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The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-06-02
RAIN OF GASOLINE IN MEDICINE HAT

From the Chemical Metallurgical Engineering.
 A we'll that spouts gasoline from the earth like cloud of steam was recently struck in the Many Island district in Canada, 25 miles northeast of Medicine Hat. Chemical and Metallurgical Engineering describes the rush which followed the discovery in which people stood all night before the dominion land office to be among the first to file leases in the morning.
 The well is a natural gas drilling and the gasoline with which the gas is "wet' is not of commercial significance, as it is only tenn porary condition. However, it is said that several owners of "flivvers' were quick to seize the opportunity to lay in few weeks supply of gas by holding out their mats. From an industrial standpoint, the recent develop ments in the natural gas and oil fields in Canada are of great importance.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-06-02
JOKE WAS ON soTHERN

Mark Stuyvesant, in the Cleveland Plain
 Dealer.
 Those who remember E. A. Sothern, who made Lord Dundreary famous through his humorous impersonation of that character, re- call his as clever wit and charming gentle man, bubbling with fun and good humor.
 He was forever playing jokes on his friends But one time one of these friends played a good joke him.
 E. H. Sothern, his son, tells of the incident in his Melancholy Tale of Me" It happened this way:
 The elder Sothern was at the height of his popularity as an actor and was playing Dun dreary' to packed houses in New York, and to enthusiastic and appreciative audiences.
 His friend, Dr. Simpson, induced him to take the play out of town to nearby small place for an afternoons performance.
 Sothern felt he was doing the residents favor, but they felt it even more than he did They were greatly elated Every seat in the house sold
 Dr. Simpson, glad of the opportunity to play joke on the friend who had joked him so often, saw his chance and seized it.
 He informed the residents of the fame of Sothern and urged them to deport themselves accordingly. He asked them not to show their feelings by laughing applause. He said that people of refinement refrained from such ex- pression-that it simply twas not done."
 The play started. Not sound of welcome greeted the eminent actor as he stepped upon the stage.
 The play continued. No laughs could be ex- tracted by this most amusing of all comic characters.
 Sothern was discouraged.
 Simpson from the wings kept hissing:
 Isn't it greatl never saw such enthusiasm! They're simply mad about it!"
 The first act ended. Sothern told his friend that he considered this audience "as dumb as oysters"
 Finally in the third act, where he had been accustomed, on account of the deafening laughter and applause, to stop continually in his masterpieces long monoog-he could hardly stand it. Not sound came from the lips of one of the audience.
 The great comedian was struggling. He was getting no sympathy, so he thought, from his audience.
 It came to point where he simply could endure it no longer
 He walked to the footlights and in pitiful and yet humorous way, said:
 "Lades and gentlemen, if you don't laugh I can't go on."
 E. H. Sothern in writing of this moment says:
 "Pandemonium broke loose. People laughed and wept. My father for once was nonplussed, but he caught sight of Simpson in box, self possessed and smileless and light broke upon his darkness"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-06-02
SCOUTS TO ENTERTAIN RorEs

"we are making big preparations to enter tain the members of the Rotary club who will be our guests Wednesday, June IA, at Camp Andrews" said Roland l.. Shine, Boy Scout executive. Dinner will be served them and the boys are planning number of ath- letic stunts for their delectation. The Ro- tary club is fostering the scout work in this district and we want to show our apprecia- tion"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-06-02
THE TAKERS

 The ladies talk of politics And many other things; Of servants, dogs and babies, too. Of cabbages and kings; Of what's amiss with this old world And how to right it's woes, But soon or late, as sure as fate, They get around to clothes.
 Birmingham Age-Herald, The men will talk of politics, Taxation, bonds and stocks, The art of raising peonies, Petunias and phlox; They'll talk of Europes sad affairs, And all the latest news, But soon or late, as sure as fate, They'll get around to booze.
 Detroit Free Press. The flapper talks of hats and clothes Of style and fashion, too; She talks about complexions and The kind of gum to chew. She talks of all the scandal, and She makes lot of noise, But soon or late, as sure as fate, She talks about the boys.
 Hastings, Neb., Tribune.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-06-02
BANK CLEARINGS CLEAR INDEX
 OF FINANCIAL RECOVERY

The rise and fall of a community's bank have proved so year by year. The increase of $40, ,000, ,000 made by bank clearings in Bir- mingham during the first five months of this year over the same period in 1921 points clearly to greatly improved conditions. Very significant, indeed, is the record for May. The May clearings made new record for that month, and new high record with the exception of last December. It was also $15,ooo,ooo in excess of the record of May of last year and ran $1O,00o Oo0 ahead of the preceding month.
 The 1922 clearings are based on the same number of participating banks and the same system of computation.
 With more blast furnaces resuming, steel mills and furnaces sold to capacity through the third quarter stove plants and other foun- dries operating six days a week and gradual expansion of all manufacturing industries, there will be larger pay rolls still, and these will increase bank clearings at the same time that they reflect prosperity in other quarters.
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 For sheer bravado it would be hard to equal the performance of Birmingham citizen who wranged with traffic policeman for 20 min utes over minor infraction of the traffic laws and all the time he was talking held cleverly wrapped quart of hooch under one arm. There is at least one Alabama citizen left who is the boss of his household. He has promised to deliver the entire famil yvote of his family to Judge Brandon.
 Usually people who do a charitable deed like to see their names in print. Persons who signed Morse's application for pardon are an exception to the rule.
 A Pennsylvania plasterer fell II stories and landed unhurt on pile of sand. It would be waste of money for that chap to take out accident insurance.
 
 Since the mayor of Buffalo has been con- victed of violation of the prohibition law, some of the brethren. may start to singing, 'Put me off at Buffalo.'
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 Horato Bottomley made fervent appeal to the jury, but the jurors must have had 
 verdict of guilty
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 If the lawyers prosecuting fraud cases require 40 rooms to function, how many prison cells will be required to hold the persons they convict?
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 The Mexican government is reported to have given Villa a flock of machine guns. A most acceptable gift to gentleman of Villas tastes.
 An American dollar will buy 1000 Austrian crowns. But what use would anybody with an American dollar have for 1000 crowns? The mortgage on Sergeant York's farm has been paid off and the sergeant is now ab- solutely safe. from the movies.
 Trotzkys sabre rattling will at least serve the useful purpose of keeping European statesmen awake.
 Most of the bards who had poems in their systems managed to get them out in time for Memorial Day.
 There are two d. f. romances holding front page positions that are beginning to give us acute nausea.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-06-02
MOORE OUT FOR PLUM

"Canvassing the state of Alabama is big job' said J. M. Moore, supervisor of the di- vision of foods, seeds and drugs of the state department of agriculture, who was in Bir- mingham yesterday in the interest of his can didacy for state commissioner of agriculture and industries. "of course, it is impossible to see every voter in the state, so a candidate has to do the best he can-
 'I find that portions of the state. especially the southern part, are having too much rain for the time of year. With exception of this drawback, the crops are looking fine"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-06-02
LARGEST GRADUATION GLASS

"The class that graduated from Central High school this spring was the largest in the history of the school,' said Charles Going, principal.
 "Our classes numbered 232 of which nearly half the number were boys which is very unusual as heretofore the girls have outnum- bered the boys by big majority. It shows that boys are fast taking advantage of the opportunity of education as they should"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-06-02
MISSED BIG TREAT

People of Birmingham don't know what they miss when they fail to attend class day and graduation exercises of the high schools here," said Mrs. Mary Eehols.
 'T attended all the exercises of the Ensley and Central High schools and am delighted to say I thoroughly enjoyed the spirit and the wonderful programs that the future men and women of Birmingham presented. The class prophecies and statistics were worthy of ex- ceptiona mention, and impressed me as one of the eeverest bits of literature today"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-06-02

at this time demand for every skilled work industry continues to gather momentum.
 Schools like that at Ragland put young men on their feet They come from it equipped for the wor kthey are to do. It is close to Birmingham and this city will be the natural beneficiary of it's trained workers.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-06-02
THE WARS OVER

A former militant uprose
 To make a little speech; The hall was cen as still as death,
 Without a single screech. No pandemonium rent the air,
 No suffrage banners tossed, And no one cried in fearsome tones,
 "The Rubicon is crossed| For now the battle has been won,
 In which she fought so long And lady voters of the land,
 We hear, are going strong.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-06-02
DEEP INTEREST IN RELIGIOUS EVENT

Ut is certainly encouraging to note the deep interest the Jewish people are paying to the Feast of Weeks Confirmation service this week." said Rabbi Morris Newfield
 "The classes of boys and girls presenting themselves for confirmation are increasing in number every year, and it is noticeable that the parents are becoming more interested in their children's activities. We are having very successful services this week and are pleased at the amount of interest shown."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-06-02
BEYOND
By Abigail Cresson.

7 Abigail Cresson.
 Perhaps in some far star, ] Clothed in a radiance We cannot guess, He wanders through4sh fields. And the rank sedge Brushes his knees With pollen heavy heads. Free, free at last To climb the ragged hills; Free in the sunshine, In the beating rain, To touch the flowers And listen to the birds. A heaven of little simI1s, Wished for things Death opened all the doors, And now he goes A-gypsying
 With never weary feek.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-06-02
CORN GOES VALUABLE
e Maryville Tribune.

From the Maryville Tribune.
 Consider the homely corncob pipe. It has become an item of considerable importance in northwest Missouri In the vicinity of Mound City one farmer realized $13O. 50 for the cobs alone on 10-acre tract. Another from a small field made s16 profit from the cobs, and from SIP to $16 an acre is the average price for the cobs in addition n ths conn
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-06-02
'TWoULDN'T DO

Miss Founders has been with you longer than an yother young woman on the premises, hasn't. she?" asked the visitor.
 ''Yes," replied MT. Dubwaite, in stage whisper, 'but if I were you I wouldn't refer to her as the dean of our stenographers."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-06-02
PRONOUNCED HIT

"You visited the tomb of Napoleon?"
 "Oh, yes," said the travelled American.
 q hope you made suitable remark"
 "It seemed so. I said if Napoleon were alive he'd tell the Germans where to get off and had to fight to keep my guide from kissing me" PAUL COOK
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-06-02
LOCAL MEN TO TAKE EXAMS

q am looking forward to the meeting of pharmacy students that is to take place in Gadsden on June 5-6," said George Bramlett of local drug store.
 "Quite number of Birmingham boys are going to Gadsden confident of returning with their certificates"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-06-02

It cost Cliff Pinchot ssS,b62 to smash the republican machine in Pennsylvania. Money well spent.
  recent photograph of Babe" Ruth shows him wearing an extremely sour look
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-06-02
ADRIFvT WITH THE TIMES
RED FINANCE

''YOu don't like JoSson?"
 ''No.''
 ''Whats wrong with him?" ''He reminds me of bolshevik. If Jobson owes you s1o he'll agree to pay the $1o if you'll lend him SEQ"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-06-02
A MORNING PRAYER

o take me, Lord, and use mo as am. cannot hope to serve thee with the great ness of my strength, but rather with the willingness of my self-surrender. Amen.-- M. s. B.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-06-02
"sIGN HERE"

"SIGN HERE" I wish to state
 Across the Rhine, The Germans hate The dotted line."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-06-02

What was that long-distance telephone message?"
 "A fellow in neighboring town was kick ing about the length of our radio waves," said the head of a broadeasting station. "He claimed they kept him from listening in on a concert up in Pittsburg.''
 .sWhat did you tell him?"
 .I asked him if he thought he owned the air.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-06-02
CHEERING PROSPECT

'Does MT. Bibbles want to go to heaven?" "Of course, but he's not ambitious" "Ek2"
 Hell bA content with what Conan Doyle calls one of the lower spheres where beer and light wines are served"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-06-02
THE SONG OF STREAMS

A great deal of water flows under the bridges
 You'd think it was going to waste; So many vast rivers and torrents and stream
 lets,
 All bound to the sea in their haste Now, engineers say that it all should be
 ''harnessed"
 And talk of the billions it takes; But my poor simple soul is entranced by the
 water
 And I'm glad for the music it makes.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-06-02
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nd I'm glad for the music it makes.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1922-03-08

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The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1922-03-08
CONTENTION OF THE STATE
BOARD OF COMMISSIONS

The board of commissioners of state
institutions, in it's answer to the re-
quest for an injunction against the
plan for capitol extension, states the
following, in it's answer filed before
the supreme court Monday:
1t denies that the legislature, in
fact, ever adopted any plan or that
any plan for such work was ever
submitted for it, Notwithstanding the
fact that the act itself does refer to
plans submitted. And the defend
ants allege that no plans whatever
were furnished the board by the leg
islature or its authority, but that the
legislature vested in it the authority
to enlarge and alter the capitol build
ing as it might, in its judgment and
discretion deem best.
The defendants also claim that in
order to be authorized to make con-
tracts for the expenditures required
by the act in question it is not requir-
ed that there should be at that time
actually in the treasury money to
meet the appropriation made for
that purpose and all other appropria-
tions made earlier; that the law con-
templates and it has been the recog-
nized practice IN this state always for
appropriations to be made and con
tracts calling for the expenditure of
public money to be made whenever
there would be funds available for the
purpose or payments would become
due; that appropriations and conE
tracts in pursuance thereof are al
ways made with reference not only to
the money actually in the treasury
but as we'll with reference to antici-
pated revenues to be collected under
1evies already made or authorized. =
The defendants also allege that
even had the legislature specifically
adopted the plan for gu" shaped
building, that the plan adopted under
which the work is now progressing
rs no substantial departure therefrom
but is in conformity to such general
plans and no greater change in such
supposed plan than the act itself au-
thorizes. The defendants deny. that
the compliments, as citizens and tax
payers of the state, have such an in
terest in the matter as to entitle them
% maintain a suit or to enioin the
said board from constructing the
building according to the plans adopt
ed by it, as the compliments have nc
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1922-03-08

Election laws of Florida seem to
have been framed to discourage voters
taking part in elections. There is so
much red tape to be unwound before
a man or woman is eligible to vote
that many people get discouraged and
give up trying.-St. Petersburg indie
pendent.
Well, now, we don't know. Some
how, attending to voting and qualif-
cations to vote has never seemed diff
cult to US. We put in more time and
trouble in one ordinary days work
than we have given to voting in all
the years of our life. The election
laws of Florida might be right smart
simplified, but any person of ordinary
intelligence can grapple withs them
successfully If he or she tries.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1922-03-08

ner break his word. And what sort
of a man will that be to send to the
Senate?
Why should Florida set Park Tram
nell aside to favor the man who has
been the most conspicuous failure IN
American politics? We do not con-
slider Mr.. Trammell as the highest
type of a statesman, but we doubt
that there is any man of his age IN
the United States Senate who has
done more efficient and faithful pub
lie work. He has for twenty-one
years held public office, and it is only
too evident that the people ne has
served believe he has served well, for
they have steadily raised him from
the office of mayor of a little Florida
town to the highest Office in their
gift. He has certainly made good as
a senator. He hasn't tried to regu-
late the affairs of the world, or even
of the nation, but has steadily attend
cd to his duties as senator from
Florida. His salary is not as big as
that of a cabinet officer, and the cost
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1922-03-08

personal or direct interest in the
matter greater or other than has ev-
cry other citizen of the state, whether
taxpayer or not.
The defendants also claim, by way
Of demurrer incorporated in their
answer, that the court is without
jurisdiction to control the Judgment
Of the board or commissioners Of
state institutions in the matter be-
cause the duties imposed upon it by
the act in question are not merely
ministerial but are also of an execu-
tive and governmental character.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1922-03-08

of living in Washington has not low
cred since 1914, but he has never
neglected his duties to go out on a
Chautauqua circuit, or do anything
else to make money on the side. He
hasn't been heard prating at so much
per pirate about patriotism, ETC., but
he has faithfully labored to obtain
for our sick and crippled soldier boys
as much as possible of what was due
them. Nobody need fool themselves
into thinking Bryan can better rep
resent Florida. Wind is not at a
premium in the United States Senate
and Trammell has more influence in
that body than Bryan ever could have.
If Mr.. Bryan wanted to go to the
Senate, why didn't he go from Ne
braska? He lived in that state more
than, thirty years, and it seems like
his next-door neighbors should have
recognized his pre-eminent ability.
At present, Nebraska has solid re-
publican delegation in the House.
Shall Florida exalt what Nebraska
wouldn't have?
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1922-03-08

Ocala as the meeting place. The Pa
latka trade body received the returns,
counted the votes and sent out an
nouncement of the meeting in Ocala
March Is. The Miami Herald viii
please observe and inform US if it can
find in this any evidence of the "fac-
tionalism" it spoke of recently. No
doubt the Herald would like to see
some factionalism-a great deal of it.
But we believe the cities interested
are too wise to allow factionalism to
rear its head.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1922-03-08
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Before we answer, we would like to
ask the Star why it wants to know
"what was the cause of the brainstorm
that inspired the News to ask it,
Palatka News.
Only friendly curiosity. We never
saw a brainstorm like it before
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1922-03-08

The Palatka chamber of commerce
sent out a call to the other trade
bodies IN peninsular Florida for a
meeting in some one of their cities to
discuss capital removal. The said
trade bodies responded, selecting
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1922-03-08

w. X. Lane, NJ. D., physician and
surgeon, specialist eye, ear. nose and
throat. Office over 5 and 10 cent store.
Oeala, Fla. q