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The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-12-26
Rails and Motors
Montgomery Times)

(MOntgOmery TImesJ
 According to Washington rec ords motor cars carried in 1920 nearly five billions of persons as compared with one and a quarter of paying passengers on railways. Railway officials are now directing their efforts to pre- vent road construction that parai- lels railways, but are willing to to the building of i'm proved roads that lead to ship ping points.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-12-26
EXTENDS EVERYWHERE
(HoustOn Post)

High rents in New York, Chi cago and other populous centers may not Sopear on the surface to be of any concern to the people in the rural districts. But when the market reports show that demand for food falls off during rent paying week. it is apparent that the high rent menace extends to all the producing classes.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-12-26
Beware of the AK

(Dothan Eagle)
 The Birmingham ax murderer has not been found yet. but the police nabbed negro who passed through Birmingham with an ax- Be careful how you take your ax along if you are going through Birmingham; they are considered a deadly weapon there.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-12-26
Doing Constructive Work


 The Farm Bureau has fully proven its worth. It is a won derful organization for Alabama farmers and is doing more to bring the farmer into his own in the matter of selling and buyir- than any organization ever has been able to do. Every Alabama farmer should take advantage of the opportunity offered in the Farm Bureau to realize on tho co- operative selling, storing and buy ing methods of the organize ton, for membership in the bureau means greater income and greater saving, two things most needed in the business conduct of Southern farm.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-12-26
SMILES
No Responsibility
(Youth's Companion)

NIoutn6 s Oompanlon)
 A man named Smith made a financially successful marriage, only to find that in other respects the union was not satisfactory. Mrs. Smith repeatedly reminde cd her husband that she owned the silver. the furniture and SO on un- til Smith almost wished he had married poor girl.
 The other night Mrs. Smith awoke and heard strange noises in the lower part of the house. Wig orously pushing her husband in the ribs. she called: John, get up! There are burglars in the house."
 "EhT inquired Mir. Smith sleepily.
 Burglars! Downstairsf' hissed Mrs. Smith.
 "Burglars?" said Smith as he turned over. Well, don't own anything"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-12-26
May Rest at Ease

(FIOrenC6 IIIHesI
 If the White House is really III favor of the Ford-Muscle Shoals proposal, all question as to the disposition of the properties here might be laid aside and the peo- ple rest at ease until congress makes the matter final.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-12-26
THE PARAGRAPHERS
Difference fin Costs
(Houston Postl

IHOuStOn POSt1
 In view of the notorious condi- tion of poverty in which Mexico has existed for many years, 1t would be interesting to know how revolution involving the martial ing of thousands of men can be financed. It surely does not cost the Mexicans as much to prepare for fighting as 1t costs Americans.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-12-26

At least, there is no ground for suspicion that Koretz, the latest oil- stock manipulator, neglected to put his gullability machinery in smooth running order.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-12-26

Decision by the Alabama Supreme Court that a motor vehicle used for rum running can be legally confiscated settles spirited controversy over a lively question.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-12-26

Thirty days in jail for the Mont gomery auto driver who was in such hurry that he ran down pedestrian will afford him little time to think 1t oyer.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-12-26

It would not be so bad if auto speeders who run over people and fail to stop were made to keep going until they landed behind jail bars.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-12-26
Under Lock and Key

If Senator Hiram Johnson ever got an answer to his letter that was stolen and published he doesn't consider it any of tho pub lies business.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-12-26

Three employees of a Chicago fash ionable cafe are under arrest on hold up charges. There is nothing like the influence of example from higher up.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-12-26

It is reported that counterfeiters are passing Confederate notes in some European countries. It is probably easier than disposal of German marks.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-12-26
A Long Journey

Louisville Courier-J
 Pretty soon it will take an as- tronomer to compute the distance of the mark from the dollar.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-12-26

By a reversal of the logical order of things, it appears that the cleanup policy spread from gulf coast cities to the Potomac, instead of vice versa.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-12-26
Merchants and Peddlers

(Franklin County Times)
 It is unfair to our merchants to allow peddlers to come to Russeil- vile and pedd1e fruits from wag- ons when the merchant is the man who pays the taxes and licenses. Let's stop them.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-12-26
Another Heat Victim

It was the twentieth day of Decem- Der, 1923, when Rip Van Wrinkle awoke from his twenty-year sleep and rambled into Chicago. The warm breezes and the balmy sky stirred his pulses.
 'T wonder if the Giants are playing here today?" he said.-The Duke.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-12-26
UanR1lv nnAa
(ArI,anvoe Co,.++.

(Arkansas Gazette)
 Tho United States has one- fourth of the worlds volcanoes. And none Is so dormant that he will not srupt every four years.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-12-26

With official requests that he cor rect his income-tax report, perhaps former Governor Walton may again claim to have been misquoted.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-12-26

After all has been said, the situ- ation at Mobile seems to demonstrate at least one fact--that there was lot of liquor circulating about that locality.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-12-26
But Won't Need Prescription.

Now that 14,00O British doctors are going on strike, perhaps 1t will be just as well. to take your own pills to England
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-12-26
Demand for Clean-Up
Tu,r+svi1le Times)

Huntsville T1mes)
 The liquor official scandal down Mobile way is just one of those disgraces where public sentiment, the peace and dignity of the state demand a wholesale cleanup and clean out.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-12-26

Once upon time boxing was sim pie sport. One man socked another on the jaw, or vice versa, and the win- ner collected S4.50 -four dollars and a half) if he could outsprint the pro- moter. But nowadays a boxing con- test is a complicated financial problem requiring the professional assistance of lawyer and couple of inter national bankers. When Luis Firpo and Ermino Spalla meet in Buenos Aires, Luis will get 150,000 pesas and Ermino will pull down 100000 lire. A pesa, as we understand it, is some thing like lira, only more so. One might suspect, from the face of it, that Ermino is getting away with mora actual money than Luis, but one who suspects anything of that kind does not know Luis. As a boxer, Luis has never been afflicted with enlargement of the intellect, but he can count the gate receipts in fifty-seven languages, including Esperanto and Volapuk.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-12-26

It took a Nebraska jury ten minutes to convict a prisoner of fraud. That is the kind of court schedule that en- couragcs respect for the law.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-12-26
Would Come in Handy

VOHVdHHan NeWS1
 If only the whole world believed In the Chinese method of paying all debts before the beginning of the new year! Uncle Sam could use that $12,00o,000,000,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-12-26

It seems that every time Greece is threatened with revolution she casts eyes at Venizelos as the possible bal ance-Wheel.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-12-26

An exchange says that the Russian problem grows more serious. Especial ly it's debt-collecting aspect.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-12-26
IT'S A SAD AWAKENING

when young man leaves school he suddenly discovers that he can not find the answers to all his problems in the back of the book.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-12-26
Un ana naun

(New York Evening Post)
 Twenty years ago Wilbur and Orville Wright showed the world how to go up in the air, but they had no idea of suggesting that it stay there indefinitely.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-12-26
Gnats and Sheen

(Ashland Progress)
 An exchange discovers that the distinction between sheep and goats is not so very sharp after all. When fellow finds he has been made the goat he usually looks sheepish.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-12-26

Announcement that General Coxey is preparing fer another march again suggests that expeditions of this kind
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-12-26
By the Grace of God
 (IndraN

NJuQSel
 A colored woman, who cooked for white family but returned to her own numerous progeny at night. had just come home from her place of work and was ex- tracing sundry parcels from the various parts of her dress when a neighbor dropped in for . sociable chat.
 The latter. after watching the process of extracting for some time. finally remarked: Your new mistus must be mighty generous. You all got enough food there to last your family a week."
 "Yes," replied the other compla- gently. T does pretty well with what Missus Preston lets mo have and what God gives me-"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-12-26

don't seem to get anywhere except in the headlines.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-12-26
THE ALABAMA PRESS
All Should Push
(Prattville Progress)

Autauga county citizens must determine to cooperate next year more than ever and put Autauga la long distance on the highway of
 progress and prosperity.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-12-26
He Got Even

(Pittsburg Chronicie-Telegra
 You must find that impeachment in your speech rather inconvenient at times, MT. Biggs?"
 "Oh. n-no; everybody has his pe- culiarity. St am m CT ing Is m-m- mine."
 Well. really, I am not aware that l have any"
 "D-do you stir y-your tea with your right hand?"
 Why, yes, of course"
 "W-well, that is your peculiar- ity most p-people u-use a tea spoon."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-12-26
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There are people who cannot see anything in the forests and fields but timber and crops. Let's pass on from the sad spectacles.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-12-26

The reputation that is lost by going to work can be easily spared.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-12-26
The Tale of the Fla. Princes.

Once upon a time there was a princess in the land of Goof who had so much money that even congress could not spend 1t all. And naturally the princess had everything that money could buy. She had barrels of jewelry and warehouse full of clothes, and thousand sheiks hang ing around the door, and a chummy roadster, and gold pass to all the movie shows, and everything. But there was one sorrow that ruined her fair young life:
 She was fatl
 Not only that, but she kept getting fatter and fatter in spite of all that the royal physicians could do to cure her. All their powders and pills and ser'ums and daily dozens were utterly useless.
 The king offered half his Kingdom and case of pre-war stuff to any one who could make the princess thin, but although thousands came seeking the reward, none of them got 1t. It looked like hopeless case.
 But one day a wizard came to the land of Goof, and when he heard about the princess he walked right into the royal bungalow and offered to take the job.
 q would do anything to get thin, '' said the princess.
 "It ain't what you do," replied the wizard. '1t's what you don't do."
 And he gave the princess a golden casket trimmed with diamonds, and he said: "All you gotta do is follow the instructions on the cover of that cas- ket." And with that he picked up his alligator bag and went away from there.
 Tucking the casket under her arm, the princess hustled away to the pri- vacy of her boudoir to read the in- structions on the cover.
 The instructions were set in with diamonds and were so plain that even the dumbest of princesses could un- derstand them. They were as follows
 DON'T OPEN UNTIL CHRISTMAS
 And SO the princess kept on getting fatter and fatter. l Some women are so absent-minded when they dress for a pretentious so- cial function that they forget to wear enough clothes.
 A knocker is often man who un- dertakes to get even with the world because it did not drop everything and go out to head him off from making failure.
 There never was a man whose place could not be filled by somebody, and even better when he gets the idea that ha is ,pI;,no,eoLl~
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-12-26

A knocker is often man who un- dertakes to get even with the world because it did not drop everything and go out to head him off from making failure.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-12-26

There never was man whose place could not be filled by somebody, and even better when he gets the idea that he is indispensable.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-12-26

Life is just one Christmas card after another.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-12-26

Some women are 80 absent minded when they dress for a pretentious so- cial function that they forget to wear enough clothes.
The Washington times., 1923-02-01
He Took Hypo-Cod and
Gained Weight Rapidly

kept on taking it until l gained
Twenty-Five pounds and was so
greatly relieved that / gladly write
this hoping it will benefit some
other poor sufferer. l could have
written this before but / waited to
see IL l was fully on the road to
good health" continued Mr.. May.
field, 1888 Potomac avenue south
east, Washington, d. G.
Build, tone, strengthen, fortify
and revive the fighting vitality in
your system with a good tonic like
Hypo-Cod and nature will mighty
soon shake off and fight off minor
Ills. aches, coughs and colds. Then
you sleep good, eat hearty, feel fine.
1t is positively risky to let the sys-
tenn remain all rundown this time of
year with so much serious sickness
all around us. Hypo-Cod tastes nice,
costs little, and is the finest, most
palatable and effective strength
building reconstructiVe tonic made.
Drop in at nearest Peoples Drug
Store and ask about special offer on
Hypo-Cod this week. Youth be de-
lighted with results.
The Washington times., 1923-02-01

many other nations in Europe
notably Czechoslovakia, Jugoslavia,
Hungary, Poland, Roumania and to
some extent Italy.
The result is that Europe as a
whole continues to consume much
more than she produces, her ability
to provide an accustomed market
for the products of the great in
dustrial output of Great Britain and
the United States is being steadily
diminished, and her people are be-
ing thus ever more rapidly pushed
toward starvation, under~nourish-
ment, sickness and social decay.
Until peace is established in the
world there can be no reasonable
expectation of an immediate return
to prosperity in this country or in
any country.
The Washington times., 1923-02-01

is not backed by ideals of true
worth and service" said w. w.
Charters, of the Carnegie Institute
of Technology, in an address here
before the Parent-Teachers Associa-
ton.
Public schools make a good job
Of imparting information, but they
do not, with the same efficiency,
inculcate Ideals" continued Char
tiers. I'VE all believe in our hearts
that ideals of social service, hon
esty, industry and ambition are
necessary. Personality cannot be
developed formally, but should be
developed incidentally, by discus
sion or by waiting for the psyche
logical opportunity"
Charters believes that when a
man has wonderful brains, but no
personality, it means that he lacks
The Washington times., 1923-02-01
Washington Man Says 1t
il a Wonderful Tonic
For Whole System
HE WAS SICKLY, HAD A
COUCH AND COLD; TOO

81 think this Hypo-Cod is about
the finest tonic a person can take.
! gained Twenty-Five pounds on it
and feel splendid" declared Mr. Fred
Mayfield, here in Washington.
what pulled me down to 1876
bounos was bronchial trouble. | had
q cough which at times got SO bad
I had TO remain away from work
from ten to fifteen days at a time.
] had fallen away a lot when friend
told me how his doctor had pre-
scribed this Hypo-Cod for his chill
dren after their having the FLU"
SO / thought L would try it and it
is wonderful. l believe Hypo-Cod
will cure 80 per cent of lung and
bronchial troubles of the less serious
kind, such as colds and coughs. The
first bottle helped me little and
The Washington times., 1923-02-01

certain qualities. Teaching has
distinct personality demands, but
to insist that a teacher needs per-
sonality to be successful is too
broad an expression. 49,
The Washington times., 1923-02-01
NEEDED
To BACK Up
BRAINS

BY international News Service.
COLUMBUS, Ohio, Jan. 3O.-"An
educated crook is worse than an
ignorant one. Possession Of knowl-
edge may be a social menace, If it
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-06-01
Police Dog As Fireman

You've been in garages and seen
those signs which read, mo Smok-
ing" Mechanics and customers
stand under the signs and light
cigarettes. Out in New Jersey
garage there is one of these signs.
However, the personnel of the place
contains one individual who sees to
it that careless smokers cause no
damage.
If a stranger to the garage should
drop cigarette on the floor he would
be startled to see a police dog rush
at his feet. The average person to
whom this happens jumps into,
under or on top of the nearest car,
and is astounded to see. that the
animal is paying no attention to him,
but is furiously stamping on the
cigarette stub with it's paws. When
he is satisfied it is out he ambles
back to his corner to lie with his
nose on a tire until the next
cigarette is dropped-New York Sun.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-06-01
Qualities He Expected to Find in His
Wife

WIFE
Beauty, punctuality, sweet-temper,
economy. trust.
And that he should not be ques-
toned regarding the hour when he
returned from poker parties.
Nor that she should make any com :.
ments regarding the strangeness Of
the fact that it was necessary to
have onion sandwiches at poke part
les.
And that she should pass such ev-
enninGs as he played poker or stayed
down town or went to stag dinners
with the feminine sex.
And that she should be sound
asleep when he came in.
That she would always understand
that his flirtations were too mild for
any uncalled for jealousy on her part
That it was quite a different thing
for a man to be forgiven than a wo-
man.
And that he wouldn't have his wife
make fool of him as some wives he
knew made Of their husbands.
With these clear understandings at
the start he knew that she would be
very happy with him. for he would
make her an ideal husband.
But he had been little too prev
ious. -'
She saw now why two other wives
had divorced him. .
And she saved time-by refusing to
marry him!-Mary Graham Bonner.
in Judge.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-06-01
Jazz Only Point
in Change to New
Era WOmanhOOd

Westchester. Pa. May 31.-Young
women are beginning to find the Jag
period too shallow and are turning. to
things of more healthy type. DR.. Frank
Paxon Bye. professor Of psychology
and director of Darlington Seminary.
declared today in an address at the
commencement exercises Of the institu-
ton. The present fapper period. he
said, was merely a forerunner to a
Few and constructive era Of woman
hood.
THE girl Of today" said Mr.. Bye.
"is not Of the clinging type. She has
departed from the Victorian period.
but she doesn't know what direction
to take. This has given US the happer
and her fondness for jazz. She 10 an
underlined expression.
1.-THE modern girl really is stepping
out, although not fully aware OF the
fact. She Is preparing to take her
place in competition with men, suffer
the defeats and gain achievements. rs :
Women are reaching a more equal
basis with nen-joing the same things
as men. This stage Of growing equal
ity may reach the point when proposals
of marriage may come from women ~
we'll as men. Marriage will be regard
cd in the sense of business partner
ship as we'll as q romantic phase Of
life" 5. st o
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-06-01
Death Youthful
Desperate Ends y
Towns Reign Terror

North Ba.'. Ont, May Slater
two weeks OF terror, this town today
stood free Of the menace Of Leo
Rogers. 21-year- desperate, who
last night fell before the bullets of
"a posse that had sought him since
May Is. when he escaped from court
where he was being tried for a minor
offense when he t1ourished a card
board pistol
Two men were killed and several
fell wounded by bullets from his
automatic pistols before the youth
was brought down when surprised by
possemen who came upon him as he
was washing his hands in Lake
Nipissing.
On various occasions Rogers had
threatened to kill North Bays police
chief and the judge before whom he
was being tried at the time of his
escape. The population was in n
state Of terror during the time he was
at large.
Arrested by Constable Fred Lee
febvre for theft. Rogers escaped
from court May 16. The next day he
telcphoned the North Bay authori-
ties that they could find him at a GER
tain lonely spot near here. A posse
found him true to his word. Lee
febvre in the lead, was shot to
death. The desperate disappeared
in the underbrush
For days he was trailed, but al
ways managed to make his escape
An expert woodsman and an .uner-
ring shot with pistol or fife, his pur-'
suers held him in high respect. Sew
eral were wounded when posses APP
parently had him ringed in
Early yesterday morning watchers
saw a youth stink into the home Of
the desperate. Aid was summoned
the house was surrounded and the
posse leaders entered They were
met by fusillade OF shots. Sergeant
Urguhart, in charge, was shot to
death, bullet through the heart.
Although the house was surrounded,
Rogers made his way through the
Gordon and again escaped into the
woods.
The possemcn found his trail at
daylight and came upon the youth
at nightfall. They surprised him as
he washed his hands at the lake
bank. and shot him down without
warning. The pursuers, all friends
Of Urquhart. were reported to have
sent bullet after bullet into the body
after the unheralded shot had ended
the career of the yo1nE fugitive
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-06-01
WINTHROP

The Live Wires played a good game
against the Readfield boys at Read
field Wednesday afternoon and wor
with score of 9 to 4. The line up
for the Live Wires was as follows:
Robert Mcnamara. C: Gerald Adkins,
p; Adelis Drapcau. 1b; Alfred Cur
rier, Oh; William Abeli. 3b: Donald
Arnold. SIS; Paul Sturtevant. IF; CAL
vim House. CT: George Drapeau, II;
Kenneth Robinson was substitute.
Mrs. Anita Babb and Miss Ruth
Graves of South Paris We're guests OF
Mr.. and Mrs. +. Everett Webb over
Memorial Day.
The annual Fireman's ball will be
held ut the Town hall Friday evening
Music by Mable's orchestra.
Card Of Thanks
We wish to thank our neighbors
and friends for their kindness and
sympathy in the loss OF our sister.
Also for the many beautiful floral
offerings.
Mr.. and Mrs. TT. A. YEATON,
Mr.. and Mrs. +. A. YEATON,
Miss EMMA YEATON,
Mrs. ELLA SPAULDING.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-06-01
Raps Rail Presiden ts

Chicago, May 31-(By A. P.)-
Donald X. Richberg. general coun-
sci for the railroad valuation con-
ference held here by group OF
''progressives" last week charged
six railroad presidents with drag
cling the stale red herring of govern
ment ownership across the railroad
highway" in an answer issued to-
night to the charge by the presi-
dents that the conference had been
the furtherance of government own
ership Of the railroads.
1.-The real issue which they evade
is whether they shall be permitted
to turn watered stock, unearned in
crements and other fictitious values
into a mortgage of $4,000, coo, 600
against the American people, pay
able in hard cash through an in
crease of $50O.O0O,0OO annually in
freight charges" Reichberg said.