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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-07-24
Labor Agents License
Measure Timely

I'M HE Benners labor agent license
u bill was just and right and its
passage will give satisfaction to the
large interests in the Birmingham dis
itrict and other sections of the state
where negro labor is in demand.
Mr.. Benners poNted out that from
Bessemer negroes were being shipped
out of the state at the rate of one
hundred a day. Picked men were be-
ing gathered by the agents, leaving
at home inferior labor.
Now that a state license of $500
is to be imposed on labor agents, with
counties authorized to impose an adj
ditional license not to exceed so per
cent of the amount coming to the
state, the number of agents will be
diminished, and the exodus of labor
ichecked to some extent.
Negro workmen should not allow
themselves to be tempted by the
higher wages said to be paid in the
north Within the past few years the
labor agent has been doing thriving
business. But thousands of negroes
who responded to the appeal of agents
and migrated from this state to the
north soon wished they were back
in Alabama, and those who were able
to buy return tickets were not slow
in doing so.
The northern climate did not agree
with them and the treatment they
received at the hands of their north
ern taskmasters was very different
from the way conditions had been pre-
scented.
Lessons should have been learned
that would have made negro labor
wary of the agent. But if the agent
persists in following his vocation be
must do it under rigid restrictions,
besides paying a high license for the
privilege. Employers hereabouts can
but feel grateful to Mr.. Benners and
the members of the legislature who
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-07-24
GREAT NAME A HANDICAP

From the New York Herald.
~ CONSIDERABLE comment has
ii been made of late on the entrance
of Lieutenant Colonel Roosevelt
into politics with his announced candi-
dacy for the New York assembly, the
first political position his distinguished
father occupied. In most of the COM
ment there is half-concealed doubt as
to the ability of the son to measure up
to public expectation and to reach the
standard of the sire. This raises the
oft-asked question, Is a great name a
handicap to a young man? Is the son of
conspicuous father SO overshadowed
by the paternal achievements as to make
it practically impossible for the son to
convince the public he is worthy of the
name he bears and able to carry on the
work laid down by the father?
Not always does a great man leave
great sons. Inheritance seems to be so
perverse as to skip a generation or two
after bestowing upon a second or third
generation the qualities essential to the
of the great men in history have left
sons to carry on their work. The eX-
ceptions only serve to establish the rule
more firmly@in the realm of statesman
ship. In industry and commerce. how
ever, the cases of inherited executive
names of eminence have been transmit
ted from generation to generation.
In politics there seems to be a pecu-
liar freak of nature or of human nature,
or both-sons of great men are seldom
permitted to shine in their own light.
Horace Walpole, one of Englands great,
est literary lights, once wrote that he
longed for the time to come when he
would recover from the disability of be-
ing the son of his father. Robert Wal
pole. That day came. however. Walker
Blaine son of James G. Blaine in many
respects a brilliant man, was always
referred to as the son of his father
and was in all his public undertakings
dimmed in the bright light of his father.
There is an indefnable something we
might call skepticism or Jealousy that
makes it difficult, as a rule, for the son
of distinguished man in public life to
walk in the footsteps of his father. Nd
matter what ability or originality he,
may possess, he suffers from COMPARE
son. Is this fair? Is great name a
handicap to a man? Is it not possible
for an ambitious young man to be some
thing more than 1.-The son of his father?''
Should not great name be a help rather
than a hindrance?
Lieutenant Colonel Roosevelt has al
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-07-24
Short Cotton Crop
and High Prices

I0UTsIDE of the government crop
W reporters the most experienced
observers say the situation has not
improved, but lost materially since the
last official estimate was published.
There will scarcely be ten million
bale yield. In Alabama, recent esti-
mate was around eight hundred thou
sand bales, but an individual survey
made within the last week calls for
"a crop of not more than six hundred
thousand bales.
In Cherokee county corn and cotton
are both in prime condition. Crops
there were never better. In few
other counties large harvests are
promised, but in the southern part of
the state the weevil has wrought
havoc with the cotton. Many fields
have been plowed up and late corn
planted for silo.
The farmer who picks any cotton
will get a high price for it-perhaps
forty or forty-five cents. And another
compensation will be the economy of
picking. With little to pick, little
labor will be required. If there had
been anything like a normal crop
prices would have been kept down. AS
it is the value of Alabama's crop will
be larger than usual.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-07-24
PIERREVS GIFT
t. w. A. P. JOHN, in Leslie's,

PIT w. A p. JOHN
They
ear e hair
He wore inter-
N his
fingered and day
a
Behind hidden batteries
The
His ring, whistng his tie Madeline"
N
With to the THE Way"
The medcn scrubbed
While spilled the iodine
The went forth to die.
At six Pierre hand
he OF mud
said l., ant say,
by cut the hands
We indrawn
his
he he smi at me-
ZEN you get permission, rolf a
saw he
hand ne
"Cest vra,' he shouted :" tbs
"A added the gambul
Il give the rins to you--the hand France"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-07-24
Aerial Policemen
Will Soon Be Needed

THE day when the skies will be
& filled with airplanes, driven for
business and pleasure, is not far dis
tant. Henry Woodhouse, vice presi-
dent of the Aerial League of America,
says more than 500 persons bought or
ordered airplanes in the United States
during the past three months. He es-
Inmates that 500 more are eager to
place their orders, but cannot do so
because manufacturers are unable to
promise an early delivery. One COM
pany alone "has orders for over 500
airplanes and is so rushed with pros
pective orders that it has found it
necessary to put on two shifts in its
factories"
Even at present prices, planes are
easily within the reach of persons who
buy the more expensive makes of mo-
tor cars. There are thousands of ex-
pert aviators who were trained during
the war and probably would not OBJ
ject to serving as "air chauffeurs" at
wages comparable to their altitude
records. Furthermore, those who wish
to drive their own planes and get the
fullest amount of enjoyment out of
the sport, can easily learn.
One flight in a plane, as a rule, is
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-07-24
ADRIFvT WITH THE TIMES
THE CREATION OF RUSSIA

THE CREATION OF RUSSIA.
When the Lord was designing crea
ton.
And laying out oceans and lands.
Without an hours relaxation,
Nor moment to spit on his hands,
AS everyone will in hurry.
He let things get by now and then.
In all the excitement and worry,
That he should have done over again.
So rather than mess up the outfit
He saved many blunder and blob
And laid it aside in the corner
To be used at the end OF the job.
and the sixth afternoon of the con-
tract,
His bonus expiring that day,
He bailed out the dregs of creation,
And shoveled the litter away,
And strapped all the wreckage and
,alings
And the sewage and scum of the
stump,
And he made on the shores of the Arc
A great international dump,
He rushed the thing through in a hur-
ry,
And because Of the rush he was in
He named the locality Russia
And Russia it always has been.
And then, feeling glum and sarcastic,
Because it was Saturday night,
He spotted the nastiest corner
And called it Archangel for spite.
1t is there that they do everything
backward
And the mud doesn't dry between
rains,
Queer money and sawdust are plenty,
And theory's better than brains.
1t is the home of the Wop and the Bo-
hunk,
The herring and mud-colored crows;
My strongest impression of Russia
Got into my head through my nose.
It's the land of the Internal Odor,
The land of the Natural Smell
The average American soldier
Would sooner be quartered in hell
It's back to the states for yours truly.
I'm not wishing anyone i'll,
But Russia can hang for all L care,
And truly L reckon she will.
Yes. it's back to the states for yours
truly,
sadder but wiser young chap.
The Lord played joke on creation
When Russia was dumped on the
map.
Written by a Doughboy, over
There"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-07-24
Get Rid of Malaria and
Yellow Fever Germs

IN HE Rockefeller Foundations re-
u view for 1918 treats of public
health in many lands, centers of medi-
Ical education and war relief and well
fare of American troops, and is of
general interest. 1t is published in a
pamphlet of forty pages and is being
freely distributed. All the discussions
and illustrations are informing and
encouraging. Particularly so is that
touching our own section. Under a
subhead, entitled, Cheaper to Get Rid
of Malaria Than to Have It," the re-
tport says:
The demonstrations begun in 1916 to
test the possibilities of riding a COM
munity of malaria were continued dur
ing 1918 In four towns in Arkansas
anti-mosquito measures were carried
out with marked success. BY draining
or filling pools, by ditching sluggish
streams, and by oiling surface water
winch could not be otherwise dealt
with. the breeding of the anopheles
| (malaria- mosquito was al
! most wholly prevented. Thus the sole
| means by which malaria can be trans
| mitted was eliminated. The results, as
| tested by the number of calls made
| by physicians on persons who were
| suffering from the disease, were strik-
ing. In Hamburg, Ark, the number
| of calls fell from 1872 in 1916 to 259 in
! 1917, and to 5g-in 1918, a reduction for
the period of 97.4 per cent The per
| capita cost for 1917 was s145; for 1918
=! it was only A cents. In four other
| communities the percentage of reduc-
| ton varied from 954 per cent. to so
| per cent, while the per capita cost
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-07-24
THE RENTERS RHAPSODY

From Life.
1 am a hapless nomad.
1 am a despairing wanderer, an i'm
mitigable peregrnator, a pilgrim on a
progressive path.
A bird of passage fitting whence to
whittier and never knowing wherefore.
k A tourist of cities, an explorer of home
less houses, a fugitive Jehu.
An enforced excursionist, perambu
lating vagabond incarnate.
A peripatetic home hound. a somnam-
bulist in the night of dissatisfaction.
A wagonless gypsy, rentless Arab, a
Bohemian without a rendezvous.
l am hardened, hopeless voyaget
through a melancholy life
A vlsionless Merlin following an in
visible gleam
l am what humanity rightfully calli
benighted, forlorn and ncorrgibt
"enfant perdu.''
Yea, all these am 1, and more thai
these
| am a RENTER.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-07-24

sufficient to make an enthusiastic
convert of a person who has never
been any higher above the earth's sur
face than the top of an office build
ing. A few spiral glides, tail spins
and several loops thousands of feet in
the air, and motoring ever after seems
the harmless diversion of mollycod-
J1oe
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-07-24
Scarcity of Labor

Il was very much surprised to learn
that there is a scarcity of labor in the
north" said C. E. jerks, manager of
the Chamber of Commerce. yesterday,
who has Gust returned from trip to
Eaglesmere, Pa, where he has been at
tending the summer school given by the
Commercial Cities Bureau to it's secre-
taries. IT was formerly under the i'm
preston that owing to the fact that a
great many of the boys had returned
everywhere
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-07-24
Demand For Houses

THE acid test ror any real estate mar
ket is the demand for homes" said S.
Bethea, of the Bethea Real Estate and
Insurance company, yesterday. THE
Birmingham market is especially good
and there is a constant demand for
homes, but not much demand for lots.
estimate that within the past months
1900 homes have been sold in the Biz
mingham market. The sale of homes is
more indicative of the condition of the
market than the sale of business prop
erty. There is, as well as demand
for homes. a great demand for farms
and farm lands"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-07-24
WHAT IS MANI

From the Christian Herald
Break the shells of 1000 eggs into a
huge pan or basin, and you have the con-
tents to make man from his toe-nails
to the most delicate tissues of his brain.
And this is the scientific answer to the
question, What is Man?"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-07-24

ready proved himself a man of strength
of character and force like his father.
He should be given his chance Why
not forget that he is a son of Colonel
own pace and win his own victories in
his own way? The many friends of his
honored father wish the son to shine,
not in reflected glory but in his own;
and in that laudable undertaking they
wish him well.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-07-24
y y y

BEGINNING THE DAY-Oh Lord.
take my mind off myself. why
should i worry about my ugiincss,
when Thou hast all beauty. Why
should I be discouraged, when Thou
hast all powers Let me lose my lit
tie affairs in Thy great affairs. Let
me sink myself in Thee and link my
lot with Thine. in Jesus name.
Amen.-H. NJ. T..
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-07-24
COUNTING TROUBLE

From the Kansas City Star.
The Alabama senate has defeated the
suffrage amendment, although the Presi-
dent had telegraphed his recommendation
that it be ratified. If the Alabama sem
ate doesn't look out it will be invited to
the White House
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-07-24
HOPE DEFERRED.

Speaking of optimists. there's Job
b1es."
What about him?
Hes expecting a raise in salary"
''Ump Most men are cheerful in
situation like that"
But he's been expecting it nine
years"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-07-24
HIS FIRST SWEETHEART.

HIS FIRST SWEETHEARI.
"Jibway is a sentimental man"
Yet he's getting on in life"
That's what makes it all the more
day the little girl who, 40 years ago,
was responsible for the first me he
ever voluntarily washed his neck and
ears"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-07-24
Birminsham,s Small Police Force

A stranger would infer that this was
an uncomonly orderly city, judging from
it's small police force" said Robert Ellis
ris.
IT have been here several days and
have seen only five or six policemen in
uniform and all but two were on traffic
duty. I do not know what the numerical
strength of the force is, but it is safe
guess that Birmingham has a smaller
number than any city of approximately
it's size in the United States. That lit
tie squad cope with the situation
speaks well for the efficiency of the
personnel
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-07-24

TOO DIMINUTIvE.
why, sir" exclaimed the disgruntl-
ed wet" "the first thing we know
these rampant prohibitionists will be
saying the family coffee pot can be
used for distilling liquor"
Yes" said a sympathetic listener.
They're already sayin' it. That's just
like them cranks. They never stop to
think that man with respectable
thirst amt goin' to waste his time
foolin' around with a contraption as
small as a coffee pot"
PAUL COOK.
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kemlttances can be made at currehl
rate OF exchange The ASe-hera4d VIII
not De responsible for money Sent
through the mails. Address
IhE AGE-HERALD,
birmingham, Ala
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SUCH IS LIFE.

SUCH IS LIFE.
The gladdest man
I've lately met
Declared he'd just
Got out of debt.
Next day T heard
Him cry again,
"God save the mark,
I'm in again.
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No communication will be published
without Us authors name. Re)ected
manuscript Will not De returned unless
Stamps are enclosed Ior that purpose.
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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-07-24
MOBS MIST EAT.

I'VE can't put on Julius Caesar to-
night, said the eminent tragedian
Why not?" asked his manager.
Where's the mobr
''Oh. he just STEPPED out to get
sandwich. He'll be back in plenty of
time to make Rome howl in the second
act"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-07-24

Washington bureau. "a Hlbps pu4Ia-
ing.
European bureau, 10 King street
CoVent Garden. London, w. Z. Z.
Eastern business oIIce, World bulld-
ing. New YORK city, western business
o1uce. Tribune bulIdlng, Chicago Inc
s. e. Beckwlth ap-cIaI Agency. agehts
for foreign adVel tlsins.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-07-24
GAR FROM THE MADDING CROWD

From the Talladega Home.
Brer Coon and the squirrels are pros
pecting around the edges of the corn
field to see if the roasting ears are get
ting ripe. Wild cats of the hills and an
occasional lcatamount from the noun
,tains are soft pedaling it around the
thickets and briar patches after rabbits.
Musical bark of the hunters hounds and
bang of the shotgun will soon be
heard in the land
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-07-24

The Age-Herald is the oaly mornlhE
and sunday newspaper III Birmingham
carrying the Associated Press dis
patches
The Associated Press is exclusively
entitled 10 the use Tor publication ,!
ali news dispatches credited TO IL d
hot otherwise credited in this papS.
and also tns local news pubhshed
herein.
All rights of republica ton of speclal
dispatches herein are also reserved.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-07-24

GOBS O. GLOOM
From the Philadelphia Public Ledger.
Rhineland sounds about as cheerful
as a ball ground on a wet day.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-07-24
Barbour County Melons

"A friend of mine from Eufaula, hear
ing that there was car load of Bar
bour county melons down on side track
went down to look them over just to
bring back his boyhood daysP said Paul
Barnett. HE found them to be I'M
usually fine ones and bringing dollar
piece at wholesale. If this price
could be kept up the state would reap
a rich harvest from its watermelon crop.
l got to talking about the size of water
melons, and several had seen some of
the largest varieties, weighing from 60
to rs pounds The largest one L ever
saw was at Washington, Ga, about 20
years ago. I saw it tip the scales at
SO pounds. I suppose there have been
larger ones marketed, but am here to
tell you that watermelon weighing over
80 pounds is some melon.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-07-24
HOW LONG DOES A cocKRoACH
LIVE?

LIVE?
"a country editor of my acquaintance
says he's heartbroken"
f, Whats the matter?
His pet cockroach died"
"Eh?"
He declares the amiable creature
fed out of his paste bowl for years"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-07-24
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
AND ELSEWHERE
Hitting the Pinr


Hitting the. pipe may be a terrible
vice in Chinatown, but not among the
newspaper men of South Bend, Ind" said
a. G. Crowder, Alabama director War
savings. There it comes pretty nearly
being virtue. For the newspaper men
OF that town have banded themselves
together into the Pike Smokers Thrift
club, each member of which is pledged
not to smoke cigars until he has pur-
chased $40 worth of War Savings
Stamps.
THE plan was started by cub re-
porter who really did not like cigars but
the thrift argument with which he adj
vocated his scheme were unanswerable
and met with immediate and enthusiastic
response.
Consequently when South Bend
member of the Fourth Estate takes his
typewriter in lap to write piece for
the paper his first move is to fill up
the old 'dudeen. Some of the most eff
fective effusions of one society editor
have been inspired by the gurgle of a.
well seasoned corn cob. Even political
and banquet cigars are under the BAN
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highball is quoted at $3.50 on Broad
wonder there is loud lamenting among
Broadway habitues every time they re-
fleet that the Briton Is calmly slipping
his brandy and soda in the privacy of his
club or entertaining a few choice spirits
in his favorite restaurant with the usual
refreshments.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-07-24

Entered at the birmingham, Ala
postoffice as second class matter, un-
der act of Congress, March s, 1879.
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voted for his bill.
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A contemporary predicts that the next
affair. We doubt very seriously if Jo-
sephus Daniels would consider it worth
while to send a message of congratula-
ton.
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TOO DIMINUTIvE.

fed out of his paste bowl for years"
Bisbee daily review., 1919-05-15
TO CLASSIFY LANDS
 OWNED BY ARIZONA


 PHOENiX, May 14.-The state land department is about to begin a system of classification under which the de, partment files will have a concise and definite description of every section of land in Arizona owned by the state This was the announcement made to- day by State Land Commissioner Moeur.
 Not only every section, but every quarter section is to be carefully in, spected and classified as to its pos abilities and resources" said Moeur, The survey and classification is to be completed before the first of the land leases begin to expire July 1, 1920. and will be used as a basis for future handling of state lands. It will enable the department to obtain for the state a larger income from rem tai lands for grazing and to sell if the state desires land fit for agricul- tural purposes, either from annual rainfall or by irrigation"
 The first classification party, which will work in the northern part of the state, will start Monday, and consists of Guy Acuff and Patrick Farley. The second crew Will start about a week later and will consist of A, C. Sieboth and W. R, Evans,