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The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-08-06

way down, being careful to mark Mir. Cooper and Mir. Gall lard. but also exercising care not to stress their preference in this particular contest, lest suspicion be aroused. He stated that their task was made easier because of the fact that the peo-< ple-fn that county knew nothing of the various candidates for this office and would vote as they suggested to them.
 Mir. Smith stated that he lived in Rockford, but that Mr. Lyrd lived in Birmingham, but the latter was we'll known in Coosa. All of the above statements were made today in the city Of Montgomery in the lobby of the Exchange hotel. Trusting this will answer your inquiry and with much esteem, I am, Sim cerely yours.
 MAYER W. ALDRrDGE,"
 Lengthy Comment Superflu.us Lengthy comment on these let ters would be superfluous. The, speak plainly and suggest the ques tion: Arc the citizens of Alabami going to continue In office two meI whose campaign for reelection fl being actively pushed by officers agents and attorneys of corpora, ton that has an enormous amoun' of business pending before the com mission of which they are mem bers, business that affects the in tercst of hundreds of thousands oi citizens of the state?
 "In my judgment, tho public serv. ice commi ssion will never protec tho interests of the people of Ala bama until the people elect mer who are loyal and fair to their in terests and who are not under spe. cial obligations to the public serv' ice corporations.
 THOMAS E. KILBY.
 Governor
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-08-06

Two years ago you begun the job of changing the personnel and poll cies of the public service commission. Let's finish the job and vote for Fit1- hugh Lee.
 Paid political advertisement by Fitzhugh Lee.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-08-06
AUTO sTEALING CHARGED

Selma. August 5. - (special) = Brewster Burpo and Robert flaw kins, Birmingham negroes. who were captured by Sheriff Stanfill of Selma after a 2o-mile chase through Dallas county, were turned over Saturday morning to J. W. Howard deputy sheriff of Jefferson county, who held warrants charging the two with luto thieyery
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-08-06
A Message and a Promise

To the Voters of Jefferson County:
 election Circuit No people of Jeff ferson County six have disposed of full share of the busness of the having day from when there difficult have has reversed n appeal.
 This record has bee achieved by and conscientious worki and has Alabama circuit judge who has been elected by the people and made good record the of with opposition.
 If Peasss the people, judgment this right shall gratefully with added esperenee, to dseharse official duties the best of ability
 Sincerely, ROMAINE BOYD. tPaid advertisement by Ronaine Boyd, Birmingham.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-08-06
SEE THE BIRDIEi

From Judge.
 Mother (sternly)-"Willie, did you see brother kiss tn ecook?"
 Willie--.No, ma! Honest, I didn't! the other wayr'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-08-06

Vote for Ffte
 Paid political ad by Fred F ite
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1922-10-19


he muttered, as the ripple of applause from
the "chumps" reached his ears, growing
louder in volume, then became an "en-
core" Peggy, flushed and painting, made
her exit bowling profusely, blowing dainty
kisses; then, tripped to center, responded
to the encore once again, and still again,
before making her final exit, into Mickey's
arms, whispering exultantly:
"Got 'em at last Daddy. Now let's
bring 'em to their toes, with that grotesque
stuff, an don't forget: lay on the Wizard
of Or business"
"Sure Honey, we'll knock 'em dead"
said Mickey in a husky whisper, sitting
the catch in his throat, as he relinquished
reluctantly his lovely wife, to windup the
act.
you've been brooding again, haven't
you darling?" OWNED Peggy, with wifely
intuition. "Cut it out, deare. Be good
now-and Lord let's get on she ex-
claimed giving Mickey's dress-hat final
adjustment and taking her place to pre-
cede him in the 'vamp" step on.
In a Cohanesque nasal tenor Mickey be-
gan, as they "took off,"
'"Tell me-lit-tall- -guh-lee
Ahtheh-enny-moha at home Likely ?''-
Rhythmically vamping in exact tempo
Micky and Peggy fitted across full stage
several times before Micky finished his
silly, quizzical song with much business
and Aourishing gesture of mooney, love-
sick youth. Peggy, Stimulating, coquetry,
replied with an amorous ditty, full of ban
tering that pleased the "chumps."
After a spontaneous hand from the ap-
preciative auditors they quickly went into
the "Wizard of Or" stuff, an eccentric,
grotesque, slipshod, yet graceful dance that
required the elasticity of a contortionist to
maintain time with awkward grace. 1t
was their closing feature-and feature it
was, being very clever and difficult
dance, rendered in a superb manner.
"If Martin Beck or f. F. Albee could
only see us now,' said Mickey, soto Voce
as they abored through the third encore.
"We'll get there yet" Kissed Peggy,
twisting her supple young body dexterously
as they made sudden dangerous swerve.
'Listen at 'em," she breathed, as the
roll of applause engulfed them.
Psychology is way over my head"
protested, to Tom, the Harvey House clerk
as we were idly trying to dissect the oper
alton of the human mind on various mat
ters while waiting for the arrival of the
westbound Santa Fe transcontinental flyer,
from which l hoped to CLEAN some Give
copy for the Blade.
ooh, l don't know about that" replied
Tom, with mounting interest, "The funda-
mentals when once stripped of pedantc
phrases are simple enough"
what" l marveled, "and you hotel
clerk with line of chatter like that?"
81 don't claim any knowledge of the
subject" he demurred, then querulously,
"but don't we see evidence of psychology
on every hand in our daily life. Surely,
everything we read nowadays smacks of
psychology"
"Well l never!" l gasped, amazed
"What a man will see when he hasn't
got a shot-gun" thought Think of it !!
A hotel clerk spouting psychology!
even your modern felton," Tom con-
tinued, ignoring the mocking grimace I
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1922-10-19
Saltwater, Minnesota, Thursday, October 10, 1922

playfully made" depicts the rescue OF the
heroine from Rudolph Rassendale the re-
morseless ruffian by Gerald Goldilocks,
the gracious gonnif at the psychological
moment"
eyes, yes, go on" broke in, thrillingly
-"and whenever (?) Babe Ruth slams
out homer it's the. psychological moment
for the fans to 60 nuts" Tom finished,
laughing, then, after moment, seriously:
"All kidding aside, Izzy, if you will just
notice things like have around this hotel
you will begin to see how simple psyche
logy really is"
"The dictionary" said l, defines psy-
Chology as the science of the human mind
or soul; and it has sounded too deep and
high brow for me to tackle"
Nonsense, it's simple" he explained
J 'It's merely the relation of thoughts and
deeds; the conscious and subconscious
planes of thought. Idealism and Realism.
Suppose, for instance, you were reporter,
which you certainly are not-and that
you longed to be a great fiction writer,
yet secretly you harbored the desire to be
a pocket-biliard champion-to run all
fifteen balls several times, etc.-and yet
again, you wanted to stand in front of
camera and register chagrin, anger, de-
light, etc. That. is all psychology, but
very complex.
"The elimination of cerain previously
reasoned events at the proper time, or, in
other words, the psychological moment is
the kind of psychology we commonly read
see and know"
"Fll take the rest of that some other
time," l put in, "Here comes the rattler
now. Hope there's movie queen aboard,
going to Hollywood; my editor is hollering
for copy"
Waving hand in mock derision at
Tom, whose lips were still working on
psychology, l raced into the station ad-
joining the hostelry, thence to the plat
form, arriving just as the palatial train
thundered to stop.
Quickly seeking out a Pullman conduc-
tor who was a personal friend and the
generous giver of much news in the past,
| instantly fired the question::
who's aboard? Anybody?"
"You tell 'em kid Juanita La Belle,
the movie queen. Better hurry. She's in
'Snohomish car, H section. Tell the
porter l said to show you in he hastily
threw at me, as he made his way to the
depot Office.
Clambering aboard the train l soon
found porter; briefly told him the object
of my mission together with the conduc-
tors instructions, and presently found my
self Just outside one of those magnificent
drawing room sections.
Gently ringing, the porter announced:
'Gem'man to see yoall Miz La Belle"
"For Pete's sake Wait a minute
Didn't l tell you not to disturb me George
under any circumstances-Don't tell me
it's one of those reporter pests" came the
hustered notes of a musical contralto
sounding strangely familiar.
I'D, bosses ohdehs, NAM" apologzed
the darky, Withdrawing, as the door
opened.
'I'm sorry to disturb you Miss La
Belle" began humbly, "but the fact is
that is er-ah," l stammered in awe as the
full force of this radiant creatures magne-
tism smote me-ravshing black hair and
limpid dark eyes, gazing page g, Col 81
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1922-10-19

L
mentally exclaimed Mickey, as he
stood in the wings off stage
awaiting his cue, cycling pensively the trim
little figure of his dancing. partner as she
went through the intricate steps of her
novelty buck dance. Her stage presence
is little rough yet, he reflected. She
ought to take more time on the break.
Them yaps out there don't know when to
applaud She's sure got that waltz clog
down pat though and what a picture she
is in that new costume! Ought to look
good in it! Gave that Israelite in Little
Rock a double-sawbuck for it, Of course
a soubrette dress isn't really the proper
thing, but it's swell dish for these tank
towns. Went be playing them long any
how A few more weeks in the sticks with
constant rehearsal in spare time on the
new act and then charge on the big
time booking Offices. Some new photo
graphs, letterheads and wardrobe with the
new lobby display would turn the trick.
Of course performers had to have good
front. And wasn't Mickey real pro-
fessional? Belonged to the White Mice,
didn't he? Wore nice little rock in his
tie, too Read the Billboard and Clipper
regularly, didn't he? Well, then?
If he only had voice! Mickey fer
vently yearned. Lord What Knockout
the new act would be then AS it was
though he had to use talking numbers like
that Groom 2O2." Well, that was nothing
ANY number of big time performers had
no voice to speak of. With lots of business
and gesticuation they got by. Couldn't
Mickey? Of course.
This show business isn't what it's
cracked up to be at that, Mickey con-
tinued to ruminate; he'd sooner give up
the whole thing, settle down with Peggy,
get nice little fiat, and a position some
where, rather than break his heart trying
to please lot of callous managers and
tickle public-but there was Peggy! If
ever girl was dippy over the show busi-
ness, she was. Of course she had ability
and good looks. That was the trouble!
Class? Well, that word "class" was coined
especially for Peggy, Mickey was here to
tell you Many's the time he wanted to
smack them small town Hoosiers when they
eyed her covetously. But, Gee! could you
blame them? Look her over from where
Mickey stands
She is rapidly nearing the windup of
her number, but despite the mechanical
smile and final burst of energy Peggy is
good to look upon. Hair like midnight
done up in fetching coiffure, yet slightly
tous1ed; an oval face, of delicate olive
hue, not impaired by the roughed cheeks;
bewitching eyes, like pools of ink, limpid
vivacious eyes, now alight with frolicsome
zest; the lips, roughed to perfect Cupids
bow seem quite natural in spite of their
Psyche-like lusciousness, revealing two
rows of perfect mi!k-white teeth.
And Peggy's figure? Well, as Mickey
would say: She's no bigger than pint
of champagne and just as sparkling, don't
all good things come in small packages?
He'd tell the world they did
There, now Mickey thought, she's 60
ing into the Tumb-tiddy-umbtum, tum,
tum, his cue, after the encores-if them
chumps out there knew good dancing when
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1922-10-19
A BUCK IN FRANCE
The Battle of De Souge
By Mr.. r. L. NJ.

A/OU will not recall having seen an
\ account of any battle by that name
in any of the war histories, for the
very valid reason that it isn't there. Never
theless it took place. As there were no
casualties it was of little or no Importance;
yet the strife was long and bitter, the
warriors valiant and willing and the lea
ders capable strategists. There is no record
in the archives of the War Department or
anywhere else. On one side were arrayed
towering moutaineers from the feudal do
mains of Tennessee; on the other, little
buckaroos from the plains country and
sturdy tillers of the soil from the mid
western agricultural belt. There was no
formal declaration of war-none was
needed. A dark-eyed man, 'selle of the set
tlement smiled into the eyes of a buck
private from Iowa, and certain Tenne-
ssean was making collection of those
smiles. Woman, the root of all evil and
source of all discord, may be blamed just
ly for the broken noses, missing molars,
and battered countenances that resulted.
Several miles south of Bordeaux, there
lies camp, De Souge by name. Many of
the units located there temporarily were
Of the artillery branch as an excellent
range was part of the area. The outfit,
with which | went across was an Am
munition Train, so we accompanied the
artillery to which we were attached, to the
camp.
Our arrival in De Souge was unostenta-
tions; only shrill blast from the minia-
ture locomotive heralded our coming. A
long, endless string of box cars wound in
to the heart of the camp and sweating,
swearing, and disguised Yanks poured
forth to give the new spot the once over.
say swearing and disguised with due
respect for veracity for after you have
rode in French box car of the Chevaux
L. Hommes 40 type for forty-eight hours,
with some fifty odd companions, you can
cuss fuently in French even though you
are late arrival in the country. Sleep
ing is thing that cannot be done when
you travel in that fashion. You must
remain on your feet or someone elses half
the night, so half the crowd may lie down
and when your turn to spar with Nor
pheus arrives the company quartette will
obligingly render "Over There" "Home
Boys Home," "The Mademoiselle from A
inentieves" and sundry other wartime bal
lads, ditties and soldier songs that have
never and will never appear in print.
During the trip from the coast you have
been fed on "redhorse," and spongy war
bread. If all this wasn't enough to break
the proverbial hump-backed animals back
there were more troubles. The engineer
was indscret or thoughtless enough to stop
the train near another carrying wine. A
buck with talented nose made this mo-
mentous discovery and-well, we didn't
have quartette the rest of the trip; we
had chorus. The company blacksmith
endeavored vainly to reach high c, while
the be-spectacled company clerk sang bass.
1t might have been shipment of warbling
canares judging by the sounds AS al
ways there was a morning after and the
humping, jarring progress of the train
did not serve to alleviate page 4, Col u
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1922-10-19
FACTS AND FANCIES
By Mr.. O. N.

(I( EE! but she's swell little dame" "
mentally exclaimed Mickey, as he
Chariton courier., 1922-03-31
ECCLES

There was no Sunday school at
Eccles Sunday on account of the bal
weather.
Pearl Tetlow visited Betty Mae Ri
ley Sunday and Sunday night.
Tommy McCurry is working for
his brother Walter at present.
Joe Welch and Walter johnson
made a business trip to Keytesville
Saturday.
Misses Zelta Farthing and Paunita
Johnson visited the formers grand
parents, R. F. Farthing and family
Saturday and Sunday.
Several from here attended the
funeral of "Uncle" Reuben Bennett
at the Bennett Cemetery last Thurs.
day.
Roxie Jones spent the latter part
of last week with her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Will Jones and wife.
Grandma" Medlin and Mrs. ChaS
Epperly have been on the sick list
but are better at present.
Mrs. Wesley White visited he
mother, Mrs. Rutledge, one day las
week.
Mrs. Arthur Holm visited her par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. L. H. Davis las
Friday.
Chariton courier., 1922-03-31
FOUND A CURE FOR
INDIGESTION

81 use Chamberlain's Stomach and
Liver Tablets for indigestion and find
they suit my case better than any
dyspepsia remedy I have ever tried
and l have used many different medi-
cines. am nearly 51-years of age
and have suffered a great deal from
indigestion. can eat almost any
thing l want to, now," writes George
W. Emory, Rock Mills, Ala. These
tablets contain no pepsin but stren-
CITIZEN the stomach and enable it to
digest the food naturally.
Chariton courier., 1922-03-31
LA\, Ter DIES FROM
ASSAULT IN OPEN COURT

Carthage, Mo-, March 20.-J. b.
Tillman, prominent lawyer, democrat
ic politician and farmer of Southwest
Missouri, was assaulted by Bob Stem
mons, another lawyer and Lavanous
Jackson, defendant in an illicit dis
tilling case, and received injuries
from which he died at 2 o'clock Sun
day morning.
The assault was made in open court
at Mount Vernon, in the presence of
Circuit Judge Charles l.. Henson, and
other court officials. A hearing
on an application for parole of Law
anous Jackson, who was serving a
seven months sentence in the county
Jail on conviction of illicit distilling
near the Tillman farm in the west
part of Lawrence county, was being
conducted at the time.
Stemmons represented Jackson
when the case was tried and was his
attorney in the parole application. In
the course of his remarks Stemmons
severely arrigned Tillman, who was
a witness at the trial of Lawrence
Jackson and his brother, Raymond
jackson on the illicit distilling
charge. At the conclusion of the
hearing Tillman rose and asked the
court to permit him to explain his
position in the matter. Proceeding
by permission of the court, Tillman
said:
"4oung attorneys are sometimes
over-ambitious and in their enthusi-
asm misstate the facts"
Stemmons interrupted and Tillman
repeated his statement.
At this point Stemmons rushed Till
man and bore him to the floor. Prose
cutting Attorney James A. Potter, the
sheriff and others present pulled
Stemmons off, just as Lavanous Jack
son rushed in and kicked Tillman in
the temple as he lay PROSTATE.
Tillman unconscious was removed
to a local hospital where an operation
was performed in an effort to save
his life. Tillman was about 62 year;
old and a nephew of former United
States Senator Ben Tillman of South
Carolina. He was the owner of Eagle
Crest, one of the largest and mos'
fertile farms in Jasper and Lawrence
counties and had large property In
terests in st. Louis. He maintained
his law office in Carthage and also
residence here, but was voter il
Lawrence county.
Bob Stemmons is about 80 year
old and an overseas soldier. Jackso
and his brother were farmers nea
Plew.
Raymond Jackson was out on bono
having appealed from a convictio
on the charge upon which his brothe
Lavanous was convicted. Stemmon
was released on $4,000 bond follow
ing the assault and Jackson returne
to Jail.
State Senator Howard Gray, who's
office adjoins that of Tillman in Car
thage, proceeded with DR.. Davi
Wise, Tillman's family physician,
Mount Vernon as soon as news of tn
assault reached Carthage. Muc
feeling has been aroused both in Cal
thage and Mount Venon.-Moberl
Democrat.
Chariton courier., 1922-03-31
CHAMBERLAINS COUGH REM
EDY-NOTHING so GOOD FOR
A COUGH OR COLD

Everyone who has used Chamber
lain's Cough Remedy speaks well for
it," writes Edward P. Miller, Alb
botstown, Pa. People who once use
this preparation are seldom satisfied
with any other. 1t is excellent to al
lay a cough or break up cold.
Chariton courier., 1922-03-31

Thurston says you will find it hard
to equal his Harness or the price for
them. He makes Harness IN that
good old time way at Clifton Hill,
Mo. tgleLl saiNk E 1T
Chariton courier., 1922-03-31

Chas. Shinn is now located at
Smithyille and is running the paper
there. He formerly lived at Hale.
Chariton courier., 1922-03-31

Mrs. o. d. Laird Of north Of town
was here Saturday shopping. While
in town she ordered the Courier sent
to r. 4 v. Laird at craismOnt, Ida.
The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1922-03-10
MANY BROKERS FLEE NEW
YORK AFTER INDICTMENTS
ooHham Authorities Unable % leeato
Thirteen Who Were Names
In Numerous Pe0udo

New York.-Thirteen Of the u
brokers indicted BY grand Juries In.
veotigating stock frauds and bucket
shops have left town.
Despite the fact that the names Of
those wanted have not been published,
or otherwise officially made known,
detectives who have been assigned to
trace them have not been able to learn
their whereabouts. District Attorney
Joab H. Banton in general charge Of
the inquiry. has assigned additional
detectives to aid in the search and In.
timated that Z general alarm would be
sent out for the missing men II they
were not found within q reasonable
time. He declared that several score
q complaints are still to be presented
to the grand jury which viii resume
their inquiries neat week and pointed
out that no complaints had been ~
ceived against brokers affiliated with
either the New York stock exchange
or the curb association.
The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1922-03-10
GENERAL GRANT GOLD
COINS TO Be MlNTeo
Special Coins viii De Made In AID
70 Memorial euiidine 70
Son Of Ohio

Washington.-The coinage of san
MO worth Of gold dollars and silver
half dollars. as General Grant Mem.
orial coins," has just been author
lied by congress to enable the old
friends. neighbors and descendants Of
General Grant in Cremont county,
Ohio. to erect two memorial buildings
and Grant Memorial highway. five
miles long, in c0nmemOratiOn Of the
anniversary Of his birth, April q.
President Harding. the latest Of the
long list Of Ohio presidents. Of whom.
Grant was one, gave valuable aid to
Senators Willis (R.) and Pomerene
(D.). Of Ohio in securing the passage
Of this legislation and lost no time in
signing the bill after both houses of
congress had passed 1t.
The act authorizes the coinage If
$4,000 In gold dollars and $4,000
in half dollars to he delivered to the
Grant Memorial association. Of which
Hugh I. Nichols, former chief JUS.
tice Of Ohio Is president.
This association is to buy the coins
outright from the government and also
to provide for the entire expense Of
making them. The intention ia to sell
them at premium for the purpose
Of erecting community buildings. as
Grant memorials. at Georgetown.
Brown county, Ohio. where Grant
spent much Of his youth. and at
Bethel, Clermont county. near Grants
birthplace.
It is also intended to build, from the
proceeds Of the sales on the souvenir
coins, a Grant Memorial highway. five
miles long. from New Richmond. Ohio.
to Point Pleasant, Clermont county.
Ohio. the birthplace Of Grant.