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Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-10-07

Woman wants the marriage of
bachelor girls compulsory. Many of
these girls favor the plan.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-10-07

Our neighbours boy came over and
said. Mamma wants to borrow this
Jewel case full of COAL"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-01-07
TEXAS WAREHOUSES ID BE STUDIED BY STATE DELEGATION
Alabama Farmers and BuSi- ness Men Spend Day h. Specting Immense Texas
 A. & M. College

Houston, Tex, January 6.-(Spe- cial. .)-After spending the day at Col lege Station as guests of the great Texas Agricultural and Mechanical college and inspecting this immense institution, the delegation of Ala bama farmers and business men which Is now touring Texas studying marketing as it is being one by the farm bureau commodity marketing associations, arrived hero at 6 o'clock this afternoon to investigate tomorrow the lage warehousing fla cilities of farm products located here. While in College Station the party spent very busy day inspecting the various buildings and being enter tained by the faculty ana students On their tour of inspection the visi- tors were told that the portion of the Texas agricultural college located at College Station alone is valued at S4.0o0, 900 aside from the land, which comprises 26,o00 acres.
 The visit and inspection of results of this great institution resulted in every member of the Alabama party being completely convinced that 1t IS vitally essential for everyone to be- come actively interested for more agricultural experimental work, ex- tension and teaching in Alabama be- cause IL Is fundamentally an agricul- tural state and as educational work along this line Is developed every other interest in the state will move forward.
 In addition to inspecting the large warehouses here the party will also inspect the port warehouse Saturday and move on to New Orleans to spend Sunday, returning to Montgomery Sunday night
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-01-07
CONVICT SEEKS
 HABEAS CORPUS
 IN CIVIL SUIT
Would Compel Warden Gen. eraI to Deliver Him to Jeff ferSon County to Testify
 as Plaintiff in Suit
By FRED H. GoRMLEY Montgomery Bureau The Age-HeraId, 22l-e First National Bank Building

Montgomery, January 6.-(Special.) In an effort to force the state con vict department to deliver state con- victs into the courts of Jefferson county as plaintiffs in civil suits for damages. John Brown. serving a prison term at Aldrich, has applied to the Jefferson circuit court for a writ of habeas corpus directing Will liam F. Feagin, warden general, to deliver him to Jefferson county. The case came to the states attention today.
 This is a continuation of the move ment started several months ago to determine whether or not state con yicts may be used as witnesses in civil cases. The supreme court held that the state could not be required to produce them as witnesses except in criminal cases. Brown has filed suit against the Montevallo Mining company for damages for alleged personal injuries received while at work in the mines. His second pe- tition, which was answered by liar well G. Davis. attorney general. for the convict department, contends that MT. Feagin should be required to pro- duce him in court, as the plaintiff, to show the plaintiffs injuries to the court, and to maintain the convict while he is in court as the plaintiff.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-01-07
Statue of Joan
 of Arc UnUeiled
 in Washington

Washington, January s.-Described as "evidence of the friendship be. tween the two republics" a statue of Joan of Arc was unveiled hero today in the presence of President and Mrs. Harding, Ambassador Jusserand of France, and prominent officials of the American government.
 The statue. an exact copy of that of the Maid of Orleans, which stands be- fore the Rheims cathedral, will oc- cupy a dominating position in Meri- dian park, Washington's newest civic playground. It was presented by the Societe Des Femmes de France, of New York, and was dedicated ITO the Women of America"
 Secretary Weeks, accepting the gift in behalf of tho United States, said 1t would stand las monument to the highest attachments in human life faith in God, devotion to country, and character without blemish."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-01-07

Tokio, January 6.-Marquis Shig- anobu okuma, Japan's octogenerian statesman. died at his home here to-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-01-07
FAMOUS JAPANESE
 STATESMAN DIES
Japanese Delegates Shocked by Death of Marquis
 0kuma
By Associated Press

Tokio. January 6.-Marquis Shig- anobu okuma, Japan's octogenerian statesman. died at his home here to- day.
 Washington, January 6.-Word of the death of Marquis okuma, Japan's Grand Old Man." came as shock today to the Japanese dele- gation, to the Shantung conference and the delegates os well as mem- bers of the Japanese embassy and other leading Japanese now in this city voiced their deep sorrow at the loss the Japanese empire has sus- tafned. No official report of okuma's death had been received at the em- bassy tonight.
 Prince Tokugawa, one of the Jap anese delegates to the Washington conference who Is president of the house of peers said tonight:
 Marquis Okuma has achieved great things for his country. Our in the loss of Premier Hara is now made two fold by the reported passing away of famous whose accomplishments are known the world over. Okuma gave his life and the best that was in him for the development of his country"
 Prince Tokugawa added his belief that Marquis Okuma, in his son. Nobutsne okuma, would leave suc- cessor who would follow in his ather's footsteps. The son. he said, would inherit the title of marquis and become a member of the house of peers,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-01-07
THORSBY CHAMBER
 HOLDS OPEN FORUM

Thorsby. January 6.-(Special.)- Thorsby Chamber Of Commerce held an open forum at the Congregational church Thursday night. The prin- cipal speaker was Rev. S. c. Williams, pastor of the Second Baptist church in Montgomery, and a prominent member of Montgomery Chamber of Commerce. His subject was Com munity Boosters" During the bus mess part of the session 1t was unan- imously voted to support the good roads bond issue, to have commit nity rally day January 2S. to put on a vigorous campaign to get every man doing business in Thorsby to become member of Thorsby Chamber Of Commerce.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-01-07
WILL JACKSON AND
 DENNIS PATTERSON
 PROVE TO BE ONE

Montgomery, January 6.-(Special) VIII Jackson of Jefferson, state con vict, and Dennis Patterson of Jeffer- son, escaped convict, proved to be the same person when a close inspection was made of their finger prints In the convict bureau today. Jackson was convicted of burglary and grand lar cenv and given a long term recently. As a suspected escape q close inspec- tion of his record was made.
 Patterson was convicted of bur g1ary in 1914 and given two years in 1914. He escaped from Wetumpka early in 1915, but the Bertillion sys- tenn told its story and Jackson will complete Patterson's sentence.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-01-07
Numerous Ways to
 Make Pork Sausage

to each 100 pounds of meat 1 E to pounds salt. 2 ounces fine sage, l ounce ground nutmeg, and ounces black pepper. Cut the meat into small pieces and then put through the grinder, using the small plate. The spices should all be mixed together and added to the meat as it goes through the grinder. After it is well ground, mix thoroughly, to be sure
 that 1t. is uniformly favored If
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-01-07
KNOX SEEKS REFERRING
 BY COURT OF APPEALS

Montgomery, January 6.-(Special.) W. H. Knox, deputy of the law en- forcement department who was fined $500 and sentenced to 30 days hard labor for assaulting Phil Painter in Birmingham, today filed an applica- tion for rehearing with the court of appeals The court recently upheld the judgment of the Jefferson circuit court which imposed the fine and hard labor sentence.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-01-07

By Extension Service, Auburn.
 During the winter season when pork is plentiful in the cities and towns, as well as in the country, 1t is probably no more enjoyable pre- pared in any other way than in the form of good pork sausage, accord ing to the following recipes;
 Good pork sausage may be made as follows; Take three parts of fresh lean meat to one part of fat Add
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-01-07
AGENT Is TRANsFERRED

Heflin. January s.-(Special.)- )-H. H. Billingsley, who has been South ern agent at Fruithurst for the past 10 months, will leave soon for Bloss- burg, where he has similar position.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union., 1922-03-06
On Loving All Nature.

Carl T. Robertson, writer of some note
among other lovers of the outdoor world
dwells on the Importance of having ones own
return and where you may learn to love all
the little things. Roam at large, of course, in
unfamiliar well-loved places but keep one
little spot of known and loved beauty which
may become a sort of spiritual home You
need not own the land-you probably will not
in the commercial sense. But the true lover of
nature owns the world and his use of it takes
nothing from the ownership or use of any other
person. The best time to get acquainted with
your spot is the winter. There are fewer things
to see then, but they are more essential things
You can see better what the trees are like You
can give some attention to the earth itself You
see the birds nests which you might pass a
dozen times in the summer without noticing
their location. You see holes in trees. And CO.
coons, and the stouter weeds
But if you truly love your stamping groud
you will go to it in all kinds of weather-No-
vember rains January billiards., February, be-
fore the spring comes. Take friend if you
will, but only one at a time A child may be
the best OF forest comrades. Preserve the
mystery of this little place Learn all about
the place itself, but keep it hedged about with
things unknown and unknowable. 1t is de-
lightful to feel that just beyond the boundary
fence is land of wonders. The woods can
never be dull But their romance can be
sponged away. When the pleasures of the i'm
agination are banished from the woods the
The Rock Island Argus and daily union., 1922-03-06
School Problems in Germany.

London, March 4.-Of great Importance to
the future of the country are the politico-edu
catOnal problems now being threshed out be-
hind the scenes IN the PruSSlan landtag before
they come before the reichtag, according to the
Berlin correspondent of the Observer. The hot
ly debated question of whether the clauses of
the Versailles treaty to be taught in detail
to the German school children, put forward by
the conservatives, has just been successfully
quaShed by the socialists. They maintain that
any such lessons must of necessity develop
into a hymn of praise to the fallen monarchy,
or, by infaming national imagination into a
constant menace to the peace of the nations
In spite of this, the dream of democracy that
seemed near realization when the socialist
minister for education, Haenisch, took over the
reins just after the revolution, is struggling
against actualities too strong for any visions
Religious differences threaten to dsintegrate
the vast unit that was to form the beginning q
of all German education: abolition of prepara-
tory schools for the higher institutions but
uniform groundwork in Voks Schulz in the
trueSt sense of the word.
Here the shadow of Luther has suddenly as
sumed vast proportions. Hitherto there have
been confessional Volks Schulen, though the
higher schools only distinguished between the
three prevailing faiths-Jewish included-n
the actual classes dealing with religious in
struction. The socialists now demanding
the right for schools possessing no religious
dogmatc instruction at all. The "bourgeoisie"
demand the continuance of tradition without
which a nation must go to rack and ruin Hence
the unavoidable division, according to the re-
hglous atmosphere at home, into what has come
to be known the political right" and the
political left" in matters of faith, an affair in
Germany today of purely class distinction
since the church is supported by those who
never enter it as a matter of political princi-
pie. There is a greater trouble still The in
fant socialist will have his own battles to fight
against the young Catholic Center man and the
conservative or democratic boy next door but
the problem affects the teachers to a very grave
degree Their appointments will of necessity
depend upon their religious views. and suitable
posts viii no longer be open to all and sundry
put only TO applicants fulfilling the dogmatic
demands required.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union., 1922-03-06
London Likes Our Ideas.

Your satisfaction in the superiority of
American ways will not be in the least dim
inished by the news that an American girl,
visiting England, has been awarded $50 prize
offered by the Pail Mall Gazette for the best
suggestion on how to make London the magnet
of the world. The program submitted to the
British by Miss Alice Young. whose thorough
Americanism is abundantly proved by her home
address of Mishawka, Ind, consists chiefly of
recommendations that would make historic old
London look more like the average hustling
young American city. Our pride is the greater
in the knowledge that these commonpla ces of
our own are prize winners abroad. For the
Londoners, however, there is good reason to
suspect that Miss Young's suggestions are
outlandish and barbarous the name of the
town from which she halls. Fancy, for in
stance knocking down all walls hiding gar
dens or green plots" Those sacred walls, which
mean for the Britisher the privacy so essential
to his comfort, behind which he retire and
be as free from the idle scrutiny of the rabble
as if in the midst of the great country estates
of his forebears. Those gardens, in which he
delights to sip tea with the members of his
household of a summer afternoon, thrown open
to the gaze of the passing throngs. If an
American wants to know how a conservative
let him consider the effect here of d suggestion
from, say Japanese, that Americans might
we'll build their houses on the sidewalk line
and omit window blinds
Miss Young's advocacy of clean, light mod
ern offices the American plan" would be
warmly seconded by every American who has
done business in the funeraI-like and dusky
rooms which London professional men some
how manage to endure. But again one must
be reminded that British are not Americans
and what seems to a visitor from this side of
the Atlantic but the natural and sensible thing
would be to the native a most disturbing and
hazardous innovation. 1t is true that the old
bank of England recently authorized renova-
tion of its ancient quarters, but not every bust
house is firmly established as to be
able to risk such drastic meddlng with the
established order. All in all, it is to be feared
that the Pail Mall Gazette prize program for
the modernization of London will not soon be
made effective. The American girls sugges-
tions worth the price as news. They should
have for a day or two an effect as eectrifying
as the report which Paris newspapers used
to print frequently describing Indian raids upon
helpless settlers Broadway. There will be
no rush to put them in operation
The Rock Island Argus and daily union., 1922-03-06

veIopment should maintain a lead over road
building; but the question now is when that
lead will be overcome and whether the high
way expansion may not precede in magnitude
the growing use OF motors. Motor vehicles in
use at the end of last year numbered approx
mately 100000 representing an increase of
nearly 1850, 900 over 1920. This in spite of the
fact that 1921 was considered very poor year
for the automobile industry as a result of the
business depression The percentage of in
creased use in some states ranged from 20 to
35, and there is now one motor vehicle, car
or truck, in the whole country for every ten
persons. The national bureau presents another
view of the situation. This agency reports that
from 1910 to 1921 the number of motor vehicles
in use in the United States increased approx
mately 800 per cent, while in the same period
the national expenditures for road construction
increased 400 per cent
There is something especially significant
about the statistics when they further an
alyzed- This is the evidence that the percent
age of increase, in road development, is grad
ually gaining motor car expansion In the
last three years Of the 11-year period the rela-
tive showing of the two was: Motor vehicle
increase, 700 per cent; road building expendl-
ture, $50 per cent. These figures compare with
1900 per cent expansion for the motor vehicles
and only 14O per cent for the roads in the
first seven years of the period The extremely
rapid development of these two industries holds
almost unlimited encouragement for the in
dustrial life of this country, to say nothing of
the continued possibilities in commercial and
social way that lie with expansion of motor traf-
flee and good roads construction. With road
building now assuming billion dollar proper
tions annually, with still more funds in sight
for the development, and with the certainty
that such development eventually will lead the
expansion of motor vehicle use, there appears
nothing but optimism for both. For the roads
are an invitation to the motor cars and the
cars make the roads a vital necessity.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union., 1922-03-06
A Woman of God.

Sister Mary Agnes who died at the Villa de
Chantal late Saturday, was a wonderful type OF
womanhood, beautiful in personality, beautiful
in character. of golden heart and soul divine
She was both tower of strength and an orna-
ment to the institution to which she conse-
Grated her life, as well to her art of music.
She and Mother Borgia were inseparable
companions, and the two alternated in the office
of superior through the grace of the Francis
can sisterhood of the community The two nuns
had but recently returned from Philadelphia
where they went to consult a specialist with
reference TO Mother Borgia's health, which had
been failing for some time, and they were both
jubilant the gratifying prospects for COM
plete recovery Little did they dream that it
was the stronger who was to be called so soon.
The genuine grief that is felt in the loss to
earth of this dear woman will not be confined
to the Villa communoty Or the alumnae whose
membership reaches throughout the land, but
it goes into the hearts of all people, irrespec-
tive of creed or denomination, who knew Sister
Agnes.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union., 1922-03-06
Education Paying Investment.

U The National Edudation association recently
concluded convention in Chicago. Prominent
school, college and university addressed
the sessions, discussed important subjects con-
Anected with education, suggested certain
changes in curricula, recommended changes in
Faculty personnels and contributed what they
could toward better education The convention
brought out the fact that educators differ wide
1y on what schools and colleges should do most.
Some suggest training for public life; some
claim that the classics should not be empha-
sized conspicuously; some claim that Latin is
absolutely essential in developing we'll
rounded education; say that Latin is out
of place in school life; some claim that pupils
should be permitted to study the subjects in
which they have the greatest natural interest;
some claim that the most good comes from
studying subjects which the pupils may not
like. But if the educators disagree these
things they agree on one very big thing-that
education pays
If the National Education association
get the fact that education pays clearly before
sthe youth of this land it will be doing a great
work. Education pays matter what subjects
may be emphasized. Education pays in every
school and college and university and without
education young man is handicapped much
more than he may know at the time. Great
progress is being made in education in the
United States Schools are more efficient than
they were 20 years ago and teachers are more
efficient School buildings are usually the
center of community's activity where they
used to be the edge of the community's
tivities few years ago. Taxpayers are spend
ing more and more money for schools-and few
taxpayers object to school taxes, long as
the money is wisely spent The country dis
tricts are rapidly getting most of the advan-
tages which the city districts have, either
through consolidated districts through other
developments of late years. Education pays
The youths of the land may be positive of that
The National Education association my have
its debates on some subjects, but no educator
in all the land would take the negative side of
debate in which this subject is up for discus
sion: Resolved, That education pays"
The Rock Island Argus and daily union., 1922-03-06
The Health Value of Fruit.

Some fresh fruit should be the
first course of every breakfast
Fruit at breakfast, say grapefruit
or orange or an apple or some Der.
ries, aids in the digestion of oat-
meal and cream or rolls or toast OF
bread and butter, or any cereal
This is the physiological fact as OBJ
served in studies of the human di-
gestion. Acid converts starch into
dextrin in natural digestion, and to
say that the two should not be mix
ed is fiapdoodle.
The acids of fruits are oxidiZed
in the body and hence are foods
Fruit acids are changed into car
Donates in the blood and thus tend
to render the blood more alkaline
than it is ordinarily. I mention
these physiological facts for the
purpose of counteracting the popu-
lar notion that the acid fruits are
bad for rheumatism" Not that
any acid has anything to do with
the causation of any of the various
diseases under the name of "rheu-
matism."
Most fruits contain vitimins. Or
ange juice, apple juice, peach juice,
apricot juice, berry juice, lemon
juice, pineapple juice, grape juice or
tomato juice may be fed in doses of
a few teaspoonfuls daily, apart
from other feelings, to infants from
three months of age upwards, to
prevent scurvy and to favor normal
nutrition and growth.
An apple a day won't starve all
the doctors, but an apple or other
fresh raw fruit after each meal
will keep the dentists in properly
chastened frame of mind, for the
acids of fruits are ideal cleansers
for the teeth and fruits are natural
tooth brushes.
Fruit is often recommended by
doctors as a wholesome substitute
for candy and other sweets for the
kiddies l take issue with all who
hold that view The youngsters
crave, need and should have pure
candy and wholesome sweets daily
as part of their diet; such foods
are quite as wholesome for chill
dren as any fruit can be. But for
many adults who have a too well
developed or too highly cultivated
sweet tooth, fruit is a fine substi-
tute, for it satisfies the craving or
appetite with greater bulk and less
nutriment. Persons who have ac-
cumulated excess weight from eat
ing too much and exercising too
The Rock Island Argus and daily union., 1922-03-06

@. Who wrote the Widow Bedott
Papers ?-I. M. c.
A These humorous sketches
which were originally published in
Meals Saturday Gazette, were writ
ten by Frances Miriam Whitcher.
@. What Shakespearean char
acter has the most lines to speak
"A. NJ. P.
A. Professor Rolfe gives the fol-
lowing figures: Hamlet, 1863
lines; Richard III, 1,161; Iago,
1,117. Henry V. as both King and
Prince speaks 1887 lines and Fal-
staff in both Henry ". and Henry
V, 1885 lines.
Q. What language is spoken in
Haiti?-R. T.
A. The current language of this
Republic is French, but the peas
antry speak dialect.
@. Where is the Gulf of Gabes,
where the U. S. S. Utah now is?--
F. W. P.
A. This gulf lies off the coast of
Algeria.
Q. How did the Dead Sea get it's
name? H. S. H.
A. The Dead Sea was so-caIled
because No living thing can exist in
it on account of the saltiness of its
waters.
Q. How much money would be
required to put the railroads of this
country in first-class condition?
l.. C. 0.
A. Estimates as to the amount Of
new capital required for the tinan-
cial rehabilitation of the railroads
of the United States range from
four to six billions, of which about
one-half is needed for additional
tracks and equipment with which
to handle increased traffic and the
to be devoted to bringing