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The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-08-24
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Funny how a girl can't get exercise out or sweeping carpet with broom the way she can out of playing tennis.
 What has become of the o. f. south erner who regarded every northerner as dam Yankee?"
 There isn't much the matter with any broken heart that can be healed by money awarded by a jury.
 When widow sighs and says that her late husband is better off now, we agree with her. She ought to know.
 Every since woman is left alone to hustle for four or five little kids the neighbors take renewed interest in life insurance.
 man doesn't mind getting out of the way of an automobile. But it sure makes him sore to have to dodge a flivver
 woman will lie almost as much about her husbands age as she will about her own.
 When mans wife agrees with him. she wants to- But when man agrees with his wife he has to.
 He pays so little attention to her that you would imagine a woman would get tired of telling her husband that she isn't feeling as we'll as she ought to.
 Nobody ever accused dame fortune of being flirt. She may smile on you, but only after you have encouraged her by working hard and mindin9 your own business.
 Many war hero shakes in his shoes like the rest of the married towards when he gets home at .. m.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-08-24

goodly time as long as the golden bag of industry exists. He would slit a hole in the bag of those who have. and extract coin as long as it lasts. for d contemplated extravagant regime of government He would build, and build and build and exclaim:
 'why not? took the money from those Wall Street Sharks who have plunked their coin into our mineral district"
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 Napoleon overruled the advice of his trained generals, listened to those who agreed with him in everything, and me, his final fate at St. Helena. William Hohenzoliern is now chopping wood and awaiting a fate which no man could welcome History Is full of fail ures of men who have lost from frlvol- ous methods and from listening to me- too advisors
 # x # Naturally the educators, and super intendents and all men of state insti- tutions want more money; and those who want more are usually for any thing which will give it to them. Therefore the lobby which Governor kilby has gathered around his legis ia-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-08-24
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
 AND ELSEWHERE
Fnund Neu ReIntire

T found some new relatives today in quite an unusual manner" said Judge H. B. Abernethy "A young lady from Att lanta called the clerks office and asked to speak to me. Owing to the fact that l was busy, I told the clerk to find out her business, He returned within a few seconds. stating that the young lady wished to ascertain whether or not she was related to me Now, my peo- pie are not very aristocratic, and I had to think few minutes before I could recall some of the characteristics of my people whereby my identity would be re- vealed.
 After pondering for some minutes told the clerk to tell her that there was nothing unusual about my family except that they were addicted to large farhi- lies. You may just tell the lady that wherever one of the clan Abernethy To- cates, within a short time there is a reg iment of them. It hit right. and within a few minutes I was talking to a cousin of mine whom I had never seen"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-08-24

This simple act of reverence shows that at heart our people are religious. Grace being over then begins the great est least l know anything about. and its a man of iron will who can quit without having gorged himself, for the temptation is too great for any one with an appetite.
 Thinking I needed little rest I decided to take my family on an Auto- mobile tour through south Alabama and northern Florida" said Dr. E. B. Chamblee. but we got as far as Mont gomery and the continuous rains made us give out the trip but we spent a very pleasant week at the capitol T. looked like majority of the leading Citizens of Birmingham had run down to watch the ic1-:1,'- GOT l met people from my home town wherever I went. The lobby of the Exchange just overflowed with Jefferson county politicians"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-08-24

Now many of you who go down to Montgomery on the fast trains get a fleeting glimpse of the bridge over the and the A. B. and A. stations and see the swift flowing creek as it races beneath after coming over the dam; or gaze for moment on the pavilion which is used for dancing. or the swimming pool or you wonder about the rolling mill. but, few realize that there Is quite charming little town in the background which is shut out from sight.
 I have spoken at many public places in Alabama but I never remembered to have spoken at a more delightful place in summertime I had the lake to my back and good breeze swept through the spacious pavilion. The only drawback was the roar of the water which required me to speak a bit slower than usual, but I had little trouble in making the people hear me for my voice while not a loud one carries we'll
 It was enough to inspire any one to do his best, for I was looking into the faces of scores of fine young men, the DICK and flower of Shelby county. Sturdy young fellows coming from farm mine, public works and store. Some were with their wives and babies, while others had their sweethears by their sides. Then there sat a band of true and faithful women garbed in the Red Cross dress, which always throws halo around those who wear it.
 We arrived on the scene early and it was pleasant to see the people from the surrounding country as thu, came in afoot in buggies, wagons, automo- piles or dropped off the incoming trains. There was an air of gayety and friendship and it was good to watch the various happy groups. It was typical American scene and made me understand the secret of this great nations power which rests in the hands of it's citizens.
 
 was glad to find it was to be a basket picnic. for when the meeting adjourned for dinner, I saw the men gather LID the baskets and make up the hill fol- lowed by the women to tables lined along its side. l climbed after them and from the summit got a fine view of the surrounding country, a most beautiful picture of hills and valleys and running water and titled fields.
 1 believe southern people can beat the world when it comes to having din ner on the ground" It's an institution which is typically southern. It's a great time for the housewives who vie with one another in cake baking. pie mak- ing. and the cooking of meats and the preparation of all Kinos of tempting dishes like to stand and watch them as they dive down into the richly laden baskets and pull out the good things.
 Then comes the anxious moment when the last dainty has been put fir plain view and the chairmen asks fo quiet so that the table may be blessed
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-08-24

ture crying for taxation, just or un- just, which will bring quick money.
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 Now that Governor Kilby has domi- mated both the houses of the Alabama legislature, and he knows that he has majority in each responsive to his lash. wouldn't not be well for him ta think out the situation and advise the conference committee of the two houses to formulate, out of the pres en; legislative tumble. a reasonable ard just method of/raising the revenue the state needs. The world Is today seek ing an era of peace and justice and fairness.
 The present surroundings at Mont gomery afford splendid opportunity for the governor to stand up squarely on his pastern joints and dictate to .he conference committee a plan as fair to the men who dig. coal as to the men who cut timber.
 The governor has captured the snip of state. His cutlass is dominant. He now can well afford to be a just ru,er, rather than an unjust and discrimi- natory one, inviting future political St. Helena.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-08-24
NED BRACE TALKS ABOUT THE STATUS OF
 GOV. KELLEY AND HIS PRESENT OPPORTUNITY

T7f7 HERE must be some evident
 good reason why business men
 do not fit into political jobs
 As governors and senators and con- gressmen and state legislators they are generally failures. The lure of the political game seems to turn their heads
 They fit in well as cabinet officers and advisors and department heads. but when elevated to office of political power they have knack of gong after the business rival and attempt ing to destroy the fellows who have followed success.
 Governor Kilby, for instance. has used the political lash on the Alabama legislature with more abandon and yisor than any other man known to the present generation. No Pirate King ever drove his crew with more persussiveness, with better promises; nor. when necessary. with more visor- ous use of the belaying pin of politics.
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 As reader of fiction one can but admire his resoureeful mind and his backbone He is a Jolly good pirate chief who would extract all reward from the rich and promise the politicians and land owners a
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-08-24

I had my part in community meetings Knowledge that those remaining behind were going to stand by them and they were great and patriotic occasions.
 am now being called on to welcome them home. and it is fitting that every town, city and county should have a celebration in honor of the men who having finished the job abroad have returned to take up their lives in peaceful pursuits.
 And so it was with very great pleas use that I accepted the invitation of the committee at Helena to make the welcome address at the great home coming picnic and reception given at Lake Davidson, on Wednesday, to the returned soldiers. sailors, marines, and Red Cross workers.
 The only thing I did not look for ward to with pleasure was getting up at 5 a. m. to catch a train, and so ] began to try and find some one to take me along in car. I called up Sid Lee. my old stand by when it comes to pie nics and barbecues. but he was engag ed then endeavored to rope in some of the good roads advocates, but some how all of my friends were tied up and couldn't go.
 Phil Painter hearing of my predica- ment tipped me off that a bunch of Walker county's representative citi- zens were going down, and that I could find seat in Col. Musgroves car. It was my best chance, in fact my only one, but I was mighty glad to get to ride with Horace Gibson, Rufus ORear. Jim Burton, c. R. wiggans, and Phil. "Breck" as usual side stepped and went by train.
 I expected to run down and speak and come back on the first train and so I took Frank Willis, Jr, with me. It was my idea to leave the car at Pelham and take a taxi over to Helena but the party with me wouldn't hear to IL anu lHSistCu oA HOt oHIy uTlNlnS me over to Helena but remained to act as cheer leaders for me during my my address.
 It was the most accommodating bunch of good fellows that I ever struck up with, for not only did they sit on the rostrum to give me q good hand, but Captain Wiggins, when called upon to me did it in way to put such a velvet finish on me that I had no trouble in getting on my best foot. which means everything to a speaker.
 Friend Lambert of Helena was in charge of the exercises. and after he had offered a fervent prayer the au- dience arose and sang Home. Sweet Home. Tfe band then played a pat riotic air and at it's conclusion the great crowd arose and sang America It was really remarkable meeting and the people had right to be thank ful for out of all the boys who went overseas only one was killed. and the remaining had returned except one toung man in the navy and he is ex- peoted in 5eptsmber
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-08-24
Cheaner to Build

From all indications the people are beginning to realize more than ever before, that it Is cheaper to own a home than rent one," said H. Key Milner. During the past few weeks a number have bought lots on the heights and are going to build their own houses. owing to the advancement of material, the public has had little who have purchased lots state that they do not believe the price of ma terial will decrease any within short time at least"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-08-24
As to Shoe Prices

Statements that shoes will be three or four dollars higher this winter than they were last, are all wrong" said Roy P McCowar, of the Walk-Over store. There are no grounds for such an in- crease and as a matter of fact it will not be made. Shoes may be higher possibly an average of dollar pair, or in some cases slightly more, but the scare that is being given the public about how high prices are going on shoes, is not warrant ed.
 There is still shortage of leather, which if not relieved, will bring on high CT prices, and a more troublesome situa- tion. But for this winter there seems to be plenty of shoes at prices not much higher than those in effect last winter,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-08-24
High Prices in Philadelphia

'The cost of living is being seriously felt everywhere, but prices in Bir- mingkam seem reasonable compared with those of Philadelphia" said War ren Word, formerly of this city, but now of the Quaker City, registered at the Tutwiler for several days.
 At the fashionable roof garden cafes in Philadelphia the charge for a glass of plain lemonade is 60 cents, and everything else in the refreshment line is in that proportion. Whisky in Philadelphia is selling at SIS a quart. have not priced the blind tiger com modity in Birmingham on this trip, but understand that moonshine is quit } plentiful here at sS quart
 Business generally is very brisk throughout the south, and in Birming- ham prosperity is markedly in evil dence."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-08-24

Omaha newspaper men who went on a strike found it losing proposition and several asked for their jobs back. They might have accomplished more had they been in a position to call on Sam Com pers for aid and advice.
 About to marry at the age of 94, a New York preacher said, q am in the golden season of life" May have caught the reflection from the golden streets of the New Jerusalem. He'll be there soon. if his papers are right
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 It might save time if Carranza would use blank forms in filing his protests against American 'invasions, merely specifying the date and the place and affixing the usual signature.
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 Poultney Bigelow calls the former Kaiser kleptomaniac Perhaps one req son why Wilhelm has aged so rapidly is the fact that he had to put back so many things he took.
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 The waP has been over for some time, but the old reliable casualty list is still growing. The name of a Michigan man killed in action was published sn Wash ington the other day.
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 There's nothing in the movies more thrilling that "Marse Tom. the Slave Driver" cracking his cruel whip over the heads of state legislators who scamper to do his bidding A newspaper writer says Borah looks more like a statesman than Hiram John son. There's little to distinguish them in their noisy opposition to the league of nations.
 Silk stockings. sausage castings. phono- graph discs and twine are now being made out of sawdust However we haven't noticed any shortage in break fast food. Ho. hum! With shoe workers in Bos- ton getting as much as s12O a week, is it any wonder that the price of shoes to the consumer is almost prohibitivee
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 The six hour day has found favor with anthracite miners. Perhaps the work day willy ere long fade imperceptibly into a holiday.
 Why release millions of eggs from cold storage between now and Christmas if there are no ingredients for '.nog?" The appearance of army tanks in Mex leo will lead to a hurried crossing of themselves by superstitious peons
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 The quiet, domestic atmosphere of the White House evidently had no effect on the truculent Senator Lodge
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 It seems bit unfair to l:eep peace in sackcloth and ashes. That's the wear for Mars.
 The actors strike has left New York "all dressed up and no place to go."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-08-24
Grateful Nations Welcome
 Awaits General Pershinp

MEN. JOHN J. PERSHING will SO arrive in America about Sep tember 8 or 9. Until the punitive ex- petition was sent into Mexico after Villa, with Pershing at it's head, his name was little known outside of army circles. although he had served
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-08-24

This country many years and had
 earned distinction. Going abroad as
 commander -in-chief of the American texpeditionary forces, General Persh- ling encountered military leaders of
 worldwide fame. Only a man of his Isuper-confidence and boise could have
 escaped feeling i'll at ease in such com
 pany. All Pershing's previous army lexperience had been as child's play
 compared to the titanic struggle that
 was being waged in Europe.
 In the language of the day Persh-
 ing made good. In short while his
 personality was making itself felt.
 America is not deluded enough to
 claim that Pershing won the war for
 the allies-he himself would be the
 first to frown upon any attempt to
 give him more than his just due, but
 we do know, and the allied military
 leaders acknowledge, that Pershing's
 aggressive policy, the promptness
 with which he placed all Americas
 available troops at the disposal of Foch at critical time and the CO.,, operation he gave our allies were largely instrumental in turning the
 tide of war, and after our troops were
 sufficiently numerous to make them selves felt as individual units they fought as Pershing's men and ac- quilted themselves gloriously.
 Back of the actual lighting, which looms large in the imagination, lay the far more onerous and exac.ing task of maintaining vast army in France, more than two million men who must be fed, clothed, equipped, given advanced training and kept in fighting trim. all of which was ac- |complished with extraordinary success by Pershing and the men who served under him in the numerous branches |of the army abroad, not to forget the government officials in America who maintained bases of supplies on this |side of the Atlantic.
 There has been some criticism, hut no serious scandal, and even less criticism than might have been ex- pected. Naturally some mistakes were made, but compared to the sad trav- esty of the Spanish American war, the expedition to France was mas terly achievement. Much of the credit
 belongs to Pershing, strong man, mentally and physically. He is com ing home to his grateful people, as lconquering hero. There will be nota- ble parades in his honor, golden sword will be given him and the rank of full general bcstrowed on him for life, if present plans mature. They must not fail. America can never re- pay the debt it owes to Pershing, any more than it can repay the least of his doughboys who fought the bastles of democracy.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-08-24
LIMITED OUTLAY

From the Kansas City Star
 It is rumored that MT. Ford will take his cents and invest it in art treasures which, according to his recent testimony Will buy him all the art he will ever want
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-08-24
Recent Bond Vote Used
 As Example in Atlanta.

TT HAT was generous tribute tc < Birmingham's public spirit ir voting bond issues aggregating four and half million dollars for needed civic buildings which the Atlanta Con- stitution paid us editorially. The arti- cle referred to was reproduced in The Age-Herald of Friday.
 The Constitution took occasion tc lecture Atlanta for its lack of enter prise. After narrating the details oi Birningham's bond election ou1 Georgia exchange says:
 What a sorry contrast is pre-
 scented in At1anta's attitude toward
 those conditions!
 Atlanta Is larger city than Bir-
 mingham; 1t is far and away ahead of Birmingham in point of commerce and industry; it is a vastly richer city than Birmin gham, and so far as its credit goes, it can borrow two
 dollars to Birmingham's one with out a question being asked on the bond market
 Yet, while Birmingham displays enterprise and progressive spirit enough to vote overwhelmingly for $4,5o0.o00 bond issue, Atlanta which could just as easily bond it. haf of it's present small indebtedness grubs along in piecemeal, hand-to- mouth, miserly, starvation fashion. too stingy to decently support the dilapidated public institutions it has. to say nothing of preparing against future needs!
 As to most of the statements touch ing resources, made by way of com parlson between the two cities, no question will be raised. About one claim, however, that concerning indus try, persons unfamiliar with the situ- ation might get wrong impression from the Constitutions remarks. The industrial plants within AtIanta's s corporate limits may exceed in num- Der and variety those inside of Bir- mingham's limits, but in Birmingham and its environs are mammoth indus trial operations-iro making. steel making, coal mining, by-product ovens, to say nothing of scores of manufactures in large volume. Bir- mingham-industrial Birmingham-or the Birmingham district, as it is known far and wide-outstrips all the other industrial communities of .he south combined.
 Regarding population, Birmingham and Atlanta are not far apart; but as the census will be taken in April next the time is too close to invite specu- lation. The enumeration will tell.
 Atlanta is great city and the whole south is proud of its metropoli- tan character. But let's keep the rec ord straight on Birmingham's indus trial development. This district will always be "the Pittsburg district of the south."
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-08-24

BEGINNING THE DAY-Yesterday Is of the past. Judge it for me, o great God, that I may know whither | nm going. Shock me with the bare fact of its poor achievement. Spare me not. I know Thou knowest. I would see with Thine eyes. Amen. H. M. E.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-08-24
Delightful Singer at St. p,ur.

"st. Paurs congregation, attending the 1o:30 o'clock mass, will have a great musical treat in store" said Mrs. O. w. Colgan, organist and choir director.
 Mrs. Putnam, of Atlanta. who was several years member of our congro- gation and at one time our solo so- prano, will sing beautiful Ave Maria for the offertory. 1 rehearsed with her on Friday and found her voice as fresh and sympathetic as ever. It has lost not bit of it's purity or swat ness"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-08-24
Wants Separation

Little else is being talked on the streets in Bessemer but Pettus coun- ty,' said w. E, Pegram, ''and it will be real disappointment to the peo- pie in this end of Jefferson county If the bill does not go through I thought any opposition to the question, but I see now that Birmingham expects to me 1t would be splendid thing for Birmingham to be separated from Bes- semer and l am sure the proposed new county would make Bessemer boom. Even if we don't get it through at this time we will keep on until we do."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-08-24
One on the Marines

T had funny experience a few days ago. said Sergeant L. F. Hill of the local marine recruiting station. T uniform when two small boys came up to me and asked me where the ban1 was going to play. I laughed and told them that did not belong to any band but the United States marines and they seemed terribly disappointed. One of them said. Gee, but I thought we were going to hear some music by the band! I took them to a local must. dealers and had them play the vi,- trola for the kiddies, who seemed to enjoy themselves immensely"