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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-06-24
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The bureau of education in the
department of the Interior, asked
IL the school attendance through
out the United States was on tho
increase, replied in the affirm
alive.
Twenty years ago, according to
the bureau, the number of pupils
attending schools was 16,123,050.
The number now is 22,lo0,07o.
This increase in two decades, In
rapidly growing country.
amounts to only 5,975.ooo.
The value of property, however,
used for public school purposes
has quadrupled within the twenty
year period. The value in 1902
was s6o1.571,SO7; in 1928 1t is
9,719,120.
Attendance on technical, agri-
cultural and mechanical institu-
lions has shown big increases in
the last twenty years, according
to the bureau. Attending agri-
cultural colleges, including vete-
rinary science and dairying,
twenty years ago, were 6.27S
young men. The number now is
15,434. Pupils attending engi-
neering colleges In 1902 totaled
10,145. They now number 27.451.
Twenty years ago, architectural
institutions had only IT'S pupils.
Now they have Sit. Household
economy colleges. then. had 1915
attendants. The number now Is
6,812.
But the bureau Is rather reticent
regarding tho statistics involving
students of ancient and modern
languages, history. philosophy
and literature.
Everybody knows how the price
of sugar has "skyrocketed."
Washington millionaire bakers are
asking more for their bread.
Cost of building material is SO
high that construction is being
abandoned all over the country.
1t is the result of the tariff,
Democrats say. The Republican
president. however has gone on
vacation without exercising the
power he possesses of reducing
rates. Tariff beneficiaries are
well pleased.
1t must not be supposed, how
ever, that the federal tariff COM
mission is idle in this emergency.
1t is making a careful study of
commodities, the cost of their
manufacture at home and abroad
for the ascertainment of the JUS
tice of the protective rates.
1t is announced today that just
at present the commission Is con-
sidering paint handles. The
cost of living, as result, must de-
cline.
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BY THOMAS II. MARSHALL,
Former Vice President of the
United States

No one on earth has finer
sense of intellectual and moral
honesty than the average Ameri-
can. This applies equally to the
native born or naturalized citizen.
Give him a thorough understand
ing Of any subject. and he will
reach a correct conclusion and
have the courage to put his con-
clusion into concrete conduct.
Our troubles do not arise from
inherently bad heads or bad
hearts, but from bad digestion.
They come from taking into the
system too many calories, from
overlooking ourselves with too
much of the same kind of food.
Impulse takes the place of DELHI
crate judgment, and, strangely
enough, the impulse usually arises
over wrong. An evil once de-
tected must be rectified, although
the remedy may be only partial
cure, or in the end may breed
new diseases worse than the one
to be eradicated.
O O 0
DaWn1n8 Lay lnev1taDle
1t sometimes takes us quite a
while to orient ourselves. but we
face the dawning day sooner or
later. we'll remember the long.
long struggle to educate the
American people up to an under
standing of the fact that beyond
temporary relief to poverty, addi-
tional relief was but contributing
to delinquency. I recall our viii
lage pauper and how profoundly
we were impressed with the idea
that when we had contributed to
his needs we had done God a SER
vice. He was far stouter than l
am or ever was. but having gotten
into the attitude Of receiving pub
lie benefactions, he had lost all
sense of personal responsibility
and lived. not because he loved
life or hoped to do anything in it,
but because benefactions enabled
him to live without any effort on
his part. One day we awoke to
the fact that we were not doing
the right thing by him or by the
community. We insisted that he
go to work, and we got him a job.
In short time his self-respect
was restored. and thereafter he
was self-sustainins and useful
In Its long fight for a square
deal. labor has constantly sought
to pass from the strike to legisla-
ton. but l sometimes wonder
whether in It's new domain 1t has
Q6nnfad al oh ri h
and insisted upon supporting fell
low-workers whether they worked
or not. OF course. the wrongs of
the past have made many of the
demands Of the present. but 1t is
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The Vital Need


If we were asked to name some
important things which Alabama
needs, and needs badly. we might
mention several: more industries,
moro roads, more advertising of
our opportunities. more diversified
agriculture, more live stock. a
more perfect system of co-opera-
tive mark citing. and so on through
out long list. But II we were
asked to name the one vital. out
standing need of this great state.
we should unhesitatingly answer
better educational opportunities
for our rural population. We are
making progress along this line,
it is true. bat that progress Is pitt
fully slow. This Is due in a large
measure to the failure of the IA
theirs and mothers, as well as the
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upon the schedule Of the incompe-
tent.
The fight against special privi-
lege and unjust dealing which ~eis-
tiers around the minimum wage
will, sooner or later, produce
discussion over the subject Of
maximum wage. 1t must not be
forgotten that tho same power
which says how deep down we
may dig into the ground may say
how high up we may 90 in the
air. The intellectually honest
will not pretend that a govern
ment can fix a minimum without
also fixing a maximum. Many a
precedent has been established
only to cause havoc when made
use of by the other side. Justice
and fair dealing suggest a frank
admission by those demanding the
minimum wage that the govern.
ment has the right to fix, and.
under proper circumstances. ought
to fix. the maximum wage.
And l am not sure that II this
principle could be introduced into
the intellectual work of the world
much good might come from it.
The man who threw down his pick
because he lamented the condi-
lions under which his fellow
pickmen were working and led a
crusade for minimum wage
would disclose that he was work.
ing for love of the cause rather
than for loaves and fishes If there
were law that said to him the
minimum wage which he de-
manded would be his maximum
wage.
Plan to Assure Peace Of Society
1t would add to the peace of So
ciety If the organizations that are
sending out men to give people
advice as to the incomes which
they ought to receive and the way
in which they should live were
themselves limited to the receipt
of the income they urge and We're
compelled to live In accordance
with the principles they lay down.
L could not solve the agricultural
problem if I had power to send
back to the farms every man who
says that a back ITO the farm
movement Is the one thing needed.
Like most reformers, l believe in
reforms, but do not wish to apply
them to myself. The back-to- the
farm movement is all right, but
!. myself, don't wish to go back.
1 would like to govern the in
comes of others, but l don't want
my own income interfered with.
In the long run, we may we'll
trust to civilization and Christian
ity to correct abuses rather than
to enter upon any system which.
carried to it's ultimate conclusion.
will convert self-reliant individ-
uals into mere puppets Of the
state.
Copyright, 1923. by 21st Century
PreSS)
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RAIL CONSULTATIONS

In his address at Kansas City the
president declared that consolidation
of the railroads into small number
of systems is a rational and justifia-
BILE step towards solution of the trans
portation problem. In this position
he is supported by the major opinion
Of the country. The president aptly
expressed the alternative, when he
said: eff the system of consultations
will not afford the solution, then our
failure will enforce costlier expert
ment and the one great commitment
which I hope the United States will
escape" In other words, he senses
either these consultations or govern
ment ownership and operation. Com
merce of the United States is not an
interstate affair. 1t is between all
the states. Alabama has rate on
the movement of its products to Cali
fornia the same as to Macon, Georgia.
Transportation by rail is one continu-
Gus operation, no matter how far it
extends. It will be simplified accord
ing to the number of railroad sys-
TENS handling freight and the number
of them splitting the revenues.
The railroads themselves have seen
the wisdom of consultations by the
manner in which they have taken over
other roads. The Southern Railway
is composed of dozens of lines now
embraced in one harmonious system,
where formerly there were as many
half-supported lines all struggling for
existence. Taking in these lines has
not weakened the Southern system
but has made it one of the strongest
in the country. Each of the weak
links in the chain has been strength
ened by the welding process. The
strong railroads do not wish CONSOLE
dations which will connect them with
weak ones, whose weakness must be
shared by the entire system. But this
is poor reasoning, because their vol
untary consolidation have made
strong links out of the weak. The
alternative of public ownership is not
relished by the country. 1t has a suf-
ficiency of government control and
the manner in which the railroads
have recovered since return to pri-
vate control is more than its vindica.
ton.
The presidents frank comment
about decisions of the railroad labor
board is worthy of attention. He said:
Il do not hope for compliance on the
part of employees so long as decisions
are ignored by the managers" The
railroad labor board has had diff
cult job owing to its lack of power to
enforce orders. That respect to which
national body is entitled was not
accorded it by managers of railroads
whose example led to lack of respect
by the employees. The convenience
OF the country calls for simplification
of its transportation system under
such supervision by the government as
will insure fair treatment of the pub
lie. Reduction in the number of rail
road systems is step in that direc-
ton. 1t is one in which the railroads
have taken the initiative themselves
with success. 1t follows that what
the railroads have done with success
in a smaller way will be equally sue
cessful on broader scale.
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Opposed to Monopoly
Huntsville Times)


The Daily Times and the people
have been sustained In their po-
sition that 1t would be wrong to
grant the Alabama Power Com
pany's petition for the construc-
ton of a transmission line from
Huntsville to Sheffield until con-
gress has announced its DISPOSE
tion of the water power at Mus
Gle Shoals. The Alabama Public
Service Commission Is to be COM
mended on its decision and as a
result the people OF Greater
Huntsville and the whole OF the
Tennessee Valley will benefit be-
cause tn our opinion 1t further
prevents the Alabama Power
Company getting a strangle hold
in the Muscle Shoals district and
gobbling up the water powers of
the state.
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sary to issue bonds in order to take
care Of accommodating expenses and get
clean start. Too many clean-ups of
this kind, however, indicate short
sightedness and responsibility by
those whose duty it is to see that the
municipality lives within its available
resources. Just as the private citizen
should avoid mortgages to meet cur
rent expenses, so should city avoid
such obligations for similar purposes.
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(Gadsden Journal)

State Senator J. C. liner Is to
be commended upon his action in
sponsoring bill to substitute
the electric chair in Alabama in
place Of the old-fashioned gall
lows, as a means of administering
the death penalty. Representative
c. s. Culver of Etowah also has
prepared measure with this end
In view II capital punishment Is
to be the policy of the state, then
1t would be we'll to follow the
lead of great many other states
which have adopted electrocutiop
as the means of applying the PEN
atty. Electrocution Is moro hui
name than hanging. The electric
shock ends life instantly. There
is none Of the long struggle which
comes in the case of strangulation
when the condemned persons
neck Is not broken BY the drop
in hanging.
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For u Centennial
casper Mountain Eagle)


Walker county has played
conspicuous part in the history OF
Alabama, and during the past
thirty years our county has ad-
vanced from the poor hill county
class to a position of wealth and
Influence in the state. An elabo-
rate program should be arranged
for the proposed celebration, and
the scattered sons and daughters
of old Walker should be invited to
return home for the occasion.
Such a celebration would attract
a great deal of attention to our
county. BY all means. let's have a
centennial celebration next year.
1t would attract nationwide at
tention.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-06-24

(Oneonta Southern Democracy
The extent of the truck grow
ing industry in Baldwin county
may be seen by the fact that
during the past sixty days more
than a thousand cars of cucum-
bers and potatoes have been
shipped from that county, from
which tho growers realized more
than three-Quarters of a million
dollars.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-06-24

In killing the bill which would have
repealed the state prohibition law, the
Wisconsin senate seems to have held
in mind the shower of knocks that
New York got, and SHE'D off in time
to escape similar experience.
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No Discrimination

IASHIHHu FrOBreSS1
No. there should be no legisla-
ton aimed at driving away capt.
tai or Gripping industry In Ala
bama. But on the other hand.
there should be none that would
enable indurry in one line to
thrive tax-free while other indus
tries are strangled to their death
with tax burdens.
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1t is clear that nature can distract
the thought and interest of man from
any condition he may create. While
large part Of Europe's action and
interest was conferred on reparations,
sovietism, the Near East, ct cetera,
Mount Etna in few minutes COM
pletely captured the public eye.
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AN ANGELS TONGUE
By Rev. H/C. Offerman

my Lord and My 0od"-
There IL no enc to cling to.
10, am with you Away
God cares for US.
Rock Of Ages. cleft for me-"
"Jesus, Savior. Pilot Me-"
Good Is Good
Nearer. my God, to Thee"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-06-24

President Harding had acquired
something Of reputation as an OPP
timist before he entered the White
House. His expressed hope of the
ability to establish harmony within
the @. o. P. adds largely to that rep
utation.
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THE ALABAMA PRESS
Something Wrong
AndalliSin Star1

Mississippi is the only Southern
state whose population shows a
decrease In the census Of 1920
under that of 1910. Something Is
wrong in the state which gave us
Lamar and John Sharp Williams.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-06-24

Des Moines now has a municipal
payroll scandal that will doubtless
result in general fumigation Of its
public affairs. Apparently a bunch
of that city's employees operated on
the theory that they were serving the
public by helping themselves.
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In Stronger Position
(Dnfhan Ea3lel

When the farmers organize and
put their cotton and peanuts into
a pool they will be in a position
to dictate the price Nike the Flor
ida citrus growers and the Cali
fornia fruit growers are now
doing.
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Many Of them are in the buildings
about Talladega, and will prac-
tically last forever. We are now
sending money from home for
those not their equal. Start that
brick yard.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-06-24

The Birmingham hen that laid an
egg weighing half a pound was CO.
operating with the general tendency
in this district to hang up new rec
ords.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-06-24

Senators Borah, Brookhart and
johnson may be relied on to make
enough noise to keep the campaign
from being a pussy-foot affair.
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Brick Without Straw

Long time ago they Dragged
about making brick without
straw" Those old-time Talladeea
gray brick didn't need any straw,
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children themselves, to reaiizez
what a handicap the lack of edu-
cation imposes. even upon those
who expect to mako farming their
life work
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HE AGE-HERALD

Entered at tbs Birmingham. Ala, postoffiee NJ
aecond class matter under act Oh congress-
March 8, 1873.
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l. THOMPSON. Pres
, 1923-08-09

visiting.
Mrs. Chas. Boise OF Rock River
IL the house guest of her daughter
Mrs. James T.. Greer.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bellfeld Young of
Burns, Wyo.. arrived Friday even
Ing to visit Mrs. Burns parents. Mr..
and Mrs. Joseph Watkins, on their
ranch at Difficulty. Mrs. Burns un-
III her marriage on June 9th was
Miss Elizabeth Watkins.
Joseph Watkins was a business
visitor in Hanna Thursday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harold Foley Of
Denver are visiting Mrs. Foley's
mother, Mrs. Jeanne Massey. Mrs.
Foley will be remembered as Miss
Margaret Massey.
Misses Lois and Katherine Nc
Evenney. who have been visiting
Mrs. Amoss and Mrs. Henry Jones,
left Monday for their home in Brule
Nebraska.
Mr.. and Mrs. l. A. Define, Mr..
Mum and Miss Mum OF Rawlins
were Hanna visitors Friday and
Saturday.
Miss Marie LIE Poidevin came I'D
from Laramie. where she has beer
attending summer school, last Fri
day and spent two or three DAYS
here visiting Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph
Maxon. She left the first Of the
week for a tour OF Yellowstone
Park. Miss LIE Poidevin will teach
in Sheridan next year.
Miss Swanson came up from Lar.
annie the end OF the week and spent
several days here visiting her sister
Mrs. Richard Smith. Miss Swanson
will be n OF u teachers for the
coming year.
Mrs. Robert Milliken left Thurs
day for Denver. where she was call
ed by the death OF her aunt.
, 1923-08-09

, Mr.. and Mrs. c. D. Williamson and
children, Mrs. Aubrey T. Bennett
and son motored up to the camp OF
| Mr. and Mrs. Robert Williamson
above Elk Mountain Sunday and
spent the day fishing and picnicing.
The Hanna Baseball team played
the Parco team Sunday at Parco. 1t
was one of the best games played
this summer. The score was 3 to 2
in favor OF Parco. Larry Com
mings pitched for Hanna. A great
many Hanna people went up to see
the game, among whom were Mr..
and Mrs. Thomas Rees, Miss Mary
belle Chilly. Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph
Briggs. Mr.. and Mrs. John H. Cook.
Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Film.
Mrs. John B. Corrigan and
daughter, Virginia, have returned
from Salt Lake City. where they
have been visiting Mrs. Corrigan's
relatives.
Mr.. A. s. Allen received wo,i
Monday that his father had passed
away the day before In FINLAND.
Mrs. c. D.. Williamson and Mrs
Otto Frederick motored to Laramie
Thursday.
NlitNlltll entertained
the Womans Study Club in her
home Tuesday afternoon.
Mrs. Robert Jack. Messrs John
Thomas, Niles and Laurence Quealy
were business visitors from Elk
Mountain Tuesday.
Mr.. John Sullivan came in from
Shirley Basin Saturday and spent
the day here visiting Mr.. and Mrs.
Frank Amoss.
Mrs. Glenn Kinser and son Ray
mond left Saturday afternoon for
their homestead near Medicine Bow,
where they will spend a month.
Mrs. Joseph Watkins and Miss
Hazel Watkins were in Hanna
Thursday from Difficulty. They
visited at the home Of Mrs. John
Thomas.
Miss Lucille Love and Miss Beth
Wright left Sunday with the latters
uncle, Ned Beveridge. for a two
weeks camping trip in the noun
tAins.
Earl Thomas has returned from
California, and will spend the re-
mainder OF his vacation in Hanna
with his parents.
Mrs. James +. Greer and daugh-
ter Frances have returned from
California where they have been
, 1923-08-09

loft she had not more than $1,000
with which to care for herself and
the two children.
According to the wife, Williams
since his departure last May has
failed to provide enough for even
bare necessities and has thrown the
burden of family support upon her
self and mother-in-law.
Williams plead not guilty to the
charge and was bound over to the
mex term of the district court I'M
der $500 bonds. He was unable to
furnish the amount and was re-
manded 10 the custody OF the
sheriff.
, 1923-08-09

Mrs. Charles Mitchell left Sunday
for Cheyenne to spend a day or two
with her husband who is in the
Memorial hospital.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Lucan Jones
and children and Mrs. II. c. Van
Norman of Denver. stopped in Han
ma a few hours Tuesday afternoon
to visit Mr.. and Mrs. Otto Frederick.
They were ell route from their home
to Yellowstone Park.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Neitch and
sons. Mrs. John S. Cook. Dorothy
and Earl Finch Mr.. and Mrs. Robt,
Jack and children were guests at
the Cook ranch last Thursday for
dinner.
Tavern veitch celebrated his 18th
birthday by inviting n few children
from around Elk Mountain and
Milo to a party at the home of his
aunt, Mrs. John Veitch, his cousins,
Eileen and Mills were also present.
Mrs. Veitch served the young peo-
pie a lovely birthday lunch con-
sisting OF lemonade. ice cream and
cake.
John Veitch and Mrs. Mat Huh
tala motored into Hanna last Mon-
day to attend the funeral of Mike
Quealy and Jos. Norris. Jr.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Veitch and
Mrs. Nellie Cook left Monday for
Denver where they will spend some
time visiting relatives and friends,
They Will visit different parts OF
Colorado before returning to their
homes here.
Miss lila Lepponen returned Mon.
day from the Douglas Creek Tie
Camp where she has been on bust
ness for her company.
f. C. Withrow came down from
the mountains Monday and spent q
day or two in town on business.