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The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-02-23
TRYING TO SETTLE vExATIOUS
 CASES OUT OF COURT

It is to be hoped that settlement of the con troversies involved in the Meridian rate case will follow the conference between traffic of icials and executives of the Southern railway, held in Washington. It would be preferable to evolve an amicable arrangement than to con tinue what has appeared to be an intermnable process before the interstate commerce com mission.
 The commission has decided the case half a dozen times. Each time application of the rates allowed under the decision has proved so unsatisfactory that postponement after post ponement and rehearing after rehearing have been granted. The commission has time and again decided that the rates from Meridian inso Alabama, within two hundred miles from that place, shall not be higher than the rates on the Southern and other roads named in the action are from point to point within the state inside of that zone.
 Equalization can be made either by bring ing the lower intrastate rates up to the Me ridian rates or lowering the Meridian rates .o the level of the Alabama rates.
 Traffic officials and officers of the public service commission, rather than ask an injunc- tion against enforcement of the interstate con- merce commissions latest decision and con- tinue the fight, seek amicable settlement that will preserve the Alabama intrastate rate fabric. They are following the suggestion of the president of the Louisville and Nashville railroad that every effort toward adjustment fore resorting to the courts.
 The attitude both of traffic officials and railroad executives is such that good results should follow the conference.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-02-23
POINTED PARAGRAPHS

From the Chicago News
 No popular writer is a genius to his stenog- rapher.
 People who know the least are apt to as- sume the most
 A great many men owe their success to the failure of others.
 If we count hundred when angry it may save us a thrashing.
 Men like to be laughed at for their wit, but not for their folly.
 This is the age of substitutes, but none has been discovered for honesty.
 If you heed the teachings of first afflic- tion you may avoid the second
 If men had the gift of second sight there would be fewer cases of love at first sight.
 No woman cares to play second fiddle; noth- ing less than the title of first assistant vio- linist will satisfy her.
 A matrimonial agency offers to supply any man with wife for $5. It costs less to get into trouble than it does to get out again.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-02-23
INTERESTED IN AUBURN

"on our trip to Auburn we hope to secure the real facts as to the existing conditions there first hand" stated Dr. E. B. Glenn, superin- tendent of city schools, who was member of the delegation which left the city Tuesday.
 ''You will notice that those making the trip are not all alumni of the Alabama Polytechnic institute. We are all going to see just what they have and just what they need. If those going were all Auburn men it might seem that the statements as to the condition there would be merely pulling for their alma mater, but with men going who have never been students there it balances the scales"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-02-23

The career of Hon. Jack Britton, seventeen years champion, is a good illustration of what a pugilist can accomplish if he divides his time strictly between his home and his profession.
 x x
 The national republican club says bonus leg islation spells suicide" The democrats don't care particularly what route is chosen, just so the republican party bumps itself off.
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 A poor relation of Max Oser, who lives in Chicago, hastened to the Mccormick mansion to pay his respects when he heard about Max's engagement. He didn't get in.
 x *
 We knew it was going to happen sooner or later. young burglar captured in Providence, R. l., had diploma from a San Francisco school of burglary.
 Mack Sennett says Edward F. Sands knows who killed William Desmond Taylor That being the case, detectives should continue to page MT. Sands.
 The 'booboisie' is new term much in favor with gentlemen who operate wire tapping schemes and give out sure tips on the stock market.
 Gypsy Smith says Americans will run after anybody who talks loud enough. Come to think of it, the "sawdust evangelsts" are pretty loud takers.
 The fact that the late George Washington used to swear blue streak on occasion won't lessen the esteem in which he is held by flivver owners
 
 Margot Asquith must be acting on the sup position that the more she criticises American women the more they'll flock to her lectures.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-02-23
LOVE AND TIME

By Thomas Moore. Yes, yes, when the bloom of Loves boyhood
 is o'er, He'll turn into friendship that feels no decay And, tho Time may take from him the wings
 he once wore, The charms that remain will be bright as
 before, And he'll lose but his young trick of flying,
 Away. Then let us console thee, if Love should not
 stay, That Friendship our last happy moments will
 crown; Like the shadows of morning, Love lessens
 away, While friendship, like those at the closing of
 day, Will finger and lengthen as lfe's sun goes
 down.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-02-23

To the Editor of The Age-Herald:
 This is my first trip to Birmingham and upon my arrival this morning from our Mem pkis store, one of the first things did was to buy an Age-Herald:
 Among the much valuable news found the letter signed by John Deshazo on Truthful Advertising"
 It has impressed me much, as on many oc- feeling as I sat at my desk in our New York headquarters, the many big sales carried by stores in Birmingham dailies telling in large black type the sensational offerings they made.
 As advertising manager of Trivers Clothes, with 27 stores in 26 cities, and the local branch at 1909 Second avenue, we have used The Age Herald as an advertising medium, and with good results, for years.
 Never once has our copy been rejected by this paper, for we, like The Age-Herald, are ex- ponents of truthful advertising and honest merchandise"
 Within the next day or two we will an nounce sale that will take the breath away from those who have advertised the impossible, and as MT. Deshazo says, been unable to pro- duce.
 It's sample of how we do it when we run a sale, and what is more, we invite this gentle man to call on us, and any others, too, who think we are not truthful, and we will "show them" Keep your eye on us, and any time you see a Trivers Clothes advertisement, be- lieve it to be the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth. That's one reason why in comparatively short time Trivers Clothes has grown from one store into national or ganization of 27 stores, and the largest maker
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-02-23
BRET HARTE's DAUGHTER INSANE

From the San Francisco Chronicle.
 From the heart of California's Mother Lode country, where "Mliss," Tennessee" and his partner, "The Luck of Roaring Camp,' and other Bret Harte characters were given a TO- mantle background, comes a response to the recent appeal in behalf of Jessamy Bret Harte Steele, daughter of the novelist, who has been found in an Ogdensburg, N. r., insane asylum.
 Press dispatches relating to the condition of with deep concern by the fifteen hundred residents of Angels Camp in Calaveras county. Following the suggestion that the Bohemian club of San Francisco join with the leading literary and art clubs of New Yorfk in raising a fund to assure the novelist's favorite daugh- Chamber of Commerce, through Harry R. Bar den, it's secretary, has telegraphed its desire to assist in the movement.
 From San Francisco admirer of Bret Harte's brilliant stories fcomes an interesting suggestion.
 If bronze tablet (the Bret Harte tablet at the Bohemian club arouses interest in the heart of an old admirer of Bret Hartes works" writes Miss E. R. McGill ''certainly the sad plight of his daughter should arouse the deep est sympathy and the keenest desire to better her sad environment
 "Why does not some genius of the great Bo- hemian club write scenario of Bret Harte's short stories and give the royalty to the main- tenance of this child of his heart?'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-02-23
UNDERWOOD AND THE CONFERENCE

From the Houston Post
 Criticism of Senator Underwood for indors- ing the work of the arms conference, in which he sat as one of the American commissioners, is making little impression upon the minds of the mass of democratic adherents. The par tisans are mistaken if they imagine for mo- ment that Senator Underwood has lost prestige in the party for his connection with the con ference.
 The senator from Alabama accepted service on the commission patriotic duty, and hay ing helped to formulate the policies which were agreed upon in the conference, it was the part of the man he is to courageously indorse the results. The fact that majority of the mem bers of the commission were republicans, and that republican President initiated the con- ference, has not affected Senator Underwood's conference. Why anyone should have expected the Alabama senator to play politics on mat ter of such importance, is not clear. There IS certainly nothing in his long public career,
 
 and by devotion to broad patriotic principles, to encourage any one to expect anything but the form of unprejudced service.
 The work of the arms conference is to be judged on its own merits and not by the politi- cal complexion of the men representing the United States. There is, naturally, differ ence of opinion as to the value of the achieve ments, but there is no reason why this division of opinion should be marked by party lines. Senator Underwood, having had a hand in shap- ing the treaties, may be more favorably dis posed to think the less of him for that or to doubt the enduring character of his party loyalty.
 Despite various forms of criticism against the conference, the feeling is rather general among the people that it has accomplished much for the relief of the taxpayers from mili- tary and naval expenditures and for the tran quty of the world It lacks much of measur- ing up to the goal set by President Wilson at
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-02-23
THE BIRMINGHAM AGE-HERALD,

legger of parts, Mike de Pike" whose last name is Heitler, has grown weary of police iu- terference. It was not that they tried to put him out of business--far from it They wanted too large share of the receipts. No great. moral awakening has taken place in his soul. He is simply disgusted
 As quoted in the Chicago News, Mike" says:
 This rambling s the bunk I got a good in eorne-Over $150ooo year. The police wanted my joint They have it It's the upkeep of
 dive like that that takes the jack. Thut place cost me 5000 at the start and $5o,ooo in four
 nontha. The police owned the place and I their Santa Claus.
 T didn't mind acting as a manager them, paying their salaries and giving them all the profits but got when they wouldn't let me
 be even manager. Things tough lately that you could find ten gamblers and forty police
 men in place day It enough to make anybody turn reformer. Disgusting call it.
 T about call up the chief one time and
 ask him to send the traffic squad to clean
 the place out and make for the regular
 toners. Capt, Lavin saved He stopped my losses by putting a paddock door"
 It is easy to understand just how Mike" feels about things in general and vice in par ticular. One can deal with reformers easily enough, but continuous fixing of police is wearisome to the soul and severe strain on the pOcketbook In the refined and presum- ably moral cloak and suit business, he will have nothing of that sort to put up with. The profits may be smaller, but the environment is better, and after some years Mike may lay claim to fair degree of responsibility, if his reforma- ton endures.
 While selling cloaks and suits "Mke" states that he will also write book an "upliftin' book, based on his experiences, mentioning no names. If he gets competent newspaper man to write it for him it will be worth reading. Among the many picturesque characters pro- duced by Chicago's underworld, probably none of them has seen more of the seamy side of life than "Mike de Pike"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-02-23
BETTER VOTING PLACES

Since women were given suffrage we have to select better places to vote" said M. E. Nor ris, chairman of the board of registers
 "We car no longer select box car an of fee in the railroad yards. This year we will have polling places at the central fire station, which will make fitting place. We will also have about four rooms at the courthouse where votes may be cast. Some of our polling places will profit by the order and decency demanded by women."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-02-23
AIRsHIPS TOO LARGE

"Dirigible airships are being built entirely too large, and the danger of explosion from hydrogen gas is too great said Edward Pettis.
 "The government is finding out this fact at a terrible expense of human life. The Roma mshap is only duplication of the fall of the ZR-2 at Hull, England. l am well acquainted with the surroundings of the army supply base near Norfolk and could go to the exact spot where the dirigible bumped into the high ten sion power lines'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-02-23
DIDN'T BUY

"Mr. Jobson, you have a rather heavy ex- pense account for your last trip" said the head of the firm.
 q found great deal of depression among business men, sir.'
 "Hum."
 "What could be more natural than for me to invite them out to dinner and take them to see girl shows?"
 q have no objection to your doing that if it gets results, but judging from your order book you left them still depressed"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-02-23
VALUABLE PAPER

''Throw up your hands," said the footpad. up they go," replied the bibulous pedes- trian. May ask favor?'
 "Be quick about it."
 'Take my watch and bank roll, but leave the recipe in my vest pocket. I haven't had a chance to try it yet"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-02-23
HE HUNG UP

'T understand you had some words with your landlord"
 T called him robber,7 said Mr. Gadspur. "And what did he say to that?"
 "Pll probably never know. The telephone i sa great convenience when you want to have the last word"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-02-23

Paris, but he would be narrow partisan, in- deed, who would not admit that long step in the right direction has been taken. The sen- ator by his course will retain the confidence of the majority of the people, irrespective of their party utilization.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-02-23
AN OLD STORY

AN OLD STORY Ebenzer Fowler was very thrifty soul, Carefully he put the pennies by; Shortly he accumulated quite a hefty roll, In savings bank he let it lie. Came smooth-tongued stranger with some bogus stock to sell, Ebenezer listened to his words; Better 'twould have been for him. the simple truth to tell, Had he thrown his money at the birds
 PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-02-23
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES
BRIEF FREEDOM

She hastened out to Reno town
 And got there short of breath; Tween gasps she told the court to give Her liberty or death. But when the judge struck off the bonds That caused her so much pain, She hastened to minister
 Who tied her up again.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-02-23
THE BOOK TRADE

Have you Vanity Fair'?"
 '1s it a new book?" asked the clerk, du- biously.
 Certainly not. Pm surprised at your ignor- ance."
 "wel, to tell you the truth" said the clerk, conidentially, tIm kept so busy handing out best sellers I haven't had time to familiarize myself with the titles of the books on the top shelves"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-02-23
LEADER OF UNDERWORLD TIRES
 OF PAYING POLICE

Mike de Pike has announced his reforma- ton and entry into the cloak and suit business. For years leader of Chicago's underworld, a notorious gambler and more recently boot
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-02-23
A DESIRE SUPPRESSED

The psycho-analysts tell us there is nothing worse than a suppressed desire," remarked Mir. Dubwaite.
 That probably explains the public indigna- tion in some parts of the country" said Mr. Bibbles.
 "Eh?"
 q was thinking of the eighteenth amen j. ment."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-02-23
SURPRISE ALL AROUND

9OENA NloL ALL AkOUND You are charged with speeding" "I guess I'm guilty, your honor" "Any excuse?" "Only ignorance" "Ignorance?" ''Yes, your honor. didn't think the old bus had in herr
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-02-23

to-wearer clothes organization in America. Yours very truly and respectfully,
 AL HARRIS, Advertising Manager Nathan Trivers & Bro February 21, 1922. SOFT Broadway New York City.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-02-23
FIFTY YEARS ENOUGH

From the Atlanta Constitution. It took Uncle Joe Cannon long time to get
 enough of Congress, but at last he weakened
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-02-23
TRUTH IN ADVERTISING

Birmingham, February 20, 1922.
The Ocala banner., 1922-03-24
NOTICE

In the Circuit Court of the Fifth Judi
cial Circuit of the State of Florida,
in and for Marion County-In Chan
Gerry.
Eugenia NJ. sommer. -et al Complain
ants, VS.. Alice E. Law ct al. De-
fendants-Suit to Quiet Title
Order for Constructive Service
1t is ordered that the defendants
herein named, to-wit: Harvey B. Dunn.
if living, and if dead, all parties claim
ing interests under Harvey B. Dunn,
deceased. or otherwise in the property
herein described; Henry G. Dunn, if
living. and if dead all parties claim
ing interests under Henry G. Dunn, de-
ceased, or otherwise. in the property
herein described; Mrs. Matte Dunn, if
living, and if dead, all parties claim
ing interests under Mrs. Matte Dunn,
deceased, or otherwise, in the property
herein described; j. A Barnes, if liv-
ing. and if dead, all parties claiming
interests under j. A. Barnes, deceased,
or otherwise. in the property herein
described George j. f. Clarke, if living,
and if dead all parties claiming in
terests under George j. F. Clarke, de-
ceased, or otherwise. in the property
herein described. and all parties claim
ing interests under George l. f. Clark
deceased. or otherwise, in the property
herein described. and all parties
claiming interests under Mrs. c. M.
Moore, deceased, or otherwise. in the
property herein described. to-wit:
Commencing $50 chains west of the
northeast corner of lot II of the sub
The Ocala banner., 1922-03-24
NOTICE OF SALE OF SCHOOL DIS
TRICT BONDS

Notice is hereby given that the
Board of Public Instruction for Ma
rion county. Florida, at the office of
the superintendent of Public Instruc-
tion of said county, at Ocala, will re-
ceive bids until three o'clock D. m.,
April Ala, 1922
for the purchase of one or more of
the ten one thousand dollar bonds to
be issued by the Reddick Special Tax
School District No. 6, Marion county,
Florida. said bonds bearing five per
cent interest. payable semi i-annually,
maturing as follows:
One bond due and payable July 1st
1924.
One bond due ana payable July 1st
One bond due mad payable July 1st
Three bonds due and payable July
1st. 1886.
Four bonds due and payable July
1st, 1910.
A deposit in the form of a certified
check, payable to the order of the
Board of Public instruction for Ma
rion county, Florida, in the sum of five
per cent. of the amount OF the bid,
must accompany each bid. The board
reserves the right to reject any and
all bids.
All communications should be ad-
dressed to H. G.. Shealy, Ocala, Fla
BY order of the Board of Public In
struction, Marion county. Fla, this
the Sth day of February 1922
"a st H. c. SHEALY Secyl
The Ocala banner., 1922-03-24
PETITION

To the Honorable Board of Public In
struction of Marion County, Fla:
We. the undersigned residents and
tax payers of Kendrick Special Tax
School District Number Thirty, and
residents and taxpayers of sections 49,
IA. Is, 6 and II, in township IA south,
range 23 east, petition your honorable
board to call an election for the pur-
pose of extending the boundaries of
Kendrick Special Tax School District
Number Thirty to include all of the
following described territory, to-wit:
Commencing at the northeast corner
OF section l3, township 4 south. range
% east, thence west to the northwest
corner of section II, township IA south,
range % east, thence south to the
ship IA south. range % east, thence
east to the southeast corner of section
Il, township IA south range % east,
thence south to the southwest corner
Of section "a, township IA south, range
20 east, thence east to the southeast
corner of section SO. township IA south.
tange % east, thence north to the
1rtheaSt corner of section 13, town
chip IA south, range % east, the point
sf beginning, in Marion ounty. Flor
ida
j. L. Spencer, G. CT. James, A. c. Ray
Geo. n. Shealy, c. T. Perry, E. F. Lyles,
r. B. Ward. A. z. Finley, B. c. Webb,
Dan Green, H. 1. Bostick, H. s. Hop
kins,. Will Haynes, Sam Tucker, Ben
Kinsler. W. X. Finley. Thad robinson,
Bent. D. Chisena, T. Garrison. j. W.
Ward. Frank Brown, Walter Johnson.
John Brown, J. E. Burnett, Fl. c.
Emryaeld, Tom Johnson, j. Z. John
son, S. d. Baldwin, oliver Robinson
The above petition will be presented.
to the Board of Public Instruction on
Tuesday, April 18th. 1922. 3-17-5t
The Ocala banner., 1922-03-24
NOTICE

In the Circuit Court of the Fifth Judi
cial Circuit of the State of Florida,
in and for Mraion County-In Chan
cery.
E. W. Lee, ct al. Complainants, VS..
Perry III. Nugent. ct al Defendants.
Suit to Quiet Title.
Order for Constructive Service
1t is ordered that the defendants
herein named. to-wit: Emma NJ Spoon
er. if living, and if dead. all parties
claiming interests under Emma NJ.
Spooner. deceased, or otherwise. claim
ing an interest in and to the follow
ing described lands situated in Marion
county. Florida. to-wit:
Southeast quarter of section 10. town
ship II, south. range "a. east, except
So rods east and west by 140 rods
north and south in the northwest cor
ner thereof
And all parties claiming interests
in the property above described in
volved in this suit whose name or
names are unknown to the complain
ants. are and each of them is hereby
required to appear to the bill of COM
plant heretofore filed in this cause on
Monday, May list. a. d., 1922,
the same being a Rule Day.
1t is further ordered that a copy of
this order be published once a week
for eight consecutive weeks in the
Ocala Banner. newspaper published
in said county and state.
Witness my hand and the seal of
said court at Ocala, Marion county,
Florida, this 1st day of March, A. D.,
1922.
(Seal> T d LANCASTER, JR.,
Clerk Circuit Court, Marion Co. Fla
BY r. X Bats, D. c.
d. MEL FERGUSON,
Complainants Solicitor. 3 Ct
The Ocala banner., 1922-03-24
NOTICE OF SALE OF SCHOOL BOND.

Notice is hereby given that until 2
O'Clock p. m. on the
18th day of April, 1922
at the office of the Board of Public In
struction of Marion county. Florida. in
the Marion county court house in
Ocala, Florida. said board will receive
sealed bids for the purchase of one or
more of Ten Thousand Dollars
&1OO00,00) of bonds of Anthony Spe-
cial Tax School District No. 35 of Ma
rion county, Florida, bearing seven Cd
per cent. interest from their date IN
terest payable semi-annually. all of
said bonds being dated January 1st
1922. of which bonds Five Thousand
Dollars thereof mature ten years from
their date and Five Thousand Dollars
thereof mature twenty years from their
date, both principal and interest OF
the county depository of Marion coun-
ty, Florida, or wherever the Board OF
Public instruction of Marion county
Florida, may designate at the time of
the issuance of said bonds.
Said bonds have been validated by
decree of the Circuit Court of Marion
county: Florida. and the successful bid
der will be furnished with the opinion
of Chester b. MaSSlich. of New York
City, approving their validity.
A certified check payable to the order
of the Board of Public Instruction for
in the amount of one per cent of the
amount bid must accompany each bid
as a guaranty that the bidder will com
ply with the terms thereof. The board
reserves the right to reject any and all
bids.
March 18th, 1922. II. c.. SHEALY.
Secretary of Said Board and Superin-
tendent of Public Instruction for
Said County. 3-17-5t