The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-28
"Name and Age, Pieaser

Name and age, please" soon will be the universal interrogatory in mil lions of homes throughout the United States. according to Clarence Lloyd secretary of the Automobile club The campaign opens January 2, and will
 continue during the 20 succeeding days.
 "The census man will pop the uqes- | tion," Mir. Lloyd said, "and a number of other questions besides. And the people in Greater Birmingham will answer truthfully. For the law pro- viding for taking this, the fourteenth
 decennial ceRsus. provides that any
 person IS years of age or older who wilfully deceives the census ,enumera- tors shall be punished by fine not
 exceeding s1oo.
 "The census bureau has been get I ting ready for the big task for sew eral months. And they will complete | it faster than ever before, due to auto | mobile transportation and better roads. Some S7,ooo enumerators are toeing the I mark and ready for the word 'go. Un- der the law the census taking is to begin the second day of the new year next Friday. It is to be taken as of January 1, however. If any person dies on Janpary or any subsequent day | before the census taker visits his home, I that person is to be counted in the total population of the United States On the other hand, any babySborn Jan- II a Qry or l misses the new census and cannot be counted as part of the population of l the United States under it.
 The census is to be taken not only in continental United States. but in Alaska, Hawaii. Porto Rico. Guam, Sa-
 moa and the Panama canal zone. The enumeration must be completed in all cities of 2500 or over within two weeks, and in the towns and rural sections within 30 days. If weather conditions are such as to prevent taking of the census in the time limit specified, .as I they may well be in Alaska in January,
 the director of the census is author
 ized to extend the time"
 Walt to He shown
 Beware of the travelling fakir," said s. D. Cowan. He is just as plenti- full now as ever only his tactics and 1 methods of attack are different. Mer- l chants and various men operating any
 kind of legitimate business should be
 careful about selling business to a stranger who offers to pay small sum down, and take full charge of the busi- ness. with some excuse that he has to | wait to pay the balance until his money arrives from New York or some other distant city.
 If the fake buyer is on the square, he will be willing to wire for the money to be transferred by wire. His usual scheme is to advertise for a part ner and make such an attractive of fer that he soon has number of fish to select from. He sells half interest | for thousand or two above his initial payment, gives a bogus bill of sale and l leaves his unfortunates to mourn their
 untimely loss. much the wiser but minus some hard coin. In buying a l business or an interest in a business. 1 it pays to be careful. to employ coun- sel. and to ask to be shown. Use good, common. twentieth century common sense and you<will never have cause to regret blind venture. No dis grace to be from Missouri. even though you reside in Alabama"
 Just Like London
 'T wish some one would explain why | it is that Birmingham is aping London in the matter of fogs," said Dr. J. D. Heacock. T have lived in this valley for quarter of century. but it seems to me that the weather man is rather overriding it in the prodigal way in which he is draping the Magic City
 Tn mist The fog of the season seemed to gather themselves into one mighty
 shroud to drape the city on Christmas
 Eve morning. for it was so thick that it was almost impossible for one to
 get about in an automobile. I am not
 surprised that the fire department had
 trouble in getting to the fire out at
 East Birmingham. Then came the ac-
 cident on the East Lake car line.
 think MT. Horton owes us an apology
 or rather an explanation"