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TITE DECATUR DAILY, MONDAY, APRIL 1931, HAGE TWO Qovemment Report On Farm ProdMct Prices Regarded As Encoivrdgemg A RO unT) THE STATE. Hire, There and the Other Hace In Alabama. THE OLD HOME TOWN Stank Howl Goes Up From Chicago After Protests Expected From Big Towns Action Is Taken Upon Late Census Painfully Hurt By Flying Chip W. L. Sparkman well known citizen of the Oak Ridge community was painfully but not seriously injured when he was struck In his left eye by a flying chip a few days ago.

While the eye was slightly cut and bruised, Mr. Sparkman is able to be up and about his duties as usual. cities began to be big enough, if given their fair share of representation In proportion to population, to lord it over the agricultural element, which previously had loided tt ever the cities. Then the farmer legislators began to balk, and being everywhere In the majority (by reason of the fact that tlrisfarmers previously had been In a nialority over the city folk), they balked to excellent effect. AT THE last session of congress, however, a national reapportionment act finally went through.

By its provisions additional representation Is given to states which recently have grown most rapidly, and taken away correspondingly from those whlrh have lagged In Increasing their pop. Chartca P. Stewart, on tour, scan ning the American tUta, stops off in Chicago. By CHARLES P. STEWART Central Press Staff Writer CHICAGO, Illinois.

Chicago is the first of the country's great cities to be stung by its state legislature, in connection with the re- cent 8 showing of the rep resentation it is entitled to at Springfield, the Illinois cap ital. And my! how the windy metropolis did howl Its indignation! Cut it was nothing to the chorua of, howlH that will fro up presently from all the bis cities, when they dis cover how they are going to be Aim-flammed out of their rights In the matter of representation in Washington, which is just what is going to happen to them to a dead certainty; what happened to Chicago the other day conclusively demonstrated it. AFTER EACH census, aa probably everyone knows, the proper experts at the national capital figure out how many representatives each state is entitled to under the new count of Its population, varying all the way from one, as in the cases of states like Arizona and New Mexico, up to 45, which will be New York's total, according to the 1330 tally of its in-habitants. It Is then up to the legislatures ot th respective states to divide, each. Its own states Into the required number of congressional districts except, of course, the legislatures of states with only one representative apiece.

In the same fashion, succeeding census' furnish the states with a basis for districting themselves as to representation In their legislatures. THE SYSTEM worked very satisfactorily up to the point where the home by his aunt, Miss Martha Tate, who will spend several days here. People' of this community are gratified with the mail route, which is a retrace from Five Point to the John Sullivan place. The route hey lHi THE TELEVISION SHOW qiVEN 8Y llllilbSi Hflitt3l CHET JOKER. lliSiP BROKE" UP WHEM IT PROVED 7C)H3I ItC cgtBAl.

PRESS 4-6''31 and a party at the school. Mrs. Sallie McCutcheon Is spend ing several days with her daughter, Mrs. A. S.

Hough and Mr. Hough, of Lacey's Spring, Mr. and Mrs. W. M.

Thomas and grandson, Marlon Lawrence, spent Sundav with Mr. and Mrs. E. V. Stevens.

i Mr. and Mrs. Evic Brown and son, Boyd, of Natural Bridge, were the week-end guests ot the latter's par ents, Mr. and Mrs. F.

O. Helms, Mr. and Mrs. Wade Slaten, of Natural Bridge, spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs.

William Slaten. Rev. A. N. Burns filled his ap pointment at Bed Oak Grove Sunday morning.

Mr. and Mrs. Dewey Day and son, Dewey, of Natural Bridge, were the week-end guests of the former's parents, Mr. and Mrs. W.

J. Day. Mrs. Grace Prince and daughter were the Monday guests of her parents, Mr. and Mrs.

Will Dalton, of near Mt. Tabor. Mrs. Cordla Luker and son, J. were the Sunday afternoon guests of Mrs.

R. T. Thomas. Miss Ruby Campbell Is spending a fewr days with her sister, Mrs. Clara-bell Roberts.

Misses Orville, Doll and Vernard Day are spending this week with their brother, Dewey Day and Mrs. Day, of Natural Bridge. Mr. and Mrs. Avery Thomas were the Saturday night guests of Mr.

and Mrs. Oden Overstreet. Miss Mary Michaels, of Langston, was the week-end guest of Mrs. Robert Willis. Mrs.

Ethel Davis spent Monday morning with her mother. Mrs. R. A. Gamble, of Lacey's Spring.

Mr. and Airs. Pryor McRee, of Decatur, were the Sunday guests of the latter's parents, Dr. and Mrs. T.

J. Russell. Ernest Johnson, of Horton, was in this community Sunday afternoon. Miss Juanita Thomas was the Sunday afternoon guest of Mrs. Nettie Luker.

Mr. and Mrs. Marcus McCutcheon were the Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs. L.

R. McCutcheon. Little Billie Mack Willis returned to his home Friday after a two week's visit with his grandparents, cf Stevenson. He was accompanied GADSDEN April 6 (JPh-Mrs. Dunbar Ogden, New Orleans, an authority on religious teachings, will have charge of bible instruction at the thirty-eighth annual meeting of the Woman's Auxiliary of the North Alabama Presbytery here April 15-17.

Women prominent in the work of the denomination throughout the state will attend the meeting which will be presided over by Mrs. J. G. Roberts of Florence, president of the North Alabama Presbytcrial. Mrs.

Hunter Vaughan, synodicai president, will address the meetirjg. BIRMINGHAM, April 6-VPi Italian handiwork will be on exhibition in the Birmingham public library for two months in the iate fall and early summer, it was announced here today. An exhibit which will include ancient and modern arts and craft of the Italian people will be included in the show, the announcement said and the government of Italy A-ill send over valuable pieces for the exhibit. The 22 Italian societies of Birmingham are cooperating In arranging the exhibition and a central and advisory committee composed of a number of officials of the state appointed. All kinds of paintings, etchings, cercmlcs, glasswork, beadwork, carvings, weaving and material of historic and literary interest are being collected for the ahow.

J. C. Catanco is chairman of the executive committee, Samuel L. Earle, president, Birmingham museum association, vice chairman, and A. R.

Passavanti, secretary. ENTERPRISE, April 6 H. M. Bryson, of Enterprise, is a full fledged member of the Dodo Club. Playing In a foursome which included J.

L. Warren, Carl O'Neal and Robert S. Reld, Bryson scored his ace on the municipal course here. Tot Present Play at Oak Ridge Church The young people of Oak Ridge Methodist church are planning to give a play on. toe evening of April 17th for the benefit of the new church.

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adv I. This meant a loss of nearly SO congressmen to the practically station- ary rural states; a gain of the same number for states with big cities tn them. It did not necessarily mean that the big cities would get the benefit of the alterations. Michigan, for ex ample, will got several more con gressmen than heretofore, but Mich igan population, outside Detroit, has not grown so enormously. growth Is principally Detroit'.

y'et the whole state gets the Increased representation unless the farmer- controlled Michigan legislature awards it to Detroit exclusively and will a farmer-controlled legislature do any auch thing? WHAT a farmer-controlled legis lature may reasonably be expected to do can be judged from what the Illi nois legislature did do. If the census Is to be relied on. Chicago Is entitled to seven more state senators and SI state rep resentatives than it now sends to Springfield: the "down-state" folk to seven senators and 21 representatives less. And a bill was introduced providing for the readjustment. The legislative lower house turned it down 90 to 67 all the urbanites vot ing with the 67; all the ruralltes with the 90.

As State Representative Sparks, ot the rural 90, remarked, "Right or wrong, down-state never will surrender control of the legislature to Chicago," If the farmers feel this way about their legislatures, how, will they feel about surrendering control -of, their congressional majority? was opened on Wednesday. Robert Sandlin, Arthur, Jack and Paul Callahan, of Oakvllle, were in this community Monday morning. Mrs. Robert Suggs spent Frldj afternoon with Mrs. Fred Folet here.

In Other Communities About People of Your Acquaintance two and four per cent respectively, from February 15 to March 15, but 1 on the latter daU; sheep prices were still approximately 36 per cent below a year ago, while lamb prices i3 per cent below. Although March 1 farm stocks of corn at the lowest level since i 1902, and market supplies much below their usual level, the U. 'S. approximately two per cent from February 15 to March 15. Corn pri- ces m'-msed slightly during this npriod in the southern states.

a'e end in Birmingham with her sisters, Mrs. B. Hall and Mrs. Mary Roper. Mr.

and Mrs. H. C. Bell and Irie Bell visited in Danville Friday and were the guests of Mr. and Mrs.

W. C. Kirkpatrick and family. Mrs. Emmett Bussey continues ill at her home in Austinville.

Little Margaret Calloway continues to Improve after a several months' illness. WOODLAND MILLS The Sunday school contest closed the 29th of March, the girls being the losers. The girls entertained DANVILLE ROUTE TWO Mrs. Isaac Johnson and Mrs. T.

K. motored to Moulton and at- tended the A- meeting. Ers Wallace. John Day and Edd jMoulton this week Mr- ana Mrs- erJ" WC1C the over-Sunday night guests of Mr. IsnH 'VTi-c Trvin Watkins.

Mr. and Mrs. A. N. Roper, of HcpeweU, and Miss Jesse Roper, of Decatur, were visitors in 'this community Wednesday.

Mrs. Edgar Asherbranner and Mrs. Fannie Preston spent Tuesday with Mr. and Mrs. Jim Wallace, I ED Foreign Demand Fori Pork Products Cuts The Profits PRICE OF LAMBS REGISTERS GAIN Slight Loss Recorded On Corn In Thirty Day Period BIRMINGHAM, April 6 (J-For the first time in six months farmers can read the govern ment's report on the prices of farm products and smile.

An advance in the general level of prices for the 30 days ending March 15 was reported by the bu reau of agricultural economics, U. S. department of agriculture. increase was only a point in the index, but a point neverthless, and may be considered encouraging in the face of six months of steadily declining prices. The index March 15 was 91 per cent of the pre-war level, compared with 126 per cent the same date last year.

Higher prices for the 30-day period this year were reported on eggs, chickens, cotton, butter, Jambs, horses, flaxseed, sheep, hogs, and cottonseed. Lower prices were reported on grains, hay, potatoes, apples, veal calves and wool. Group indexes of farm prices for poultry and poultray. products during the month advanced 13 points and for cotton and cottonseed four points. Grains declined one point, and fruits, vegetables, meat ani mals and dairy products showed no change.

The group indexes ca March 15 compared with a year ago were 65 points lower ati fruits and vegetables; meat animals were down 45 poiBls, grains down' 33 points, cotton and cottonseed down 33 points, dairy products down 25 poultry products down 23 points. The U. S. average farm price of hoc- advanced approximately two per cent from February, 15 "to March and terminated a continuous price decline extending over the last five 'months. The price advance was confined largely to the corn belt states.

At $6.92 per hundredweight the March 15 price was about 28 per cent below the price a year earlier. A continued weak domestic and foreign demand for pork and pork products and relatively large storage holdings kept the farm price at a much lower level than that prevailing a year ago. The corn-hog ratio durir.c he month became slightly more favorable for pork production, the figure for March 15 being 12.0 for the U. compared with 11.6 February 15. Farm prices of sheep and lambs made seasonal advances of about MONDAY, APRIL 6, 1931.

An old. timer is one who remembers when a button hook was as important around the house as a bottle opener is now. "We have a piece of furniture that goes back to Louis the Fourteenth." "That's nothing. Every bit of our furniture goes back to Sterchi's tomorrow." Spaghetti eaters make the best football players, because they can practice while eating. One yard down, nine to go! Tsee you havebourht a new Easter hat." "No, my wife gave it to me." "Birthday present?" "No, don't know what the occasion is.

I found it on the table when I got home last night, and ADVICE FOR PAST MONTH I REVEALS the was back in "Full the had, Mrs Dan Simms and Mrs. eveilin3 with.an egg hunt i MAKING UP The Loud Speaker rublishedfcEvery Monday By Morgan County Motor Decatur, Ala. H. L. PETERSON, Editor.

th nr'cp itirrsases were more than by declines graphical divisions. in other geo-' cotton cloth, exports of raw cotton ad domestic cotton consumption was accompanied by a five per cent advance in the farm price of cotton from February 15 to March 15. At 9.6 cents a pound the jniddle of March, the farm price was about 30 per cent lower than the prices a year ago. The aveiuge price received by po- tato producers at 84.9 cents a bushe'. March 15 was about two per cent lower than a month earlier, and 39 psr cent lower than a year ago.

Potato prices advanced for the 30 days in southern states but the m-1 creases were more than offset by declines elsewhere. Less favorabls weather for egg production in the north centra! states r.nd a rather brisk demand for r''zs and consumption at No. 41 man who delivered it just leaving by the door." An alert auto laundry St. Louis advertises: sized cars washed, miniature cars dunked, 50c." Speaking of car washing, try us. For greasing, too.

We turn out best job you've ever on any make of car. Morgan County Motor Co. tii lioon I 1 i i I McKay were the dinner guests of i Mrs. Mcllie Kitchens on Monday. Mrs.

D. M. Hogan and daughter, Jewel, were in Hartselle on Wednesday. Misses Ermine McKay, Grace and Mildred Hogan, Alzadie Sandlin, ar.d Messrs. Clifford Speake and John McKay attended the singing at jAntioch Sunday.

Mrs. Annie Smith visited Miss Pearl Stover Tuesday. Mrs. Mallie Kitchens is ill at her iicmc here. Truitt Speake is ill at the home df his parents, Mr.

and Mrs. Ulric Speake. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Waidrop.

cf spent Sunday with her 'father, Franklin McCaghren, here. Mr. and Mrs. Banco White spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs.

Will White, of Andrew Chapel. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Speake spent Sunday and Monday in Flint with and Mrs. C.

E. Layman. Mrs. Mat tie Vest was a business visitor to Decatur on Tuesday. Mrs.

Tom Hensley visited Mrs. Ulric Speake Wednesday. Mrs. Black, primary teacher of Speake school, spent the week-end at her home at Landcrsvillc. AUSTINTILLE NEWS Luther Roper and little daughter, Margaret Will, of Birmingnam, are pending the week in Austin ville, the guests of Mr.

and Mrs. P. J. Roper, Mr. and Mrs.

R. D. Johnson, of Birmingham, were the guests of Mrs. I. M.

Rothfuss and daughter Sunday. Mrs. L. L. Pepper spent the weekend with her daughter, Mrs.

Will Royer. Mr. and Mrs. Manor and family will leave this week for Arigton, Texas, to make their home. Mr.

and Mrs. Tennis Sparkman and family, of Decatur, and Mr. and Mrs, Chester King were the Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs. I.

A. Sparkman. Mr. and Mrs. Bester Thompson, of Evansville.

were the spend-the-day guests on Sunday of Mr. and Mrs. Frank McCleary. Mr. and Mrs.

Emmett McCleary, of Decatur, were visitors in Aus-tinville Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. S. H.

Bradley, Miss Rosa Vest and Miss Zana Dean Bradley visited in Crowton Sunday. Mrs. Will Royer spent the week- relativeiy low price levels resulted in a non-seasonal advance in the average farm price of eggs. At 17 cents a dozen March 15, the U. S.

aver-8S W8s about 20 per cent higher than in mid-February, although still 20 per cent lower than in March 1034 YOUR LIST PERHAPS you do your staple shopping by the weelc. Larger items you renew each month. Household furnishings, automobiles, radios, and similar things are in the nature of investments, whether for months, for years, or for life. You buy these things at long intervals. But no matter what you buy, you serve yourself best if you plan your purchases in advance.

Every list you make is a budget in itself. Careful study of the advertisements will always help you in picking and choosing in comparing prices in weighing your needs and desires. Making up your list is really a fascinating game when you play it against your allowance. The more careful you are in the preliminary study of the advertisements the better will be your chance not only to get the best selection for your purpose but also to find out in advance how, much money you can save for unplanned extras! VOL. IV Listen Brother! This is no fish story.

The other day a young lady entered the Tennessee Valley, Bank, -approached Roy Billings' desk and said: "I wish to borrow $7.50." Roy, with the usual banker's diplomacy, replied: "I am sorry, lady, but M-e do not make small loans." To which the. young lady responded: "Well, $7.50 is all I need, but how much will I have to take?" A woman doe not become an old hen until she lays a cornerstone. Wife: "You have been drinking again I can smell it on your breath." Hubby: I haven't 3carie. We had frog leg3 at the club banquet tonight, and it is the hops that you smell." Pccalur, Alabama.