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The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-09
The Finest Month

(Talladega Daily Home)
 It is generally conceded that De- tober is the finest month of the year in Alabama. The fact is in but few places on earth are there more enjoymeuts and beauties than ia the Indian summer season. This comes usually after the first killing frost, and hangs on close to Christmas. And, If October be the pick month of the year, then November is next to it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-09
THE PARAG2APHE2S 2S
Better Stick to Onions
Iiouston Posf)

NIfOuStOn POSI)
 Wisconsin produced 407.000 bush els of onions last year. That state seems to be a better producer of farm products than of statesmen. After looking ever LaFollette and Magnus, our advice is to stick to onions
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-09
Ducks

A mallard is beauteous sight
 When sailing in the sky. When it pursues it's graceful flight It charms the human eye. It gently glides across the lake
 When shades of eve are sable; Besides, it isn't hard to take
 When on the dinner table.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-09

It is stated that about half the pep pie ride in motor cars. Apparently the business of the other half is to keep the way clear.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-09
wow! l!

Birmingham had a rough night of it on the occasion of Halloween. Pis- tols were fired off in the streets in discriminatory, and general rough time was had, but the papers of next day didn't report another ax-murde-, nor a new arrest in the old ex-murder cases.-Dothan Eagle.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-09
ICDELIGHTS fHaEL 4G11 f.NNATIONAL II'
 O CAPITAL %Z is

The farmer gets the rough end of everything, 1t begins to ap- pear. He feeds the country, but is so poorly paid that his life IS unduly burdensome. He Is sand bagged by the Republican politl- elan who thinks first of the man ufacturer. And often he Is ca joled by other politicians who de- sire his vote.
 And now it is learned through pr. c. J. Galpin, in charge of farm population studies for the department of agriculture, that the burden of rearing and educat- ing the children of the country rests unfairly on the farmer.
 The population of children un- der ten years of age in the coun- try, on numerical basis, is greater than the population of children under ten years of age in towns and cities. However, the disparity decreases as the age increases until the population nf those twenty years of age in cities is greater than the population If those twenty years of age in the country.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-09
Just an Illustration

(Memphis Commercial
 As showing how easily we be- celne accustomed to novelties, you rarely see any mention of Masnus Johnson these days.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-09

It is reported that Bavaria wants a king. There were a number of Eu- ropean monarchs out of employment some time ago; but whether they wish to return to that kind of a job has not been officially announced.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-09

It is reported that the king of Bul- garia is looking for rich American wife. Here is chance for lady who is willing to take desperate chances for little temporary social distinction.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-09
IL Is Hnrd fa TeII

(Chambersburg Public Opinion,
 We confess our inability to tell whether classical dancer is trv- ihg to interpret a spring morning or trying to scratch her back.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-09
Now Surprised Hell Be:

Chicago News) Senator Magnus Johnson is like ly to discover that Old Glory waves over forty-seven states be- sides Minnesota.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-09

A scientist advises college students not to study before retiring. Now it may be understood why many of them talk as if they did their studying in their sleep.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-09

A Memphis paper says that there are fourteen per cent. fewer hogs in the world than there were before the war; but does not specify whether the quadruped or biped variety is meant.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-09

As Thanksgiving approaches there are discouraging reports that turkeys will be scarce. Perhaps somebody IS preparing to gobble up the profits.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-09

The report that Chicago wants both of the national conventions recalls that the Windy City makes a speciality of the logging business.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-09
Making Up for a Day

NNHsWtTS, I-OndOnJ
 Mother: T gave you a penny yesterday to be good, and today You are just as bad as you can be.
 Willie: Yes, mother, I'm try ing to show you that you eot your moneys worth yesterday"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-09
A Pertinent Question

tSaNannah NeWs) They say that prosperity is just around the corner" "Who cor nered itg" somebody is always ask ing.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-09
HE WAS LUST FOLKS"

The editorial judgment of Harding the man and Harding the statesman, as expressed by one hundred and eighteen of Americas leading news papers, is reflected in a volume en- titled, "He Was Just Folks,'" pub lished by Laird and Lee. This com pilation was made by Carl Asher of Santa Barbara, California, who says in his foreword that he thought "no more fitting monument could be erected to President Harding than the tributes of newspaper writers to the man who rose from their ranks"
 The editors agree that Harding had many of the attributes of true great ness. He was an old-fashioned Ameri- can, progressive yet sane, courageous fighter, a harmonizer of factions, reconstructionist who served ably in trying times, they say. Probably the editors of newspapers that are not of Harding's party were most generous in praise of him. "He was more popular than his party" commented the Louis vile Courier-Journal. But the chief lesson which all editors draw from the life of Harding is that, as expressed by the Philadelphia North American, "the humblest lad may rise to the her itage of national-and now interna- tional-place and power." The Age Herald's editorial, published at the time of Harding's death, is included in MT. Ashers volume.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-09

German shoes are said to be the least popular make in Europe. Few folks seem to have any desire to stand in them.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-09

garden suggests that, while Premier Poincare is on the government jop, President Millerand has plenty of time in which to dig.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-09

When Governor Walton gave the people of Oklahoma that big picnic he had no idea that they would turn around and hand him such deal.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-09
As Yellow as Ever, Eh {.
 (DAfrnif Na-.,

For a dead red, MT. Trotzky ap- pears to stay pretty well in the old pink of condition.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-09
HINTS TO KANSAS HUNTERS

(Jewell Republican, The first lesson in duck hunt ing is to know a tame duck when you see it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-09
Another Gustatory Gust

The melancholic days are gone. The melons were O. K., But why feel sad? Life ain't half had, For grapefruit's here to stay.
 -Elgy P.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-09
Tb1zSS311s=fORCH @ BEARER.

The street railway company is rap idly becoming our leading packer
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-09

And thus, the farmer Is com pelled to finish the product and deliver it to the cities.
 It is perhaps not surprising to anyone that the farmer produces the largest family. The homely adage has it: For children and dogs the poor man is supreme"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-09

A polished man is not necessarily a shining light.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-09

The statement that President Mil lerand of France likes to work in his
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-09

Shakespeare is wrong at times. When one had buried his hard-earned shekels on Zev, what more appropriate name than In Memoriam?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-09

Agricultural chemistry has advanced by leaps and bounds. Chow experts increase and multiply. Libraries arc filled with books on calories and vita mines. But nobody, to date, has evolved digestible bread label.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-09

Safety first! Don't get hit by train and render the railroad liable for dapaas---
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-09
Airy Humor

Reading of the lofty exploits of Lieutenant H. Brow, the aviator, I am curious to know If his first name is High.-D. D. s.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-09
THE AGE-HERALD

Entered at the Birmingham. Ala. post office as second-class matter under act of Con sress, March 6, 1873.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-09
Fate

When I sit down to masticate
 My bread at dinner table, It seems, by some design of fate,
 I always get the label.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-09

Dr. Galpin says: There are approximately 7,7O0,O0o children under ten years of age on farms as compared to 5,700,000 in cities having an equivalent total popu- lation. Thus the burden of sup porting and educating young America falls heavily on the farm population. After ten years of age the disparity diminishes until the children reach twenty years, when the figures begin to show more people of producing age in cities. We therefore have the sit uation where farmers bear the cost of raising and educating children and then deliver the fin ished product to cities"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-09

But burdens borne long are ig- nored, it is said. This condition Is of long standing, according to Galpin. It has undergone little if any change, he adds, despite shifts from farms to cities due to economic causes.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-09

I. THOMPSON. .. PRESIDENT
The Nevada County picayune., 1923-02-15

The greatest argument for prayer Is the praying Christ Why should He
The Nevada County picayune., 1923-02-15
A Maoic Loan Office.

The village of Churt, on the Hamp- shire border, near Surrey, England. where Mir. Lloyd George has recently built his new home, is the scene of a quaint legend. The name of the vil lage means a rough common oyerrun with gorse, broom, and bracken, and on the common are three curious conf cal sandhills called "The Devils Jumps" The legend ran that if one Of the inhabitants knocked on a great stone on one of these hills and asked for the lean of any utensil. he would be sure to find the thing he asked for waiting for him on reaching home. But it was a necessary condition of the loan that he must return whatever he had borrowed. One day a neglect full inhabitant borrowed large kettle and did not return it. whereupon the supernatural loan office ceased to func- tion. In Frensham church, two miles away from Churt, the identical" cop per kettle is exhibited.
The Nevada County picayune., 1923-02-15
WHERE ALL SPEED IS SAME
Fact in Nature That Would Seem to Suggest Common Source and
 Fountain Head.

That in the radium ray we have an indication of a new and mysterious world of energy, we find what seems an impressive testimony in the law of velocity governing these in common with other recently discovered phenom- ena. "One definite thing we do know says Professor Soddy. writing of the ether. namely, the velocity at which influences are transmitted. IL is lS5, 000 miles per second, the speed of light So far as we yet know, all in fuences that are transmitted by the ether travel at this one definite ve locity. Not only light, but also the electromagnetic radiations employed in wireless telegraphy, the magnetic reach us from the sun, and also as we believe the N-rays. travel through the ether at this one definite speed" That speed is in all these cases the same is suggestive of a common source and fountain head, and one is embOldened in the suppositton that behind and with in the material system with which we are familiar is a subtle and infinitely marvellous world from which the uni verse we know is fed and sustained, and which uses the light-swift undu lations of the ether-as the carrying agent of it's varied influences.
The Nevada County picayune., 1923-02-15
0vERCUAT "CME BEST BET
Surely No Other lifeless Thing Can Be Said to Serve Man More
 Faithfully.

When the mercury placidly con- mences it's methodical, if jerky. down ward spin toward it's winter landing field, it is resultant that man of mod crate means must prowl into the old cedar chest or the anti-mOth hanging bag for that veteran of many storms the ancient overcoat.
 He is thing of many memories ond much abuse, this old overcoat. He has served as faithfully and long, and his only reward, aside from lingering love and esteem, is summer vacation spent in the attic, where it is probably not less than 100 degrees during the entire period.
 But he drags himself out of his cache with somewhat bedraggled sCrt of smile and promises to do the best he can for another term, if We will only send him to the shop for d bit of polishing
 You certainly haven't the crust to send me out on the streets looking like this! !' we can imagine him eXclaiming, Pm perfect sightl"
 Good old Bennie-the one garment, perhaps, that is never thrown away.
 When he becomes too dssolute and disreputable even for us. we pass him on to the Salvation army, or some good distributing agency, and his service continues. His pride is not consulted in such transfer, poor old thing Like the crack fire horse of yore, who now pulls garbage wagon or something, Bennie may have to patronize "tiop houses instead of fancy cafes
 But he does 1t. He sticks to his
The Nevada County picayune., 1923-02-15
IN THE CHANCERY
 COURT OF NEVADA
 COUNTY, ARKANSAS

F. E. Thompson------- Plaintiff
 VS. Fr. SEE f, sW H, Sec. P, Tp.
The Nevada County picayune., 1923-02-15

He prayed in the hour of greatest pain. It was when they were mailing His hands and feet to the cross and putting it in place with a jolt that or dinarily made the victim scream with pain. But, to the astonishment of all, the suffering Saviour prsys. Was it for himself? No. He prayed for His murderers Father, forgive them for they know not what they do" No wonder the unbiased Roman centurion is moved to comment, Truly this was a righteous man."
 He prayed at the time of His death. His last words were, Father into Thy hands l commit my spirit" A thou sand years before, the inspired psalm ist had prophesied that these words would be on the dying Savior's lips. A few years later they were to consti- tute the last prayer of the martyred stephen.
 Ite prayed al the time of His aseen- sion. He led them out as far as Bethany and He lifted up His hands and blessed them." No longer need He pray for himself His mission was ac- complished Glory and honor awaited Him. But, praying to the last, He spreads out His hands in loving bene- diction upon His disciples as He is parted from them
 Do you think those disciples who had seen their Lord so much in prayer and even thus engaged at their parting glimpse could ever forget the impor tanee of prayer? No wonder they prayed And what they 1id we can lo we must do, if we follow the praying Christ.
The Nevada County picayune., 1923-02-15
TAX COLLECTORS NOTICE

Beginning Monday. February 9th, 1923. l will meet the property owners of Nevada county at the various places below noted for the purpose of collect ing taxes for the year 1922. Nou are warned 10 bring. your last tax receipt in order to save time and trouble for yourself and Collector: Mt Moriah. Friday. Feb. 16 a. m. Gale. Friday. February 16, ?, m. Morris Saturday Feb. 17, a. m 2 Bodcaw, Monday Feb. 10. Fuller's Store. Tuesday, Feb. 20 q. m.
 Falcon. Tuesday. Feb, %. p. m. Falcon. Wednesday, Feb. 21. Nichols School H., Thursday, Feb %, a. m.
 Whites Chapel, Thursday, Feb. %, ?. m.
 Fincher's Store, Friday, Feb. 23, a. m.
 Laneburg. Friday, Feb. 23, p. m. Sutton, Monday. Feb. 26. Emmet, Tuesday. Feb. P. Boughton, Wednesday, Feb. 2S. am Prescott, Thursday, March 1st, to April 10th
 ]. D. PARKER, sheriff and Collector of Nevada Co.
The Nevada County picayune., 1923-02-15

l.. l.. InompSofl--- laintlI
 VS.
 Fr. SEE H, SW H, Sec. P, Tp.
 II, $. k. p w and other lands.
 Notice
 Notice is hereby given that F. F. Thompson has filed in the Chancery Court of Nevada County, Arkansas, his petition to confirm his title to the following lands. tO-wit:
 Fractional SEE A, SW II, Sec 12, Tp. II $. k. % w, more particularly described as follows:
 Beginning at the ne corner of the ne r. SC T sw Ii, Sec. 12, Tp. II s. k. % W.. run 10 chains, thence W G chains 10 links, thence Il 10 chains, thence G chains 70 links to point of containing in all 16S 1-10 acres more beginning, being 2-3 of the ne Ii, SC Ii. sw Ii of said See. 12, containing G 7-10 acres.
 The 1-3 of the ne r.. sw Ii, Sec. 12, Tp. II $. k. % w, being a strip of land in form of parallelogram G chains 70 links Q and W and 20 chains and S.
 The fractional sell nwH sec 13, tp. If $. R. % w. more particularly de scribed as follows:
 Beginning at the nv corner of the said sell nwH sec, F, run S. 1 chain and p links. thence along the Spring Hill and Camden road s S2 degrees F. for II chains and 6 links, thence < 60 degrees F. chains and 90 links, thence \ ! chains to the N line oi the said seI uwH see. 13, tp. II S k. ?. w. to the point of beginning, con taning 3 acres.
 The fractional nwH swH sec. 13, tp. II. S. l.. % W. more particularly described as follows:
 Beginning at the nv corner of the said nwi4 swH sec 13, run II chains and 90 links to branch, thence in a ne direction along said branch to the N line of the said nwH SwA of said sec. 13, tp, II. s R. 22 W. to a roint 9 chains and 10 links F. of the nv corner of said nwH swh sec. 13. thence W. 9 chains and 40 links to place of beginning, containing , acres, also
 S1a sci swH. w1a nwH self, viz swA se1h sec. r. tp. II, $. l.. 22 w.. nell nwH sec. F. tp. II, $. R. 22 W
The Nevada County picayune., 1923-02-15
Increased Demand for Grapes.

Shipment of grapes in 1922 from the three leading grape growing states in the East-New York. Michigan. and Pennsylvauia-was double their aver age annual shipments. according to re ports to the United States Department of Agriculture New York shipped 7,iSi ears compared with an average of 3.5s4 for the years 1917-1921 Mich igan shipped 5.S33 ca"s, compared with an average If 2,912; and Penn. Sylyania. 1,5l4. compared with 737.
The Nevada County picayune., 1923-02-15
The Rich and the Poor.

If there come unto your assembly q man with gold ring, in goodly ap. parel, and there come in also poor man in vile raiment; and ye rpspect him that weareth the gay clothing, and say unto him, Sit thou here in good place; and say to the poor, Stand thou there, or sit here under my footstool: 1: are ye not partial in yourselves, and are become judges of evil thoughts?- James 2 :24.
The Nevada County picayune., 1923-02-15
Woman Candidate Wrote SO Novels

One of the most interesting of the woman candidates in the recent Brit ish parliamentary elections was An nie s. Swan, who stood for one of the Glasgow divisions. Mrs. Burnett Smith, which is the real name of this popular novelist, is the daughter of a farmer. She began writing for the papers at an early age Since the opening of her career she has pro- duced more than fifty novels. in addi. tion to innumerahle short stories and articles. .,..,
The Nevada County picayune., 1923-02-15

nell sell see. IL tp. II, $. k. 9 w. or less.
 And all persons who claim any in- tereSt in any of said lands are hereby called upon to appear in said court and show cause why the title of the petitioner should not be confirmed. WITNESS my hand and the seal of said court this the 10th day of January, 1923.
 E. II. WEAVER, 1-25 VIC Clerk The bigger the cheat the louder he yelps when he in turn gets skinned.
The Nevada County picayune., 1923-02-15

to their petition, Lord, teach us L" pray"
 He prayed as he was being baptized. And it came to pass that Jesus, also being baptized and praying. the heaven was opened and the Holy Spirit de scended upon him." Baptism Is a sacred sacrament, but it was not so much the water that John admins tered as the prayer that Jesus uttered that opened tine heavens and brought down the gift of the Holy Spirit.
 He prayed as He chose His disei- pies. "He went up into mountain to pray and continued all night, and when 1t was day He called unto Him His disciples and of them He chose twelve" Whom shall He honor? Shall He choose Matthew, the unpopu- lar publican? Shall He choose Thomas? Thomas will doubt Him. Shall He choose Peter, that ignorant, swearing fisherman who will deny Him? Oh, what agony of heart He must have suffered as He prayed over Judas, whom He knew must betray Him
 He prayed at the hour of His great. est popularity. He had gained great prestige when He fed the five thou sand. But "when Jesus perceived that they would come and take Him by force and make Him king, He departed again into a mountain himself alone. Alone on His knees he struggled to es- cape the flattering temptation of the multitude.
 He prayed at the time of Ills great est unpopularity. He had an unpleas- ant announcement to make to His Gls- eiples. They had left all to follow Him, with the hopes that eventually He would proclaim himself as King and sit on Ills throne in Jerusalem. But the time had come for Him to pre- dict that "the Son of Man must suffer many things and be rejected and slain" How would the disciples ac- cept such an announcement? Would they then and there forsake Him! And so, when that fatal day arrived. We read that "as He was praying His dis ciples were with Him." They must have witnessed the struggle going on within His breast. Prayer was to pre- pare them for that most undesired an nouncement
 He prayed at the hour of His great est glory. 'As He prayed the fashion of His countenance was changed and His raiment was white and glistening. He prayed himself into His transiig- uration. It was prayer that revealed to the discouraged disciples the trans figured Lord as prophet, priest and king.
 He prayed at the time of His great est agony. It was the night before the great tragedy. Alone He must face it. Men would forsake Him. Angels would desert Him. God would hide His face. But He went through this hour of "o0ny upon His knees and ny prayer
 was strengthened for the trying
The Nevada County picayune., 1923-02-15
Plants Turned Into Paper.

A Mexican has invented process for making paper pulp from the fiber of the various plants that grow In abundance all over Mexico. It Is claimed that the entire process-from the crude plant to the perfect state for paper purposes-is accomplished in 24 hours, and at Il comparatively low cost
The Nevada County picayune., 1923-02-15

bitter end.
 And what, by the way, really is the end of an overcoat ?-Omaha World Herald.
The Nevada County picayune., 1923-02-15

pray? Did the Omnipotent need power? Did the Omuiscient T Q . quir wisdom? ? Still He prayed, and was so ire quently found in prayer as to i'm press the disci- pies. It was not
 the teacher of prayer, but the teacher in prayer, that moved them
The Nevada County picayune., 1923-02-15
The Praying
 Christ By REV. c. H. BENSON Teacher of Religious Pedagogy. Moody Bible Institute, Chicago.

TEXT-As He prayed.-Luke 9:29