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The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-08-21
THE HoPI SNAKE DANCE

E. E. Hartman, in Adventure Magazine.
 The snake dance of the Hopi Indians of Arizona comes in September. It consists of lot of naked, mature men, dancing around in circle, in grotesque fashion. They dance till they ar eworn out. Only men of mature years, the fathers of the tribe, take part.
 The preparation, as far white men are allowed to see, consists in fasting and prayer to their snake god. The dancers fast long, The medicine men fast and scatter sacred meal, pour sacred water and conduct other pagan ceremonies, with much zeal and some secrecy.
 The snakes are caught by bands of young bucks who race over the country with sacks or skins and forked snake-sticks. When they see rattesnake, they set the fork over his neck, close to his head grab him close up with one hand and drop him in sack.
 The snakes require no care. Juat kept in sacks until wanted. They are not kept long enough to injure them.
 and in their mouths.
 They are bitten many times
 The secret of the remedies used is still secret among white men. The Hopi will not reveal it.
 Whether the snakes ar edoped or not is not known to us.
 The Hopi snake dance is religious in char acter. though a devilish kind of religion. They endeavor to impress spectators with their power over reptiles, but it is my belief, and that of many others, that they have no partic- ular power other than that given by certain drugs they make from plants and their confi- denee +, t,nding them.
 After the dance the dancers walk out to certain cliff and throw up everything loose. Vomit like seasick greenhorn.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-08-21
VALUABLE CITIZEN PASSES

'In the passing away of H. P. Davis, more familiarly known as Buck the community has lost one of it's most substantial citizens and labor of its most ardent and fearless advocates" said W. F. Kelly. "For many years MT. Davis was leader in labor circles, and fought it's cause with such fearlessness and hon. esty of purpose that he won the admiration of those who had occasion to oppose him.
 Possibly, however it was his other quail ities that endeared him to those who knew him best, and they were his devotion to his wife and family and his unswerving loyalty to his friends. He was true blue in every sense of the word, and his death is deeply regretted by wide circle of friends and acquaintances throughout the city and state"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-08-21
STOCK MARKET STRENGTHENED

"The consummation of plans for the set clement of the coal strike and announcement that the railroad strike situation will be laid before Congress have been facts of control ling importance in the stock market during the past week." said Henry Clews of New York. Beginning with some Encouragement because of the apparent collapse of the nego- tiations for settlement of the railway strike, the market has largely recovered it's boise and now views the prospect of an eventual settle ment with courage.
 Hopeful financial conditions and better demand for all sorts of commodities have tend ed to strengthen prices and have confirmed holders of stocks in the belief that they are not warranted in disposing of them.
 ''That the stock market has held up so we'll during the last several weeks, in face of the prolonged coal and railroad strikes, is quite remarkable, and shows concusively that own CTS of stocks are passing their calculations on the future rather than on the present.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-08-21
POINTED PARAGRAPHS

From the Chicago News.
 wise man has no time to argue with a prize fighter.
 If mistakes were crimes, most of us would be in jail.
 Why does the prettest girl have the most watchful chaperon?
 Alimony is salve used to heal the wound made by Cupid's dart.
 Some women are naturally weak; that's why they can't hold their tongues.
 The worst thing mother can say of her bad boy is that he's mischievous.
 In the game of life diamonds are trumps only when man has good deal.
 There is one thing in a homely girls favor --she seldom acquires reputation as flirt.
 Many woman can't see any good in her own husband or any bad in the husbands of other women
 The average girl brought up in religious family has the same fierce desire to become missionary that boy has to go out west and fight Indians.
 The mere fact that girl is in love with a man is no sign that she is not going to make some other fellow believe or, think he has the better chance.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-08-21
MANY MERCHANTS COMING TO THE CONVENTION

Judging by the number of merchants in northern and central Alabama who have ai- ready signifed their acceptance of the invi- tation to attend the annual convention of the Alabama Merchants association in this city August 29, 30 and 31, the revival of that excellent custom will be a success Before the work of forwarding all invitations to several thousands merchants had been completed, re- plies from those first reached on the invita- tion list had begun to come in. More than 100 acceptances were received Friday and Saturday. and they came from Sheffield on the north to Clanton on the south, Fayette on the west and Talladega the east.
 The Wholesale Merchants and Manufac- turers' association of the Chamber of Com merce made preparation to entertain sever. thousand visitors, and it now appears that it was wise in providing for that number. Bir- mingham has become a real jobbing centex, and merchants in her trade territory are yM ognizing this fact, doing so gladly because the development of Birmingham as jobbing cen- ter is of distinct benefit to them. They can get merchandise here as good as anywhere else and receive it quicker at lower freight and express rates. In this case there is profit as well pleasure in being neighbourly.
 Alabama's destiny is in the hands of her own
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-08-21
JOB OF BEING PRESIDENT
 WEARIES MIR. HARDING

Robert T. Small, special correspondent of The Age-Herald in Washington, says repub- lican leaders are worried by reports that Pres ident Harding is tired of White House respon- abilities and will not stand for renomination in 1924.
 There have been many indications lately that MT. Harding has found the presidency burdensome. He has been blamed for the fail ure of the republican party to carry out it's campaign promises, and has been held respon- sble for the lack of leadership in Congress. More recently he has been troubled by the coal and rail strikes, and although he made an honest effort to bring about settlement, he was censured for his failure.
 Life in the United States Senate suited MT. Harding's temperament. He was happy in the Senate, and it is probably true that he &C., cepted the republican nomination for Pres- dent with grave misgvngs. An amiabe man, fond of society and accustomed to outdoor sports, with desire to become involved in heated controversies, political or otherwise, his
 
 have been far from agreeable.
 Ordinarily Mr. Harding might have enjoyed himself almost as much in the presidency as he did in the Senate, but he assumed office at time when the country was suffering from the effects of the World war, and this added no little to his troubles. The iLcustrial situa- tion has been another disturbing factor, made more depressing to MT. Harding because his attempts to adjust differences which ..la-.aced the whole nation were unsuccessful His ad- dress to Congress last week was largely de- voted to telling the country that the adminis- tration had done it's best to effect settle ment.
 The somewhat pathetic references in MT. Harding's speeches to the problems he has to face in the White House have strengthened the impressions that he longs for the simple joys of private life. He made a statement of that kind when he attended a dinner given in his honor by the newspaper men of Birmingham last year.
 But these may be temporary manifestations. The man who serves one term as President us- ually wants another term. After the clouds have cleared away MT. Harding may prove to be no exception to that rule.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-08-21
PAST AND PRESENT
From the Argus.

From the Argus.
 A New York city official as the story is going the rounds, was walking through City Hall park with one of his commissioners As they passed the statue of Nathan Hale, who stands with his hands behind his back, the com missioner said:
 "Mr. Official, don't you think that statue of Nathan Hale is beautiful piece of work?"
 "Ha1e? Nathan Hale?' said the official in puzzled tone. "Why, thought that was statue of Houdni!'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-08-21
CAR SERVICE CHANGES SHOULD
 BE GIVEN FAIR TRIAL.

The Birmingham Railway, Light and Power company is from time to time making changes in its trolley service. These steps are taken to improve the service.
 The company cannot reduce charges unless it institutes economies. Those who want lower car fare should welcome changes put into eff feet for that purpose.
 When the one-nan, pay-as-you- cars were about to be introduced on the Highland avenue lines there were protests by those who feared trouble because white people and ne- groes would be required to pass through the same entrance and exit. The trouble did not come. No friction between the races resulted from the introduction of one-man cars. On the other hand, the Highland avenue lines now have schedule twice good as it was before.
 There have been more difficulties on cars re- sulting from fare collections after passengers have been seated than from almost all other causes.
 It is only fair to give these innovations trial It is unfair to demand better service and lower fares while objectng to efforts made to reduce the expense of operating Bir- minghams traction system.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-08-21
The Change in Poetry
From the New York Herald.

From the NeW 4Ork Herald.
 For several years poetry has enjoyed an unprecedented popularity in this country. There is no apparent abatement of that popularity, and it is therefore matter of peculiar inter est that literary observers have recently re- marked that the free verse poets are returning to metrical forms. If this is true it is in- teresting, in the first place, because the arrival of free verse was synchronous with the revival of interest in poetry.
 Many persons for whom poetry previously had no interest whatever became aware of it when there began to be talk about 'this rree verse;" Often their interest was awakened only sufficiently for them to join in the com mon note of derision. They had a good laugh about prose chopped up into short lines pre- sented as the legitimate offspring of the Muse, and there was, as matter of fact, much justification for their amusement. Probably there has been as much bad poetry written during the last 10 years as in the entire course of any previous century.
 This immense amount of drvel has been ac- companied by high quantity production of excellent poetry. Some of the excellent poetry and most of the bad has been what we some what naccurately describe as free verse. But the important thing about free verse was not that it discarded rime and regular rhythms, substituting for them more subtle patterns. There was poetry of that description, long be- fore there were any Americans to write it. The important thing was that the vogue of free verse carried with it freshened mental and emotional attitude on the part of the poet. He became less frequently guilty of pose and in- sincerity, he approached nearer to the source of md ehi iad uay md i'm itation. He tried to be himself.
 That was true of course, only of the artists in free verse. The vogue of the style, which to those unpracticed in its technc looked in- vtingly easy, led to it's adoption by horde of four-rate writers whose work got published and is still being published. Somesof their work is merely flat and uninspired and some of it is only degree removed from idiocy.
 If the poets are returning to more definite forms it does not mean that free verse was merely fad. It means they have discovered that free verse is not the only means of ex- pression for poets of today, and that its use fitness as a mold has limitations. In Shake speare's day there great interest in the sonnet, and nearly every gentleman of literary pretensons wrote a sonnet sequence. The gentlemen of literary pretensions in the days of Dryden and Pope wouldn't have exchanged a plugged shilling for all the sonnets that had ever been written, but that didn't mean the son. net was done. Keats was still to come, and Wordsworth and Masefield.
 There is nothing to worry about in the re- turn of the poets to meter and rime Rather there is cause for qualification, for free verse has had all the fling that is it's due. Interest in poetry will continue to grow as long as the poet continues to be himself and to ap- proach his art in the spirit of a thorough craftsman. r-.5s
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-08-21
SHINING TOWERS

From the New York Times. I watch them at their toll, the laborers- Like crawling ants, they seem to come
 and go In restlessness unceasing, in and out; But what they build they do not seem to
 know. Obedient to some directing mind, They place a stone upon another stone But why, they do not seem to know or care, Of if their eyes shall see their work when
 done. The master mind has made a perfect plan That must be wrought and finished by the
 skill Of those who toll but do not comprehend Yet who, unknowing, carry out his will. Theirs is the labor-his, creation's joy, And he alone has caught the vision fair Of shining towers The toilers, labor on They see no shining towers in the air! Day in, day out, they plod, the laborers, Blind builders that see not beyond the
 tour
 bead my hack, too to the tasks of. life-- Do l, uniSrowing, build--a shining towery
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-08-21

We are accustomed to think of Philadelphia as slow. The discovery has just been made that street sign on Louisville's municipal building has been wrong for more than 50 years.
 Mir. Harding may be weary of the White House just now, but he will probably have change of heart before the next republican national convention meets.
 x x Marcus Garvey, negro Moses is charged with having dealings with the Ku Klux Klan. If true, it shows that Marcus knows a thing or two about diplomacy.
 As supreme arbiter of the theatrical profess sion, Augustus Thomas seems to have a hard CT job than Will Hays or Judge Landis
 Y A picture of Mir. Dempsey and MT. Bren- nan signing a fight contract shows both gen. tlemen to be in pleasant frame of mind.
 X President Harding yearns for the outdoor life. A game of golf is preferable any day to an hours session with labor leaders.
 
 The New York lawyer who got mixed up in the Candler case doesn't go so far as to say he was dsinterested bystander. Ganna is said to get only $2o,000 year from ex-Husband Cochran, but Harold will keep the wolf away from her door.
 M Putting ban on prohibition jokes in vaude- vile looks like concession to dry customers of the two and three-a-day. It behooves every woman to understand her husband. Mrs. Phil Douglas drew the tenn peramental pitchers salary. News must be rather dull when Washing ton correspondent can't find anything to writ about but "Laddie Boy" Weary statesmen are willing to admit that there is no such thing as a tariff that will please everybody.
 The late Enver Pasha was fascinating Turk who concealed black heart beneath a polished exterior.
 President Harding's address to Congress on the strike situation was first-rate alibi for the White House.
 Phil Douglas is striking illustration of the fact that brains at premium in baseball.
 
 Bruce Bielask has departed from Mexico with poor opinion of Mexican bandits.
 * < We might have known that the Johnstown beer flood would be of brief duration. MT. Wilson doesn't seem to be much stronger in Mississippi than he is in Missouri.
  The light beer and wine program appeals irresistibly to factory workers
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-08-21
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
 AND ELSEWHERE
FEW HoMICIDEs THIs MoNTH

Prom present indications the month of Au- gust will set new low record in recent years in the number of homicides in Jefferson eoun- ty for the month' said Coroner J. D. Rus sum. up to Saturday only two homicides had been reported. This is very gratifying from the fact that for number of months past there have been from 12 to 15 reported.
 Taking into consideration the unrest caused by the strike, this record speaks well for the county"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-08-21
BOYS IN THE CIVIL WAR


 -year-old boys were plentiful in the ranks of 1861, and most of the men who served in the Civil war were 25 or younger when the end came in 1865. Probably there were few who insisted on fighting while as young as Johnny Glenn. If all the boys who were Is or 16 when they strapped on the drum or shouldered the musket haven't dropped out of the ranks, there soon should be large field of contcs- tants for the seat of the young in the Grand Army of the Republic.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-08-21
VIRGINIA DARE
From the Houston Post.

From the Houston Post
 Just 335 years ago today, Virginia Dare, the first child of English parentage to be born on Amrican soil, was born on Roanoke Island in North Carolina. There is near Manteo, on that island, scuppernong vine that has been producing ever since, but the law has taken all the romance out of Miss Dares history al all the kick out of the juice that perpetuated her fame.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-08-21

people, The closer they pull together the greater they will make the state and the greater the state, the more prosperity for all. progress of Alabama than united mercantile interests, wholesale and retail, working in ac- cord for their mutual welfare.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1922-10-06

/
4 PUBLIC NOTICE il hereby given.
that by virtue Of . writ Of Ssisrre
and sale, issued by the above
named Honorable Court, in the above
styled matter, have seized and will,
lon-
SATURDAY, the 4th day of Novsm-
Der, A. y. 1872, otter Tor sale at the
Court House door, in the lown Of st.
Joseph, in this Parish and State, be-
tween the hours Of IL o'clock q. n.
end 4 o'clock p. M 70 the last and
highest bidder. the following d.
scribed property. situated in the Par
ish Of TehsaA, State Of Louisiana,
and seized IN The above styled and
numbered SUIT to-wit:
That certain Town lot in the VIZ
lage Of Neweliton, described a. fol-.
lows:
Beginning at q point on Lake st.
Joseph pubic road, at the North
east corner OF what is known as the
church. lot, running thence along
said public road 2.05 chains to q
stake; thence In a Southwesterly d.
recti0n to stake in the center Of
what is designated as the black
ditch" thence 3.04 chains in South
easterly direction along the center
Of said ditch to q stake at the North
west corner OF lot recently sold by
Isadore Newman, ST., to DR.. Jas. X.
Bonney, thence 4.82 chains along the
Northern boundary of said Bonney
lot to the Southwest corner Of the
Church lot, herein previously men
TONED, thence along the Western
boundary Of the Church lot 2.22'
chains to the Northwest corner
thereof, thence 1888 chains along the
Northern boundary line Of Church
OF to the point of beginning on
Public Road. and containing 1853
lcres, more or less.
s Together with all the buildings and
thereon, and appur-
'snsnces thereunto belonging and APP
pertaining.
Terms Of Sale-Cash.
JOHN HUGHES, Sheriff.
st. Joseph, La, Sept. 29th, 1922.
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TAX NOTICE.

PUBLIC NOTICE, as required by
Act 224 of 1910, OF the Genera
Assembly of the State of louisiana,
is hereby given, that, at tax sale
made on the 26th day OF August,
1922, we, Burnside q Jacoby, be
came the purchasers and adjudicatees
of the following described property
which was advertised for sale on
that date, lto-wit: -
Lot No. 3 of Durossett in Town,
ship II North, Range IL East. 627
acres, assessed at 100000.
That we paid to the Tax Collector
the sum Of $l94.68, being taxes, in.
terest and costs, and the deed was
executed 10 us by John Hughes
Sheriff and Ex-Officio Tax Collecto,
for the Parish of Tensas, La, or
the 26th day Of August, 1922, and
recorded in Deed Book 49," pages
1923 of the Records Of Tensas par.
ish, La, on the LIST day Of Septem.
Der, 1922, at IL o'clock NJ, said
property having been assessed and
sold as the property Of Mrs. B.
M. Love, for the taxes for the
the year 1921. at. =
(Signed)
BURNSIDE & JACOBY.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1922-10-06

Tie ny b recognized by highest
medical authority to BE- responsible
Tor nany - end much dshneo;
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Judicial AAvsrsissment.
WRIT OF SEIZURE AND SALE
State of Louisiana, Parish Of Tensas,
Tenth District Court
G. w. PATTERSON
VS. No. 61o0
G. C. GOLDMAN.


PUBLIC NOTICE ID hereby given
that by virtue Of writ Of Seizure
and Sale to me directed by the above
named Honorable Court, in the above
styled matter. / have seized and will
( Saturday, the 14th day Of October,
A. D. 1922, offer for sale at the
Court House door in the Town Of
st. Joseph, in this Parish and State
between the hours Of II o'clock ~ m
and 4 o'clock p. m, to the last ane
highest bidder, the following de.
scribed property, situated in the Par
ish of Tensas, State Of Louisiana
and seized in tie abve styled anc
numbered suit, to-wit:
A certain tract Of land known as
the Hays tract plantation, more full
ly described as follows: 248 acres
more or less, lying IN Section IL,
township, 40 North, Range 10 East
Louisiana Meridian, 70 DE taken Oft
the South end Of said Section by
line running East and West paral-
lei 10 the East and West line of said
Section, together with al of the i'm
provements thereon, subject to the
lease Of Morris Norman recorded in
Conveyance Record-Q' page 295.
Terms OF Sale tor cash to the
last and highest bidder. witncps the
benefit of appraisement.
JOHN HUGHES, Sheriff
st. Joseph, La, September Sth. 1872
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1922-10-06

PUBLIC NLT1CE II hereby given
that BY virtue Of the authority con-
ferred on me by law, win on
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 18th. 1922,
offer for sale at the Court House
door in the Town Of St Joseph, La.
for cash, at public auction, to the
highest bidder, the folle :, ing de-
scribed property, taken up - estray
by J. D. AcLemore, in this parish, a.
per his affidavit on file in my Office,
to-wit: $50
One light brindle bull, about 8 OF
4 years old, no marks or brands.
JOHN HUGHES, Sheriff.
st Joseph, La, September 1922.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1922-10-06

The shortest distance between Two
joints IL by taxi.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1922-10-06

Irequired by
khe General
Il Louisiana,
) . tax sac
Of August,
became the
lee of the
perty, which
pn that date.
3 Routhwood
La, as per
! Book 90"
hts, assessed
hx Collector
eing taxes,
He daod waa
hn Hughes,
Tax Collector
|sas, La, on
i, 1922, and
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Tensas Par
= Of Septem-
erty having
les the prop
for the taxes
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STATEMENT

OF management, ownership, cir
culation, ETC., required by Act of Con-
gress Of August "a, 1912, Of Tensas
Gazette, st. Joseph, La.
Publisher, editor, owner, Josiah P.
Scott, st. Joseph, La.
Other owners, None.
Mortgages, None.
JOSIAH p. SCOTT
Sworn to and subscribed before me
this goth day of September, 1922.
E. F. NEWELL,
]. p, Srd Ward, Tensas Par, La.
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