The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-03-24
Sheriff Who Declined
 to Be |Overpowered"

to Be "Overpowered" 1 @ INGING Please Go Way and 0 Let Me Sleep Sheriff Joe Rice defied a mob which attacked the jail in Halifax, Va, where negro was confined who was charged with kill ing a white man.
 Five hundred men tried to break in after their demand that the door be opened was refused. An outer door of wood was battered to pieces but an inside door of steel resisted their efforts.
 Shots were fired through the jail windows, to which the intrepid sheriff paid no attention. In the meantime he telephoned to a neighboring town for help, 40 armed men were sent to his assistance and the mob quickly dispersed.
 Too often sheriffs are "overpow- cred" by mobs when a little determi- nation on their part would prevent a lynching. The kind of sheriff who tamely submits to mob and lets them wreak their vengeance on prisoner |
 brings the law into disrepute. Off, ficial cowardice is responsible for many outrages of this sort.
 The name of the Imperator has been changed to Berengaria in honor of Mrs. Richard, Occur de Llon," who was socially prominent during the middle ages and turned crusade to the Holy Land into honeymoon.
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 former caddy of MT. Wilson dis parages his skill as golf player Nevertheless we maintain that MT. Wilson is not totally lacking in ability HeSturns out fair limerick when the spirit moves him.
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 That two-hour Journey" the cabi- ret members made through foreign affairs was probably like most sight seeing tours and left them with a hay recollection of what they saw.
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 The man who drinks ''moonshine" bought in the open market may be Flirting with death. but as an editorial colleague remarks. What does he care after the Kick begins to. register?Y
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 statement from Washington says an effort will be made to lift some of the burdens of the honest liquor deal CTS" Marry, come up Many boot legger protests his honesty.
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 An authority on Mexican questions says Obregon won't last much longer. Still there is enough oil money com ing in to make office holding attrac. tive
 The Birmingham citizen who was observed strolling about several days ago wearing a Panama hat was defy ing both the calendar and the weather man.
 A reverend reformer says smoking will be prohibited in America That will be tough. on some other preach CTS we know.
 There is not much resemblance be- tween the joyous suburbanite in his garden and Millet's Man With the Hoe"
 The unanimity with which "column conductors" concede that c.B. L. T." was the best of the lot is creditabls
 
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 The world Is getting better. Amer.. can students at Oxford are no longer regarded as quaint geological speci- mems ~ The power of the press is so great that an enterprising police reporte- can create crime wave" in "A hours.
 Does Japan keep Yapr' asks the Chicago Tribune That's hard to Say. but Japan will probably keep yapping.
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 Better job at reduced wages than no job at all'' is slogan the honest working man should paste in his hat. The railroads are not making any money, but higher officials have no. yet given up their private cars Soviet Russia wants to trade with America. Beware of a bloody hand ex- tended in friendship.
 If MT. Hearst were appointed am Bassador to Rome, it might break Sam Gomners, heart