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The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-10-10
LINCOLN'S DEATH BED

From the Florida Metropolis.
 6T1 HE New York Times has re- vived question more than
 half a century old, but which is still interesting because of it's con- troversal and historical possibilities, and old and new facts and allee ed facts are being introduced in the ef- fort to establish the identity of the man in whose room Abraham Lincoln died. after he had been assassinated at Ford's theatre by John Wilkes Booth.
 The Times has located a man Thomas Proctor by name, now a pau per on Blackwell's Island, formerly a lawyer and naturalist-in whose room Lincoln is said to have died. MT. Proctor is a very old man now; his mind is clouded more or less, but when interviewed he was surprised to learn that there existed any doubt as to the fact that President Lincoln breathed his last in his room, and ne IeClIeo tHe minute QeJallS or the occasion, the most important of which are corroborated by historians. An old wood cut of the scene around the deathbed of Abraham Lincoln has also come to light, following revival of the controversy by the Times, and it is claimed one of the men in the group Is the same man that is now in the home for paupers.
 MT. Proctor lived In boarding house at the time, of the assassina- tion-a house directly across the street from the theatre, and 1t has been generally believed that the President died in this house. Mrs. Charles Peterson, who owned the house, says it was not boarding house. George Rector, son of Mrs. Peterson, speaking for his mother, and in her presence, said: Tt was not a boarding house at all. Charles
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-10-10
GIVE US A SANE LAW
From the Alabama Christian Ad,

Ni~Ai NHS ~A-"S"HA'' NsA4 "a sisill @NN'S~
 cate.
 Alabam,ans rayoring the preser- walton of the American Sabbath will have 10 be watchful against the wlles or the enemy, Governor Kilby will put the responsibility upon the Legislature. and the enemy will seek to do one Of two things; give us law that means nothing. leav~ Ing in 1t loop holes for an excuse to run anything and everything that the devil wants run, or else the foe will seek 10 make the proposed law so radical. that the real friends of the cause will stand no chance 10 put the measure through We heed sane law that will guarantee Sun day as [ day of rest, free from corrnerciaiism, We need law that will save, sunday from being made day for sports and show and money making. But we do not need 4 lot of freak regulations that vii, not be enforced. and that will cripple rather than help in the preservation of the Am erican Sab bath.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-10-10

Peterson and his family of five oc- cupied the whole house. I have heard the story of the tragic end of Lin- coin since boyhood, and never heard the name of Proctor mentioned as being there. l know that my grand- father did not conduct a rooming house. There were present at the deathbed members of the Lincoln family and of our immediate family. Only one member of the family, as 1t then existed, is now living. This is Mrs. Charles Weinzing of Balti- more. There were three sons in the family--William. Charles and F'red- erick--and two daughters. Louise and Pauline. My father. Charles E. Rec tor, married Louise"
 It Is also claimed that Lincoln died in the room of the late William Clarke, and Clarke's friends have produced relics to prove that he was the occupant. In the newspaper &C., counts at the time of the assassina- tion the fact is mentioned that the room was occupied by two young men, and the names of Clark and Proctor have been associated as these two. A Mrs. Osborne appears to testify that Clarke at the time of his death had in his possession the shoes worn by Lincoln at the time of his assassination.
 The outcome of the controversy will not be satisfactory to all par ties concerned; this is certain, for the absence of official statements causes historical facts to become less authentic as times passes. In Lin coln sday only big facts were re- ported; details were left to individ- ual conclusions. but today everything is recorded. Nothing Is left to the imagination. The history of tqS day will be more accurate than the history of any mast period
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-10-10
ARKANSAS DAY OF FAITH
rom the New York Herald.

From the New York Herald.
 ! ~ ovERNOR THOMAS c. MRAE 7 of Arkansas, has set Novem-
 ber as a legal holiday. to be known as the Day of Faith. He en- joins all good citizens to acknowi- edge the rights and virtues of their neighbors, whatsoever be their ma ton, race or creed. and further,
 "As an evidence of that faith which is within them, at the hour of noon on such Day of Faith. reyerently to speak the allegoric words, My Neigh bor Is Perfect"
 That Governor McRae should find inspiration to neighborly love and consideration in Arthur somers Roche's anegory. Tho Day of Faith" is entirely consonant with the general order of things Arkan- san. Persons who do not know Ar kansas may have an erroneous idea of the state In that 1t is incorrectly styled the Bear State. Incorrectly, because even though Arkansas has  fur, teeth and claws she is never bearish. Arkansas's temper is as sweet as her maidens. She would always rather see her cotton tossed on the bulls horns to the sky than depressed by churlish, bearlsh pes simists. She exudes optimism from the peach orchards and strawberry fields of her sunny southern slopes to the moonshine stills hidden on her northern wooded hillsides.
 Faith Is an Arkansas jewel more brilliant than her native diamond. It is the reason of her greatness. The Arkansan's faith Is as clear as the spring water of the~ ~Ozarks and as courageous as her razorbacks. It flies as true to the mark as the ball
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-10-10
Memorial In Richmond
 to Edgar Allan Poe

m 1CHMOND, VA, where Edgar IN Allen Poe spent many years of his life, has at last honored the most distinctive poet America ever produced, and by many critics con- ceded to be the greatest, by a suit able memorial which will be a per manent shrine to the genius whose life was one of much sorrow and little happiness.
 The Poe memorial trustees used material from the Southern Literary Messenger building, the Ellis and Allan storehouse, where Poe was em- ployed, and the house in which his mother died in Richmond. The "Old Stone House." said to be the oldest structure in Richmond, was restored and "Poe Pergola" erected. 4 gar den was laid out to perpetuate his Enchanted Garden and arrange ments have been made to preserve Poe relics, first editions and manu- scripts. It is stated that $lS,000 was spent on the memorial.
 ! While no other American man of letters had more tragic career than 1 Edgar Allen Poe, time has erased to large extent the memory Of i his errors and he is chiefly remem- bered as . poet of the first rank, the prosenitor of nearly all modern detective stories, an essayist of charm and discrimination and a critic of exceptional power.
 The genius of Poe was quickly recognized abroad. but America has long since conceded him a command ing position in literature. Yet, it is strange that Richmond, with which city his name will always be asso- ciated, waited until 72 years after his death to pay him tardy recog- milton by erecting the Edgar Allen Poe Shrine"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-10-10

from the rifles of her hill bilnes. Where is such political faith as that of Arkansas The whole of tho re- mainder of the United States may go careening after falxe gods. but Ar kansas remains faithful Fpom her entrance into the Union the white standard of democracy has waved ever over the governors mansion at Little Rock, save only for the period of reconstruction following the civil war. The voice of that gallant old soldier. Col Archibald Yell, declaring that Andrew Jackson still lives and will ever live to Arkansas is as pierc- ingy shrill at the present day as it was threequarters of a century ago.
 Of her store of faith let no one doubt. But even in so ideal state there may be q limit to ideals1n. My Neighbor Is Perfect may do for the planter of the languorous Arkansas valley who would prefer to rest under his own persimmon tree and let by gones be bygones. But what of the tempesttouS toothills or the nortns Is 1t not asking a heap of our old friend Gap Johnson of Rumpus Ridge to sec perfection in the neighbor of the next ridge to the south who pre- scented him with three piecs of lead In a disagreement over the line of rail fence? As well try to stop a blood feud In the Breathitt hills of the Albanian mountains; as well ask Kan sas to love Quantrill or Hatfield to take a Mccoy to his bosom!
 But who knows what miracles the Day of Faith may not produce? At least Governor McRae is correct when he proclaims Where Arkansas dares to lead, the world may not fear to fol- 1o
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-10-10
DUSK IN CHINATOWN

Violet Alleyn Storey, in the New York Herald. Like some dim dragon, sealed with
 grayish brown, The dusk descends on Hstless China
 town. Devouring all the ugliness in sight And leaving only darkness traced It Is the supper time. and in his Ht-
 tie shop There sits the wise old merchanS'
 Wing Lee Hop. Among his coolie men to share their
 meal Of dry boiled rice and bean sprouts
 stewed with veal. Now round the shop the gray-eyed
 shadows play With lovely things that came from
 far away; Bright boxes holding iitchi nuts ana
 tea; Dark silks allght with rich embroid-
 cry. Delightful ivory carvings. deftlv
 made, And tewelry fashioned rom the earth
 porn jade. The shadows pass across the faces, Of those who dine. Ta Sing and Wo ri Loo. And gaunt Kee Lung. dull men wh9 cannot think Beyond the present with its food ana But on the face of Wing Lee rop Ii seems. The shadows meet with kindis thoughts and dreams, For every night at shadow time know He thinks of China and the long ago Or dreams of some long hoped ie'
 future day When once again his fate VIII 'e'
 him pray Before the Buddah in his garden there, Among the flowers iris kissed anu He does not see the men who, lack ing soul, Dip eager chopsticks n tne eo1'
 mon bowl, Nor do they heed life-hauntins
 dreams that bless This man who stands for money anu
 success. Like some dim dragon. sealed vita
 grayish brown, The dusk descends on listless China town, And men are glad in the exotic shop 1 Those -stolid coolie men and Wins 1 Lee Hop
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-10-10
NINETEENTH AMENDMENT

from the chattanooga Times.
 The current issue of the Woman
 Patriot prints the full text of the petition made by the Maryland League for State Defense addressed to the supreme court of the United States attacking the validity of the nineteenth amendment. One of the interesting points made Is that the suffrage amendment did not receive
 the required three-fourths vote of
 the states, but that 1t was put
 through by trickery and proclaimed
 as having been ratified without any warrant in fact.
 The Tennessee incident constitutes one of the main supports of the con
 tention. In this state the certifica-
 tion to the secretary of state
 Washington that the amendment had
 been ratified was made while the vote was still pending In the legis- lature. To say that this amendment
 had been ratified by the vote of Ten nessee constitutes one of the most dangerous precedents that could pos- sibly be established, for to do that would be to hold that the legislature
 of state could violate its own rules
 without first amending them, null lify q constitution adopted by ti
 people and that the federal constitu- ton might be amended by an arrant hhud and palpable political trick. Whatever else we may do or say about our laws, we cannot safely tamper with or treat irreverently our organic laws, state or national. We are already reaping somewhat of whirIwind of lawlessness and con tempt for constituted authority as a result of our recent movements In that direction, and the pity of 1t IS that so many citizens who are the dependence of the nation for It's moral and spiritual health have been parties to the usurpation in the un-
 justified and fallacious Idea that an evil thing may be done in the hope that good may come of 1t. Right can only be achieved in the right and
 honorabl ble way; 1t Is wrong when ac- complished by trick or chlcane.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-10-10
A FOE TO DRUG ADpIcT1oy
From New York Letter to the Gin cinnati Times-Star.

From a New York Letter to the Gin clnnati Times Star.
 | A millionaire with most unusual fad Is TX. Blanc" who recently arr rived In New York from Europe. He is man of middle age. of military bearing and agreeable manner. He avoids publicity. The ship news re- porters had to pursue him to hls
 stateroom on the Cedric to get him to admit that he was the real TX tachment to the famous British se- cret service bureau Is purely volun- tary. His salary Is the British equiv alent of $1 year. He finances his own operations and prefers that the newspapers shall say nothing about what he is doing What he hopes to do Is to check the spread of mar cotic addiction which. as he sees 1t, Is threatening the moral fabric of the whole world. Through his activi- ties narcotic squads. such as we have In New York. are being organized in various cities in France and Belgium. He has travelled Europe from one end to another to awake authorities to the growing menace of drug intoxi- cation.
 "In your own country" he said
 reporters, "the drug evil seems tA hn o.I here to learn rather than to urge ac- ton. Yet If have a proper under standing of the matter, your people underestimate what the authorities fully realize. Prohibition has little to do with the spread of drug habits. It increases them. of course, but they are q terrible menace in countries where prohibition Is unknown. Flu rope is more immoral today than at any time In the last century. Drug ! addiction has done it.
 "I do not need. perhaps, to call to your mind dozen tragedies of international note which prove what I say Your people will remember the American moving picture actress who killed herself in Paris after a drugs Sdebauch. and the. other young
 American woman who died In a Lon don hotel after a party in the rooms of two famous American dancers
 where drugs were served just as re- 1 treatments might have been served
 Tn Paris drugs are sold In cafes almost as openly as drinks, and lit tie boys and girls are employed to
 bring In the drugs from the vendors
 Belgium finds drug addiction breaking down the young manhood and womanhod of the country. Tn Germany conditions are beyond description because manufacturers
 can sell drugs without fear of be- ! Ing prosecuted There are no laws
 restricting the sale of narcotics. NJ, observations therein the big cities
 would almost Justify be In assert | ing that half the people who have 1 lost fortunes or had their ideals shat tered by the war have sought refuge ! in drug addiction.
 "rhe harm which the world hal suffered through the use of intoxi
 cants Is completely negligible al l compared with the harm whici
 threatens from the use of drugs 1 America has begun a radical iigh against this great menace. I hope t
 help the real beginning of such fight in Europe"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-10-10
"Clean-Up" Squad Wants to Help War Veterans

TIT is believed by the "clean-up" U squad of the United States vet erans' bureau that there are hun dreds of former service men in Ala bama who are entitled to compensa- tion, vocational training or hospital treatment and war risk insurance who do not know that they have any such claims on the government.
 It is for the purpose of getting in touch with these men that the squad is carrying on drive in the south. Every ex-service man who is enti- tied to any of the benefits provided for the nations war veterans and has not had his claims attended to is urged to consult the "clean-up'' squad. Sad to say, theIv are some former soldiers who cannot read and interested persons should tell them where and how they can get relief
 Veterans who appear before the squad must bring their discharge and other papers relating to their
 
 service with the colors, in addition to marriage certificates If they are married, and birth certificates of their children. The Birmingham headquarters of the squad are in the Chamber of Commerce building.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-10-10
Learning to shoot,

Some people may think that this thing of arming railway mail clerks is mostly for press notice and sham" said John StreIt, chief mall clerk, but. let me tell you that it is a grim reality with us.
 We are glad that the press mo- ticed 1t for that will servo to warn the thief and mail robber. He will know that he Is going up against an almost perfect marksman for We are to begin target practice diligently under an army instructor very shortly"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-10-10
Enjoyed Matinees

T haven't missed one of The Age Herald's world series matinees," sa1d Will Cobb of the Birmingham Ath- ietic club, and I want to congratu- late the paper on the prompt and ef- flcient way it has given the results to the public.
 Henry Vance as a caller Is hard to beat and I have noticed that the crowds have grown each day. We can't all see the games and hearing them well called Is the next thing to seeing them"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-10-10
None More Handsome

T believe that the new postoffice building here Is the handsomeet l have ever seen,p said D. 5. Saxon of the Vincennes. Ind, station of the United States bureau of mines, who stopped over and visited the local bureau yesterday.
 T have seen the .. government buildings in all of the principal cities in the east, including the postofflce in Washington, D. C., and in my opin- ion none surpasses the one here Some of the others are bigger, pos slbly. but none more imposing"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-10-10
cAmlrzMM1AaaxlH

r. S.; Auburn as usual made fine showing and took home bunch of vari-colored ribbons as well as some substantial prize money. pr. Carey and his co-workers were here look Ing after the interests of the institu- tion In every possihle NAY
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-10-10
Fate Has Dealt Unkindly
 With the Tidmore Family

HEN Curtis Tidmore, poor
 farmer of St. Clair county, was killed by federal prohibition of ficers, he left 9o-acre farm, little of the land under cultivation; wife and four small children.
 With the stolidity that character issg mountain people in the south,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-10-10
VERSATILE NATION

From the Arkansas Gazette
 India ink was invented by the Chinese 5000 years ago They also probably invented IrDh stew, French fried potatoes. Swiss cheese and English plum pudding
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-10-10
OLD srusis

From the Pittsburg Dispatch
 X former American diplomat sees the Balkans on another war verge, but everybody Is so fed up on pre- cipice struggles that the show may be frost
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-10-10
WHAT REALLY HAPPENED

From tho Kansas City Star.
 There hain't no truth to the story that my children gansed that there neddler luther day and showed him Into the we'll" asserted Gap Johnson nf Rumpus Ridge, Ark. "They was .orter chasing him off'n the place with rocks, clubs and such like, and he fell into the well of his own ae- ccrd
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-10-10
PERISH THE THOUGHT

From the Houston Post.
 The Birmingham Age-Herald says the republican party has its eye on Alabama. If the republican party should ever capture Alabama, every gold brick artist In the country would soon be there taking the peo- ple's money away from them.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-10-10
------------------7-s9s v z - POINTED PARAGRAPHS

A man trusts to luck when he cant trust himself.
 Don't strain your eyes looking for faults in your neighhor.
 The easier a man is to approach the harder he may be to get away from
 Some mems desire to say T told you SO" is greater than their desire for immortality.
 IL always hurts a young man lit tie when some girl he knows tell him that she Is engaged.
 An old bachelor says that the diff ference between firmness and obsti. macy is merely matter of sex. Even though she refuses him. : woman always admires the Judgment of the man who proposes to her.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-10-10

man trusts to luck when he can't trust himself.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-10-10

Don't strain your eyes looking for faults in your neighhor
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-04-30
NORTH BENNINGTON

Mrs, Erin NJ. Tompkins, of North
hampton, Mass, is the weekend guest
of Mrs. George f. Green of Main
street.
One week from Sunday evening,
May s, at the Baptist church, Profess
sor William r. Cook OF the High
school will give an illustrated lee
lture.
Mrs. Florence Surdam and daugh-
ter Miss Amy, returned Thursday
from four months absence, spent
mostly in California, and the last
three weeks in New York city
Sunday there will be morning wor-
ship with communion at the Congre-
gational church at IL o'clock Daylight
saving time. The annual offering for
ministerial relief will be taken at this
/ service. The subject Of the sermon
will be "The Unrecorded Years in
the Life of Jesus" Sunday school at
l12:1J.
In view of the fact that Benning
ton village is going on to the Daylight
saving schedule next Sunday. it be-
comes necessary for North Benning-
ton to follow this plan. Accordingly,
clocks will be advanced one hour Sun
day morning, May 1st. The daylight
saving plan will remain in effect until
the last Sunday in September,
AT the morning service at 1890 at
the Baptist church, Sunday, the con-
Igregation will be addressed by w.
NJ. Kay, district organizer of Boston,
who has had twenty-five years eXper-
fence in Salvation Army work. The
communion service follows the morn
ing worship, and at HAS the Sunday
school hour begins. The young peo-
pie instead Of meeting at six o'clock
as usual, will enjoy union service
with the Congregat young pao'
pies SOC ETY. when they will listen to
talk illustrated with stereoptican
views by Secretary Winslow of the
Bennington Y. M. c. A.
There will be a union meeting of
the Baptist and Congregational Young
Peoples societies in the Congregation
al church at 7 O'Clock p. m. Sunday,
one. hour later than the usual time. Sec
rotary Winslow of the Bennington Y.
M. C. A., will give an illustrated talk
lon The Summer Religious Confer
ences." This meet ng will interest
the older people as we'll as the young
and most cordial invitation Isl eX
tended to all to be present. Although
1.-THE village clocks will be advanced
one hour next Sunday, the hour o.
the morning service at the Congrega
tional church will be set ahead only
q one-half hour This will make thu
a morning service commence at Ii
B o'clock, daylight saving time, or II
4 o'clock, standard time.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-04-30
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