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The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-25

We have Constitution Week in some communities and Constitu- tion Day in others. Of course, we all know that we are living under a written Constitution which fixes the bounds beyond which civilized society says no man may safely go and defines those in- herent rights which no Individual well. I am not arguing for a re- all this constantly in mind when we may, just as well forget it un- til Constitution Day or Constitu- tion Week comes around to be an- nually observed?
 am not wishing to change the customs and usages of society. With all Of its imperfections the American republic is doing right we'll. I am not arguing for a re- turn to the days when every housewife made her own bread, titled her own garden, milked her own COW and did her own washing. I am not expecting ever to see butchering time again. am not dreaming that the canned goods age will pass soon. I merely wish to suggest something for the canned goods department of Amer lean life-growling. Lack of out ward expression of religious sem timent Is bad; failure to keep burning brightly each day the fires of patriotism is discrediting; lax law enforcement and still more lax respect for the law are fear full to contemplate, but worst of all Is the everlasting growing of every man you meet. Nothing is right. Nobody Is honest. Every man Is skinner. All success has sprung from crookedness.
 The man elected to office is a common scoundrel All men who sell are profiteers. Each and every one is disappointment. Why not can these grumblings along with religion, patriotism and law ob- servance?
 Notwithstanding all that you do not like and all that I do not like, somehow the general aver age is little higher than 1t was a year ago, ten years ago, a hun dred years ago-higher, in fact, than it ever was before. The other day I examined a chart that disclosed how the average man spends his life. At seventy he has spent more than twenty years worrying over the shortcomings of his fellow men. suggest that instead of worrying over these things ever yday in the year, we have a National Growl Day" On that day We could convene in our respective neighborhoods, open up our canned grouches and vials of wrath, consume them at one sitting, and then be cheerful for another year.
 Copyright, 1923, by Twenty first
 Century Press)
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-25
By THOMAS R. MARSHALL, Former Vice President of the
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happened to be an interested listener in the general assembly or the Presbyterian church when the discussion was going on as to whether what Is known as the Van Dyke prayer book should be used in the churches. The discus sion almost Immediately passed the bounds of mere pleasantly and entered the realm of acrimonious debate. None of the numerous participants lost his head, but several appeared to be filled with righteous indignation. After the vote disclosed a majority In favor of permitting the use of the book, overheard gaunt Scot pass monument. He said to a fellow Scot: "I have grown used to eat ing canned fruits and canned veg etables. The ancient zest with which I looked for these things in their season has long since passed. am reconciled to keep ing my body fit on canned goods. But I shall never consent to keep Ing my soul alive on canned pray ers." It was the protest of mi- nority against the spirit of the age and 1t tourned my thoughts to the changing conditions of changing times. For the first time I considered preparedness in the abstract-the policy of always having on hand 8 supply of needed article as insurance against being compelled to rely upon the moment.
 When our ancestors came into New England they were 80 thor oughly imbued with the imminence of God and the omnipresence of hell that they looked upon every earthly gift as a distinct reward for their services to Jehovah. time and harvest came as blessings from His hands. Fall ure was evidence of His displeas- ure. Famine and pestilence marked His wrath. The deadly savage was to try their faith. And so when the harvest was over and the angry waves of the At lantic, rolled by early winters blasts, beat upon the rock k-bound coasts of New England, if there was food enough for the long and bitter season ahead, fuel and clothing enough to battle the cold, absence of pestilence and protec- tion against the red man, they or- dained day of Thanksgiving. They recognized the source from which all blessings flow.
 We, however, have grown so used to abundant harvests, the shelter of comfortable homes and the protection which enforcement of strict health laws afford, and have such confidence in our abil-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-25
NCDEYLIcHTS faL aE AC5A IA A\NATIONAL TTI
 NJ CAPITAL

The South has pinned it's hope on calcium arsenate. Ten per cent. of the total cotton acreage in the South was dusted the cur rent season with that boil wee VII poison, according to an official report of the department of agri- culture.
 Comparatively speaking, the cost was high. An effore was made by Southern senators to authorize the government to purchase an ade- quate supply of calcium arsenate for sale to Southern farmers at cost. The authorization went through the senate. In the house it was lost because of the arro- gance of a chairman of the com mittee which reported the meas ure. He subjected 1t to a pocket veto. $
 Of course, he was a Republican; and. of course, he had been de- feated.
 Southern senators endeavored 10 put calcium arsenate on the freo list of the ney-McCumber tar if. Republicans appeared willing, but it is not known whether they really were or not.
 At any rate, Southern senators were. Informed that a certain sub stance called by another name in- cluded calcium arsenate, and they believed the information correct. At least, they did not investigate.
 When the bill was completed 1t was ascertained that the informa- ton had been incorrect. So cal cium arsenate bears a duty which the farmers pay.
 It was an instance where South ern senators were successfully made the goats" of an unfortu- nate episode.
 This season, in South Carolina and Georgia, where the boil wee vii has been most destructive, be- tween 3s and 3S per cent. of tho cotton acreage was treated with calcium arsenate. In Florida and Arkansas the per cent. dusted was 14 and 15.
 The department reports that the smallest relative use of the poison was in states of long infestation. In Texas only 2.5 per cent. of the acreage was poisoned; Mississippi, per cent; Alabama, per cent. Louisiana, 8 per cent; North Carolina, 8 per cent; Tennessee, 10 per cent.
 Oklahoma poisoned only one- half of one per cent.
 The four methods employed in the use of calcium arsenate were dusting, spraying, daubing a mix ture of the poison and molaSses on the bolls by hand. and daubing the bolls in the first and second appli- cations, followed by dusting,
 A survey of the cotton field to determine the value of results. and the value of relative methods. Is now under way by the depart ment.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-25

commensurate to such large re- responsibilities.
 And to the credit of the two cat-guardians, it must be said that they discharged these respon- abilities intelligently and con scientiously. They never permit ted the cat to go anywhere with out them. They rode with 1t in its limousine. They went with 1t on its yachting parties. They were in evidence at every ball. And the cat waxed fat and enjoyed life and still lives.
 As matter of fact, 1t must be admitted that worse things can happen to one than being cat's-paw for a liberal minded cat with a well-filled purse and that knows what the good things of life are for.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-25
A. A. HUTT Demopolis. Ala, Nov. 22. 19.
Relieves England Is Fair

TO the Editor of The Age-Herald: ::
 In reply to letter from Fairfield hiwanis Club speaker c. Mercer BarretO, saying England only wants our gold and her people says cruel things of us. What can we expect other nations and peo- pie to think of us when our late President Woodrow Wilson said in his Armistice address to the world at large thirteen days ago. that our action and lack of policy to the world in distress since Armis- tice Day have been cowardly and lgnoble? l agree with every word Tn his 1923 Armistice address. I also think he is the peer of any statesman in the world today. head and shoulders above his nearest rival in this country and govern ment.
 The British government drew money, men, marbles and chalk from the United States in the late World war from 1915 to 1918. She has made notes and agreements to pay all back. She has mortgaeed her resources for sixty-five years Tor what she borrowed in three years. and she always has honored her signature. From the wear 176S to 1772. England sent men money, marbles and chalk to this country to protect the colonist from the savages In North Ameri- ca. When she asked for a partial payment on this bill we refused and repudiated the debt. we got rid of that debt in about eight years fighting.
 England could repudiate tbis -s4,6o0,000,000 debt and be rid of 1t In sixty-five days instead of paying 1t sin sixty-five years. but she IS showing a shining examnIe to the world to play the game fair as she has always done and al, ways will. I only hope this and other governments of the world will play their part in world af- fairs for world peace as well as Britain has done, as I consider her the original charter member Of kiwanis We Build"
 GILBERT FOSTER
 Fairfield, Ala.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-25
Law and Personal Likes Baldwin Times)

There is hardly a law on the statute books which does not con flict with the personal likes and dislikes of some person or per sons. If those opposed to dipping elect to office men of their own accord, stop dipping, thus Haunt ing the law of the state in the faces of the people who made that law, why bother with laws at all?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-25
Treat 'Em Right

NxAIIudI U5Id OIdIT
 Make the interests of the far mers in the trade territory para mount. Build them good roads. Make it easy for them to reach the markets and then taken pains to see that they are given every con sideration and a square deal in every transaction. That is the ideal that should be striven to- ward by the business mon of every trade center.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-25

= Announcement that a man in Mis- sissippi was convicted on the toss of a coin by the jury suggests that jus tice had at least an even chance in that state,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-25
Value of Cream station

(Oneonta Southern Democrat)
 We can't have a creamery in every community, but we can have a cream station where cream can be shipped at every railroad sta tion. The shipping of sour cream Is profitable. That question has been demonstrated Beyond a doubt. Almost any farmer can keep four or five cows without interfering with his regular farm work, and these cows are prod ucing a profit every day in the year.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-25

If President Coolidge has as we'll developed a case of writer's as of speakers cramp, there will be no com plaint about the length of his message to congress.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-25
A Southern Bloc

IGauSden TImeS-NeWS)
 Some Southern congressman are now planning to organize a South ern bloc to fight for a square deal for the South. It is about time that such steps were taken. The South has been helping the West and other sections in secur- ing benefits for their interests. and now return of the. courtesy IS to be asked. It is on that fact that the Southern congressman are basing their plans and now is the time for the South to a. sert itself.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-25

A Texas paragrapher says that he would like to be busy enough to need three automobiles. Apparently he is not concerned about how much buster pedestrians would have to be.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-25
Turkeys Coming Back

VT Nffd0CSd 1dffy IIVIiCT
 Under the game conservation re- gime 1t Is reported that wild tur- keys are getting to be seen little oftener; but are still a very rare sight, even to hunters in the coun- ty. Observe the game law and let their tribes increase. They are not only "big game" among birds; but America is their native home.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-25

It is said that there will be plenty of turkeys in the market; but it is suspected that the nations Thanks giving appetite will be sufficient to take care of the situation.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-25

Dr. Cooks claim that he is without funds with which to appeal his case shows that his may be another example of "easy come, easy go."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-25

Weeks is piqued because he sus- poets that the Madden bill for Muscle Shoals is aimed at him. Weeks IS merely unfortunate in standing on the position at which the bill is aimed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-25
Muxzling the Press

The institution of the freedom of the press Is so firmly en- trenched in this country that any attempt to curtail it instantly arouses public resentment. The people demand the facts. and tho facts can be given only through A free and untrammeled press. No better recognition of this can be found than in the fact that, when a dictator arises in any part cf the world. his first action Is to
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-25
ONE BLESSING OF FREEDo,,

Another reason why this is a free country Is because intelligent people can't be forced to listen to radical oratory.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-25
THE ALABAMA PRESS
Good Immigration Work
(Tuscaloosa News)

Congressman Oliver, in his eff forts to further restrict immigra- ton, and especially to improve the quality of those allowed to enter. is to be congratulated for the work he is doing. At the present we have enough to do without trying to reform a horde of unde- sirables dumped on our fair shore.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-25

Premier Baldwin says that England cannot keep going without protection. What is her big navy for?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-25

The cotton exchange is fighting the independent brokers. It's the rivalry between the steam-dredge anh the bucket.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-25

Maybe they call it third party be- cause it does three things-organizes, gets beaten and quits.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-25

College spirit is fast taking its place as one of the important courses in the higher institutions of learning.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-25

Anyhow Poincare succeeds in keep ing the confidence of his own country ment, and that's something.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-25

muzzle the press. No dictator can censorship of the press and of progress far without the aid of news dispatches.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-25
Press Service Commend.d

To the Editor of The Age-Herald: As chairman of the press com mittee of the Alabama Baptist convention desire to express my deep appreciation for the splendid manner In which your paper handled the recent convention in Montgomery. Reports were full and fair and really were worth much to our work in the state, I heard many expressions of com mendation of the press work. In behalf of the Baptists in the state l wish to thank you most heartily TOT the work done and service rem dered. Also l desire to thank you ana the reporter for the co-opera- ton given me in the task.
 A. A. HUTTO.
 Demopolis. Ala, Nov. 22. 1922.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-25

Why is the fertilizer trust so ex- cited, if, as it maintains, Ford cannot manufacture cheap fertilizer?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-25
YEA VERILY
(ROchester Harald

(Rochester Herald) Ramming the nose of an auto mobile against a tree is a poor way to break into print.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-25

The entente appears to carry whole deck of trump cards up its sleeve.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-25
THE AGE-HERALD

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The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1923-02-08
RURAL CREDITS
BILL PASS SENATE
IL Departments, Floating of ST.
ZOO 900, 900 in Debentures
Are Authorized

Washington-A consideration OF
farm credits legislation was concluded
by the Senate when 1t passed the Len
root-Anderson bill. The now
goes to the House where the Capper
cooperative credits bill is under
study.
The vote on passage was unanimous,
SO to 0, the measure going through
without material amendment. The
vote, however, was not made sunani-
nous until Senator Norbeck, Repub.
iican, South Dakota. had withdrawn
a lone negative.
The Lenroot-Anderson bill provides
for a maximum credit of 1890, 000, 900
for agricultural loans through the ex-
listing farm loan system by establish
ment o. IL agricultural credit depart
ments in the IL land banks districts.
Each would have $1,000, 900 capital
from the gov eminent with authority
to double the entire capital of $50. 000,-
5000. Authority to issue $1,000, 000. 900
in tax free d~ebentures to provide ad.
ditional loaning capital, would be given
subject to approval of the Farm Loan
board.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1923-02-08
ITALY TO REMAIN NEUTRAL
Paris Warns Berlin to Put End to
Hostile Demonstrations.

Partisan increase in German at
tempts to wreck trains in areas occu-
pied by French troops was reported,
Near Ingelheik a crowded passenger
train was switched TO a blind siding by
striking ~railroaders. but the engineer
was able to stop 1t before II was de-
rallied.
Premier Mussolini at a cabinet
council has reiterated that Italy was
taking no part in the Franco-Belgian
political and military measures in the
Ruhr, and, abiding to ruomrs of pos
sible similar invasion OF Hungarian
territory, said these gave him an op-
%portunity to affirm that Italy did not
intend to take any course which might
extend the conflict and constitute a
breach of existing treaties.
Major General Henry r. Allen. who
commanded the American forces in &C.
CURED Germany recently withdrawn,
has been directed by the State depart
ment in Washington to discontinue i'm.
mediately his official relations with
the Rhineltnd high commission.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1923-02-08
AT ACE 71,F|NDS
HOUSEWORK EASY
Mrs. Jennings Says Tanlac Re.
stored Strength After "FIu'
Attack and Ended
Stomach Trouble.

81 was almost an Invalid and Tan
lac built me up to a strong, well wom-
an. / consider II my best friend" is
the grateful and Characteristic state
ment OF Mrs. Emma Jennings, resid-
Ing at Clearwater, Cal.
"An attack Of the grippe left me
completely broken down. My stomach
felt sick, my legs and arms so tired
and weak l could hardly use them, and
i scarcely had energy and strength to
dress myself. i just kept getting
weaker in spite of all I could do and, as
/ am seventy-one, / had begun to think
my age was against me ever getting
well.
almost from the day I began taking
Tanlac / commenced TO feel stronger.
So ! kept picking up with every bottle
until now / can easily do all my house
work, for / am feeling fine. wouldn't
be without Tanlac In the house. Ii Is
just grand"
Tanlac Is for sale by all good drug
gists. Over 30 million bottles Sold
Advertisement.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1923-02-08
FRENCH TIGHTEN
GRIP ON GERMANY
More Troops Rushed to Enforce
Customs Control and Run
Trains-More Deported.

France-Drastic and y, session
of German resistance in the Ruhr and
Rhineland followed completion OF the
first series of Franco-Belgian meas
ures to enforce Preparations. Forty
more Ruhr officials were ordered ex.
PEELED.
The rich Ruhr valley. whence Ger
many ordinarily draws more than half
her entire fuel supply was complete
ly cut off from the rest Of the coun.
try. Not an ounce Of coal was per-
mitted to leave the district for Ger
man destinations.
More French troops moved into
the Ruhr district until reports from
certain districts made it appear as
though the occupations had just be.
gun. Among the forces that were
sent in, however. were included many
troops trained in railroad work.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1923-02-08
1ST CHARGE FAILS TO KILL
One Of Four Placed in Chair Second
Time In Arkansas.

Little Rock, Ark. G. Bullen, muir,
derer, was taken from his coffin and
e~lectrocuted at the state penite ltiarv
here after physicians found the first
electrical charge had failed to kill him
Bullen was one OF fohr men sentenced
to die at daybreak. After the high
voltage had passed through his body,
Bullen was placed in a wooden box an
preparations started for burial. Ply
sicians making a second examination,
however. found he was still alive.
Bullen was taken from the coffin an1
again placed In the electric chair. He
was pronounced dead three minutes
later.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1923-02-08
aoVlE STARS FORM COMBINE
Fairbanks, Chaplin. Lloyd, Taimadses,
Ray In Combination.

Los AsseIes-A combination Of
even leading motion picture stars and
several independent producers. to op-
pose the ~so-callei ring" OF exhibitors.
win be formed The comb.n ton will
be a million dollar organization.
Douglas Fairbanks. Mary Pickford,
Norma and Constance Talmadge,
Jackie Coogsn. Charlie Chaplin. liar,
old Lloyd and perhaps Charles Ray.
win make up the organization. Joseph
M, Schenek and ID. w. Griffith VIII be
Interest ed.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1923-02-08
DRASTIC MEASURES IN RUHR
uitlmatum Going to Berlin to Demand
Reversal Of POLICY.

London Apparently basing their
statements upon General Degoatte's
warning to Germany. some OF the Eng.
fish correspondents at Dusseldorf as,
sert the French almost Immediately
will send Berlin a notifications equiv,
aleut in spirit if not in form to an ul,
timat1m. demanding reversal OF VIII.
he~lmstrasse's policy regarding the
Ruhr.
Germany is to be told. the Posts
Dusseldorf correspondent says. that
France will not tolerate .rassiveyfhos
tillty supported and financed by the
German government, and that il a SAT.
isfactory reply is not given drastic
measures will be taken exceeding any
already in operation.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1923-02-08
Order RAN Mileage Cut.

Washing ton--Raiiroads were order,
ID ny the Interstate Commerce corr
mission to res me tae practice of sell,
ng Interchangeable mileage books go ID
or $500 miles Of travel at reductions
Of 20 per cent from the regular pas
senger rates. Sale OF the books must
begin March x the commission de-
cided. A number OF small railroads
were excluded from the requirements
OF the order because OF their financial
inability TO meet the reductions. Prac
.ically all OF the Class I roads. how
ever. must establish the reductions.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1923-02-08

Green Bay. wis.-Af;er going for IL
years with a brass nsl in her left lung
Rose wendrick. aged n. residing on 9
farm a few miles from here. submitted
to- an operation. with q successful re
suit. During the course Of the opera
tion II Is rep-rted the girls heart was
moved slightly and eve stopred. Ac
cording to a statement by the physi
clan. 1t was necessary to sever severa
ribs to gain entrance to the lungs, B,
slowly moving the heart back anc
forth. the physician said, the organ
regulated.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1923-02-08
S. DEBTPLAN
American Proposal for Payment
Meets with Official Approval.

London-Grest Britain has accepted
the American plan for the payment
OF the debt to the United States. II
was officially announced.
1t is understood that the action oil
the cabinet in accepting the American
terms was due to pressure from Brit
ish bankers.
Sir Auckland Geddes. British am
bassador at Washington, has been in
structed to inform the American gov
eminent of Great Britain's acceptance