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The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-12-07
TELL IF BY PHONE

Say 1t over the telephone" Is evil dently the motto of the American people, for the supremacy of the United States in the extent to which the telephone enters the business and social life of the people is well known. According to statistics from the American Telephone and Tele- graph company there were on Janu- ary 1, 1922, a total of 21,94S,960 tele- phones in tho world. Of these. 13.- S75,219 were in the United States. That is. the American people. who number but 6 per cent of the total population of the globe, had for their use 63 per cent of all the telephones in the world.
 Europe. with a population of more than four times that of the United States, had only 25 per cent of the worlds telephones; and all other countries combined possessed but l2 per cent of the total telephones in existence. Only 20 per cent of the worlds total telephones are under government ownership; the remain ing 71 per cent are owned and op- erated by private enterprises.
 There were. on January 1, 1922. 12.7 telephones for every 100 perple in this country. or one telephone for every eight Americans. In Canada there were 10.2 telephones for every 100 people, and in Denmark S.2 tele- phones per 100 people. Although considerably behind the United States in telephone development those two countries are well ahead of the great powers of Europe where government ownership is in effect,
 Germany, for example. has only S.3 telephones for every 100 inhabitants, Great Britain and Ireland have only 21. and France has only Ia. Eu- rope as . whole had on January l, 1922, only 1.2 telephones per 100 peo- ple-a stage of telephone develop ment attained by the United States in 1900. In this respect Errops Is 2z years behind America.
 Americans indulge in an average of 160 telephone conversations year. Brftishers arc content with a few more than ten. The Danes taiK up to i20.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-12-07
SOCIAL. CALENDAR

The Junior Shakespeare club will meet Friday afternoon with Mrs Wallace Hartsfield at her home on Hanover Circle.
 The Alexis Study club will meet Friday afternoon at 2:30 with Mrs. Frazer Banks at 40 Lucy avenue, Graymont Heights,
 The Kenilworth club will meet Friday morning at 11:30 o'clock with Mrs. c. E. Leonard on Beech street
 
 The ladies of Our Ladies of sor- row" church will meet with Mrs. James Downey. 1907 Thirteenth o'clock to make arrangements for the bazaar to be given at Knights of Co., lumbus hall December 15.
 The Edgewood club will meet Fri day afternoon at 3 o'clock, with Mrs W. c. Knops.
 The Birmingham chapter of the Montevallo Alumnae will have a luncheon Saturday at o'clock at the Business and Professional Wom- ans club rooms
 The Woman's Auxiliary of the Sec cnd Presbyterian church will hold it's annual bazar and parcel post sale ths afternoon from to o'clock D. m. in the basement of the church. Tenth avenue and Twelfth street. The public is cordially invited to attend.
 The Joycrofters will meet Friday afternoon at 1 o'clock with Mrs. J. J. shannon.
 General Sumter chapter, D. A R. will present Phillips High school with a silk flag Friday morning, December ?, at 1o:so o'clock.
 Miss Alice Graham will give pupils recital Saturday evening, December 15, at Cable hall at s:15 o'clock. f The open meeting of the Council of Jewish Women will be held Thurs day morning at o'clock at Temple Emanu-El. Members kindly note the change of day and date.
 The Christmas party to be given this afternoon at South Highland school under the auspices of the School Improvement association will begin at o'clock. A small admis- sion will be charged for each attrac~ tion.
 Tho ladies of the Eleventh Street Baptist church will have an "old church on the coroner of Woodland avenue anu Eleventh street.
 The Norwood Juvenile Music Study club will meet Saturday morning at 10 o'clock with Florence Kleybecker on Thirty-second street, north.
 The Birmingham chapter of the Montevallo Alumnae will have a luncheon of the R11Siness and Profess sonal Women's club rooms. Mrs. Ruck, the president of the alumnae, asks every woman who has attended Montevallo for nine months or more to be present. A full attendance of the alumnae is expected.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-12-07
.. ALFALFA SMITH

Dear Reader:
 As the wire connects your tele- phone with the central, so your thought connects you with the h. finite. In order to form a connec- tion with the Infinite, it Is necessary for you to be quiet, the same as when you are telephoning. Therefore 1t is a good idea to sit quietly every day in order to solve your weighty prob lems.
 Remember that all great men have private offices in which they can be Hone. "Go thou and do likewise"
 Yours truly,
 ALFALFA SMITH.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-12-07

By Che census of 1920 there arc 2s.3s1 actors and aotresses in the United States. Only fo,oS7 of thsm--almost exactly 5000 of each ssx--livs in New Yark eity. And the most of these may Dc seen on Upper Broadway any fine afternoon except Saturdays.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-12-07

It used to bs Brsucksisn tDuteh for marsh Iand), or Breucklyn, Breuckland. Byucklyn. Broucklyn, Brookland, BroskliHe. Not till near ths end of the eighteenth century did 1t finally settle down as plain Brooklyn.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-12-07

Enough without coal. ore. natural water power or timber. New York is the greatest manufacturing City in the world. Ifs Hhiet asset ipr~ this Is the number, the skill and the en- terprise of It's people.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-12-07

Forty years ago. no state of the union, not even New York, had population as great as that of New York city at this time.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-12-07

EXTRAORDINARY, for'the price affects L euery dress in our stock---because of the unusual style and the ,uonderful quality of our dresses---and because of the tremendous sacrifice Ue are making by cutting the prices in half nolu---in the uery heart of the dress season.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1923-06-01
Keith cranney was in town

Keith Cranney was in town on
business Monday.
Mrs. Charlotte Barrus was in AL.
bion Monday and Tuesday.
Mrs. Earl Matthews Of Burley is
here visiting her mother, Mrs. Clara
Martin.
Mrs. Bud SNOWFALL Of American
Falls spent last weekend with her
mother, Mrs. Clara Martin.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles L. Haight
and family attended the commence
ment exercises at Albion this week.
A son was born to Mr.. and Mrs.
d. e. Adamson on May 26. Mrs.
Adamson was formerly Miss Pearl
Critchfield of this city.
Everyone enjoyed the dance at
the AnonA hall last Saturday even
ing. Clark's orchestra of Burley
and Glenn Bates of Oakley furnish
ed the music. Several couples from
vipont and Burley were there.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1923-06-01
Classified Ads

FOR SALE CHEAP OR WILL
trade for hogs, one black mare
about 1900 lbs; also one bay
horse about 100; good to work
or saddle. Apply c. H. Crabb
Oakley, Idaho. (M181J1)
FOR SALE - IL TON REPUB-
lie Truck, secondhand. Will
trade for hogs or cows. See S. r.
Haight, Oakley, Idaho.
FOR SALE: GOOD SEED POTA-
TOES. ]. ]. Keane. (A27-)
100 ACRES OF FARM LAND FOR
RENT; 80 ACRES IN ALFALFA.
ALL UNDER WATER. Located at
Churchill, Idaho. Inquire of
Sterling. Clark, Churchill, Ida,
or w. H. Stevenson, 423 So. e
St., Salt Lake City, Utah. (M1S-S
A PURE BRED REGISTERED
BULL FOR SALE OR TRADE.
See Sagers. (M25-)
FOR SALE OR RENT: four-room
house near district school; three
SOFT. lots; garden plot; small
fruit, cherries, apricots; flowers
and snrubbery first class. See w.
F. Brim, Oakley. (M25-J-)
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1923-06-01

Mrs. Fred Blake Of Burley was 6
caller in Oakley Wednesday.
]. Y. Haight returned Sunday
from a trip to Logan, Utah.
Mr.. and Mrs. Roy Games motorod
to Burley and back Wednesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. NJ Pickett of Bur.
ley were up for Decoration day.
Mar Gene. the small daughter Of
Keith Cranney, has scarlet fever.
Miss Erma Ellison helped in the
Golden Rule last Friday and satur-
day.
Mrs. vilate McMurray returned to
her home at Riverside, California,
Monday.
Jimmy Zilliox of Montello. Neva-
da, was in town the first Of the
week on business.
Ray Bedke who has been at the
Goose creek ranch the past several
days is back in town.
Raymond McMurray left Monday
evening for Salt Lake City where he
will attend summer school,
Mrs. Marian Bedke and two chill
dren who have been visiting in
DEVILS Slide, Utah, returned home
Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Saul Clark enter
tanned the 800" club at their Goose
creek ranch last Saturday evening.
Everyone had good time.
Mr.. and Mrs. Oscar H. Bates who
have been living in California the
past four months, returned home
Saturday. They expect to visit rel
atives here for about a month.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1923-06-01

DR.. Nelson and family attended
the commencement exercises at AL
bion Monday and Tuesday.
Earl Wilson is very seriously ill.
Complications following flu are re-
ported to be the cause of the trou-
BILE.
Mrs. Annie Dayley left Saturday
for Ogden to attend the funeral OF
her daughter-in-iaw, Mrs. Lee
Dayley, who was formerly Miss Rox-
lie Rheims.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1923-06-01
Local Items

President w. T. Harper is i'll thu
week.
Rex Gray was a week-ender from
vipont.
H. P. Carlson is here from jerome
on business
Miss Clara whittle is visiting rel
atives at Albion.
Noses Martin of Basin has new
Ford touring car.
dad" Thompson was up from
Burley Wednesday.
Roy Bird was visitor from VI
pont Saturday night.
Mrs. Weighall Of Twin Falls is in
town visiting friends.
A special train-load of vipont ore
left Oakley this week.
Mrs. Frank Cress went to Twin
Falls for Decoration DAY.
Mrs. Oscar Briggs was up from
Burley for Decoration day.
Dean Mcintosh was down from
Basin Tuesday on business.
Mrs. John Mahnken was a visitor
at Twin Falls Wednesday.
Charles Burris made a business
trip to American Falls Monday.
Bill Amber of Monticello. Nevada,
was in town on business this week.
Mrs. Charles aBrigar of Cotton
wood was an Oakley shopper Thurs
day.
Mrs. Wesley Cooper OF Burley is
visiting her sister Mrs. Will Critch-
field.
Abe Critchfield made a business
trip to Twi Falls the first of the
week
Miss Alta Iverson was down from
vipont for the dance Saturday
night.
Morgan and Leo Simmons motor
ed to Albion Monday and back We'd
nesday.
Harry Rifles and Miss leila Port
motored to American Falls and back
Mrs. Jackson and family of Bur-
ley are here visiting at the home of
Mrs. Shaw.
Bert Garrison made a business
trip to American Falls the first of
the week. l.
Mrs. Robert Gorringe spent sew
sral days last week at vipont
VISITING friends.
Two carloads of young people
anne up from Burley ror the Decora-
ion day dance.
The sheep shearers are in town
IN account of the storm which E
topped their work.
Mrs. Polly A. Bedke is at Albion :
ttending commencement exercises
t the Normal school, E
Harold Pollard was here from E
.merican Falls Tuesday and We'd E
esday, visiting friends.
F. S. Springfield and Ezra Voyce E
lotored to Albion Saturday ev- &
ming to a Masonic meeting. II
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1923-06-01

Olin Baker motored to Albion
Monday.
Miss Helen Haight was an Albion
visitor Monday and Tuesday.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1923-02-22
]. A. ROBINSON

The News is pleased to announce
Mr.. J. A. Robinson, of Sand Hill, as
candidate for Tax Assessor OF
Rankin County in this issue.
Mr. Robinson was born and raised
in Rankin County. He graduated
from he Fannin High School, after
which he took correspondence
course at business college. He has
been a farmer all his life and for
four years served the county as
Chancery Clerk. He has been a
deacon of the Baptist Church for the
past twenty years, and for some
time has been superintendent OF the
Sunday school at Pisgah. He has
been school trustee for about
twenty five years. He is a Mason
and also w. o. w.
Mr.. Robinson is an all-round good
citizen, substantial and solid man
in every respect; you will always
find him for the right and ready to
take the lead and keep his friends
by the hundreds, for to know him Is
to like him.
Mr. Robinson promises If elected,
to serve the people faithfully andto
make them diligent and efficient
assessor i'm every respect. No one
will make a mistake to vote for Mr..
Robinson.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1923-02-22
WHY NOT BRANDON?

A. l.. Mccormick, one of the pro-
gresSive members of the board OF
aldermen, of Senatobia, wants TO
have a concrete curb and gutter put
on all the main streets of Senatobia.
He believes this and new coat OF
gravel will put our streets In good
shape and keep them that way. lie
stated 10 a Democrat reporter that
he would introduce such "A resolution
at the next meeting of the board
Senatobia Democrat.
Senatobia. town not much II any
larger than Brandon. has had gravel
ed streets for several years, and now
they are advocating the addition or
a concrete curb and gutter, as well
as a new coat of gravel.
Did you ever think what a Won
derful Improvement graveled streets
would make i'm our town? very
light rain makes them almost i'm
pasable, and really unsightly.
With the aid of few good citi-
zens. and the taxes that are being
paid into the city treasury, streets
that would be an asset TO any town
could be built. And right now,
Spring. is the time for cleaning and
beautifying, it is the time to do this
much needed work.
Think il over people! Now is the
time To act! The old adage, Never
put off until tomorrow what you
can do today" is splendid one, and
fits well here.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1923-02-22
w. III. TILL

The authority to announce the
candidacy of w. III. Till to succeed
himself as a member of the Board
from Beat A came in last week just
as we were going to press and we
did not have the time to give Mr..
Till mention, but we gladly do so
this week
1t was understood that Mr.. Till
was to offer for the Legislature, but
at the last minute many Of his
friends, who realize the good work
he has done on the Board prevailed
upon him to forsake the idea of the
larger field that the legislature offers
until certain improvements were
finished in this county.
w. HI. Till is an advocate of good
roads. He believes in conducting the
affairs of the county in manner
that will save the taxpayers as much
money as possible yet to make need
ed improvements for all.
On his record the past four years
Mr.. Till is making his bid for favor,
and it can be truthfully said that
he has made a good officer.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1923-02-22
GOOD SOLUTION TO
CONTROL SCAB IN
IRISH POTATOES

Soak the potatoes for two hours In
formalin solution before planting.
Prepare this by adding one pint of
40 per cent formaldehide to 80 gal
Ions of water. Place the potatoes In
a gunny sack and submerge in bar
rel of the solution. After being sub
merged for two hours spread the po-
tatoes out to dry. Then cut and plant.
Forty per cent foramldehide can
be obtained from any druggist. The
diluted solution can be used several
times.
When cutting the tubers for plant
ing discard any that show brown
or blackish discol0ration within.
These contain diseases which are un-
affected by surface disinfection.
Late blight, wilt and several bac-
ferial diseases are carried within the
interior OF the Irish potato tuber.
Never plant potato that shows any
interior discOloration when freshly
cut
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1923-02-22
COOPERATION

The situation as Ii presents itself
in Mississippi today is one in which
the call for cooperation is so urg-
ent that no one would for moment
question its wisdom.
The futility insofar as actual
progress made. under the old order,
where every man stood apart as an
entity unto himself, would seem to
emphasize the paramount necessity
of modifying the brains and eneg-
gies of all callings into compact
and workable machine, with the aim
of inaugurating a new era of deyel-
opment and prosperity for our peO-
pie.
The day of primitive individual
ism is past and that of associative
effort is at hand
The problems confronting us now
can be solved only by the combined
effort of all our people working with
determined unity and energy.
We have deluded ourselves too
long with the mistaken idea that the
world already knew of the great adj
vantages which we had to offer here
when, i'm fact, it was totally unin-
formed
1t profits us little to stand idly by
and ask ourselves the question, why
the world does not come our way,
when we have as yet made no prac-
teal effort to induce it to come.
Certain it is, that it is waste of
valuable time, to say nothing of its
unfairness in spirit, Oh the part of
those who will not only not assist
in the laudable work of promoting
the development of the state, but
who seem to find some sort of salts
faction in impeding by doubt or quib-
BILE or jibe.
Far better-if they have no heart
in the work and do not intend to
assist-that they, at least, be fair
enough to not -obstruct others, and
honest enough to find some other
subterfuge behind which to Justify
their parSimOny
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1923-02-22
GUIDE

Mrs. Walter Rushton and son,
Fred, of Pelahatchie, spent Friday
with her sister, Mrs. H. l.. Robbins.
Mr.. j. S. Mcdonald, of Finkbine,
was guest in the home OF Mr.. ED
Rhodes recently.
Miss Evelyn Cunningham visited
Prof. r. e. Steen and family at Pela-
hatchie Sunday.
Prof, C. A. Lowe went to Jackson
Saturday evening and on TO Clinton
Sunday to visit his brother, Mr..
Floyd Lowe.
Miss Sallie Jones spent Sunday
with her brother. Mr.. Oscar Jones,
of Pelahatchie
Master Charlie Davis Thompson
left Saturday for visit to his pa
rents in Newton County.
Mr.. r. B. Harper spent the week
end here with his family.
Among the visitors to our school
last week were: Misses Lanell Robin
son, Ruth Adams, of Brandon, Ruth
Ragsdale, Leo and Beatrice Payne
Mrs. W. Il. Cunningham spent last
Wednesday with her sister, Mrs. |.
L. Robbins.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lee Thompson went
to Pelahatchie Saturday.
There will be preaching at New
Prospect Church next Sunday after
noon at $3.50 o'clock by pastor, Rev.
Wallace. Let everybody come.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1923-02-22
WHY NOT MISSISSIPPI

'.Three carloads of home seekers
enroute'
That was the head line of story
in the Vicksburg Herald of February
9TH, 1923. Three carloads of people
were passing through on their way
TO the Rio Grande Valley in Texas
to make their home. Eighty one
persons were in the party.
Why did those people move to
Texas instead of to Mississippi?
standing invitation for years. Paid
advertising. New stories. A Texas
Spirit State cooperation. Well pre-
pared literature based on facts made
known only after expensive research
into all the problems of resources.
A Texan sold on Texas. An educa
tional campaign carried on through
the years that has acquainted Texas
folks OF both advantages and disad-
vantages. Texas faces facts.
Texas by the CO ordination of all
its advertising forces made an in
crease in population of 1877 per cent
or 766,6S6 people during the last
census period. Mississippi lost four
tenths of one per cent or 6496 per-
sons. Yes we know that negroes
left Mississippi and we also know
that negroes left Texas.
Texas is fifteen hundred miles
further from her markets than Mis-
sissippi, but oyercomes it by adver-
Using and cooperation.
Men OF Mississippi, the time is
here for us to take forward step.
Let us profit by the experience of
other states. No state or town ever
lifted itself over difficulty by it's
boot straps. New people built Texas,
California, Oklahoma, Canada and
the West. Mississippi can not do the
impossible, but she can do as well as
any other state Ii she will. She has
the climate, rain fall, sunshine, soil
and nearness to markets. She needs
PEOPLE.
James j. Hill said, Land without
people is a wilderness people with
out land Is mob. Let's make the
'.landless man. acquainted with our
"manless lands. Other communities
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1923-02-22
CULTIVATE YOUR CROPS

We can not too strongly urge up
ON our farmer friends in Rankin
County the necessity of preparing
early this year to plant good acre
age to cotton, corn, hay and garden
truck.
Undoubtedly there will be a good
price paid for cotton this Fall. IT you
raise food for yourself and hay and
grain for your stock much of your
cotton money can be placed in the
bank. But it is going to take work,
and lots of it.
If you employ negro labor see to
it that your laborers put in good
days work under intelligent direct
ion. Lay out your days work every
day and see that the program is car
ried out Farming is not, or should
not be haphaZard occupation. 1t
should be conducted along strict
business lines the same as bank,
railway or newspaper.
Plant your crops and then cult
vate them with a view of making
a profit. 1t is the logical and sens
ible thing to do.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1923-02-22
IIICKNOW

Mrs. III. c. Jones and son, W. f.
went to Jackson Friday night to visit
Mrs. Jones brothers family, also to
visit Mrs. Jones' cousin, Mrs. Leila
W. Turner, from Richmond, Va.
Old Pearl River is spreading her
self The people can scarcely get to
Jackson, as the river is over several
places in the road.
The sick people are all improving.
Miss Jennie and Katie Mae War
riner, Mr.. Joes Holden, and Mr.. and
Mrs. George Turner visited Mr.. and
Mrs, H. c. Jones Saturday. Mr.. and
Mrs. Turner left Saturday night for
their home i'm Richmond, Va.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wallace Kersh, from
Yazoo County, visited their parents
Friday and Saturday.
Mr.. John White made business
trip to Jackson Friday.
Mr.. Leith Hawkins made trip
to Jackson Thursday.
Mr.. w. c.. Jones made business
trip to Jackson Monday.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1923-02-22
FANNIN

After two weeks silence, on ac-
count of snow and high water, we
are glad to appear again.
The many friends of our cOngenial
contractor, Sam Bates, will be sorry
to learn Of his misfortune of getting
his arm broken.
Prof. G. II. Sheriff., of Johns, was
in our little village shaking hands
with his friends and relatives Sunday.
r. 7. Latham and wife, of Jackson,
spent Sunday afternoon with their
father, r. G. Latham. They have
many relatives and friends who are
glad to see them.
J. b. Williamson went to Goshen
Springs Sunday and Monday after
noon to see his mother, who is sick.
Her friends wish for her speedy
recovery.
The many friends of DIR. d. w.
Flowers will be glad to know that
he is slowly improving. He is able
to sit up the greater portion of the
time.
Mrs. John McBaker and daughter,
of Miss Annie Maude Latham We'd
nesday a week ago, and was shopping
some while here.
\ Rev. w. ID. Barrett made bust
ness trip to Holly Bush Friday to
perform the marriage ceremony for
Ollie Holmes and Miss Edna Mckay.
We wish them well.
Miss Gladys Tinnin returned last
week from Brandon, where she had
been nursing the sick and was called
to Pelahatchie Saturday to nurse an
other ease,
Profs. Lowther and benson, from
the Sandhill neighborhood, were in
our little burg Saturday in interest OF
school work for another year.
On the 18th of February, 1928, a
bright, sweet baby boy came to
brighten the home and gladden. the
hearts of Mr. anusAfrs. III. r. White.
We wish for him successful career.
Mr. and Mrs. John Wilmington,
sons John Rufus, Walter Tucker and
NJ. b. Latham, of Jackson, We're here
Sunday visiting their parents and
other relatives and friends.
Prof. ]. G. Murray and Miss Bessie
Ruth Lindsey spent the week lend the
guests of their parents at Pelahatchie
and Brandon returning Sunday after
noon.
The community pounded Rev W.
d. Barrett with groceries and money
Saturday afternoon, which was very
much appreciated by him and wife.
Rev. Barrett filled his regular APP
pOintment here at eleven o'clock Sun
day and at Goshen Springs at three
i'm the afternoon.