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The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1920-12-06
THE LURE OF THE CITIES.

According bureaus report the population OF
cities at time taking the last estimated at o.
1885, and population OO0 Ten the
urban population given and the rura popua
Thus will be that in ten years the rural
population gone almost 100000 of the u
ban population to almost 100000 below it.
These figures surprising in view of the great benefits
improvements which have been conferred the rural dis
extension of free rural mail deliveries rural tee
phone extension the cheap automobile the old fash
toned and buggy and the gradual improvements being
made in rural roads, The lure of the large cities is still on and
the reaching tentaces of the white lights continue to draw
The statistics show that the youth
being led in greater numbers than ever to
the cities.
There many contributing elements to this condition.
Within the last question: four of the
world with it's lure of higher and shorter working
Why work the farm twelve and fourteen hours day
when could be made the city eight and the bal
of the time for amusement and recreation?
The result The nation needs food and produce
and the farmer the to whom the nation looks for this
How the farmer deliver these commodities the cities draw
him all the hands he needs to cultivate his fields and
his hares The great congestion of the Cities the wide
spread lack employment and the social and poll
tcal unrest must eventually follow.
Back the land the cry heard all Sides and in
has been heard for several years. normal conditions
there must be greater interest taken in the farmers
problems Their must be kept at home and their problems
must be solved that there will be willingness and
the of the farmers and daughters remain the
farms.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1920-12-06
A BIG STEP FORWARD.

The Minneapolis of Commerce has told the state
of agriculture that will admit to membership the
representative central selling organized by ne
farmers elevators to market their grain.
This wise decision and believe marks long step
forward in clarifying relations beteween the producers and
their markets. or c
Indeed if the Chamber Of Commerce had admitted farm
ers representative membership ten when 1t mad
chance and refused is doubtful it Towney ever wouo
have been heard of.
It seems to go saying that if farmers organize to
sell their products comparatively they should have direct
to the Though these markets have been pun
up virtually private enterprises and on this ground he
owners might colorado argument Tor refusing 70
farmers still they have become public facilities
of the greatest Importance too great to make
hnkabe that they left wholly under private control
when the Equity Cooperative association tried to get
membership Minneapolis Chamber of Commerce years
ago. had permitted to succeed political history OF the
Northwest might have been very different farmers repre-
sentative the Minneapolis market in touch with all that goes
on there with all its would have known That
much of the suspicion that has among the wheat
was there real ground for OF It,
would know that his knowledge communicated to his
farmer constituents would have enabled them to get
ed if necessary by For in the making of laws governing
the marketing Of grain the farmer has always had 1n
say state and such law is farmers law offered
b farmers and put through the Pc
rural districts always have had the balance OF
in the legislature. !.
The admit farmers representative to member
shin the of Commerce will prove we believe to pc
the heaviest blow yet struck at Herald
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1920-04-24
THE CHILDREN,S HOUR.
JACKS LESSON.

"Now, Ed, don't you see why I
can't buy thrift stamps? I've only
got $12, and have been saving them
for three months"
Twelve dollars?" exclaimed Ed,
with surprise. Il only wish l had that
much. But what have you been saving
it for?"
I've been saving it for new BIZ
cycle. My old one is pretty we'll worn
out. But, then, suppose l will have
to buy a couple anyways, so the boys
won't think I'm cheap" .-
Yes" answered Ed dryly, for he
saw there was no use in trying to get
his friend to buy any stamps with the
right kind Of spirit.
well, good night. I'll see you at
school tomorrow"
Next morning, after prayers, the
teacher asked if any one wanted thrift
stamps. OF course, a number of chill
dren went to purchase some, and with
them Jack, who bought two which
cost him so cents.
On his way home he met Johnnie
Goodroe, little cripple boy who was
in Jacks class.
Hello, Jack" said Johnnie, chow
many thrift stamps have you got?
I've got two w. S. S. and ten more
thrift stamps. I'll be rich in 1922
"Oh, rich on $15," laughed Jack.
Then he remembered that Johnnie
was poor crippled boy who had only
one brother in the world, and he was
in France fighting for his country.
Suddenly he heard a cry at his side.
On looking down he saw that Johnnie
had broken one Of his crutches and
had fallen. After he had picked the
deformed boy up and fixed the crutch,
Jack said:
You ought to buy a pair of new
crutches or you'll kill yourself that
way"
Johnnie laughed softly. well, you
see, it is this way. l had $3.50 saved
up for crutches, and then when | saw
we could help Uncle Sam took out
all my money and bought thrift
stamps"
well goodbye, Johnnie; ! hope
you won't have any more mishaps just
now, for altogether I don't like them
Thanks for helping me-
That night Jack took the So out of
his bank and his father, on seeing him
do this, said:
well, my boy, have you got
enough money to buy a bicycle?"
mo, dad said Jack. I'm going
to buy $12 worth of thrift stamps.
can wait for the bicycle, but the
United States can't wait for the
money"
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1920-04-24
KITE AND CARRIE.

Once upon a time there were two
little girls, who had been playing to-
gether in a strange garden; soon Kit
tie ran to her mother with a look of
disappointment upon her face.
This garden is a very, very sad
place, mother"
why do you think it sad placer"
said the mother,
I've been all around, and every
rose tree has long cruel thorns upon
it."
Just then Carrie came in breathless.
20, mother, the garden is most
beautiful today. 1t is the most beau
tiful place l have ever seen," she said.
what is there about it that makes
you think it is so beautiful" asked
the mother
"Why, I have been all around and
every thornbush has lovely roses
growing on it,
And the mother wondered at the
difference in the two children. Then
she said:
"Children, look for the beautiful
works of God and you will find them
The thorn is a good guard against
many things, and the good God is
pleased to decorate the thorn bush
with beautiful flowers"
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1920-04-24
STARTLING STATISTICS.

When Monsignor Bickerstaffe- Drew,
the famous English priest who writes
under the name John Ayscough, was
in America q few months ago, he
startled his auditors by telling about
the decline OF religious faith n%his
own country, and attributed it mostly
to the fact that religion is no longer
taught in the public schools there.
Recent reports from England show
that conditions are even worse than
Monsignor Drew feared, says an eX
change One of the Catholic Arch
bishops, in his Lenten pastoral, de-
clared that 80 per cent of the Brit
ish people never darken church
door. Father James Hughes, at a
meeting in Liverpool on February 26,
attended by the Anglican Archbishop
of Liverpool. made the same state
ment, and the action taken by the con-
ference showed that his auditors
bishop made the assertion that one
tenth of the population of England
was suffering directly or indirectly
from diseases that have their base in
immortality.
Father Hays, president of England
for the Catholic Temperance Crusade,
at recent address in Battersea town
hall, said that the people in Great
Britain were spending four hundred
million pounds a year, or more than
a million a day for intOXicants. I'm
der the normal rate of exchange, this
represents over five million dollars
a day.
If anybody needs any stronger argu-
ments than these for the necessity of
religious education in the schools, he
will have to admit that it would be
necessary TO dynamite his brain in
order to get a new idea into it.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1920-04-24
TIE EMU.

THE emu is a large bird, half the
size OF an ostrich" says Lee S. Gran
dali, Curator of Birds in the New York
Geological Park, writing of THE
Troubles of Father Emu in Boys
Life. ''It is found only in Australia,
where there is also a closely related
bird, the cassowary. The wings are
rudimentary, so that the bird is unable
to fly. But it does not suffer from
this lack, for its strong legs enable it
to run with great speed and agility.
In fact, the emu is hard to catch and
a dangerous opponent when cornered,
for it is as elusive as an eel and can
kick with tremendous force. When
engaged in combat it leaps high in the
air, and launches a trip-hammer blow
strong enough to send a heavy man
head over heels.
1.-THE feathers are loose and hair
like, with much the same consistency
as dried sea-weed. Each feather ap-
pears to be double, for the after-shaft,
small feather which accompanies
the main feather in some birds, here
reaches an unusual size. In spite of
its apparent inefficiency, however, the
plumage is quite waterproof, and the
emu can endure almost unlimited
amounts of rain, snow and cold with
out discomfort.
'The voice of the emu is a resonant
boom. In the male it is a rapid, COM
paratively light tattoo. The female
possesses large air sac, which hangs
down below the chest, and with this
she makes, at short intervals, a sound
like the slow beating of drum These
notes, with variations, are used for all
vocal purposes, including courtship
In the emu, advanced creature that it
is, the female makes the advances and
it is then that her ventriloqual throbs
are heard at their best"
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1920-04-24
TRAJAN'S GAME.

In the days Of the Emperor Trajan
The world was amazed to hear
That the peaceful folk called Chris
tians
Filled the world of Rome with fear.
Though they lived in peace with all
the world,
They were blamed for every wrong
Which befell the Emperor's satellites
Or the common pagan throng.
If pestilence, war, or famine
In the train Of tyranny came,
The fault was, of course, the Chris
tians',
That was Trajan's little game.
So he formed a Loyal Union
The Christians to eXtirpate;
And whoever laughed at the Roman
gods
Was condemned to an awful fate.
The society Of Romanization
Then took up its loyal work,
1t secured the world for hyphenates
Wherever they might Turk.
And the COnsuls were commanded
To hunt the Christians down
Their bitterest hate was the highest
proof
OF allegiance to the crown.
But in some mysterious manner
All the tricks of Trajan failed,
And the hyphenated Christians grew
While Trajan's cohorts paled.
And one fine day in Trajan's place
A Christian Emperor stood,
And above the pagan temples rose
The sign Of the Holy Rood
Times change but the type is change
less,
Of the Hyphen-hunting clan,
And today he declaims that he alone
Is a true-blue American.
So the high-brow COalitionist,
And the low-dOwn A p A,
Are the same band bunch as Trajan's
gang,
And they work in the same old way.
e. G.B.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1920-04-24

You never find word to say
How good their dads may be,
It's Mothers this" and Mother
that"
AS far as he can see.
And so next time l write a poem
Twill be about my paw,
The dearest, bestest, sweetest dad
This old world ever saw.
e McGuane. in ST Joseph Lilies.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1920-04-24
THE OLD LADTs SECRET.

An old lady who managed to retain
an appearance much younger than her
years, with bright eye, and a smooth,
healthful skin. although her age was
over seventy, was asked how she con-
triyed to retain her physical charm so
long. This was her reply:
Il know how to forget disagree
able things.
Il tried to master the art of saying
pleasant things.
Il did not expect too much Of my
friends.
II kept my nerves well in hand and
did not allow them to bore other
people.
Il tried to find congenial any work
/ had to do.
Il retained the illusions Of my
youth, and didn't believe every man
a liar and every woman spiteful.'
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1920-04-24
GOOD ADVICE.

If you're a good citizen you will be
more concerned about your contribu-
ton to the world than you will be
about what the world thinks about it.
It's the fellow who can forget what
the world may think, in the desire to
give the world the best, who really de-
serves praise. Forget the unkind
words and dismiss the sighting acts
you hear for the good that's in it and
profit by the result. You will be far
more comfortable and the world will
hear from you.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1920-04-24
TRUE REFINEMENT.

"Quietness of person" is the SINGER
est portrayal of refinement. This does
not mean that one must cloak oneself
in statuesque dignity and assume re-
served and distant manner. Neither
does it wish to subdue the vivacious,
athletic-loving type of girl. Such elm
ination would truly be a loss of no
little moment. Superb health and vi
tally are among the most valuabl
assets. The world has all too few
really healthful specimens of human
ity, especially among the feminine
SEX Place the blame on factory, So
ciety, or the energetic life of today
the fact still remains unaltered. Yet
no matter how good or how compani-
enable a sportswoman a girl may be,
she can never, even with such praise
worthy recommendation, afford to for
get that she is the most worshipped
thing in life-dowered with lovely
womanhood.
Perhaps it is due to the hustling, en-
which seems bent seriously upon one
thing only: to endeavor to satisfy in
each day the varied passions of life
time.
So we meet them on our city streets,
winsome little girls in their teens, at
the loveliest and most appealing age
girlhood, when we should find them
standing with reluctant feet where
the brook and river meet" But today,
it's with eager feet they hasten to that
port of embarkation, It's with yearn-
ing heart they long for the mysteries
and glamors of "grown-up life" They
pass US talking loudly, pushing rudely
through the crowds, powder and oft
times rouge quite visible upon their
baby-skin, marring the young beauty
of their faces, short skirts, silk stock
ings, aping their elders quite cleverly,
even to the "low-neck" so deplorably
common today, so vulgarly indecent
Bits of their chatter drift to our ears
as they hurry by; laden with slang,
till it is almost a foreign language to
one IMMERSED in the --latest" The
subjects of their conversation, topics
that are not apropos to discuss in pub
lie. are absurdly talked over by these
"know-it-alr' little ladies, punctuated
Inv inane side remarks and gum-chew-
ing Such the little miss of sixteen
summers in this, our twentieth cen
fury:
"Ah, gone are the girls
J. OF the ribbons and curis I
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1920-04-24
BEAUTIFUL HANDS.

Irish girls are said to have the most
beautiful hands. English girls are
too plump and fleshy. The hands of
the American girls are too long and
narrow. The fingers of the German
girls are too short and the palms too
broad. The hands of the French, Ital
ian and Spanish girls may be called
indifferent Next to the Irish girls,
the daughters of Poland deserve the
palm so far as the beauty of the hand
is concerned.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1920-04-24

Though you may have known clever
men who were indolent, you never
knew great man who was so.-Ras-
kin.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1920-04-24

And the fragrant old-fashioned
bouquet"
And they have taken with them the
most cherished of attributes-true re-
fnement
-Worce ster Catholic MESSENGER.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1920-04-24
KISSES WERE SACRED.

Among old laws against kissing
those of Iceland appear to have been
the NOSE severe. Punishment was the
penalty laid down for kissing another
mans wife, either with or without her
consent, and the same punishment
was enforced for kissing an unmarried
woman against her will.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1920-04-24
WHAT COURTESY OVERLOOKS

One way to make sure that you
maintain amicable relations with your
immediate neighbors is not to permit
yourself to take advantage of their
close proximity to you. There are al
ways little things that you can learn
about your neighbors that it is the
part of courtesy to overlook.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1920-04-24
BE TRUE.

Love is the greatest of human af-
fectiOns, and friendship is the chastG.
fragrant flower that springs from it.
Don't be too sensitive as to the little
failings Of your friend. People who
are too easily offended are gathering
for themselves the clouds that hide
from their view the sunshine of life.
Would you throw away a diamond in
the rough simply because it pricked
you? 1t is very easy to lose friend,
but a new one will not come for the
calling. There are no friends like
the old friends, after all" Even
though they have their faults and fail
ings, is it not one Of the duties of
friendship to overlook the unpublished
edges of the gem? Some people talk
of the inconsistency of friends, not
knowing that if they themselves were
more true, more generous, others
would be more loyal.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1920-04-24
MY DAD.

My dad says he can't understand
When girls begin to rhyme,
Why they should always write about
My Mother all the time.
He says in most girls magazines,
On some page or another,
You're sure to find a poem written
All about MY Mother"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-10

tlou in .Alahama several months ago, must go to the penitentiary for an in- determinate term of from ten to twenty years, under decision of the court of appeals Tuesday afternoon. Cutcliffs case had previously been affirmed and the court this time denied his application for, rehearing. His only hope now is to ohtain another hearing in the supreme court. It was alleged that Cutcliff att tempted to kill his wife by slashing her throat. Mrs Cutcliff was the chief wit ness against him. The defendant pleaded temporary insanity.
 In another unusual case the court of appeals affirmed the judgement for $500 awarded F. L. Barksdale of Selma, against the Coca-Cola Bottling company of Selma by the Dallas circuit court Rarksdale alleged that he suffered phys ical pain and mental anguish when he found a decomposed mouse in a bottle of soft drink which he charged had been put up by the company. He sued for S2500 dollars, but the jury awarded him $500. The Coca-Coia Bottling company, the defendant, is a local corporation in Selma, and is not to be confused with the Coca Cola company which manufac- lures the syrup and sells it to various bottling companies throughout the na- tion.
 In affirming the judgement the court of appeals held that a soft drink com pany must exercise due diligence in the manufacture of it's product and must take such precautions as will make the drink wholesome and sanitary
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-10
Local Data

Jefferson circuit court; opinion extended, application overruled.
 William II, Hill vs. state, from Jeffer- son circuit court; application overruled.
 Thomas Worthington vs. Cleveland Lumber company. from Walker circuit court; application overruled.
 John H. Cofield vs. state. from Ran dolph circuit court; application over ruled.
 Murt Rhodes vs. state, from Calhoun circuit court: application oyerruled.
 Charles Mote vs. state. from Calhoun circuit court; application overruled.
 Jim Ledbetter vs. state, from Calhoun circuit court; application overruled.
 John Ava Gullatt vs. state, from Cher okee circuit court; application overruled
 Joe Gardner vs. state, rom Morgan circuit court; application overruled. Bricken P. J. (dissents).
 Fred Locklear vs. state, from Etowah circuit court; application overruled.
 c. Kuykendall vs. state, from Marshall circuit court; application overruled.
 Van Wigginton vs. State. from Lime ston circuit court; application overruled
 Mary D. Simpson vs. E. c. Payne Lumber company, from Morgan circuit court: application overruled.
 Weeks Taylor vs. state. from Houston circuit court opinion extended, applica tion overruled.
 Buddie McGiivary vs. state, from Bar bour circuit court; application overruled.
 Per Curium.-Commercial Savings Bank & Trust Co.,, vs. A. z. Bailey Grocery company from Morgan circuit court; af- firmed.
 p-;et-ao p J-N7illiar7a chraaSar vs
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-10

state. from Mobile circuit court; appeal dismissed
 R. w. Patrick. administrator of c. T.
 Ezell. deceased, vs. W. B. Patterson
 individually, and W. R. Patterson Lum-
 Der company, from Mobile circuit court i; affirmed
 M. J. Grimmer vs. Irene Grimmer, ad-
 ministratrix. from Pike circuit court;
 affirmed. company, from Jefferson circuit court
 appeal dismissed.
 Louisville & Nashville Railroad Co.,. vs. Jesse Johnson, from Jefferson circeit court. Bessemer division; re- versed and remanded.
 Walter Piott vs. Woodward Iron com pany from Jefferson circuit court, Bes- semer division; appeal dismissed. Milton James ys. Louisville and Nashville Railroad company from Jef- ferson circuit court, Bessemer division; former opinion withdrawn. reversed and remanded. J. Tom Tully vs. C. F. Strickland, from Marshall circuit court; affirm cd. J. c. McCluskey, ct al vs. x. L. Steele. ct al, from Morgan circuit court; af- firmed.
 samfor. J.-oscar Bivan vs. state, from Monroe circuit court; revers ed ana rendered.
 American Railway Express company tvs. Dunnaway X Lamber, from Dallas circuit court; affaimed. Sovereign Camp. Woodmen of the World, vs. Mrs L. A. Dennis, from Pike circuit court; affirmed, Bricken, ?. J.. not sitting. Arthur L. Tucker. ct al vs. Henry M. Graves, from Tallapoosa circuit court; affirmed George Killgore vs. W. D. Hines as director general. etc. from Chiffon cir cult court, appeal dismissed. Alabama Food Products company .vs.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-10

ton circuit court; affirmed.
 D. c. Shoemaker vs. Woodward Iron company. from Jefferson circuit court; appeal dismissed
 Birmingham Trussville Iron company vs. Love Williams. from Jefferson cir cult court; appeal dismissed
 George Ellis vs. Woodward Iron com pany from Jefferson circuit court ap- peal dismissed
 J. E. Gilbert ys. J. W. Lybrand ct al, from DeKalb circuit court; reversed and remanded.
 Hays Cooperage company vs. Louis. vile and Nashville Railroad company, from Etowah circuit court; affirmed
 Thomas Putnam vs. w. l. White. from Lauderdale circuit court; affirmed
 Eminent Household of Colum bian
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Madison Woodruff. from Jefferson cir cult court; appeal dismissed.
 Ingram & Co, ct al, vs. Fred Eason, from Calhoun circuit court; affirmed.
 Tennessee, Alabama and Georgia Railway company vs. Mary E. Roszell, from Etowah circuit court, affirmed.
 N. F.. Jones vs. J. NJ. Spradlin. rom Marshall circuit court; affirmed
 Merritt, J.--Munson Steamship line vs. Elliott Drayton. from Mobile cir cult court; affirmed.
 William Shredder vs. state from Mo- bile circuit court; appeal dismissed.
 The Pennsylvania Railroad company vs. Allison Lumber company from sum ter circuit court affirmed
 Coca Cola Bottlng company vs H. l.. Barksdale, from Dallas circuit af- firmed.
 c. r. Banks vs. B. P Means from Choctaw circuit court; appeal dis missed.
 Luther Patton vs. Phelan Tidwell. administrator, from Bibb circuit court; reversed and remanded.
 s. II. Carroll vs. state, from Coving-