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Beverly banner. [volume] (Beverly, N.J.) 1877-1964, 1924-06-20
Girl,s Wax

The young man next door was watch
ing Bluebelle narrowly from his front
window. he had declared frankly that
he wanted to marry q sensible girl.
The skies were dripping and the side
walks yer wet.
Bluebelle had emerged and turned
her beautiful orbs upon the skies.
She inspected the sidewalks. Then
she went back into the house.
"Wise girl" murmured the young
man. "She has gone after her over
shoes"
But Bluebelle. as 1t transpired when
she again appeared, had merely gone
back for her new earrings.-Louisville
Courier-Journal.
Beverly banner. [volume] (Beverly, N.J.) 1877-1964, 1924-06-20

The house connection. These trans
formers give the customer protection
by means of fuses. and in storms, or
unusual conditions, the lights some
times go out because these fuses have
functioned and have blown. A corps
OF men is, maintained to look after
troubles OF this nature.
After the transformer is installed
a low voltage wire is extended alOag
The poles and to this the service loop
is connected. One transformer will
often supply several homes. The ser-
vice loop is carried to the customers
premises and Joined to the wires
where they have been brought out OF
the house. In making service coa-
nection from underground ~coAduits. It
often Is necessary to extend . service
pipe from the manhole to the
premises, in which event the street
has to be torn up.
When the wires are connected the
meter is set. All meters are tested
at the company's laboratory before be-
ing placed. Then. and this is most
important. when the provisions Of city
bureaus and underwriters' BOARDS
have been complied with and the In
spection has been passed. the custo-
mer is ready for his current. TAe
ordinances regulating the manner In
which electric light wires may be In
stalled are for the protection OF the
public and the electric company has
a corps of expert inspectors who work
with the city bureaus and assist cleo
trical contractors in this important
step. In company where 10000 new
meters are installed in = single year.
1t will be seen that mHeh time AAA
work are necessary in making service
connections.
The applications are cared for ~
they come in, each in its turn, and
every effort Is made to hasten the
work, not only for the convenience
of the customer but because as soon
as the current Is turned on. the com-
rany's revenue starts.
Beverly banner. [volume] (Beverly, N.J.) 1877-1964, 1924-06-20

To distribute electricity TO more
than 200 communities in the state OF
New Jersey, from the generation
plants to the consumers, requires ap-
Droximately 5000 miles of wire, equal
in length to the circumference OF the
EARTH Also, there figure in this task
Of supplying most of the people of
the state with electricity, 1926 trans
formers which regulate the amount of
carrent flowing from fourteen huge
generation stations. through eighty
substations to upwards of AGO. 600
nreters In the territory served.
Back of tha button of Public Service
Electric Company. before the mere
touch Of that little button ear furnish
light and power for many convent
ences which 1t would be almost i'm
practicable to live without. lie many
processes that are necessary from the
time the house owner makes appli-
cation for service until his meter is
connected. These various necessary
steps take time. and from the view
point Of the consumers safety alone,
they must be done thoroughly.
First OF all. the customer. or pros
pective customer. signs application for
service. This application. If possible,
shonld be made at the nearest COM
mercial once. When the application
Ia recorded. the order for the new SER
vice Is sent to the construction de-
partmsnt. Here a survey is made of
the work necessary to be done. II
the customer wants service in a sec
ton which is being newly developed.
the job win require the placing Of
poles. extension of wires. installation
OF transformers and service connec
tions. There may be rights of way
ovsr private property to secure and
unusual obstacles to surmount. all Of
which will take time.
What Transformers Do
Transformers are necessary to re-
duce the voltage when the current
IN switched from the main wires to
Beverly banner. [volume] (Beverly, N.J.) 1877-1964, 1924-06-20
That "AIteration''

Il was a case OF assault, and the fol-
lowing Is what q witness said he wit
messed:
II saw the plaintive and the de-
fender a~rgumentive, and the defender
struck the plaintiff, and the plaintiff
struck the defender, and they both
missed each other. and an alteration
took place. and they knocked each
ether down, and"
''That will do" said the magistrate.
Judging by their faces, the alteration
has been about equal. Case dis
missed"
Beverly banner. [volume] (Beverly, N.J.) 1877-1964, 1924-06-20
HOW'S THIS?

do what we CLAIM for it-rid you system
of Catarrh or Deafness caused by
Catarrh.
HALLS CATARRH MEDICINE con-
eists OF an Ointment which Quickly
Relieves the catarrhal Inflammation, n
the Internal Medicine, a Tonic. which
acts through the Blood on the Mucous
Surfaces. thus assisting to restore nor
NAL conditions.
Sold by druggists for over 40 Years.
F. ]. Cheney q Co., Toledo, O.
Beverly banner. [volume] (Beverly, N.J.) 1877-1964, 1924-06-20

Canaries. long the pet Of bird fan
ciers. are being replaced by a new
species Of bird pet popularity called
the slove bird" because OK Its deyo-
ton to its mate. Scientifically It Is
known as the 4budgerigaF. A pair of
these birds will sell at close to a thou
sand dollars. though some may be
bought for five dollaks o Whereabouts.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-06
BUSINESS TONE IS GOOD

Time and again when there have been indications of some temporary indus trial depression in the chief iron and steel producing centers because of sea- sonal, political or other influences, the Birmingham district has experienced far less let-down than the other centers. When the strike in the steel industry curtailed production throughout the country, this district scarcely felt it, and production was little short of nor nal. Again, the coal strike, which proved disastrous in many producing fields, had little effect in this district. / Reports indicate that there is some curtailment in the iron industry, and that in some producing centers num- Der of furnaces have been temporarily shut down to await more active mar ket. "While few furnaces have gone out of blast in the South," said one of the most observant iron manufacturers in the district, "yet the Birmingham dis trict is blest at this time with produc- ton ratio higher than any l know Off," He added that the small amount of iron on the yards of the Birmingham district indicates that the South generally has been working on very near full time.
 The few local furnaces that go out of
 
 need cause no depression in the business situation in this district. Some of them were banked for repairs at an oppor- tune time to prepare for an active iron market, which is expected at an early date. There is strong indication that the demand for iron will show district improvement within a short time. Active buying is confidently looked for in the early fall, if not before. Meantime, there is activity in nearly every field of industry in the district, and the future is reassuring.
 Reduction of twenty-five per cent. in the income tax, in effect at once, will keep much money in this district which otherwise would have gone away. This means a considerable decrease in over head, and a decided increase in working capital. The twenty-five per cent. re- auctions in the September and Decenl- Der payments will in part compensate for any temporary setback in the busi- ness situation, while removal of the ele! nent of uncertainty through the enact 4nent of the new income-tax law will be an incentive and stimulus to business generally. The people want "a rest from congress and a reasonable period of peace and quiet during which business may be given an opportunity to adjust itself to a normal basis," says The At lanta Constitution. With the adjourn nfent of the national conventions past, and a large part of the uncertainty about the next national administration discounted, there is no reason why the country's industry should be seriously disturbed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-06
EnrrCAT1ON REDUCES CRIME

Analysis and interpretation of some figures recently given out by the head of the drive for funds for Alabama Col lege at Montevallo might well afford food for thought for the citizens of this state. The chairman said that the per capita investment to take care of con vieted criminals is much greater than the per capita investment for any of the states institutions of learning, and asked: (Which does the state of Ala bama believe in most as an investment, her ambitious young women, or the criminals in her prisons?"
 While investment in the establish ment and maintenance of penal institu- tions is necessary for the protection of life and property, and is wise and prac- tical, the fact remains that the less in vestment there is in education, the more there will necessarily be in prisons. A very large percentage of the crime com raitted in this and every other state is preventable by proper educational and medical attention to children. Educa- ton, physical, mental and moral, is the most effective deterrent of crime and violation of the law; ignorance and phy- sical decadence are the greatest foster ing agency of crime.
 As long as the people of Alabama fail to provide adequate means for educa- tion they will be forced to provide means for the fight against crime and for talk ing care of those convicted of crime. This constitutes a heavy toll upon the citizenship of the state, as those com posing the criminal group are far worse than non-producers, because they require additional productive capacity to offset their attacks upon the moral and mate rial interests of the state, and to pro- tect the public interests against the eff fects of their attacks.
 Every dollar which the state properly devotes to education will reduce the in vestment which the state is called upon to make as protection against crime. Thus the money devoted to education brings. double returns-positive and neg alive. It increases efficiency, produc- tive capacity, prosperity and content ment; it decreases sloth, inefficiency, poverty and misery.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-06
ARsuRn1rY oE oIL LEASES

The alleged wisdom of the naval oil leases, as contended by both MT. Denby and MT. Roosevelt, does not appeal to the layman. It is reassuring to the lay mans self-esteem to learn that neither does it appeal to scientific authority. For example, in his formal report on the question, MT. George Otis Smith, direc- tor of the United States Geological Sur vey, said: "As a geologist I have thus far failed to see any geological warrant whatever for leases as extensive or long termed as those now in litigation. In- deed, knowing all the facts as shown in the record and on the ground, the friend of naval oil reserves is forced to believe that for the conservation policy of keep ing the oil in the ground was substi- tuted an exploitation policy of letting the oil flow like money" It is very clear that MT. Smith thinks that the moving purpose in the leasing was not the pub lie welfare but the private greed.
 If there were any doubt on this point as to what Mir. Smith might mean, he himself proceeds to clarify the question as follows:
 In the name of good business the
 navy's oil has been "saved'' by spending
 ninety-two barrels out of every hundred
 barrels extracted from the California
 reserves in order to put less than eight
 barrels into storage. That kind of liqui-
 dation of an irreplaceable asset must
 suggest only the desperate effort of A
 landowner facing bankruptcy, surely not
 the deliberate policy of a great nation
 planning long future.
 Such opinion as this cannot fail to have it's influence upon the decision of the court now holding the inquiry into the validity of the oil leases. For, while the question is partly one of equity, it is also one of public policy. The court cannot ignore the consideration of major public moment in reviewing this ques- tion even in equity. The question of the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-06
Behold The Atom
nv JOHN CARLYLE

If you are minded to disregard the inn portance of little things, behold the atom.
 You have said that somebody or other hasn't an atom of sense. That isn't good 1 figure of speech when you analyZe it. An atom is an immensely complex and wonder full thing.
 To be sure an atom is rather small. The number of atoms on the top surface of the head of pin is estimated to be more than two quadrillions. | But the smallness of the atom doesn't pre- vent it's useful activity. And it doesn't pre- vent the parts which compose it from having a speed that makes the movement of the earth seem slow.
 All honor to Niels Bohr, Dane. Pro- lessor Bohr belongs to the University of Copenhagen. The university and the Danish nation may well be proud of Bohr. He has told us more about what matter is made of than anybody ever knew before in the world.
 Matter is composed of these immeasurably small atoms with great spaces in between. So that much that seems matter is merely space in between countless atoms. But the most interesting thing about mat ter that the wise Mir. Bohr has to tell the world is not just that atoms make up mat ter. The most interesting thing is the con l struction and habits of the atom itself. For, 
 and action. Tn that way it is superior to many humans.
 Every atom is little solar system after the fashion of the universe with it's sun and the planets which whirl around it on fixed courses.
 In every atom is central nucleus and around this central nucleus revolve "elec- trons.'' Tn some atoms there are few cleo irons revolving around the central nucleus and in other atoms there are many. In other words, some atoms are more complex than others
 Fancy body moving at speed of 39000 miles an hour? Yet this is what an electron is estimated to be able to do.
 It isn't strange, is it, that. man in his healthy state is full of energy? We are creatures of speed and activity. One scientist says man is maze of motion"
 We are just beginning to learn something of the real wonders of life and the world in which we live.
 When we know more we shall be seized with an ambition to do more.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-06

house. The, committee has been per
 mitted to pursue it's prejudices to the
 utmostsextrerne, without let or hindrance
 from the serlate body. The senate body has evaded frank consideration of the
 question and now seeks further refuge
 in postponenent. The delaying tactics by which the, enemies of industrial de- velopment in North Alabama and the agents of molaopohes tried to defeat the public desire with respect to Muscle Shoals have so far won each round, ex- cept that in which the house voted to accept the Ford offer. The fight is not over, and it's wearisonne details are yet unfinished This is due, not to any in- herent difficulty with respect to the problem of Muscle Shoals, but to the machinations of those who feared that their monopolistic control in the fields of power, of chemicals and of aluminium was threatened. It is situation which calls for the strongest possible public nrotpst
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-06
MUSCLE SHOALS POSTPONED

The people of the South deeply regret the political episodes which have cul- minated in a postponement of the Mus cle Shoals decision until December 8. The only salvage from the entire sena- torial consideration of this subject is that now a definite time is set for a vote. The public must wait six months for the benefits that would come from a proper disposition of this project. If there were substantial reason for this postponement, there would be less ground for criticism. But there is no such req son-merely senatorial ineptitude and the habit of placing the game of politics before considerations of public welfare.
 The whole subject has been confined to the tender mercies of a hostile com nnittee during the period that has elapsed since the measure passed the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-06
FIRST AVENUE CONTROVERSY

Decision of East Lake residents to drop their plans for an initiative cleo tion in connection with the paving of First avenue, and ae\eeing to leave the final decision to. the city commission through negotiations with the Birming- ham Electric Company, appears to be a wise solution of the question, in that it offers the commission in the public be- half one more opportunity to settle with the utility civic proposition which af- fects the interests of the community. There seems to be reason to believe that the commission can induce or command the utility to pave its tracks in the dis puted section. The public has both moral and legal rights in such a situa- tion, and there is no doubt of the moral obligation of the utility to respect those rights. There is likewise no doubt that the first obligation of the commission is to the people of this community, and that no situation which affects the peo- ple's interests can be made subservient to the wishes or plans of any private en- terprise.
 The commission has another chance to do it's duty to the public in this par ticular project, and the people have a right to look to their elected authorities to protect their interests. That is not only the duty, but should be the priv ilege, of the public authorities.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-06
It Seems That Wa.
Brief Nature Studies
By J. OTIS SWIFT

When one thinks of coming vacation back on the memory haunted farm with gray haired father and mother, there comes the picture of the grassy front yard in the shade of a great elm and the "purse-like, deeply pouched, pensile nest of the Baltimore oriole suspended under a canopy of tremulous fol iase," as Stearns describes it. Those bits of art not made with hands are closely in terwoven with memories bitter-sweet and dear in every heart.
 By the first week in June the eggs of the golden robin or fire bird, as the oriole is often called, rest in the swinging nest. Orange and black of the male and the dull gray and yellowish of the mother bird are seen among the limbs, while the bright, ques- tioning varying warble and romantic, plain tive call delights the hammock swung lis tener.
 Those who do not believe in faries must admit that the oriole, with it's mystic ability to weave so wondrous fabric, has studied with masters of the craft and if they are not elfins in disguise they are just as satis- flying to our love of mystery.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-06
Watchi1g g The Parade
By JOHN PmGRnE

Down our street we're sorry for poor old Bill Brown. He caught bad case of po- lteness the other day and l doubt if we can save him No one knows what to do about it.
 You see,' Bill told me long time ago, II never had any advantage when I was kid I don't know what to do when am out in company"
 He was sickening right then, but l didn't have savvy enough to recognize it. First thing we knew Bill had bought him large gilt-edged book on etiquette, illustrated with diagrams, and he was trying to walk the dotted lines. There was one picture in 1t of a. nice looking young man saying good bye to pair of peaches. The nice looking young man had lifted his hat and was say ing:
 I'm glad to have met you
 Under the picture was the query from the editor of the book
 "What mistake did he make?'
 That was what slipped poor Bill Brown into the irrigatine canal. He had been say ing that all his hfe-and he was right, He was glad to have met the girls, being of a friendly, kind, open-faced disposition. No one ever makes a mistake in being kindly and natural and frank, provided that one is not kindly and natural in over-tones. But the DOCK tO1u' QUOT DLl IHdL d SIIdlSnI- forward, candid, sweet-natured way of ex- pression was equivalent to a confession that he lacked social class. In order to estab- fish himself as a courier he must learn a lot of monkey language, he thought.
 "Bill's just ruined says Mrs. Pilgrim. 'He talks to me in a lot of wooden words from Page @ until he gets me to acting like a social leader, too. Why doesn't somebody steal that book ?"
 Because it isn't any use. That's why. Once man or woman gets the idea that to be polite one must talk in formulas and act in formations he or she is gone. The sufferers sit around and talk to each other in polly -want-a-cracker language and hold their cups just so and are as unnatural as so many steam derrieks.
 Bless their hearts, if that's the way they like to enjoy themselves, why should we say them nay?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-06
The Right Word
By CURTIS NICHOLSON
THE HANGING PARTICIPLE (Find the Error in This Articlel


 Nathan Bengis detects hanging partici- pie in "The Right Word" analyses it. and explains how to avoid it.
 'The sentence to which I refer" writes MT. Bengis, reads as follows: In marking the hundreds of papers that have been re- ceived, 'eat your soup" and drink your bullion" are considered correct
 Then Mir. Bengis continues, "The obvious error lies in the phrase, in markinE' every elementary grammar warns us never to use a participlc, or a gerund. as object of a prep osition unless the verbal has a definite, ex- pressed antecedent. The only possible ante cedent of the grund marking is eat your soup and GSink your buillon'
 Thus, one says, Swimming and running are healthful exercise the gerunds being used as independent nouns but it would be absurd to say, While swimming, a watch was lost since that would mean that the watch was swimming
 Consequently. the sentence correctly writ ten would be, Tn marking the hundreds of papers, l am considering the antecedent of marking being r. or the sentence might read, In the correction of the hundreds of papers, "eat your soup" is considered cor rect, where, there being no gerund. no an tecedent is required
 Mir. Bengis has the right conception of hanging participle and knows how to avoid one. He should, however, have given a lot more consideration to the use of the word antOcedent
 Wrong: A person don't usually promise to be glad.
 Right; 4 person doesn't usually promise to be glad.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-06
] Wonder
wonder if the moonbeam rests

I wonder if the moonbeam rests As whitely where the warden sleeps; l wonder if the rose a-dream Such honeyed wealth of fragrance keeps l wonder if the ancient wall Still knows the touch of lilies tall. I wonder if the redbird calls From out the thicket on the hill I wonder if the twilight knows The plaintive voice of whippoorwill I wonder if the wooing breeze Still whispers softly in the trees I wonder if the early dawn Strings jewels OCT dewy lane And carries to the cottage gate The incense of the blooming plain I wonder if the chanticleer Still sounds his summons far and near. I wonder if the wide-eyed day A-stepping swiftly OCT the land I wonder if it miss at all A happy little barefoot band; l wonder if it miss today 4 man and woman long away.
 Kansas City Star.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-06
Forum Of Tue People
Central of GeOrgia's Farm Program

Central of GeoFgia's Farm Program To the Editor of The Herald:
 You have my sincere thanks and appre- citation for the editorial; Railroad Encour- ages Farming in your issue of May 29.
 We are always pleased when our friends recognize our efforts for the development of the territory that we serve. It is a matter of some pride to us that the Central of Geor- gia was pioneer in this work in the South. The beginning of our development depart ment dates back to 1888. The work is di- vided into two branches-industrial and az ricultural-and we have eleven officers and employees who devote their entire time to this endeavor.
 Again thanking you for your cordial com ment, I am,
 L. A. DOWNS, President. Savannah, Ga, June 8, 1924.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-06

authority of the executive to make the leases is likewise in doubt. But if the court finds no warrant in law for nulli- flying the leases, then it behooves con gress at it's earliest opportunity to fur nish that warrant in law. This gigantic steal of tremendous public asset is inherently wrong, and if government cannot discover some way to remedy this wrong, then there is something the mat ter with government.