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The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-06-26
YOUTHFUL BURGLAR CHARGED WITH MANY BURGLARIES

Eugene Franklin Bush, 17-year-old bandit, is charged with robbing IS residences in Bir- mingham, within the past eight months, and taking property valued at $2o,o00. Now he is in the hands of the police, apparently little concerned about his fate "Fm not crook at heart he is quoted as saying. Tt looked easy. I fell. But it's made different man of me. I'm willing to pay what the law de- crees. But I know it won't be hard on me, for did not mean to be bad"
 The boys father, who lives in Mississippi, tells different story. He says he has spent more than $1o,O00 trying to make the black sheep of his family lead an honest life. Here is a lad who should be still in school and amen a career of crime that may cause him to spend many years in the penitentiary. With the boldness of veteran criminal he walked into houses, after first learning that there was no one at home, packed suit cases and handbags with jewelry clothing and other loot and calmly strolled away.
 He committed his burglaries like an experi-
 
 enced criminal, but in dsposing of his plum der he showed no more cleverness than a small boy. Most of the articles he stole were sold to negroes for paltry sums far below their real value. Suits of clothes were sold for $2, silverware worth $500 was bought by negro woman for $2 When unable to find ready sale for a valuable handbag he gave it away Detectives estimate that for $20,O0O worth of property he is alleged to have stolen he got about $500. That was the reward for eight months devoted to bur glary, and now he faces long prison term, where, no doubt, the association of hardened :, criminals will finish his undoing.
 For one boy to throw his life away like this, merely to be known as "good spender' among his girl acquaintances, is bad enough, but there are many other boy criminals in America like him. The country is overrun with youthful bandits still in their teens Many of them are more resourceful and more des- perate than Bush. Blame it on the war, the breaking down of society or what you will the boy bandit is one of the most discourag- ing symptoms of these unsettled times.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-06-26
TO REDUCE CONGESTION
 OF COURT DocKETS

Fritz Thompson, a lawyer who has had much experience in the conduct of criminal cases during his service as prosecuting at- torney, suggests as one of the remedies for congestion of court dockets that the state have many strikes in the selection of juries as the defendant. That is in line with the origin of the jury system and with common sense.
 The jury was the practice of Germanic tribes who chose certain tribesmen to try causes against and between their fellow tribesmen. The only requisite was that they should be freemen, the equal of the men on whose cases they sat- If they were quail fled for jury duty the first 10 or 12 men called served. There were no arbitrary strikes.
 The law has gone too far in protecting the interests of the accused. Courts consume hours impaneling jurors. Competent men called from their counting houses and stores lose valuable time only to be rejected be- cause they seem to be men of intelligence with the courage of their convictions.
 Neither does there seem to be any reason why attorneys in criminal cases should be allowed unlimited time in which to prosecute or defend. The jury is supposed to decide by the law and the evidence. Entirely too much scope is given attorneys in their efforts to persuade the jury one way or the other
 Lawyers see justice done without court congestion # they will make an earnest and united effort to bring about the changes in procedure which they know will accomplish that end. The chief difficulty is in getting the bar itself to agree on such plan.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-06-26
HISTORIES FOR SCHOOLS AND
 THE LIBRARY TABLE

In the discussion of history a distinction should be made between histories used as textbooks and those written for the general reader, presumably the adult reader. There may be a few school histories which distort facts and reveal biased point of view, but as rule the people who write text books are merely plodding students and professors, with little or no literary style and few opin- ions of their own, who compile historical data in much the same way that the average refer ence book is written.
 The unwilling schooolboy may be driven to study dry textbook, but the historian who writes for a market, achieving fame by so do- ing and financial returns, must be to some extent a romancer, if he expects to have his works read. He must combine with the mechanical efficiency of the historian the arts and graces of literature. If he does not project his own personality and his own views into what he writes the result is apt to be dull books that nobody reads.
 The historians have recently assaied MT. WeiiSs saying Whdt ne Wrote III ms Outilne of History" is not history at all Nevertheless, MT. Wells remarkable work Is being widely read and the pedagogues who criticise him have neither his prestige nor his ability to write. If the adult person read only one history, he might be misled, but anyone with taste for historical works Is not going to stop with volume Y tyo written by ono man. Hs san Gst faix- Seurats idsa of wtst
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-06-26
SANCTUARY

~Alne Kilmer in Hearsts Magazine. God has builded house with low iin.el, And in it He has put all manner of things. Follow the clue through, the mazes that lead
 to His door, Look in Look in! See what is there for our
 finding. Peace is there like a pearl, and rest and the
 end of seeking; Light is there and refreshment. But there shall be more;
 tiful wings, Ecstasy, solitude, space; and for those who
 have been too lonely The love of friends the warmth of home
 ly fire. Oh, never grieve again for the piteous ending Of loveiness that could not be made to last; There all bright passing beauty is held for Free from the sense of tears-to be loved
 without regret. There we shall find at their source music and
 love and laughter, Color and subtle fragrance and soft incredible Be sure we shall find what our weary hearts
 desire; If we are tired of light, there shall be velvet
 darkness Falling over long fields, with stars, and low voice calling, Calling at last the word we thought would
 never be spoken. But we, being hard and foolish and proud and
 mortal Are slow to bend and enter that humble portal
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-06-26
IN HOTEL LOBBIES AND ELSEWHERE
PLANS FOR FUTURE

Always looking toward the future, we ex- pect to have a new library among other inn provements at Montevallo by September said Dr. T. W. Palmer, president of the Alabama Technical Institute and College for Women, who will leave tomorrow with Mrs. Palmer ard their daughter Stella, to attend the National Education association in Boston.
 Our faculty for the coming year will be enlarged, and other provisions made to take care of our larger enrolment We expect to institute a four-year course in the iall of 1928. The prescribed course now is three years, with the exception of home economics. 1 will return to Boston about July IT, but Mrs, Palmer will remain in New York for q month, where our daughter, Stella, takes a course at Columbia university"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-06-26
HOW THEY MAKE MONEY

'1 have relatives in business in Prattville, ? said M. P. Northington. Several times in talking with them they have told me that their experience as merchants dealing with cotton producers has been that the farmers disposing of their cotton as they pick and gin it, are those who fare best through the year.
 "In other words, the farmers who sell in the marketing season and turn over their money have fared better than those wno hold cotton for the higher prices that may come and may not come Held cotton loses in weight and is subject to many hazards"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-06-26
CREDIT TO STATE

Birmingham is well represented at the bar, and her lawyers do credit to the whole state,' said Judge A. c. Steele of 0neonta, who has just completed two weeks session special judge assigned here to try cases in criminal court.
 q have no patience with the criticisms of lawyers. They are invaluable aid to the judge in clearing up the issues of case and presenting them to the jury. Elucidation If eevery point in connection with a case can only in the interest of justice. I have enjoyed my stay in Birmingham and the cour- tesies extended me by friends and by mem bers of the bar"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-06-26
HOW ARTHURIAN
 LEGENDS STARTED
From My Tennysons," by William Harris
 Arnold, in Scribners.

From "My Tennysons," by William Harris
 Arnold, in Scribner's
 The project for poetical rendition of the Arthurian legends entertained by the poet for many years It found it's first ex- pression in "The Lady of Shalott,' which ap- peared in the poems of 1883, and which was followed in 1887 by "St. Agnes," and in 1842 by three more lyrics: eSir Gaahad,' "Sir Launcelot" and Queen Gunevere" The 1842 volumes also contain "Morte dArthur," which later became part of "The Passing of Arthur"
 The Arthurian scheme was broadened in scope when Is years later Tennyson had his printers produce trial copies in folded sheets of two epics under the title Enid and Minute, or The True and the False" These were sent to critical friends with injunction to return to the author. Only three of these trial copies are now known to have sur vived. One was presented to the British museum by Francis Turner Palgrave; one was bequeathed with other books to South Ken sington museum by John Forster; and one, discovered among the books of Sir John Si- neon many years after his decease, was sent by Lady Simeon in 1904, with few other volumes from Sir Johns library, to be sold at auction. This was the certain item of recog- nized importance which came with the frag- ments of Maud" already described. This trial copy of Enid and Minute" is still in the state in which it came from the printer; that is, un- bound and the folded sheets of each poem stabbed and separately tied by cord. The title page is lacking; doubtless, it had not yet been printed when the proofs were sent to Sir John. There are a few minor alterations of the text inc Tennyson's hand.
 Two years later, 1859, two more Arthurian poems, Elaine and "Guinevere," were ready for the printer A few trial copies which also included Enid and Minute" were struck off under the title 'eThe True and the False. Four Idylls of the King Of these trial books only two copies remain.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-06-26
POINTED PARAGRAPHS
From the Chicago News.

From the Chicago News.
 Advice for doctor-have patients
 Truth is mighty, but error often gets there first.
 A tireman's taste in art seldom runs to burnt woodwork.
 Only fool will strive for success by the skyrocket route.
 It takes tremendous lot of religion to convert a mans pocket.
 Anxiety to wear a crown is often mistaken for endeavor to win one.
 A successful poet is one who is able to earn a living at something else.
 A girl is so clever at making love that it seems, even to her, that he is doing it.
 About the only man who doesn't mind beirg called liar is the enthusiastic fisherman.
 Sometimes when opportunity knocks OH mans door it's tap is so light that he would need an ear trumpet to hear it.
 When an amateur orchestra plays the low tones very low and the loud ones as hard as the players can pound, they think that is all there is to playing with expression and feeling"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-06-26
LETTERS TO EDITOR
WOMEN AND EIoHT.HoUR DAY
Editor of The Age-Herald:

To the Editor of The Age-Herald;
 In your edition of the 23d inst you offered an article by Mignon Hall, quoting statistics on women in industry in which the following statement was made:
 "The only industrial group where the inves- tigators found the eight-hour day prevailing was that of the garment manufactories. In these, both men and women are organized into unions, which demand such hours"
 Tho investigators evidently failed to inves- tigate the printing industry or they would have found that the women in that industry also enjoyed universal eight-hour day. The In- ternational Typographical union, composed of more than 800 local unions throughout the United States and Canada, established the unf- versal eight-hour day for both men and women members in 1906, both in the com mercial and newspaper branches of the print ing business. At present the men and women members of the printers organization are en- toying (with a few exceptions where con- tracts have not expired) an eight-hour day with Saturday half holiday. In the print. ing industry members of the various trade organizations, viz: Printers, pressmen, book binders, photo engravers stereoptyers both male and female, enjoy the universal eight hour day and Saturday half holiday
 In this city the printers, bookbnders and pressmen have number of women members and they are required to work no longer hours than the men, eight hours day. This is not written to start controversy, but to let the public know that there was one industry in the state that the women enjoyed the eight hour day, and with the hope that there will be more soon Respectfully
 R. H. WHITE, President Birmingham Typographical Union,
 No 104.
 Birmingham, June 24, 1922.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-06-26
HIS FIRST AUTOMOBILE

"Yes, I waited long time before I pur- chased automobile" said Chris sColias, "but I guess it had to come. I have been fin Birmingham 34 years and I have worked hard for what I have. Birmingham, on the other hand, has been good to me and I have done fairly well.
 q don't much care for such things, but I expect my family will enjoy that seven passenger limousine which I have just bought. It's all mine, too, because I paid cash. be- lieve in paying as you go. It is a long way from the time I came to Birmingham to my ownig a big automobile but it is so and it only proves that Birmingham is a good town in which to do businessv2 stssa @
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-06-26
PAYING CASH FOR FERTILIZER

Practically all the fertilizer which have sold this season has been paid for in cash,' said c. Teacher. Ut could not have been paid for in cash but for the better condition of the country merchant and the farmer. Economy has wrought wonders.
 Fertilizer sales increased greatly this year, especially in Alabama, which, under stand, shows the greatest increase. Diversi- fled farming has become paying institution.
 Incidentally, I am glad to say that the cotton wherever I have been in Alabama, looks exceptionally well. The plant is not large, but the rows are clean and it is un- usually healthy and strong
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-06-26
CLEARING UP DOCKET

During the last week, although there were no jury cases in civil court, I was busy dis posing of number of special hearings, mo tions and pleadings that had allowed to pile up" said Judge C. B., Smith. q still have some to clean up in the next day or two be fore I will be ready for the summer va- cation.
 After months of close attention to duty, judges are glad of few weeks rest, and this year the time will come in handy for those who are candidates for reelection. They will have to get out and do some work of another kind.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-06-26
SHIRT TAILS OF TWO CONTINENTS

From the Montgomery Advertiser.
 Our eagle-eyed reporters announce in the news columns that the silk shirt is rapidly falling into disfavor with the local dandes, owing to the era of thrift and economy which overlook Montgomery in the sumnier of 1920. This is one phase of trade war with the Orient. When the Orientals shortened their cotton shirt tails we American dudes retail. ated by boycotting silk shirts When the poor worms of the east are again ready to talk turkey with the land of the boil weevil our people will be ready to do their duty again.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-06-26
SAVING BY BIRMINGHAM'S ALL-WATER ROUTE

What the Birmingham Paper company is now doing in making an economical use of the transatlantic and inland waterways can be done by other Birmingham concerns that keep keen eye on transportation routes and freight rates. This concern is bringing 100 tons of white paper from Sweden via New Orleans and the Warrior river barge line for the manufacture of writing paper pads here in Birmingham.
 The paper company is saving $5 ton over what would otherwise have been paid by mak- ing the shipment an all-water one. Transfer from the ship at New Orleans to barges will bring the paper to the company's warehouse at saving of $500 in the freight bill. Sue cessful business is built up on just such economies.
 Several years ago, before the Warrior had terminals, all-water shipments of goods from England and the Atlantic seaboard were made to Birmingham wholesalers at reduced rates to the river bank, but the absence of terminal facilities and bad roads ate up the saving Now, with railroad connections at Cordova an the Port of Birmingham, delivery is made au warehouse doors.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-06-26
THE LIVINGSTON STAMP
rom the Mobile Register.

From the MODlle heglSteF.
 When the town of Livingston, Ala, during the days of the Confederacy issued it's own stamps, as did many other con1Hiunities, little did those of that time know that they were putting Livingston the map, practi- caly speaking. One of the most famous col lections of stamps in the world was owned by Ferrari de la Renotiere. Ferrari died in 1915
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-06-26

.s by weighing the evidence sub
 number of historians, discarding onal bia sand private prejudice. Gib- .arlyle and Macaulay may not meet .iromm requirements, but the fascinating .rratives they wrote will always be read because they are first of all literature.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-06-26

England likes to see royalty on parade, knowing full well that it's royalty is no posi- tion to snip off heads.
 x Massacres in Illinois and China show that the human race is much the same everywhere.
 * * About 90 per cent of the time, "gay subur- banite" is a msnomer.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-06-26
A MORNING PRAYER

Sanctify, O Lord. the sorrows of this day to me. May they steel my soul and strengthen my resolution to bear mors un- complainingly the that tomorrow may bring. Amen.-M. s. B.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-06-26

and willed his collection to the Post Museum in Berlin, but the collection was sequestered by the French, and it is now being auctioned in Paris. On June IA, American collectors paid 100000 francs for stamps of the Confederacy, and of the lot, two five-cent blues of Livings- ton, Ala, on an envelope, brought 25,S50 francs, the highest priced of the lot.
 The collection has already yielded over S666,000 and is estimated to be considerably above $1 100000 in value.
 It is possible that packed away in old pack ages of. letters in dusty garrets in the south there are yet some stamps of value. Persons making investigations of wartime letters should bear in mind that stamp on an. en- velope, and bearing a postmark, commands better price than detached stamp, because the envelope and mark are proof of it's genuineness.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-06-26

Times are hard along the Rialto, but no matter how poor actor folk may be, they still contrive to wear snappy clothes.
 x x Some of the people who submit to gland operations so they can live to be 100 years old could be spared at 50.
 ' x "Pussyfoot" Johnson has started to New Zealand. He hopes to rob the South Sea at mosphere of it's moisture.
  "Liar" and 'sblackguard' are harsh words. They might start fight anywhere except in the United States Senate.
 x * Conservative flyers who take along para chute can get back to earth by easy stages when a plane Hops. Some of the movie people are beginning to wonder If Presbyterian elder is the right man for dictator.
 &A The congressman who conducts . one man filibuster is either heroic or plumb foolish.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-06-26

A health expert who wants men to dress sensibiy says the kind of overalls worn by automobile mechanics are the most sensible garments men can wear But would they be suitable for all occasions?
 x x
 Lenine is proclaimed the greatest propa- gandst who ever lived. No better reason could be offered for not raising your boy to be propagandist.
 Just as most of us were about to forget there is such place as Yap, the Yap treaty was approved by the Japanese privy council and prince regent
 MT. Dempsey says the New York boxing commission is "bunk." It is gratifying to learn that MT. Dempsey has not fallen for drawing room English
 Leaders, whether in Ireland, Germany or Illinois, who stir up trouble that leads to crime can't escape responsibility by expressing regret.
 Marconi predicts house-to-house radio. Hanging over the backyard fence to exchange neighborhood gossip will soon be lost art
 X x
 If there is a photograph of Lillian Russell that hasn't been dug up and published since her death we'd like to know where it is.
 
 Harvard proposes to "sift" new students. That won't prevent wealthy young men from taking their motor cars to college.
Licking Valley courier., 1922-06-08

Were it the racing alone, and even the pari-mutuel
gambling alone, the egalized gambling would not be so
bad but order to perpetuate its egaized gambling the
Jockey Club has developed into political organization
that has politics and is sinister in its influence upon tn
State was said about the Capitol during the last ses-
sion of the Legislature that the Jocy Club could get any
legislation passed it wanted and prevent any that it
posed that true then it has indeed become dan
gerous factor in the states politics.
Licking Valley courier., 1922-06-08

legislation Of the State is the thing that will force the
issue soon The idea that it must control the legislature
upon witch It going 70 wreck It IS not the nature Of
the people 81 Kentuelyo tanely submit to the idea Of
having their legislature shaped by bunch Of gamblers
Nor will the who alegedo have strangle hold
upon the politics Of the parties be allowed to dominate in
party affairs when is understood that they servants
of the gamblers.
Licking Valley courier., 1922-06-08
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fConinned from page tMo.l

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"Pm here, Henry
-oh; yeu are Yeu arei" BE stood
drawn up, swaying little as he
stared at her; whisky was upon his
breath, and II became. evident In the
heat Of the room; but whisky could
not account for this condition she wit
messed in him. Neither could It con-
eeal that conditions some turmoil and
strain .within him made him immune
to Its effects.
She had realized on her way up here
what. vaguely, that strain within him
must be. Gullt-guilt of some awful
sort connected him, and had connected
URcle Benny, with. the Miwaka-the
Licking Valley courier., 1922-06-08

Ing, Tearing At Him.
lost ship for which the Drum had
beaten the roll of the dead. Guilt was
In his thought now-racklng, tearing
at him. But there was something
more thai that; what she had seen In
him when he. first caught sight of her
vas fear-fear OF her, Of Constance
Sberrill. r "'sf
"You cgme on here about Ben Cor
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For,hlm2"
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. ~ knew It'll" he repeated. Hes been
the trouble between you and me all
the timer
She made no denial Of that :; she had
begun to know during the last two
lays that II was SO.
$50 You came to find himr Henry
vent on.
Hell be foundi" she defied him.
'Be foundf"
"some are dead" she admitted, "bui
not all. Twenty are dead; but seven
are noti"
"SevenH" he echoed. "You sa,
seven are notl How do you knowf"
"The Drum has been beating fol
twenty. but not for morel" Constanc,
said. "The Drum you've been listen
Ing to all day upon the beach-the, In
dian Drum that sounded for the deat
Of the Miwaka; sounded, one by one
for all who dledl But II didn't SCUM