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The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1924-06-25

FOR SALE-Household articles, in
Guiding bedroom suite, library
table, chairs, kitchen utensils and
kitchen table. Mrs. Marietta
Mann. 50-1t.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1924-06-25

LADIES WORK AT HOME, pleasant,
easy sewing on your machine.
Whole or part time. Highest pos
sibls prices paid. For full in
formation address l.. Jones, Box 2,
Olney, Illinois. SOFT.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1924-06-25

There is man in our town and he
is wondrous wise; he fixes dry detec-
tives so they never use their eyes.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1924-06-25

FOR SALE-Walnut three piece liv-
ing room suite, consisting of daven-
port and two chairs, genuine leath-
err sos. SWEETS Bargain Shop.
50-1t.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1924-06-25
MISCELLANEOUS

PRINCE, the pure bred Percheron
Stallion, license certificate No. 5577,
will stand at the Rob. Dripps farm
every Wednesday afternoon. He
is one of the good ones. Stop in
and look him over. j. E. Russell,
owner, Belview, MINI. 48-4ts. pd.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1924-06-25

FOR SALE-Wall papers at reduced
prices. Call at my residence. F.
L. Carpenter, 157 w. Fourth ST.
41-tf.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1924-06-25

FOR SALE Minneapolis 24X36
Separator, l Minneapolis 1925
Tractor, Titan 1920 Tractor, l.
Minneapolis 40-80 Tractor, 1 Garden
City Wing Feeder and / set Car
penter Wing. Farrell & Keefe,
Redwood Falls, MINI. SOFT.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1924-06-25

FOR SALE-Eleven Young Shorthorn
bulls. Will sell reasonable if taken
at once. Peter Mckay. 49-2ts.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1924-06-25

BABY CHICKS-Strong and Sturdy
from inspected and approved stock,
sixteen standard breeds. Shows
Hatchery, Sleepy Eye, Minnesota.
32-26ts. Pd.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-15
VacGtion Study
By H. ADDINGrON BRuCE

Your child has no# been out of school for some time. He has doubtless been rereIlfng in his holiday, rompfng indoors and out doors, and never giving a thought to lessons
 Well. that is perhaps natural enough, and certainly one purpose of the long vacation is to provide increased opportunity for growth through play. But it will do your rhild no harm, 1t will do him great deal of good, If you induce him to begin to inter mingie with his play at least little study.
 He need not be asked-I am inclined to believe that he should not be asked-to study the ordinary school textbooks during his summer holidays. But in one way or an- other contrive to get him interested in read ing books that will help to keep him in q learning attitude, and that win also help to keep his mind actively exercised. .
 The mind as well as the body, 1t is inn portant for parents to remember, grows soft and flabby if allowed to be inert for any length of time. Still worse, prolonged meh- tai inertia. like prolonged bodily inertia, breeds distaste for effort.
 Then when effort is required-as it in- evitably is for every child on the reopening of school--there is a Fesistance which inter feres more or less seriously with the gaining of knowledge.
 All teachers can bear witness to the truth of this from personal experience of the diff faculties of September and October. It ac- counts for the demand now being made by various educators for a re-castfng of the school year. so that there shall no longer be a three months break in formal schooling
 The demand is not likely to be universally granted. But the fact remains that to per init children to be study-free fer m entire summer vacation is to handicap their mental growth. And that parent is wisely kind who takes pains to see that his little ones during the summer are not wholly mental idlers.
 The problem, though, is not one of fore ing them to study something It is a prob lem of observing, and if necessary creating, personal interests-perhaps in geography, perhaps in literature, perhaps in the mar vels and beauties of nature-that will stim- ulate the child to read and study of his own accord.
 The range of choice of subjects is wide in- deed. For all these subjects there are avail able books suited to the child's comprehen- sion. And, once he becomes an eager reader, of any of them, he possesses a sure antidote to the mentally disOrganizing effects which teachers so frequently have reason to attrib- ute to the summer vacation.
 He will then return to school prepared to profit from its instruction without any te- diOus and painful preliminary period of re- training to learn. He will be both a more willing and an. abler scholar than could pos sibly be the case were he permitted to spend the interval between schools closing and schools reopening in activities requiring no really earnest and vigorous using of his mind Give some consideration to this, I urge you. for the sake of your child's future we'll being.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-15
Brief Nature Studies
By ,. OTIS SWIFT

Which was first, the egg or the bird?" is answered throughout nature by mystic signs set plainly by the way for our guid- ance. Inherent in man is subconscious knowledge of the truth. On ancient monu- ments is found a symbol of immortality, a circied snake, an egg in it's mouth. The snake, nose to tail, indicates continuity, that life flows on, though individuals die after the spark of life is handed to another genera tion through the egg, a circle, or globe.
 Philosophers conceive of God as a globe with center in the mind of him who thinks, and His circumference the limit of his inn agination. The universe is a globe, the cleo tron a miniature rotund solar system. God made man in His own image, the first life cell multiplied until man is republic of co-Ordinating cells, each still the image of the universe and its Master. The egg was first. In the beginning was the Word =.
 Prof. Conrad E. Tharaldsen says: "The hen carries germ-Cells producing eggs The same in human beings-the person dies, but the germ-een lives on in a circuit as com plete as eternity
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-15
AS TO DEBT CANCELLATION

The British suggestion that this coun- try join with the European nations in a program of debt cancellation does not meet with American favor. In the first place, while it is true that the United States went to war to save herself, and therefore was co-sharer in the benefits of victory, it must be remembered that the United States had nothing to do with starting the war, which was precipitated by European greed, jealousy and diplo- matic stupidity in which we had no part Thus in a manner Europe owes the United States and neutral nations a de- gree of separations for injuries that be-
 fell all other nations through no fault of their own, in a war which had no un- avoidable reason for being fought.
 In the second place, the commerce of the United States has already suffered since the war an untold loss due directly to the diplomatic stupidity of European nations which has prevented the resump- tion of normal business, industry and commerce. Europe should have re- turned to constructive activity within a year after the armistice, just as the United States did. Europe could have made a profit out of such course which would have paid the foreign debts of all the nations several times over. There is small logic in the demand that we join in the program of debt cancellation. We have been imposed upon enough already.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-15
Riuer Traffic
By JOHN CARLYLE

used to travel sometimes on the Detroit river A surprising share of the business of this country goes up and down that teem- ing, tideless channel.
 Coal goes up and iron ore comes down. The great frigrates of commerce go ceaseless- ly up and down in the service of great enter prise
 In travelling the Detroit river this is what learned
 learned that the down-bound boat has the right of way.
 The down-bound boat always signala first and lets the up-bound craft know exactly what is to be expected and how the passing is to be made.
 The reason for this is simple and easy to understand. The boat that is bound down the stream is moving with the current. It is harder to handle, harder to control than the one that is steaming up.
 It is harder to steer. It is more likely to go on the rocks. It is more likely to end in smash and ruin.
 The up-bound ship takes more steam, but it's course is steadier, surer, truer. When the power is off, down it comes, careening, drift ing, out of control.
 So with all of us in the life stream.
 Coming down with the current, self-control is uncertain, imperfect. Our lives are out of hand, hard to steer, hard to keep off the rocks.
 Headed upstream, we must put on more power put in more fuel, make more steam.
 Headed upstream, we must put in more thinking and acting, but our lives will run steadier and truer.
 The up-bound boat takes the steam-lots of it-but it is under control
 Which way are you bound?
 You may feel that you are making great headway. The current carries you. You make speed. For while it is pleasant journey.
 But get your bearings now and then.
 Are you steSming up or steaming down?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-15
Forum Of The People
Cotton Linters for Bond Psuer
Editor of The Age Herald

To the Editor of The Age Herald:
 In todays issue of your paper appears a most instructive editorial under the caption, South and Papermaking"
 Won't you allow me to point out that Southern brains and capital have now worked out the use of cotton as a substitute for and an improvement upon rags, for the manufacture of bond and some classes of book papers. The use of this exclusively Southern grown raw material promises to raise the quality and reduce by approximately one-third the costs on the volume grades of bonds.
 This development was begun simuIta- neously by several of the big cotton-oif com panies after the war and came about through their efforts to find some outlet for the mil lions of pounds of liuters left on hand when the munitions plants closed after the armis- tice. The chemical and mechanical prob lens were severe, but have been overcome and recently substantial operation has gone into production at Chattanooga making high rag content papers and utilizing cotton.
 The manufacturers believe that cotton will supersede rags and that instead of going from cotton to rags to paper the mills in the future will go from cotton direct to paper just as they have always gone direct from wOod-fibre to paper on sulphite sheets. Alp parently their practice has been thoroughly established so that it seems that the South has filed yet another valid claim on paper manufacturing, and it is not too much to ex- pect that an appreciable portion of fine paper mills will be located in the South to get closer to their raw material coming from the cotton oil plants.
 HARRY D. LEIGH.
 Birmingham. Ala, July F, 1924.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-15

Unlimited audiences can be appealed to-;
 Another important consideration is the facility'with which the illiterate voter may be kept informed. It was an- nounced at the recent convention of the National Education Association that there are five million illiterates in this country. By this is meant people who cannot write their name or read the simplest sentences. If to this number were added those who can write and read very imperfectly, the record would show a higher percentage of illiteracy, while under the army test the number would be still greater Many of these illiterates are potential voters. It is im- portamt that they cast their ballots in- telligently and with regard for the issues involved. The radio can perform great service by, enlightening the illiterate voters through campaign speeches by party workers capable of setting forth issues clearly and interestingly. By bringing out larger and more intelli- gently directed vote the radio will have an important part in this campaign.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-15
RADIO AND ELECTIONS

There is prediction that widespread use of the radio in the presidential cam paign will do much to correct an evil of which there has been much complaint of late-failure of a large portion of the citizens to vote in national elections. The remarkable reach of the radio was demonstrated in the broadcasting of the national conventions. Hundreds of thou sands of people in various parts of the country, who could not attend the con- ventions, but who felt keen interest in the proceedings and results of both, had the privilege of close touch with the as- semblies through the radio. In Birming- ham, about twelve hundred miles from New York, voices of the speakers were plainly audible, and the progress and in cidents of the sessions could be readily followed.
 Attention to the proceedings. of these conventions through the radio has al- ready familiarized the public with the issues much more than in other cam paigns, and interest in the contest bids fair to be greater than ever. The most remote sections of the country may be reached through the radio, and thou sands of people will listen to addresses who would not read them in pamphlets.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-15
THE CITY SHORTAGES

The record of Commissioner McLen- don with reference to shortages and ir- regularities in the city finances and with respect to those subordinates guilty of or suspected of peculations has not been one to inspire public confidence in his desire to discover the extent of the ir- regularities or to correct the conditions making them possible It is of public record that Mir. McLendon's first act in each case has been to defend the sub- ordinate complained of and to exonerate him without adequate inquiry. Whereas MT. McLendon's public duty is to show first concern for the public responsibility with which he is officially charged Mir. McLendon's initial opposition to the log ical audits proposed by the other com missioners arouses public wonder as to the cause of such opposition. It is true that later Mr McLendon voices approval of such audits; but that does not wipe away the memory of the preceding. atti- tude.
 Carelessness in financial affairs is in it's results as bad as actual dishonesty. To a capable business men the very sus- picion of shortage in accounts is suffi- cient and even urgent ground for an in- mediate examination of the books by an efficient and disinterested accountant. The only way to settle a question of financial irregularities is to establish the facts as to every transaction, to search out every instance of shortage and to examine the department in which it is found. The shortages in the various ac- counts have continued to show up through a period of many weeks, and there is no reason to suppose that the end has yet been reached, for there has been no competent, adequate and de- tailed examination of the financial rec ords. MT. McLendon could, in the be- ginning, have had such examination made, could have discharged those re- sponsible for shortages or irregularities, and could have expedited the entire pro- -ceduEe so that the public interest could have been satisfied weeks ago. Instead of that, MT. McLendon's course has ob- viously served to impede and not to for ward such a result.
 The city commission as a whole, while taking an active part in debate on this question, and while ordering audits and inquiries, shas yet permitted it's will to be thwarted and the achievement of the purpose to be delayed until the city body cannot escape a share of the criticism. Let the city commission, therefore, with out further division, prosecute this ex- animation and this inquiry to it's end, without permitting quibbling or delays of any kind further to stand in the way of this manifest course. The bankers have been asked to conduct an audit. Let the way be made smooth for them by the commission, in order that it may be full, free, detailed, accurate, and searching into every department and into every public account. In no other way can the public desire be satisfied, the public interest protected and the public confidence restored.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-15
Building Schools

One of the striking features of the present period in the South is the large number of school buildings erected and the type of the buildings. Our section seems thoroughly alive to the necessity of education, and both town and country are spending money and credit freely in commendable effort to train and develop the minds of the growing generation
 Birmingham has been one of the school building centers of the South in recent years both the city and Jefferson county having erected many buildings modern in type, and numbers of them representing large invest ment. And Birmingham and Jefferson coun- ty, despite what they have brought to pass along this line in very recent years, continue to plan and to build new schools. The spirit of the community is we'll expressed in a re- cent editorial in The Birmingham AgeHer Industrial Index.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-15
sELMA's SPECIAL EDITION

The 116-page Black Belt Edition of the Selma Times-Journal, which appeared Sunday, is a creditable volume. It lays especial emphasis upon the agricultural opportunity surrounding Selma, as is eminently appropriate and as is so we'll founded in fact As the Times-Journal editorially expresses it: "A community, like an individual, ought at times to take stock of it's assets, to recognize it's po- tentialities and to plan with sanity and assurance for their actual realization" This special edition is an inventory of Selma's and Dallas county's assets, op- portunities' and potentialities. It epito- mixes the worth of the entire Black Belt. It should readily inspire the people of that section to the development of that wealth which lies at their doors. Selma sits surrounded by rich acres of arabic land Its industrial opportunity in- creases with the coming of adequate power. Its. commercial importance ex- bands with the development of the sea- port at Mobile and the inevitable inn
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-15
Watching The Parade
By JOHN PILGRIM

The marine had gotten rid of his civilian clothes in the smoking room of the Pullman. Now he began to squirm into his uniform.
 "I oughta be poured into this,' he said with jolly boy laugh at the old joke. T kinda like 1t. Lookit how it fits uIs.g
 He turned and preened himself befor- the admirfng eyes of the three ifogies in the snokiug-room chairs. Three gentlemen who hadn't had a waistline for years They grinned reluctant admiration. No doubt the kid was fresh--but he certainly was q nice kid
 Now I gotta square myself with the officer of the guard" said he. T over stayed my leave two days"
 The fegies went on smoking. Then one of them asked what he was going to de about it. The marine outlined the story be pro- posed to tell There was a weak spot in it. he admitted, but he thought it might not be detected. Otherwise it was q good story. He believed he could make it stick.
 Its good story" said an old fogy. Sounds all right. But can you tell it in q convincing way?'
 The Marine said he thought he could.
 Here's the way I work it." said he. When I have a story like this to tell go over it until it is as good as I can make it. I try to, find all the weak spots. When have done that make myself believe it is true. I get right back to the start where that story begins and go through with 1t in my mind.
 ~SThis is what did I say.
 When I have made myself believe 1t can make anybody else believe it, toO,"
 You're q psychologist said fOgy. "If you'll apply that same principle to success not in lying-youn go far"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-15
4 Chair Of Chess
By DR. FRANK CRANE

Some place in the courses of study in the schools ought to be reserved for the work ing of puzzles. .<,t-+=
 It is all well enough to learn arithmetic and algebra, botany and geography, and his tory: but a fault which these studies have in common is too much certainty.
 To every example in the arithmetic there is an answer but in real life often as not there isn't any answers ut all.
 The flaw in exact sciences, considering them as a training for life, is that they are exact.
 When a pupil graduates and undertakes the real problems of life he finds in them very little that corresponds to the processes he learned in school. For instance, he has before him such problems as these: How to make friends, how to get a post, how to sell goods, how to make love, how to live inside his income. how to treat his wife, how to mandge children, and how to be decent, happy, successful, and reasonably good.
 Any one of these things is more like the working of anagrams, rebusses, and massing words than it is like multiplying 1876 by 279. The latter is too easy.
 Games in which skill and chance are pretty evenly mixed are more like actual life. Take a game of chess. When you move your kings pawn to the kings fourth square, get out your kings knight and bishop and ad- vance your queens knight, all looks simple; it's like arithmetic; but by the time your adversary traps you and captures your cas- tie, and despair and panic invade your soul, and you don't know what to do next, but still believe you have q fighting chance, that is very much like running a grocery store or being elected to congress:
 On the whole, chess, judiciously, indulged in, is one of the most instructive exercises in the art of living Of, course, one can overdo it, just as he can Overdo eating. But there are moral qualities in the game, as game, and not as q profession.
 First, it demands attention. You cannot play chess and gabbles It calls for courage; one cannot win and be always on the defen- siye. It requires that you respect your en- emy: YOU dare not count on his making a mistake in your favor. 1t develops self-con- trol, patience, caution and the observance of the rules of the game
 Are not these the very qualities needed in accomplishing anything in business? And as to politics, how much -pfeasanter it would be if conducted as a chess game is conducted!
 should recommend therefore to any cem- mercial bandit that has grown extensively rich, and that wants to endow something to salve his soul, that he endow a chair of chess in his alma mater.
 For life is not an exact science that can be worked out by rule; it is game of mixed chance and skill. As
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-15
The Human Seasons
(John Keats

Four seasons will the measure of the year; There are four seasons in the mind of man {; He has his lusty spring, when fancy clear Takes in all beauty with an easy span: He has his Summer when luxuriously Springs honeyed cud of youthful thought he
 loves
 To ruminate, and by such dreaming high Is nearest unto heaven quiet coyes His soul has in it's Autumn, when his wings He furleth close; contented so to. look On mists in idleness-to let fair things Pass unheeded as a threshold brook: He has his Winter too of pale misfeature, Or else be would forego bis mortal pature,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-15
COupenSated

Mir. Alien, a man about town in a cer- tain city in Oklahoma, never missed an op- portunity to make conversation with the In- dians who frequently came to town.
 One day, while talking to Cherokee whom he had known for some time, Mir. Allen dis covered that the Indian had been expound- ing religion to his tribesmen in their settle ment some miles distant.
 How much money do you get for preach ing2" asked Mir. Allen.
 The Indian hunched his blanket little closer as he replied Ten dOlla.
 "For how lOng?"
 ''Whor yea'''
 Ut seems to me that's very poor pay" said Mir. Allen.
 Huh, Me very poor preacher. Amy Bar ron Leonard.