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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-10-25
BANK CLEARINGS CONTINUE
MAKING NEW RECORDS

Bank clearings cleaey show the financial
condition of the district to have become better
and better as the year advanced New daily,
weekly and monthly records are far ahead the
high marks of 1920.
In September Birmingham bank clearings
first began showing $5,0oO,0oo days. This
month they have shown $6,ooo,ooO day, and
last week there was day when clearings ran
to ST 800, 900. Clearings for the week ending
October 10 were Alb per cent greater than
those of the same week in 1921, and the pre-
vious October week ran 10 per cent ahead
For the first time in the history Of the
clearing house the September clearings reached
the 500, O0O, 900 mark and passed it by $4,000
900. This months clearings are headed to
s125, 100000. Birmingham's first billion-dollar
clearing house year is assured.
There is plenty of money in the south this
fall and Birmingham is receiving its full share.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-10-25
LETTERS TO EDITOR
OIL IN PELL CITY WELL
r of The Age-H erald:

To the Editor of The Age-Herald:
About the middle of September it was dis
covered that the water in the well furnishing
water for the school was polluted with oil; the
we'll was cleaned out and washed with lime
water after which the water flowed back
with more oil, and would burn freely, and by
dropping lighted paper in the well the gas
would explode several feet in the air above
the well.
On October 9 the mayor started an investi-
cation thinking that it possible leakage
from gasoline tank, which was 121 feet away.
On the following morning specimen of the oil
was taken from the we'll and sent to the state
peologist. and as a result DR.. Adams was sent
out. who suggested that the well be recleaned
and guarded, which was DONE In cleaning
the well we got at least one-half barrel Of
crude oil. and on the morning of the 21sr,
about 10 a. M. we reopened the well with
a result that there was more oil in proportion
to the time than was found before, and from
the analysis made by reputable laboratory it
shows 95 per cent paraffin, distillation loss LIZ,
color of residue dark amber, being high
grade oil The well is located upon properly
owned by the town.
Signed: Frank B. Embry; C. r. Fay Vice
President Union State Bank; D. W. Waite, Pres
ident Pcl City Bank and Trust Co.; DR.. J. o.
Gray, Mayor; Rev. R. H. Long; Boyd D.
Gather Postmaster.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-10-25
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
AND ELSEW HERE
OBJECTS OF AIR BODY

s'The object of the National Aeronautic as
ISOLATION is to awaken and educate the public
mind to the possibilities of aviation, both as
a vital means of national defense and as
transportation factor in the commercial de-
veopment of the country" said L. Sewer,
president of the Alabama Manufacturers asso-
citation. Mr.. Sewer has been elected vice
president and governor of the fourth district,
comprising the states of Alabama, Georgia,
Florida and Mississippi.
"Other Objects said Mr.. Sewer, "are as fol-
lows;
"To awaken and educate the public mind
to the possibilities of aviation, both as a
vital means of national defense and q
transportation factor in the commercial de-
yelopment of our country.
sTo supply an impartial medium through
which the thought of all sections of the country
may be collected, collated and harmonized into
a national expression of opinion.
"To encourage and promote the study and
advancement of the science of aviation and to
maintain an institution which will collect and
disseminate general and technical data for the
development and protection of the industry.
TO sanction and actively supervise under
license of the Federation Aeronautique Inter
rationale all contests, trials, competitions and
other events involving aerial craft or appa-
ratus, and to approve all records in connec-
ton herewith
cts work will be in cooperation in every
way with that department having in charge,
for the army and navy, this particular branch
of those departments; especially that of the
national guards of the different states having
such departments, they being composed of the
young men of such states of the highest stand
ards, the majority of whom served in the late
war"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-10-25
PUTTING 1T ON THE "sATYRIcoN'

From the st. Louis Post-Dspatch.
The Satyricon of Petronius is not strictly
speaking, goat; nevertheless, it can be and, in
fact, is being made to serve one. In fine,
the Satyricon is the thing which, in place of
the war, we may now proceed to blame for all
the prevailing ills of society Therefore, let
us be thankful for the Satyricon. A good alibi
is hard to find Which brings US to the debt of
gratitude that we all owe to John S. Sumner
of the New York Vice society, the man who dis
covered that American morals and ethics are
being corrupted by the publication and circu-
lation of this 2,000-year-od classic.
New York may be nervous and dubious about
the benefit it has derived from Summers GEN.
soring activities. 1t may be fact that Sumner
has more zeal than discretion; that his moral
jealousy outruns his artistic insight It may
even be true that, as concerns works of litera-
ture, he has no more gumption than a wood
chuck But he is the man who supplied the
alibi. We cannot forget that.
1t is comforting to have such an apologist
and such an apology. If the memoirs Of Ro-
man voluptusry can be blamed in 1922 for the
prevalence Of short skirts, housekeeping, re-
pudiation of debts, cheek-to-cheek dancing,
Newberryism, bobbed hair, currency initiation,
speeding, fake stock promotion and AL the cur
rent blasphemies and deviltries Of the time,
then we are relieved at once Of the blame and
of the obligation to mend our own ways. Thus,
even the Summers have their uses, and the
Satyricon becomes the goat
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-10-25
MY FAVORITE STORIES
BY THE TIME CARD

Indianapolis fairly radiates interurban car
lines. From Indianas capital city, in all direc-
tons, electric railroads carry Hoosiers to and
from isolated farms and towns. The conduc-
tors and motormen of these lines mainly are
products of the farms and graduate to these
jobs. Everybody along the line knows them by
their first names; their passengers very often
kinfolk. To win job and uniform the
nterurban is no mean accomplishment.
The limited" for Lafayette had cleared the
suburbs of the city and was running fancy
free through the corn fields of Boone county
The conductor was busy collecting fares, but
for once in his life he had little to say and that
little was said with chin raised and lips but
partly opened.
why don't We spit JESSE" asked one Of his
farm-boy acquaintance, who himself had had
similar experiences with sweetcned tobacco.
Jess leveled his face and explained in eau
tious words:
Il ort to have spit at louisville, but some
wimmin gettin' on jimmed my chances and now
I've got to wait till we git to Lebanon"
Copyright 1922. by The Mcknight Syndicate Inc)
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-10-25
POINTED PARAGRAPHS

From the Chicago News.
Well-bred persons never boast about it.
Hard cash is also so called because it IS
hard to get.
sensible woman seldom wastes her time OIL
a handsome man.
Let the sluggard attend a picnic and the
ant will surely come to him.
A woman will forgive man anything except
a refusal to ask forgiveness.
Love may make the world go round, but
money lubricates the machinery.
Character is the inside decoration of man
reputation is the whitewash on the outside.
Nervous prostration has a pretty hard JOB
when it tackles a man whose wife supports the
family.
The fair sex should remember that food and
flattery are combination calculated to open
the average masculine heart.
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money, they are not much more useful to the
soviet government just now than the same
number Of turnips would be, since they can'r
be SOLD.
Although the soviet government, which did
not hesitate to strip churches of their treas
ures, would have no computations against dis
posing of the collection for what it would
bring, either as a whole or in part, no bids
have been offered Europe is in no position
to buy jewels. The only nation in the world
able to buy the ornaments Of royalty is Amer
lea, and America is not in the market for
Romanoff property.
The jewels may be advertised and knocked
down to the highest bidder, or some of them
may be sent to Warsaw as part payment to
Poland under the terms of the Sovet-Polish
treaty, according to a statement made to
Colonel Haskell of the American relief organ
ization by Leo Kameneff.
In their efforts to rid Russia of the last
traces of the Car, the soviet authorities have
been baked by one of the greatest examples
Nof royal folly, the accumulation of precious
stones and ornaments to compete with some
other crowned head in spending the peoples
money.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-10-25
CLAIRE DUx AN ARTIST

at is a question if there is more charming
soprano before the public today than Claire
Dux," said Ferdinand Dunkley, director of music
at the Church of the Advent. "1t was my pleas
ure to hear Miss Dux in concert six mouths
ago. and yet she has grown in her art wonder
fully during that short period. Her concert in
this city was, in my opinion, decided success,
and feel that it was most enjoyable for all
lovers of music. From my point of view, Miss
Dux is an artist in the complete sense of the
word.'
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-10-25
PAUL COOK.
THE OLD SONG

Ton the Embankment in Stormy Weather..
G. X. Chesterton, in the English Review.
A livid sky on London
And like iron steeds that rear,
A shock of engines halted,
And / knew the end was near;
And something said that far away, over the
hills and far away,
There came a crawling thunder and theend Of
all things here.
For London Bridge is broken down, broken
down, bro'-i down.
As digging lets the daylight on the sunken
streets of yore,
The lightning looked on London town, the
broken fridge of London town,
The ending of a broken road whers men shall
go no more.
| saw great Bobbett riding,
The horseman of the shires;
And his face was red with judgment
And light of Luddite fires;
And south to Sussex and the sea the lights
leapt up for liberty,
The trumpet of the yeomanry, the hammer of
the squires;
For bars of iron rust away, rust away, rust
away,
riding in,
Crying that all men at the last, and at the
worst and at the last,
Have found the place where England ends and
England can begin.
His horse hoofs go before you,
Far beyond your bursting tyres;
And time is bridged behind him
And our sons are with our sires.
A trailing meteor on the Downs he rides above
the rotting towns,
The Horsemen of Apocalypse, the Rider of the
Shires.
For London Bridge is broken down, broken
down, broken down;
Blow the horn of Huntingdon from Scotland
to the sea-
Only flash of thunder light, flying
dream of thunder light,
Had shown under the shattered sky people
that were free.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-10-25
THE OLDEST ENGLISH INN
From the Landmark.

From the LandmFrK'
A number of letters have been appearing in
the press in answer to the question of which is
the oldest inn in Great Britain. The King and
Tinker" at Enfield claims to be 1000 years
old, while the "Cat and Fiddle" at Hinton, in
theNew Forest, can surpass it by 100 years
The delightful little Fighting Cocks" oc-
tagonal in shape, at St. Adams, less than 20
miles from London, is supposed to have been
built by the worthy monks in the ninth cen
fury as boat house; while another claimant is
the Star inn, Alfriston, Sussex, some 900 years
old. Alongside these the Lad in the Lane"
Erdington, Birmingham, established in 1906,
seems comparative upstart
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-10-25
IN FoRTY-FIvE YEARS

"Forty-five years is long time between the
meetingssof friends" said Capt. F. L. Demere
at is especially remarkable when it is borne
in mind that the two friends of whom I speak,
separated in boyhood days in Savannah that
long ago. To my story:
During the bishropic conservation here at
the Church of the Advent | attended some of
the exercises. At one Of them | came face
to face with man who glanced at me and /
at him in some sort of subconscious knowledge
of one another, but neither seemed for mo-
ment to realize ever having met the other
before Then spontaneously shook the hand
of Rev. Freeland and he shook mine as we
called one anothers names.
eve had not seen one another since left
Savannah 45 years ago. l was fearfully young
at that time, you know"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-10-25
HEROIsM BY PROXY

who is the man making meal of milk and
crackers?"
That's Scribson, the author. He writes red
blooded fiction. Seems queer, doesn't it?'
"Oh, don't know. Life is full of paradoxes.
The fellow who yes the loudest at prize
fight and makes the most sanguinary remarks
is often some anaemic little whippersnapper
who couldn't lick sparrow
PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-10-25
THE UNDEMoNsTRATIvE MASSES

what has become Of the old-fashioned speak,
er who used to indulge in a flight of orarory
and then take drink of water while his audi
ence cheered itself hoarse?"
The public is not as susceptible to oratory as
it used to be. Nowadays, in the case of most
orators, the only way to avoid an embarrassing
pause, is to keep on talking until they get
through
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-10-25
MINUS THE SPORTING INSTINCT

GLOW much is this stock?"
Thirty cents share. In so days I'll guar
antee it to go to $1.50 share
.If you will also give written contract
to find purchaser at that price when the so
days are up, I'll take block"
"Ah, sir. I've misjudged sou. / see now
that you are not the type of man who'll play
the game"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-10-25
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES
PHILosoPHIc TRAINING

shine of your climate for a number of years,
what makes him think he's philosopher"
'sThe fact that he sits around in the sun
shine and lets the world go by If he didn't
have great deal of philosophy in his makeup
he couldn't do it, ~
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-10-25
STARTING THE DAY WRONG

Light of heart
And not cast down,
Twobble drove
His-car to town.
Thoughtlessly
A traffic law
Broke and then
His error saw.
Though once more
Upon his way,
What the cop
Said spoiled his day.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-10-25
MAY TRY LATER

From the Philadelphia Star
Mustapha Renal Pasha has ordered 20 lashes
on the bare back for violations of the Turkish
bone-dry law, which is something Mr.. VOL
stead apparently overlooked.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-10-25
BOLSHEVIKI WANT TO SELL
THE CARS JEWELS

The crown jewels of Gear Nicholas are prov
ing to be an elephant on the hands of Russian
soviet authorities. Worth an immense sum Of
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-10-25
A MORNING PRAYER

Grant me, Lord, to travel this day IN
faithfulness rather than to sit by the road
side and dream of the journeys end.
Amen.-M. S. B.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-10-25
cAMoUFL.AGE

"Do you care for table tennis?'
Whats that"
Ping pong"
'No, but if liked the game I'd have spunk
enough to call it ping pong
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-10-25
SAD TIDINGs

What is the classic dancer interpreting
now"
MIXED emotions
s'Eh?"
*She has just been informed by her manager
that the house tonight won't pay expenses"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-10-25
THE LITTLE OLD HOUSE

| know little old house,
A meek and not bold house,
That faces on lane;
There's very little wealth there,
But happiness and health there
Are more than worldly gain.
In spring the roses bloom there
And in quiet room there
Are smiling faces seen;
For love dwells and content there
And those whose lives are spent there
Are tranquil and serene.
God bless the little old house,
A meek and not bold house,
That nestles by lane;
And keep the lights aglow there,
Although I'll never go there,
Nor see its door again.
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Depraved, or depraves? who dies, that bears
Not one spurn to their graves of their friends
gift? --Timon of Athens.
Evening journal., 1922-02-24

seen in Vonderhorst lane as Glare
left home.
Kiwanis Club offers 500 reward
for arrest and conviction OF muir
derer.
A man In the neighborhood told
the family living in the keepers
house in the Baltimore Hebrew
Cemetery that certain man in the
neighborhood, who owned an auto
truck, had once persuaded a little
girl relative Of his TO get in his ma
chine. The child in this case be-
came frightened and broke away
The man who told the story said
that this was not the first child with
whom this same man had made such
an attempt The man has not been
found. but search is being made for
him.
Lucius A. Harding. Il years old
was ARRESTED this morning near
Goucher College. charged with act
ing improperly toward girls. The
police are inclined TO think that ne
had nothing 10 do with the killing
OF Clare Stone.
Evening journal., 1922-02-24
THE EVENING JOURNAL, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY "a, 1922

had told him about It. or all times
he did not want 20 sec Violet
Polly gllmpsed her at the same
moment and murmured. "Oh. Paul.
can't just can't" But Il was
too late to back out OF the place.
II Violet saw them enter, she
gave no sign. But when she and
Barray had finished. they stopped
with effuslvo greetings at the Daw-
sons table. Despite herself. Polly
glowcd at Barray's cordially. What
ever, he may not have been. he GER
tainly was man OF charm-who
understood women.
"Congratu Violet was
saying to Paul. Polly saw triumph
in her bright smile. Pm so glad
you got that contract-on Rigaud's
account as much as yours. Heaven
knows they need some modern stuff
q this darling old country Isn't
so. George few decent fur
Evening journal., 1922-02-24
GIRLS SLAYER
MAY Be FOUND
Police of Baltimore Conf
dent of Capture of Heart
less Monster
THINKS MURDERER
KNEW HIS VICTIM

BALTIMORE. Feb. 24-The police
have been unable to find only slight
clews to the murder Of Clara stone
the s-year-old schoolgirl. whose body
was found In Duncan's Woods on
Wednesday Evidently u e child
had been beaten. though not at
tackled, before she was shot in the
head. Police Commissioner CATH
er. who has taken personal charge
of the case believes the murder TO
have been the work of a degenerate.
He does not think that Gypsies, first
thought by the police to be respon-
sible for the girls disappearance.
had anything to do with the crime.
"The man who killed the child
said Commissioner Gather was
known to her. She was kidnapped
by him for his fendish purpose.
Then. knowing that she would tell
her paronts as to what had hap
pened. he killed her to hide his
Identity. From the facts furnished
me by the police working on the
case. the assailant. I am led TO be-
lleve. was a white man.
"The killing was not done In the
woods where the body was found.
owing to the fact that no mud was
found on her shoes The detectives
say they have established that the
child was frst murdered and then
carried by someone on foot or in an
automobile TO the woods. am
confident that from the clews now
In the hands OF the police the muir
derer will be in custody within the
next "a hours.
What IS believed to be the first
definite clew In the murder was
found today. Daniel NJ. Wagner. a
3 & o. fireman. says he saw a child
answering the description OF the
murdered sirl walking with a man
Tuesday morning not far from where
the body was found. Wagner IS an
unusually intelligent man and tells
a straightforward story. The police
attach much importance TO his re-
port.
other developments OF the day
were:
Two men. arrested. described as
"odd characters"
Detectives trace victims move
ments no further than Vonderhorst
lane. near her home.
Automobile with drawn curtains
Evening journal., 1922-02-24

"Pape's Diapepsin" really does"
put bad stomachs in really
does overcome Indigestion. dyspep-
sia. gas. heartburn and sourness in
five that-just that-makes
Pape's Diapepsin In tho largest SELL
Ing stomach regulator IN the world
II what you eat ferments into stub
born Jumps. you belch gas and eruc-
tate sour. undlgested food and acid;
head Is dizzy and aches. remember
The moment 'Pape's Diapepsin"
Evening journal., 1922-02-24

She squeezed his arm and they
trudged along, happy except for
tho vague preoccupation Polly
sensed on Pauls part and her puz-
element over the contract from
Rigaud. There was something about
Il Paul hadn't told her. on.
We'll she wouldn"t spoil their wall,
with questionings.
They window-shoppod as usual.
folly forever dragging Paul back 10
look az beaded bags or brocadod
purses. or jewelers. disnlav witch
gorgeous necklaces OF jade and
carven ivory.
And look. dear. those lovely
gloves-only 25 francs-two dollars.
! shall chase right over tomorrow
and get 'emi"
From the Guai Voltaire they fol
lowed the narrow Rue Bonaparte
till they came 20 the Duncan dem
"a primitive establishment for rug
weaving, cloth dyeing and poetry
making. Polly pressed her noso
against the broad windows 10 watch
the family az the looms. garbed in
Grecian draperies. with sandalod
bare feet and hair flowing.
But ought we cape in at them
this way2"
sure. That's what they want.
They want to educate tho stupid
world back 10 the simple classic
life-and TO buy their books and
wares. Some folks take 'em serious
ly, as they take themselves. But I
feel sorry for the poor kids I'm win
ter time. in only those few rags and
mo stockings Come on. Poll"
The restaurant was cozv and
bright. Il was not until Paul
caught sight OF Violet Rand and
George Barray in distant corner
that he remembered Il was she who
Evening journal., 1922-02-24

81 am so changed since taking
Plant Juice that ono would hardly
believe am the same woman. q"
Mrs Wells said. 81 was so weak
and rundown that my lips had be-
come the color OF chalk ] was
very rvous and the least noise
star ed me. couldn't sleep sound
lv. was so constipated that my
entire system seemed to be clogged
up. I was fun OF rheumatic aches
and pains. NY liver and kidneys
did not work right My blood was
out Of order and my circulation was
very poor so that I always felt cold
"I think tried everything under
the sun. but nothing brought me
any real benefit until 7 started tax
ing Plant Juice. The first few
doses OF Plant Juice made a wonder
ful change in me and continued
to improve until now, I can honestly
say and want 10 do so for the benefit
OF others who suffer, that haven't
an ache or pain about me. sleep
fine at night. never suffer from con-
stipation and have no more trouble
AIWNNN INNtMNNNhAANNNH 4 AAtANN ~ rIAtn=
did appetite. my circulation is good
now and n fine. healthy color has
come into my face.
81 really do not think that any OF
the testimonials about Plant Juice
give this medicine its real dues. I'm
my own case, I know Il would 90
impossible for me 70 tell fully the
great good this medicine did mo.
but am ready 10 swear before any
Judge OF court, II necessary, that
what I have been able TO ~. IN
words in this statement is tho whole
truth"
Plant Juice is sold IN Wilmington
at the Miller drug store. 4O4-40C
Market street; in New Castle by T.
Challenger and Son; in Newport by
c. B. White; in Newark by W. f.
Brown.-Adv.