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The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-10-05

do not wish to be irreverent but while the saints have been prosecuted, they have made it pretty uncomfortable for their day and generation.
 When I first began my ministerial career I was hot for reform It was dull week when I was not trying to start something. was perfectly sincere and may have done some good. At least I hope I did for now when my ardor for regulating public evils by statue has somewhat abated be- cause have learned that human na- ture Is not very much changed by laws, although often restrained, I can see that freqNently I must have made nuisance of myself.
 Now I am not inveighing against those who take up a cudgel against the on my record in fighting the saloon, the brothel and the gambling hells, and other forms of social evils. I rejoice in the fact that prohibition is in the ascendency, that the red light districts are being plotted out, and that gamb- ling is less open; but I am not unwise enough to believe that because we have hedged them about with severe penal ties that we have destroyed the thirst for drink. taken lust out of mankind, or killed the mania for gaming.
 am willing to admit that 1t was necessary to go after the public vices with the strong arm of the law, and that I fought shoulder to shoulder with those who cried out for stringent stat ues and lobbied through different ses- sions of the legislature to see that they were enacted into laws; but the older I get the more I am convincd that if we hhope to reach the root of the evils which beset us we will have to depend less upon prohibitory legisla- tfon and give ourselves more fully to trying to save the individual through the power of the gospel.
 We preachers of righteousness who
 are not afraid to cry aloud and spar
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-10-05

else up. One of them stayed behind-one of the dirtiest, who corresponded to an officer He had sense of duty, and stood upright by the side of the bed all night, feeling the point of his bayonet on his thumb Or he may have been cleaninSN his finger nails on it. I am not quite sure. because I switched the light off and tried to get to sleep again. But he had an un- pleasant habit of sniffing, and it took me some time.'
 The writer met Bella Kun-or Albert Cohen, as his real name appears to be- the following day. He wore 8 bowler with flat brim set far down on the back of his shiny hair so that his ears spread out like young palmtrees. He had amber colored velvet collar and very large yellow bone buttons. His trousers were of very bright and broad stripes and spread out bellwise over his bright yell low button boots. He had yellow glove on one hand and a very nice yellow dia-
 mond-though, perhaps, it can hardly have been areal diamond because he would have had to surrender it to the government if it was real-on the other. His favorte scent was, I think, wood violet, and he was very fond of it. "The rest of the government were all
 very like MT. Cohen, though some pre-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-10-05
LUKE McLUKE SAYS

A man would be arrested if he went 10 the theatres wearing nothing but a SIX undershirt above his waist line. But woman can get away with it.
 Many a divorce results from the fact that man hasn't money enough to supply an expensive frame for the liv- ing picture he married
 Just because their wives won't laugh at the old moth eaten jokes their hus- bands bring home the men have decided that women nave No Sense of Humor
 Modesty compels a woman to wear clothes. And Style compels her to wear clothes that are immodest. So there you are.
 We do not pose as a diagnostician. But we do know that when a small boy eats only three meals day it Is time to call in the doctor.
 A man may have better clothes at home than the ones he wears down town. But it is different'with woman. We do not know whole lot, But we do know that man Is usually what he suspects others of being. And just because you are brilliant conversationalist is no reason why you should cast reflections on others One of the surest ways to waste time is to occupy 1t in telling other people not to waste theirs.
 If her husband is down town all day and she is home gil day. woman car get awfully mad at her husband because she forgot to close th, windows in time to keep the rain from wetting her cur tains. Every engaged girl should crank tho phonograph about dozen<times every | morning. She'll need the music de velopment to crank q clothes wringel ,stS married.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-10-05

but it should be a day, too, for the people in general. A record breaking crowd at the start will have fine effect on the attendance situation for the rest of the week.
 Never has any fair in the south offered so many splendid attractions as will be seen here this week. The usual out-of town gathering will be on hand, and it is only for Birming- ham to show it's interest in a large and enthusiastic way to make thls iyear's event phenomenal success.
 These annual fairs are distinctly educative from an agricultural point of view. The progress of live stock breeding, is due in a measure at least, to the exhibits of cattle and pigs at the Birmingham Fair, and no wide awake farmer can afford to miss any of these annual attractions.
 But of no little importance are the free shows" Recreation in every sense is desirable. Without 1t lie would be dull and dragging. There fore. it is that the management ot the fair has made much of racing and ivarious sorts of amusements.
 With good weather the attendance leach day should be exceptional; but even if the weather should be in element the crowds should be by nc ' Imeans small.
 | But rain or shine let's have the
 crowd tomorrow a bumper
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-10-05
FREE FROM MSENSATIONALISM-B By Frank Willis Barnett

not but I want to be sure that our destroy sin in high places than they are to get their names on the front page of our daily papers. For the man whose life squares with his profession, and whose sole desire is to fight sin I have sympathy and admiration, but for the cheap sensationalist who uses some of the day to get himself bit of cheap notoriety, I have only disgust, for I know the tribe too we'll to be fooled by them.
 The sensation mongers come and go, but the few tried and faithful continue to go quietly about their business.S They are the Lords annointed. I am thinking of one such here in our midst. You can see him almost any time of the day, and frequently late at night if you happen to be up, on his errands of mercy. I have been here in religious work for nearly twenty years and have had a conspicuous public part in all of the great fights pulled off, and I admit that I have loved to be in the limelight when anything was doing; but I was always conscious that the silent influence of that man of God, J. A. Bryan was at work backing up the efforts of those who were getting the glory.
 This is intended as no reflection upon the scores of other pastors in this great city who in their fields are doing good conscientious work. I can truthf,4lly say that the community was never freer from preachers who use their pu1pits as sounding boards to draw crowds by clap trap methods than it is today This does not mean that they are any the less freq In inveighing against cur rent evils, but it does mean that they are less self-seeking in attracting at tention to themselves rather than to their message There is a kind of sen sationalism that is legitimate, but the kind I am hitting at is the variety which seeks to advertise itself rather than to tell the old, old story of Jesus, and his power to save.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-10-05

l suppose on reason keep young is because look on each day as new adventure, and from the further fact that I am interested in so many dif- ferent things
 I do hope that life In the days to come will be as ailuring as it has been in the past, and as it is at present. l am really sorry for anyone who gets bored In this twentieth century when the world itself is so tremendously alive.
 Some one asked me how I managed to get through so much without hav- ing nervous prostration. It is per fectly simple. Just keep everlastingly at it, but be sure to keep smiling. Each morning when I wake up say to my self, well | am going to see how much pleasure I can get out of this day.
 
 I have set this much down for the benefit of those of my city friends who seem to think 1t would prove mighty dull to have to spend so much time out in the country attendingf diff ferent kinds of religious gatherings. It might be to those who pretend an in terest in country life but who know absolutely nothing about it.
 I am glad that I feel just as much at home among country people as I do among those who live-in cities. I sup pose get the full joy out of little ex- cursions into rural Alabama because I do not go weighted down with my be- lief that I am either an educational missionary, preacher of righteousness or the apostle of any new farming pro- paganda, but just simply a man who likes country life and loves country people.
 Many lose the joy of life by always giving themselves to some form of propagandism.s Now. far be it from me | to. undervalues the work of reforners, but 1t is common knowledge that as class they have paid a heavy price to put through their crusades, and ire quently have not been good company
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-10-05
PRICELESS.

''You'n never make a real newspaper man." growled the city editor.
 Whats the matter?" asked the "cub" reporter, trembling in his sf5 shoes.
 You tell about the destruction by fire of a residence h an exclusive part of town, and at the end of the story you insurance"
 "Why-er-that's what the owner said"
 'Nonsensei Sixty cases of fine whisky burned up in his cellar. The stuff wasn't insured, it couldn't be insured, and even if it had been insured the. loss would have been irreparable.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-10-05
TWENTY YEARS AGO
 IN THE AGE-HERALD
Events recorded October 5, 1893.

Admiral Dewey, at his own request ,.s heen relieved of duty and detached from the Olympia. his flagship which has been ordered to Boston. where II will be put out of commission. The admiral expects to devote much of ,nis time to his duties as q member Of the Philippine commission. He has quieted political talk by saying he will not he candidate for the presidency
 Several hundred Filipino insurgents have reoccupied Porac. which was taken by General Macarthur Septem- Der 2s and evacuated by the Americans the following day. President Mckin- lev has ordered number of vessels of the American navy to proceed to the Philippines, as an addition to the squadron already there. The cruiser Brooklyn and the gunboats Marietta included in the order.
 The Birmingham Water Works com ments in it's South Highlands service l,by the erection of. high pressure sta | ton, consisting of a standpipe and pumping station The standpipe will
 have eapacity of 10000 gallons and
 will be located at Maiden Lane.
 | The police have learned that Thomas Harris. alias Thomas Crabtree, con l fessed to his employer that he killed D. s. Wilson. well-known printer. il
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-10-05
DELUs1oN ABOUT PROFITS

Samuel Crowther. in the Worlds Work.
 An enormous confusion exists about profits and what they are. Mere bulk seems to be a crime. For instance, the man who starts m business with a capital of 5000 and cannot net more than $100 profit, that is. 10 per cent a year, finds himself unable to exist, but the corporation with a. capital of 10000. 900 which / could consistently earn 10 per cent would be classed as particularly shameless example of what combinations of capital can do to the plain people.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-10-05

"On to Chicagow shouted the Cin- cinnati Enquirer. flushed with the Red victories over the White Sox." Thereupon the "Reds'' went to Chi cago, but they merely came, saw and got shut out.
 z President Wilson's illness has made it necessary for King Albert to alter some of his plans, but not as much so King come to America merely for a good time"
 #. * x
 Joe TumuIty used to be an important parsonage around the White House, but since the President fell i'll he's taking orders meekly enough from Rear Admiral Grayson. T x #
 Birmingham coal operators, who are so disgusted by "Marse Tom" Kilby's tonnage tax they threaten to move away from Alabama, may be persuaded to reconsider
 Manipulating telephone switch board in a newspaper office is never a sinecure. but it's a nerve-racking job when world series is being played The gentleman who leaped into fama by his cross of gold" speech about 20 years ago is expected to take a hand in the next presidential eiec- | tion.
 Belgium has broken off economic relations with Luxemburg. an act which as yet does not threaten to plunge the World into another war. | # # x Tno stork Is reported to be doing better in France. For many years prior to the war the French stork wa | Hiore or ieSS or a bouIevardier i # * x 1 There must be times when Sau,ue, Gompers wishes it wasn't necessary for Secretary Foster to do so much explaining. x * # l War shock" is now being substi. tuted by smooth attorneys for .'brair storms" in murder trials. a: * x Ie federal officials are on their jobs brewing beer in Milwaukee is equiya. lent to brewing trouble. * < :.
 There is more than a sentimenta reason for removing America's deat from German soil
 ]: * #
 Won Ludendorff. still belligerent found himself out of touch with war weary Germany
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-10-05
IN HOTEL L6BBIES
 AND ELSEWHERE
Farm Hope. pi,ntifuI

Tt sounds distressing to note that so many people in Birmingham have been unable to secure a house, and the same Is true in most other cities" said B. E. Samuels of Sylacauga. We have got to increase production and every body get to work, instead of talking and striking.
 But. after all. no one has to suf- fer for a roof in town and pay the high prices for foodstuffs when we have thousands of acres of fertile farm land in Alabama badly in need of someone to take charge and make money for themselves and lower the cost of living for others The realty bureau at Sylacauga has dozens of fine farr: homes all over the state and land is comparatively cheap, so there is plenty of room in Alabama for that stored furniture in Birmingham
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-10-05
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES
AN IDEAL LIFE.

AN IDEAL LIFE. "Is Col. soggers still running for office in these parts?'
 "Yep," replied the old resident. Hes been at it bout 40 years an he's still a-sprintin'"
 "Myi Doesn't he ever get discouraged and quit? He's never been elected to an office yet
 Nope. Mrs. Soggers is a powerful good hand at runnin' boardin' house. so tn coloneps been left free to enjoy him. self in any way he sees fit, an he says there's nothin' like politics to keep man young"
 ADMIRABLE REPRESSION. ITO be most effective" remarked the contentious person, sentiment should be relieved by humor."
 "An effect of lights and shadows?" Something of the sort. But it should be kept within proper bounds. For in- stan@A dont<believe in hazing newly married couple simply because they are sentimental EXPLAINING WHY JoBBLES TOOK NO VACATION THIS YEAR. He gave the matter earnest thought Asked whither were 1t best to go; A glance at his bank book then caught And sober reason answered No"
 PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-10-05
THE EVIL THAT SOLOMON DID

From the Montgomery Advertiser.
 The late King Solomon was a cap- italistic reactionary. the pride of the bourgeoisie who has few friends and supporters left today. But this serves him right. Listen to this from him:
 "Go to the ant. thou sluggard; con- slider her ways. and be wise:
 (Which. having no guide, overseer CT ruler.
 "Provideth for her meat in summer, and sathereth her food in harvest.
 :'Eow long wilt thcu sleep, o slug gard? When wilt thou arise out of thy sleep?
 Yet little sleep. little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:
 50 shalt thy poverty come as one that traveleth. and fthy want as an armed man.
 Solomon believed inswork and plenty of it. The proletariat. in consequence, quote Marx instead of David's son.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-10-05
THE EASIER WAY.

There comes Dr. whooper, profes- sional uplifter.''
 Lets turn down this side street don't care to meet the gentleman
 But he may have a message for us.''
 "Just what I fear. By keeping out of an uplifter's way you may compel him to send his message by mail, but you can't throw it into Q waste paper basket if he buttonholes you. You've got to listen
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-10-05
Harvest Varies in
 Different Sections

0NHE crop reporting season IS
 ll about over, but the American Steel and Wire company continues its weekly summary of conditions
 "The corn harvest" the report says, '"is progressing rapidly. The cotton crop is being marketed as fast as har- vested. Potatoes in the eastern states are suffering from rot The rice yield lis large. The sweet potato yield IS large. but in many instances there lis no market for this product
 On the whole this has been an ex- cellent crop year. And big crops spell prosperity.
 ..yyhy is Hawaii gay?" asks the New York World. and then proceeds to an swer it's own question by saying the Hawaiian amoonshiner" is now turn l ing out a product with a worse edge than anything made in the United States. This may encourage travel to Ukueleland.
 1 #. .s *
 l Disputing the statement of Judge Gary that steel workers are highly paid. labor leader says the average
 wage is s5 a day. \ mere pittance, to
 be sure. but there was i time when
 s5 a day was regarded as a respScs-
 able income. particularly by brain
 workers.
 < t #
 General Pershing will have to at- tend social functions if he wants to
 wear the sword presented to him by Great Britain. According to a ruling
 of the War Department. he must wear
 his American sword when on military duty.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-10-05
TIME TO LET.
From the Houston Post.

From the Houston Post.
 Don't hold a snake dance round Omaha The hanging of a chief magis- trate who was pleading for law aRd civilization brings to view the spirit of anarchy that is let loose all over the land. To temporize or compromise with it is fatal It must be dealt with as Jackson, Cleveland or Roosevelt would have dealt with 1t.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-10-05
A WILD YEARNING

A WILD WARNING. T want to get away"
 'Yes, yes" Far from the maddening crowds 8 ignoble strife D
 T understand. You wish to leave the hurly burly of life behind you and com- mune with nature in her primitive state.' Exactly. I want to go so far away that I will be nine days Journey from the nearest gasoline station"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-10-05
As They Rolled Along

'Tfficiency and economy of time
 ought to be adopted as the motto for
 the county board of education" &C., cording to description given by Dr. N. R. Baker of recent board meet ing. '"They went-into session at the courthouse, then boarded my automo@ . bile for visit to Warrior. As we ran
 along at clip of 30 miles an hour the session was continued. The presi- dent sat up front beside me, the stenographer on one of the extra seats and the board in the back.
 ! Altogether some 23 motions were acted upon. The stenographer would read the proposal. someone would pro-
 pose 1t. another second it and than a l vote be taken. Yes. all the while we
 were running between the 30 and 4o- mile rate. You see. it's this way: They are all business men and have 1 no time to waste. They can look at
 the scenery on the way back, besides 1 most of them know the road anyway
 and are no longer curious about it." | Asked if this was not novel prece-
 dent, the doctor answered, "Oh, no,
 they have done 1t before and will l again"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-10-05

the Monitor saloon. Harris. who is carpenter and resided at East Lake.
 has disappeared. Joseph Dixon, pro-
 prietor of the Delmonico restaurant,
 who had been arrested in connection with the murder, was given pre- liminary hearing before Justice Ben- Hers yesterday afternoon and re-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-10-05
QUICK TO LEARN.

You can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear, you know"
 Perhaps not, but the son of a man who habitually ate in his undershirt and spit on his hands to get a better grip on his pick can be just as finicky in a fashionable restaurant as the young man whose ancestors came over in the May flower"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-10-05

BEGINNING THE DAY-Lord, Where shall I turn but to Thee! For I would rest. would be permanent, I would feel myself established upon the everlasting rock. I would know my true direction. l would sense my goal and he travelling toward it. Amen. d' M' b'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-10-05
A SAD BLOW FOR HIRAM

From the Dallas News.
 California to see what had become of his presidential boom and found fr looking like a seedless raisin.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-10-05
BEATTY AND vu1GAR1rY.

Grandmother danced the minuet. Her face aglow with pleasure, Since she was fair and a coquette And trod the stately measure With such sweet and winsome grace As might inspire a poet. Can the "shimmy" take that dances
 place?
 It cannot-and you know it!
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-10-05
Justice in New Jersey
 Moves With Celerity

.M NEGRO rapist in New Jersey EA was tried and convicted in thirty-eight minutes, a little more than forty-eight hours after his crime was committed and eight hours after he was arrested. This example of swift justice at Camden should be salutary at a time when mobs are taking the law into their own hands and, as usual in the case of such out breaks, simply making bad matter worse.
 The prisoner was not "railroaded" td the penitentiary. All the due processes of law were carried out and his legal rights were 'safeguarded in court. Furthermore, and this is worthy of note, the vigilance of the sheriff gave him the protection he kept pleading for, even during his trial The negro confessed his crime and was identified by his white vic tim who had been brought into court from hospital. Shortly after he had been sentenced to serve q term of from twenty to thirty years he was bundled into closed automobile and taken to the state penitentiary at Trenton.
 He had but one thought, and that was to escape the vengeance that he feared was waiting an opportun- ity to seize him. Hiding in swamps and lurking near roadsides while the country was being secured for him, he heard enough to convince him that he would suffer horrible fate if he fell into the hands of mob. There has probably never been a prisoner -who rejoiced more sincerely to reach the protecting walls of peniten- rtiary.
 . Had not the legal authorities acted -promptly and used sensible precau- lions to allay excitement, New Jersey 1night have had lynching, despite 9the boast of Governor Runyon that it lis not state which tolerates mol .-violence. However, 1t isn't likely, 1T -3he south, at any rate, that maxi :.mum sentence of thirty years in pri. son, which is the penalty in New ter sey for rape, would be regarded as fitting the crime. Public sentiment :: in the south demands the death pen alty, but if all such cases could be .:handled as quickly and as effectively Has the Camden case, efforts to pre- vent lynching would unquestionaoly meet with greater success.
 There is too often a disposition il this part of the country for sheriff and their deputies to say, "Oh, we'll the boys are coming after this nigge
 and they are going to get him, any how, so we might as well turn hin
 over to the crowd and save trouble al arourd
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-10-05
Most Attractive State
 Fair Opens Tomorrow

Nl\TE are to have great State w Fair-the most attractive, all told, in the history of the Fair asso- citation.
 When the gates open Monday all the live stock and other exhibits will be in place, and the novelty features will begin promptly on time.
 Monday is college and school day,