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The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-10-03
MoRoCCo,s GREAT MARKET

From "In Morocco-Marrakech, by
 Edith Wharton, in the October num-
 Der of Scribner's.
 Marrakech is the great market Of the
 south and the south means not only
 the Atlas with it's feudal chiefs and
 their wild clansmen, but all that lies
 beyond of heat and savagery; the Sa-
 hara of the yelled Touaregs, Dakka,
 Timbuctoo, Senegal and the Soudan.
 Here come the camel caravans from
 Demnat and Tameslout, from the Mou- louya and the Souss, and those from the Atlantic ports and the confines of Algeria. The population of this old city of the southern march has always been even more mixed than that of the northerly Moroccan towns. It is made up of the descendants of all the peo- ples conquered by a long line of Sul- tans who brought their trains of cap- tives across the sea from Moorisn Spain and across the Sahara from Tim buctoo. Even in the highly cultivated region on the lower slopes of the At las there are groups of varied ethnic origin, the descendtns of tribes trans- lated by long-gone rulers and still preserving many of their original char acteristics.
 In the bazars all these peoples meet
 and mingle; cattle dealers. olive grow CTS. peasants from the Atlas. the Souss and the Draa, blue men of the Sahara blacks from Senegal and the Soudan coming in to trade with the wool mer- chants tanners, leather merchants l silk weavers, armourers and makers of agricultural implements. | Dark. fierce and fanatical are these narrow souks of Marrakecif. They are | mere mud lanes roofed with rushes, ! as in South Tunisia and Timbuctoo. and | the crowds swarming in them are so dense that it is hardly possible. at cer- tain hours, to approach the tiny raised kennels where the merchants sit like idols among their wares. One feels at | once that something more than the l thought of bargaining-dear as this IS | to the African heart--animates these necessarily moving throngs. The souks of Marrakech seem, more than any others. the central organ of a native | life that extends far beyond the city | walls into secret clefts of the noun
 tains and far off oases where plots are matched and holy wars fomented- | farther still, to yellow deserts whence i negroes are secretly brought across | the Atlas to that inmost recess of :; the bazaar where the ancient traffic in flesh and blood still surreptitiously
 goes on.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-10-03

so photographs which had been standing about had disappeared.
 Where's them photographer" she asked.
 The seller explained that she had taken them away. They were all photographs of the members of the family or their friends.
 "You bring em back" said the buyer. Photographs is furniture"
 The story of the western miner who ordered $40 worth of ham and eggs at Delmonicos is a classic. But an old cowboy who suddenly struck it rich fur nished parallel the other day. In this country nowadays a cowboy may not ride horse; but he must be able to ham dle a flivver. When the aged cattle gen tleman got his money he joyously an- nounced:
 going to set in one of them dang things again.
 So he bought five of the most expensive and luxurious cars he could hear about, and now he spends his time luxuriously riding behind a bebuttoned chauffeur in his new cars. That's ali he does-just ride-changing from car to car all day long.
 A stranger riding through the country the other day heard weird and distress ing tumult coming from farm. The farmer was on the gallery blowing al cowhorn and around him many hound dogs were bowling solemnly. The farm CTS wife was ringing the dinner bell
 Whats the matter, friend?" asked the stranger.
 were celebrating" explained the farmer. We just got our first dividend"
 Not long ago major in the regular army received visit from a Texas boy who had for years been his orderly. The boy came in wearing a Northern Lights silk shirt, some imported clothes, dia- mond in his tie and carrying a cane.
 Still got them same old shoes, amt ycu?" said the boy. Dang em, reckon I've shined 'em thousand times. But I'll never shine 'em no more, Maje. I've struck oiIv'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-10-03

gather about bulletin boards or seize "extras" as they tumble from the press, giving the latest news of the Homeric struggle being waged by the Cincinnati Reds" and Chicago "White Sox."
 People who never go around a base ball diamond find the game tonic, while the 100 per cent fans simply live baseball. It is as necessary to their existence as the staples for which butchers and grocers are charging fancy prices. Without it they would of them-get just about as much out of life as a mollusk.
 There is no great danger of bolshev- ism turning the United States up- side down as long as we continue to take keen, pre-war interest in base ball. It looks like insanity sometimes, particularly when the bleachers func- ton, but in reality it is proof that we are still sane, still the normal, healty- minded people we were before we started to breathing the fetid atmos- phere of Europe.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-10-03
This Ix the Life

T am finding that it is very much more economical to live in the country than it Is in the city, said Dr. W. B. Holmes. state industrial organizer of the Y. M. c. A., land that one also lives much better. Last year bought farm about a mile this side of Springville on the main pike between there and Birmingham. The place is known as Crystal lake as lovely body of water filled from a gushing spring furnished the water The farm has between 150 and 200 acres. We have cows, hogs, chickens and a good garden. It's great pleasure to have good milk, pure cream. golden butter and eggs out of the yard and veget- ables with the dew on them. But the crowning glory Of my place is the fine water"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-10-03
He Stopped the Argument

How much time will you gentle men need to argue this case?" asked Judge H. B. Abernethy of two mem- bers of the bar. About two hours,o answered one. How long will you need%' he asked encouragingly of the other About the same; two hours will be sufficient" he replied. pleased to think the judge would grant such a length of time.
 All smiled as the judge said, "very well: I'll allow that" They were about to begin when he continued, 80 if you two will meet me here tomorrow morning at o'clock we can hear the arguments before other matters take up the courts time"
 Both reduced their requests to 10 minutes and the case proceeded to a speedy end.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-10-03
x E F No Excuse for Treating Reed With Indignity

THE Ardmore treatment of Sena-
 A tor Reed Wednesday night must be strongly deprecated.
 The senator's attack on President Wilson and the league of nations is discreditable to the democratic party and nation in the extreme. It can be readily understood that good Ameri- can citizens feel provoked at Senator Reeds course, but that is no reason
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-10-03
Judge Gary's Clear
 And Cool Statement

IF the steel strike had any merit
 9 that applied to the public, it would have been manifested at the start.
 Judge E. H. Gary is noted for his clear statement of industrial ques- tions, and he was never more lucid than in his testimony before the Sen ate committee Investigating the strike.
 He explained that the strike contest was against the "open shop;" that the policy of the Steel corporation was for the open shop, and that the Organization over which he presides was irrevocably for that policy and ever would be.
 The public is familiar with Judge Gary's attitude with labor. In all his addresses he has shown a strong sym Ipathy for labor. He has spoken out right for high wages. He has been an enthusiastic advocate of welfare
 work at all the plants of the corpor- ation and the sincerity of his views has been demonstrated beyond ques- tion
 When he stated that the steel work CTS had no cause for striking, the pub lie took him at his word The steel workers were receiving higher wages, he said, than ever before, and they
 were being we'll treated.
 The present trouble was, therefore, not fomented by the employees of the
 corporation, but by professional or
 ganizers from the outside. Whenever wage workers in any field of indus trial activity have good cause in a
 strike, public sentiment is inclined to side with the strikers. But in the present contention, public sentiment is all one way; it is against the strike.
 And that being so, the strikers can not win. The sooner this is realized,
 the better it will be for labor and for
 the country at large.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-10-03
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
 AND ELSEWHERE
A Mean Man

A Mean Man
 T hSve heard lots of definitions of the meanest man in the world" said Robert A. Morris. but in my opinion the meanest man m .he world Is one who would steal child's dog My little grandson had a beautiful fox terrier dog, of which he was very fond. During the past week he has been i'll and the dog has not been al- lowed in the room where he was However, when he would ask for his pet we would hold it Up at the window where he could see it Yesterday the dog was playing in the front yard and someone picked him up, and we nave not seen him since When we told the little fellow that his dog was gone he was heartbroken and cried for almost an hour before we could quiet him. Wher a child becomes attached to pet, and especially dog. it is very hard to separate them, and, of course, I will have to get another dog for my boy"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-10-03
AEe-HeraId on Right Track

''rhe Age-Herald is on the right track in advocating joint rail and water rates by way of the Warrior river,' said Claude Allen. "The life of Birmingham industry and the ex- pansion of her commerce depends on lower freight rates. The territory available to Birmingham jobbers is restricted to very narrow radius be- cause of the lower rates given Mem phis, Nashville and other competing cities Beyond a :5-mile limit the Bir- mingham jobber runs up against freight rates that practically make it impossible for him to do any business Why the railroads should thus dis criminate against Birmingham I am unable to understand but know it is fact and we have been unable to induce them to give Us any relief"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-10-03
Want 100 New Members

The Southside Senior B. Y. P. U. will launch campaign for 100 new members beginning at once" said James Henderson, president of the organization. October has been set aside as enlistment month by South ern Baptists and our B. r. P. U. over at Southsde has pledged itself to re- crust 100 new members for our society. It is mans job. but our church has large number of young people and we feel confident that we will be able to put it over"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-10-03

BEGINNING THE DAY-God save me from IittIeness, from narrow ness, from weariness. Lift my eyes upward. Cast nay gaze outward. Remind me sf the horizons which my Lord set. Convert me of sin in the presence of His universal breadth of word and life and love. In His name. Amen.--H. M. F..
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-10-03
AGREEABLE OUTLOOK.

T just now overheard an argument be- tween a theorist and hard-headed busi- ness man."
 T presume the theorist said the busi- ness man lacked vision?' "Oh, yes. That's stock phrase among theorists who cant pay their board bills. a net profit of not less than s2oo, 900 next year, with a little fling at Saratoga, Palm Beach or Monterey, and that was vision enough for him.
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-10-03
FOOLISH THING TO DO.

Such a calamityr' exclaimed the an- archist leader, as he dabbed his eyes with a red handkerchief
 What's wrongT'
 Professor Smitherinsky, our bomb ex- pert, tried to give lecture and demon- stration while suffering from chill"
 Well is that a calamity"
 ''It led to one. He dropped a tube of high explosive and not only destroyed himself, but his entire class"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-10-03

WHy ne SnOuiQ De prevented rom speaking.
 When he delivered his address in Birmingham the people in the commit nity who are loyal to the administra- ton felt their blood boiling, no doubt, but no indignity to the senator from Missouri was thought of, much less attempted. He was allowed to have his "say" without interruption. While Reed is able and adroit, his arraign- ment of President Wilson will not make a vote for the obstructionists; not a vote for Germany. The rotten egging incident at Ardmore, will, how ever, react on the people of that city.
 Mob law never pays-is never right no matter what the provocation. Let's have no repetition of the Ard more episode. | Gorkfs former mistress, who caused the author to be turned out of several New York hotels, is social arbiter in bolshevik Moscow. where little thing like past is of no particular moment. < 4s < Threats of violence against Senator Reed failed to materialize in Birmingham. Similar threats in Ardmore, Okla, not only materialized, but developed a con- siderable punch.
 * * * Temporarily, at any rate. young Wal ter Reuther, who pitched a phenomenal game for the Cincinnati Reds, and also yielded a powerful willow" is a na- l tional hero.
 # # # 1 Oh, for the good old days when the most exciting story" in the newspapers was forest fire in the far west, a cyclone in Kansas or a pankhurst outbreak in Lon don!
 # # < Judging from the present situation in America, Lenine has some reason to hope that Washington will soon be in the same predicament as Petrograd and Mos cow
 ts < < Viewing the struggle from safe dis tance, nothing vexed Won Ludendorff's militaristic soul like the unwillngness of German soldiers to absorb punishment. + < # During the latter days of the war the German equivalent of q should worry" seems to have been heard in the father land more often than not.
 The bloody Seventh" which seemed at one time about to pollute itself by sending a republican to Congress. rallied superbly at the polls. 1 If anybody should happen to ask Judge Gary what has become of the steel busi- ness he could truthfully reply that it hasn't gone anywhere.  | Back in his home town, Hiram John- son gets many a lusty cheer, but it's a well known fact that people don't always vote as they cheer. < # # - ee None of the biographers of Patti have so far enlightened us as to whether she ever refused to sing without her red wine.
 1 x a: # l Less regard for their own safety among police and sheriffs deputies would do great deal to keep down mob violence. # x # | A race riot in Arkansas might have been expected, but the south is still stunned by recent events in Nebraska | # # ;: 1 An industrial sedative is needed in America to enable the work of recon struction to make headway. * x * 1 Trying to blackmail Asa Chandler Of Atlanta continues to be an extra-hazard- ous pursuit.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-10-03
WHERE THEY SPLIT.

'I felt sure they were soul mates" 'Why sop
 They didn't quarrel about money matt ters'' That's the acid test of love"
 "But I was mistaken. They fell out over the location of their portable gar age"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-10-03
While 'sReds" and White Sox"
 Are Battling for Supremacy

TN spite of strikes, the rumblings of N the I. W. w., race riots, lynchings and other disturbances, the interest being taken in the world series shows that America is back on a peace foot ing. It may be only approximate, but there is something convincing in the headlines.
 When such names as Foch, Persh- ing, Won Hindenburg, Haig and others that formerly stared newspaper read CTS in the face day after day are SUD- planted by the names of baseball stars now shining brightly or suffering eclipse in the world series, we can no longer doubt that the war is over.
 A fig for D'Annunziol The league Of nations has been temporarily side tracked. Even shower of eggs which caught Senator Reed without an um- brella at Ardmore, Okla, attracted only passing attention and race riots struggle for position on the front page, while millions of baseball fans
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-10-03

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-10-03
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES
ADVANCED PENoroGY-


 certain model prisoner
 Lived in a model jail- By low-browed thugs 'tis called a s.stir''- And did not ask for bail He dined. you see, on dainty fare, HIS cell was neat and clean: Through shiny bars he sniffed the air And viewed pleasant scene And what with novels now and then And music heard O nights. He envied not less favored men Those poor, misguided wights, Who have for rooms and board to pay And get none of the best, While many comforts came his way In this delightful nest For which he wasn't charged a cent By ruthless profiteers. Small wonder if he'd be content To stay there twenty years
 THE LAST STRAW The leading lady says she is not her self tonight"
 Good heavens! What's the matter nowr"
 Her name isn't spelled correctly with incandescent lights in front of the theatre. She says it's bad enough to have her name spelled wrong on the programme and in the newspaper notices of last nights performance, but an incandescent error is 10 times worse than the typo graphical kind"
 HARDLY.
 Wasn't it Solomon who said, Go to the ant, thou sluggard'7"
 T believe so. why?"
 "oh, nothing in particular. but the slug gard who throws himself down on a bed of ants for little rest isn't going to get any,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-10-03

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-10-03
TWENTY YEARS AGO IN THE AGE-HERALD Events recorded October 5, 1894

The first race of the international se- ries between the American yacht Colum- oia and the British yacht Shamrock will be sailed today, weather permitting. over 1 a course 15 miles to windward or leeward and return, off Sandy Hook lightship. Admiral Dewey arrived in Washington yesterday after memorable reception in New York. The national capital was> seething with people eager to get as glimpse of Dewey, and plans are com plete for the most imposing official well come ever extended by Washington to an individual Sharp encounters have occurred between the Fourth infantry regiment, Major Price commanding, and Filipino insur- gents about linus, A captain and corpo- ral of the American forces were killed and eight soldiers wounded. Mayor Drennen returned to the city yesterday after an absence of nearly five weeks. He has been in ill health for some time and went to Virginia to rest.
 
 build new school in Jonesville and has asked the mayor and board of aldermen for an appropriation of s1o,oco for that purpose. D. s. Wilson. printer. well known in Birmingham. was killed last night about l n:3o o'clock in the Monarch saloon. Twentieth street and Second alley He was felled to the floor by heavy oak chair yielded by man as yet unknown I to the police. Wilson was employed by l Roberts & Sons. l Hon. John w. Tomlinson, candidate for governor. addressed a large crowd yes j, terday at Athens. l Mai. c. J. Allison was yesterday in /, stalled clerk of the United States cir cult and district courts, succeeding Capt. 1 N. w. Trimble, who had held the posi- tion since 1890. THE PATIENT GODS Hesper Le Galienne. in Harper's Mag azine.
 The gods were weary with the prayers 1 of men l SS oteSh dAd dpJCttly Olu they cry | Their little needs from out their cow ardly souls. And send them upward to the listen- i ing sky. Leaving entreaties on the altar steps, Each to his god in turn he duty l prayed.
 Shifting the burden of his petty soul. 1 So craven and of life so sore afraid. |
 Full of a gainful lust were many prayers.
 Making the porch of heaven a gamb- ler's den yr Few offered gifts of joyous thankfu l ness =. The gods were weary with the pray
 CTS of 9en.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-10-03
X * as Luxembourg Re-Elects Charlotte As Ruler

WalLE thrones were topping
 w right and left and crowns were rolling in the dust, the King and Queen of Belgium, as well as the royal house of Great Britain, remained secure. Their popularity was in- creased, rather than lessened by the war. Even democratic America has applauded the sentiments of the Bel gians and the British toward their ostensible rulers, but the Grand Duchess Charlotte of Luxemburg is one monarch who may flatter herself that she is the overwhelming choice O: her people.
 The inhabitants of this tiny princi- pality, which shared the fate of Bel gium as a Prussian football during the war, recently held an election and voted to retain the grand duchess on her throne. She won, as the saying is, 'fhands down." It is a noticeable fact that it was the vote of Luxem- burg's women who kept the grand duchess in office. Feminism has made much more progress in Europe than it has in America.
 If left to a vote, how many of the kings and queens who have thus far survived the holocaust in Europe would be "returned?" King Albert and Queen Elizabeth of Belgium could safely go before the people for re-elec- tion; a monarchy is useful to Great Britain, so King George would not be turned out in the cold. Such an cleo tion in Italy, just now particularly, would be dubious for Victor Emmanuel Alfonso of Spain would hesitate to risk his crown in popular election and no man could say what the Balkan states might do. Perhaps the Holland CTS have enough affection for Wilhel- nina to keep her in power.
 ! The Scandinavian countries are the most stable in Europe and appear sat- isfied with their form of government, but the number of reigning monarchs who could be absolutely sure of re- election if the decision rested with their subjects, is by no means nu- merous.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-10-03
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-10-03

The board of education has decided to build a new school in Jonesville and has asked the mayor and board of aldermen for an appropriation of $1o.oco for that purpQSe.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-10-03

Sharp encounters have occurred between the Fourth infantry regiment, Major Price commanding, and Filipino insur- gents about linus. A captain and corpo- ral of the American forces were killed and eight soldiers wounded.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-10-03

Mayor Drennen returned to the city yesterday after an absence of nearly five weeks. He has been in ill health for some time and went to Virginia to rest.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-10-03

The first race of the international se- ries between the American yacht Colum- bia and the British yacht Shamrock will be sailed today, weather permitting, over course 15 miles to windward or leeward and return, off Sandy Hook lightship.