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The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-01-08
H. U. SIMS URGED FOR JEFFERSON SENATOR

Friends of H. U. Sims, the well known Bir- mngham attorney, are urging him to become a candidate for the state senate from Jefferson county in the primary which is to be held in the late summer.
 While MT. Sims has not committed himself on the subject, those who are urging him to run believe that his experience and training are such as to make him most suitable timber as a representative of the county in the upper legislative body next time.
 MT. Sims has been practicing law in Birminis- ham for the past 23 years He is a graduate of the University of Virginia and of Harvard. He has served terms as president of the Jeffer- son County Bar association and of the Alabama Bar association and is author of several im- portant law books, including Sims Chancery Practice which is regarded as authoritative in Alabama.
 His activity in civic affairs has made him many friends, and it is expected that the sug- gestion that he become candidate for the senate will receive very general encouragement.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-01-08
S7R F HAT silly mess the new city commis- WAW sion is making over the proposition
 U of dancing at East Lake.

S1R F HAT silly mess the new city commis-
 U of dancing at East Lake.
 Three large and well grown, recently elected city commissioners say there shall be no danc- ing at East Lake because few people of noisy dispositions object and because the city hap pens to own the property.
 Yet they permit dance halls all over Birming- ham, and dancing at all the hotels. In other words they permit dancing wherever the danc- ing master or the hall owner cares to have it without any regulations whatever, so far as the city commission is concerned,
 With regulations of the strictest sort they say dancing shall not be done at East Lake where the city has gone to the expense of building most attractive dancing pavilion. They say the working people who represented by MT. Harrison, shall not enjoy the same pleas ures and privileges accorded the elite and the society element who draw salaries instead of wages.
 All of us can but admire the practical com mon sense and courage of that splendid Mrs. EchoIs and the courageous Commissioner Har- rson. These two thoroughbreds have their backs up, so to speak, and will submit the matter to referendum if necessary. With vote of the people the chances are dancing will carry by 4 or to l. as it should
 While the dancing proposition and the ex- pensive so-called detention hospital is occupy ing the attention of the city commission, very important matter of extreme interest to all the people is going to pot.
 Birmingham has paved streets which cost the tax payers s8,80O 900 and side walks which cost these same tax payers $2,OO0,000
 Yet the new city commission has cut the ap- propriation for the maintenance of these streets and side walks to $25,000 for the year. This will simply mean that the new city engineer, Mir. Hawkins, must be failure in his job. It is impossible to maintain the hundreds of miles of paved streets of Birmingham on such g rdiculously low appropriation.
 We all know if hole in bitulithic or as- phalt pavement is not immediately mended the paving will continue to break and dstintegrate and in a short while will have no paving,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-01-08
LATTEk.DAY MARTYRS

From the New York Times.
 Oxford, of course, like every other up-to- date university or college, has to have it's com munists. They are a feeble folk in number, but have disported themselves in their organ, Free Oxford, published for the purpose of air ing the most extreme views they could think up. In a recent issue they proposed that the bourgeois make their choice between commun- ism and termination-plainly after the Mo- hanmedan model of the Koran or the sword. These antics were taken seriousy-perhaps a trifle too much so--by the vice chancellor, who suppressed the publication and banished it's chief editor from Oxford.
 What did the exiled undergraduate commun- ist do? He went off exclaiming in delight: "Hurrah! am now like Shelley" The uni versity sent Shelley down for his opinions, and the inference is that every other student sent down for the same reason will in time become famous and have statue erected in his honor in one of the Oxford quadranges. The logic lis rather weak even for communist. Why omit the many cases of university exile which ended in oblivion? But, the incident throws a light upon the martyr-spirit of our modern rad icals. They do not say, let my name rot, if only the cause is advanced. Their attitude is, rather, that of men asking what the cause is good for unless they can get out of it for themselves advertising, and notoriety and power. The fathers of the church had to warn against too great>zeal in seeking martyrdom as means of -glorification, and our latter-day mar tyrs of communism seem to be in need of sim liar restraint.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-01-08
NED BRACE TALKS ABOUT MISTAKES
 OUR CITY COMMISSIONERS ARE MAM1MG

and will have to do the paving work all over again.
 Paved streets soon become worthless uniess they are maintained; and it is ridiculous to think that $1o,0OO,OoO of paved streets and side walks can be properly maintained at eos. of $25,ooO year.
 We tax payers who have paid to pave in front of our properties should protest, and pro- test strongly. Otherwise it will only be year or two before we shall have to stand another assessment for new paving
 Mir. Hawkins, the new city engineer, has a fine reputation and is of practical, com mon sense, and splendid highway engineer. But he will be worth nothing to Birmingham unless he has sufficient fund to maintain the streets He says he can do the work with $75,0oo year, and he should have it-a mere bagatee for the maintenance of so many miles of splendid streets.
 Recently there has been much whining among the merchants and business men of Birmingham about bad business.
 As matter of fact things could be much worse. The buying public is no longer cramped It has held off on account of high prices. Now that prices are coming down the public is beginning to buy and will continue to buy. The merchants, who will take their medicine, can get rid of the goods that they bought when high prices prevailed, at present day prices and will be enabled to buy new stocks and do normal business.
 The railroads are beginning to put in orders for new equipment, and the industries of the Birmingham district will soon be humming.
 Birmingham is supported by pay rolls, and these pay rolls are increasing every week.
 The pay roll is our crop, and it promises to be good one during this winter and spring There is no boil weevil in it and no waiting for the money.
 The iron and steel on hand has been nearly exhausted and more must be made. Therefore the starting up of furnaces and mills. They are all gradually getting in action again and the pay roll account of the district is increasing every week.
 There will be no tidal wave of prosperity-no boom; but gradual increase of business
 So what's the use of anybody kicking? Let us all go to it, and look forward to better times. 5t7,uee-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-01-08
BUILDING INCREASES

Building during the past year showed big increase over 1920, according to the number of permits issued and the amounts expended m buildings said John Hunter, of the office of J. E. Spencer, city building inspector. "The last month of 1921 showed an increase over November of the same year. In Decenbery 1920, $147,737 was spent in buildings and n the month in 1921, $360,973. So far this year permits have been issued for more than $100,000 worth of buildings and the total amount invesed in the entire month of January, 1921, amounted to $2s0, 0,533. Last year amount spent in building showed an increase of $2,- 200, ,000 over 1920"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-01-08
GOOD NEWS TO ALI.

T noticed the other day where the Seaboard Air Line has placed big order for freight cars with the T. c. I. company remarked Felix Tarrant.
 This order, l understand, will require full time operation for several months before com pletion. This means then that steady employ ment will be given several hundred men. Every one will be glad to see this as it is real sign of business prosperity"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-01-08
DUTCH COURAGE

"Wel dispense with the fencing scene in the third act" said the star.
 "What's the matter?" asked his manager. That's strongest bid for patronage"
 q don't intend to risk my life. The actor Il have to fence with is half full of hooch. It might give him courage enough to try to win the fight
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-01-08
NOVELTY IN CHRISTMAS CARDS

From the Brooklyn Daily E2sle.
 One Brooklyn family has sent out charm ing Christmas card this year featuring the fam fly offspring and offering prize for the best title. The suggestions already received range from Boost Brooklyn's Better Babies to Say It With Twins
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-01-08
FUTILE RESOLUTIONS

Human nature is-well-just human nature" observed the platitudinous person.
 eCorrect" said MT. Grumpson. Further more, you can't change it enough to notice by calling mass meeting, ndulging in a lot of indignant oratory and giving out a statement to the press beginning, Be it resolved.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-01-08
ATTENTION. MIR. BRIGGS,

From Life.
 q cannot" replied the lad to old MT. WasL- mtgon, tell lie. I felled it with my little hatchet But, he added, with thriftiness that helped make him Virginias richest man, 'inasmuch as I did fell is, I should like to sell the motion picture and cartoon rights to the felling incident, under the title, When Teller Needs Friend.''' y
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-01-08
A POWER IN POLITICS

A POWEN TN FOLI The farmer used to lead life of hardship and
 of toll, Nobody envied him because he had to till the
 soil His hands were caloused by the plough, the
 pitchfork and the hoe, He worked from early morn to night to make
 his harvests grow. But now machines can do the work dozen
 men could do, The farmer wears much better clothes-has
 ample leisure, too. When the frost is on the pumpkin and the fod-
 ders in the shock" He sits at home and reads about the "agricul-
 tural bloc.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-01-08
JUST THE RIGHT DEPTH

'"Cosmeticay speaking, she's work of art , Don't you think you are laying it on too thick?" ''No, and she doesn't lay it too thick, either.'
 PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-01-08
THEY DON'T GO TOGETHER

''Pa, what is anomaly"
 Did you ever swagger sport car with a motor crib attachment?"
 q never did, pa"
 "Well, if you ever one, that will be an anomaly"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-01-08
THERE'S A REASON

From the San Francisco Chronicle.
 Wonder why American troops leaving Cob lenz for Antwerp to embark for the United States insisted on the band playing a dirge?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-01-08
NEVER SAW ONE

"Ths politician waxes eloquent over the little red school house.
 "At any rate, he has a vivid imagination" "Eh?"
 'He came over in the steerage."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-01-08
ADAPTABLE ART

''What does this picture representa-" asked the prospective purchaser.
 "It is called Destiny" said the cubist painter.
 s'T wanted something suitable for den."
 Add $1Oo to the price and I'll call it any thing you like.''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-01-08
A NEW CALLING

"Does married life have sobering effect on an otherwise care-free disposition?"
 "It is supposed to, but it is charged in divorce proceedings involving a wealthy youth and a
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-01-08
ADRIFvT WITH THE TIMES
A,ejrt3aee,

chorus beauty that she employed combination lady's maid and bottlegger.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-01-08

Uncle Sam expects to spend $9,250O00 on prohibition enforcement during the next fiscal year. For some reason or other items of this sort always amuse the bootleggers.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-01-08

It is announced that Berlin will publish all documents relating to the foreign policies of European governments for the past 43 years. As the work is expected to fill 20 volumes, most of us may have to forego the pleasure of reading it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-01-08

How far that little candle throws his beamsl So shines a good deed in naughty world.
 Merchant of Venice.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-01-08
A MORNING PRAYER

Send me not forth to battle with the world, o mercifuI God, until have gone through battle to victory within my own wayward heartl Amen.-M. s. B.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-04-28
EDITORS TO MEET
Old and New Mix at Association
Convention at Lawrence.
William Allen White Is One of
Speakers at Conference.

Lawrence, Kan, April 2S.-Present
day problems, and old-time history
are to naingle in the program for the
thirtieth annual convention of the
Kansas Editorial association. which is
to meet at the University of Kansas
Friday, May 5, and hold adjourned
sessions in Kansas City. Kan, Satur-
day. One of the chief problems to be
considered is that of executive secre-
tary, as it has been worked out by the
Iowa Editorial association e. L.
Casweu, secretary of the Iowa asso-
citation, will be one of the speakers at
the Lawrence meeting.
William Allen White. editor of the
Emporia Gazette. will speak on
''Thirty-Seven Years in the Harness."
in addition to making an address at a
Gonvocation of University of Kansas
students. John Montgomery of the
Junction City Union is on the program
for a talk on Unto the Third Genera
ton
Problems Of advertising, improve
-ment of news service, and the wo-
mans viewpoint are to be considered
in general sessions of the convention
and also in separate conferences for
the daily and weekly publishers.
Friday evening, the Lawrence
Chamber of Commerce will entertain
the visiting editors at a dinner, after
which the newspaper men will go to
the former Governor Stubs home,
now the home of the Sigma NJ fra
ternity, for an evening of entertain
ment by the Sigma Delta Chi, journal
istic fraternity. The Topeka Press
club also will be guests.
Saturday morning the editors are to
go to Kansas City, Kan, to visit the
newspaper and Industrial plants there
of Commerce at dinner in the eve
ming
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-04-28
WHY WOMEN GET DESPONDENI

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 de-
spondent- When a woman develops
nervousness, sleeplessness, backaches.
dragging-down pains and melancholia
she should lose no time in giving Lydia
E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound a
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 fifty years,-Adv.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-04-28
HUGGINs UPHoLDs DEMOCRACY.
Need for Eduction Sounded by Indus
trial Court Justice.
Emporia, Kan, April 2s.-''Democ-

Emporia, Kan. April 2S.-''Democ-
racy in America is still on trial. The
very foundations of our government
it seems, are being undermined by
treacherous foes, who gain access to
our country by the arts of the hypo-
critic and the sycophant. In the name
OF liberty and justice they seek to
destroy democracy. Leadership -
courageous, Christian, upright leader
ship, is the great demand of the
hour Thus did Judge w. L. Hug
gins. of the industrial court, voice the
need for educated and enlightened
leadership in a scholarship recogni-
ton service held at the College of
Emporia yesterday.
college days are the planting
days" continued Judge Higgins,
speaking to the subject of scholarship.
1.-The harvest of after life depends
upon the kind of quality of the seed
and the proper planting of the same
at the proper time The harvest of
the mind is sure. Moth and rust doth
not corrupt nor thieves break thru
and steal"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-04-28
NJ. H. M. S. TO INDEPENDENCE.
Mrs. s. J. HeatOn Elected President of
Independence District.

Chanute. Kan, April 2s.-Mrs. s.
]. Heaton of Independence, was
elected president of the independence
district Woman's Home Missionary So
ciety of the Methodist Episcopal
church at its annual convention here.
Other officers are: Vice president, Mrs.
E. E. Truskett, Caney; recording Sec
rotary, Mrs. c. P. Donald, Fredonia;
corresponding secretary, Mrs. Charles
South, Chanute; treasurer. Mrs.
Charles Funk, lola; department Sec
retaries: Young peoples work, Mrs.
E. E. Tanquary, Independence; chill
drens work, Mrs. A. NJ. Mccoy. Cot
feyville; supplies, Mrs, W. F. Wilson,
Chanute; mite boxes. Mrs Mac Wood
ward, Humboldt; Christian steward
ship, Mrs. Noah Gilbert, Altoona; Mis-
sionary education, Mrs. z. E. Luken.
Coffeyville; evangelism, Mrs. C. P.
Day, lola; temperance, Mrs. Alva
Johnson, Neodesha; perpetual mem
berships, annuities and requests, Mrs
W. E. Bodle, Chanute.
independence was selected as the
place for the district convention next
year.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1922-11-10
CONTEST RULES

follows
correct o mis- spelled words:
subscription the NewsBudget
prize yearss NewsBudge.
ineligible during remainder
in nimpar ial manne andt selected lot
The Pageland journal. [volume] (Pageland, S.C.) 1911-1978, 1922-11-01
The Missouri River

The Missouri is one of the
great drainage channels of the
United States. measuring in total
length about 2,400 miles. Ac-
cording to the United States Geo
logical Survey. Department of
the Interior, it dralus 527.l55
square miles, a territory as great
as that embraced in ali the States
south of New York and east OF
the Mississippi, except Indiana
and Illinois.
Although the Missouri is no
longer utilized TO any extent as a
means OF communication and
transportation. il is destined to
play a large part in the develop
ment of its drainage basin by
furnishing water for Irrigation
and generating power.
The Pageland journal. [volume] (Pageland, S.C.) 1911-1978, 1922-11-01
gEhe boil :weeyil can be annu
de efeat&d but in order TO ac.
Gambling and Gambling

That what is gambling to one
person may be merely an inno-
cent pastime in the opinion of
some other people seems 10 be
indicated by the way some people
who would not thiuk of playing
cards for stakes played gambling
devices at the recent county fair
here quite frankly and openly
and seemingly withoutgiving the
gambling feature thought
Some people who would be
quick TO condemna card game for
stakes cheerfulIy paid the price
to pitch ball for chance at a
doll Or to try their luck with a
wheel or some other device.
Isn't gambling by some other
name just as bad as il is when
you frankly cali it gambling?-
The Lumberlon Robesonion.
The Pageland journal. [volume] (Pageland, S.C.) 1911-1978, 1922-11-01
The Prospective Tariff

The big talk Of the Republi-
cans about the fat times TO be
brought about through protective
tariff would be laughable were it
not SO serious. Protective tariff
enrlches the few by robblng the
many.l 1t is special privilege
with a vengence. Protective
tariff destroys competition,
creates high prices by restricting
production. and the poor pay the
bill. Look at the country today.
The farmers wheat is going
down to the bottom. Wages
keep going down. Merchandise
is high. Shoes are high. What
the working man has to sell is
gong down. What he has to
buy is going up. A fine thing, is
this robber doctrine, ii is good
doctrine. as weli!-Union Times.
The Pageland journal. [volume] (Pageland, S.C.) 1911-1978, 1922-11-01
Sodium Widely Distributed

The element sodium is very
widely distributed in the earth.
1t forms about 2.36 per cent OF
known terrestrial matter. accord.
ing TO the United States Geologi-
cal Survey. and is the most abun.
dant of the alkali metals. Sodium
appears to occur in nature only
in combination with other ele
ments, If its alleged occurrence
as the free element in blue rock
salt is neglected. It's an import
ant constituent Of the feldspars
and several olher insoluble min
erals from which sodium saks
are not extracted commercially
but which are nevertheless re.
garded as the ultimate source Of
the salts that are soluble in
water.-Youles Companion.
The Pageland journal. [volume] (Pageland, S.C.) 1911-1978, 1922-11-01
The Good and Bad

How's your cotton crop this
year2" l asked Chesterfield
county farmer one day last week
II am making fairly good
yield this year." said the man.
You know my farm is sandy
and not very fertile. and I'm
making more cotton than some
of my neighbors who have bet
ter land.
DO you think YOU can grow
cotton another year?" the farmer
was asked.
II know it. This is our third
years experience with the boil
weevil. With proper cultivation
thin land where cotton does not
grow rank is where we are go
ing TO make the most cotton
Tie. Lord in my opinion new
er put all the good in one spot
and all the bad in another. Our
poor sandhill land is coming in.
TO its own"
And the man may be right
Monroe Enquirer.
The Pageland journal. [volume] (Pageland, S.C.) 1911-1978, 1922-11-01
The Worth OF A Soul

In the shop Of q diamond mer-s,
chant al Amsterdam we saw
Ereat a1aehi1
er all brought to bear on what
seemed to be.a small piece of
glass. One might be sure of the
if he would but look around !I:s8 IsH
see what skill and labor were be-
ing expended upon it. God has
laid out for the good of a soul
the watchfulness of angels. the
providence of this world. the
glory of the next. the councils of
eternity, Himself and all that he
hath, the Holy Spirit and all His
Divine influences-yea, He spar
ed not His only Son. Say, soul,
what must thou be worth thus to
have all Heavens thought and
power and love laid out for thee?
Selected.
The Pageland journal. [volume] (Pageland, S.C.) 1911-1978, 1922-11-01
without a Church
Charlotte Observer

Mr.. Hickman, the Baptis1
preacher of Gaffne,. who was "a
candidate In the late primaries Id
South Carolina, and an open adj.
vocate for Cole L. Blease, was
asked shortly after the electionsO
quit that pulpit. The deacois
have later joined in the request
and the preacher has quit. But
in a public statementin explana-
lion of his retirement, he indi
Gates that it was not all on ac.
count of his championship of MIR.
Blease. 1t seems that he has an
,un-American war record. For an
established case of opposition to|
the Governments war policies hi
was at one time fined $500, and
it is his own admission that this
is his third and last church TO lose
"on account of my stand on the
wat" About time he was seeking
some charge in Germany. He
might find a church over there
to which he could stick and
which would stick by him. s.
The Pageland journal. [volume] (Pageland, S.C.) 1911-1978, 1922-11-01
Woodrow Wilson Can Vote In
New Jersey

Trenton. N. ], Oct. 24.-The
ruling made several days ago by
the Mercer county board Of elec-
lions which deprived former
President Woodrow Wilson from
voting in the state of New Jersey
under the absentee voters law
was reversed tonight by State
ATTORNEY General McCran. The
decision of the attorney general
is based on a supreme court rul-
ing which holds tha. a voters
residence is deterl ,iued by his
intention. Under the decision
MIR. and Mrs. Wilson will vote as
citizens of Princeton. N. !.
The Pageland journal. [volume] (Pageland, S.C.) 1911-1978, 1922-11-01
Politics In Amen Corner

During a recent political cam,
paign, two deacons of the same
faith religiously, but on opposite
sides of the fence politically, at
tended prayermeetIng.
"Oh Lord" intoned the Repub-
lican deacon. 81 pray Thee. that
the Republicans may hang to
9ether-"
amen" calculated the Demo
Crat.
But not. 0 Lord" continued
l. Republican, "in the sense
T.! It my Democratic brother
D. ,ans. but IN the sense of accord
3 ID concord"
ANY cord'll do, Lord; any
c rd'll dor was the Democrats
{ ,sing thrus t.-Everybody's
Magazine.