The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-03-15

the railroad director, Secretary Nc
Adoo, will be in position to pass final
ly upon the question.
The Age-Herald has taken especial
ly keen interest in this project be-
cause of what it will mean to the en-
tire state and, in fact, to the whole
south. Last night The Age-Herald
sent further message to Secretary
McAdoo urging immediate favorable
action, in which it was said:
| We consider I the immediate
adoption of the Mason Bontecou
| recommendation for tine Warrior
river as the most practical thing
| YOU can do for the relief of the
coal situation. Ely Immediately
| adopting it you will do work Of
| absolute necessity to relieve con-
gestion on southern railroads. AS
i practical business and railroad
| man you cannot fail to realize it.
The recommendation of Mr.. Mason
and Mr.. Bontecou was all that the
people of Alabama could have asked.
They saw clearly the great advantage
of releasing thousands of railroad
cars by using the water route to the
gulf for coal, and there seems no
doubt but that Secretary McAdoo
will be so impressed by the advan-
tages of the plan that he will order
immediate action looking to its full
fillment.
drummer who used to enter the dining
room of country hotel and say to the
colored waiter, George, bring me what
meats you have on the bill of fare and
a full line of vegetables" passed out
before Mr.. Hoover became so prominent.
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| After April /, Georgians will no longer
| be permitted to ask telephone operators
what time it is and where the fire Is A
lot of people in Georgia will consider
that ruling of the railroad commission
| little short of downright oppression.
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A campaign to abolish Washers has
been started by the police department
Of Birmingham. Getting rid of mash
ers' is like swatting flies. No matter
how many you land on, there are always
a few more
Judging from descriptions OF corre-
spondents and others who have been in
Paris during an air raid, the noise of
the sirens must be more wearing on
ones nerves than the defamation of Hun
bombs
An enterprising magazine has dscov-
cred young woman who keeps
ghosts" Shouldn't think ghost fam
would be a paying proposition, there is
SO little demand for spirits of that kind
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irving Bachelor tells in a current
magazine how he became rich over
night Irving is another literary crafts
man who is never kept waiting when
he drops in to see publisher.
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The most notorious usurer in the
country is dead. leaving fortune of
ST. 100000. Much good that money will 40
him now, for we suspect he's squirming
on a particularly hot griddle
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In calling southern prohibitionists boil
sheviki, ''Marse Henry" watterson PROB
ably felt that he went as far as scholar
and a gentleman could CO.
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1t certainly is trying on the Smith and
Jones families of America when the
casualty lists contain the names of John
Smith and Jim Jones.
II a sinai CHlChen NlHS COStS Sl.lo IN
some of London's fashionable eating
places, even a chickens neck must COM
mand a fancy price
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And they do say that the Pullman
porter who used to 'whisk" a quarter
out of the unwilling traveller is thankful
now to get dime.
Another reason why the 'four-minu.e'
men are getting such good results is the
fact that they never talk five, six, eight !
and ten minutes.
Thanks to the bolsheviki, the prospect
of Germany being starved out is so re-
mote that it is no longer worth consjd- |,
ering.
Many a leather lunged individual who |
sings "Over There" is going to strain a
point to remain over here
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That survivor of a million gas at
tacks the umpire, will soon be on the
job again.
EASILY EXPLAINED
From the Philadelphia Telegraph.
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