the men were on their best behavior wondered as l watched where those men were who claimed few years ago that the polls were no places for the fair womanhood of the United States, and that going into politics would coarsen our women. The only effect that l have seen is that the women have had a cleansing effect on the vot- ing places and doubtless they will eventually have the same effect on poll itics. At any rate, Birmingham vot- ing places yesterday were just about as rowdy as a Sunday school picnic.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-03
BOLSHEVIST VANDALISM

ing Europe with bolshevist gold for agitation purposes.
 It is difficult to say whether art lovers should rejoice to learn that the priceless Hermitage collection is now in safety outside the Jurisdiction of the bolshevists or should mourn its dispersal as loss to the world of art. The Hermitage was a place of pilgrim age for art lovers from every country on the globe. Now it's marvels will be scattered all over the earth, and if they fall into the hands of private collectors will bS lost to the world at large. These treasures when sold by the bolshevists became stolen property, and as such are liable to seizure fin every civilized state. In 1900 at the time of the Boxer insurrection in China, the French gov. ernment showed a good example in this respect by ordering that all the loo from the summer palace in Peking anni1 sent to France by the general com manding the French contingent should be sent back to the Chinese govern ment.
 One of the provisions in the recently signed treaty of Versailles is that inc German government should return the works of Gaston in Touche, stolen from the museum in his native town of st, Quentin. The Hermitage collection should therefore be seized by the Brit ish and French governments and ns,d by them until Russia again has a stable government to which they could be returned.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-03
LUKE M'LUkE SAYS

The old-fashioned man who used to
 walk around the world on a wager now has a son who wouldn't go two squares away from home unless he used his ma chine.
 The surest thing about the man who
 is slow but-sure is that he is certain
 to be slow.
 About the only difference we notice h,. the ombinations the girls wear is Nat five years ago they cost fifty-nine and now they cost nine fifty. X burnt child dreads the fire. But an adult will go back and getiburrA again. young mans habits have lot tc do with hise future, If he turns in all fright, he'll turn out all right. Many married man who complains that his wife doesn't pay any attention ito what he says, doesn't know that he talks in his sleep. , good looking woman car rtssSs c man do anything she wants hal l unless she happens to be married to l him.
 One great objection we fAre sQ prc- Inhibition is that fellow cap @4 xog S gathering of any kind withaEf AYin% over about s60 empty pirts rA helf I pints.
 I When some couples get f.srrisa. zae tgroom is so homely that h suslF to \ e 1 wearing the veil instead of the ! Maybe 2 girl leaves her rhes asslv-
 cred in winter to prove hat 5, hsg a
 warm beart
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-03
Dr. Wells, Farewell sermon

'.There are few ministers who have ever left community who will leave more friends behind him than pr. Pres ton B. Wells. pastor of Highlands Meth
 odist Church. who will preach his fare- well sermon next Sunday before being transferred to the Texas conference, where he will be given a charge for
 next year. said Mrs. George B. Rey- holds.
 'Dr. Wells has preached to the High lands Methodist congregation for tthe past four years. always earnest, always sincere, and he has
 made many friends here who regret to see him go. That is one thing about
 the four-year plan in the Methodist Church which has it's drawbacks, for
 tion becomes attached to a preacher he
 is removed to another place. Of course,
 it works both ways; if you don't like
 your preacher you are glad that he can
 fully. Dr. Wells many friends will be
 given the last opportunity next Sun
 day morning to hear him and to say
 good by to him after the services The
 members of the congrega tion of High lands Methodist Church want all pr. Wells friends to come out next Sum
 day morning and hear him and wish
 him God speed as he is leaving Bir- min gham"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-03
HEADS LAUDABLE MOVEMENT

so worthy. so com mendable and Chris tian-like cause will read those for whom it is intended by each and every generous giver
 Alabama is expected to do it's full part, to give literally as in the past to this great cause-feeding the starving poor of Europe.
 The Journal is pleased to know that MT. Erskine Ramsay of Birmingham has been selected by Mir. Hoover to head the movement to this end in this state. MT. Ramsay, as is. we'll known, spirited business men in Alabama, at present holding the responsible posi- tion of vice-president of the Pratt Con solidated lC Coal Company, and is also president of the Bank of ,Ensley, one of the ablest and beAt managed bank ing institutions in North Alabama. No better evidence that the cause is not only worthy but heart appealing, need \ be given than that one so busily em ployed with his own affairs, having SuCI BIdNt pTlNdle TeSpOnSlDlllL as vice president of the one of the great est industrial plants in the state, and president of one of the best and most sanely managed banks of North Ala bama, should consent to take up this work, so thankless. so difficult, so delicate requiring such care and tact, extraordinary gifts as an organizer and knowledge of men and conditions a. they at present exist
 The Journal congratulates MT Hoover on his selection of one possess Ing so many admirable qualities for the work in hand work so important, so humane so exactipg of time and ser vice; and predicts, as it wishes for him success. It bespeaks for MT. Ramsay's appeal for aid for the poor, starving and destitute children of Europe a liberal and hearty response from the people of Alabama.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-03

From the New York World
 All good Americans want to have the
 dignity of their courts maintained and
 most of them will agree that scalp is
 not dignified word. But Justice Bar
 tow S. Weeks in forbidding it's use in his
 own courtroom raised point of lin-
 guistic usage Iranscending the ques-
 tion of propriety involveds Rebuking a
 lawyer who asked witness if there
 had been any scabbing' in a certain said;
 If you talk the language of the street here, you must translate it be- cause this court does not speak or hear
 does not approve of the use of vulgar language or slang
 Now "scab" is both a vulgar word and a word of the streets. But it is a 1 ganized labor in England as we'll as in ] this country. It was precise meaning as designating a person who takes 8 strikers place, and is recognized as such by the dictionary. It is not Oxford l English but it is English and supplies l deficiency of more elegant speech by i briefly and exactly defining what oth-
 erwise would have to be defined by i. l rhrase.
 1 Judges may lay down local Yules 'oi diction for their courtrooms, but in a , broader sense language is more power 1 full than law. if hot always as ma | jestic. Even injunctions don't go against words of popular origin. which
 serve a real use. No doubt: the Ian. guage of lawyers admits of considera ! bie improvement in point of elegance At the same time it would take some
 thing more than an amendment to the
 constitution to suppress "scab."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-03


 From the Washington Post.
 N0 HE cable announces that the II bolshevist government has begun 1 S the dispersal of the art treasures \ in the national museums. According to a letter from Krassin. the soviet agent who was recently sent to London to negotiate the resumption of trade rela- ton with Russia, the famous Hermitage collection in Petrograd has been dis Paris.
 This gallery is world famous. The collection of works by Rembrandt It contains is probably unique, as no other museum in the world holds more mar velous examples of that master genius It is also rich in works by van Dyck, Gainsborough and Romney one point of considerable interest in this affair is the status of the collectors in London and Paris" To the average man the role played by them strongly resembles that of the fence" or re- ceiyer of stolen goods It would also be of interest to know by what means these art treasures were smuggled out of Russia The fact that 1t should be possible to convey such bulky affair as the contents of a state museum out of Russia without the fact transpir- ing throws a lurid light on the inef- f,cacv or thetinadequacy of the famous "blockade" that is supposed to be so strict. If such a leakage is possible, there should be mo difficulty in flood-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-03
Sources of Dusinesx

We in Birmingham and the min eral district are sometimes prone to lose Isight of the relations which exist be- tween business and financial conditions in the agricultural sections of the state and Birmingham" said Robert Jemi- son. Jr. ''While there is very title cotton marketed in this city, cotton money in the black belt and the Ten nessee valley constitutes oneN of the best sources of business which this city has.
 When times are good-in the agri- cultural sections of the state, the wholesalers, jobbers and the dep lrt- ment stores of Birmingham reap ich harvest from that business. When times are bad in the cotton coun ies, l it immediately affects every line ci
 business in Birmingham.
 q am glad to see the Heading iner- chants bankers, business and profes-
 sional men of Birmingham taking such an interest in the membership cam,
 paign of the American Cotton Associa-
 tion. We can we'll afford to give his association the 2,0o0 or more member
 ships which are sought. The associa- tion wants the interest and the coop eration of the business men of Bir-
 mingham. and they merely ask tor 2
 years membership. which costs only
 s3. I hope the people of this district Twill rally to the support of Judge B M. Allen. the county chairman, and make this campaign a success and at
 the same time show to the cotton pro-
 ducers of the state that we are inter tested in their affairs and stand ready
 to back them uc in their plans for .m-
 proving conditcps ~ the state."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-03

From the Montgomery Journal.
 @ NE of the results of the World IO war was to leave in it's wake
 millions of fatherless children. starving and destitute families, sick and dying, and all the evils and hor TOTS incident to the invasions of the enemy, and from general demoraliza- tion of labor and destruction and su spension, of industries, hitherto giving employment to the millions of skilled and unsKilled workmen.
 With such distressing conditions pre- vailing almost throughout Europe, ap- pealing to the more humane impulses of the people everywhere, America rose equal to the occasion and sent across the seas millions of dollars worth ~uf food for the starving and clothing for the needy. Herbert Hoover was selected to lead the movement to see that the money so generously con tributed by the generous Americans was properly expended and reached those unfortunate victims of the war.
 That relief given in the hour of stress and need has brought thanks of gratitude and appreciation from those stricken European nations, but the thanks of grateful people were not needed to assure our country, so blessed with plenty, so favored by na- ture and by providence, that it had simply done it's duty as a Christian na- tion and Christian people,
 But there is still suffering and want in Europe. There is still hunger still poverty. stiH the destitute, crying aloud for help to Americans: and there is still an organization, the American Relief association, in existence, per forming it's functions in the old and tried way. and with the same marvellous genius for organization and for dis tribution. Herbert Hoover, at it's head which is a sufficient guarantee that every dollar, every cent contributed to
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-03
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES
REST FOR THE WEARY

REST FOR THE WEARY After tAe sound and the fury, After the cheers and applause, After the tears and the speeches- The blaring of bands and hurrahs, After the torchIight processions, The mud and the lies and the din, And the loud outcries of the prophets Predicting who's certain to win; After we've counted the ballots, And discover what fate has decreed, Perchance we will then have some God wot, it's thing we shall need
 THE NEW EQUALITY Did Mrs. Grabcoin vote?p "No. she failed to get the social rec ognition at the polls she considered her due"
 How was that?"
 Her cook was in line just ahead of her and refused to yield precedence"
 HOPELESS CASE. What's the trouble with this pa- tient?"
 He invented a steel umbrella for umpires to use in pop bottle shower" Did that prove him crazy?" "Yes, he thought it could be sold by popular subscription
 THEY DON'T EXIST Pa, what's an anomaly?" Something hard to classify, son. "Yes, pa?"
 "As pugilst, candidate osa the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-03

Romance entered the forbidding walls of when susceptible guard eloped with beautiful blonde shoplifter, whom we suspect of being also ''vamp'
 < !. E The Cubans conduct presidential elec- tion in, happy-go-lucky fashion that must be pleasant for everybody concerned except newspaper correspondents eager Senator Reed voted for Governor Cox. Jim may be this, that and the other, but he's not the sort of man to scratch a ticket.
 The political prophet who guessed wrong is trying to change the subject by asking vt ats the matter with Russia.
 * x + There will always be iool election bets because no way has ever been found to prevent fools from being born.
 # a. <
  Farley P. Christensen may now resume whatever he was dcing when he was called out of ebscurity to lead fororn hope,
 * # * President Wilson is accused of making Ia grammatical error. There are people who will stop at nothing to hurt the pres tiee of the great man in the White Elcuse
 * < Now that the election is over may we not hope that Brother Bryan will becomes vocal again?
 4. # x If we mistake not. the next problem be- fore us is carving that turkey.