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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1923-02-23
NEW JURORS DRAWN.

Associate Judge Levin w. Wickes
has drawn four names of jurors for
the March Court panel-Robert Fer
guson, Jefferson D. Mccoy, George
Calvert and W, Harvey Tome, in
place of those of Daniel Husfelt,
Joseph A. Sullivan, Robert Lynch
and Stephen ]. Gather, the latter
two deceased. and the former two
excused.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1923-02-23
FRACTURED BOTH ANKLES.

j. c. Woodrow, of Rowlandville
employed as pipe filter at Perry
Point, met with a serious accident
while at work on Friday. He was
knocked from the ladder upon
which he was standing, and fell a
distance Of fifteen feet, landing on a
concrete floor on his feet. Both
ankles were fractured. He is being
taken care of at the Veterans Hos
pital.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1923-02-23
MUSICAL ENTERTAINERS

The Galganos, superb musical en-.
entertainers, will give the next num-
her of the entertainment course in
the public hall, Rising Sun, on
Thursday evening, March /.
The program will embrace harp
solos, Hawaiin guitar solos. read
ings, guitar and harp duets, harpa-
logs, etc. .Sss.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1923-02-23
DISASTROUS FIRE AT ATGLEN

Duriag the high wind Thursday of
last week. the double house in At
glen, Pa. occupied by Rodney Bow
man and Eckert Large caught fire
from the chimney and later spread
to the I. o. o. F. Hall, the lower
floors of which are occupied by the
families of Howard Pinkerton and
Philip Goodman.
Word was telephoned to the sur
rounding towns and twelve fire en-
gines responded. Seven of the fire
lighting equipments were in action
and prevented the spread to the
many frame buildings IN the town,
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1923-02-23

Leslie B. Truitt has sold his con-
fectionery and ice cream business in
Elkton to Joseph Scarborough Of
Elk Mills,
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1923-02-23
GARDEN AND FL0wEs SEEDS.

Congressman T. Alan Goldsbor-
ough informs vs. he will be glad to
send vegetable and flower seeds to
anyone who will write him at Room
SS4, House Office Building, Wash
ington. d. c.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1923-02-23
REV. FRANK RINEs TO SPEAK.

REV. FNANK RINES TO SPEAK.
Rev. Frank Rines viii speak at
the morning service Of the M. e.
church, in this town, Sunday, Feb.
25. The address will be illustrated
with eolored crayon cartoons. Rev.
Mr.. Rines will also speak In the
evening. using stereopticon slides to
illustrate his address.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1923-02-23

RefoFMers make allow progress be-
cause they try to reform things in
stead Of people.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1923-02-23

What You are tomorrow depends
on what you think and do today.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-06-29
AT LAsT-THE AUDITORIUM!

F The people of Birmingham congrat- ulate themselves that to every post ponement there is an end and to every delay there comes time for action
 Although the building of an audito- rum has been deferred until the pub lie patience has been exhausted, now there is prospect of immediate begin ming of construction, by reason of the .letting of the necessary contract yes- terday by the city commission. The need for an auditorium has grown since the money was first voted by the people of this city, and the public demand for such a convenience is more insistent than before. An au- ditorium of suitable capacity and equipment is the only proper founda- ton for the conventions which this city may properly ask for in accord ance with its growing importance along so many lines of activity cov- cred by conventions. The die is cast, but the hazard is heavily discounted in advance. The auditorium will be a civic and even a commercial asset worth many times its cost.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-06-29
MIR. HINES TO INVESTIGATE

i.a The people of Alabama and of the South who are concerned for the
 maintenance of friendly cooperation
 between the races are in hopes that investigation. of the situation at Tus- llkegee by General Hines will result in la satisfactory adjustment of deli Ecate and unfortunate misunderstand- Sing arising out of a contemplated plan .Eof the government to appoint negro ! officials and physicians for the gov < Iierhment hospital at Tuskegee. The I citizens of that place remember that when they gave consent to the loca- istion of the hospital there, they were sassured by the government that white Officials and physicians would be in { charge.
 i;sg Not only the whites of Tuskegee, { but the Tuskegee Institute negro au- .thorities, it is understood, believe that appointment of negroes to operate the { hospital would be unwise, in that it would tend towards the creation of a
 condition that would injure the inter-
 ests of the negro race not only at
 Tuskegee and in Alabama, but
 throughout the South. Such a policy
 would undoubtedly be harmful to the
 negroes. To avoid a situation of that
 kind it would 5/-N to be wiser and
 more practical for rhv government to
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-06-29
ADVERTISING CAMPAIGN IS ON

With the pledge of the county chair men to support the Greater Ala bama" advertising campaign at Mont gomery Wednesday that statewide movement for result-getting publicity of the states resources appears to have been advanced to the line of practical performance. While each county is to be advertised through funds contributed by it, the county chairmen grasped the intent of the Greater Alabama" idea, which is to advertise the state as whole; to focus attention on this state through we'll distributed publicity as has been successfully done for California, Florida, North Carolina and other well-advertised states.
 There is no doubt of the agricul- tural, mineral and water power wealth of Alabama. Alabamians know that, but it does precious little good to Alabamians to keep it to themselves. The need is to tell it to investing capital so that it will come here and place it's money in the various fields ripe for profitable investment. The good merchant advertises. The up- to-date industry advertises. There is no reason why the offerings of an en- tire state may not be benefited from judicious advertising the same as an cfD I1ra{ 1%,,x, ! implement or sewing machine. The
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-06-29
MILLIONS IN HIGHWAYS

According to figures of the state highway department, the cost of work now under construction in the state is $8,983,000, which represents 600 miles of highway and 13,000 linear feet of bridges. For the time the construction causes many detours and much confusion, but that is tempo rary. When the work is finished, the state will be so much the richer in one of it's chief assets, namely, the means of communication and trans portation.
 Road construction has proved a stimulus to Alabama communities. At no time in the history of the state has there been so much spirit of prog ress in the small as well as the large towns. Everywhere effort is being made to improve the community. Street building is on a large scale. Alabama communities appear to real ize that they are soon to be tied to one another with good highways, which mean opportunity to increase neighborliness and business. It is inn portant that the great central highway be pushed to completion and it is en- eouraging to know that the Shelby county link is under construction and that the Chiffon county link is to fol low It is the one work that the state cannot push with too much vigor. Good roads are at the foundation of prosperity. Better conditions of all sorts automatically follow highway construction.
 Letting of S1,000,0o0 of new high way contracts at Montgomery on Thursday further swells the total of work soon to be under way. One of the new roads will be of special bepe- fit to the Birmingham district because it will traverse St. Clair county and connect with our highway at Argo. On the other end it connects with the highway to Gadsden. This will afford highway straight through from Birmingham to Gadsden through Ashville and Springville and make neighbors of people in a rich agri- cultural and mineral section. The other contracts in southern Alabama are of like importance to Covington, Crenshaw, Marengo, Clarke and Will COX counties.
 There is no greater work being done in Alabama today than bringing her people together through real roads.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-06-29
REMEMBERING GEN. GORCAS

The American Medical Association
 honored itself as thoughtful and
 constructive body in whole-heartedly indorsing plans to raise funds for the erection of a memorial and the ad- ministration of foundation in honor
 of Dr. William Crawford Gorgas,
 former surgeon general of the United
 States army, and member of the 18th milan Canal Commission during the
 construction and early operation of the Panama Canal. But for the re- search and discovery of General
 Gorgas, it is doubtful if there would
 be an Isthmian canal. It was largely his work that made possible that prise. Thousands, even millions, of lspeople in this country and in Central and South America owe their health and lives to the efforts of that great sanitary genius. Hundreds of cities are deeply indebted to him for mak- ing it possible for them to be healthy and habitable, instead of dangerous scenters of disease. The industrial and
 commercial world owe much to the famous Alabamian who sacrificed his life in conquering the worlds most
 deadly enemies and in saving the
 world from incalculable losses.
 E Few men of any period in the worlds history contributed so much to the progress and happiness of man. ;times seems that distinguished and thoughtful people in other lands ap- spreciate more fully the mans human Fitarian service than do his own coun- .,tryment, as evidenced by the high ,shonors conferred upon him by no less Ia parsonage than the king of England, during the Alabamian's last illness and after his death abroad. It is grat- flying to note, however, the growing Appreciation in his native country of sGorgas' work and of his immense service to the people of every civil ltized land. Such action as was taken < by the American Medical Association lis but an evidence of this sentiment lsfor proper recognition of a service swhose value would be hard to over .estimate. It also reveals very prac- stical determination to provide for the ! carrying on of the work of fighting parasitic disease, over which Gorgas \ showed the sure way to victory.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-06-29
PEOPLES FORUM
A. to Tax Limitation

To the Editor of The Age-Herald:
 read an article In a recent issue of one of the big dailies, ad- limitations in the constitution. for credit of the state. The writer Is of the opinion that if the edi- tors views were carried out, in- stead of improving the state credit, 1t would be very much inn paired. Just recently this big daily advocated seven million dollar bond issue for Birmingham, in order to increase the school facilities. it was alleged; but the tax payers repudiated the sug gestion by an overwhelming vote. because of the millions now being wasted by the false proph- cts who prophecy evil to future generations unless their ideas ob- tain. We are persuaded that the big bond issues are advocated for the purpose of getting taxa ble securities. and unless the is suance of taxable bonds is ended the wealth of the producing class will be confiscated by taxa tion. We protested bitterly, and resorted to all sorts of illegal methods just after the close of the Civil War to abolish carpet bag rule; but. compared with the waste and extravaganza at the present time by boards, commis- sions. bureaus and committees, the carpet-baggers were mere pikers.
 The restrictions placed by pa triotic statesmen in the constitu- tion of the state has safeguarded the taxpayer from the plunderer for more than half century. God forbid further encroachments on the rights of the people for the benefit of the politicians.
 Who is clamoring for consti- tutional convention? Certainly not the wealth producing and tax paying class. But a bunch of parasites and socialists of the brand that wants to divide out the other fellows stuff; who, if limitations are removed, can ere ate offices, increase salaries. make exemptions and get by by III HOIl- taxable securities. Better to pay higher rate and still further restrict the issuance of bonds and by so doing tighten the burdens on the man who labors, to whom the buck is always finally passed in the end. Waste, extravaganza and inefficiency are the real cause of bad credit and bonds selling at a discount. Officials, selected by machine political methods. are the prime cause of distrust at home and abroad; and unless there is revision of the Decalogue I do not see how the political oligarchy that has been heaping burdens on the tax-pay- CTS of Alabama can get by St. Peter. G. T. McELDERRY,
 Talladega, Ala, June 27, 1923
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-06-29
BRANCH BANKS IN CUBA

In allowing the federal reserve bank of Atlanta the right to estab- fish an agency in Cuba at the same time as similar right was accorded the Boston federal reserve bank the fed eral reserve board showed good judg- ment. There is plainly as sound req son for an Atlanta agency in Cuba as there is for Boston one. Indeed, the Atlanta bank, representing the ter ritory closest to Cuba and already doing large business there, is clearly entitled to the ground-floor entrance into Cuba. With the Boston bank representing the East and the Atlanta bank representing the South, the trade of the country with Cuba has been complicated by the lengthy credit terms asked by Cubans. Even then it has not always been easy to collect on time. With American fed eral reserve bank agencies there to care for American interests and be- coming familiar with Cuban finances, the custom of 90-day acceptances may eventually be reduced to sixty days and later to thirty days. It stands to reason that America will the more successfully do business with Cuba according to the American bank ing facilities operative there. Bir- mingham does large business with Cuba in heavy wares. It would be just as easy to do business in dozens of products were credit arrangements perfected. The agency of the Atlanta bank in Cuba will help bring about a miscellaneous business that looms large and attractive.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-06-29
MOTHERS OF FAMOUS
 MEN
Grace Holes, Mother of a Prime
 NtnNa<n.


 Pelham Bay Park, New York City, is an expanse of over 1,700 acres of wooded land that lies along the shores of Long Island Sound. some fifteen miles from city hall. 1t is one of the pleas ant retreats from the crowds of the city. Lying there looking out upon the blue water, and watching the sunshine filter through the green leaves one feels far from the rush of life. In such mo- ment 1t is interesting to think of the great English family of Pel- ham. from which the name of the park Is derived-a family that goes back to the days long before the Norman Conquest in the dawn of English history. One of that ancient family was Henry Pel- ham, who became great prime minister in the eighteenth cen tury. Possibly it is from him that the park takes its name One conjectures the picture of the stately marriage ceremony that united the Baron of Pelham with Grace Holes. herself the daughter oA aAi oio Ad'hiiSs IOuur dllTdC- tive. rich, she gave herself to a man older than she was. wid- over, a man in whom pride of family was inherent. Then, as it were. Grace Holles became as other women. She put aside fash ion and frivolity and busted her. self in the cares of motherhood. Of all her seven children she gloried most in her two sons. Thomas was seven years old and Henry four, when a great fear came oyer the mother-lest she should not see her sons grow into manhood. In those days Lady Grace. forgetting her wealth and station. lived only for her chill dren. Anxiously she trained them in obedience, and in charac- ter. If I can do nothing else" she said, T can at least give them goodness of heart" She died that year. leaving her sons to others. It is notable that the elder one. who was for thirty years secre- tary of state. spent well over a million dollars of his private for tune while in office. refusing to initiate others who enriched them selves at the cost of their coun- try. The younger one. Henry Pelham, became great prime minister. notable for his love of peace and sense of national honor. Certainly the mothers prayers were answered.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-06-29
JOHN-A-DREAMS
Dreams of Being on the Beach


 It is inevitable that the things which occupy many of our thoughts should find their reflec- tion in our dreams. Therefore, good many women who are fond of surf bathing and live in parts of the country where this Is a regular sport, dream of being at the beach. As such, and stripped of any accompanying ep- isodes, this dream means nothing whatsoever. Only the things which may occur during the vis- ion are likely to be of importance. I am speaking of this today be- cause l have received letter from a reader who is greatly wor- ried over the fact that she dream ed of seeing people drown. It de- velops that she goes bathing near ly every day and that conse- quently the vision was not based upon anything that might happen in the future that concerns her directly, but was merely reflec- tion of her everyday experience in the distorted mirror of her dreams. While on the subject I might tell you that the locality of dreams means very little if 1t happens to be the same in which you pass most of your time. The incidents which occur may be of great importance. but the place where they transpire means noth- ing unless it stands in a direct connection with the episodes themselves. In order to make myself clearly understood let me quote only one example. If you were to dream of a. fire. the chances are 99 to 1 that 1t will appear as though your own home were burning down, your own home being uppermost in your thoughts. The dream. however. may refer to something far re- moved from our daily environ ment.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-06-29
POOR BOYS WHO
 BECAME FAMOUS
Daniel Maclise
By Frederick Houk Law

A nineteen year-old Irish boy in a bookstore looked up and saw a famous man standing at one of the counters turning the pages of books The boy took pencil and paper, studied the mans face and pose, and made a picture that showed the great man In one of his best moods. That picture, made hastily on the spur of the moment. was the foundation of all the successes of Daniel Ma elise, the great Irish painter. The man whose picture he drew was Sir Walter Scott, then at the height of his greatness. The picture, put on sale. so clearly showed the characteristics of Sir Walter Scott, the writer and lover of books, that everyone asked what artist had been so successful in drawing the real man. At once the boy found him self famous and able to commansl large sums of money for his work.
 From the time of his childhood Daniel Mac1ise had wished to be- come an artist. His parents had been too poor to give him the ar tistic education that was neces- sary, and he had been obliged to teach himself as well as he could by copying pictures. At four teen he had been set to work as handy boy" in a bank. He had worked faithfully. had saved a little money, and had continued to try to draw. At sixteen he found the means to take a course of instruction in art. At nine teen. in the bookstore. his great opportunity came-and he took it instantly. One of the marks of most genius is the instant seizing of opportunity.
 In his days of first success he continued to save money. was able to take further courses in art. to gain prizes, and to make successful pictures of many great people. Ultimately he became one of the most noted artists of his day and one of the leading mem bers of the London Academy of Art. His two greatest pictures are heroic groups. "The Death of Nelson" and The Meeting of Well lington and Butcher" These have such striking power and original ity that they instantly attract at tention. In them there is that dashing spirit that led the young Irish boy to take opportunity at the very moment when it offered itself.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-06-29

abandon the purpose to appoint ne- groes for this service.
 Another view of the situation is worthy of consideration. If the gov ernment made a promise directly or indirectly to the people of Tuskegee, of which there seems no doubt, that promise should be fulfilled. There is no more reason why pledge of this kind should be violated by the gov ernment than by an individual, if the government expects to command from the citizens that confidence and re- spect to which it is entitled.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-06-29
ONE TRICK A DAY
The Three Pennies


 Threee pennies are placed flat on the table, two with tails upper most and the other head up. The tails are together and the head penny is some inches away. The object is to place the head coin between the other two coins with out the tail penny nearest the head being taken away. nor must the third coin be touched. Peo- pie not in the secret will usually not attempt to try to solve the problem. was they say, 1t cannot be done.
 This seemingly impossible trick Is, as all others, quite simple once you have learned the secret. Slide the head penny first towards the other. using some force, strik- ing it violently at the same time holding the coin. This action will shoot out the second coin (which you must not touch) and push 1t some distance away. All that Is left to be done is to put the head penny between tho two coins.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-06-29
10 FAVORITE BOOKS

(As chosen by Stewart Edward White, novelist and member of the American Institute Of Arts md Letters; fellow of one Royal Geographical Society,".
 Emersons essays.
 Westward Ho" (Kingsley). "A Dreamer's Tales" (Dun- saney).
 Thackeray.
 Homer.
 "Wolfville" (Alfred Henry Lewis).
 "Moby Dick" (Melville).
 The Strange Adventures of MT. Middleton" (Stevenson.
 Fire and Sword" and Pan Michael (SienkiewicZ). Copyright. 1923, in United States and Great Britain for The Age-Herald by the North American Newspaper Alliance. An rights reserved.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-06-29

outsider cannot be reached except through publicity channels of the broadest scope and circulation. It costs money to use this means of pub licity, but results will be in keeping with it's use. The $6O0,O00 asked for a three-year campaign of publicity is none too large.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-06-29
CO-Operative Marketing
(Selma Times-JournaD

tSelma Tfmes-JournaD
 The Dallas County Farm Bureau in planning to hold a cooperative calf sale is giving still further extension to the cooperative idea in n.arketing the products of the farm. The principle of massing the farmers individual problems and of solving them unitedly and at one time has been found highly successful and promises in time to embrace the whole range of farm commodities. We have had the cooperative marketing and shipment of hogs and in some sec tions very gratifying results have attended this method of selling hogs.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-06-29

A London Punch editor thinks that American hunor is less subtle than the English brand. One doesn't have to drill so hard to reach the core of the former.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-06-29
A Question of Apparel
 (E1ora1a NeuSN

In the jungles of Africa the negroes cover only a small portion of their bodies with a little strip of an apron, while on the streets of enlightened America the people are learning to feel that their bodies are not too nude if they are dressed In a bathing suit about the size of the top half of a we'll grown stocking.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-06-29
HOW THEY LOVE

(Honey GroVe SfgnaI)
 Governor Neff and the Texas legislature love each other just about like two young girls love each other who are in love with the same fellow, and each with a new dress which she fears isn't Iuj] eS pretty as the others.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-06-29

The government says there are six million people in the United States who cannot sign their names. There are probably that many whose auto graphs are not worth anything.