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The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1923-03-01

Frank Scofield, who has been spend
ing the past six weeks t%ransacting
business in Minneapolis, returned
home Tuesday night.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1923-03-01

The M. L. Ladies' Aid will be enter
tanned at the home of Mrs. A. c. Mac
Lean Thursday afternoon, March Sth.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1923-03-01

The largest 5-10 and 10 cent stock
ever in town. Come in and lock 1t
over. The Miller Hardware Co,
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1923-03-01

The Hand County Shipping Associ-
alton is everything the name implies.
John Babbitt, Manager.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1923-03-01

Dan 0'Connor returned Wednesday
noon from Sioux City. where he had
been ~transacting business.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1923-03-01

Ladies-this is your chance to get
what you have been looking for 5-1O
and Is CEN goods.
The Miller Hardware Co.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1923-03-01

Coming again LANCE Eye Man of
Mitchell, s. D., to Miller Saturday,
March 10 at Vanderbilt Hotel. Every
thing in new mountings.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1923-03-01

Mr.. and Mrs. M. l.. Stack returned
last week from Missouri, where they
had spen mt the past several weeks.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1923-03-01

Miss Ellen Aasby spent the week
end at her home at Holabird. Mrs.
w. G. Tamblyn accompanied her as
her guest.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1923-03-01
TIRES AND TUBES

We carry the largest stock In this
part of the state. Come In and look
over u complete line.
Peterson's Garage.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1923-03-01

Mrs. Z. ID. Bailey departed Wednes-
day evening for Kuna, Idaho, where
she was called by the serious illness
! of her mother.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1923-03-01

c. NJ. Dryer and G. G. Briggs depart
ed Wednesday evening for Sioux Falls.
where they will attend an Ell Raid
convention.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1923-03-01

w. E. Losh returned Tuesday noon
from California, where he had been
spending the past several months.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1923-03-01

II you don't use SINCLAIR GASO-
LINE in your car you are not using
the best gasoline.
Peterson's Garage.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1923-03-01

Mckee & Richards are buying iron,
brass and paper. hides and furs. They
pay you more. Is.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1923-03-01

We take your hogs any day. Phone
2i42 or 2173. John Rabbit, Manager.
J. C. Wilson,
st. Lawrence Manager.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1923-03-01

Waldo Eakle of the Aberdeen Jour-
nal Is spending a weeks vacation at
the home Of his parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
s. J. Eakle of this city.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1923-03-01

A complete line of 5-10 and 15t
goods now on display at The Miller
Hardware Co.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1923-03-01

st. Lawrence Lodge No. SO A. +. &
A. M. will hold It's regular communi-
cation Friday evening. Work In the
Fellowcraft Degree.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1923-03-01
ADDITIONAL &

Why not beautify and protect your
home with a planting of Jewell Nar-
sery stock. r. A. Kane.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1923-03-01

Let the Hand County Shipping As
sociation have your hogs and cattle
Office located nea stock yards. John
Babbitt, manager. Phone 2173.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1923-03-01

w. L. Canham, Of Alpha township,
departed Tuesday evening for points
In Nebraska, where he will look after
business matters.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1923-03-01

Rev. A. C. MacLean returned the
first OF the week from Highmore
where he had been assisting with
church meetings.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1923-03-01

A. W. Fox, of Fedora, was in the
city Saturday, looking after business
matters and visiting with his son.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1923-03-01

Eastman kodaks and films at viii
cox's. Leave your finishing with us.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1923-03-01

Salvet Hog and Worm tone at Col
Inns and Shaw Drug Store.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1923-03-01

Semi solid butter milk for hogs and
chickens at the Feed Store.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1923-03-01

Have you seen the new Exide?
Come In and see a real battery.
Peterson's Garage.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1923-03-01

Buick and Chevrolet Automobiles
New Stoughton wagons. First doc
north Citizens State Bank.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1923-03-01

We offer for a quick sale l lot of
Mems Leather Vests at $500. each; l
lot at $4.S9; 1 lot at $6.48 and / 10:
at $500.
Greeves & Rudd,
l3u Miller, 8. Oak.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1923-03-01

Banker +. ID. Greene made a bust,
ness trip to Sioux City last week.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1923-03-01

w. j. Halloween is rearranging and
beautifying his building on East Third
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1923-03-01
TWENTY YEARS G.
FROM PRESS FILES FEB. &c, 1908

DR.. E. H. Wilson returned Tuesday street.
from Chicago.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1923-03-01

Mrs. A. II. Churchill is visiting rel
atives in Wisconsin.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1923-03-01

Best cattle 3A cts. per h.; Hogs
GA cts; Chickens, 6 to Z cts. h.; But
ter, Is cents; Eggs Is cents: Wheat
% cts. bu.; Corn so cts. bu.; Oats
30 cts. bu.; Hay $500 per ton.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1923-03-01

February 22t3
Notice Of Hearing Petition For Letters
=. Of Administration
State OF South Dgkota. County OF
Jerauld. IS. In County Court.
In the Matter OF the Eetate of Fred
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1923-03-01

| Il. W. Carr. of Gilbert township.
transacted business in Miller yester-
day.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1923-03-01

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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-05-09

community progress and contentment.
Birmingham has some excellent parks
in the rough. Want of municipal
funds has been frequently advanced
as argument and explanation why so
little has been done to equip and i'm
prove them, not only to render need
full service to the people of this com
munity, but to attract outside inves-
tors and residents. Many cities have
found by experience that an attrac-
tive park system is a wise practical
investment. Desirable citizens are
often won by good parks. Many re-
fuse to live where there are no such
community blessings.
Already local interest in this direc-
ton is more pronounced, and undoubt-
eddy the next ten years will show far
more progress than the last ten. The
longer the program is delayed the more
expensive it will be as real estate
values rise. With new park board,
Birmingham is ready for suggestions
along this line.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-05-09
THE WARRIORS URGENCY

The Importance of early adjustment
of the division of rates for joint hauls
between railways and the Warrior is
emphasized anew by Congressman
Oliver, who declares that the situa-
ton has become so serious that, if
service for Cordova, Tuscaloosa and
Demopolis will be discontinued and
service maintained for Birmingham
only on such. commodities as make a
profit for the barge service. Exactly
and if such service is impaired the
purpose of the railways will have been
achieved. The longer the railroads
can defer the adjustment of rate di-
visions the more they will profit. De-
lay is a clear gain for the railways
and a clear loss for the Warrior
1t appears, however, that the of
ficials of the waterway and those
members of the Alabama delegation
who are on the job in Washington
are determined to bring a showdown
with the railroads, and to compel the
Interstate Commerce Commission to
repair its neglect in this vital quesg.
ton. Although millions of the public
money have been expended on the
Warrior and the barge service, and
although the federal government has
made known its lively interest in the
success of the waterways, it is an
incontrovertible fact that the Inter
state Commerce Commission has per-
nitted the lapse of two yesrs without
granting the relief the situation and
the public interest so urgently called
for. That delay cannot be satisfac-
torily explained to the people and to
the great industrial establishments
that depend upon the Warrior for
a large measure of their transporta-
ton and for their ability to compete
in the markets of the world.
The present favoritism shown to
the railroads in this matter is a tax
directly levied upon the people of the
United States, for the profits which
the Warrior line must now hand over
to the railways represent loss to the
barge service which must be made up
out of the public treasury. We have
then the spectacle of public official
body favorng the private profit at
the public expense. This question is
urgent, and the people and industrial
and agricultural interests of the area
served by the Warrior demand i'm
mediate repair of this outrageous sit
uation.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-05-09
SALVACING MEN

Alabama is entitled to credit fer
the really splendid improvement made
in her prison system and this credit
is accorded by national authority and
observation. The state owes it to it.
self to perfect that, system. What
has been done is cue to what can be
done. Nothing which is wrong is
profitable to a state any more than
to an individual. A member of the
Russell Sage foundation and former
president of the American Prison As
ISOLATION, who has visited Alabama
and seen what it has done toward i'm
provement of its convict system, de-
clares that Kilby prison at Montgom-
cry is in better condition than Sing
Sing prison in New York. He says
that alabama and South Carolina
have done more in the past few years
to better conditions than any two
states in the Union"
The world knows what Alabama is
doing. Alabamians know what has
been done and what should be done
looking to that time when no citizen
deprived temporarily of his liberty
through operation of the laws of the
state shall be so employed during his
confinement as to come forth with a
grudge against society. Preservation
of man is to be desired at least as
much as conservation of forests, of
game, of fish and of coal. 1t is not
matter of sentimentality. 1t is bust
ness, the very best kind of business,
to salvage men so that when they re-
assume citizenship they shall not have
become more dangerous to society,
but less so.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-05-09
THE UTILITY ORDINANCE

The city commission, after pro-
longed negotiations with the agents
of the Birmingham Railway, Light and
Power Company, submits to the citi-
zens of Birmingham, for their ap-
prevail or rejection by ballot, an or
dinance which is essentially ten
tative contract between the utility and
the municipality. The high lights in the
document are THAT the fare shall be
reduced from eight to seven cents
cash, and from seven to six cents for
tickets; that the utility shall pave its
right of way on streets where the city
slias already laid paving; that there
shall be a reduction in street-lighting
scharges; that new lights shall be in
sstalled; that the city has the right of
demanding and receiving additional
Sights whenever and wherever they
care needed; that the utility bonds it
Sself not to ask for an increase in rates
sfor a period of three years, reserving
sthe right to the public to petition for
"a decrease whenever it desires; that
.the utility energies from its receiver
ship and thus comes into condition to
Finance itself; that the jitneys be sub
Elected to bond and other regulations
sdeemed proper by the comission.
{ The transportation situation in Bir-
smingham has been for a'long time IN
IAN unsatisfactory state. Six months
sago the situation appeared hopeless.
Now there is hope that a way has been
found to bring better service to the
public and to protect the public
against any future lapse in service. 1t
is document which commends itself
to thoughtful study. The people
have the decision whether the agree
ment shall or shall not go into effect.
Decision by the people is the highest
test of democratic government. Let
the people view the proposal in the
light of all available information, for
the people are the ones who must
abide by the result.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-05-09

PLANTERS HAVE UPPER HAND

There is law against trading in
sugar futures, but trading in cotton
futures goes merrily on. Because Of
reported Improvements in the cotton
crop outlook for May, futures dropped
seven dollars a bale Monday on the
New York market. This represents
no decline in value or the cost of pro-
ducing cotton, but is merely specula-
tive reaction to the situation. 1t is
true that the demand has been weak,
but that may be due to an livestock
ing earlier in the year, and may be
meaningless as respects the years to-
tai demands. The chief question is the
effect it may have upon the price to
the producer next fall
This question it may be said that
the planter has it within his power
to affect. 1t is pretty we'll established
that next year there will be no miscel-
ping market. Through cooperative
marketing agencies the planter ex-
poets to receive for his cotton the
cost of production plus a reasonable
profit. If he needs ready cash he ex-
poets to obtain it from loans on cot
ton storage, or, better yet, through
the sale of other cash crops resulting
from his diversification methods. The
planter is gradually coming to be in
dependent of his cotton crop, and on
that basis he is able to finance him
self while marketing his crop jul
diciously and gradually. If anybody
is to enjoy the benefit derived from
holding the crop, it will hereafter be
the man who raises it.
The producers best defense against
manipulation of the market for spec
ulative purposes lies not in legislation
but in the cooperative association of
planters conducting their business and
marketing their wares just like the
producers of manufactured products.
The wolves may howl when the flock
is protected from their ravages.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-05-09
MOTHERS OF FAMOUS
MEN
The Mother Of Oscar wilde

One of the interesting ana IL
Eliminating flashes on the charac-
ret of Oscar Wilde, famous Eng
fish novelist, playwright and poet
of the last century, whose h1e
reached the greatest heights and
the lowest depths, was the rela :
tionship between the writer ana
his mother, Jane Francesca Elgee.
Under a pen name, Lady Wilde,
herself poetess of considerable
note, was one of the most ardent
pamphleteers and propagandists
in ireland, where Oscar Wilde was
born. Not only did he inherit
from his mother much Of his keen
ness of mind and his literary pen
etration. but her early influence
on him made mark that lasted
throughout his entire life. oscar
Wilde. incidentally, loved his
mother with a consuming devo-
ton. and accorded her an admira-
ton and respect that amounted
to nothing short of veneration.
Before Wilde was born, his
mother hoped ankle usly for a
daughter and was deeply disap-
pointed when the child proved to
be another son. For several years,
during his infancy and early child
hood, she dressed him as girl.
treated him as one. TINS, or
course. kept him closer by her
side than he would ordinarily
have remained, and probably &C
&C UNITS for his especially strong
devotion.
In later life, when the poet was
in prison, his chief regret was the
unhappiness that he had caused
his mother, then dead. In DE
Profundis." which he wrote while
imprisoned he said:
mo one knew how deeply l
loved and honored her. Her death
was terrible to me: but /, once a
lord of language, have no words
in which to express my anguish
nd G -
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-05-09
ONE TRICK A DAY
The Hat With a Hole in 1t

The performer takes Dor
rowed hat and, while examining
it, suddenly exclaims that there
is a hole in it. This is enough to
frighten the owner, and when the
performer sticks his finger
through the hole, and wiggles it
in the bargain, it requires a stout
heart to keep from giving vent
to expressions of grief and dis
may After while, however, the
hat is again returned whole. not
having been damaged in the least.
This ingenius illusion is pro-
duced by the use of a dummy
finger made of wax on cord
body. and colored the exact tmita-
ton of life. Into one end of this
is thrust a sharp needle about an
inch and a half in length.
This is palmed in the left hand.
When the performer, pretending
to discover the hole. gazes into
the hat he thrusts the needle
through from. the outside. He
then produces a movement of the
finger by moving the needle in
side. The real success of the
trick. of course, lies in the in
genuity with which the finger is
made. These, however, may be
bought for a few cents at any
novelty store or concern dealing
in magic appliances.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-05-09
NEED FOR PUBLIC PARKS

City Commissioner Harrison re-
Gently emphasized the Importance of
and need for larger and better
equipped city parks, and pointed out
that Birmingham is far behind most
cities of her class in this department
of municipal improvement. There is
probably not a city of this size in the
United States which has not done
more in park development than Br-
mingham. Memphis, Atlanta, Rich
mond and others in the South, as we'll
as most of the cities of the North and
East, have shown far more apprecia-
ton of the practical value of com
prehensive park system as a factor in
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-05-09
JOHN DREAMS


Dreams of diving must be kept
strictly apart from visions which
connect the sleeper in any other
way with the act of swimming.
The dream of diving. in order to
be applicable to the Interpretation
! am about to give you. must show
the dreamer in the act of plung-
ing head foremost into the water.
not with the intention of COM
hitting suicide or as though she
fell by accident, but with the sole
design of diving like an expert
swimmer. Women or girls who
have such dreams are on the eve
of making a sudden decision en-
tire1y contrary to their usual mode
of living, a decision which will be
so far-reaching in its conse-
quenees that it Will take the
dreamer from one element into
another just as the diving took
her from earth and air into water.
Without knowing the accom-
panying incidents of your dream.
| am unable to tell you to what
particular phase of your life the
plunge will refer, but in most
NoscS II itidttS W al w iilaii > rove
affairs and it might be accepted
as general rule that hasty
marriage, breaking off of an en-
gagement or even an elopement
may be foreshadowed by the vi
sion. However. do not jump at
conclusions in this matter, but be
sure to inform me when you have
such a dream and describe as much
in detail as possible it's circum-
stances and the persons with you
at the time.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-05-09
POOR BOYS WHO
BECAME FAMOUS
ANDREW job nsOn
By Frederick HOuk Inv

In 1926 an -year-old tai
lor in Tennessee married a six
teen-year-old girl. The tailor was
poor and uneducated. but the
young lady took him and made
him over into the seventeenth
president of the United states.
Many a great man, if the world
but knew it, has been made by his
wife.
From the time he was small
boy just old enough to work at
all. Andrew Johnson had been
tailor. He had learned his trade
from an older man for whom he
had worked for several years.
Then he had set up for himself,
and had measured and cut and
sewed with real skill. He had
been so busy with shears and
needle and the heavy charcoal
heated "tailor's goose" that he -.ad
no time for school. He had picked
up the ability to read, and had
puzzled out the flowery speeches
in a book of great speeches, but
he was practically ignorant until
he married. Marriage is always
an education, but for Andrew
Johnson it was school itself. His
wife, Eliza McCardle Cher name
deserves to be held in honor) took
the tailor in hand and made him
sit down evenings and learn how
to write. and how to do sums in
arithmetic. She taught him all
that she knew. and she gave him
her wit and cleverness. and
guided him as long as he lived
an example of lovely and devoted
womanhood.
The young tailor stood up for
the. rights of. the. common pee-.
pie and was honored by being
given a town office. He repre-
scented the. people 81 well that he
was sent to the state legislature
Of Tennessee. Once more he up
held the cause of the poor and
humble, and his delighted wife
saw him sent to the state senate
at the age of thirty-three Then
it was the same story over again.
He was sent to the national house
of representatives, became gov
ernor of Tennessee and then a
United States senator.
No man upheld more boldly in
congress the cause of the poor and
uninfluential He was a South
ern man. but he ardently believed
in the Union. Therefore he was
made vice president on Lincoln
second election, and became presi-
dent when Lincoln was assassi-
mated.
II Johnsons plans had been fol-
lowed. it is. probable that much
bitterness would have been avoid
ed, He tried conscientiously to
carry out many of Lincoln't gen.
erous feelings toward the South.
His political enemies endeavored
to drive him from the presidency
but were not successful.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-05-09

food utilization machinery already
well-worn by years and hastens its
breakdown. Weight caused by over
eating is not healthful.
1t is great victory for the
skinny" man. He has been much
misjudged by the old-fashioned NOR
tally tables and sympathized with by
the stouter men whom he has sur
vived. Laugh and grow fat" still
maintains, but there is another slogan
that has become apropos: "Be skinny
and live long"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-05-09
BE SKINNY AND LIVE LONG

skinny" has scored. After the age
of thirty it is better to be lean than
fat. They are revising the mortality
rate tables in conformity with the dis
ccvery that the best risks after thirty
are the underweights and that, as age
better it is for the life insurance COM
pany with whom he holds a policy.
In a recent bulletin of the Metropoli-
tan Life Insurance Company a para
graph summarizing conclusions as to
age and weight with respect to risk
observes: "At ages under thirty years
the lowest mortality rates among in
sured persons are found in risks whose
weights are above average. An ex-
cess Of about ten pounds in weight
above the average produces the most
favorable mortality rates between the
ages of twenty and twenty-four
years. This excess tapers off until at
thirty, where the most favorable
mortality rates are found among per-
sons Of approximately average weight.
After thirty the more favorable NOR
tally rates are found among persons
.whose weights are below average.
sThe amount below averages increases
with advancing age and at fifty indi-
: viduals appear to be at their best
when their weight is as much as thirty
Ito forty pounds below the average"
The average man as he grows older
siy inclined to eat too much and to ex-
eercise too little. That overburdens