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Despatchioq Secretary (Barret) re
marked: Mr. Chairman The two mem.
bars Of the Colonial Council appointed to
take care Of this matter were informed
OF their election aHd al the same time
Government wrote asking That the Alal
tor be appointed as soon as possible.
have 10 information from those gentle
men, but [ have been informed, IN an in
formal way, that they have same under
consideration. No appointment can he
made for the present fiscal year As it viii
be closed in the next few hours, but the
appointment will be made for the neEc
fiscal year.
LIST Member for Frederiksted Tow0
(Jact81n). Mr.. Chairman. This matter
has been running for a whole year and
the expenditures have not been audited.
I understand that an appropriation for
an auditor was provided Tor last year,
Tie Chairman; Yes, but none vas APP
pointed.
1st Member for Frederikstad Town
(JacbsoaD: Mr.. Chairman. And yet we
are asked to vote this budget. | don't
think this is strictly American. L is the
Governments duty to see lnat an a.J5-
Tor is appointed If the two men fail to do
their du}y, | hope | will see this office
flnctiooing next yen.
4rh Member for Frederiksted Country
District (AHder8en) Mr.. Chairman. The
Honorable Bird Member for Cbristi3nsted
Town and myself have been notified by
Government Of our election to select and
appoint an auditor and we have the mat
ter under consideration. here is Q very
good man we thought Of, but when be
was approached ne could not see his way
to accept. We have another in view and
we hope to report soon.
Government Seer etary (ZGHe) remark
ed. Mr.. Chairman. 1t strikes me and [
am getting used to it by now that Gov
eminent is blamed for all d~eiinquencies
Of every kind and description, but in this
particular case it has been well over two
months ago since / pointed Ou5 the fact
that an auditor had not been appointed
and requested that immediate action be
taken TO remedy the situation and that
Immediately upon the appointment 0 ftbe
auditor he go gOyer the accounts OF the
whole fiscal year. / would suggest, how
ever that an auditor be appointed at the
earliest possible mon emf and that one OF
the stipulatiOns in Offering him the posi-
ton be that ne 90 over all the accounts
of the fiscal year,
The amendment handed in by End
Member for ChristianSted Country Dis
trict Berg was again read by The Chair
man and put to the vote with the result
, 1924-07-15
P ROCEEDlN G S
or THE
COLONIAL COUNCIL
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lCORt'hHeI Prom U2SteF0dY S At}S.)
9TH Member for Frederiksted Country
District tAH}or5ea) remarked: Mr.. Chair
man. As regards the amendment intro
duaed by the Honorable 2ad Member for
Christiansted Country District | wish to
state that ii would be a rather peculiar
thing for the Council to adopt such an
amendment. That should be left with
the Officers of the Council to decide. |
recommend that the amendment be de-
feated.
2nd Member for Christiansted Town
(~Caneguto): Mr. Chairman. | would
like to speak on the Colonial Council
Maintenance. Honorable Members will
notice that travelling expenses for Mem
bers Of the Council have been cut 10 per
cent to what it originally was last year.
The question presented to the Municipal
Committee
Bird Member for Chr;stiansted Town
Alexander: Mr.. Chairman. | rise to a
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-30

plan asylum in Twin Falls, O.; that $30.0s was the unsolicited offering of the First Voters Club of Pawtucket, R. l.; that $27.80 was wrung from the soul less corporations and that the balance was made up by the pennies of tin cup blind men. It will be shown, we expect, that this entire amount will be spent for postage stamps" t.
 How much faith will be put in these reports need not be discussed here. Suf- flee it to say that they will at least cause nipples of laughter among those who are familiar with methods of raising and distributing slush funds. The informa- tion which Senator Borah and his com mittee will get may be served wholly for public perusal, but it may be about as accurate a representation of the facts as the police would expect in responses from bandits about jobs they propose to pull off during the season, accord ing to the opinion of our contemporary quoted.
 Serious efforts to control campaign expenditures might be well worth while if they would result in something more practical than to show the progress which is being made in the art of book keeping. There are many ways of jug gling figures. Strenuous political cam paigns usually demonstrate this beyond any ouestion
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-30
GROWING USE OF PEANUTS

, An interesting paragraph recently ap-
 bearing in The Florence, South Caro-
 lina, News-Review says: Southern farmers are planting 20 per cent. more
 acreage to peanuts this year than in
 1923. The report shows increase of 40 per cent. for Georgia; Alabama, 35 per
 cent; South Carolina, 20 per cent.
 Florida, 9 per cent, and Texas, 5 per
 cent. Tennessee also will greatly in-
 crease it's 1923 total of 14,000 acres"
 It has been only a few years since
 most of the peanuts in the South were
 produced in several Southeastern coun- , ties of Virginia and three or four coun- ties in eastern North Carolina. Less than a generation ago hundreds ot wagonloads of this product were hauled
 from two to twenty miles to buying ana Acleaning centers and sold for as low as
 three cents a pound, sometimes less' aThAt was when peanuts were not se-
 riously regarded as a food product, and ,gwere sold much as candy or bananas. eTheir full value was unknown.
 In recent years this product is sused for making peanut butter for production of oil, for shortening and for many other
 purposes that have largely increased its
 value. The uses of peanuts are multi plying rapidly, and not only has produc- gtion very largely increased, but prices
 are much higher than formerly. In Ala @bama a few years ago peanut culture
 was small and experimental. It has come ..to be one of the large and profitable scrops in this state. Much of the soil, sespecially in middle and south Alabama, lis adapted to the crop, which has proved "a boon to many farmers who had pre- sviously grown cotton alone. Peanut reproduction has an important place in -the diversity program, and bids fair to develop into one of the states chief az r.-icultural assets
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-30
SCHOOL BUILDING PROGRESS

It is announced that the board of Edu- , cation is ready to advertise for bids on the completion of three high schools and the construction of two new elementary schools, one each in the eastern and west ern sections of the city. This is accepta- ble to the friends of the public school system, who appreciate the pressing ne- .cessity of expansion to meet the rapidly increasing attendance. The board asks for one million of the three and a half millions recently voted for school inn provements. It is hoped that arrange ments may be made for advertising for bids at once so that there will be mini mum of delay. !
 It is understood that the bond market is favorable for ready sale of the Bir- mingham school securities at satisfactory prices, and that Birmingham has high standing in the bond market as compared with other cities. There is no reason why this enterprise should not be carried out without delay. The need for larger school facilities become more apparent with the growth of the city and the pro- portionate increase in school attendance.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-30
The Right Word
SIGN OF THE INVENTIVE lFind the Error in This Articlel
By CURTIS NTUHOLsOlG

The following letter has been received from R. A. J. of Regina, Saskatchewan:
 Will you kindly comment on the follow ing construction:
 '''Will you please to ascertain and to in form this commission .T
 Would it be better to say, Will you please ascertain and inform this commits sion k. .T
 T would be glad if you would explain the construction
 The little word to is the sign of the in finitive. It sometimes appears, but is often omitted For example, in the following sem tence it appears; asked him to go. The infinitive is so. To is the sign of the infini- tive go But in the following sentence the iniinitive is, through custom, omitted: He made me do it. The infinitive is do. If it's sign were used the sentence would read, "He nade me to do it."
 The second example the correspondent has submitted is the usual construction,
 The deliberate error in today's article will be found in the foregoing query. Did you see it?
 "One" Is Singular
 Boyd Simmons, Prosperity. S. C.; T wish you would please inform me which of the following forms is correct One of two things is correct One of two things are cor reet.''
 Answer The fret The subject ig one, with which it muat agree.
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for the tribute of four billion dollars an- nually laid upon the American family by the Republican protective tariff! Would the declaration in favor of main taining and establishing an American merchant marine De pertinent, if the Re publican administration had done it's duty and carried out the public will in this all-important matter? Would the questions of foreign policy, of con- servation, of development of inland waterways, of Muscle Shoals, of reclana- ton, of sane agricultural legislation, of tariff revision, of transportation costs, of law enforcement, of corruption in high official position. would these ques- tions be pertinent or in order if the Re- publican record had been able and eff cient? On the contrary, these blanks are principally recitals of the obvious things that the Republicans should have done, but consistently, even deliberately, failed to do. ,
 The Democratic party goes before the people of the United States asking that 1t be commissioned to resume the unfin- ished business of 1921 which . mistaken public sentiment forced the party to sus- pend during a Republican interim of stagnation. The Democratic party ap- peals to the jury of American voters with full confidence in the verdict.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-30
Forum, Of The People
The Klan In Politics

To the Editor of The Age-Her1ld:
 Please allow me space, in your paper to express my views on some mattersf now claiming the attention of our people. In the first place, want to say that l am not a member of the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan. Neither am I, now, or have I ever been a supporter of Senator Underwood. To be perfectly frank, am more in sympathy with the Klan than I am with Senator Under wood. I also think that our National Demo- cratic Convention will make a serious mis- take if it adopts an anti-Klan plank in its party platform. But, if the convention deems an anti-Klan plank to be a necessary part of our party platform, 1t seems to the writer that, inasmuch as Senator Underwood is the only candidate who has openly and fearlessly, made such plank the leading issue of his campaign, thereby bringing 1t to the attention of the convention, and forcing it to a passage, the convention will be inconsistent not to nominate him. am of the opinion, also that, inasmuch as Senator Underwood won the preferential primary in Alabama, while mak- ing his race on such an issue he Is entitled to a unanimous support of the delegation ot Alabama and that no Klansman who voted for him, in said primary, has any right to complain, at this late date, of his anti-Klan position.
 Tn a lecture at East Lake Park on June 27, Klan lecturer used these words: The Klan is not an anti-Catholic organization. Not being a member, I am not prepared to say whether this statement is true or un- true But I am prepared to say that l am an anti Catholic. I am not anti-Catholic inso- far as the Catholic religion is concerned. But I am anti-Catholic insofar as the Catholic p'''''N' J.R. JOHNSON"
 Birmingham, Ala, June 2S, 1924.
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InsltIirs And Acidosis
Ty N. ADDrNaroN BRUCE

Possible extension of the usefulness of in sulin as q remedy in disease-conditions other than diabetes is indicated in q recent com munication to the Journal of the American Medical Association. It tells of the success ful employment of insulin in the case of a non -diabetic boy of eleven afflicted with an extreme acidosis.
 This boy had been the victim of an auto mobile accident. Several bones were broken, and, on examination in St. Mary's Hospital, Hoboken, N. J., he was also found severely bruised on the chest and abdomen. The day after the accident it became evident that he was in serious condition.
 Another twenty-four hours and he pre- scented picture of person in shock.
 His respiration ranged from 30 to 65 a minute, his pulse from 1S0 to 14O. He moaned constantly and vonaited frequently. The routine morning examination of his urine showed the presence of diacetic acid, glucose (06 per cent.) and acetone (4 plusl.
 This meant a marked degree of acidosis, and created a suspicion of diabetes. Yet the boys previous history, as reported by his mother, gave no reason for believing that he had ever had that disease. Still, something had to be done for him and done promptly, as his condition was desperate.
 The attending physicians decided to at tempt IO COuutoLdCJ the -dCAuVo1S Oy duA4AAl- istering insulin. For the benefit of medical readers give the precise procedure followed, as detailed by Dr. George Ginsberg, of St. Marys:
 At noon a blood sample was taken from the vein, and 25 units of insulin H-20 (equiv- alent of IS units of U-20) was gives intrav- enously, together with 200 c. c. of 10 per cent. glucose.
 "This was followed by hot coffee enema, and c rectal drip of 5 per cent. sodium bicarbonate. The patient took very slowly about 4 ounces (120 c. c) of orange juice by mouth.
 He ceased vomiting and seemed some what improved. He took orange juice will ingly now, and at :15 p. m. he was given ounces (17S c. c.) of orange juice and 10 units of insulin H-20 subcutaneously. He continued to improve slowly but surely, and a urine examination at p. m. showed O.25 per cent. glucose and no acetone or diacetic acid.
 "No more insulin was given, but plenty of orange juice, skim milk, and water. Re covery from now on was rapid. The next morning the patient was well and the urine findings were normal.
 The outcome in this case may have been exceptionally fortunate. None the less, so inn pressive was the change from condition of profound acidosis to one of virtual health that Dr. Ginsberg is amply justified in mak- ing the recommendation
 Ut is suggested that insulin be tried in other acute conditions when blood and urine examinations show evidence of severe acidosis." ...>,. ...
 Already tremendously indebted to Dr. Ban ting and his Canadian co-discoverers of in- sulin, mankind will manifestly be under a still greater debt of gratitude to them if .ex- perience bears out the promise of the hint contained in Dr. Ginsberg's report.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-30
wen Permit Them Just This Once!

wen Permit Them Just This Once! Dear Editor: Wed like to write Upon that current theme, ''To bob or not to bob" the hair. But then, they'd think us mean And so, in all shear justice,
 We will waive the subject OCT, Lest we be s(h)ingled out and trimmed And made a fool the more. Don't curl your lip at these crude lines We slaved to bang them out, (What matter if they take offense, They'll do no more than pout.) But print them in today's Fun Shop" And blame us for the crime, Unless you barrette, we'll be pleased Though it nets us not dime.
 M. M. B. and R. H. F.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-30
Watching The PGrnde
By JOHN PILGRIM

Away up in Minnesota is a small, round black lake surrounded by woods. On the bank of that lake are two cabins. One is empty ten months in the year. The other is inhabited by a crusty old man who can get a symphony out of a frying pan and a coffee pot. He has perhaps five hundred old books on shelves where he can reach them without leaving his bunk.
 I am going to spend my vacation in the other cabin.
 It isn't too early to begin thinking about vacation time. One of the best things about the annual getaway is the thinking about it in advance. I put in my vacation with the crusty old man one year, and it was com plete, soul-satisfying success. In other years went to other places, but not one gave me just what I want. So I'm going back.
 Vacation time is perhaps the most impor- tant period in the year to most of us. We may not fully realize it, but it is true. In a properly planned vacation we rewind our physical dynamos. We gather strength for the fight of the twelve months to come. Without physical strength and health no one of us caM be at our top mentally. Yet too many of us simply go away from home when vacation time comes.
 The right place to go and the right thing to do in vacation time should be given as prayerful thought as we give to any other item of the years business. We cannot af- ford to make a mistake.
 You want to get away from me" said Mrs. Pilgrim. Il know 1t. And I want to get away from you. We'll both be better off for it.''
 Some folk like to ride through the world in car Others like mountaineering and some want to shoot. For me that dark lake sur rounded by tall trees is Elysium. The fish lean in the water of an early morning The air is crisp and sharp. The piny odors are invigorating. The solitude helps one to make over ones thoughts and re-adjust one g self to realities I have no quarrel with the man who wants the seaside, or who would feel himself lost out of q crowd. For myself I need silence and loneliness. The only. com pany desire is that of the good books and the crusty old man.
 This year I'll make no mistake in pick ing my vacation. One cannot afford that sort of a mistake.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-30
CHECKING CAMPAIGN SPENDING

l~ CHECKING CAMPAIGN SPENDING It is reported that Senator Borah's committee of senators will keep an eye on campaign expenditures this summer and deal firmly with any party or can aidates that collect and spend too freely. The various campaign committees will be asked to report at intervals of ten days whether they have on hand slush funds, and, if so, whence the source and what will be done with them. The thing seems simple in theory, at least Cam s paign committees would probably go Slow in refusing to make reports, not only because of the discourtesy involved in such a course, but because 1t would hot be good politics.
 It may be expected that carefully pre- pared reports will be made in detail, Showing on the face of things many small collections from highly patriotic Sources. Says the Kansas City Times {; i've expect that report of designated campaign committee will show cash on hand to amount to $134.17; that of this amount $1s.70 was contributed by ap or
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-30
It Takes in1e
By DIR. FRAxH CRANE

A man returning from Japan said the other day that it was a pity that our western civ ilization had invaded that charming nation. Before, it was picturesque; now it is grow ing ugly. This man did not understand the law of progress. All old, mediaeval civiliza- tions were homogeneous, simple, unified, and with a distinct charm. But we cannot go back to that. We must work out new beauty, which only comes by the way of struggle and intermediate ugliness. Just as the individual cannot remain a sweet baby boy, so he must be an awkward stripling in order to be a full grown man.
 In our society we find the same conflict. Labor unions fight against combinations of employers. But don't worry? Both are simply finding themselves" developing their larger wisdom by and by they will learn the perfect art of social and business organiza- tion. Then the era of cooperation will grow out of the age of competition, and workmen and employers, labor and capital, will work harmoniously together. But you cannot get the result in brief hundred years or so..
 Our present industrial situation is that of a huge football game, where we wrestle with one another for no particular reason except to win and to have a good time, but where we are developing the skill and strength with which some day we shall go to work in ear nest.
 And no one shall work for money.
 And no one shall work for fame, but we shall all work for the beauty, joy and health of the race.
 For all these reasons, if you want boise of mind and morals, and want solid work ing philosophy of life, you cannot get 1t out of the conditions around you The facts in the case are too confusing. You simply must have faith. You must fasten your eye on that which is now going to be, not upon that which is now.
 This world isn't done yet. In many re- spects our century is like a lopsided, over grown, awkward boy, who doesn't know how to fold mp his legs nor where to hide his hands.
 If we will not be impatient and will kindly wait a thousand years or so, things will look different with our rickety and ungainly civ ilization.
 When the scaffolding is all up about the building, and the plasterers and carpenters are littering up the place, you can form no idea of how it is going to look when it IS finished. Neither can you tell by biting into a green pear what it would taste like If It had been allowed to get ripe. Pessimists are people who stand around under the tree of life and keep tasting the green fruit. No wonder they curse the tree.
 Most of our confusion of thought arises from the immaturity of the universe-and of ourselves. Everything is becoming, said Heraclitus the obscure, philosopher who was so wise that nobody knew what he meant. Everything is ripening, including souls and galaxies. Wait!
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-30
AN AWKWARD SITUATION

It appears that, after all, Attorney Eeneral Stone has done a very unpolit- ical thing in starting after trust on the eve of Republican campaign. It is Said that Mir. Dawes is financially inter- ested in at least one of the secondary companies named in the bill. New of course nobody is going to accuse so dis tinguished a citizen as MT. Dawes of swrongdoing without proof. Everybody is willing to give him the benefit of the doubt. The point of interest, however, is the traditional Republican belief that Justice should never interfere with the political chances of the Republican party. Justice has never before been permitted to stand in the party's way, and MT. Stone is no doubt censurable for pre- suming to do his duty when it might harm the party. MT. Daugherty was not
 a man to permit such situation to arise, which undoubtedly accounts for the reluctance with which the party lead
 CTS saw him give up his portfolio. MI. Daugherty would undoubtedly have be- gun the suit on the eve of an election if a prominent member of the other party were likely to be involved. But he would most certainly never have countenanced sa suit against Republican at any time, : let alone during a campaign. MT. Stone } has a lot to learn about what his party srcoileagues expect from him. MT. Stone must have been reading the constitution or the statutes or something, instead of the proceedings of Republican caucuses. The only thing to do now is promptly to find a bill of error releasing the sup ! posed Dawes concerns from the scope of the inquiry. MT. Stone should re-
 member that if he had not been Re- publican he would not be attorney gen. 2 eral
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-30
ELBA'S SPECIAL EDITION

The Agricultural and Opportunity Edition" of The Peoples Tribune, pub
 lished at Elba, in Coffee County, is . creditable journalistic achievement which carries much information about the agri- cultural, industrial, educational and so- cial interests of that progressive town and it's surrounding territory. The edi- tion is carefully prepared, well printed and the material set forth impressively both for residents of that section and prospective settlers seeking information about it. The edition reflects credit upon the publisher, as well as the people who have contributed to the progress and de- 1velopment of Elba and Coffee County.