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The Press., 1922-09-28

Prof, Enc has left the Ryder House for the season, intending to call on friends for short visits before return ing to New York for the. winter. He is engaged as usual along genealog- ical lines for many different people, being acknowledged as an an expert and an authority.
 On Sunday morning the services were said to have had even unusual spiritual power in sermon, solo, hymns, and especially the prayer in which the sOrrowing, the sick, the shut ins and the indifferent are never for gotten; these last weighing most heavily on the hearts of all faithful ministers. Pastor Allen in the eve ming preached at the Methodist church at the borough, reporting a good time. The Happy Hour, Mrs. Smith, leader, in the pretty room made cheerful by flowers and bright faces, was happy hour indeed. It was encouraging to hear the bell ring for Sunday evening service.
 Norman Bligh has left Hillside Farm to rejoin his class at the Massachu- setts Agricultural college at Amherst, after a years absence on account of injury to his knee while playing foot ball. He has been twice at the John son hospital for operations and under the care of Dr. Converse. His many friends made here trust the recovery will be permanent and that his success may prove the truth of the adage "In patient waiting there is no loss" He has been very solicitOus for Mrs. Snedicor during her trying illness, often bringing her pleasing and ar tistic Out-Of-dOOr treasures. Quite re- gently he brought her a spray of wild roses, branch of beautiful apple blossoms from the very top of an or chard tree, and a humming bird 8 nest in all it's natural ingenuity in cidentS that show the trend of mind that makes an Agricultural institu- tiOn fit place for study and develop ment.
 South WillingtOn
 Antonio ArceriO recently visited with friends in Waterbury. Miss Sarah Westenholm is on her vacation, and win visit with friends in GrOtOn.
 Rally day will be observed on next Sunday morning at II o'clock in Me mOrial church.
 Mrs. Clifford Harris was a recent visitor in Springfield, at the home of MT. Harris's parents.
 Maurice Perry, an employee of the c. Hall, Jr., Co.,, has given up his po- sitiOn at the dairy barn. A large number of the towns folks visited the Eastern States Exposition at Springfield this past week.
 MT. and Mrs. William James left last Saturday for Buffalo, New York, where MT. James will take up his new posi- tion.
 Regular stated communication o Uriel lodge will be held on Saturday evening at 7.30 o'clock. Work on the F. c. degree.
 Miss R. o. Hall and Mrs. E. J. Math ews, were elected delegates last Sun day by the members of the church tC attend the Ashford Baptist convention at Putnam this week.
 Notices have been posted in the different departments of the G. Hall Jr., Co.,, that wages would be raised or October 1st to the schedule in force I before the last reduction of April 1st.
 The schedule of train service was changed on last Monday morning on the Central Vermont railroad. Trains will now run as follows: North 7.39 a. m., mail, 9.18 p. m., mail; south 8.25 a. m., mail, and 5.45 p. m.
The Press., 1922-09-28

Totals, S4 50 3 $ Stolen bases, Wise, Gilman, Mercier4, Bregilo; two base hits, Mercier 2, Wise; double plays, Pallanck to Wise, Pallanck to Wise to Gilman; first on errors, All Stafford 2, Saltwater 2; left on bases, Saltwater g, All Staf- ford 4; hit by pitcher, by Connors (Mc- Donald,- Mercier) time 2 h. 15min; Umpire, MOusseau. '-.<
 Baseball Notes
 The locals ended their season last Sunday.
 Tonoly made two nice catches of difficult fly balls.
 Huden was used at second and played great game.
 Connors pitched a good game, but did not receive good support in the pinches.
The Press., 1922-09-28

The complete batting and fielding of All Stafford's most successful base ball season, in which twenty-seven men were used follows: Wise, Con nors and Argenta were the Outstand- ing stars of the year. Wise leading in almost all departments of the game, while great credit should be given Connors for his good pitching and bat ting. Twenty-Five games have been played. All StaffOrd's winning 16 and
The Press., 1922-09-28
WELLINGTON

H. M. Swartfiguer, optometrist will be at ROnalter's jewelry store next Tuesday from to D. m.
The Press., 1922-09-28
HOME NEWS.
LOCAL NOTICES.

1VOAA NVAAOASDS Matter under this head 12 cents line HI: M. Swartfiguer, optometrist will be at Ronalter's jewelry store next Tuesday from to 6 p. m. Dance at the Springs House Fri day evening. Music by Woods orcheS- tra.
 Beauty Shop-Switches and Hail pieces made from combings. Switches to match any color of hair. 3w24 At a regular communication oi Ionic Lodge, No. 110, F. & A. M., il was ordered that the following be en- tered upon the records of the lodge a copy published in The Press, and also forwarded to the relatives of ou1 deceased brother, Dr. F. l.. Smith.
 Once again a Brother Mason, having completed the designs written for him on life's trestle board, has passed through the portals of Eternity and entered the grand lodge of the New Jerusalem and hath received as his reward, the white stone with the New name written thereon.
 And whereas the all-WiSe and mer- ciful Master of the universe has called from labor to refreshments our below ed and respected brother, he having been a true and faithful member o1 our beloved Order, therefore be it
 Resolved, That Ionic Lodge, No. no F. x A. M, of Stafford Springs, Conn. in testimony of her loss, drape its Charter in mourning for thirty days and that we tender to the family ot our deceased brother our sincere con dolence in their deep affliction an( that a copy of these resolutions be sent to the family and published il The Press.
 G. P. BARD,
 H. E. BURWELL,
 o. A. WALKER,
 Committee. At a regular communication Ot Ionic Lodge, No. 110, F. & A. M., il was ordered that the following ke en tered upon the records of the lodge a copy published in The Press, anC also forwarded to the relatives of Oul deceased brother, Herbert c. Holt.
 Once again Brother Mason, having completed the designs written for hin on life's trestle board, has passed through the portals of Eternity anC entered the grand lodge of the New Jerusalem and hath received as hi: reward, the white stone with the New name written thereon. And whereas the all-wise and mer ciful Master of the universe has called from labor to refreshments our below ed and respected brother, he having been a true and faithful member O our beloved Order, therefore be it
 Resolved, That Ionic Lodge, No. 11O F. x A. M., of Stafford Springs, Conn in testimony of her loss, drape it Charter in mourning for thirty days and that we tender to the family O our deceased brother our sincere con dOlence in their deep affliction ant that copy of these resolutions b. sent to the family and published il The Press.
 c. P. BARD,
 H. B. BURWELL, o. A. WALKER,
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-01-06
DAVID AND GOLIATH

From the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
 California matters who cater to the college trade are likely to not demand for smaller sizes in the immediate future. Cranial di- intuition has undoubtedly set in already. The Il of the University of California, the wonder team' that was hailed as the mightiest football aggregation of all time, has been humbled by the representatives of a small and amost ob- scure college in the Pennsylvania mountains. California barely escaped the sting of defeat. She was saved by penalty imposed by a jealous official. But she was outplayed from start to finish, and the tic score has riddled to shreds the Californian claim to football mastery of the universe
 It has been stated that out of the total enroll ment of the University of California there is field of choice including 5000 young men fit for football efforts. The California coach has constantly had in operation three or four teams any one of which was said to be worthy to rep resent the university. The total 1921 enroll ment at Washington and Jefferson was 36S. Of this number a considerable percentage is unfit for football. California is to W. & J. as mas todon to a sphingid. The California Goliath was frankly contemptuous of the Pennsylvania David. And now just look at what David has gone and done!
 The result is eminently satisfactory to every one except the Californians. The Berkeley bunch had been too loudly praised, too exten- sively touted. It was uncomfortable for the rest of us to believe that away out in Califor- mia they produced football teams that attained heights of perfection not elsewhere to be hoped for. But most of us did believe it.
 W. & J. was rated as of the very good teams of the east, but not as the best. Cornell or Pennsylvania State or Lafayette might have done better. But W. & J. did well enough. It has enabled the California matters to dispose of their hitherto unstable smaller sizes, and it has brought comfort to every sport lover that was weary of far-western super-claims.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-01-06
DEMAND FOR ELECTRIC POWER
 WILL BE MET

The statement of the president of the Ala bama Power company that forecast of busi- ness conditions in the territory served by that company 50 indicates additional demands on the system this year for 10000 horsepower of elec1 tricity is among the important announcements of 1922
 Referring to this increase in demand for power, President Martin observes "This in- dicates a continued improvement in business and that we should approach normal condi- ton before many months"
 It is fortunate for Alabama that the need of 10000 additional horsepower of electricity has been anticipated and provided for. The steam plant at Muscle Shoals generates 9o,o00 horse power and the new unit at the Lock 12 water power plant generates 10000 horsepower. Alabama has in 1922 10000 more electric horsepower than it had in 1921. That is a tre- mendous amount of energy for industrial ard utility operations.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-01-06
A Dry New Years Eve
From the New York Times

From the New York Times
 Four Washington general agents returned to New York yesterday and announced that New Years Eve would be dry.-The World, Decem- Der 29
 Not drop of the liquid forbidden by the Volstead act will be dispensed anywhere in New York city tonight if the 155 regular agents of Ralph A. Day, federal prohibition director for this state, can prevent it.-The Times, December 31.
 Acting Prohibition Commissioner Jones' reports from New York say the New Years par ties were lively but orderly, and the commits sioner believes that the city set new record for dryness.-The Herald, January 2.
 Such were the roseate promises and retro spects. The new year celebration and it's seque- lac were "a record' certainly; and not one that orderly citizens, dry or wet, can rejoice in. Persons with the means and forethought made merry, unobjectionably, with "the cup' in pri- vate rooms of hotels and restaurants just as they used to do in public. The less fortunate swarmed into restaurants in such numbers and with such private supplies that it was impos- sible to prevent them form satiating the thirst traditional to the occasion and made more er1l- phatic by the Volsteadian prohibition. It was n1gnC or Crlumpu lOT uIcSS Suit SaoSS, O AASiis of revel for free spirits, charged with alco- holic, in taxicabs. The pocket pistol army was out in force, it's arms frequently displayed. Hip" 'hip," hooray!
 Brawls, free fights, unprovoked assaults, "beltings on the head" with bottles, stabbings, shootings were numerous, especially after mid night when the genial "stuff" now in common circulation got in it's work. A curious circum- stance of the barbarian festivities was the dis order and violence engaged in by seemingly sober hooligans and hoodlums. Gangs of them wantonly assaulted and battered inoffensive respectable citizens even in the main streets. One wonders if the "tough" youths, unable to buy strong waters on account of the price and shut off from drinkable beer, the earlier so- lace of their kind, expressed their social envy by these forcible methods. Of horseplay, rudeness, coarseness there was always too much in the ancient New Year gambolings of the cruder part of the crowds, but these were essentially good humored Youths were indiscreet with horn and rattle and too ferocious confetti, .but on the whole noise and little beer satis-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-01-06
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
 AND ELSEWHERE
CoMMENDs MRS. EcHoLs

T wish heartily and publicly to commend the wise and brave words spoken by our first lady commissioner relative to dancing at East Lake park. could not more nearly pen my own sentiments on this important subject than to rewrite what she is quoted as having said in advocacy of the opening of the East Lake pa vilion for dancing" said Arlie Barber.
 "For two years I worked like slave to study out the solution of the human problems before me- as your Commissioner of Public Safety. l visited the dance halls then operated; I visited at all hours of the night and day the houses where dwelt women with police records dropped in the pool rooms without notice. 1t was my vote that opened the picture shows on Sunday, and I observed and studied them and their effects upon the body polite and par ticularly upon the young people of our com munity; and have no hesitancy in saying that at every step became more than ever con- vinced that the active minds and bodies of our young people will have amusement and diver sion, and in no place could this be more true than in city like Birmingham where so many young people come from country village homes and into the boarding houses and room ing houses of the city.
 What l wish emphatically to say, with all the power possess, is that it is imperative that our municipal governing body give to our people clean, wholesome amusements and entertainments of the kinds the people desire, seven days and seven nights in the week, every day of the year, and if our governing body, by it's majority vote denies the people these rights and privileges, I desire to go on record as one who will devote all the time can possibly spare to effectuate a submission of these im- portant questions to a vote of the people so that the wish and will of the majority of us may be known"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-01-06
THRIFT IN THE NAVY
,m the Thrift Magazine.

From the Thrift Magazine.
 Uncle Sam, or rather the bureau of navi- gation at Washington, has worked out an in teresting lesson in saving and compound interest as an inducement to men to enter the naval service. The calculation is based on the sup position that the man will remain in the naval service for 30 years. This means that he must enter when he is IS and leave, by legal retire ment, when he is AS. It is expected that he will have enough ability to become petty officer at the end of four years service and chief petty officer at the close of eight years.
 By this calculation the statisticians figure out that, if sailor saves half of what he earns and puts it into savings bank that pays per cent interest, he will have coming to him at the end of the 30 years of government service exactly $2S,923. He may then retire on three-fourths pay for the rest of his life, which means that the United States government will pay him $1,163.2S each year as long as he lives. The income from what he has saved, together with his retired pay, will give him total yearly income of about $2500.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-01-06

fled them. Their exuberance under prohib- tion-f prohibition has anything to do with it-takes much more unpleasant form.
 A refined musical mode, the chorus of empty bottles thrown from windows and smashed on the sidewalk, was new esthetic detail of the gracious night. This may be regarded as symbolic of desire to smash the Volstead act. As solo an empty bottle was smashed on the head of a gentleman who refused aims for "booze." Break bottles, windows, heads, the law--that was the New Year spirit in too com- mon a manifestation. Sunday much of the wreckage of the dry "record" eve was visible in the police stations the courts, the hospitals, the morgue. Alcoholism, acute alcoholism, wood alcohol poisoning, death-ths is daily hymn and to be sung more robustiously on New Years Eve and the morning after. With the best intentions and the utmost efforts, the prohibition enforcement agents have made, not an impossible dry New Years Eve, but one vicious, violent, dangerous. The general gayety has been diminished. A mutinous, in some re- spects an "ugly," frame of mind is manifest in a considerable part of the public.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-01-06
NO NIGHT IN HEAVEN

w. M. Let's, in the January Yale Review. No night in Heaven !-Ah, he did not know, That worn old eastern saint, the tender glow Of summer evenings in the happy west. He had not seen the sunset shoulder low>
 Behind the larches on the far hills crest, Nor watched the rocks and daws fly home to
 rest.
 He had not known the scent of new-mown hay In dreamlike fields about the close of day, Nor seen the hawthorns by the May moons
 light
 He had not envied lovers as they stray
 About the dusky lanes, where starry white, The dog-rose throws her garands for delight. If he could know, we, beloved, know
 Twilight and harvest moon, he too would
 pray: Morning and noon are good but night is best Maker of starsi Oh, give us back the nightv'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-01-06
LETTERS TO EDITOR
CHRISTMAS AT BRYCE HOSPITAL
To the Editor of The Age-Herald

To the Editor of The Age-Herald:
 I desire to thank you sincerely for your kind ness in publishing the card 1 mailed you, re- questing that friends of the institution remem- Der our patients in their Christmas celebration. As evidence of the real good service you have done for us, I glad to tell you that the institution received express and parcel post packages to the number of 1,253. These many of which were designated to individual patients, were distributed Christmas morning. In addition, the management distributed 1753 packages being one to each individual patient. Not included in the above, the Red Cross, both Tuscaloosa chapter and Birmingham chap ter, the American Legion of Tuscaloosa and Congressman w. B. Oliver each separately sup piled packages for the ex-service men now in the hospital. The w. c. T. U., Tuscaloosa chapter supplied one entire ward of about 90 old lady patients with fruits, candies, nuts, etc. The management provided for the patients 30 boxes of oranges, so boxes of apples 300 pounds cakes, 600 pounds stick candy, 500 pounds nuts, in addition to five and one-half crates oranges and three boxes apples donated and not included above. This supplied every body with delicacies in addition to their Christmas and New Years special dinners.
 Your paper deserves our sincere thanks for cooperating and materially assisting in secur- ing the donations referred to. Yours very truly
 W. D. PARTLOW, M. D.,
 Superintendent A. I. U.
 Tuscaloosa, January 8, 1921.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-01-06
A MORNING PRAYER
A DOG WENT OUT TO PLAY
 AND FOUND A FRIEND

Maybe he wasn't much of dog, but maybe he had the appealing look in his eyes most dogs have when they are troubled and need a friend This particular dog we are writing about did not ask for help in vain.
 Edwin Futile, Jr., student at the Pittman, x. J., High school, saw a one-eyed mongrel frisking happily about on the thin ice which covered gravel pit The dog broke through the ice and could not get out. Futile at first tried to reach him by stretching fence rails on the surface but the ice was not thick enough to bear his weight and he plunged into the cold water, reaching shore with difficulty.
 Then it was that Futile showed the qualities which have made boys and dogs comrades ever since that distant, prehistoric era when the dog was domesticated and frolicked about the cave dwellings of our remote ancestors. He took off his clothes and plunged into the gravel pit After half hours struggle he succeeded in breaking the ice which separated the dog from the shore. Both swan to safety, but were exhausted. When doctors attending him asked Futile why he risked his life to save cur he replied with a grin "every dogs friend of mine.'
 There is sermon in a few words. Among the heroes, great and small, not the least of them is the boy who faces death to rescue dog.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-01-06
PRACTICAL PHILANTHROPY
 TO HELP THE BLIND

We can't all be Sir Arthur Pearsons nor emu late the British publisher who did not permit the loss of his eyesight to end his usful and honorable career, but on the contrary did much for the blind of England, particularly British soldiers whose vision was destroyed in the World war. Yet we can, and we should, give a helping hand to worthy movements to improve the lot of those who suffer this terrible afflic- tion.
 It is good to know that the Association for the Blind in Birmingham has taken on new life and obtained for active director Mrs. Mary H. Willis, who has had much experience in well fare work of various kinds as field representa- tive of the Red Cross. Mrs. Willis has person. ality we'll suited for the service she expects to render to the men, women and children of Bir- siasm for her work and the energy which have made the Red Cross a godsend to humanity, because it's members spend themselves in serving others, and do it cheerfully, as philanthropy should be done.
 Among the proposals the association has un- der consideration is the establishment of work shop where blind persons can learn trades and sell their handiwork. Mrs. Willis will try to establish closer relations between the blind and that more fortunate part of the public which has not lost the most precious, perhaps of all possessions-the power to see this world we live in and the faces of our friends and those dear to us. Lest tender sensibilities be offended 1t should be stated that this is not so much char itable undertaking, attempt to make the blind self-confident and self-supporting; to give them some of the social privileges and enjoy ment most of them are denied and to provide them with opportunities to improve their minds, thst they may support their darkness with more xortitude.
 2 It is heart indeed that is not touched by the Sieht of a blind person groping his way along the streets, or standing helplessly on busy cofrer until policeman a thoughtful passer- IT ]esds him safely through the traffic. Many pf our blind are not beggars They do not <5xxy tin cup and whine for aims. but all of
 m fssl ths weight of the handicap under
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-01-06
POINTED PARAGRAPHS

From the Chicago News.
 Charity always goes farther than it is sent. It's impossible to buy friend that is worth the price.
 A bluff is seldom luxury, and often is grim necessity.
 Any one can live within his means if he has means enough.
 To be on the right side in politics means to be on the inside.
 Never put off until tomorrow what you can have done for you today.
 It is better to be disappointed in love than it is to be disappointed in alimony.
 A man could save himself lot of trouble by not trying to make it for other people.
 The man who sets out to learn how to make money does well to learn how not to lose it.
 The world could manage to rub along without us, but we are rather glad that it doesn't have tO
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-01-06
STARTS WITH VIOLENCE

"The year 1922 will be one of violence in Jefferson county if records established by the first four days of the new year are maintained throughout the next 12 months" says Coroner J. D. Russum.
 sViolent deaths have averaged two day since the first of the year. During the first four days there have been seven violent deaths, of which four were murders, one suicide and two accidents, one of which was caused by an automobile"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-01-06
DIFFERENT OPINIONS

From the Edinburgh Scotsman.
 Two doctors met for the first time at re- ception. Both were famous, though each adopt ed a different system of treatment. Said the one loftily, as he shook the other by the hand
 q am glad to meet you as gentleman, sir, though can't admit that you are physician" {"
 And r. said the other, smiling faintly, Jam glad to meet you as physician, though I can't admit that you are gentleman"