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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-11-23
Adventures in Friendship

As older of the thrilling
altogether the realm of mind Books that hold
bound have saddle
deadly battles with of the that outnumber
The battle joined the terrific crash combat the shifting
advantage from side de the cunning the titanic
the of defeat victory but all the realm of
of spirit
sympathize with Jggs the wnown his deterana
ton to have reality instead of cling his old friends gg
however having friendship
be making friends until he dies after that ought
have friends class and kind He ought
whole world his friendships though
tive He ought to take high society and
legs old barrels his friendships He careerng
the gamblers dggers
silly and the solid lands
there something the of all the different
which with the something
adventuring together.
Why should leave all the Spectator
the merchant prince? Why should
Skies of which back laden with
gold?
Why should leave ait the excitement fighting
with
friendships battle
breath the of the amphheatre cng
where horses contend mimic battle But
better fun stake part of blood friendships thrilling
then watch and contend battle
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-11-23

engineers at Mobile for actual construc-
ton on the Port of Birmingham project
which has for it's object the establish
ment of terminals on the Locust branch
of the Warrior river is but new mate
rial evidence that the canalized water
way has become an actually requiring
only terminals to make it a still more
important carrier of commerce The
Port of Birmingham company organized
with capital stock of 100000, most
of which has already been subscribed,
expects to be relieved on the operation
of the port when the people of Biz
mingham and Jefferson county are
given constitutional authority to as
sumo the responsibility. To obtain
full federal support of the Warrior
project, it was necessary for Birming-
ham to proceed Immediately to pro-
vide terminal equipment Thus, an idea
conceived almost SO years ago has been
made material. There is a minimum
OF six feet of water between the gulf
and the coal fields, and a farmland
city has been linked with water-borne
trade. Birminghams direct action to-
ward making the new waterway effect
i've to it's full extent will be approved
by the other cities of Alabama bene-
fitted.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-11-23
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
AND ELSEWHERE
Appeals for Donations

! An appeal for cast-off clothing
shoes, rags. furniture and rummage is
made by the Rev. Walter S. Brown
superintendent of the department OF
relief and correction. third floor of the
ciyt hail.
1--WE are having more calls from the
needy this Wear and have far less DO
nations to supply them,"j DIR. Brown ex-
planned I'VE are urgently in need OF
not only these things. but we need
financial donations.
Thus far we have had only three
carloads of coal given to us, due TO
the labor situation. However, the coal
men Invariably are very liberal In
their response to the. call for/charity'
''Cast-off clothing given us that Is
past mending we convert into rugs and
carpets We pay deserving women 81
per day for weaving the rugs, bqt, OF
course, this frequently is insufficient
even with their other means of sup
port. and we must provide them with
provisions spd apparel. Contributions
so far this year have fallen far short
of the mark
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-11-23

ers bought this issue at wholesale for 1
cents copy.
y X y
The Age-Hersld has purchased it's sup
ply Of white paper for next year from a
Canadian mill from which it has bought
during the past year at a reasonable
price. To be- exact, The Age-Herald
bought what it supposed Would be its
paper supply at 1915 a hundred pounds
at the mill, with an additional cost Of
livery in it's press room. 1t had, however.
not bought sufficient and several weeks
ago had to pay S625 a hundred pounds at
the mill for large part of the paper used
in today issue.
The Age-Herald is more fortunate than
many other newspapers who did not buy
sufficient .and who are, now having to
pay something lke>s cents pound
X x*
1t is indeed a serious problem as to
Whether or not many of the smaller news
papers in the south will be able to con-
tinue to publish. Many of them cannot
get paper at any price. because the larger
newspapers are consuming the production
Of the mills aud are bidding against each
other, regardless of the price, for their
needed supply. Therefore the meeting OF
the southern newspaper publishers here.
They are coming to attempt to get to-
gether and apportion out enough paper to
enable all newspapers to continue to is
sue.
1t is foregone conclusion that the sell
ing price of newspapers will be raised and
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-11-23
Corkipr Good News story

THAT was corking good article IN
The Age-Herald Friday on the tele-
phone situation in Birmingham" Har-
ry B. Wheelock commented yesterday.
TT was complete ir it's detail and sup
piled the public with definite informa-
ton and allayed any feeling of impa-
thence among those who are seeking
ito have new telephones instituted.
"And there was something refresh
ing in this story. The writer revealed
a condition that is new information
even to the best posted man about
town. That is the fact that within ~
years the volume of telephone busl-
pess in Birmingham has doubled An
other feature is that within the past
IS months the number of calls over
II. 900 Birmingham telephones has In
creased 35 per cent. Still another Is
| that more than 1000 people are clamor-
ing for telephone connection.
IF this isn't a cheerful barometer
to the growth of Greater Birmingham,
then my name isn't Harry Wheelock."
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-11-23
LUKE M'LUKE SAYS

! 1t seems to be the fashion nowadays
| tor parents totbring up their boys so
| the boys won't be able to SUPPORT
themselves in later years.
| Another trouble with this country
| rlght now is that to many men are
| trying to run automobiles on street
car ticket incomes.
| Hfave you ever met black sheep
who wasn't alwayspleating about the
| fact that he comes from a highly re-
| spected and wealthy family? Neither
have we.
| Women always look for long hairs
on their husbands coats when said
husbands get home at night. Eve
started this by looking for apple seeds
in Adams whiskers when Adam got
home late
Some men who want to be famous
go through life on the theory that If
| Ananias had been truthful man he
would never have gained any fame.
wives are not always unreasonable
when they. act mad. How would Won
Ike to have husband use the only
clean union suit YOU had to clean the
mud off his shoes!
Trouble has a habit of butting in
and becoming unduly familiar on short
acquaintance. But it is different with
About the meanest slap one woman
can give another is to say to her: II
always feel that / can trust my hus-
band with you"
When man is getting the worst of
1t he spends a lot of time telling you
about it. But when he is getting the
best of it he keeps his mouth shut.
Aman never realizes how precious
his time is until he runs into a bore
who wants to do all the talking.
II you leave it to a boy. the most
useless outfit in the world is a mani
cure set
Girl babies and bull pups are help
less, playful creatures. But. gosh, how
they can fight when they grow up!
The trouble with chicken Is that
she knows more than she ought to and
not as much as she should.
There may be a few men in this
world who are above suspicion. But
they are not married men
Men make a lot of FUN over women's
hats. But if man had the right to
select his wife's hat he would buy
something red with yellow and green
feathers on it.
A lot of the June brides are begin
ming to realize that the whale they
caught H-' '"-- Ia rathin1 but a sun
perch.
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to the dogs or not

went out to the Howard college
athletic field on Friday afternoon in
search Of football story as the Bull
dogs" were to be turned loose on the
"Aggies."
Now, I<have never thought that foot
ball was such a cruel game, but after
witnessing the way the Bulldogs" at
up the "Aggies" 1 felt like telephoning
into Birmingham for a humane officer
to come out and put "a stop to the
slaughter.
This is not written to belittle the
but it was just a case IF a small dog
tackins a big one, and when this Us
done the little one always gets badly
ehewed up. The game was such a one
sided affairNthat 1 soon lost interest in
it and began to look around for some
body to talk to.
On the side lines. sitting at the wheel
of a big touring car, l spied my old
Atlanta friend, r. N Pickett, president
of the Pickett Manufacturing company,
and so l Joined him for knew that he
would soonNbe notwithstanding for he and
I were at the birth Of the Baptis. tab i.
ernacle. and had kept in touch with
one. another during the intervening
years
I can remember as though it was but
yesterday a member of my church at
Johnston City, Tenn. my first pastor
ate, returning from Bristol full of a
talk he had heard by man named
Len Broughton. 1t seems that the man
who was to make the address at the
great girls college had failed to arrive
on time, and so substitute had to be
put in. This always makes it hard or
the person>put up to save The day,
My friend said that when Or. Brough-
sonal appearance to Indicate that he
was going to prove a stem W inder; in
fact, he plainly said that with his long
hair, cadaverous face, and frail body,
he settled himself in his seat expecting
to be bored to death. But strange
thing happened, for takin:; a lead pencil
out of hts pocket the genial doctor gave
it out that it was to be the subject
If his talk. and for an hour he held his
audience spellbound. This was the first
tip ever got on Broughtoa.
During the year the Southern Baptist
convention met at Chattanooga and one
day during the session 1 passed on the
street a man who would attract atten-
ton anywhere. for there are some peo-
Pile who will make anyone turn round
to get a secohd>aook at Them. / think
it was Sam Jones who once remarked
that Len Broughton weighed around 100
pounds and that five of it was hair and
the rest pure backbone. He may have
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-11-23
NED BRACE TALKS ABOUT THE PRICE OF
WHITE PAPER AND ABOUT NEWSPAPER MEN

! 6HfE southern newspaper editors and
owners-or publishers, as they,are
known In the modern day-meet in
Birmingham OH Monday and Tuesday.
All Of them are coming and they are all
on BUSINESS benz The newspaper men
of the entire country as we'll as of the
south arefn trouble. There is an extreme
shortage of white paper, and the price CT
white paper has gone up in the same pro-
portion as white sugar.
It was not many years ago when we
were buying 20 pounds of graduated
sugar for a dollar. We could then make
preserveNand io'lies and jams and feast
upoatthe Sweets of life.
1t vas not many years ago when The
Age-Herald was buying white paper for
s19O a hundred pounds at the mill with
40 cents freight rate. A years supply
was once bought for The Age-Herald at
mingham. Then the newspapers could af-
ford to send out sample copies and vie
with each other for great circulations.
Many newspapers would distribute
copies in houses everywhere, and many
of them woulf print papers galore, scat
tering them everywhere.
Last week white paper was quoted at
Sh cents a pound at the mill, or some
thing over cents delivered in Birming
ham.
Last Sundays issue q The Age-Herald
weighed just one pound and, at the
present day quotation Of paper, the whits
paper in it was worth something more
than 9 cents. Yet dealers and subscrib-
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-11-23

held Broughtons hands and made his
great work under God possibility. My
friend, r. N. Pickett was his right hand
man, and as chairman of the board of
deacons gave the necessary common
sense and business ability, coupled with
.consecratiOh, needed to steer the new
organization through the perilous early
days. just as he is at present work
ing out the scheme to lift the debt from
the great tabernacle which was built
few years back.
I haven't the space to even outline the
work DR.. Broughton wrought in At
lanta or to give the history of how he
who was once the stormy petreP' of the
Southern Baptist convention is now.
after large experiences in America and
England. pastor of the First Baptist
church of Knoxville, and one of the
trusted leaders in the denomination.
Pastor, evangelist author and lecturer,
today he is one-of the outstanding fig
ures in the religious world for his rep
utation is International Long may he
live to publish the old-tine gospel
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-11-23

'T went over to Macon recently to
see my daughter, Mrs. A. P. Montague
said Henry F. Wood of East Lake,
and was amazed to learn that homes
had been provided for 1000 delegates
and visitors to the Georgia Baptist
conversation. I knew that the Texas
Baptist convention at times had
larger attendance than the Southern
Baptist one. but just to think that our
sister state is looming up so large sur
prised me beyond measure. 1t is true
that ourl own state convention, held
here recently, broke all records in the
way of attendance. but it is not yet In
the class of Georgia and Texas. Dr.
A. P. Montague. who now occupies the
chair of latin at Mercer university, is
delighted with his work, as for years
he made a speciality of Latin and is
considered one of the greatest Latin
lists in the country. one of his works
being a text book in many of the
schools and colleges throughout the
corrtryo
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-11-23
THE WEALTH OF THE CIRCUS.

From the Washington Star.
An interesting example of the merg-
ing of wealth is brought to attention
by the will of the late ALI T. Ringing.
To his son Richard T. Ringing is be-
queathed the one-fourth interest held
by his father in the Ringing Brothers.
Barnum and Bailey and Adam Fore
padghs shows. Each of these firm
names once represented competition in
the realms of tented amusement AS
Dan Rice, prince, of circus clowas, made
his final stand for individual domi-
nance in the sawdust arena his pres
tige gave way 70 the greater organiza-
tons and even J.. T. Barnum, whose
remark, THE public loves to be hum
bugSed," became. an aphorism, linked
his, fortunes with other enterprises
that would insure three rings where
only one had been before. Sells Broth
ers and stalwart old John Robinson
leave little trace in modern circus en-
terprise. Where there might have been
half dozen circuses expected througs
the summer even the larger cofnmuni-
ties must be content with two. But
these will be colossal, and the name
Ringing, once comparatively OBJ
scure. is a potential factor in reputa-
ton as well as in profits.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-11-23
THE HOURS IDOL.
New York Correspondent of the Pitts
burg Dispatch

new YORK Correspondent of the Pitts
burg Dispatch.
vincent Blasco lbanez is a distinct
nit with New York-women. This
ch-touted Spanish author was lit
orally mobbed by the feminine hero
worshipers at a reception in the I,v
ceum Theatre building. Three traffic
policemen were called to restore order,
and they-had all the trouble they were
looking for. The occasion was a tea
In Daniel Frohman's office for the ben
eflt of the Actors Fund. Among the
women In the crowd were Mrs. oliver
Hartman, Mrs. Reginald Furman. Mrs
Coffin Van Rensselaer, and Col. Helen
Bastedo
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-11-23

made a mistake in~the weight, but he
had the hair and the backbone pretty
well portioned.
That was the first time I ever saw the
man who for more than a score of years
has been my warm friend, for 1 was liv
ing in Atlanta at the time Len Brough
ton hit the Gate City. I'll never forget
the Juror he created, and the consterna-
ton he brought into the conservative
ranks of the Baptist brotherhood. He
was looked upon with all the suspicion
of ministerial ringer" whose pulpit
performances were calculated to bring
down the wrath of the sermon tasters
who passed on the orthodoxy of the
preachers
was Broughton's friend and cham
pion from the start for / felt that be-
meath his peculiarities and sensation
alsms that he was going to be a
mighty power. He will tell you that in
those days he had to lean strong on his
friends, and because it took some cour-
age for young minister to line up with
him he always appreciated my standing
by him when he was being criticized /;
and later when l was having the fight
of my life to give the Monroe college,
now the Bessie Tiff, to the state con-
vention he came nobly to my help.
AS look back upon his advent into
the religious life of Atlanta and more
particularly into that of the Baptist
circles it is with wonder and adIiiira-
ton that he worked such changes. He
came to church that was split open,
and to one that had little influence in
the Reorganization And. so when he got
up in the ministers conference and out
lined what he expected to do it was
looked upon as being in bad taste and
sorry joke, for he had mapped, out s
programme which passed all belief He
then went back to Virginia to pack up
I recall a session of the ministers
conference which was held while
Broughton was getting ready to return
to take up his work. He was being
handled without gloves for his breezy
optimism. and can hardly blame the
pastors who knew the Atlanta situation
so well. The mistake they made was
in not knowing the resourceful doctor
I can almost see and hear DR.. jones
b. Hawthorne as he arose and said
Brethren, you can take it from me, for
/ know the man; Len is going to do
what he promised and more unless the
Lord removes him." In the light of
later events it was prophecy which
came true.
Out of the torn congregation was
born new one. which, for loyalty and
self-sacrifice. set new standard among
the Baptists of Atlanta. l know what
! am talking about, for was in close
touch with tie chosen few who mn
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-11-23
HE MUST KNOW.

What good does a rich mans money
do him, if he's lonely?' asked the fatuous
person who thinks the stuff philosophers
write about the curse of riches" is
strictly true.
"a great deal of good" replied the
worldly man. Whenever he feels lonely
he can afford to sit down at the table
of a dazzling manicure and order every
thing she has in the shop. And, let me
tell you, during as well as after OFFICE
hours. some manicures. are darned good
company?
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-11-23
A SINGLE FAULT.

"c1d Mr.. Knobspur is a widower now.
understand
Yes He lost his wife some months
ago It's pathetic to hear him talk about
her."
Deeply attached, suppose?"
"oh, yes. He says she was the best
woman who ever lived, and her only fail
ing was that Tor IS years she tried to
make him cultivate liking for stewed
TOMATOES
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-11-23

advertising rates win be increased ma
terially
Southern newspapers will hereafter
probably be sold for 10 cents copy. and
advertising rates may be doubled.
1t was not many years ago when The
Age-Herald was spending something like
$4,000 a month fol white paper. Now it is
spending over $4,000 month for white
paper alone.
Such newspapers as the Atlanta Con-
stitution which prints tri-weekly, and
sells it for 81 year printing nearly 10000
copies in each issue. are paying enor-
mously for the privilege of such larF
counA ry circulation
Newspaper men as rule are, however,
optimistic in all things, and when they
thrash out their own troubles they arc
always glad to help boost the other fell
fow 1t is therefore we'll that the news
paper men of the south are to meet IN
Birmingham and are to be shown what
we have here and what we are doing
They will probably be taken over the dis
trict and shown our great manufacturing
plants on Tuesday afternoon. They will
see what it has accomplished in the past
four or five years.
All the leading lights of newspaperdcm
of the south will be here. They come from
as far north as Richmond and Louisville
and AS far southwest at Texas. Let us
show them what we have and give them
good time.
AsSR,rea
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-11-23
WHEN sPooNING WAS spooN1Nc

from the Houston Post
Mary Roberts Rinehart says as a
spoonlng proposition the airplane is a
FAILURE So is the automobile. There
never was spooning proposition like
a rustic seat in a bower riotous with
honeysuckle and roses. with the moon
beams filtering through upon starlit
night in the springtime, and a hooking
bird singing his heart away in. neigh
borln treetop. The moderns can have
their gas smelling cars and go to heck
with them SO far as we are concerned.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-11-23
A SELF-sTARTER

From the Passing Show. London.
Merchant INTERVIEWING applicant for
position of traveler)-So you really
feel you could sell my goods?
Applicant--Sure! Anything from a
Rolls-Royce to a pea shooter. For in
stance-that car of yours outside
Merchant--Yes. yes?
Applicant--Well. / sold that to a
guy who was passing!
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-11-23

BEGINNING THE DAY-O God,
smooth out the faults in me that 1
nay take my place with finer fit
ness i'm the vast machinery. sink
MY self interest in the larger
cause. Teach ME loyalty to the big
enterprise. Teach me framework.
subdue me TO the leadership of the
great Captain. Amen.-H. NJ. E.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-11-23
A MAID OF YEsTERYEAR-

Light and airy was her manner,
And twere bootless to deny
That although the starry banner
Brought sparkle to her eye,
Fifty times more fascinating
Were the military men,
So without once hesitating
She said "Yes' to nine or ten.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-11-23
"A DRASTIC CURE

'Tis said that bolsheviki,
When treated to a BATH
Against all law and order
Lose their CONSUMING wrath.
And, furthermore, tbs stated
A hair cut and shave
Transform them so completely
They cease to misbehave.
The plan is well worth trying.
Since a theorist affirms
The bolshevistic mania
Is largely due to germs.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-11-23
CAN'T BE DONE.

"You told me Jibway was forward
looking man
80 he isl
"But he's always in financial difficult
ties"
That's just the reason. Jibway looks
so far ahead he's trying to live today
on the income he hopes to have five years
hence"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-11-23
HEAR THEM CHORTLE

From the Newark Ledger
Victor Berger, Sylvester vierick and
every breed of anarchist have one con-
ISOLATION They chcukle with glee as
they see the peace treaty lying bleed
ing and at the feet of Lodge, Borah. ct