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Smyrna times., 1922-12-06

to Dover, except thru town of Smyr-
ma.
Glasgow New concrete road.
Construction in progress. Drive care
fully.
Dover, Frederick, Milford, George
town, Selbyville, Berlin, Ocean City.
Concrete boulevard, no detours.
Georgetown-Laurel. New concrete
road. No detours. Avoid shoulders.
Rehoboth and Lewes. Concrete
road, Georgetown to Harbeson. No
detours.
Georgetown-Br Bridgeville. Work in
progress. Follow local detour signs,
Georgetown to Coverdale's Cross
Roads. Concrete road Coverdale's
Cross Roads to BridgeWlle.
Dover to FELTON,, Canterbury, Har-
ringon, Pennington, Gre enwood d.,
Bridgeville, Seaford, Laurel, Delmar
and Salisbury.
Dover Camden-Wyoming Work in
progress. Detour via Rising
Sun Road, follow detour signs at
Moore Mill road and Odd Fellows
Cemetery.
Dover-Canterbury-F FELTON, Harring-
ton-Seaford. Follow dupont Boule-
ward to detour sign below Moore's
Mill Pond thence by earth road one
and a half miles to Odd Fellows Gem
etery Camden. Turn left at Camden
corner. New concrete road Comden to
Canterbury.
Camden, Canterbury, FELTON,, Har-
rington, Greenwood, Bridgeville, Sea-
ford. New concrete road. No de-
tours.
Thru Laurel. Work in progress.
No detours.
Laurel-Delmar. Concrete road. No
detours.
FELTON, Frederick. New concrete
road. No detours.
Smyrna times., 1922-12-06
STRANGE Mistake,

Give me the right word and the
right accent and will move the world
What dream for a writer! Be
cause written words have their ac-
cent. too Yes. Let me only find the
right word. Surely it must be lying
somewhere among the wreckage Of
all the plants and all the Civilizations
poured out aloud since the first day
when hope, the undying. came down to
earth. 1t may be there, close by, dis
regarded. invisible, quite at hand. But
it's no good. | believe there are men
who can lay hold of IA needle in a pot
tie of hay at the first try. For myself,
| have never had such mck.-JOseph
Conrad.
Smyrna times., 1922-12-06
Eoraet That "Hate ToH Idea.

Are you one of the Il hate to" fam
ily? How often one hears people use
that phrase. If you are guilty of using
it. try to break yourself of the habit
1t doesn't reflect strong, healthy.
vigorous mental attitude. 1t suggests
pettiness. Querulousness. lack of the
Il will" spirit. The way to conquer
a disposition to "hate" so many is to
cultivate a cheerful. resOlute. benefi-
cent frame of mind. If you fill your
heart with love of your fellow mOrtals
and are possessed of a consuming de-
sire to he of service in the world, you
will have little room left in you for
hating" this. that or the other thing
or person. The fOrceful person, ami
mated by the right motives. starts
more sentences with the words "I like
10" than with 81 hate to-" Get this
thought into your mind If you are
constantly hating" the cause lies
within yourself-FOrbes Magazine.
Smyrna times., 1922-12-06
TIE Size of the Bill.

Il thought you told me it was to be
minor Operation?"
$50 1t was, my dear sir"
But l could have had major op-
GRAFTON for the sum you've charged
NE"
Smyrna times., 1922-12-06
Shortage Of
COAL

In Smyrna is due to the fact that we
have been trying to secure a sufficient
supply from the large coal companies
that we could furnish at $14.5O, but
we find this is impossible to do, so we
will have to go on the market and
purchase what is known as indepen-
dent coal and this coal is much higher
in price, and this will make the retail
price of coal much higher We will
put forth every effort to secure coal
for Smyrna.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-04-28
COMMISSION FILES PROTEST AGAINST GROUPING ROADS
Public Service Body Claims Injustice Is Done Port of Mobile by Arrangement
 of Railroads

Montgomery, April 27.-(speclaf) Protest against the grouping of the Mobile and Ohio railroad with the southern railway system and the grouping of the Seaboard Air Line with the Illinois Central system was voiced by the public service com mission in a formal letter to the Interstate commerce commission to- day. The commission insists that such grouping, as proposed would not care for the interests of port of Mo- bile and the interests of other cities of Alabama.
 The commission in the letter which was signed by Hugh White. secre- tary. at the direction of all members pointed out that the Southern rail- way system is interested in the di- version of traffic to New Orleans while the Mobile and Ohio Is inter ested in fostering export, import and local traffic at the port of Mobile.
 Such grouping is highly detri- mental to the port of Mobile and fa- vorable to the port of New Orleans that has no logical reason for mak- ing the Mobile and Ohio tributary to the latter port" said the protest. The commission recommended that if the grouping plan is carried out the Mo bile and Ohio be grouped with some system which has no port terminus such as the Burlington or Frisco.
 The commission opposed the group ing of the Seaboard with the Illinois Central on the ground that the Illi- nois Central has a trunk line to New Orleans from Chicago with a branch into Birmingham and with other lines which give a shorter and more favorable outlet to the Atlantic at Savannah.
 .It is common knowledge that the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-04-28

This Is a storyAwhich does not properly belong in the list of Sue cessful Women in Business in Bir- ming ngham"-altogethe just sort of half way belongs there; because there is so much of idealism back of it, so much of the exqulsltely fantastic dreamers of dreams, that mere money seems out of place in its "Dramatis Personnae" yet money has been made out of 1t by the lovely woman, Mrs. Lucy J. Wideman-whose Rose Garden" out in West End is one of the most beautiful spots in all of Birmingham.
 Mrs. Wideman-herself tall and stately as a lily-yet with the color- ful note of the American Beauty Rose"-is the heroine of "A Garden of Roses" which my story has to do with-her Pink Radinals" Towering here and there-all over every spot and corner of the tiny little back yard" of her home, which she has con- verted into roses springing up "Alad- din-lamp" like over night at her magic beck and call.
 "Radinal" permeates the atmos- phere of this Rose Garden of Mrs. Widemans; it permeates the house, the furniture, the soil. the very life that is breathed in the modest little home which sits directly across the street from the big Catholic convent out in West End-where, IS Mrs. Wideman prettily puts 1t, she can sit in her living room window and
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-04-28

1 my flowers; soon people wanted them to send to sick -ins, i, who never see the beauties of nature and I began to give the lovely pink Radinals' away by the dozen. Then requests began to come for 'cuttings; {; I'd also give those away, but some how few people seemed to have any success with them, and then one day somebody asked me why l didn't sell my beautiful roses and cuttings.
 That was the beginning of the commercial end of it; sold my roses at the small sum of s2 a dozen and the demand for them became so great that I could scarcely supply it and I planted other pink Radinals' and soon they blossomed and bloomed in profusion.
 The first season I cleared $100 on my half dozen pink Radinal rose bushes. Now I have a dozen rose bushes and I openeed an account just a short time ago at the Traders National bank and made up my mind to deposit every cent from my roses in a savings account there. Before I knew it I had $50 and the season is really not yet open.
 My pink Radinals' are blooming beautifully, and by the middle of May they will be wonderful. I have only the dozen rose bushes-yes, all pink Radinals': I couldn't work with any other rose; at least I don't think I could, because I love the pink Rad inal' so much and feel so grateful to 1t for what it has meant to me both as flower and as commercial proposition. It blooms steadily from early springtime until the chill frosts of November
 There is a stray white rose which has crept into my rose garden and I have welcomed 1t, but only as a guest; it really isn't one of my fam fly, for only the pink Radinals' an swer to that name.
 "The business I have started is entirely new, in this way; it is not florists business in the strict sense of the word, but just flower business which stands ready to fur nish beautiful pink Radinal' roses for the sick; for the 'shut-in.' for those who love flowers for a sentimental reason.
 And for my own diversion; my own happiness--for I couldn't live without flowers; I was raised as we say in the south, that way among the beautiful things of life. in an old fashioned town in an old fash toned rose garden"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-04-28

Isee the priest as he kneeIs before the altar across the way"
 Pink RadinaIs
 T dream and think Pink RadinaIs' every moment of my life," Mrs. Wide man told me yesterday as she handed me great arm full of the most gorgeously beautiful blossoms that 1 have ever seen-toning from the most delicate pink of the outer petals, gradually into the deepest hues in The Heart of the Rose" And it all came about in such an odd way"
 '1 may as well tell you that I have never had any head for busi- ness; I have been too much of g dreamer: too much of an. idealist but recently, my Pink Radinals' seemed themselves to sehse their own value-and clamor for this value to be paid in money; real money; and so l have converted these beautiful l blossoms into money which I will tell you about after I have told you some of the preliminaries."
 q came to Birmingham from Tus- caloosa-where the massive oaks and the stately elms, the gorgeous rose gardens and the old-fashloned honey suokle. ran riot over every lawn and yard in that quaint old city. incit- ing Alabama's Poet Laureate sam uel Mnturn Peck to write some of his most beautiful verses. I had al- ways loved the Wilcox lines-not Ella Wheeler Wilcox, but Louise Coll Her Wilcox-and so when I came to Birmingham-I dropped down into a short of wilderness, I might say; l began to miss my flowers-and wanted them; felt that 1 must have them and the way I started by Rose Garden came about in most peculiar way.
 My husband and were at Elm wood cemetery one afternoon and on certain lot we saw a gorgeous rose bush=Pink Radinals; we wondered now we could get a cutting of the roses; we couldn't ask for them be- cause we did not know Mrs. D. M. Drennen, on whose lot the rose bush grew But we visited the lot time and time again and finally when the season came for trimming the rose bush-and hundreds of little tendrils and cuttings were clipped off and thrown into the trash baskets-we asked for these-and they were given to us.
 Now F1attering Business
 We took the little cast off cut tings' home and planted them. Soon the neighbors began to talk about
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-04-28

Akin, appeal from Geneva circuit court; affirmed.
 T. J. Simmons vs. J. E. Henderson, ct al. appeal from Coffee circuit court (Eq.); reversed, rendered and remanded,
 J. H. Collier. et al. vs. J T. Smith, ct al, appeal from Fillmore circuit court; reversed and remanded.
 W. c. Robinson vs. Harrison N. Smith, appeal from Chiffon circuit court; reversed and remanded.
 Brotherhood of Painters, Deeora- tors and Paperhangers of America vs. Annie L. Trimm, appeal from Jef- ferson circuit court; reversed and re- manded.
 Whistle Bottling company vs. E. A. Searson, appeal from Jefferson cir cult court; affirmed.
 Lee c. Bradley, receiver, etc, ys. Will Walker, appeal from Jefferson circuit court; reversed and remanded.
 George Plylar vs. B. c. Jones, ap- peal from Walker circuit court; af- firmed.
 2. D. McCord vs. J. U Bridges. ct al, appeal from Talladega circuit court; affirmed.
 Ex parte Dewey Laminack Nami- mack vs. state); petition for certio- rari to court of appeals; write denied.
 Southern Railway company vs. James ]. Harris, appeal from Nor gan circuit court; reversed and rem dered in part and affirmed in part.
 E. H. Childers. ct al. vs. A. H. Holmes, appeal from Morgan circuit court; reversed and remanded.
 Rulings on applications for rehear- ing:
 Ex parte Frank J. Levene (Levene vs. state), petition for certiorari to court of appeals; application for re- hearing overruled.
 j. D. Roy vs. Adolph Abraham. ct al. appeal from Montgomery circuit court (Eq0 overruied.
 T. J. Gray vs. w. c, Ozier, appeal from Montgomery circiut court over ruled.
 John Quick vs. Western Railway of Alabama, appeal from Montgomery circuit court; overruled.
 Searcy Pynes alias, etc. vs. state,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-04-28
Supreme Court Decisions

Montgomery, April 27-- -(SpeciaL)-
 Decisions announced by the supreme court Thursday follow:
 Anderson, c. J.--John o. Boyles vs
 Mamie B. Wallace, appeal from
 Franklin circuit court (equitY; af-
 firmed.
 Sayre, J.-w. w. Pippin vs. Fannie
 Carpenter, appeal from Greene circuit
 court (equity); affirmed. Southern railway vs. J. IT. White
 Mercantile company appeal from l Perry circuit court; affirmed. | r. C. Armstrong vs. M. P. Wilcox, appeal from Montgomery circuit court; affirmed. J. F. Henderson vs. J. T. stonson. appeal from Coffee circuit court
 (equity); affirmed. $. M. Rowe. ct al vs. Bank of New Brockton, appeal from Coffee circuit court (equity); affirmed.
 ]. J. Hudgens vs. J. ]. Boles. appeal from covington circuit court; af- l firmed.
 Bank of Hartford vs. D. McNeal. appeal from Geneva circuit court; af- | firmed.
 AmeTlcdu RAILWAY i1ApicsS eoii' pany ys. l. ]. Stanley, appeal from Chilton circuit court; affirmed. Alabama Great Southern Railroad company vs. Albert Molette, appeal from Jefferson circuit court (Besse- mer): affirmed. Maurice Allen vs. M. Mendelsohn X Son, appeal from Jefferson circuit court; reversed and remanded Mary V. Hallock vs. Marie l.. Smith, appeal from Jefferson circuit court; reversed and remanded.
 J. s. Duffey vs. Southern Manufac- turing company, appeal from Etowah circuit court; affirmed. Louisville and Nashville Railroad company vs. W. F.. Cloud. appeal from Morgan circuit court; reversed and remanded.
 Gardner. J.-Thomas H. Long vs. Tillman Witherspoon, appeal from Perry circuit court: affirmed. Alex Howard vs M. F.. Pritchett. appeal from Marengo circuit court reversed and rendered.
 w. T. Neal, ct al. vs. K. c. Fuqua. appeal from Escambia circuit court; affirmed.
 First National bank of Dozier vs. Farmers bank Of Luverne, appeal from Crenshaw circuit court; af- firmed.
 J. J. Kirkland vs. c. D. Franle & Co. appeal from Houston circuit court; affirmed. w. T.i Avant vs. J c. Avant. ct al. appeal from Fillmore circuit court; reversed and remanded. Central of Georgia Railway com pany vs Nolen Land and Live stock company. appeal from Tallapoosa cir cult court: reversed and remanded. Central of Georgia Railway com r.anv vs. J. F. Vaughan. appeal from Jefferson circuit court affirmed.
 Dave podd vs. James A. Carnes,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-04-28
WHY WOMEN GET DESPONDENT

Are not women naturally as light hearted. brave and hopeful as men? Yes, certainly; but a woman's organ ism is essentially different from a man s-more delicate. more sensitive and more exacting. Women in deli- cate health are more dependent. more nervous. more irritable and more despondent. When a woman develops nervousness. sleeplessness, backaches, dragging down pains and melancholia she should lose no time in giving Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege- table Compound fair trial, as it will quickly dispel such troubles This root and herb medicine contains no drugs and has been the standby of American womanhood for nearly 50 years.-Adv.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-04-28

| appeal from Blount circuit court; ap- peal dismissed. J. w. Maritime, ct al. vs. M. NJ. AL len, appeal from Cherokee circuit court; affirmed. Central of Georgia Railway com pany vs. w. T. Porter, appeal from Talladega circuit court: reversed and remanded.
 Southern Railway company vs. Queenie Wright, administratrix, ap- peal from Etowah circuit court; af- firmed.
 City of Tailors vs. Mrs. $. A. Gay, administratrix, appeal from Jackson circuit court; reversed and remanded.
 Miller J.-American Railway Ex- press company vs. Dunnaway and Lambert, appeal from Dallas circuit court; reversed and remanded.
 Home Guano company vs. C. C.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-04-28
Combined Resources
 of ReSerUe Banks
By Associated Press

Washington. April 27-Combined resources and liabilities of the 15 Federal Reserve banks at the close of business April 26,OO0 were reported tonight by the federal reserve board as follows:
 Resources-Gold and gold certIn- cattes, $326. .63S, GOO. Gold settlement fund, federal reserve board, $453,974,- 000; total gold held by banks. $780,. 612,000. gold with federal reserve agents, 4,510,00O; gold redemp- tion fund. $60,0s0,0 900; total gold re- serves, S2,995, ,202,O00; legal tender notes, silver, etc, S129. 900; total reserves, $3,125. S39, 900; bills discount ed: Secured by U. S. government obli- gations. S178,991,00O; all other, $S21,- 106,000; bills bought in open mark e t, S2,51S.000; total bills on hand $5S2,- 615,000; U. S. bonds and notes, s250,- 1S5.000. U. s. certificates of indebted ness; One certificate, (Pitman act), $S4,500, 900; all other. $232.44S.000; municipal warrants. St02.J00; total earning assets, s1,149,S5O, LOGO. bank promises, s3s ,56s, 900; five per cent re- demption fund against federal re- serve bank notes. $7601 ,000 uncol- leeted items. S519,627, 900; all other re- sources. s1S.5S7,OO0; total resources, ,s60.072,O00.
 Liabilities: Capital paid In, s104,- 311,000. surplus. $2t5.39s,o 1000; reserved for government franchise tax, $t.23S,- 900; Deposits: Government $45,192,- 900; member bank, reserve account. S4,04S, ,755.000 all other, s39.2S1, 900: total deposits. st.S33.230; federal re- serve notes in actual circulation, B. 155,56S.000; federal reserve bank notes in circulation, net liability, $79, ,497 900; deferred availability items. s449,S47,ooO all other liabili- ties. $1s,413,000i total liabilities, s4,- s60.072, ,000.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-04-28
 PLAN CERENJoNIAI,

Gadsden. April 27.-(Special)- The Pilgrim Knights of Oriental Splendor have made arrangements for a big ceremonial to be held in this city on June 12 and already quite 8 number of candidates have signified their intentions of crossing the hot sands of the desert. The com mittees who have the plans in hand state that they will have the largest and most spectacular parade ever seen in this city.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-04-28
MEMoRIAL sERvICEs

Gadsden, April 27.-(speciaD- Btowah chapter of the [. D. C. held appropriate services at Forest Ceme- tery Wednesday afternoon and placed flowers on the graves of all the de- parted heroes. The president of the chapter made an address and several songs were sung. The services were simple as no elaborate plans were made for the occasion
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-04-28
TO ERECT MoNUMENT

Gadsden. April 27.-(SpeciaI)- Mrs. J. c. DuBose, of Ashville. the county seat of St. Ciair county, has started a movement for the erection of monument at Ashville in honor of the Confederate soldiers and is at work with the aid of committees soliciting money for this purpose. It was decided to erect monument at cost of $S,000 and already quite q sum has been donated.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-04-28

Illinois Central owns or controls the Central of Georgia. It has no need for the Seaboard and even if con solldated with it would logically use the Central of Georgia as It's natural complement leaving the Seaboard to get such treatment as a stepchld usually receives" continued the let ter
 Other incorrect groupings may be found. said the commission. but these suggested groupings are so improper the commission told the interstate commerce commission, it believed at tention should be called to them without delay.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-04-28

"TIz'' Is wonderful for tired. aching, swollen. smarting feet. Your feet just jingle for joy; shoes never hurt or, seem tight
 druggist or department store. End foot torture forever--wear smaller. shoes. keep your feet fresh. sweet and ,happy.--Adv
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-04-28
GIRL sCOUTs To WEET

Gadsden, April 7.-(SpeciaD-
 The Tri-City Girl Scouts have ar- ranged a splendid program for field day exercises to take place at League Park next Saturday afternoon, com Emencing at 3:SO and continuing un- til o'clock. The exercises will con sist of signaling. military. troop
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-04-28

appeal from Houston circuit court; overruled.
 Edgar pynes vs. state, appeal from Houston circuit court; overruled.
 c. J. Brock, ct al. vs. Clio Banking company, appeal from Barbour cir cult court f(E.E.); oYerruled
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-04-28

l i1 at q w 2 out the acids and D oi s O n $ that puff up your feet. No m a t t e r how hard you work, how long yoi
 dance, how far you walk. or how long you remain of your feet. !" T 1 2 T brings restful foot comfort.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-04-28
TIE" GLADDENS
 SORE, TIRED FEET

"TIz" makes sore, burning, tired
 feet fairly dance with delight. Away go the aches and pains, the corns, call louses. blisters and bunions.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-04-28
"WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO MAKE A ROSEfv

"WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO
 MAKE A ROSEf" What is there hid in the heart of rose.
 Mother mine? An! who knows, who knows, who knows? A man who died on lonely hill Can tell you, perhaps, but none other will,
 Little child. What does it take to make a rose,
 Mother mine? The God that died to make 1t knows, It takes the worlds eternal wars, It takes the moon and all tho stars, It takes the might of Heaven and Hell, And the everlasting love as we'll
 Little child.
 ALFRED MOVES.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-04-28

stunts. potato race. first aid. fire making contests and other forms of amusement which will show the pub lie how the Girl Scouts are being trained.
Evening journal., 1922-11-21

''Uncle Harry, why do we have a
big merchant marines" asked
Jimmy.
= You have been reading the news
about the Ship Subsidy Bill. haven't
you, Jimmy?" replied Uncle Harry.
Then I suppose you know that the
Ship Subsidy Bill gives financial aid
70 private ship owners and encour-
ages the building and owning Of
ships by private concerns. and the
shipping OF freight on American YES
sells through certain exemptions
from income tax returns. l won't 20
into the details OF the bill here, but
/ will try TO show you why the
United States has not been a mari
time nation, and why it seems neces-
sary for us TO become more active
in shipping affairs.
"a well-known historian once said
that no nation that could not get n
living on shore ever put out 10 sea. D."
said Uncle Harry. And this fact is
very strongly borne out by our own
ration. Ever since the Civil War
the United States has been busy de-
veioping her internal resources-ag-
reulture. manufacturing. mining and
other industr.es-and all her energy
and strength have been used in this
development. We are not a sea-
faring people, and up TO the time OF
the World War we found IL more
profitable to do the producing and
TO let the other nations act as de
liver, wagons for our export and i'm
port trade.
when the World War broke on,
and Europe became involved in the
struggle, the building and using Of
ships for commerc al purposes was
checked and attention was centered
On naval and military opera lions