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Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1919-03-01

Mr.. and Mrs. \. \. Dubu>, Mrs. F. J.
Samson and Mrs. Adolph BrasscuX were
visitors al Kaplan Sunday, whore they
visited at the home of Mr.. aud Mrs.
CLAY r. Summers.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-11-15
From the Pittsburg Dispatch.

From the Pittsburg Dispatch
C0ElHE French president is more or less
of a figurehead. The real power
is the premier. But there are ru-
mors that this may be altered especially
If it should develo that M. Clemenceau
has any idea of succeeding President
Poincare In fact, 1t was so we'll under
stood The Tiger intended to urge
greater power for the presidency that for
mer Premier BRAND was charged with
stealing his thunder in urging an en-
largement of the presidential power and
election of the executive by the people,
instead of by the senate and chamber, as
an election programme in the present
campaign 1t was naively observed by
the Partisan press that the desire was to
approximate the presidential position in
the United States.
1t would be fitting crown OF Clemen-
ceau's career to become president with
real power. The French have been shy
of reposing much authority in the execu-
tive, another phase of their dread of the
man on horseback But THE Tiger
might succeed in the flush of his wal
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-11-15
"THE TIGER" AS PRESIDENT

1iumphs whore another would fau. The
thought may have been born In those
early days Of the Versailles council when
the president of the United States seemed
the arbfter Of all nations. Comment was
general that the American president ex-
ercised greater power than any king or
premier in Europe. All that. however,
was before Europe learned that the
American constitution was as Jealous of
excessive power any French republican
could be. Europe has since had demon
strations Of the system of checks and
balances which our constitution wisely IN
terposed against undue authority in any
branch of the government.
Paris has found the United States Sen
ate, although not represented at Yer
sailes, is vested with power that cannot
be ignored. the one legislative body that
has dared to analyze the document
framed in the inner conciaves 1t Yer
sai1les. W 4
The French might wei give more powell
to their president, but there are many
other points of superiority in the Amer
lean constitution they should not over
look
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-11-15
READING FOR YOUNGSTERS

From the Kansas City Times
Libraries and book stores throughout
the United States are observing this as
stimulate the reading of good books by
children.
Parents are often surprised to find
that children enjoy good books better
than poor ones Tt often is assum ed
that the boy or girl must have some
thing that amounts to nothing That
isn't true
youngstera of 10 was laid up for
several weeks at home from sickness.
His mother read him the Uncle Remus
stories, Kipling's Jungle Books"
Gust SO Stories and Kim" Steven
sons Treasure Island" kidnapped, y
David Balfour' and Black Arrow"
Then neighbor sent in an ordinary
boys book by an unknown writer. She
undertook to read it. but it was hard
going after the experience with the
master story tellers of the English
language She wondered whether the
boy would know the difference. He
did. "Oh. cut that out. mother" he
said. "Kipling and Stevenson make
that look like 80 cents"
Childrens book week is a good time
for parents to inform themselves of
what good reading is available for bows
and girls. They can get expert advice
or the subject from the libraries and
book stores
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-11-15
CHECKERED HISTORY OF GAIA

! out for It at about tho same ta4e. b C..
that Columbus discovered America, A D.
"As Egypt passed tho apex Of her
glory, sturdy people with a HIGHER ma
teria culture but none OF tho moral
grandeur Of Israel widened their Sphere
OF influence, and for a time Cana b.
came conspicuous IN Phi1istine history.
1t was in Samson's time that q sort of
guerrilla warfare between the Israoiy4es
and the Philistines began, such as that
exemplified when he tied the frebrand
to the foxes tails and sent them sour
rying. like modern zeppeifns, among tho
grain fields and vineyards Of tho enemy.
The city was under Hezekfah. of
Judah, for only brief time, If at all.
with the rise of the Assyrian - 1.dom
attempts were made to subc GAIA
which. for short time, were resisted.
but by the seventh century. b c.. Il had
become vassal of that early war lord
and art patron, Assurbanipal, and Also
it is mentioned in the reign OF Tigiath-
Pi1eser III. who fostered his autocracy
by bureaucratic system, and deporteG
conquered peoples as he spread Aszyrian
'lSu1ture' by the sword.
"Gaza's strategic military position Is
we'll illustrated by its resistance, for fve
months, to Alexander the Great. After
it was RACED by Jannaeus it was moro
than century before it was rebuilt. and
by the second century. A. D., II had
become Greek city of high rank. 1t
was a stronghold of Napopiatontsm, the
last of the pagan PHILOSOPHERS to give
way before Christianity, which was not
accepted officially in GAIA until the
fifth century, A D.. For 200 years there
after GAIA was renowned for it's learn
ing. 1t passed then to Moslem hands.
figured only slightly in the crusades, and
finally for slight respite when it was
captured by Napoleon In 1879, until Gem
eral Allenby's victorious entry
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-11-15
Alabama Cities Prosper

business around Admission and
Gadsden is very good this year despite
the industrial unrest and high cost of
things" said c. A. Heron of the for
mer city, who is in Birmingham for the
week end. The cotton crop was very
good this year and farmers especially
are prosperous. AS IN many other
places, the automobile business is en-
joying the greatest prosperity This
alone is enough to show that Admission
and Gadsden folk are prosperous. The
highway between Admission and Gads-
den and between Gadsden and Bir-
mingham is very good. We came over
to birmingham in a car and made good
time all the way. This route is a lit
tie out of the way but much better
than a direct route to Admission"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-11-15
LUKE M,LUKE SAYS

lot of the girls who think thew
are the whole show haven't much to
exhibit.
The man who is content with him.
self isn't always that contented with
other people.
Religion is good thing. But some
men devote so much time to the next
world that thev never get anywhere
j nthis world.
Now that 1t has prohibited the cure.
we hope Congress will enact a law
prohibiting snakes from biting.
The man who minds his own hpsi-
ness is bound to run one-two in anv
popularity contest.
Faith may move mountains. But il
takes team of horses to get your
automobile out of mud hole.
A lot of women who Care secretlv
contemplating divorce would be snr-
prised if they knew how willing their
husbands would be to furnish the coin
for the attorneys and the other ex-
penses.
And what has become of the old
fashioned man who used to get IN a
Dutch lunch for his friends!
Many a girl sets her cap for a man
by paying 20 bucks for an attractive
hat.
There are times in every mans life
when he is an elephant on the hands
Of some one who doesn't know what
to do with him.
Men like to talk about women be-
ing vain But every homely man be-
lieves that what he lacks in beauty
be makes UP in ability.
No man will admit It But when he
starts telling his wrongs he is very
unreliable.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-11-15
Americas Dry Missionary
Roughly Handled in London

@|pussYFooT" JOHNSON, pro-
Is hibition ambassador to Great
Britain, processes to regard his cap
ture and mistreatment by students in
London as great joke. He says he
had good time, acknowledges that
the young men did likewise and makes
q brave attempt to laugh the whole
matter off.
But Mr.. johnson has sorely bat
tered eye and when first seized while
making prohibition speech he tried
to fight his captors. Seeing discretion
the better part of valor, he bore his
humiliation with as good grace as
possible and his disposition to regard
the matter as a piece of boyish fun
is creditable to his common sense and
perhaps his sense of humor.
Behind this rather extraordinary
treatment of the American pronibi-
ton worker and Anti-Saloon league
organizer, who has been for some
time in England and has gained wide
notoriety, there may be not little
Of the resentment which large part
Of the British people feel at the
attempt Of Americans to regulate
their morals. Mr.. johnson has never
been mobbed before, it is true, but
he has been subjected to much ridi-
eule IN the London press, the humor-
- papers finding him an easy tar
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-11-15
Almost Rivals Weston

Fl walked into town from my home
at Roebuck this morning" said John
Fl. Frye, land the long hike in the
fresh, crisp air was exhilarating.
left home at 7:10 o'clock and after
stopping twice. about 10 minutes in
all, | arrived at my office at $40
o'clock, making the eight miles in two
hours and 10 minutes. After the long
walk in the fresh air 1 felt fine ana
when I got to nv office buckled down
to business in good shape. I walked
in four mornings last week and when
the weather is good / usually walk
three or four times a week. 1t makes
me thirsty, however. and I don't seem
to be able to get enough water all day
long. It's good for my health, though,
and l expect to keep 1t up"
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Ultimate Consumers Idea
of Desirable Strike

THE millennium must be close at
q hand. The downrtodden public
is actually profiting by Chicago's
butcher strike. To force speedy ca
pitulation of the master butchers, the
strikers have opened several shops
and are selling meat considerably
under the prices charged by their
former employers. The venture has
proved so successful that other op-
position shops are to be opened and
the strikers say they will continue
to open stores until the strike is set
tied.
At union shop on South Halstead
street, the profits for one day were
said to have been $547. Since the
strikers are selling meat about one
third cheaper than their former en-
ployers, there seems to be some truth
in their contention that the boss
butchers have been profiteering.
Enough profit is being made from
the stores already opened to pay $40
a week to the IS butchers employed
in them and rental of $25 a day.
It is small wonder that the strik-
ers are doing landoffice business
since, among other items, they are
selling porterhouse for IS cents a
pound. Nevertheless, so strange is
the spectacle of strike which is a
blessing rather than a curse to the
innocent bystander, that the situation
in Chicago seems too good to be true
Perhaps Chicag oans in the areas
where the cut-price stores are located
are praying that the strike will neve,
be ended, but like the justly famous
brook, win go on forever.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-11-15
THE RETURN OF THE GAr1

By Lawrence Harte
We sat one eve beside a tree-kissed
stream.
Which tumbled laughing, down a
green hillside.
Listening to sounds across the valley
wide
That to our senses did enchanted seem
Like fairy music heard oft in a dream
BY Shannon's shore and Slaney's
ripping tide.
What time the skylark in his songful
His vespers sang while set the evening
beam.
And yet twas but the Gael who, back
once more.
On fields. of Erin. sang The coolin"
sweet.
With power so potent that spell was
flung
Athwart the listeners and the lark for
bore
To sing his hymn lest he should miss
the treat
When Dermot sang in his pure mother
tongue
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-11-15

WN HASHINGTON, d. c., November
WW 14.-(Special -Churchmen and
archaeologists alike were
shocked at recent dispatches which tell
more fully how GAIA, Palestine, was
shell riddled and half destroyed, ike
war-ravaged city of France, by the fierce
fighting which restored the Holy Land to
Christian dominion.
Deep as may be the regret that pres
ent-day GAIA has been injured, yet there
is no indication that the GAIA when
once was the Liverpool of Phillstia ana
later the St Louis of Palestine, has
been damaged" says bulletin from the
Washington headquarters of the National
Geographic society.
Modern GAIA is set upon a hill, some
100 feet above the surrounding SAND
dunes and verdant garden spots. 1t Is the
hill, and not the present CITY, which
has Welded some of the richest treasures
of recent Assyrian study.
THE fortunes of geography laid GAIA
open to the misfortunes of war. Not only
was the ancient city the focus OF all the
sea roads of the days when the Mediter-
ranean encompassed the civilized worlds
commerce. but it was nicknamed the
port of the dessert. 1t was on the edge
of sea of sand, depot of the frelght-
laden caravans between Egypt, Babyionla
and Arabia; provisioning point, too, for
the Redouins. Captain Kids of the rolling
desert.
..Gaza. in 1914, had about 10000 people,
considerably fewer than it had 2ooo years
ago. but the number represented rapid
growth for an eastern city, since 1t was
bnt a struggling village of 1000 in 1910,
and had but 1900 half century ago.
! ats site has been hallowed by the pass
ing of nearly 1000 years of recorded his
tory, and while the way that goetn
down from Jerusalem unto GAIA, may
have seemed a considerable journey to
Philip, GAIA is but a little farther TO
the southeast of Jerusalem than WASH
ington- is from Baltimore.
To-day the city is three miles removed
from the sea, and for long time II
was thought that after it's destruction
by Alexander Jannaeus, Jewish Richard
III of a century before Christs time. II
had been rebuilt at new site. Research
! shows it to be more probable that the an
cient Damascus of the South extend
ed from the site of the modern city to
the sea. No Arnold Bennett lived to
make the life of the five towns Philis-
fine league of cities that included GAIA,
vivid to future generations of readers,
but Herodotus, the Greek Macauley, &C
claimed il equal to Sardis.
Residents in GAIA will show the visitor
Samson's tomb. The tradition of his
burial there is unfounded but there is
more reason for believing that bare. iso-
lated knoll to the south of the city. is
the knoll before Hebron to which the
strong man carried the doors of the
gate of the city and the two posts
so important was GAIA during the
second millennium before Christ that it
then served as a barometer of world his
tory. The nation that dominated the
restricted world of that time held
GAIA Consequently Thotmes III reached
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get for their shafts of wit. Incl
dentally, if there is an American who
still elings to the notion that the
English have no sense Of humor, it
would enlighten him to read some of
the "wet" and "dry" jokes now ap-
pearing in English publications. Lord
Northcliffe- has even gone SO far as
to send one of his best men to this
country to write humorous accounts
of prohibition in America. The cor
respondent, Judging from some of his
work that has been published in the
Times, is a credit to his profession.
The British are noted for being
slow to change their habits, especially
at the dictation of outsiders. Prohi-
bition has gained considerable foot
hold in England, but if the tight
little island" ever becomes bone
dry" that consummation, which seems
so preposterous now, will be brought
about by Englishmen themselves and
not by "missionaries" from America
or anywhere else. And by the time
England is ready to adopt grape juice
as the national beverage it will prob
ably be willing to discard many Gus
toms that date back to the earliest
stages Of the nations history.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-11-15
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
AND ELSEWHERE
No Doubt About Frost

Last week there was some dispute
out my way as to whether it frosted
or not said Robert c. Redus, put
no one doubts that Friday was cold
and frosty morning. The Country CLUB
grounds loked like light snow had
covered them. Those who planted talI
gardens realized good crops in spite OF
the long dry SPELL If rains had come
at a proper time there is no telling
how much truck would have found its
way to Birmingham. 1 have been sur
prised at the fertility of the land out
on the South Highlands. have
neighbor who planted sweet potatoes
but the ground was so rich he raised
fine crop of vines but small pota-
toes. He set them out in what he
thought was the poorest spot in his
garden"
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Lived to See Country Dry

IT haven't seen an intoxicated man
in some tinAe until the other night
right here in Birmingham said DR.,
w. 3. Crumpton of Montgomery, and
as I was walking down Twentieth
street on my day to attend a session
of the Alabama Baptist state conven-
ton a drunken man walked up to me
and looked up in my face and said,
old man. you should have been dead
10 years ago. I looked at him and re-
piled, Well, I'm glad I didn't, for I
wouldn't have seen this country go
dry That is certainly something to
be thankful for"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-11-15
Returning to Work

About rs per cent of the miners
have returned to- work in the Jasper
district" said Fl. A. Skeggs, United
States marshal. land conditions gen.
orally are very good. We have re-
ceived a number of complaints of in
dividuals trying to interfere with the
men returning to work and these are
being investigated. We expect that all
men who are going to return to work
will have done SO by the first of the
week.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-11-15
Member of the Associated Pres.

The Herald is the only morning
and Sunday newspaper in BirmlnSh ma IN
carrying the Associated Press dis
patches.
The Associated Press is exclusively
entitled to the use for publication OF
ali news dispatches credited to 1t or
net otherwise credited in this paper
ana also the local news published
herein.
Z Il rights o. republication of several
dispatches herein are also reserved
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-11-15
Good Roads Bond Issue
Amendment Popular

IWhNHITHIN the last five years a
Wv great deal of money has been
expended by the counties of Alabama
on the building of highways, but to-
day the roads, as rule, are in bad
condition. That is due to the fact
that construction has been of a cheau
sort, with no funds provided for main
Itenance.
Chief Engineer w. S. Keller has
been stressing the folly of building
flimsy roads; that the only roads
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-11-15

BEGINNING THE DAY-o God, if
1 have sinned, grant forgiveness and
strike down the dead hand of the
past that it shall not have domin-
ION over the future. If my fathers
nave sinned, strike down that dead
hand also. Let not men say, "There
Is faint in the blood; he is help
less" In Christ's name. Amen.
I'll. NJ. e.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-11-15
Universal Training Gains
In General Favor

In General Favor
/ I UNIVERSAL military service,
" urged by Senator Chamberlain
lin the Sixty-fifth Congress, was not
ia popular measure, but universal
,training-a very different PROPOSE
tion-has strong support.
The American Legion convention,
after thorough discussion, adopted
a resolution indorsing training plan.
The Universal Training league,
Howard H. Gross, president, with
headquarters at Chicago, is dis
tributing attractive literature. One
of its leaflets is captioned, "a Modi-
fled Plan for Universal Training for
Defense and Higher Citizenship"
/ 1t is proposed by the league to make
i the environments universal training
schools for "the building up of better
citizens" with such instruction, drill
and discipline as will "unify our peo-
pie, wipe out the red flag, instil
patriotism, develop health, clean liv-
ing and high thinking
The plan set forth by the league is
to enroll and physically examine
every boy as he enters his nineteenth
year. All boys to be required to take
"a siN-month course in the federal
schools at the environments under the
cooperation of the drill mas3cr and
The school master At the end of the
required period of training the boy
is to have the privilege of remaining
three months longer to pursue his
education and preparedness work.
The boy is to be paid five dollars a
month for spending money and not to
be allowed to receive any funds from
home, thus putting all upon an equal
footing.
The scheme would be worked out
by federal commission that would
advise with the government as to the
best means of carrying forward the
Educational and vocational work con-
ltemplated, "the purpose of which shall
be the development Of better citizen
ship, the safeguarding of our future
in case of war, the Americanization
of cur foreign element, and the crea-
I ton of better understanding among
the people-a merging of the classes
and the Masses"
President Gross believes this plan
will appeal to every right thinking
American, but if anyone can suggest
an Improvement he is asked to sub
init his views.
In a foot note explaining an i'm
portant feature of the measure is this
''Those trained can only be called
for service in case of war. They can
mot be modified for suppression of
strikes or rioting, That is the func-
ton of the police, the state troops
and the regular army"
Under a paragraph regarding melt
ing pots, the league says:
"They will Americanize the nation
more quickly than anything else can.
Into these camps go a conglomerate
mass representing every nation that
is with us, all classes of society.
Young men from all walks of life and
all parts of the country. And out of
them come sturdy, disciplined, liberty
loving, respecting citizens, who
will give US higher and better civic
life than we ever dreamed of. They
will stabilize our country and make
democracy real, efficient and LASTING. y
!. i: y:
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RELATIVE VALUES.

1.-The star is greatly upset"
Has she mislaid her husband. by any
CHANGER"
IT fear It's more serious than that
Her maid has applied smelling salts re-
peatedly and she Is still hysterical''
'Umph! Her poodle must be missing. .
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A FLORIDA YARN.

'T would like to know" said the north
ern MISUNDERSTANDING, by the way-h II
is really true that you feed pickaninniea
to alligators in this part Of tho coun-
try?"
'rYessum," replied the shameless Fso-
ridian, with grin. THAT Is. We did
until Just recently"
THAT'S terrible!'
TT surely is. What with Immigration
to the north. and one thing and anothnr
pickantnnies are getting SO scarce
wouldn't be surprised II a lot at AMI.
gators around here that used % havs
the sweetest tempers TN tho world got &C
cross and hungry they'd start to biting
people they'd never even noticed before =
PAUL COOK.
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SIMPLE PLEASURES.

do you miss the cabarets, the gilded
gin palaces and the jazz with which
mot as much as 1 thought I would"
replied the jaded city dweller. 81 was be-
ginning to feel the need of change and
rest. I wouldn't object to returning for
ture by a high school professor and a
performance by Swiss bellringers filled
the cup of my Joy to OVERCOMING
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