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, 1921-12-29
LIBERTY BONDS.
livestock Mart

CHICAGO. Dec. 29.-U. s. Bureau
OF Observation-Disclosures. $4,000;
good to best steers steady; medium
grades slow to lower; 1.45o-pound
steers. seas: ycariing steers and heif-
ers Arm; some steer yearlings held
above $40; bulk beef steers, s6.750
$40: she stock and stockers steady.
bulls $50 TO Csc higher; veal calves
ESQ higher.
Hogs-Receipts. $1,000; unsvenly
csc to $50 lower than yesterdays
average t shippers and yard traders;
heavy butchers of most; TOP. 1910 for
underweights; $50 to 16o-pound kind.
IS; bulk $50 to 2oo-pound average.
$3.50 to $3.50; bulk 220 TO ~240-pound
hogs. s7.15@7.5o; pigs mostly ESQ low
err; top. ss.25.
Sheep = Receipts. 15.o0o;- market
generally steady; fat lambs to pack
ers early. s11.25@11.s5; several loads
held higher; good 90-pound yearlings'
s10.25: fat ewes top early. $5.35; no
choice lights sold: good comeback
feeder lambs early 5000.
, 1921-12-29

NEW YORK, Dec. 2s.-Can money,
firm; high. s; low. 8; ruling rate. 81
closing bid. Az; offered at 5; last loan
3. .
Time loans. firm; go days 5@5A; 90
days 5@5A: six months 5@5A.
Prime mercantile paper 595K.
, 1921-12-29

Silver.
NEW YORK. Dec. 29.-Foreign bar
silver. CSC; Mexican dollars. 4s&c.
, 1921-12-29

DENVER. Dec. 2s.-cattie = Re
ceipts. 600; market strong. higher;
s4.5oQs; calves. s79s; bulls. s2.5o@
$50; stockers and feeders. s4.5o@s.
Hogs-Receipts. 1000; market 15c
and csc lower: top. $3.50; bulk. $4,000
7.35.
Sheep-Receipts 2.1oo: market open
ed l5c lower; lambs. s7.75@10.15; ewes
ss.50@4.25; feeder lambs. $ $4,000.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1921-04-07
caIIcr Old RasdAL

Apes are 50 human that even when
they display traits that In man would
be simply abominable man cannot help
laughing. A correspondent In South
Africa writes that certain large apes
sre so much In the habit Of raidins
the coffee plantations that they have
to be guarded.
Among the coffee trees there grows
q shrub. the fruit Of which the apes
particularly enjoy. But as wasps fss'
ten their nests to the shrubs, the apes.
fearful Of being stung, usually keep
away from them. One morning the
people in a certain plantation heard
the apes making fearful outcries and,
rushing out, saw a singular scene. A
large baboon, the leader Of a band,
was throwing some young apes at the
wasp nests just as boy might have
thrown stones at them. The poor vic!
tins, stung by the infuriated insects;
were crying piteously, but the OLD
baboon paid no heed to them what
ever. While they were suffering from
the anger Of the wasps he quietly pro
ceeded to regale himself with the fruit,
which he could now pluck without dan
ger. Occasionally he would throw q
handful 10 some females and young q
little way off.-Youth's Companion.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1921-04-07
FABLES ACCEPTED AS TRUTHS
Stories That Have Long Been InpIle-
lily Believed Really Have No
Foundation in Fact.

The famous Damascus blades that
we're tabled to cut iron bars in two
were not superior to the Toledo blades
of the present time.
Seneca was not g half-Christian
philosopher, but grasping money
lender, and died leaving fortune
equivalent to three million dollars.
Charles TX did not fire upon the
Huguenots with a harQuebus from
the window Of the Louvre during the
massacre Of st. Bartholomew.
The Maelstrom is net a whirlpool
which sucks ships dowr into the
depths of the ocean. 1t is an eddy,
which in fair weather can be crossed
in safety by any vessel.
Horatius never defended the bridge.
1t was a story manufactured by the
same Roman historian who put forth
that other fabrication Of history that
Mcius Scaevola put his hand in the
fire.
Pitt never made the celebrated re-
ply to Walpole beginning. 1.-The
atrocious crime Of being young man."
It was composed BY Doctor Johnson,
who was not even present when the
actual reply was spoken.
Alfred the Great did not visit the
Danish camp disguised as q minstrel.
There is excellent authority for assert
Ing that he could neither play the
harp nor speak Danish. he did not
let the cakes burn, either, as history
records. 49,.
The hanging gardens Of Babylon did
not hang and they were not gardens.
They were terraces supported by
arches and overgrown trees. They
were erected for the amusement Of q
Babylonian queen who had come from
q mountainous country.
Pocahontas, the Indian princess, did
not save the life Of Capt. John Smith
by standing between him and club
held by her father OF BY any other
method. 1t Is now considered but q
romantic yarn spun by Captain
Smiths imagination and perpetuated
by the historians. .cn,S
Hannibal did not send three bush.
els Of gold rings taken from the hands
Of the Roman Knights killed on the
feld Of Cannae back to Carthage as
evidence Of bis VICTORY The fact was
as follows: The MESSENGER who car
ried to the Carthaginiaf senate the
pews, on finishing his report, "opened
his robe and threw out number OF
gold rings gathered on the field
Dearborn independent.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1921-04-07

Quick Ice delivery, Phone ITS
D. G. B. Ice Co.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1921-04-07

If you've got the cash see me be-
fore buying merchandise. I've got
the goods and will not be undersold.
+. C. Burgess, successor to People;
Mercantile Company.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1921-04-07

666 breaks a cold quicker than any
remedy we know.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1921-04-07

Arrival and Departure of Trains
Southbound: No. SO, 1858 a. m
No. 7s, 11:21 a. M. No. Al, 6:l7 p. m.,
No. 80, 9:22 p. m.
Northbound.-No. 80, 7:i6. No. 46
HAS, No. 78. $685.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1921-04-07

Al Sweet will personally direct the
weIl.known Dunbars White Hussars
at the coming RedDath Chautauq'la.
In addition to gaining fame as a band
leader he 10 known far and wide ag
composer Of melodic song hits and Of
large orchestral and band compost.
lions.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1921-04-07

To prevent a cold take 666.
American Fork citizen. [volume] (American Fork, Utah) 1912-1979, 1921-06-11
HOW TO KILL THE TOWN

Force the merchants to com
rete with public street mark
cts.
Vote down all funds and pro,
positions to make public i'm
provements.
Drive out all contractors and
their crews and minimize pub
lie expenditure.
Close all amusements on
Sunday that people will go ell
sewhere for entertainment.
Send away from town for
printing, dry goods and cloth
es and spend your money on
the mail order house.
See to it that no corporation
or public utility makes a cent
of profit and keep all foreign
capital out.
American Fork citizen. [volume] (American Fork, Utah) 1912-1979, 1921-06-11
NO SPECIAL PRIVILEGES
SURVIVE

In these days of special
laws, special regulations, spe-
cial legislation, special wage
agreements and special privi-
lagos for different interests, in
dividuals or industries, we have
queer combination of prob
lens.
The American seaman who
has special laws for his bene-
fit above the seamen Of all OF
her nations may find himself
forced to ship on a foreign yes
sci in order to get a job, be-
cause the laws which are so
favorable to him on the one
hand, might put the American
ship owner out of business on
the other.
American trainmen, while
successful in securing legisla-
ton which would require the
payment of wages to them
which were out of proportion
TO the going labor scale, might
find themselves out Of a job
for lack of business on the
railroads.
The brick-layers' Union,
that sets "A rate of $1.25 an hour
has yet failed to find a way
to force n man to build with
brick.
The manufacturer who
shoves the price up to abnorm-
al figures, suddenly finds that
people are going without or
using substitutes.
II is n mistaken idea for any
trade, industry, individual or
organization to work on the
theory that if it can get things
right for itself, that is all that
is necessary,
As a matter of fact, no one
group can long prosper at the
expense of its neighbor. The
laws of nature, with their COM
pensating checks and balances
work slowly, but always to-
ward a common average. What
should be better recognized is
the fact that industries, both
large and small, and individ-
American Fork citizen. [volume] (American Fork, Utah) 1912-1979, 1921-06-11
EvERYBODY's BUSINESS

Getting wages back to where
they should be, getting prices
back to where they are on a
par with wages, getting pro-
duction around to where it
will meet the demand and
bringing the demand up to
tally with production is not
the business of any man or set
of men--it's everybody's bust
ness.
IL the merchant is now for
ced to sell some articles below
cost, it's his business to see
that the concern he buys from
in the future gets its product
down to a lower price. Every
one has to assume n part of
the burden no matter what he
has to sell, produce or labor.
We don't believe there is a
man or a farmland who ex-
reefs to draw as high wages
now as he did when everything
he eats and wears was from
three to five times as high as
it is today. So he must accept
n reduction to meet the grad
ually lowering price Of neces-
stiles. Refusing to buy isn't
going to help, for if you refuse
10 buy You can't expect to sell.
SO long as wages go hand-in-
hand with the price Of com
modities, and so long as com
modities balance up with wag.
es Wen lie all right, and We'll
be on a solid foundation pretty
soon. - Kinsley, Kansas, Mcr.
,cury.
American Fork citizen. [volume] (American Fork, Utah) 1912-1979, 1921-06-11

uals both rich and poor, are
inter-dependent and cannot
maintain special advantages
in their own interest at the ex-
pense of some of the others
without bringing disaster to
I'll. We have seen it tried and
we have seen it fail during the
+ asst year.
The Manufacturer
American Fork citizen. [volume] (American Fork, Utah) 1912-1979, 1921-06-11
herman "rnorouohnsss."

Max Walter, head Of boyS tratn-
Ing school In Frankfort, tells the foF
lowing story by way Of illustrating
German thoroughness:
A venerable teacher In one Of 0er
many's preparatory schools wAS ~
tractedly ambllng about bis study ~
day when he noticed Q stray piece o.
paper. Picking It up he saw that y
was a Latin composition from one OF
his devoted disciples.
On looking at II more closely he 90
tected an error which he had over
looked. Seating himself at his desk,
he dipped his pen In good red Ink and
made the necessary correction. He
then folded the paper into neat
roll, stuck II In the fire, and with II
lighted his pipe.
American Fork citizen. [volume] (American Fork, Utah) 1912-1979, 1921-06-11
Shaft for Hero Dead.

An obelisk Of granite seventy feet
high Is 10 he erected In Denmark as u
memorial To the many thousands Of
American aud allied soldiers OF Danish
descent who died In the World war.
II has been estimated that about 80.
900 men OF Danish blood fought In
the American armies In France and
that about 10000 Danes fought In the
Canadian. Australian, British and
French armies.
American Fork citizen. [volume] (American Fork, Utah) 1912-1979, 1921-06-11

many OF us go through life without
realizing our own powers because We
hov nevere had to exercise them
Never say that you can't do a thing
until you have tried It and absolute
ly proven that you can't. 1t Is time
then to give up.
American Fork citizen. [volume] (American Fork, Utah) 1912-1979, 1921-06-11

So many Of US make the mistake
OF placing limitations on our own
ability. Necessity sometimes shows
US that there are no limitations, but
American Fork citizen. [volume] (American Fork, Utah) 1912-1979, 1921-06-11

A sacrifice Is the noblest or most
futile thing that can be INDUCED In,
according to the circumstances at
tendant, There are few circumstan-
ces, as the cost to the one who sac.
rifices is too great Sometimes there
IL no other way out But too often
one thing Is sacrificed TO another
according to the need OF the NOM
ent. as result OF carlessness and
heedlessness. Better make one big
sacrifice and clean the slate than TO
make countless little ones, unmlndful
OF the cause. which only serve to pile
ur future ruin, This practice doesn't
loosen the bonds OF self denial. It
teaches one when to tighten them in
sood purpose
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-05-22
COUNTY TRUCK MEN
 ORGANIZE MARKET
Elect Officers and Plan Great Day for the
 Opening

The Jefferson County Truck Growers association met at the Chamber Of Com merce yesterday and completed perma- nent organization.
 Tho following officers were elected: B c. Garman, president; J. B. Paradise vice president; l.. H. Randall, secretary; Antonio Smeraglio, treasurer
 Arrangements were completed for cleaning off the new city market space at Twenty-fourth street and Morris ave nue, with view to getting ready for the official opening June l.
 The programme committe was instruct ed to secure band and provide flowers for all ladies buying vegetables on the opening day. No vegetables will be sold until o'clock in the morning, so as tc afford all the housewives an opportunity of bringing their baskets. The regular opening hour will be clock.
 Fifty members have already Joined and rented stall space for the year The purpose of the organization is to builo up a model market here operated along modern lines as far as Is consistent with the limited funds.
 The truck growers believe that once they have demonstrated the value of this market to the citizens of Birmingham the city will provide a modern municTpa market
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-05-22
SUPERVISORS OF THE {. CITY FAIRGROUNDS

Nineteen city playgrounds will open tomorrow morning with capable super visors in charge of each, all under the general supervision of T. D. Moor. w. A. Reagan will be assistant to MT . Moor. Many school teachers are among those contained in ranks of the play ground supervisors.
 The swimming pool at North Bir- mingham will open tomorrow morn ing, while the Ensley pool, which cost s4o,0O0 to equip and install properly, will be ready within few weeks
 Supervisors who will serve this sum mer are: East Lake, Miss Mary Pal mer; Woodlawn, Miss Annie Palmer Avondale. K. M McNeil; East Birming- ham. Miss Mildred C1app; Lakeview, NR. M Marshall; South Highlands, Miss Inez Garrison; Jordan Park, Miss Ma mic Mynatt; Ensley Mrs. Vaden Hen don; Shadyside, Miss Ava Stout; Cen tral Park, Miss Virginia Nixon; Pratt City, Miss Laura McGehee; Vivian, Miss Alma Snaff Fairview, Miss Rob bic walker; West End. Miss Annie Merle Haggard; Elyton, Miss Bessie stout; West Park, Miss Alma Graves; East Park, Miss Annie Bibb Graves; North Birmingham, Miss Mary Brown Buckshaw Acipco, Miss Annie Lee Warren.
 Supply supervisors are Miss Rayne- Tillman and Miss Nett Vann.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-05-22
MEETING CALLED
 BY LOCAL ZIONISTS

special meeting of the Birmingham district, Zionist organization of Amer ica. is called for 3:30 o'clock this aft ernoon to meet at the Knesseth Israel synagogue, for the purpose of electing a delegate to the extra Zionist conven- tion to be held at Cleveland, Ohio, be- ginning June 5.
 The national convention is called far the purpose of deciding on methods u be used in America in raising funds for Palestine development. The In- ternational Zionist organization called for one hundred million dollars to be used in Palestine on work of the mos. urgent nature.
 Some of the American views on rais- ing those funds are not in agreement with the European leaders. Hence, 1t Is of great importance for every local Zionist, who Is really interested in the work of the great undertaking, to be present at this afternoons meeting anl help on deciding the best instruction to be given to the delegates from the Bi-- mingham district.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-05-22
NINE BALLOONS LEAVE ON FLIGHT
 TO DETERMINE U. s. CONTESTANT
 M INTERIM TIONAL RACE THIS FALL
To Campaign for $2O,OOO
 To Aid Sa[Uation Army

In the residence districts and solicit small contributions from the homes of the city. The raising of the fund is under the directio.. of pr. Percy '. Woodall, president Of the advisory board and he is being assisted by A rNmber of the leading business and professional men and women of Birm- ingham. The board will serve per manently and will assist the officers of the Salvation Army in compiling their budget and in expending the funds.
 It was announced yesterday that the cost of all advertising, printing, pos tage and all other expenses incident to the campaign had been contributed by public spirited citizens and that every dollar of the money raised in the campaign would go to carrying on the wrok here.
 The principal work carried on by the Salvation Army in Birmingham are the Rescue Home, maternity hos pital, industrial department relief de- partment and street evangelism. Un- der the leadership of trained workers, the Salvation Army is striving to aid those in need to become self support ing rather than to feep them in sup plies by charity or allow them to be- come wards of the public or the city, county or state.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-05-22
HALSTEAD TOLOCATE
 HERE ASARCH|TECT
WeIl-KnoWn Man Returns After Spending Seven Years
 In Study In California

Jackson C. Halstead, known to his many Birmingham friends as "JaclS' Halstead, has opened an office here to practice architecture.
 Mrs. Halstead has only recently res turned to Birmingham after seven years spent in California. It was while in California that he studied and ob- tained his degree in architecture, and he has been practicing in that state for the past four years. His experience there was gained under some of the leading architects of the Pacific coast. California has made such advances and has been such fertile field for archi- tectural development that it is regarded as one of the best training spots in the country for the development of new and artistic ideas in all kinds of construction.
 MT. Halstead, in returning to Bir- mingham to take up his chosen life's work, comes among friends. His tastes have always been along artistic lines, and he is perhaps best known in Bir- mingham through his connection with the art department of The Age Herald, where he used to work with Blackman n, the cartoonist, on the various art fea- lures used by this newspaper. 1 His equipment has been along very broad and versatile lines, so that his friends predict for him great success in his architectural work here.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-05-22
Main 5zso

Reduction of street car fare in Bir- mingham is entirely a matter of reduc- ton of labor costs, according to J. s. Pevear, president of the local company. Labor cost Is approximately 80 per cent of the expense budget of the street rail- way department and the present contract with car men runs until September, 1922.
 The maximum pay for motormen and conductors under the agreement Is O cents an hour" said MT, Pevear. "The men lived up to 1t Loyalty during the war when they could have made much more by quitting and going elsewhere, and I would be the last to recommend lowering the pay now simply because un- der present conditions wo could get other men for less.
 The jitney is not the only thing that is affecting our street railway business. We have a depression here-there Is no question about that. During the month of April the street railway department's 8 net operating income was $2,90167 out of an operating revenue for the month Of s2S9, ,322 For the first four months of this year the net operating revenue of the street railways was $5,207H out of a total operating revenue of $l,0N, 4S0.S
 We are giving the best service in the company's history. We are operating approximately a. million car hours year.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-05-22
Labor Cost so Per Cent Of
 Street Railway Operating
 Expense Says MT. PeUear
Submits Some Interesting Data to Show Why Reduction of Car Fare in Near Future Is Out of Question.
 Jitneys Take in About $700 Per Day

This means in round numbers 1890, 00l motornen and conductor car hours. lu other words one cent per hour increase in the wages of conductors and motor men adds $18,000 per year to our expense. In the old days we paid them g cents an hour against the present 50 cents maximum. Multiply the difference be- tween the two figures by $1S,000 and you pense.
 The street railway department cannot hope 10 pay its own way The situation can only be met by revenue from the other departments These will prove prof ltable as the city grows even though Bir- mngham is in exceptional position as re- gards gas and electric rates for we have the benefit of by-product gas and water power electricity.
 "The street railways at present are at the peak of their efficiency. A lot of rebuilding and adding new cars and re- pairing the lines. It has been his main aim to perfect the service and he has succeeded notably.
 "As for the jitneys, of course they are taking considerable revenue from the street cars. We have tried to check them pretty carefully and we estimate that the jitneys are taking in about s700 day. Since more than 500 jitneys are licensed to do business in the city it Is hard to see how they are making much money though of course they do an extensive taxicab business which adds to their in come"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-05-22
PROHIBITION AGENT
 URGES PASSAGE OF
 DEFICIENCY BILL

Passage of the deficiency bill for an appropriation of s9OO,Ooo to carry over the federal prohibition enforcement forces until July 1 was urged upon Congress by N. L. Pierce, prohibition enforcement agent, who sent telegrams yesterday to Senators Heflin and Under wood at Washington asking that they use their influence in favor of the Dill. MT. Pierce has also sought the action of the Anti-Saloon league and others in- terested in the prohibition movement.
 "It is of great importance that this bill be carried through for the money is needed to pay the salaries and other expenses of the department until the new appropriations. can be made July l, said MT. Pierce. If money is not ob- tained it will mean that many men will have to be laid off by the prohibition enforcement forces and there will not be enough men to handle the work.
 This will give the illicit liquor traf- fic a new foothold and will undo the work already accomplished. Some men have already been laid off but we hope that this bill will be passed so that we can call them back to work within a few days"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-05-22
Taking of Gas Causes Delay and Balloons Take Air in DarknesS-PiIotS Receive CoIors of Schools and
 Universities
DIRlGIBLE IS COMING .
 EARLY PART OF WEEK

Weather conditions at Pensacoln have delayed the start of the diri- gible E-I on it's trip to Birmingham, according to adyices received by Lieut.. B. D. Wyatt, who will sail the ship over the city when 1t arrives some time this week, from Capt. H. Fl. Christy, commandant of the nav al air station.
 ''Captain Christy asked me to ex- press his regrets at not being able to send the dirtgible to BirminE- ham today" declared Lieutenant Wyatt yesterday evening. "He told me over the telephone that 1t was impossible for the dirigibIe to leave PensacOla today because of adverse weather conditions. He said he vns going to give every consideration to the possibility of sending the dfri- gibie here even as late as Wednes- day.
 "Meanwhi1e, I have orders to re- main here to take over command of the dirigible upon arrival here."