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The policies of the commission are thus
always in state of unstable equilibrium,
which may be all right for chemicals but
very unfortunate for government.
While it might be proper for Mr.. Cloe
to carry out his intention of resigning,
especially. if he has any reason to believe
that his example would be highly infec-
tious among his colleagues, perhaps his
saner course would be to evolve such a
program as would make strong public
appeal on its very merit, and then reso-
lutely, dispassionately and persistently
urge it upon the commission. Let the
commission strive to be the clearing
house for departmental ideas it was in
tended to be. And let the commissioners
lift their eyes occasionally to- the horizon
within whose wide boundries lie their
broader obligations to the community, or
if not this commission, then the next
mo
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MIR. BOWIE HITS THE MARK.

The Age-Herald is appreciative of the
fine letter of Mr.. Sidney ]. Bowie ap-
pearing under the Forum of the People
on this page today. His analysis of the
presidential poll now being conducted by
the Literary Digest comedies with the
view expressed by a number of observ-
ers. 1t is doubtful whether the political
inclinations of the group to which the
Digest has sent its ballots reflect any
where so near so completely the national
sentiment as they did in 1920. On the
contrary, it is likely that the persons rep
resented in the poll are of greater parti-
san stability than the great unreached
millions who are the balance of power
that elect now this party and now that to
supreme authority. The close approx
nation of the proportionate vote to the
1920 poll week after week in the present
Digest poll is evidence that the group
thus reached is not accurately reflective
of partisan fluctuations and quadreLnial
shifts in party allegiance.
As Mr.. Bowie suggests, there is reason
to believe that the election results OF
1922, which tended to even up the parts
san division in both branches of congress-
have greater significance than the more
remote presidential vote of 1920 which
was profoundly affected by the nation
wide political and partisan reaction. The
people associated the Democratic admin
istration with the war, and the people
were tired of war. They were returning
to a more normal political balance in
1922, and there is reason to believe that
there has developed within the past few
months, and is still in process, a reaction
against Republican smugness and in
action.
Mr.. Bowie appeals to the Democrats
of this section to contribute to the Demo-
cratic fund. AS he says: "The South
does not ask and has not asked for IA
vors, but it is entitled to justice and a
square deal. An intelligent considera-
ton of its own interests would stimulate
a much greater interest in the collection
of campaign funds here than has so far
been manifested. The national outlook
is far from. hopeless, as the Digest poll
would indicate, but the campaign can
not be conducted and the issues properly
explained to the voters without money.
Let every Democrat do his duty"
The Age-Herald carries elsewhere on
this page a daily appeal to Democrats to
contribute to the success o. the campaign
bv helping to finance it. Many people
have already contributed. Their ex-
ample should inspire others to do the
same. The cause of the Democratic party
is at stake. The prospects of party sue
cess in November grow brighter daily.
But there is still need for educational
effort in various wavering states and
communities. Alabama will vote for
Davis, but Alabama Democrats should
make their own vote valid by helping to
finance the Democratic campaign in
states that might otherwise go Republic
an and nullify Alabama's political ex-
pression
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-b09ONCE
|0fD oNE.R
Additional Questions In A Voters Literacy

Additional Questions In A Voters Lteracs
Test.
1. Complete sentence from ~, follow
ing word: "As," "Goes, Maine, - so,
"Goes," and Nation"
2. Give three other great canards. 3.
8. What is the subject of the sentence
"John has. two red appies?"
4. What good it it for John to have notn'
ing but two red apples when what he IS artei
is votes?
5. What is the predicate of the sentence
'The goat is grazing in the fieldT A
6. State in which Of the three candidates
fields the goat is grazing. y.
z. Supply the names of prominent men miss
ing from these sentences:
(a) Putting on his skull-cap, Mr.. $3.50.
said that if elected he would not let his
brother hang around the White House more
than three days week. = ~.
OBJ After the automobile magnate hau
shaken his hand, Mr.. ...... presented MN
with a lovely hand-stitched sap bucket.
(c) Clarksburg, West Virginia, is the home
s. What are peewits?
8. What is even more important, who are
peewits?
10. What's wrong with the following sen
tence:
William Jennings Bryan today came out
for the election of Calvin Coolidge and the
entire Republican ticket.
IL. Parse Massachusetts,. =
r. After a state is parsed, does the clerk
return to it before the calling of the other
states has been completed?
IS. Give the correct answer to these mathe-
(a) 2x4-1 plus % divided by sx487
equals what?
% Does it equal it in votes and If not
what difference does it make?
(c} $12 divided by added to 81 plus 6
cents equals what?
(d) How many weeks can Calvin Coolidge
live on that much money and still have So
left over?
(e) Multiply one ballot by 300 and state
what party is holding the convention.
IA. Which is correct, This country needs
to perpetuate the present theories of govern
ment," or "Hooray for LaFollette! J"
Is. How do you spell party ticket?"
16. How do you vote it?
II. How many representatives are there in
the House of Representatives? Why?
Is. Who was Ananias? ~
10. Did he have anything on Castor B.
Means?
20. What is prohibition enforcement?
Where?
81. If Calvin Coolidge carries 81 states,
and John w. Davis carries ID states, and
Mr. LaFollette carries the balance, and if
the states carried by Mr.. Coolidge have enough
electoral votes to elect him, will it make any
difference in the price of meat, butter, eggs
and potatoes?
%. "a" has 81 and must pay the rent OF
his three-room flat, which is $75, the day be.
fore election he can get $50 from the Demo
Gratis for his vote how much will the Repub-
licans have to give him?
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The Right Word
ANOTHER ISSUE.
(Find the Error in This Artiele.l
BY W. CURTIS NICHOLSON

. Va Mu WhC AIAHOA AAA AhAS 1ANOAC4OsJ
This time it involves the use of raise in
expressing the idea of bringing up children.
w. G. Young of New York, writes as follows :
you recently advised a friend of mine
that children are brought up or reared,
whereas cattle are raised
MY contention is that raised is just as
good form as reared when one is referring
to children, and in fact I believe that the
usage of raised in this connection is much
more common than reared / come from
New England, but if any one spoke about
rearing children in ordinary conversation we
would consider it an affectation.
II also refer you to Webster's Dictionary,
which states under the definition of raise,
section 2. b. In some parts of the United
States, notably in the Southern States, raise
is also commonly applied to the rearing or
bringing up of children This edition was
revised in 1918, and l believe that this use
Of the word has since become common all
over the United States.
"You perhaps recall one of the popular
songs of the recent war, 1 did not raise my
boy to be a soldier.
Twill you be good enough to advise the
authority on which you base the. statement
that raised is not good form when one is
speaking of children"
Let us see how the opinion of Webster S
differs with that of the New Standard. The
latter states, Raise should never be used
of bringing human beings to maturity: it is
a misuse common in the southern and western
United States. Cattle are raised; human be-
ings are brought up, or, in the older phrase,
reared" Furthermore modern popular songs
would hardly be an authority on correct
English. f"
Yesterdays Error.
Wrong: Then you hadn't ought to use
"dove."
Right: Then you ought not to use "dove. !"
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until some method of reimbursing the
city is found, or at least some plan of
saving the city from any curtailment Of
service as result of the official incom-
petence that paved the way for the
shortages.
The people also do not fail to note that
the commission has not provided for an
increase in the fire and police personnel,
although the city's welfare urgently re-
quires such increase. Nor do the people
fail to observe the self-complacency Of
the commissioner in charge of street.
lighting, whose neglect is contributory
to crime. The people have a right to
expect more of the municipal govern
ment than they are receiving. a
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THE TRUE PROGRESSIVE.

From my point of view he only deserves
. 60 be called a progressive who cannot see
q wrong persist without an effort to redress
it, or a right denied without an effort TO
protect it; who feels a deep concern Tor the
economic welfare of the United States, but
realizes that the making of better men and
women Is a matter greater still; VINO
thinks of every governmental policy flrst
of all in its bearing upon human rights
rather than upon material things; who be-
heves profoundly in human equality and
detests privilege in whatever form or in
whatever disgu ise, and who finds the true
test OF success in The welfare Of the nnscS
and not the prosperity and comfort of the
few. The civic unit of America is not the
dollar, but the individual man. All that
goes to make Better and happier and freer
men and women is progress; all else IL re-
Rction.-JOhn w. Davis.
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HIHE ALABAMA'
N gSI|zza5IPRESS

Recovering Stolen. Cars.---Only 457 auto.
mobiles stolen in Birmingham during the
past year. 1t L. very much to the credit o.
the detective and police force Of the Magic
City that Of that number AIS were recovered,
leaving net Of only AZ cars still missing,
Opelika News.
why Brewer Withdrew.--Luther A. Brew
er, Independent Republican. candidate, has
withdrawn from the race in opposition to
Senator Brookhart of Iowa. Mr.. Brewer says
Senator Brookhart does not deserve Repub-
lican support, but Mr.. Brewer saw no reason
to stay in the race and be showed under
Mobile Register.
Tuscumbia's Housing GrOwth.--Have you
noticed the large number Of dwelling houses
under construction In Tuscumbia? This Is
an excellent indication of our prosperity and
the growing tendency to build beautiful homes
here for residences close to the great develop
ments which are ordained to come.-Tuscum-
bia Times.
Democratic Campaign Needs More Money.
With the prospect of success brighter than
at any time since the campaign opened, the
Democratic party is being handicapped by
lack of funds to meet the necessary expense Of
making an effective fight. 1t is imperative
that more money be provided without delay.
Urgent calls are being made to the Demo-
cratic voters of the land to help the party In
an emergency, and Alabama is asked to bear
its part of the burden.-Anniston Star.
Poor Road Economy.-The good roads we
didn't build this year will be nightly missed
during the coming winter. And the fellow
who gets hung up in the mud with his flivver
when trying TO get to town from his farm,
may think of the commissioners and call
them blessed because they tried to economize,
and also he may not. II is likely that the
compliments he will pay to those worthy rep
resentatiEes of the people will express an
entirely different observation-disclosures News.
AIabama's Forests And Deer-There is a
national forest of many thousand acres in
Alabama, situated only about fifty miles south
of the Muscle Shoals district, to which little
attention has been paid by the people Of the
state. Now there is presented an opportunity
to increase the interest in this reserve and its
value to the people of the state in the offer
of the United States department Of agricul.
ture, through the forest service, of the dis,
posal of several thousand deer These deer
are part of herd, estimated at $4,000, in the
northern Arizona national forest. The in
crease in number has been SO great that the
herd is threatened with starvation, and eff
forts are being made to reduce the number to
a point where the remainder will find no diff
ficulty in getting subsistence. The animals
are to be given away, provided the Transport
;tation and Grating expense is borne by indi-
viduals or organizations desiring them. II
the state of Alabama, or fhe game and fish
department would buy aAsmall number of
these deer and stock the Alabama national for
est, in a few years they swould increase to
quite large number.-Florence Times.
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Within the Wood

There is sound within the silent wood,
A wanton, wandering, queer and eerie note,
A far-off flowing from no mortal throat,
AS if some spirite behind her leafy hood
Murmured forsaken and misunderstood.
A will-o'-wisp of sound, it seems to float
Half out of hearing, more and more remote,
As if in hunt of some forgotten good.
1t is no voice OF woman or of man;
1t may have been here since the world
began,
And he who hearkens hardest hears it not,
Mayhap it is the laughter, long forgot,
OF some dead gladness, slain upon this spot {;
Mayhap it is the wrath of ancient Pan.
Edmund Vance Cooke in McNaught's
Monthly.
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FROM THE WISE

For 1 dipt into the Future, far as human
eye could see,
Saw the Vision of the World, and all the
wonder that would be.
-Tennyson.
Life is a sleep, love is a dream; and you
have lived if you have loved.
Alfred de Musset.
Too much sensibility creates unhappiness ;
Too much insensibility creates crime.
-Talleyrand.
For ivy climbs the crumbling wall
To decorate decay,
Bailey.
If n man empties his purse into his, head
no once can take it from him.
B. Franklin.
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LOVE LETTERS.

LxUN
I've courted many winsome girls
At home and over &C,
In fact I've kept Dan Cupid's shafts
As busy as the BIB.
lost my heart to fair LIN,
With captivating ii;
Until one day l met Lc,
Whose ways were worldly ".
-
II was sincere with dear Lc, ...
. But All, she proved tt,
And she finally threw me over
With rather shocking ee.
So, 1 hurried back to LIN,
And murmured fain "a,
But hope was shattered when she said:
For marriage I've no uu."
james H. Lambert.
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His Objection.

Constable Sam T. Slackputter, the faith
full guardian of tile peace and dignity Of
Petunia, was suffering from a light attack
of ague lately. A day or two ago, as he was
resting on the corner of the First National
Bank, he was aroused by a sound of law
breaking. fliver car came slamming around
a corner and went wabbling in an eccentric
fashion up the street, the dryer thereof pay
ing more attention to his own voice than to
the operation OF the ear. In raucous tones
he sang:
I'm a wicked little prune!
And may get stewed pretty soon.
If do, look out for me,
For I'm as bad as bad can be"
Hey, therew Slackputter started to tell,
and then moderated his voice to suit his
physical condition. You're plumb off the
yaw-w-wn-key ~
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The Alabama Power Company remarks
that it made its bid for Muscle Shoals
without reference to or consultation
with any other bidder" It is rumored
however, that the company knew of the
Ford bid at the time it made its own.
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The students of Clemson College have
walked out, on the double complaint of
expulsion of favorite football player
and poor food. We suspect that the ex-
pulsion was the reason and the food the
excuse.
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SHOWS HOW SLOW THEY ARE.

Well, anyhow, one good thing can be said
so far about the Chinese war. Neither side
is borrowing any money from us.-IndianapO-
lis News.
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One OF Betty's Daily Dozen!

Little Betty stood by watching her mother
unpack her winter furs, which the moths had
made sad work of, eating the fur off in
patches.
That night, at the dinner table, Betty gazed
intentIy at her daddy's bald head and finally
asked: did the moths get in your hair, too,
daddy"
Mrs NJ. A. Anderson.
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Switzerland has fewer and better laws
because it saves the holes for the cheese and
does not shoot the laws full of them.-San
Antonio Express.
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It Was Am The Bunk-Er.

It Was All The Bunk-Er.
do you play Col. Bogie's great gamer
asked the young dinner guest, of lady
whose son thinks that bread should be sliced
with mid-iron, potatoes served with a
mashie, and coffee drunk with spoon"
NO." said the lady, Il never play but
don't hesitate to ask for what you want to
eat in your own native tongue-I speak golf
fluently."
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AS we understand it, Mr.. LaFollette
is that champion of Americanism who is
on an alleged six-million Ger
vote to put him in the
White House.
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THEY KNOW SIZE OF HIS ROLL.

Judging from the number of invitations he
receives from Geneva, Uncle Sam is as popu-
lar as H. r. M.-Pittsburg GazetteTimes.
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The courts have ruled the LaFollette
ticket out of Washington, thus making
three state courts that have so ruled.
Evidently, LaFollette has put the courts
on the defensive.
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ECONOMY.

Having your car reprinted to match your
wifes gown, Ell? Isn't it rather expensiveY
"Its cheaper than buying a gown to match
the car
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II the choice were left to me. whether to have
n free press q free government, L would
choose free press-Thomas Jefferson.
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Snaal,ing NJ Dresses

Mrs Skit-"Isn't Mrs. BIS dress be-
coming?"
Mrs. Skat-"Yes, becoming antiQuated."
"A. G. L.
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Old High Cost.

Madge-"Do you think girls face is her
fortuneT'
Marjorie Sure Look at what she has
to spend on it nowadays"
S. R. RulOn.
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SnNTETHING NEW

For the first time in the nations history it
has party with this slogan: Forget IT,
Buffalo Enquirer.
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No Doubt OF It.

Marion-"Does Beatrice really love him,
do you think -
Maxwell, you can judge for yourself,
dear. She's still wearing her hair long be-
cause he doesn't like it bobbed."
Samuel BOhaek.
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POOR CHANCE FOR DOBBIN

Italy is building roads for motorists only"
So are we, but we haven't got used to ac-
knowledging it yet.-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
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CUuT MINOR CONSIDERATION.

1t is getting so that the only thing to be
determined at n murder trial is the slayers
age.-Indianapolis Star
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Telephone (private branch exchange connect
ing all Departmental. Main 1900.
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THE ACE HERALD
FREDERICK I. THOMPSON. PRESIDENT

Suffered at Birmingham. Ala, post office as Sec
snd-class matter. act of Congress. March 6. 1879
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FEELING OF FREEDOM.

"Why don't you. go home early for
changer s.
Nothing doing. l had too hard a job to
get out" a
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EXCLUSIVE MEMBER OF NORTH AIERl
CAN NEWSPAPER ALLIANCE IN ALABAM
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That bookblack is a careless lOut
And he deserves these knocks,
For every time he shines my shoes
He also shines my socks.
e. P. Malone.
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Brief Nature Studies
you would have enjoyed being at Pisgah
Forest N c. thia GUNNER" writes
BY j. OTIS SWIFT

Forest, n. g., this summer, WRITES
w. p. Jervis, New York. "The
prodigality of flowers new to me was con-
slant delight, The exquisite passion flower
ran riot with its story Of the passion. Mimo-
sa, ball-like pink flowers and leaves sensitive
to the highest touch, aboonded. The beau
tiful calopogon and painted cup were there
for those who cared to look, whilst whole
fields of coreopsis made a veritable cloth OF
gold.
Forests were carpeted with smilax, and
pentstemon in several colors freely bloomed.
On Mount Mitchell giant st. Johnswort and
turtlehead of exquisite pink mingled with
dozens of other strangers to me. Deer-grass,
meadow-beauty, was abundant, hundreds
growing together"
There are two members of the passion
flower family in the South. Passifiora lutea,
greenish-yellow flower, is found in damp
thickets from Louisiana and Florida to Penn
sylvania and Illinois. p, incarnata, nearly
white, purple and lesh-colored crown, grows
in dry places from Missouri, Arkansas, east
to Florida and Virginia.
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IhoF6B "A INoaSOH . -
Ed.-"Why did you park there so lOng?'
PHIL had a miss in my motor"
-Frieda Herzog.
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The new chief Of police Of Herrin is named
Walker. He had best be a runner, if not a
flier.
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SUBSCRIPTION RATES-By mail, payable In
advance, in United States and Canada Daily
and Sunday, one year, $500. six months, $500;
three months, S2.25; month. s5c. Daily
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MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PREss-Ths As
ISOLATED Press is exclusively entitled to for
publication of all news dispatches credited to 1t,
not otherwise credited in this paper and also
local pHblished therein. All rights of re-
publication of special dispatches are reserved.
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SWISS LEGISLATION.

Copyright. 1894, Reproduction forbidden,
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HORRIBLE POSSIBILITY IN ORIENT.
And if civil war in China goes on another
year it may kill as many people as there are
homicides in this country.-Dallas News.
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NEWS Observation-Disclosures 500 Davidson
BuIldlng: State Capital. Montgomery Journal
Building: Tennessee Valley. Decatur Daily
Building; Tuscaloosa. News Building; Annistop'
Star Building; Gadsden. Times Building; Muscle
Shoals, Tri-Cities Daily Building.