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The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-07-09
THE START

Light of heart, observe him stepping
 Into a waiting taxicab, Which doth bear him, swift careering,
 To station, huge and drab. Loud the train announcer's bawling,
 Through the gates he fights his way; Soon a porter grabs his baggage
 And he's off for holiday. Seated in Pullman, gazing More contented and serene. 'Twould be hard to find a mortal
 Nor econtented and serene. All Is joyous expectation,
 Still his face is wreathed in smiles; That's the way with one's vacation
 Great for the first one hundred miles.
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NOT NEW THINGS, BUT REGARD
 FOR THE OLD, NEEDED

Self-preservation, with an admixture of the "old-timo' religion" will eventually halt the tendency to disregard the laws of this country. The reaction will set in as soon as people rcal- ize tho danger to all in allowing this spirit 70 become rapant.
 Vice President Coolidge, speaking to group of men and women at Frederickstown. w. vs., whsrs sn sffort is being made to sase fund to preserve the homo of Betty washsngton
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PREPARE FOR BIG CAME

Everything looks fine for our T. P. A. U G. T. baseball game that is to be pulled on August 12," said Charlie Abrams, travelling man.
 "The game is thing that always arouses public interest, as 1t is played for the benefit of some charity that is badly in need of finances and the selection of the Anti-Tuber- cufosis association at this time seems to be the best charity that we could make the appropri- ation for"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-07-09
LITERATURE,s REVENGE

From the Montgomery Advertiser.
 Only the indispensable departments of news papers had to work yesterday when business houses and offices generally were closed and their tenants out celebrating the Fourth A majority of newspaper employes--at least we noted as much here in the Advertiser office enjoyed day off We have noticed this about newspapers and holidays The rotation of the earth, the law of gravitation movements of the air. river currents, editorial writing, writ ing, printing, steroptyping and press running are among the things of eternal value which are the same in the point of activity on holi- days as other days
 When reminded of the old rivalry between business departments of newspapers and tho writing and editing departments, our cub re- porter strutted into the office of this sentinel and said not without an air of satisfaction;
 q perceive that the counting rooms of our institution are closed for the day, yet do we in the literary bureaus of the house continue to function, and the old shAet will come out in the morning as usual. I am much obliged for the holiday. Though must work myself, the holiday proves to all that may be interested what department of great newspaper it is that the public dotes on in the day of its need and expectation. Got match?"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-07-09
CARMICHAEL LEAVES COLLEGE

"We are loathe to lose Prof. o. c. Car michael from our summer school faculty al- though we are glad that he is stepping into the place of dean at Montevallo," said Dr. R. E. Hoke of Birmingham Southern college.
 Professor Carmichael has certainly played an important part in putting the Birmingham Southern summer school on the map, as he was director of the school, this being the first summer school ever held at Birmingham-South- ern"
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 Lewis, only sister of George Washington, made this comment on the present state of mind: "The world today is filled with great im- patience. Men are disdainful of the things that are and are credulously turning toward those who assert that change of institutions would somehow bring about an era of per lection"
 This Is an apt description of the disor- ganized civic conscience What is required to restore the nations poise7 Mir. Coolidge says:
 '.It is not change needed in our education ard laws so much as there is need of living in uccol dance with th.,n. It is not our inattu- tons that have tailed; it Is our execution of them that has failed"
 We do not need new laws. There are more than enough of taem. We requirs no new precepts The Decalogue and the Golden Rule cover all the moral necessities to insure arf orderly state of society. People are trying to build another Tower of Babel reaching into the skies, without regard to the limitations of the human race.
 We should get back to earth and the law as it is.
 A Gloucester, Mass, is hailed as the champion fish skinner of the universe. Un- fortunately championship of this kind offers opportunities to enter vaudeville.
 An osteopath fears the human race will lose AI .af, A. go on wheels. Mir Ford is chiefly to blame for making pedestrianism lost art.
 X
 The lady who aspires to be senator from Minnesota is said to be one of the fastest takers in the world. This explains a great deal we didn't understand before.
 The Prince of Wales is fortunate in being able to do his globe trotting in a battleship maintained by the grooming taxpayers of Great Britain.
 Make way in the schoolbooks for MT. liar ding's story of how he rode into Marion as a boy on the back of the family mule!
 Reporter Vanderbilt failed to get an inter- view with Mrs. Ward so she says. That name ought to open a door anywhere.
  According to some authorities, DeValeras face convicts him of being narrow-minded. What about his speeches?
 Overseer Voliva not only bans masculine at- tire for women in Zion City, but he quotes the Bible the subject.
 Senator McCumber doesn't seem to realize that the public is not interested in the exhb- tion of a sore toe.
 There is little "a be learned from the moan ing of saxophones, except that we are living in jazz era.
 There is warning in the nations dwindling coal pile that the higher-ups would do we'll to heed.
 In these stringent times visiting one's rela- tives in the country constitutes safe and sane vacation.
 Senator Lodge is naturally wondering if hii aristocratc head is going to be the next to fall
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 Whether at Genoa or The Hague, soviet dele gates specialize in rocking the conference boat. 'sIt pays to advertise" Still, that doesn't explain some of the bathing suits.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-07-09
TIMES CHANGE

From the Louisville Courer-Journal
 Twenty-Five years ago a 2o0-pound man rode 30-pound bicycle which he pushed with
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-07-09
THEY UNDERSTOOD

''You dispersed the mobf"
 ''Yes," said the sheriff, nonchalantly. When the boys swarmed around the jail I stepped out with couple of guns in my hands an spoke sorter soothing to 'em."
 What did you say?'
 "I just reminded 'em that my brother was runnin' the only undertakin' shop in town an everybody that knowed me knowed I was a strong family man who'd do anything in req son to boost the business of relative"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-07-09

A SADDENING THOUGHT hate to see
 A lovely dear Who dreams about A screen career, Because l know
 The chances are She never will
 Become a star. A failure met
 With such completeness Is rather apt
 To spoil her sweetness And so affect k Her after life She won't shine as
 A poor mans wife.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-07-09
PEsSIMIsM PLUS

s'Is MT. Grumpson a confirmed grouch?" 'I'm afraid so. He even hates to say That's good in poker game"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-07-09
LABOR DEMAND LOW

"The heavy demand for common aborers in Birmingham has subsided for the present" said H. E. Oliver, Municipal Federal Employ ment Bureau manager.
 "For the past several weeks we have had more calls for common labor in the road con- struction camps and industries around Bir- mingham than we have been able to fill. We have about caught up now with furnishing this supply of help and conditions around Birming- ham are normal"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-07-09

pose an abstract of title and an attorneys opinion were necessary before one could safely buy a pair of pants instead of getting your pants and receipted bill Ca Torrens certificate is receipted bil) in few moments.
 began driving car in 1909-not so very long ago at that l have always made it a point to "pick up fellow" and give him lift if going in my direction-now everyone will ride" but well I remember I've drawn up to the curb and the following conversation took place:
 Jump in and I'll drive you to town" "-, no! I'll walk. I'm not going to ride in one of those darn things and get killed I'll walk or use horse and buggy"
 Are we going to stick to the abstract and the horse and buggy or the Torrens system and the automobile? Yours truly
 W. B. LEEDY, Jr. Birmingham, July 8, 1922.
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ACCOMMODATED

his legs. Nowadays ss-pound youth drives 5,o0o-pound automobile with 26-cent "gas,' and the cost of living is matter upon which he is eloquent
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ADRIFvT WITH THE TIMES
A TRUST BETRAYED

"The dry agent disguised himself as a count, you say?" "Yes," said the restaurant proprietor, mourn fully. "Waxed mustache and everything He even had foreign accent.a Tt seems to me he took an unfair advantage of you" "He did. I've been the victim of 50 many mean, underhanded tricks in the past two vi three years I've lost my faith in human na- ture."
 COULDN'T BE 'Ts that one of those salacious. sex novels you are reading?" asked the fussy old gentle man. My friend" replied the man addressed haven't you noticed me yawning about every IS minutes?"
 GIRLS
 A girl I like
 Is Bella Breeze;
 She never talks
 In flapperese.
 Age Herald. A girl like
 Is Ruby Ring;
 She never tries
 To play and sing.
 Dexter Hood. A girl like
 Is Peggy Prune;
 She never raves
 About the moon.
 Another star
 Is Doris Dunne;
 She never says,
 Don't kid me, son."
 R. M Munroe.
 ACCOMMODATED "Mr. Grabcoin,' said the brisk young man, T am a college graduate" "Glad to hear it," replied that sef-made mil honaire, somewhat grimly. 'I came in to give you the refusal of my sevices in some executive capacity" Much obliged. Good morning. "Eh, sir?" q am merely accepting your kind offer. Again, good morning"
 PAUL COOK his legs. Nowadays 9S-pound youth drives 5,o00-pound automobile with 26-cent "gas,' and the cost of living is matter upon which ha iS al
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1922-03-16

our own country the record was lit
tie higher, and by the close of the
nineteenth century we had reached
As years. We have marched on at a
still better rate since then, for the
expectation Of life in the United
States in 1910 was 81 IL years and
although absolute figures are not
available, it has undoubtedly increas-
ed in the last decade.
Let us see why we live longer. It
is only a step back to 1878, when a
great epidemic brought $4,000 cas-
es of yellow fever to the Mississippi
valley and caused $4,000 Deaths A
century before, in 1898, the disease
had invaded Philadelphia and caus-
ed the death of one-tenth of the city's
population in six and one-half weeks.
But in 1900 the discovery was made
that yellow fever could not spread
unless carried by the Stegomyia mos
quito, and thus the disease became
terror of the past.
Few persons realize how nearly ty-
phoid has been conquered. The work
has been going on so quietly, yet so
steadily that the death rate has
dropped almost without notice. Let
statistics show that whereas in 1900
some Sc out of every 100000 citi-
zens of the United States died of ty-
phoid; in 1919, only nine per 100,-
600 succumbed. Given a continuance
of the 1900 rate some 27.O0O more
Americans would have died of ty-
phoid in one single year.
Everyone has heard of the tre-
mendous victory gained in the fight
against tuberculosis. 1t has decreas-
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1922-03-16
LIFE SAVING AWARD
WON BY CONDUCTOR
BRAVEST DEED OF
ITS KIND.
Rescues Colored Child.
Atlantic Coast Line Employe Per-
forms Deed at Siding Near
Darlington.

Atlanta, Ca. March 1.-THE
Southern division of the American
Red Cross announced today that the
first prize of $50 from the william.
Howard Taft fund" for meritorious
action in life saving was awarded to
J. E. Woods, of Florence, S. c., con-
ductor, Atlantic Coast Line railroad,
for heroic action in saving life of a.
colored baby at Nine-Mile siding,
near Darlington, S. c. This fund is
limited by the terms of the anony-
nous donation to persons employed
on railroads.
The incident for which Woods re-
ceived his award occurred Decem-
Der 81, 1920. Woods was coming
from the telegraph Office and look
in down the track in the direction
the engine was moving, he saw
the child sitting between the rails
playing. He Immediately signaled
but the engineer, who was Watch1ng
the rear brakeman. for signals, did
not see him. Woods, realizing that
his signals could not be seen in time,
rushed down the track, seized the
child from between the rails and
jumped to one side just in time to
save it's life and his own
This was deemed by the judges
to be the most daring and heroic
action performed by railroad en-
ploye that came to their notice since
their last awards were made. Wit
nesses to the incident declared that
Woods very narrowly avoided losing
his life in making the rescue. The
"cowcatcher" of the engine barely
brushed him as he leaped off the
track with the baby in his arms.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1922-03-16
Haruey Quits Post
at Midnight Hour

Columbia, March 17.-When mid
night was reached last night in the
senate Lieutenant Governor Harvey
declined to preside further over the
senate if general statewide bills were
to be taken up and acted upon, this
action following on the heels of the
withdrawal of Senator Johnstone of
Newberry, who declined to partici-
pate further in the proceedings.
Somewhat of a general row took
place when Senator Johnstone moved
at midnight that the senate adjourn
until Monday afternoon, this being
the cause of his withdrawal from the
senate chamber a few minutes later
and also the withdrawal of Lieuten-
ant Governor Harvey.
Would Not Adjourn.
After the senate had passed the
hour of midnight a general confusion
began to develop and this brought on
the motion to adjourn over until Mon
day. An effort to do this was lost.
When this was lost the lieutenant gov
ernor asked the senate to choose a
presiding officer as he did not care
care to preside except for the general
appropriation bill.
Lieutenant Governor Harvey re-
quested Senator Laney to take the
chair, stating that he did not care to
be regarded as a stickler and was
prepared to remain in the chair as
long as necessary to adopt the appro-
priation bill then in free conference
irrespective as to the time when it
was brought in. He however, pre-
ferred not to preside after midnight
Saturday night if the senate insisted
on continuing to pass statewide laws.
AS the senate proceeded to pass laws
and began to take up the bad check
law the lieutenant governor vacated
the chair, turning over the gavel to
the senator from Chesterfield and re-
tired.
Bad Check Bill.
After Senator Laney had taken the
chair the so-called "bad check" bill
was taken up and badly defeated, a
motion to continue this measure pre-
vailing by large majority.
The senate then continued every
thing on the calendar, this. motion
taking in a number of statewide bills
of importance. Bills in free confer
ence were not included.
During the discussion after mid
night a good deal of ievity was al
lowed and the general situation was
characterized as "bad legislation" on
the part of the senate.
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ed 81 per cent. in II years, and is
still losing.
Little children do not die from sum-
mer complaint as they used to do.
In 1900 two babies out of every five
died without a chance to reach their
first birthday. Now less than one
out of five meet such an early doom.
These victories over disease have
not been due to the discoveries of
wonderful new medicines. With the
possible exception of the use of an
ti-diphtheria serum in fighting diph-
liberia, the improvements have been
altogether along the line of preven-
ton of disease.
Watch the Little Things.
1t is to prevention that you must
look if you are personally interested
in joining DR.. Smith and his group
of centenarians. You must discover
the little things and give them
early attention if you would check
the degenerative diseases that are
apt to rob you of your prime. Few
indeed are the deaths that occur from
genuine old age. Men go to then
deaths with bodies capable of splen-
did function save and except for one
diseased organ. Perhaps it is the
heart that is at fault, perhaps the
kidneys are incompetent, possibly
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1922-03-16

some other organ. But searching
back to the real point of origin,
there will be found some apparent tri-
le, a few decayed teeth, little short
ness of breath, a slight cough that
might have been corrected easily if
taken up in time.
Let us be sensible Modern aids
to diagnosis make it quite possible
to find the flaws in the human ma
chine, while there is yet ample op-
portunity for repair. Once a year
submit your body to a searching ex-
animation by a skilled physician.
Place no confidence in the smiling,
urbane individual who can tell at
mere glance that "you are perfectly
all right Go to a real medical man,
one of the kind whose researches
stopped yellow fever and are conquer
ing typhoid, and pay him reason
able fee for a thorough examination.
AS long as you go quietly along from
year to year, repairing small faults
before they grow into big ones, keep
ing up efficiency regularly, there is
no reason whatever why you should
not be developing into full power in
your SOS or COS and placing your
self securely in the list Of those who
may see "a century we'll done. -
Dearborn Independent.
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WANTS LIBERTY FOR MONSTER.
Society Pleads for Protection Of Giant
pet

Buneos Aires, March IA pro-
test against the killing or capturing
of the Plesiosaurian monster, which
is reported to have been seen in an
Andean lake in Patagonia has been
placed before the ministry of interior
by the "Cociedad Protectora D Los
Animales5' which corresponds to the
American society for the Prevention
of Cruelty to Animals.
The society urges that If such an
antediluvian creature exists it be al
lowed to roam it's native heath unmo-
Tested. Invoking Law No. 2786, deal
ing with cruelty to animals, the socie-
ty demands that the expedition which
proposes to bring back the animal
alive or dead to the Buenos Aires zoo
be prohibited.
The protest is voiced in a letter by
DR.. Albarracin, head of the society,
who calls on the ministry to instruct
the Governor of Chubut, a territory
in the southern part of Argentina, oc-
cupying part Of the tableland of Pata-
gonia to Investigate the truth of the
report of the creatures existence, and
if that is esta blished, Ito do what is
necessary in fulfllment of said law
to prevent the hunting or capturing
of it in any form, leaving it in peace,
10y reason of it's being valuable speci-
men, which ought to enjoy full liberty
and be allowed to reproduce ITSELF"
DR.. Albarracin asserts that, like
the Penguin, it probably would die
if brought north, by reason Of the
change of climate, and adds:
''If scientists want to study the
creature, let them do it in hu-
name way in its habitat while it is
enjoying full liberty"
Meanwhile Prof. Onelli, who first
announced the existence of the eni-
NAL, said the expedition will start at
the end of the week; provided addi-
tional funds are further coming.
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He Didn't!

George Washington never told a
lie for the following excellent reas'
ons:
He had no income tax blanks to
fill out. .......
He was elected president without
making any campaign speeches.
When Martha found a strange hair
on his shoulder, she always figured
it came from his wig.
The Anti-Saloon league never
asked him where he stood.
The tough breaks he suffered that
winter at Valley Forge required nc
exaggeration.
He never applied for life insurance,
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1922-03-16

million dollars of personal and cor
poration income taxes, exclusive OF
excess profits, and, therefore, the
state will receive, if these figures
hold up, one-third of that amount.
1t is estimated that the receipts
from the income tax legislation will,
therefore, be approximately one mil
lion dollars. Some figure that the re-
turns will run as high as million
and a half dollars, but this is doubtful
as the net returns now being filed
with the internal revenue collector at
Columbia indicate decided slump in
net incomes for 1921.
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Both houses of the legislature
Sunday afternoon adopted the free
conference report on the general ap-
preparation bill and as finally passed
by the legislature the bill carries a
total of $5,S39,106.04 and a levy not
to exceed seven mills as compared
with a total appropriation of s6,594,-
925.S2 and IL mill levy in 1921.
The bill is a decrease of $685.
S19.7S over the 1921 appropriation
and the levy is five mills below the
figure of last year.
Under the bill as passed by the
house the appropriations were So
670,610.S3 and the levy was five
mills and under the measure as pass
ed by the senate the bill provided for
a total appropriation Of $685.
10000 and the free conferences in
creased the amount to s5,839,106.04
as the final total.
Some of the changes made by the
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BAMBERG, S. c., THURSDAY, MARCH 16, 10
Levy of Seuen Mills
for State Appropriations

.conferees were highly important, in
Guiding the reductions in amounts
and the increasing of other amounts.
The Miller amendment not to al-
low any institution or school teach
ing the Darwinism theory to draw
money appropriated under the terms
of the bill was rejected by the free
conference.
Under the terms of the bill the
statement of Senator Pearce and Rep
resentative Sapp shows that the bill
will be financed as follows:
Corporation taxes & fees 5 100000
Department Inspec. etc. 100000
Institutional operations.--- 10000
Gasoline tax .----...-.. 100000
Ad. corporation taxes. $4,000
Income taxes --------.-----..--. 100000
Property tax & mills).... $4,000
The appropriations varied in the
1922 bill as compared with the
amounts granted last year follow: