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The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1920-04-08

A New York woman tells of an
experience she had recently in one
Of the large department stores.
She was looking for some furnish
ings, and, walking up to one of the
fioorwalkers, asked where she could
see the candelabra.
Gall canned goods two counters
to the left" answered the official
guide, briefly.
Walt Sommers, manager Of the
Produce Company at Prosser made
a business trip to Kennewick Mon
day Of this week.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1920-04-08

Robert" said the teacher in one
of the public schools to her bright.
est pupil, "give me an example of
the use of the word damper in a
sentence"
Robert thought a moment, then
delivered himself of the following:
Teacher is damper-ticular about
English"
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1920-04-08

One day a mother heard her
little daughter arguing with q
little boy neighbor.
~ am older than you," he said,
because my birthday comes first"
"Of course your birthday comes
first" she retorted, "but that is
because you came down first. ! re-
member looking at the angels when
they were making you"
The mother instantly summoned
the child. "It is breaking mothers
heart to hear you tell such awful
stories," she said. "Do you not re-
member what happened to Anafis
and Sapphire? -
"Oh, yes, mamma, / know; they
were struck dead for lying. I saw
them carried into the corner drug
store"
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1920-04-08

On the Moors-Where's that
funny cap with the earfaps you
used to wear last year?
"Weel, sir, ! havna worn it sim
the accident"
"What accident was that, Dom
ald?r
"Shintleman asked me to have
a drink and didn't hear him."
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1920-04-08
An Editorial Mix-up

The presiding genius +. of the
Waterloo Qll.) Times started a
pretty mess when said that the
greatest surprise to a girl when
she gets kissed the first time is
that there is no taste to it."
The first "calling''fhe got was
from the Preshtigo (Wis.) Times,
who let go after this wise: "No
taste to it! Well! by the hen
feathers of Cupifs dart, but the
Times man must be color blind in
the palate! They tell us, those who
have tried it, that it tasyes like the
double distilled essence Of honey
spread thick on q piece Of pump
kin pie. Away back in the grim
and joyful years long ago before
we lost all our teeth, and our cinch
on the beauty prize, the prettiest
girl in all the world told US with
her own eyes that it felt like
covey Of quails flying ont your
ears and ends up with a sensation
like flock Of angels pouring
molases down ones back. No taste
to the first kiss! Great Scott! It
would make q wooden indians hair
dance and his toenails CULVER with
ecstacy! Ire Times man must be
an icehouse.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1920-04-08
Oh, Those Drummers!

Merchant-No, don't show me the
goods. I don't want to buy any
thing.
Drummer-If you please, was
only going to show you
Merchant-But I don't wish to
see them.
Drummer (after pause plead
ingly)-But do you mind letting
me look at them? I haven't seen
them for three weeks!
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-02-22
HEFLIN

Heflin, February (special)-T There has been called a special school three mil tax election for the town of Heflin March 9. At the election in December this precinct voted 76 in favor of the tax and IS against the tax. This should make the election in March interesting, al though it is known that about half of the negative vote in December was cast by people living outside the city limits of Heflin.
 About forty of the sport element went to Oxford yesterday to see the Cleburne High School or rather J C. Crews. win a basket ball game from the Calhoun County High School located at oxford. The oxford players. 1t is said. used a rather rough type of playing, and but for the fact that there was too much Crews they would have won the game. Crews made every one of the II points that the Heflin players were able to amass The final count was II to with the tcssers from the Cleburne Conty High School at the big end of the score.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-02-22
GOVERNOR APPEALS
 ID STATE AID IN
 NEAR EAST RELIEF
Solicitation for Pledges for Adoption or Orphans to Start In Birmingham TOmorrOw-PrOclama-
 ton Issued Yesterday

proclamation by Gov Thomas E. Kilby was sent to all parts of Alabama yesterday urging the people of the state to respond nberally to the appeal for Near East relief.
 In Birmingham the actual solicitation in the campaign will begin tomorrow, when teams selected by the pastors of the various churches will canvass designated sections seeking pledges for the adoption of some 600 Armenian orphans, at the rate of $60 year. Miss Ida Vera simon ton will speak at the evening service of the Independent Presbyterian Church to- night at the Lyric theatre in the interest of the cause.
 Governor Kilbys proclamation calls at tention to the misery and suffering in Armenia and Syria and the continued per- secution of these Christian peoples by the Turk 1t is clearly the duty of America to help, he says.
 The proclamation is as follows:
 State of Alabama Executive Department
 A Proclamation by the Governor.
 To the People of the State of Alabama:
 More than year has passed since the signing of the armstice, yet the people of Armenia continue to suffer as pe1ore all the horrors of homelessness. disease anime ana pSSlnSuCGp fAho nAoOA SS eAt~ s the constant menace of massacre py he ruthless Turks. At the present mo- nent there is grave danger of starvation, which should keenly concern the humanf- tarian people of America. We, In our plenty must give generously so that II cannot be said that in the hour of their peril we failed to do all in our power 10 save the lives of these long suffering people. Authentic reports come that more aA1 dependent for bread upon America. over 25oOoo little homeless children beg pit eously for and, and we must give freey in order that they mayalive.
 The people of Alabama have responded generously in the past, and I now call 7rpon them to continue this charitaoie work and again respond to the commit tee on Armenian and Syrian relief, which is now engaged in collecting funos Io relieve the desperate situation.
 And I do especially call upon the may ,,rs of the cities and towns of Alabama to issue proclamations and otherwise to urge their people to help in this most worthy cause. The noble little army or Armenians stood by the allies to the enu sn the great war and contributed in iarse .ueasure to the victory which came to An,Ir arms Armenia is a Christian nation, now independent after centuries of grIno- 6nr- oppression and remained faithful tc s,e in the great war, even as though all she centuries of the past they remaIne1 Faithful to the Christian religion. Both az Americans and as Christian people, II is our unquestioned duty to help them xn this. their great hour of need.
 Tn witness whereof, I have hereunto set any hand and caused the great seal oi 4he state of Alabama to be affixed, al sbe capitol, in the city of Montgomery Fhis the 10th day of February, 1920.
 THOMAS E. KILBY, Governor,
 By the Governor,
 w.P. Cobb, Secretary of State
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-02-22
GREENVILLE

Greenville, February g.--{Special) )-The fifth Sunday meeting of the Baptist As- sociation of Butler county will meet at Brushy Creek Church on February & and % and Dr. ]. L. Bryan, moderator of the association, has given out the fol- lowing programme:
 Saturday morning, 10 o'clock. song and praise service; 1O:l5, The Problem of the Pastorlcss Church." 1o:45, What Is the Condition of My Church." 11:15, sermon, Rev. r. NJ. Fletcher
 Saturday afternoon. go. What Should Be the Attitude of Baptists Toward Irterchurch Movement?'' 2:30, The Best Method of Collecting Pledges for the Five-Year Programme;' 500, the Lord $ Supper.
 Saturday night, 7;SO, sermon, Rev. NJ. L Mcleod.
 Sunday morning, 10 o'clock, song and praise service; 1O:15, t) Their Pro- gramme of Evangelism @ ''Golport- age" (3) "Associational Missions;" 1l:9 sermon by representative of the state board of missions 30. Woman Work" Mrs Frank B. Skipper ant others. The remains of John Waller, son foi MT. and Mrs. Tom Waller, were broughi to Greenville from Newark, N. J., wher, he died of influenza. The deceased wa. "A years old and had served in the army since August, 1917. Funeral services were held at Crawl Hill cemetery, being conducted by Rev. J. L. P. Cook. He is survived by his parents, MT. and Mrs Tom Waller, two brothers and three sisters.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-02-22

will be used by the Talladega Hard- ware Company for their Dodge and Buick service department.
 first sale of contraband property in this county under the new prohibition laws: The property which was seized while transporting liquor included d mule, bridle and saddle which brought s1o0 and a horse and buggy which were bid off for $50.
 Cross-river traffic is rapidly gain ing in volume since the flooring of the old B & A. bridge over the Coosa at Stemley was completed. The bridge now owned and operated ass toll dis tance to Birmingham from Talladega for road vehicles has been reduced to B miles as result of the Stemley bridge being available for traffic,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-02-22

The gum of the pine seems to be practically indestructible and one of the chief exports of New Zealand. and is from the gum of kauri trees, which died centuries ago. The wood has long ago disappeared, but chunks of pure amber-like gum are still dug from the stumps,
 Fine tree money was silver money coined in Boston during the seven teenth century. The coins were in de- nominations of g. and 12 pence, and received their names from the rude figure of pine tree on the obverse side
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-02-22
Price Alfonso Dead

London. February 21-Prince Alfon- so of Braganza, Duke of oporte' died today at Naples, according tc a diI- patch 10 the Central News from Rome.
 The Duke of Oporto was brother of the late King Carlos of Portugal. and after former King Manuel was heir apparent to the Portuguese throne The duke married Mrs. Philip Van Wal kenburg of New York in Rome in Sep tenber. 1917.
 China's foreign population at the last
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-02-22

on Wednesday. At present there are
 very few cases of distress caused by
 the flu in this section.
 Efforts are being nut forth by Dr.
 J, R. Turner presiding elder, to nave
 all pastors of Methodist churches Tn
 Talladega district attend the pastors
 conference to be held at the First
 Methodist church in Birmingham
 March 3-5.
 Additional supplies for the county road department have been purchased by Judge K. A. Hammett. including four road machines, twelve wagons and other equipment. All departments or the road work in the county have been thoroughly systematized in order to facilitate the checking up of progress and expenditures on the various pro1- ects and maintenance work. All the
 road forces have been divided into SIX gangs.
 Farmers in this section will not go so strong on cotton this year. accord ing to present indications. Diversified crops will be the rule. Corn will come in for a larger acreage in this county, perhaps. than last year Many farm CTS in this territory years preparing to nlant spring oats. while the farms and city dwellers alike are making ready to
 plant garden for early spring vege- tables.
 ]. R. Lewis who resides south of the city has been arrested by Sherltf l | c cornett under an indictment re- turned more than d year ago on a charge of selling mortgaged property the property being an automobile on which there was lien held by a party . in Anniston.
 The French memorials to be award : | ed the families of those boys in thls county who sacrificed their lives, in l the worlds war have been received by 1 Edward R. Wren, commander of the l local post of the American Legion. The memorials are handsome creations
 of the lithographers, having main feature representing victory and the French and American flags. l Rev. E. E. Robinson, superintendent of the Orphans Home of the Alabama ISynod located in this city, is serving las supply for the pulpit of the First Presbyterian church pending the se- | lection of a pastor to succeed Dr. F
 B. Webb who resigned the first of
 the year
 l Work has been commenced on a brick building 40 by 1S0 feet being constructed on North street near the
 square by J. E. Michael The building
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-02-22
SHOULD LEARN LANGUAGE

Education is good and nedful for the American. Newcomers should be required to learn our language that they may understand our institutions. If atheists, homeless, wanderers and fortune seekers had been kept with out our doors, one of the great les sons of the Puritan would have been learned, and American institutions would be now backed by a citizenship more cohesive than ours.
 America is in debt to Holland, "in no small degree" for the principles of freedom brought to her shores by the Dutch settlers and the pilgrim fath- CTS, Dr. DeBeaufort declared in an ad- dress. 4N,
 What the Dutch settlers them selves brought to America, he said. "and what the Pilgrims had learned in Holland was the principle of free dom.
 'I have always struck by the keen interest America takes in the doings of the British empire" he added, "and Englands critics seem to me to make quite considerable noise I should never think of quarreling with fair criticism, and in the government of the British dominions and colonies plenty of mistakes are made.
 l am compelled to suspect that mis takes are sometimes made in the gov ernment of America"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-02-22

tative of the Tennessee Suffrage Associa- tion in the Tenth congressional district, was in large measure the leader of the Memphis delegation, expressed her views Of the whole transaction yesterday upon her return home in terms which left no doubt of her meaning
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-02-22
UNFORTUNATE FOR ALABAMA

"They went even further and said that with such leaders heading the suffrage forces in Alabama it is not hard to see just why the legislature should have re- fused to consider extending suffrage TO the women and why many of the leading club women of the state have been slow ir joining the suffrage cause, Tennessee suffrage leaders say Alabama is unfor- tunate in the woman chosen to represent the cause of her women in the great democratic, party and even go so lar as to intimate that a party which showers
 honors upon Mrs. Jasobs has no place i for them within it's folds
 "The Tennessee suffragists do not pro pose to sit silent under this state of af- fairs They point out that if they seem to indorse Mrs. Jacobs militant views m regard to the men of the south, not only will Tennessee at the next session of the legislature fail to ratify the Susan
 E Anthony amendment, but may even % a step farther and take back the limited suffrage HOW held by the women solely through the grace and goodwill of the masculine legislators of the state
 of Tennessee. Hence they are most desirous for the good of the women of
 the south and of Tennessee and Alabama in particular. for the honor of the men of the south, that Mrs Jacobs be de-
 nosed from the high offices she now
 fills. and be retired to private life, where
 she can say what she pleases aoout .n- derwood the men of Alabama, etc., without her utterances harming any one | save herself.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-02-22
DON'T ADMIT ALIENS UNLESS THEY COME
 ID MARSHALL
America Should Be Loved for Institutions as Well as Opportunities, Says
 Vice President
By Associated Press

New York. February 20.-Aliens who come to America mot intending to make permanent homes but expecting to return, should not be received, . Vice President Marshall declared here tonight i nan address at a dinner given by the Sulgrave institution in celebration of the tercentenary of the Pilgrim fathers. This country, he added, should no longer "be loved for its opportunities alone,' but should ''be loved for it's institutions as we'll 7
 Mir Marshall, Ronald c. Lindsay counselor to the British embassy and charge d'affaires, and Dr. H. De- Beaufort, counsellor of the Netherlands legation, were guests of honor.
 One of the lessons of the Pilgrim fathers that should be stamped upon the heart of every liberty loving American said MT. Marshall fthat they came to Plymouth to worship God and to make homes, determined never to return to Europe"
 These Pilgrims were English speaking people" he continued, and from their forgotten graves they ought never to stretch forth their dusty hands an dtouch the sleeev of an American elector who does not speak the English language.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-02-22
TRADITION vs. JUSTICE

Mrs. Reese stated that Mrs. Jacobs subject on the night of the first banquet was Tradition. Versus Justice and in the course of her speech she delivered a scathing denunciation against the men of the south. According to Mrs. Reese, the speaker was not content with an ar raignment of the men of Alabama, and especially of Senator Underwood, but she went further and said that the men throughout the south were characterized by ignorance and insincerity, and were bound in superstition and tradition.
 Had this statement been made at one of the regular meetings of the conven- ton, Mrs. Reese said that she or some other representative of Tennessee would instantly have contradicted the speaker and defended the men of this section against such unwarranted assertions. However, as Mrs. Jacobs was appearing upon a formal and pre-arranged pro- gramme at a banquet there seemed uoth- ing to do save let the unfortunate and ,regrettable incident go by
 However, when at a second banquet a few days later there appeared a song set to the tune of the 'Swanee River which in unmeasured terms insulted the intelligence and integrity of purpose of southern men, the Tennessee delegation turned down the programmes refused to  stand while the singing was going on, refused to join in the applause, and in every way consistent with decent breed- ing at a banquet table showed their marked disapproval
 Mrs. Reese states that the indigna- tion later showed itself by meetings of the Tennessee delegates, seventeen in number, when instructions to enter for nal protest we're given to Mrs Gull ford Dudley of Nashville, who, in the absence of the state president, Mrs. George Fort Milton of Chattanooga, was the Tennessee leader. At the next session of the federation, held the following morning, Mrs. Dudley thereupon recited what the men of Tennessee have done for the women in the way of according them the franchise in municipal and presidential elections, which is all that can be given without constitutional amendment.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-02-22
DO NOT INDORSE IDEAS

Mrs. Dudley also stated on behalf of
 the Tennessee delegation that the women
 of this state do not subscribe to Mrs,
 Jacobs views and said that since the
 passage of the limited suffrage bill by the
 Tennessee legislature and it's endorse
 ment as constitutional by the supreme
 court, municipal elections have been held
 in all the largest cities. of the state and the women have been invited into the councils of the political parties and have
 voted in large numbers always with the full indorsement of the men, with
 whom they are working in complete har- mony.
 This was all the Tennessee women felt could be done at the Chicago con veution but they have come home with 'hlood in their eye and are going after Mrs Jacobs scalp. Mrs. Reese said yes terday that some concerted move will undoubtedly be made by the Tennessee women looking to the removal of Mrs Jacobs from the democratic committee and her resignation as associate com mitteewoman of Alabama. It was agreed by the local suffrage leaders and by the Nashville, Chattanooga and Knoxville women present in Chicago that no more grievous blow has been struck at the cause of suffrage in the south than the , attitude of Mrs Jacobs and of the north ern women who indorSed her utteranceS.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-02-22

The first discovery of coal is said to have been made by q Belgian blacll smith named Hullos, who lived in a village near Lige, in 1o4s
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-02-22

A purchaser of an old Arab muske' in an antique shop in Pari sdiscoveree in the barrel of it 240 valuable tur quoises. all of beautiful color.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-02-22

Phone your lucky number first thing in the morning and let s have a
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-02-22

Work has been commenced on a brick building 40 by 1S0 feet being constructed on North street near the square by J. E. Michael The building
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-02-22
Why w ait and Worry
That UosherWo- man JOiH probably fail you after all
Rough Dry

E The American IS
 dltUays on the job, dLWdys Washes clean.
 THE sanitary feature
 l alone, times like these when so many people have the Flu" lis enough to convert you ito Rough Dry.
 and besides, steriliz- ling every piece of cloth ing the AMERICAN washes clean without rubbing and scrubbing Ithe life out of your things.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-02-22

on Wednesday,. At present there are very few cases of distress caused by the flu in this section.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-02-22

o off a toothtroubled in  
  Rememb this lis the last week.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-07-16
BELOIT LEAGUERS HERE SUNDAY
Defeat of Santa Fe Feared for First
Time This Season.

The first defeat of the Topeka
Santa Fe team this. season may come
Sunday when the Beloit Leaguers in
wade the local camp.
This club is considered the strongest
Independent club in the middle west.
It is madesup almost entirely OF for
mer big-league players, and they have
not all lost the pep" that put them
across on the big diamonds. Included
in the personnel of the team are Tom
Blodgett, formerly with Columbus and
the New York Giants and one of the
best southpaws in baseball today; Red
Herriott. first baseman and captain,
who has led several leagues in batting
and is the best fielding baseman in
independent ball; Lowell Hogue. out
fielder, regarded as one of the fastest
men that ever stood in the out gar
den; and Johnny Mutt utility man.
who can play any position and has
an excellent league record.
Manager cap" Wells is predicting
victory for his club. but which ever
way the contest goes. it is certain to
be close.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-07-16

PoehIer Kings on Tour.

The Poehler Kings will leave Sun
day morning on weeks tour of Kan
sas. They will play Sunday and Mon
deY at Emporia and every day during
the' week, ending the trip with tn
game at Florence a week from Sun
day. Manager Price will take twelv'
players with him. The trip will b.
made in motor cars
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-07-16
For the
Auto or Canoe Trip

Why not buy a Tourists Set?
Rochester chatting dish, hot water
pan, vapor burner with stand VIII
last a lifetime. $3.50 value. All
complete, S3.0S.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-07-16
Piersens VS.. PoehIers Saturday.

The Piersens and Poehlers of the
City league will play at Garfield park
Saturday afternoon. The Piersens
held the cellar position for a while,
but now seem to be in better condition
and hope to reap a victory Saturday
somewhat along the line of that seized
from the North Topeka team last Sat
urday. The Piersens will go to Perry
Sunday to play the Perry team.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-07-16
Pres. Deschaners Health Improves.

Paris, July 16.-Reports from Ram
bouillet that the health of President
Deschanel is greatly improved have
been confirmed, says the Journal,
which adds it is probable he will re-
sumo his. presidential functions in
September in time to participate In
the celebration of the fiftieth ami
versary of the founding of the third
republic.