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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-10-20
sToNEwALL JACKSON

From the Montgomery Advertiser.
Fifty-six wears after his death, the
south at last unveils a monument to
statue took it's place on Monument ave-
nue. in Richmond last Sunday. Cci.
Robert E. Lee, distinguished lawyer of
Washington and grandson of General
Lee. was the fittingly chosen orator
OF the day. Col. 7. J. Jackson Chris
tian, grandson of General jackson and
an officer in the regular army, was
| expected to be present. but military
duties detained him. However, his
sister, Mrs. Randolph Chester of Char
Hottie, attended the ceremonies.
| The exact spot at which Jackson fell
was marked at the time by his aides
and after the war a boulder was placed
there. and later still a monument. III
stands now" says the Richmond News
Leader. away from travel and beyond
the Chancellor house The fine high
way that is one of the prides Of Spott'
IsyIvania has turned away to the court
house. The crossroads to the Blood,
the wreck of the once famous lin.
of travel is neglected. almost impassi
bic. The spot. in very truth. is the On.
of the field. on the far border of TIL
campaign that will live longest to ex
emplify the military genius of Amer
lea
And now an adequate memorial eff'r
has been completed. A splendid figur
on horse. all done in bronze, stand
in the beautiful city Of Richmon
laIongs.de numerous other. monument
dear 10 the heart of every true souta
erner ..-s. sal<sAnx
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,sro,n the Louisville Courier-Journal.
6T7wEEwEELEMA. Wampanoas
princess, died the other day, at
* the age of IS, at her home on the
shores of Lake Assawompsett, in Massa-
cbusetts. She was lineal descendant OF
the widely honored Massasoit.
s.Tweeweelema' means "child OF the
Forest" Seemingly the name never was
inappropriate to the temperament anu
d;sposition of the woman who bore 1t, put
she was highly educated and accom-
prished. and was for astime an eoucator'
Massasoit was man OF VISION anu u
integrity whose name is untarnisneo os
nearly 400 years of review by writer's upon
the history of the settlement OF New Eng
land h., white men, Soon his statue VIII
no placed upon Coles Hill, Plymouth. as
a memorial reared by New Englanders OF
the twentieth to saehem VINO grew u
manhood in the sixteenth century ana
held dominion from Cape Cod to MARIA
sanset bay.
Massasoit made treaty Of peace WIFE
.ha white men which was not broken
Had the colonists been as scrupuious a.
Nh ssasoit was the illustrious sacheh
son. king Philip would not nav
stirred up the Algonquin tribes from the
Merrimac to the Thames, with the eN'
lception OF the Wampanoags OF cape eoo
who would not be aroused. ana one o.
the bloodiest wars of New England ms
tory might have been avoided
| Many Indian captives, when kins
Philip had fallen. were sold TO foreig'
huvers as slaves, by colonists in section
which produced in the nineteenth cen
turv Americas most passionate advocate
Of abolition of African slavery in tn
south
! The Boston Transcript, overlooking Tn
little incident of King Philips war
nra;ses Massasoit as a man OF unsullie'
honor who did not treat a covenant 0
neace as a "scrap OF paper and who's
sons followed in the footsteps of thei
reyered father with the result that tn
Pilgrims ACHIEVED footho!d which be
{ came the corner stone of the colony o
Massachusetts, bay, and thus the funda
lment Of the Bay State.
-'Ae verdict of history is that KIN
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-10-20

aunt is visiting her, but we take a
shot at it."
The newspaper man who takes a
shot at" an item of news is not fair
to his profession or the public. There
are hundreds of ''cub" reporters work
ing for small salaries in the news
paper offices of America and dream
ing of some day being famous CORES
pondents who are doomed to disap-
pointment because they take shot
at" information. Instead of striving
for strict accuracy, regardless of the
labor involved, they guess at it and
quite often guess wrong.
A good newspaper man does not
have to be able to write as we'll as
Robert Louis Stevenson did. In fact,
there are successful reporters who
cannot write at all, but have a ''nose
for news" and are paid we'll to tele-
phone it into newspaper office,
where it is written by a member of
the staff.
These are the fundamentals of
newspaper success: The knowledge
of what constitutes news, the ability
to get hold of it before or Immediately
after it breaks" and speed and nc
curacy in transmitting it to the copy
desk.
The best reporters make mistakes,
but usually because they have beer
misinformed by someone else, mali
ciously or unintentionally, who was
believed to be reliable. The best re.
porters, and editors as we'll, never
"take a shot at any thing Except ir
the case of rumors, which are ex'
pressly declared to be nothing more
They never write a date, a mineral
a proper name or statement of fao
that cannot be verified, or traced K
its source.
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Birmingham Popular
Meeting Place

INHE next annual meeting Of the
y Alabama Educational associa-
ton will be held in Birmingham-in
the first week in April.
Admission and Montgomery were
bidders for the meeting, but Biz
mingham easily won.
Something like three thousand dele
gates will be in attendance and while
Birmingham is still without an audi
forum, we can easily take care of the
crowd. Birmingham has entertained
the Alabama association more fire.
quently than any other city and al
ways with success.
The forthcoming session promises
to be notable in every respect.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-10-20

From the Cincinnati Enquirer.
m vIDENCE of woman's inherent tit
r. ness for casting the ballot is not
Ill abundantly conclusive. Ana one
of the chief reasons why men oppose her
alleged right to this distinguished civic
privilege is just now emphasized In an
Ohio city, where the banded ministers
of that community are boasting or ana
proclaiming their power to attain to po-
litical achievement through the assistance
of the women voters. In the ears OF nor
NAL and self-respecting men this has an
evil sound.
Not all of us agree with the cynical
French philosopher who said that women
are more readily influenced and con-
trolled by priests and preachers than by
their husbands and sons. But each OF us
lis aware that the complex nature of wom-
an renders her peculiarly susceptible to
onneals to her inherently sensitive emo
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-10-20
A LEEDS LOINER

he not, as a matter of fact, very often
tell his mate rest proper wot he thinks
on him.? But are they not always good
of course they are.
Then he has other prides, or would it
be more just to cali them "satisfactions?''
ANYWAY. he takes great satisfaction in
the fact that he can max lis own fun
and enjoy it." II he goes off with his
family and friends on a halliday ex-
cursion to the sea, it is this satisfaction
which is ever most apparent. He is
unsteady inclined, maybe. and can he
perform on the concertina or the mouth
organ? In that event his task is an easy
one. But if he can do neither of these
things, why there is still an infinite va
riety of ways open to him. For it is al
ways a corporate affair this making
of fun and enjoying it, and the man
''wot can Ian 'earty like who can fill
the whole compartment with the sound
of unrestrained joy when our John
Emery" is invited to "get out an push
has his necessary place as well as the
most finished mouth organist.
All this, however. is the Leeds loiner
on high day and holiday, and he wears
very well But the Leeds loiner in his
own beloved city wears best Of all Do
you meet him going TO work in the drst
light of the morning, his dinner done up
in red pocket handkerchief, a cap on
the side of his head, and strange, non
descript scarf in place Of a collier? Or
do you see him swarming on to the
trans to get home at night? Or is your
first Introduction to him as he goes
| with t missus to kirkgate market, OF a
Sattaday neet?" Well, whenever or wher-
ever it may be, the impression carried
away is sure to be an agreeable one.
Cheer COP, BIZ. Thous not in Pudsey
now, lad, thou knows" To anyone who
has ever met him, there is the Leeds
loiner.
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From the christian Science monitor.

From the Christian Science Monitor.
HGSHE expression does, it is true need
explanation. There are, of course.
many hundreds and thousands Of
people who know all about the Leeds
loiner. who recognize him instantly when
they meet him, and are always glad to
meet him. But the vast majority of the
human race has never heard of him.
Leeds itself, aagin of course, needs no
introduction. The great city in the Wes'
Riding of Yorkshire, with its strange
multiplicity of activities, it's seven hills.
and its wonderful envelope of smoke, is
well known, at any rate by name. But
even those who know Leeds best by name
may not know that most of the streets
in the city are lanes. These streets may
be, as many of them are, wide and Ions,
astir from early morning to late at night
with all manner Of traffic. and filled with
all manner of people, intent on all manner
of business, but they are just lanes never
| theless; Boar lane, Woodhouse lane
Headingley lane, Hunslet lane and so son.
a very great number. Thus. many years
ago Leeds was known throughout the
countryside as the town of many lanes
and the townsmsn Of Leeds as a Leeds
loiner.
So much, then. for the expression! what
of the man? Perhaps the first thing tnas
| is to be said about him is that he is
blunt. One had almost said that he
prfded himself on being blunt, but thae
would not be altogether fair. For ne Is
| just naturally blunt, and straigh'
forred,' and "wot ] SEE behind rs bach'
seq to is face" and rect jannock
and many other expressions meaning
much the same thing. figure largely IL
his daily conversation. And. yes he does
pride himself on il. For does not your
true Leeds loiner always make Srea'
point of the fact that he can disagree
with his mates, and disagree with the
! utmost vigor without quarreling! does
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-10-20
AN EVIL SOUND

tons, We want no government by emo
tionalism.
No one will deny the elevating iSflu-
ence of the bestowed part of humanity.
No one will deny the exceptional qualities,
the unparalleled devotion to right living,
the sweetness and purity of the majority
of womankind. But the very refinement
Of her sensibilities is likely to lead her
astray when brought into contact with
political matters involving what the par
sons term moral issues. But it is not
this forgivable tendency which excites
the resentment of the average man.
What is repugnant to him, touching as
| il does that consciousness which is tho
very kernel of his masculine nature, is
the fact that any set of men feel able to
say, in effect, now that they have the
opportunity they shall prove their supe-
riority in the matter of influence over
Your wives and daughters.
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ENGLAND AND AMERICA

(t.se)
BY Alfred Tennyson
o thou. that sendest out the man
To rule by land and sea,
Strong mother Of a Lion line,
Be proud OF those strong sons of thins i,
Who wrenched their rights from
thee.
What wonder if in noble heat
Those men thine arms w.thstood.
Retalght the lesson thou hadst taught
And in thy spirit with thee fought
Who sprang from English blood.
But thou rejoice with liberal Joy,
Lift. up thy rocky face.
And shatter when the storms are
black.
In many a streaming torrent back.
The seas that shock thy base.
Whatever harmonies of law
The growing world assume,
Thy work is thine-the single note
From that deep chord which Hampden
smote
VIII vibrate to the doom.
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Consider the Stranger
Within Our Gates

q OMETIME ago a visitor to Biz
~ mingham was quoted in the
''lobby" column of The Age-Herald as
praising the sensible and explicit way
in which local people give direction.
The point brought out was that when
a person wanted to know where Ger
tain building or point of interest was
located, he was told in terms of blocks
so that all he had to do was to re-
member which was his left and which
was ris right hand and count the
blocks until he reached his destina-
ton. "Four blocks straight ahead
and two to your right" is direction
that child could follow without be-
coming confused.
The regular manner in which Biz
mineham is laid off enables a resi-
dent to help strangers find their way
about, but the frequency with which
people ask such questions is due to
the absence of street signs. We pride
ourselves on having progressive
city, and no one can deny that there
are few cities of its size in the coun
NV which have more metropOlitar
appearance than Birmingham, yet
there are people who have been liv
ing here for years and find it hard tx
locate addresses because there are M
signs to tell them where they are
Discussing this subject in recen
letter to The Age Herald, gentle
man said Birmingham was the larg
ct of the many cities he had visited il
twenty EIGHT states to be withou
street signs. The expense of install
ing signs would be negligible. Thei
usefulness would be out of all pro
portion to their small cost.
G. eat civic improvements will sool
be under way. Millions of dollars will
be spent. By all means set aside
trifling sum to remedy the deficienc.
in street signs.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-10-20

BEGINNING THE DAY-Lord.
hold me true TO the course. 1t will
he easier after this hour. And If
need be that l die at the wheel,
yet hold me true. o Great Pilot.
Whisper to me of the joy the har-
Dor rest will have for me if / am
true now. Fail me not, for j must
not fail Thee. In His name. Amen.
H. VI. Il.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-10-20
Property Owners AS
Community Workers

a N Age.Herald reader in Green's
"a boro, Ala, is impressed by q
recent statement in these columns
calling attention to a certain piece
of real estate in Birmingham which
! had increased in value from s12, 900
to 5000, 900 in twenty five years. He
submits the following questions which
he saws he would like to have
answered editorially:
| |. Did this land owner justly and
morally earn this increased value
| of this lot?
! If so. how?
| 3. If not. who did?
A. If his labor did not produce
| this increase. why should he be
allowed to get the sole benefit of
| it?
s. If the labor OF others pro-
duced this value. were they not
robbed in not being allowed to
share in It?
{. II the owner got without
earring, did not the others earn
witnoat getting?
z If so, in what respects do
such conditions differ from robbery
or theft?
s. Is not robbery by authority
of law as bad as robbery in viola
ton of law?
| 1t is surprising that such questions
should come from the blackbelt OF
Alabama in these days of socialism
sovietism and bolshevism, and, their
theories of taking away from Those
who have and giving to those who
have not.
| Certainly the owner is entitled tt
the accretion in the value Of his prop
lerty. He showed his foresight by
buying it. He probably bought i
when he was young man and tn,
purchase meant self denial, privation
strict economy. He had confidence il
himself and his city. The momen
he became a property owner he be
came better citizen. He took of
Ibis coat and determined to help max
this better city. He wanted to Sc
his judgment indicated. He joine
the civic bodies. Night and day h
was studying, working, striving t
: bring in new people, locate industries
create pay rolls, make his city prog
: ress. No eight-hour day Statistic
n him.
His every effort was increasing tn
l. value Of his own property as well q
a the value of other pieces of propert
1t in his city. Other property owner,
business men and upbuilders We're s
Z work just as he was at work. The
y united efforts have made Birmingham
1, what it is today.
is To be sure they are entitled to Il
L fruits Of their labor. There are son
sr parasites everywhere who contribu
'e nothing and share the s uits of tho
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-10-20
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
AND ELSEWHERE
The steel strike

inc cttel SthANC
'srhe entire country is watching
closely the progress Of the strike in
the steel industry says the weekly
review of the Guaranty Trust com
pany of New York.
"officials of the steel companies
and leaders of the striking work
men disagree in their statements as
to the number OF men who are out
and the amount of work that is be-
ing done
There is feeling everywhere, how
cvec. that this struggle is to be ne
cisive. If the steel operators win, the
principles of open shop and collective
bargaining with employees who are &C
tually workers will be definitely es-
tabllshed. If the strikers win, then 1t
will be just as surely established that
industries are to be controlled by men
who are not responsible for their
mana cement and that reduced output
and higher wages are to be the priTl-
oiple- OF operation henceforth. Tha
public is aware OF the consequences
OF such a determination of this strus-
gle and opinion throughout the coun-
try is Overwhelmingly with the steel
company officials.
The strike is generally regarded
as the final elements in the United
States which seek to establish a new
social and industrial order by revolu-
ton. The feeling is strong that tbs
defeat OF the attempt to control the
steel industry will usher in an era
of common sense and that greater
production and fewer extravagances
will appeal to the great mass of work
ers as the only real solution of thai,
problems
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-10-20

The Age-Heraid is the only morning
and SUNDAY newspaper In birmingham
CARRYING the Associated Press as
patches.
The Associated Press is exclusively
entitled to the use for publication O.
all news dispatches credited to II OF
not otherwise credited in this paper
and also the local news puphshea
herein.
All rights of republication of several
dispatches herein are also reserved.
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SPEAK UP

Fro mthe New York Telegram.
There are many who say. I'VE don't
want any more military men for Pres
ident.' There are others who say,
We've had enough lawyers as Presi- 4
dent" And there are even more who
say. Heavens! don't elect any moro
college residents."-Chicag Tribune.
What do you fellows want, pork
packer or pawnbroker?
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IhOu! Why. thou wilt quarrel with
hair less, in his beard thnn thou hast.
Thou wilt quarrel with man for
cracking nuts, having no other reason
but because thou hast hazel eyes.
Romeo and Juliet.
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2
builders and developers have little
sympathy with these thread-bare theo-
ries of Henry George and others that
increase in property values belongs to
the public. 1t is not robbery for any
business man or property owner to
reap the harvest of his toll and fore
sight. The robber is rather the man
who lives off the community without
giving it time or brain in return, who
owns nothing-large or small-and
who spends his time envying those
whose thrift and energy have brought
their sure reward.
The moral of this is for every man
to get him a piece of property, no
matter how small or where located,
and go to work helping to make it in
icrease in value.
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President Lewis of the miners says
five hours a day is long enough to
work a man underground. yet Alaba-
mas esteemed convicts prefer working
in mines because they are not exposed
to the broiiing suns of summer or the
shrewd blasts of winter.
y T. y
Sir A. Conan Doyle defends spiritual
ism and ignores personal attacks on
himself. Nevertheless. Sir Arthur was
considerably more popular the
author of the Sherlock Holmes series
than he is a near-authority on spooks.
Y y !.
Looking about for new worlds to
conquer, the flying parson' is now
ambitious to make one-stop flight
across the United States. Some people
never tire of playing fast and loose
with the undertaken.
/ y * *
Jack Dempsey, the giant killer,
circus. In case Mr.. Dempsey becomes
too chesty while in our midst well in
troduce him to Vulcan, the original
"iron man.
1t seems almost impossible to build
an automobile that does not bear some
resemblance to other automobiles, but
upholstering offers wide field FOL
/ variety.
Women have confessed to a weakness:
IN the knees when registering for the
first time. Needless to say, they were
not and never had been militant SUITS
4. 4 y
The chorus of more or less eminen
Germans trying to explain matters il
: getting to be almost deafening.
e 4 x K
Who's going to challenge for thu
Americas cup when Sir Thomas Lip
ton is no more?
: j; - *
The reports that the peace confer
ence has decided to let Italy and Jugo
slava decide the Fiume question look
like an attempt to pass the buck"
y y =
There will probably be few eggno
jokes this year. BY Christmas 1872
s. the eggnog joke will have gone to joi
a the dodo.
> The champion crepe hanger of to
h cigar and the cigarette are doomed t
0 rreedy extinction.
y y X
Tidings of what has been going o
II in the Senate lately doubtless had thei
e effect in speeding up the President
recovery.
In spite of all he's tried to do fo
her, China will never place Senate
Lodge on pedestal along with Con
fucius
s. * *
There is certain elasticity in a
eight-hour day. Ftw men paid fc
eight hours work keep busy 4s0 mir
utes.
At any rate. Won der Goltz, ha
achieved certain post bellum motor
iety
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-10-20
WAGE OF THE WHITE HOUSE CHEF

From the Montgomery Advertiser.
The White House cook has held Eis
position for 10 years vet his salary is
only $40 a month. His gratuitics
however, are supposed to make his M
come equal to that received by the
gOYernor of Texas.
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Prices Higher Elsewhere

cit is natural for each community
to lay particular stress on its own
grievances and to boast of its adva14t-
ages. To local citizens prices may
seem to be high. but comparatively
speaking the high cost of living has
not reached Birmingham yet" stated
DIR. James j. Walsh of New York. who
is visiting the city to deliver course
of free public lectures at the Jeffer-
son theatre this week ~ am partic-
u1arly interested in the economic con-
ditions of the different sections of the
country and am afforded an excellent
opportunity of noting their similar
tiles and differences. for in the course
of my lecturins tours I visit the coun-
try from coast to coast and from gulf
to lakes regularly and at short inter
walls.
Compared with the larger cities of
the northern states. that is cities of
your own size. and especially eastern
cities, your prices are low on standard
necessities. If you feel the pinch now,
what will happen when you are asked
to pay IS cents for eggs, IS cents for
now paying in some parts of New York
City,"
''You always feel the pinch Of your
own shoe most. even if the other fell
lows hurts him more; that's nevcr
your affair Personally. however,
| deplore both and look for relief with
| in the next few months after the in.
ternational and labor situations ar
settled"
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