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The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-05-26

by the scoutmaster and he certainly showed us that he knew all about scouting necessary to a scoutmaster. Troop 52 is planning 8 fine pro- gram for the summer, including building the cabin at camp, so Just watch Us and see what a fine time we have and what bunch of real scouting we do during the summer months.
 After giving the scout oath we ad- journed until the next Friday
 OSCAR SHELTON. Scribe.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-05-26

mat l did not answer your letter be- Tore, as I do not live at that address.
 A Elan
 A message to boys and boy scouts. boys, I have a plan that will help girl scouting to grow if you will only nelp us. This plan is: T lk scouting to your sisters sweeties and friends. We want all the girls to join. It will do for them what boy scouting does for boys. Remember, We haye aur council now, but we are just starting. too; the summer is coming and the time for scouting. when picnics, hikes and other good times are in season. Taik scouting for girls, You'll help us along this much, won't you? If you Will do this for Us we will not forget you. In this report is som $ information which will help you if you decide to help us. Thank you ever so much for all aid in our work. We appreciate your help.
 JANE TUCKER, Scribe.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-05-26
- . ------------------- - TIPPING THE HAT

Sometimes boys seem rude and awkward just because they don't know the right thing to do at the right time." Whenever boy is in troduced to a lady he is expected to tip his hat. Also. when he has been talking to a lady he should tip his hat on leaving. This holds true for mothers and sisters. too.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-05-26

Oh, boy, but you will be delighted to hear these glad tidings. The same cook who was there last year-W. L. WIlliams-will be present, and his wife will also go out to cook pies pastry and rolls that will delight any scouts heart.
 Lots of Work, Toe
 Roland l.. Shine, scout executive, has regular instruction course mapped out and after the party ls all over. many of the scouts will be able to pass new tests. There will be a nature study. first aid, and many dozens of other subjects.
 About 60 boys already have regis tered to go, and 20 from sylacauga will come down to share the happi- ness of the festive occasion.
 The following will compose the camp committee; Karl Landgrebe, chairman: Dan Dimiclx and Julian Smith. These three big, broad shouldered, broad -hesrted men will have charge of seeing about those canoes that will float on the creek and, by the way, the scouts pretty soon will know what troops have won In the contest. A lot of boats Will be present which were not en- tered in the contest--and it is a hope. ful sign for another year that there Will be many more boats. which are already in process of making.
 The boys will leave Birmingham in trucks early on the morning of June 3. MT. Shine will be camp director The mornings al camp will be de- voted to scout instruction. In the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-05-26

Dam Ready
 Dr. Roy G. Hershey is to direct camp athletics.
 The big new dam is all ready, and the boys can promise themselves plenty of water, plenty of swimming. and lots of canoeing.
 Scout masters and scout leaders from many troops will have the bene- fit of the outing.
 After this. If you see anybody look ing sad. you'll know the reason is that he's not a boy scout and can't go out to enjoy the wonderful occa sion
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-05-26
Liked the Cats

From the Washington Times.
 Little Willie was enjoying a play with his kittens on the street when gentleman passing by asked him the names of his kittens.
 Joe and Jerry" was the prompt reply.
 Why not call them Cook and Peary?" the man then asked
 "Go on, man." Willie said. these amt no pole cats,''
 THE LITERARY LID IS OFF
 Some of our story writers are run ming riot with their similies. Here are 2 few we gathered in our late reading
 Her lips quivcred like a light auto.''
 He edged nearer to her until hs was almost as close as the air in the subway"
 But his mind, like her face. was made up"
 Her hair dropped on h,r pallid cheek like setweed on a clam"
 He gazed anxiously at her face. the way a person in a taxi gazes at the face of the meter."-Boston Transcript.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-05-26
 CRAFTY.

Little Girl-oh. please will you change him for another rabbit? He gets out of every hutch we put him in.
 Dealer--Well. Miss, you see. he used to be a conjurer's rabbit--Lon- don Times.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-05-26
The Reason

During the course of the lesson the teacher invited attention to the ex- pression in the story that the angry waves of the ocean," and asked whether any little boy could explain if
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-05-26
A GOOD CATCH

Go up to a friend and say;
 Its q good day for the race" He will naturally say. What racer
 You then reply. "why. the human racew
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-05-26
By
 Mignon Hall

AA V AA AA V AA ASA At sWrote in impulse,-- In impulse human, Tn impulse divine The prayer of faith. Of simple faith,-- Of childlilSe faith And He, with open ear. With head low bowed Heard and answered, In mercy answered. An, golden answer! Heard and believed Gladly received. Giving him light For life's duty Sufficient light, Efficient light
 For life's beauty. Devotion tells.
 Till tasks shall end And crowns descend. Where Beauty dwells.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-05-26
w 1CI 4 U0 DOV ACCO1ITS AII OOGT 4 O1O71 Mp@H
Lot of Chaps VIII Go
 To Camp From Troop 42

big of Boy Troop the first O.
 This is the general camp and will last for weeks boys registered times expected.
 accompany this
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-05-26
Girl Scouts Of Troop 4
 Want You to Help Them!

Heo We're back several letters from diff erent rs asking different questions will through the
 My address 215 Lewis street. Woodlawn answer some questions that Leslie Moss has asked ~ ~
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-05-26

Affa . . .
 okaaba!
 The Cnhnba; A dashing pool Poured in-poured out, A plashing pool For speckled trout; A tagging stream. A languid stream For perch and bream; Anglers retreat For hours replets With joy complete: By day, by night, In mingled light, Thy robes bedight-- A Walton's delight. And pleasure tells Where beauty dwells.
 Okaabai
 The Cahnba. Home of the birds That fit beside thee. That sit beside thee; The tuneful birds That wing beside thee, That sing beside thee. Lulled by the birds. Wooed by the birds That rest beside thee, Loved by the birds. The winsome birds That nest beside thee; Joy of the birds, Glad hearted birds That dwell beside thee. That ne,er ehide thee, Nor e'er deride thee, Whate'er betide thee. Bird song e'er tells, Full merrily tells. Where beauty dwell4
 0knabn!
 The CahBbn! In thy hushes. Awesome hushes. Holy hushes,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-05-26
Stirring Things Planned When the Boys Go Out 10 General Camp Morning Of June }
June 3 to June I'll

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 p bg t k W g o w O fun out msrutonan dsrNteat
 req rally campers an d h
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-05-26

An old scout, J. 1T. B. Hall. who for many years has wandered up and down the beautiful green banks of the old Cahaba river, one of Ala bama's most beautiful streams. con tributes these poems. Okaaba is the ancient Indian name for Cahaha. The brooklet came from the mountain. As sang the bard of old. Running with feet of silver. over the sands of gold
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-05-26

959ANsss assSSIA ILLUSTRATED BY ENocH WILLIAMS
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-07-25
FAIRGROUNDS

The Hayes Park QUOT tournament
began yesterday afternoon and a big
crowd was on hand to usher it in.
The contestants number forty-ive
and almost everyone was on land
for the initial matches. The boys,
who are divided into senior and jun
Tor divisions. will play single match
es for the remainder of the week,
with the finals scheduled for Friday
afternoon or Saturday morning.
Yesterdays results were as fol-
lows:
Junior Division
Herbert defeated Bensler, 21-S-
21-19.
Tucker defeated Lubarb 21-9-
21-7,
\ Fine defeated Warren 21-13--17-
21-2i-12.
Wacter defeated Rahgie 21-2o--
21-16.
Spivac defeated MacWilliam. 81
19-13-21-21-12.
Nelson defeated Plain 21-2o-21-
II.
Bloyen defeated Higgins 2f-17-
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-07-25
at the Fort McKinley hospital q. q

at the Fort Mckinley hospital as a
result of a wound received in the
World War, died last night.
The wound was suffered October
16, 1918, when a German sniper
shot him in the back as he crossed
No Mans Land. One of the bullets
partially severed his spinal corr
and for nearly four years LEADING
physicians of this country and
Europe used all their skill and
knowledge to aid his fight against
death. Despite his intense suffering
he never lost hope.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-07-25

PITTSBURGH. July 25.- Two
men were in Jail here today in con
nection with the drowning of Will
liam G.. Citizens, who died while
attempting to free himself under
water from thongs which bound his
hands and feet. Two companions
to whom he had boosted of his abil-
ity to escape from knotted cords,
tied Citizens at his request, police
say, and ropped him into the river.
He rose to the surface screaming
and attracted nearby bathers. They
were too late to resuscitate him.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-07-25

The PAGERS of No. 6 and the Dare
devils of Hayes Park are down on
today's list for a volley ball cham
pionship match. These two outfits
are tied up for first honcrs in the
playground league.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-07-25

War Hero Dies of Wounds
BALTIMORE, July 25:-Lieuten-
ant Milton b. Mackall, who for
three years has lain in a bathtuo
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-07-25

The Baysides of Hayes Park. a
girls baseball team, will play the
Universals of No. 6, at Wonderland
Park tomorrow afternoon. Each
team has won one game and to-
morrow's contest is to decide the su-
premacy.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-07-25

21-12.
Rubinstein defeated Klein 21-1s-
21-11.
Senior Division
Comerdy defeated I%senberg 21-15
-21-5.
Seamen defeated Levine elf
21-20.
Twenty-Five matches are sched-
uled for this afternoon.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1922-09-16

taken, damaged or benefited by said i'm
provement; that said report has been re-
ceived and filed by said Common Council
and will be considered by it at a special
meeting to be held on Monday. the 25th
day of September, 1922, at Council Cham
bers, City Hall, Pleasantville, New Jersey,
at s o'clock p. NJ. It said time and place
all persons in interest may be heard
touching the said report, its confirmation
or the assessments therein made.
Dated September 5, 1929.
BY order of Common Council of the
City of Pleasantville.
NEHEMIAH ANDREWS.
Cit Clerk.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1922-09-16
PUBLIC NOTICE.

Public notice is hereby given that the
Commissioners of Assessment, appointed
to assess the benefits and fix and deter
mine the damages incident to the install
lation and completion of a sanitary sew
erage system and disposal plant in the
City of Pleasantville, New Jersey, have
submitted to the Common Council of the
City of Pleasantville a report in writing
certifying to the assessments made by
said Commissioners. of the benefits con-
ferred upon land and fixing the damages
accruing by reason of said improvement,
which said report is accompanied by a
man Showing the lands and real estate
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1922-09-16
Being But Human.

q wonder what a politician really
thinks about the public?'
THAT ii is a collection of clear
sighted patriots or a bunch OF migrate
full boobs, depending
Depending on WHAT"
ION whether or not he is elected"
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1922-09-16
ELL SANS

Iy d. Z. NIlA1NIIN
The young lady who taught such a
successful school in the Hoolegan dis
nj Happy Hollow entirely to her own
satisfaction this year. Although she
has not whipped a pupil so far, some
IF the patrons declare that she is
TOO strict. When Il pupil violates one
Of her rules she throws him down aud
makes him take a dose of castor oil.
CASTOR OIL: A once-popular medi-
cine kept In a conspicuous place In
every home as a preventive of belly
ACHE and other minor ailments among
children. Bill Sans Dictionary. page
PIG.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1922-09-16
Notice of Sale of Land for Unpaid Taxes

The owners and occupants Of the following de@ibed parcel. ofreale estates stu,
ad in the axng district of Absecon City, in the County of Atlantic I'M State Of
New jersey n the public are hereby notified that the taxes severany assessed for
the year 1927 remain unpaid and hat the said parcels of real estate will bee offered
for sale by public auction at the Tax Collectors Office, New Jersey we, above
Station Ave, in said taxing district on
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1922,
at 2 ocock p NJ, for the payment of said taxes with costs and charges thereon,
unless the same shall be previously paid.
Blk Lot Tax Cost Total
70 8 Clearance l. Haton 1Oa A, S. W. Side N. J. Ave..$& SIC 1922 %19S
ID Is Clearance l. Iaton. 1880 A S W. tide N j. Ave.. 2044 1872 276
10 IS c.Iance / Hatton. 1850 A, $ W Side n, j. Ave. 2o, 446 1886
ad cots before the tax sale
Dated Sept 9Th, 1922. -
FRANKLIN G. TURNER,
Collector Of Taxes for the Taxing District of Absecon, N. J.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1922-09-16

If you know an item of news tell
The Pleasantville Press, so your neigh.
bors may know it also.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1922-05-06
RAM SEYl"

Eynopsis.--With his grandfather,
ing the Decoration Day Parade"
In the home town. The old gentle
man, veteran of the Civil war,
endeavors to impress the young
ster with the significance Of the
great conflict, and many years aft
erward the boy was to remember
his words with startling vividness.
In the schoolroom. a few years
afterward, Ramsey is not distin-
guished for remarkable ability,
though his pronounced dislikes are
arithmetic, REGULATIONS" and Ger
man. In sharp contrast to RAM
sey's backwardness Is the precocity
of little Dora Yocum, a young lady
whom In his bitterness he denomi-
mates Teachers Pet" In high
school, where he and Dora are
classmates, Ramsey continues to
feel that the girl delights to mani
fest her superiority, and the vim
dictiveness he generates becomes
alarming, eliminating In the reso-
luton that some day he will
show" her. At o class picnic Ram
sey is captured bag and baggage
by Milla Rust. the class beauty,
and endures the agonies of his first
love. Ramsey'E parents object to
Milla and wish he'd taken up with
Dora Yocum Ramsey kisses Milla.
Then Milla suddenly leaves town
She marries. Ramsey enters the
state university and there is Dora
Yocum again. Ramsey meets Dora
in World War debate and is In
gloriously vanquished. Ramsey
gives Linski "a peach of a punch
on the snoot"-Whyas
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1922-05-06
PICTURES or THE WORLD WAR
Fifty Photographers on Job, bus views
OF Hardest Fighting Do Not
Tell the Story.

During the Civil war photography
was new art. Only one man was on
the 1ob-Brady. II Brady happened
TO be around when battle was fought
the battle would be photographed
otherwise not. But photography our
ing the recent war was no such MT.
and-fniss proposition. How the Worio
war was caught on negatives is told
In an article In recent number OF the
American Legion Weekly.
The very first ship that went over
carrying General Pershing also carried
a movie man. And from that time not
single important engagement went
Hupsnapped." When our army was al
the height of It's operation 1t had so
photographers. And for every photog
rapher In the field we had three men
In the laboratory ready to push our
negatives through. !.
Although the photographs extant AZ
ford remarkable history, one OF the
disappolntments has been that even
he best of the battle pictures do not
show the real danger because most OF
the hard fighting was done at dawn
before the light was good enough.
During the whole war there was never
a motion picture made Of hand-to-hand
lighting by the American troops. the
Italian army posed some pictures, but
this was never allowed by American
generals.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1922-05-06
Stories Of
GREAT
INDIANC
CORNSTALK'S FAME AND DEATH
AT POINT PLEASANT
By ELMO SCOTT WATSON

E>VEN II the Shawnees had not given
IL to history q Tecumseh, they would
be well represented in the Indian nan
Of fame by Cornstalk, He rose to
greatness In the Battle Of Point Pieas'
ant during Lord Dunmore's war In
l7T4. That was the first HAll-Ameriean'
engagement Shawnee Indians led by
Cornstalk against native frontiersmen
commanded by Col. Andy Lewis.
On the evening before the battle tha
Shawnee chief, knowing that he was
already outnumbered and that another
army was marching against him, OF.
fered to cross the Ohio alone and make
overtures for peace. He was oyerruieu
by his warriors. "It Is well" he said.
'qf you are resolved to aght, then fight
you shall. But II any warrior attempts
To run away will XIII him with my
own hand"
Early the next morning he attacked.
1t was desperate all-day battle.
Cornstalk was everywhere, encourage
Ing his warriors. Once, true to MS
threat, he cut down with bis tona'
hawk skulker. Then Lewis out
tlanked him. The chief skillfully with.
drew his forces, leaving the white man
In possession Of the Geld, but ut the
cost of rs killed and 15o wounded
When Lord Dunmore offered to
nlake peace, Cornstalk called a council
of his chiefs. "You would not make
peace before Point Pleasant What Is
your voice now with two armies OF the
Long Knives pressing upon usY' he de-
handed, "If 1t Is for war let us FIRST
Kill our women and children, then go
out and fight like men until We 100,
are killed." The Shawnees were SILENT
/ CornstallS dashed his Ratchet into the
council post. "You act like children 7
he exclaimed. II will go and make
peace MYSELF So he went alone to
Chlllicothe aud signed the treaty.
lie never broke 1t. In 17T7 he went
TO the American fort at Point Pleas
ant and warned the settlers that he
might not be able to restrain his rest
less warriors Inc coilihanuaht W.
tanned him and his son, Ellinipsico, "a
hostages.
One day some rowing Indians am
pushed and killed settler, Declaring
that the shawnees had planned tho
ambush, a party Of whites rushed TO
the cabin where they were held nris-
oners.
Cornstalk heard their angry cries
outside the door. He knew that the
end had come. "NIy son." he said TO
Elllnipsico, who was badly frightened.
''the Great Spirit has seen fit that we
should die together II ~ well. Let
us die like men and Shawnee war;
riors."
Rising to his feet, he faced the door
Az the Infatuated settlers threw II
open the old chief drew himself up
proudly and opened wide his arms. a
second later he sank to the tloor,
pierced through the breast by seven
bullets. Point Pleasant had brought
him both fame and death.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1922-05-06

His father, the late ex-governor john
A. Martin of Kansas, commanded the
Eighth Kansas regiment as colonel,
In the eventful service seen by that
outfit as part of the army of the
Cumberland. Martin also comes mat.
urally by his journalistic ability, the
colonel having been militant free
soil editor In the days Of the slavery
controversy.
Thus equipped by heredity, Martin
Is carrying on In his territory. lie has
been In the thick of battle from the
start, having organized the Legion post
at Battle Creek Mt the close Of the
war. IN addition to being fighter
and an editor, Martin Is an engineer.
He served with the Three Hundred and
Fourteenth engineers through the st.
Mihiel and the Argonne regions, the
Armstice finding him on the banks OF
the Meuse at Stenay, the crossing OF
which had been forced that night,
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1922-05-06

him, adding that the improvement was
probably due to Ramsey's ha1ing
passed through terrible trials like
that debate"
Ramsey kept to their rooms more
than his comrade did, one reason for
this domesticity being that he had
to study longer than Fred did, to keep
up;" and another reason may have
been a greater shyness than Fred pos
sessed-if, indeed, Fred possessed any
shyness at all. For Fred was a CHEEKY
spirit difficult to abash, and by the
coming of spring knew all of the best
looking girl students In the place
knew them well enough. It appeared,
to speak of them not merely by their
first names but by abbrevlations OF
these. He had become fashions sprig,
"fusser" and butterfly, and he re-
preached his roommate for stunning
the ladies'.
"Well, the truth is, Fred" said Ram
sey one day, responding darkly--"well,
you see the truth Is. Fred, I've had
alive had an experience"
so, only. did he refer to Milla.
Fred said no more and 1t was COM
pretended between them that the past
need never be definitely referred to
again, but that II stood between Ram
sey and any entertainment to be OBJ
tanned of the gentler but less trust
worthy sex. And when other brethren
of the frat" would have pressed Ram
sey to Join them in various frivolous
enterprises concerning "co-eds,' or to
be shared by "co-eds," Fred thought IT
better to explain to them privately
fall being sacred among brethren) how
Ramsey's life, so far as Girls went,
had been toyed with by one now a
| Married Woman.
This created great deal Of respect
for Ramsey. II became understood
| everywhere that he was a woman
Inter
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1922-05-06
JOSEPH BRANT, WHO WAS PRE-
sENTED AT COURT

xvAMPBELL was better poet than
~ historian. For Joseph Brant CThay-
endanegea-- Places Together Two
Belts), chief of the Mohawks, had no
part In the famous Wyoming valley
massacre In Pennsylvania In 1878, al
though he did lead the Indians at tive
others equally bad--Minisink and
Cherry valley.
Through the friendship OF Sir VIII
liam Johnson, young Thayendanegea
was sent to DR.. Eleazer Wheelock's
school In Connecticut. He returned to
Johnson hall and became Sir Williams
assistant and interpreter.
AT the outbreak Of the Revolution
the Iroquois were wayering between
Joining the British and the Americans.
Doctor Wheelock wrote to his former
pupil, presenting every argument In
favor OF the Americans. Il well re-
member the days In your home" re-
piled Brant, "And especially do | re-
member the family prayers and how
you prayed that we might live as
good subjects to fear God and honor
the king y
Brant went to England in ITS. He
was presented to the king and, al
though he wore the costume OF his
people, his gracious manners and per-
feet English made him fayorite in
court circles. Before he left London,
he had promised to lead 1000 war
riors into the field under the British
flag
Although his name became word
of terror along the New York frontier,
he was not wholly merciless. once
he captured an old friend named
vroman, whom he sent into the woods
to get some blrchbark, hoping that he
would escape. A few hours later
vroman returned with the bark--whlch
Brant did not want. "You had
chance to escape, but you were too
biz fool to take II. SO now | shall
have to take you to Canada as a
prisoner" exclaimed the Mohawk chief
with much disgust.
After the Revolution ended Brant
remained In Canada, where he was
granted pension by the British and
given large estate In Ontario. Here
he held "barbaric court with retlnue
Of 30 negro servants, surrounded by
gay Soldiers, cavaliers In powdered
wigs and all the motley assemblage
II that picturesque era" and here he
lied November "A. 1907.