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The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-10

, Tuscaloosa county would be prosperous without minerals.
 In the beginning it was agriculture that opened Alabama to settlement, and there has never been time since when it's chief reliance was not agriculture. What southern state has the same gifts in diversity of soils that distinguish the black belt, the wiregrass section and the Tennessee valley are terms for the agriculturist to conjure with, not to speak of the wide belt of white farming coun- ties that lie between the black belt and the north Alabama tier of counties. The designating an area whose interests are primarily industrial.
 In 1914, the total value of the mineral production of Alabama, excluding the value of pig iron and coke and including the value of iron ores was s3oS7s, 2SS com pared with s34, ,6eo, 545 in 1913. In 1917 the total value of Alabamas crops was s311, ,249,000 The live stock production of Alabama in 1917 and 1918 added many millions to the wealth of the state The value of Alabama's manufactured prod ucts other than steel is not at hand, but the value is high. Yet as compared with agriculture it is not of the first impor- tance in the life of the whole people of the state. Without these prosperous and desirable industries, Alabama, remaining agricultural, would still be great state: but without agriculture it would not be great.
 The Advertiser thinks it is worth our while not to forget that the chief source of our wealth is agriculture and that it should continue to be the cause of our best thought and action. Yet, saying as much we " ould by no means underrate the importance of other industries. .-Aa- bama has indeed been doubly fortunate
 in the character and variety of the re- sources that nature prodivded, and in developing these the whole people must benefit; but let us not forget the posi- tion agriculture holds in our scheme of things. It takes first place.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-10
ALABAMA'S CHIEF INTEREST

From the Montgomery Advertiser 1A n OST Alabamians will take sharp ! l\Wll issue with the esteemed Annis-
 G0S ton Star when it says: Ala bama is an industrial state primarily, and it's chief agricultural products are ! 'industrial' that Alabama is primarily manufacturing and mining state rath- CT than agricultural, we are sure that it is in error.
 Of the S7 counties, it may be said that only seven are industrial counties, agriculture employees more people than the strictly industrial enterprises Jeffer- son, Tuscaloosa, Franklin and Etowah are the principal iron ore counties, while Jefferson, Walker, Bibb, Tuscaloosa and St. Clair are the pricipal coal producing counties. The industrial cities of the state are Birmingham, Anniston, Tusca- caloosa, Gadsden, Jasper Sheffield
 Muscle Shoals and, we might add, Mo bile, which has immense shpbuiding in dustries. Yet Mobile is much of an agri- cultural city, the trading center of one of the richest agricultural sections in the south Mobile county proper is an az ricultural county. Annston was built up largely upon the strength of it's steel and iron plants, yet Colhoun county proper is essentially agricural, and more people in the county as a whole are de- pendent directly and indirectly upon farming for a livelihood than upon the Anniston industrial plants Birmingham is of course more nearly independent of agriculture, except as consumer of it's products, than any other city in the state.
 The Sheffield steel and iron interests made it. even as nitrate is making Mus cle Shoals, yet the other Tennessee river towns were made almost entirely by ag- riculture The Tennessee valley has been famous 1O0 years. not for it's undevel- oped water power but for it's rich agri- cultural interests Tuscaloosa city and
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-10

From the New York Times.
 OT1HE Germans have opened an inves-
 tigaton by court martial into the
 S execution of Captain Fryatt For egn governments have representatives present at the hearings, but apparently only as spectators; the tribunal is purely German. Evidence has already been given by the commander of a submarine which F'ryatt tried to ram knowing that the submarine would get him if it could. Un- fortuntely he missed the submarine, and when captured year later was tried by a German court-martial and shot.
 From the action of this court we shall very shortly see whether official Ger many has changed it's heart or not. Ac- cordng to the old German theory, the execution of Fryatt was an act of the most elementary justice While in cam mand of a merchant vessel, noncom- batant he had taken part in war and tried to sink a German submarine. To be sure, the German submarine would have done it's best to sink him. he was merely doing what he could to defend
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-10
LUKE NI'LUKE SAYS

HereditY often falls down when ii comes to passing down brains. But 1t never falls down when it comes to passing down red hair.
 What has become of the o. f. mother who wanted her children to get all of the contagious diseases early so they would have them and be done with them?
 Wouldn' it be great. if you could go to sleep at o'clock at night the way you can go to sleep at o'clock in the morning?
 If you owe a man any money you can bet t hat he takes deep and vital interest iA your affairs.
 It is easy to see who does the work around the house. Mothers kimono is worn out in front from rubbing against the kitchen sink But daughters ki- mono is worn out in the rear
 Ever notice that the fresher man acts the more he acts like he is spoii- ing for a good licking?
 The req son why father likes to have grate fire in the house is because he doesn't hs we to turn his head and spit in the cudpidore.
 And what has become of the old fashioned man who used to refer to the cuspiqor as the "gabboon?'
 We expect that about 10 years iron, now. If the Anti-Everything league continues it's progress the jailS will be filled With beetle browed felons who were caught red-handed playing pool or sevenup. What fine bunch of Jelly-fish ps Free Americans are get ting to bel
 Oh. we'll If man has to gamble he should wait until summer time and do his gambling by buying canteloupes.
 Someone always leaves a cigar snipe in telephone booth. And we neve- did like the smell of old socks or scorched cabbage.
 The fellpw who is too tired to work is never too tired to sit around and tell what >the Fich men should do with theic money.
 The trouble with this world is that we all have too much ofFwhat we don { want and too little of what we do.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-10

land spontaneous. No one stopped to
 ask the reason why the American gov lernment asked it's citizens to lend it
 billions of dollars. Everyone knew,
 even the most ignorant classes of the population, that money was vital to
 the successful prosecution of war, for the care and maintenance of our troops
 and insure ultimate victory.
 | As soon as the armistice was signed and the celebrations were over the in- evitable reaction set in. While the Victory Loan campaign is under way solicitors will be repeatedly asked, i"Why should I buy any more bonds ? The war is over"
 Actual hostilities are ended, but the great responsibilities we incurred still rest on the American government and must be met. We still have large army in Europe. We have pledged enormous sums to our allies. The process of reconstruction and of re- adjustment to peace conditions has just begun. It is as much the duty of the American people to "carry on" now as it was when our troops were fighting in the Argonne at Chateau Thierry and at St. Mihiel.
 Hard and intensive ef fort will be necessary to convince the bulk of the American people that it is their duty to subscribe to the limit of their means to the Victory Loan. After all, it is a splendid investment. It involves no sacrifice worthy. the Ii hme
 Profiting by their preT Tious experi- ence, the women of Alab anna are go- ing to be perhaps the mo St important factor in obtaining a wide distribu- tion of bonds in this state, They have undertaken the task with commenda- ble enthusiasm, their organization has been perfected and they hope to surs pass the splendid record made by them in the third Liberty Loan, when they sold fl per cent of the bonds sold in the state, disposing of 8 1-3 of the states total in the fourth loan.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-10

| It was the dream of our young life t' visit Munich and quan stein of Ba varian beer. but it is sad to think O going there now and possibly finding thu most important man in town a former resident of New York's East Side. # x ]. | The Cleveland Plain Dealer discusses German Impudeuce." There's British impotence. Italian impudence and Amer ican impudence, but none of them com- pare with German impudence. # # #
 It is all very well for a philanthropist to build apartment houses for the occu- pancy of couples with children, but he should see to it that the interior walls and woodwork are finished in dark tints that won't show finger marks
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 The Salvation Army has opened a "camouflaged saloon" in Chicago. Here S hoping that khaki-clad men who are lured through the swinging doors won't walk right in, turn right around and walk right out again.
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 The Atlanta Journal says a British en- gineer has method for measuring one millionth of an inch. A device of that sort might be useful in measuring the farSightedness of Borah Reed ct al.
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 A suffrage leader of Birmingham charged Representative Huddleston with being in cynical mood sunragists sim ply can't associate sweetness and light with anyone who opposes the Cause.
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 Paderewski was given an ovation in Paris, yet it was not as warm and spon- taneous by far as the receptions he used to get in the old days when he was mobbed by American women
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 It is one thing to order a fleet to bat tle and quite another to report that 1t has engaged the enemy, as Trotzky has doubtless found out by this time.
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 Posting German girls who flirt with American soldiers was just what the German gossps of Bonn were waiting for.
 
 In the meantime New Yorks jazz pop ulaUon IS feverishly counting the days of June. Or shoudl we say nights?
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 It may look like paradox but Ser lin cafes were closed because their menus were too rich and varied.
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 One source of anxiety is removed, at any rate. Tyrus Cobb has left home to rejoin the Detroit Tigers" The honorable Japs simply won't quit twisting the Chinese dragons tail They know it's a stuffed dragon
 # # # The War is over, but it looks as if de- mocracy might have to stick to a pro- gramme of preparedness.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-10
A MATTER OF TASTE

MATTER OF TASTE There was young lady called Ida, Who said she just loved apple cida But when a small sip Of champagne wet her lip, He mouth opened vida and vida.
 Judge. There was young lady named Cora, Who had a young man-an adora- When his love he would tell The maiden knew we'll He was talking right through his Fedora
 -Yonkers Statesman There was a blonde housmaid named Myra, And father was anxious to hira; But mother was wise To those baby-vamp eyes. And said, If you hira I'll fra
 Akron Times There was a young lady named Polly. Who said .'Hobble skirts are too jolly. But the one that she wore Tipped the little maid OCT, And a man who was looking said 'Golly!' Houston Post. There was young woman named Sadie Who hated everything that was shady. To smirking young cub Said Beat it, you dub. You ain't fit to speak to a lady.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-10
Alabama Women Ready
 For the Victory Loan

11f1HE patriotic women of Alabama
 H are prepared to surpass their former achievements in Liberty Loan campaigns and make the forthcoming Victory Loan success. Everybody realizes that harder work will be re- quired than in any of the previous campaigns. The work must combine educational features with stirring ap- peals to patriotism.
 When the war was going on and our soldiers were fighting in France, it was easy to sell Liberty Bonds. The response made to the govern ment's appeals for money was instant
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-10
prsuRRECrIoN OF THE PIG

Frou. the Boston Transcript.
 Bows Essay-"For the pig to die is tn he horn again to a sphere of great CT utility. When we get out Of ped we brush our hair and clothes with It's bristles; for our breakfast we have crisp, savory slice of bacon or maybe it's sausage. When we drive home Tor our dinner we find some tender chops awaiting us, and they make us feel as strong as a prize fighter. And we dream of bacon, pork chops and saul sages. and the cause of it all is the nig'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-10
Oimick Makes Good

The Southern club has certainly talk en before the-war appearance since Dan Di1nick has been at the helm, ,' said W, IL. Roueche
 There have been many improvements and the club feels very fortunate in having MT. Dimicll at this time, as whatever he takes an interest in and backs is sure to be 'go'
 His ability was displayed in his numerous war activities and after Lent the members are looking for big things of the club under his direc- tion"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-10
FirSt Straw Hat Last Thursday

T sa W the first straw hat of the season on Thursday" said Solon Ja- cobs. "I was in the lobby of the Tut wiler welcoming the delegates to the good roads meet and one of them was sporting a hobby sailor. It seemed to me he was rushing the season a bit for it was cold and rainy, but I like a man who has the nerve to come out with new top piece in spite of nasty weatherl"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-10
THE HIGHEST FAITH

By Bishop Spaulding. To live for common ends is to be com
 mon. The highest faith makes still the high
 est man: For we grow like the things our souis
 believe And rise or sink as we aim high or
 low. No mirror shows such likeness of ths
 face As faith we live by of the heart ans
 mind We are in very truth that which w
 love; And love like noble deeds, is born
 faith. The lover and the hero reason not But they believe in what they love and
 do. All else is accident-this is the soul Of life and lifts the whole man to
 itself. Like keynote, which running through
 all sounds, ipbears them in perfect harmony. i= :
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-10
Is the Peace Conference
 in Serious Difficulties?

TITLE cautious tone of the. Associ-
 @1 ated Press dispatches from Paris and the more open statements of spe- cial correspondents, who, nevertheless admitted that they based their infor- nation on gossip and hearsay, fore shado wed the crisis which has now been reached in the peace conference.
 Whether or not President Wilson is ready to throw up his hands and let Europe try to settle the problems growing out of the war, or whether he hopes by summoning the George Washington to Brest to show that his patience is at an end and force an agreement, it is impossible to say. MT. Wilson still maintains the non committal attitude regarding his plans that he has had from the beginning.
 MT. Wilson went abroad with some lofty ideals which he wished to put into practice for the benefit of all mankind. He was immediately in- volved in a maze of European poli- tics. If there is no league of nations and the Paris conference is failure it will be due solely to "playing poli- tics," with possibly Lloyd George the principal offender, although Clemen- ceau has been leading factor in de- laying decision through the insistent claims he makes for France.
 It is the old story of trying to rec oncile conflicting interests which have torn Europe for centuries and al though temporarily put aside when a united front was necessary to defeat Germany, sprang up again as soon as the armistice was signed. It is a de- plorable situation and leads to the pessimistic inference that the world has not learned the lessons of its bloodiest struggle, that self interest is still paramount among the peoples of the earth. Humanity which was lifted put of narrow channels by the supreme sacrifices of war has dropped back to its former level. It is no bet ter and no worse than it was before. It is the same mixture of nobility and baseness, of grandeur and folly.
 If President Wilson quits Paris and returns to America, we shall have no recourse but to adopt our former pol scy of isolation, leaving Europe to her fate. What that fate will be, no man can say, but certainly the old order will return and Europe will be, as in the nast an armed oamp
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-10
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FORT LEAvENwoRTH ST YLE

From the New York Herald.
 Fort Oglethorpe private sente enced to 40 years for refusing to drill went about his disobedience too mildly Should have been conscientious objec- tor. refused to fight or do anything else. thus winning honorable discharge and full pay.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-10
NOTHING SHE COULD LEARN

From the Kansas City Star.
 A St Paul woman refused to flee when a highwayman attacked her hus band, saying she had heard about hold ups and she proposed to stand around and see how it was done If she saw any improvement over her own meth ods of getting money from her husband she has,A'' admitted it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-10
Soldiers Call Down
 Comrade for StOrrV "


 " who return from France must hew strictly to the line in relating their exploits or their comrades are going to make it emba rrasing for them.
 The Age-Herald has received let ter from France signed by twenty lnine members of the Fifty-first in- fantry denying story recently told by a former member of the regiment who had returned to Birmingham. There are quite a number of Birming- ham men in the Fifty-fi'rst and, of course, they get the home papers. When they saw the story the return ling lad had told of his exploits they lost no time in sending tn cir version.
 His experience in the hard and furious fighting" says the letter to Iue ASe-IlcIdiQ, COIlSlSItu 11lOSJly Ol running in some dugout when a few artillery shells were thrown over by Fritz"
 "At Lac Noir," says another para graph, Gin the Vosges mo untains his time was spent between dispensing chocolates at exorbitant prices for the Y. M. c. A., and in a dugout in the extreme rear, which dugout happened to be within ten feet from the rear of the Y. M. c. A."
 The communication goes, on to say that the man they are writing about left the company on some detail when they were only two days on their hike to the Meuse-Argonne drive and that they had not seen him since. They conclude by saying that this hero left the company at the exact spot to which the Seventy seventh and Twenty sixth divisions had driven the Hun just three weeks before. In other words they imply that their comrade was approximately three weeks from the actual fighting.
 Snace is not piven In this con,noant Iupon the letter written by these sol- |diers for the purpose of embarrassing la soldier who, no doubt, did his duty las he saw it in France. It is written rather to show how the Am merican sol |dier, as a rule, detests sham and pre- tense and does not propose e to have anyone coming back telling tales which cannot be borne out by the facts. Of course the boys in their letter use the name of the soldier, but it is withheld because the lesson is the same without the name
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 English drinks for English drinkers is the slogan of dock workers at Liver pool and Birkenhead. Sounds reasonable You wouldn't expect an English dock worker to take kindly to pulque, sack or vodka as long as beer and whisky are to be had
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 On Clemenceau's recommendation, the sentence of death passed on Eottin was commuted to 10 years imprisonment. Clemenceau probably figured that he would be in the Elysian fields, anyhow, before Cottin would get another chance to shoot him.
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 Birmingham can do no less than invite the Confederate Veterans to hold their reunion here. Don't we spell hospitality with. capital "H?"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-10
ADRIFvT WITH THE TIMES

EVERYMAN SLEEPS LATE Farewell to frosty window-panes And arctic breezes blowing; No more we rise at a. m.
 To get the furnace going. The sparrow twitt ring on a bough May think he has our number. Sing on. sing on, o foolish bird You can't disturb our slumber!
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-10
CLOSE SHAVE FOR JEANETTE

From the Chattanooga Times
 Miss Jeanette Rankin, the only ex- Congressw oman in the country, has had narrow es cape-her sister was mar ried the other day. Suppose it had only been the congressw swoman-what fear ful fate would be awaiting heri
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-10

why this gathering of determined looking women in the hotel lobby?"
 "A bull-baiting is about to take place How is that?"
 Congressman Twobble. who is opposed to giving women the ballot, is going to be put through the third degree"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-10
KILLING THE GIFT HORSE

From the Osborne (kans.) Farmer
 It would take 30 pages of the Far mer every week should we publish all the press agent dope sent us The mails are clogged with the stuff. not one per cent of which is used by the eG- itors, What we need is a law to SUD- press the press agents. They are going crazy
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-10
SHARP WORDS

SHARP WORDS "A little man was just about to sit down on stool in a lunch room when large man pushed him aside and took the seat"
 What did the little man do?" ITO all intents and purposes he called the big man hog" Dear mel"
 Yes. He saidJ My friend, if this coun- ter were~a trough you'd have both feet in it."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-10
MAKING MONEY

From the Seattle Post-1ntelliSencer.
 They are only able to print from 300, 900 to 100000 in rubles per day now in bolshevist Russia, but the cir culating medium is expected to reach the wallpaper stage with the install lation of additional press capacity.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-10
NATURAL ASSUMPTION

NA fSAl1 ADD NIT HUN You say a German officer gave you this helmet?"
 Yes" said the Rainbow hero. Without protest?"
 Well he spluttered lot of German speak the language, so how was I to know that he wasn't saying he wanted me to have it?' PAUL COOK
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-10
SEASONED MEN

From the Belvidere Gl1) Republican.
 Fred Lewis of the Belvidere hotel barber shop sang three times at the
 Soldiers club at Rockford last evening.
 Many of the patrons of the club are
 men from overseas. accustomed to all
 kinds of hardships.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-10
NEARLY AS BAD

NEARLY AS BAD
 "who is the gentleman talking about the horrors of war;"
 "A former dollar-a-year man." "The idea He should have fought in the trenches to see what war means" You wouldn't say that if you had ever had any dealings with Washing ton landlords"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-10

BEGINNING THE DAY-O Lord, prtsserve me from trying to do too much today. Remind me that it is not how much, but how well, how swnctIy, how contentedly, that avalils. Remind me that there is an- other life in which I shall labor. Give me to do my work quietly. For Jesus' sake. Amen.-H. M. E.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-10
Former Resident Passes Through

"I have not lived in Birmingham for several years" said T. P. West, but I run back here every few months on business or pleasure. l am very pleas antly located in Richmond, Va, and am just passing through on a visit to my mother who lives at Jacksonville, Ala. l am glad to learn that there are no vacant houses in the city and that the realtors are beginning to make some good sales, not merely of homes but business property. 1 think those who are waiting for prices to drop before building are making a mistake"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-10
Member of the Associated Press

The Age-Herald is the only morning and Sunday newspaper in Birming nam carrying the Associated Press dis patches.
 The Associated Press is excluslVeIy entitled to the use for publication or all news dispatches credited to It or not otherwise credited in this paper and also the local news pupllsheo herein.
 All rights of republication of special dispatches herein are also reserved
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-10
TWO OF A KIND

From the, Philadelphia Public Ledger.
 The criminal who hides behind United States uniform is only a de- gree less contemptible than one who hides behind a womans skirts