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The Mt. Sterling advocate., 1922-09-26
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Did you ever hear OF Doolittle?
IL some fellow had told your grand
father when he was boy that in the
time of his grandchildren a man
would take dinner one evening on the
cool summer veranda overlooking the
broad Atlantic and at ten o'clock bid
his friends good night, saying, I'm
dining with friends on the Pacific
coast tomorrow evening. l must be
on my way" your grandfather would
have looked upon the predictor as
either a laughable romancer or a pit
liable fool.
Well, Doolittle did it, And not
many people noticed it. The whole
world accepted it as a" little news
item of passing interest. Few even
noted the item and most OF those
who did as quickly forgot it.
Lieutenant James III. Doolittle, U.
s. army aviator, hoped of in his
aeroplane from the broad Atlantic at
Pablo Beach at three minutes past
ten o'clock Labor Day. At 5:34 next
afternoon (Pacifc time) he stepped
out of his sky boat at San Diego, Cal,
on the Pacific.
Doolittle stopped an hour and sew
en- minutes at San Antonio, Texas, to
take breakfast with his wife and mo-
ther. In actual flying time he flew
from sea to sea in twenty-one hours
and eighteen minutes.
What would grandfather as a boy
have thought Of that? Nothing more
than a passing news items of the
hour now. We have grown accustom-
ed to startling events.
Some day some fellow will rise up
into the heavens and sail all the way
around the world And when that
day comes. even that will not amaze
us.
We once thought it a wonderful
thing to talk by wire across town.
Now we talk by wireless across the
continent
We once thought it was a great
thing to go from New York to Buff
falo in one day. Now we go from
sea to sea in day.
You have seen in your school his
tories pictures of the little Columbus
fleet, the Nina. the Pinta and the
Santa Maria, compared to the mod
ern ocean liner, nearly one-fifth of
mile long, accommodating thousands
of passengers in the luxury of pala-
tial grandeur.
You have seen pictures of the lit
tie kettlelike locomotive, the De Witt
Clinton, which was the marvel of
1881 because it acquired the amaz-
ing speed of is miles an hour. You
have seen the modern engine which
pulls a palatial Pullman faster than.
mile minute. Wonderful changes,
aren't they? Well
The little airship that Doolittle
lifted above the storm clouds and
sailed by compass was but the Santa
Maria sailing an unchartered sky. A
sky where great ships will follow. 1t
was the De Witt Clinton plotting the
path for the up-in-the-air passenger
coach our children win some day use
to meet a business engagement or to
greet friend at dinner a few thou
sand miles away.
All over the skies new lines of pas
senger ships will iiy. AS Doolittle
hopped from sea TO sea, we viii hop
from shore to shore.
Soon Asia is but day away We
take breakfast in Buenos Ayres to-
morrow.-Richard Lloyd Jones.
The Mt. Sterling advocate., 1922-09-26
PROMPT ACTION AGAINST HOG
CHOLERA SAVES HEAVY LOSS

Watch for the first hog to show
signs of cholera, advises the United
States Department of Agriculture. II
the herd is treated Immediately it is
generally possible to save the herd
with but few losses. II the disease,
however, is allowed to reach all the
animals before the serum preventive
treatment is applied heavy losses may
be expected. Anti-hog cholera Sc
ruin is a preventative and not cure
for hog cholera, the department has
pointed out.
Whenever hog dies of an un-
known cause the owner should watch
his herd closely for at least a week,
and if any more hogs in the herd be-
gin to show signs of sickness a veter
marian should be called immediate
ly, for the chances are that hog chol-
era has reached the herd, and prompt
action in applying the serum treat
ment is the only thing that will save
the well animals. A high tempera-
ture, ranging from los degrees to 10S
degrees Fahrenheit, in hog that
staggers when it walks, is pretty
good indication Of hog cholera. Such
hogs should be segregated and not
allowed to mingle with other hogs or
to wander about, for they will spread
the disease wherever they go. some
times in places where it is impossi-
BILE to disinfect. Hogs that die on a
farm should be buried or, preferably.
burned, in order to prevent birds, in
sects and animals that visit the car
cass from spreading the disease.
Usually the disease is most preva-
lent during the fall months and losses
are invariably heavy in heards where
owners neglect to immunize the hogs
before the disease reaches them, or
fail to call veterinarian Immediate
ly on its first appearance.
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The Mt. Sterling advocate., 1922-09-26

Both eggs and poultry are recog-
nized as among our most valuable
foods, but the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture is setting out to
find definite information regarding
their vitamin contents. Experiments
are being carried on with rats and
pigeons to show how they compare in
tbs respect with bef. pork and other
common foods.
The Mt. Sterling advocate., 1922-09-26
HONEY PHlLosoPHY EoR 1s22

When you get a silver in your fin
ger it's likely to cause trouble II it's
left there. AS a matter OF fact, after
a time old mother nature sooner or
later will force 1t our whether II likes
it or not. IL just doesn't belong there.
One way or another it's got to get
back to where to came from.
When 1t does then both silver and
stick are better on. They're strong
er. The chances are both silver and
stick must pass through all sorts of
changes before they unite again. That
is the price they pay for getting away
from where they fit.
It's always best TO find out whore
We At and not try to break in where
we don't belong.
The Mt. Sterling advocate., 1922-09-26

Men who laugh at women for let
ting the fashion dictators lead them
around by the nose will wear stiff
straw hats that are about as comfort
able as a gravel in a shoe
The Mt. Sterling advocate., 1922-09-26

Autoist-Say. constable, what is
that red light for? Constable-To
keep people from falling over that pile
of stones. Autoist-Well, what are
the stones for? Constable-My, but
you are dumb, They hold up the
light!
The Mt. Sterling advocate., 1922-09-26

No matter how many love letters
man gets from girl he never dis
covers that she can't spell until after
he marries her.
The Mt. Sterling advocate., 1922-09-26

A country neighbor has named his
new daughter Prudence. We didn't
think anybody had the nerve to do
that any more.
The Mt. Sterling advocate., 1922-09-26

In the score Of the financial game.
the strikes and errors ought TO be
run in the same column.
The Mt. Sterling advocate., 1922-09-26

Running newspaper is fun some
times, but there are days when the
McCormicks don't do a thing.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1922-02-25
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thanks to the wisdom and breadth of
view of the ruling head of it, the war
placed the Catholic Church in closer
association than it had been, with the
great body of the people. The Church in
the United States was among the first
to appreciate that the world had
changed and could never be the same
again and that the changes brought
by the war entailed a new order and
gave birth to new problems. 1t is be-
ing frankly admitted that the Church
has cemented it's place in public es-
timation through the consistent work
of the National Catholic Welfare
Council, a Church body, in pleading
the cause of the downtrodden, and in
the efforts Of this and other Church
organizations for the protection and
rehabilitation of those of the faith
who suffered. That all this had the
active approval and benediction of the
late Pontiff there can be no question.
1t must not be forgotten"
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1922-02-25

litical science form the course. The
students have followed courses in the
Catholic social study club work, and
it is expected that the future mem
bers will have similar training. The
groundwork of the college has been
laid in the strong social study club
movement in England. There are now
about 140 social study clubs pursuing
courses under the direction of the
Catholic Social Guild in various parts
of England.
Pope's Friendship for Cardinal Al.
marez.-The Correspondence Espana
has commented upon the fact that
Pope Benedict XIV and Cardinal AL
marez, Archbishop Of Toledo, died on
the same day, one within three hours
of the other. They had been the clos
est of friends ever since Mgr della
Chiesa, the future Benedict XIV, had
been secretary at the Nunciature of
Madrid. At that time, Mgr. Almarez
was dean of the Madrid Cathedral.
After Cardinal della Chiesa had been
elected Pope, when Cardinal Almarez
in his turn knelt before the new SUI
preme Pontiff, Benedict XIV said to
him: Henry, we shall always be
friends. Come and see me tomorrow"
Cardinal Almarez therefore went to
see his old friend the following day
and Pope Benedict XIV conversed with
him at great length in terms of the
warmest friendship, and when he was
about to take his leave, said: "Since
the Papal dignity requires that I al
ways be addressed as Your Holiness,
well, let it be so, but mentally, in the
bottom of your heart, always say
thou to me-"
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1922-02-25

If thou wouldst conquer thy weak
ness, thou must never crafty it. No
man is compelled to evil; his consent
only makes it his.-Willidne PENN
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-12-30
MR.. HARDING OBJECTS

In throwing the full force of the admins
tration against the Borah proposal for an
international conference on economic prob
lens and disarmament, President Harding
declares that it is undesirable because it
would create false Impressions" both in
the United States and abroad, and embar-
rass the administration in the steps it is
already taking to help Europe. The Presi-
den also lets it be known that he is not
pleased by the assumption that the admins
tration sis not fully alive to world situa-
ton which Is Of deep concern to the United
States" The spectacle is again presented
of a clash of authority between Congress
and the executive branch of the government,
as to which has the initiative in conducting
our foreign relations. Mr.. Harding is hav
ing the same trouble that Mr.. Wilson had
with Congress, but this time it is repubi
can and not democratic quarrel. Mr..
Harding takes the view Mr.. Wilson did that
the President is charged with the conduct
of foreign affairs. His letter to Senator
Lodge indicates that he regards action by
Congress at this stage of the proceedings as
unwarranted and unnecessary interference
with the administrations prerogatives
The President says thereeis no immediate
hope for limiting land ornaments and would
postpone any further discussion of limiting
auxiliary naval craft not included in the
Washington agreements until they secure
the final sanction of all governments con-
cerned." His suggestion that Congress
"free the hands" Of the allied debt commits
sion has caused great deal of comment, as
having an important bearing on the future
disposal of Americas foreign debt. Sena-
tor Borah asserts that the President would
virtually cancel the debt by deferring pay
ments indefinitely, but Senator Lodge ex-
plains that he meant that the time for re-
payment of principle and interest might be
extended beyond the limitations already
fixed by Congress. There is no reason ITO
believe Mr.. Harding favors cancellation of
the foreign debt. He is fully aware of what
the American people think about that.
Mr.. Harding's reasons for opposing the
Borah plan would have greater weight il
there were not such an atmosphere of Sc
crecy about the state department. No out
slider seems to know what is going on and
as a result all kinds of rumors are flying
around in the United States and abroad.
The administration declares that it is carry
ing on negotiations with various European
powers, but declines to tell what it has al
ready accomplished or what it expects to
accomplish. In the circumstances it is not
surprising that there is a general mystifica-
ton which includes most of the members of
Congress.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-12-30
MENTALITY OF MOTORISTS

Detroit judge has discovered novel
method for handling automobile speed ma
MACS. When violators of the traffic laws
are brought before him he turns them over
to specialist in mental diseases. If the
doctor says they have ordinary human in
telligence they are tried and given fines
and Jail sentences. Of seventeen recently
examined three were pronounced mentally
inferior and they were remanded for further
observation. From the average pedestrians
point of view a large percentage of the dri-
vers he has to dodge in the course of day
show symptoms of insanity. This may be
due to prejudice, but the possession of an
automobile unquestionably has deleterious
effect on the minds of some people whose
bump of recklessness is Unfortunately de-
veloped. There may be morons and lunatics
driving cars who are not responsible for
what they do, but the most prevalent form
Of motor mania does not justify court len
iency. On the contrary, the punishment i'm
posed ought to be severe and prompt.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-12-30
THE EDUCATIONAL SURVEY

The Alabama Educational Associations
legislative committee has formulated plans
for survey of the educational needs of the
state with view of presenting to the legis-
lature schedule Of appropriations and leg
isation required for their advancement.
This is the proper step. The legislators
cannot themselves make surveys of the state
in all its various departments of activity and
necessarily depend to large extent on those
in position to inform them. In the matter
eff the schools there is special need for care
in drawing up program of expenditures,
because they are the costliest institutions in
the state and are the heaviest drain on its
resources. They are also the most important
of the states obligations. For that reason
and because they involve such large expen-
ditures economical methods should be sought
and applied so every dollar will go as far as
possible, without in any way retarding the
development of the schools.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-12-30
SEA WANDERERS UNwELcoME

From the Seattle Times.
Sailing from port to port in the Yellow
sea and failing in each place to find a well
come, several thousand refugees from Vlad-
ivostok present pathetic spectacle of hui
man misery. The wanderers are men, wom-
en- and children who fled before the adj
vance of the bolsheviki. The flotilla con-
sists of strange assortment of vessels, some
of them no larger than tugboats.
Unfortunately, persons seeking aims are
common sights on land in the old world, but
it remained for the tragic sequence of events
in Russia to produce the first marine expe-
dition in search Of charity. The plight OF
the so-called white" Russians is pitiable.
since their wanderings are in part of the
world which either is disinclined to bestow
charity or unable to do so. AT Shanghai,
already crowded with sick and INDECENT refu-
gees, they were not permitted to land. In
this predcament it appears that officials
and others turned naturally to America,
knowing that this country never refused to
succor the starving and afflicted. Requests
have been made of the American Red Cross
to give temporary relief in order that DE
refugees may get to Manila or to Hongkong.
To return the Russians to Vladivostok
would be to send most of them to certain
death. As many of them were active in
fighting the bolsheviki, there is every rea-'
son to believe that wholesale executions
would follow their appearance in the city
from which they fled. Until they find
refuge it must be their hard lot to continue
begging for food and coal in the inhospitable
orient.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-12-30
RADIO USED IN MINES

If the hopes of experts in the United
States bureau of mines are realized, radio
may be the means of saving the lives of
many entombed miners. Experiments made
in a Pennsylvania mine where wireless sig
nails were sent through so feet of coal strata
have led scientists to believe that they may
be able to send wave lengths for much great
err distances. The work that is now being
done may ultimately result in doing away
with the heart-breaking waits to discover if
entombed miners are still living. There Is
no experience more nerve-wracking to any
one who has ever taken part in mine rescue
work than the dreadful uncertainty that ex-
lists when men are imprisoned in the earth
and all means of communicating with them
have been destroyed.
One of the most heroic struggles ever
made to rescue entombed miners occurred
recently in a California gold mine, but not
until the rescuers drove through the last
foot Of earth that separated them from the
imprisoned men did they discover that all
had died long before the party got within
were. Radio has been the means of saving
thousands of lives on the sea. The possibility
Of making effective use of radio in mines
opens new field for eXperimenters that
may minimize the horror and danger of
catastrophes.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-12-30
A REQUEST FROM GERMANY

German business men have informed the
limited States Chamber of Commerce that
thew would welcome an American commits
sion to inquire into Germany's capacity to
nav Preparations. They make formal re-
ouest through national organization that
such a commission be appointed, and while
nothing has been given out by the state de-
partment, it is not unlikely that this Is one
of the questions now being tentatively dis
eussed. Since reparations constitute the
greatest problem that Europe has to solve
and one which must be settled before there
can be a restoration of economic stability
some way must be found to fix definite
limit. The sooner this is accomplished the
better it will be for the world. American
interests are involved because our foreign
trade will continue to suffer until the ques-
ton is settled on a permanent basis.
1t has been evident for some time that
Germany would be glad to have America
make some move that would hasten an adj
iustment of this vexatious problem which
has demoralized Europe and is preventing its
economic recovery. America is not disposed
to take Germany's part against France, but
the American view agrees with that of Great
Britain that Preparations must be determined
in accordance with Germanys ability to pay
as the only practical way of getting out Of
the muddle without causing the collapse Of
all the European nations.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-12-30
A NEEDED REFORM
orient.

From the Detroit Free Press.
The American Automobile association and
the Poster Advertising association are put
ting their heads together with view to the
reformation of wayside advertising. Any
one gifted with even a very low aesthetic
sense will admit that there is room for i'm
provement in this vast field, but, without
attempting to go into it at largel it may be
worth while to point out one limited subject
which the two associations might proftably
consider. On the approaches to every city
of any size there mile posts, the most
of which fail to agree with each other and
therefore, with the facts. Some of them
are maintained by public authorities or by
automobile associations, and are presumably
right. The others are advertising devices
and in too many instances are strung along
the roads with more regard to the demands
of publicity than to geographical truth 1t
Is possible in Wayne county to find mile
posts mile apart, each proclaiming itself
to be identicaly the same distance from De-
troit that the other purports to be. In some
cases those who set upSsuch signs may have
had different termini in mind but the result
is utterly misleading. Mile posts ought tc
be official and truthful. Can nothing be
done to make them SO?
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-12-30

Advertising four organizations which indi-
cate the Importance that now attaches to
journalism as an established feature Of the
country's educational system. When the
first school of journalism was started, it was
greeted somewhat skeptically by those news
paper workers who professed to believe that
the only way to learn journalism is by prac-
teal experience in a newspaper office, be-
ginning as "cub" reporter and working up
to more responsible positions. Nevertheless
the early schools of journalism, notably the
Pulitzer school, which was made a success
by Talcott Williams, survived. They not
only survived, but they flourished and be-
came increasingly popular. The idea has
spread over the country until courses in
journalism are now included in the curricula
of hundreds of schools and colleges.
1t is moot question as to whether news.
paper men, like poets, are born and not
made, but if young man woman has
latent ability the foundation for a success
full journalistic career may be laid in the
class room, especially since it is now the prac-
tice in the more progressive schools of jour
nalism to combine practical experience in
doing reporting and other kinds of news
paper work with theoretical instruction.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-12-30
BUSINESS INTERESTS UNITED

One of the accomplishments of 1922 was
the merger in one body of the business men
of Birmingham. The year 1923 will find the
Chamber of Commerce the community's one
business mems clearing house, the Chamber
of Commerce and the Civic Association be-
ing now united. The Chamber of Com
merce added to its capacity for community
service during the past year by installing
divisions of membership, such the Retail
Merchants Division, under which system the
various interests of the community obtain
special as we'll as general services from
the chamber. The directorate has been made
democratic by provision through which the
six classes of membership will name their
representatives on the board, so that all will
have a hand in directing the operations
of the chamber and be in position to
present their own causes when necessary.
The business men of Birmingham are its
bone and sinew. They have in the 1928
Chamber of Commerce an exceptional oppor
tunity for advancing their own interests and
those of the city.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-12-30
RAILROAD ECONOMY

According to the financial reports of rail-
roads for 1922, the net operating income
has increased out of all proportion to the
gross income, compared with operations of
previous years. This is proof of more eco
nomical operation, full details of which
would prove most interesting information
to the public if compiled and presented by
the Interstate Commerce Commission. For
example, the Louisville and Nashville rail-
road reports gross of $110,000,000 for the
eleven months of the year and net operating
income of S16,000,000. This compared with
a gross of $116,000,000 in 1920 and a net
operating income that year of only $2,700,-
900. With, $6,0oo,oo0 less gross revenue in
the eleven months of this year the Louisville
and Nashville has earned net operating
income of $13,3o0,o0O in excess of that of
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-12-30

1920. The net operating income is by far
the largest of the past four years.
How was the larger net operating income
earned on smaller gross? It is known that
there has been more attention paid to the
use Of coal, that freight car loadings have
been nearer maximum capacity, that greater
care in receiving and handling freight has
reduced the bill of this roads claim depart
ment 100000 a year. These are some
of the economies that count and they may
be practiced without employing additional
men. There is something in the scheme Of
railroad profits besides wage reductions and
advance in freight rates.