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The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-03-16

which liquor is found must beyeoniscated by the state. A prominent banker connect ed with ond of the federal reserve instituhions in thd south was very much alarmed the othe | day when he returned fr6am a fishing trip on the Warrior river with pinf bottle in his trousers pocket. deputy him insisted on taking hi s| trousers on the spot and it was only after much parleying thatShe gave up the| bottle without the trousers.
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 I believe prohibition has worked grea} and lasting benefit in this Birmingham, district and in otherr sections. but I dc| think that we have g number of officers of the law here wfb are devoting tod much time to absurd searching expedi1 \ tions and too little to suppressing crime| hereabouts. Burglarbes are nightly occur ances and hold-un men are operating alI over Birminghamj and its surroundings1
 If the two officers who followed young1 John Bradley for ia mile or two and then arrested him wshen he was on the way| from Warrior. ito his home in the city| with his deada fathers effects, had del voted half asj much time to chasing1 burglars as they did to MT. Bradley s' Ford truck walh a trunk strapped on be- hind, they might have done some good.
 It is well senough to go after the blind tiger operators and the professional traf- fickers in ssArong drink, but to stop and search every citizen and his automobile in 'comingj from the country into the' city is arIsabsurdity.
 Some of these officers must feel as foolish las one who went through a Southera railway train recently at Alex andria, Va, awakening two old ladies in thap drawing room and asking them if they flrad any whisky in their grips One of the good old souls promptly replied, "No, but I have some spirits of camphor if anybody is sick"
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OK CARTS TO TAXIS-By Frank Willis Barnett

A conversation I had with R. s. War ner, one of our pioneer merchants who has retired from active business. gave me a suggestion for this story.
 He came to Birmingham in the early days before such thing as paved streets had been dreamed about, and put up at A hotel on First avenue. He arrived at night, and on getting up in the morn ing he looked out of his window ana saw a four-ox team laden with groceries stalled in the mud.
 But this is not to be so much story of street improvements as 1t IS 10 set forth the progress in transportation since Birmingham was put on the map. Now the OK cart as a method of delivery IS bit slow, and as gravel and clnders were poured into the main thoroughfares' it became possible to use wagons. The public drays still remain with us in spite of the use of motor trucks
 Now we can all recall the days when the big department stores were compelled to run private livery stables in order to carry on their business It has not been very long since some of our main streets were practically blocked at least on one side on Sundays in order to accommodate the many idle buggies, carriages and
 wagons.
 | In former years nearly every home of any pretense had it's stable. and Bir- mingham's -four hundred took great pride in their equippages. am bold to
 state that the passing of the phaetons
 drawn by praneing steeds driven by gor- geously decked carriage driver and foot men took out of our daily life bit
 of the picturesque that has not been re-
 placed even by the high priced limou- sines of the wealthy.
 1 Now I have enough of the small boy left in me to miss the wild races that for years were staged upon our streets
 as the fire department. drawn by picked
 teams of horses, dashed madly through
 the streets at night with smoke pouring out of the engines and trail of sparks /, like siilHoa fireflys Illuminating the gloom it always sent the blood racing ! throueh riy veins. I admire the forward ness f my nome town in being the first to n ,eSslse its ire department. but sadl. lons for Ire old excitement when
 fife alsrai is gwen.
 Laugh if yoa please. but the passing of horse orawn street cars. while gain in tims and relief to the eauines an a ssxa that Birmingham was enterirs uuau itA career as sure enough cit@ ysf brought pang to some of us Nse< llged thsf clsunminess of the smaller cAagT ltae sriAtdliasss of the drivers and hhi isRndnf fsors. or they didn't mind waarir
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for a fellow If he was block or two away and gave them the signal.
 I do not mean that there was no re- joicing when we ges to the dummy stage, for we were all very proud of them as they puffed and blowed and made their noisy way through the-downtown and the residence districts. I remember defend-
 ing the Gate City line because the en- gineer was pulled for, not stopping when fire call had been sounded. There had been bad blood tbetween the dummy engineers and the Sfire department for sometime.
 The case was before the recorder, and strange to say, in ntspite of the city hall influence I was lucky enough to get the company off without a fine. but the fun came after the case,was over. The driver of the fire engine with blazing eyes and profane words faced the offending en- gineer and said, with the oaths omitted, "The next time you fail to stop your engine I am going to run over you, that's what I am going to do." I liked his spunk. but questioned his judgment. for the engineer, with a provoking smile an
 swered. "All right, bud. but before you do it you had better call up the undertaken and have the coroner notified
 Now we have gotten to the B. R., L. & |P In spite of the shower of criticism which has fallen on this public service
 corporation T must admit that with its ] scores of miles of tracks, reaching every
 part of the, city. and connecting it with
 many suburbs. in spite of it's frequently delayed schedules, it makes it possible 1 for us to get about in a way that would have seemed like a dream in the old i days when horse power was the motive II say this much for the encourasement
 of Lee Bradley. who is striving to im- , proves the property and take better care
 of thespublic
 Back again to "Old Dopoin' 1or' III
 spitet of the "taxis' he is still With us.
 as you discover on getting out at the
 Terminal or the l.. & N. depot. We see lined up a few hacks of ante-bellum wins 1 ta,ge. relic of by-gone days. They re- | mind me of old time southern gentlemen with rrayed sleeves and shining coats, kbut HeAds erect and the manners of a dtrace ast disappearing Many of them wevs once hens sed in the best private ssyf8es ia tlie city and were seen in the I 7. ernoun pa ades on Highland avenue. 1 Ths other day I stopped hack driver < on Fsssh svanue and said, "Jim. are there 4 any more hacks left in the hands of the i oia 7ci ssze as?" He said, Boss, dere was
 uiss one white man who had one stored
 u his ,arn. but nigger just pestered Aiim 10 death, and he finally let him have Ray ! learned from him that there was
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-03-16
IT WASN'T THE CAT

From the Pittsburg Chronicle-Telegraph
 Vile creature!' roared Smith. the new boarder. as he gazed at the four ounces of butter, then at the cat. and then at the landlady who, with the air of in- jured innocence, was holding out for his inspection the microscopic portion of the luxury referred to.
 .'Yes. sir" said the good woman. that's all that's left of the pound O butter as left on the table this mornin', and on comin' into this room I saw that thiev- in animal a-sittin' comfortable on the mat a-lickin' his chops"
 Vile creaturer cried Smith to the cat again, ito steal my butter. Yes" he went on. and so as to make me suspect poor Miss Snaggs, you cut 1t with a
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Great Work at Auburn

T was struck with the reputation which the Alabama Techniological instl- ute has on my recent visit to Auburn, said Herman Beck, flor I met man from Saskatcawan who came to the state and settled in Washington county, who had made the trip from south Alabama to get expert advice on some agricultural and horticultural problems The experi- ments being conducted at Auburn on the citrus pests will mean much to the south- ern part of the state"
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about a dozen hacks in service 1t pres ent. If some of them did not look as if they had come out of Noah's ark. and if did not know that some of them had seen use before the civil war, I would prophecy that they would soon be as extinct as the dodo. but I suspect they belong to the phoenix tribe and will long continue to be seen on our streets.
 But this is an automobile age, and they are in evidence everywhere and the city is hard put to find parking places for those now in use. It's problem for the man who drives downtown after a. m. to dock his car anywhere in the business section. Before we work this problem out the airship will be here. and I will leave my story up in the air.
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HIGH d lu1l COHlpllliCAlt OI SA &AiAS~ N~o- mental officers, because no oppor- trnity was open to them in which to educate-"and a competent officer IS not created in day or month"-but West Point did raise, organize and discipline two million troops fable to take the field and conquer in war, within a year, when everything had to be done, down to providing their shcestrings."
 It was West Point that taught young men how to make soldiers and above all taught them collective thought" When the history of the war comes to be written too much praise cannot be accorded to West Point.
 President Wilson slipped into Paris in comparatively simple manner. However, any visitor who has the French premier waiting at the station to shake hands may regard himself as being trifle more important than mere tourist. Prof. Corbett rails at Prof. Pal Moore for demanding s15,OOo to fight. Prof. Cor belt should stop to consider that the cost of living has gone up considerably since he was in the heydey of his glory.
 Getting down to brass tacks, woman if she is able, provided that doesn't force large number of men to become bur- glars or walking delegates.
 * * *
 Corea lifts her voice to demand the right of self f-determination Incidentally. Corea was managing her own affairs long before America and Great Britain were ever heard of
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 It is a proud and happy moment for the boss when his former office boy drops in with two gold stripes on his sleeve and talks about what happened at Chateau Thierry.
 The wife of Captain Won Papen says she is being bounded because she is a German. SEe should have gone with Won Papen while the going was good.
 * # *
 Mir McAdoo says he has been out of touch with the railroad situation for sometime. and he probably felt like add ing, Thank the Lord!' * * E Germany might be willing to exchange her ships for food, if she were guaranteed seven meals a day, as in the good old times of the Kaiser. * x ,*
 Won Bernstorfrs newly acquired de- mocracy will not make us forget that he was once a dependable hireling of Prus- sian autocracy. Sk * Se | Much time and energy have been con- sumed in talking about a memorial to our soldiers, but we have not yet laid the corner stone.
 * * E Being blessed with more hindsight than i foresight, Prussia's former war lords can ! easily explain why Germany lost the war. | j. < < 1 It looks as if Wilhelm would escape punishment for his crimes. Maybe after while his conscience will get to work. | k $ $ | The latest dispatches indicate that the Spartacans have lost the intraurban championship of Berlin. * # # i Open covenants openly arrived at might take some of the stigma off pugilistic and wrestling bouts. |
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Passing of Great
 Lawyer and Jurist


 M1EW YORK has had few abler J V lawyers than Roger A. Pryor, whose death occurred at his home there Friday evening, in the ninety first year of his age.
 Born and reared in Virginia, he had been a noted Confederate brigadier, but toward the close of the war he came under a cloud. His courage was questioned, but the charges against him were allowed to drop. Although many of his friends were disposed to minimize the offense, he felt himself ostracised and left Virginia immedl- ately after the war and was admitted to the bar in New York. He had large practice from the start, and, taking an active part in Tammany politics, he soon rose to distinction.
 He had been resident of New York only few years when 4his name was prominently mentioned for high of flee. He was a delegate to the demo- cratic national convention in 1876 and was elected justice of the state su- preme court.
 Tammany methods in handling the city's affairs were always cen surable, but General Pryor's reputa- ton never suffered in the least. He was, in fact, held up as very model of integrity and outspoken leadership. No matter how great the odium at taching to the "tiger" and the |"brayes" no one ever heard Pryor spoken of except in terms of unstinted praise. It was something to be proud of and went far to make his old friends of Virginia forget the episode that had blighted his prowess. General Pryor came of intellectual stock. His father was Presbyterian minister of exceptional force, but the son easily surpassed him in oratory and in skill in debate.
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THE TRAMP STEAMER.

She's poked her nose in a thousand
 ports,
 Wherever ships may go; And fought her way through tossing
 spray
 'Gainst all the winds that blow. Her name is known in Guayaquil. Cape Town and Singapore, In Liverpool and Trinidad, Frisco and Baltimore. She's not a trim and dainty craft The liners pass her by Above her weather-beaten deck No saucy pennants fly. She's just sturdy carrier, For toll and service made, Manned by small but husky crew Of seamen unafraid.
 THE REAL THING. "so. this is German officers hel- met?". eF-s +tl~4s-
 "Yes."
 Are you sure it's genuine? I un- derstand a factory in France is manu- featuring helmets to sell to American soldiers as souvenirs"
 q guess this one is genuine" replied the doughboy. calmly. q got 1t in exchange for an uppercut landed on a Prussan's jaw"
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All Depend on Farmer

q always like to get to busy, bustling Birmingham, said z. T. Connor, who comes from the heart of Kentucky. "I am in the great farming section and there is no finer in America than the blue grass region. While it is true that the war yet when I get into this great in dustrial district I realize that the pros- perity of the United States is not depen-' dent on any one class, but that farmer, merchant, banker and manufacturer all play a part and that the quicker they play the game together the sooner will all of them win out.''
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INFORMATION NEEDED

From the Kansas City Star.
 reader writes in to inquire whether the league of nations plan is any kin to Jacobs ladder, which Jacob also saw in & dream. reply might be made more confidently if we could find any statement that there were IA steps in Jacobs ladder.
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RATHER NEAT.

RATHER NEAT. q object to admitting the plaintiffs ankles as evidence"
 "On what grounds?" ''Ahem! Your honor, this is al breach of promise suit and I don't want my clients judgment to appear at fault in passing up pair like that"
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specialists in postofflce affairs to discontinue all the offices within a radius of, say, forty miles of "big office," and have the peo- pie supplied from the large center.
 According to this scheme Alabama would have only about twenty post offices all told-Mobile, Montgomery, Selma, Anniston, Talladega, Birming- ham, Gadsden, Huntsville, Sheffield and the like.
 It may be several years before Con- gress. is asked to put the postofflce merger plan into effect. But as 1t IS along the line of economy and could be made to give more efficient serv- ice, it is only question of time when we will have it.
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Preferred to Sit Down

T heard good one the other day, said Charles Calhoun, the well known attorney. "It seems that two boys grew up as neighbors in the country and in their early manhood drifted cityward. One became a prosperous merchant and the other took up the trade of shoe maker.
 Time passed and the merchant, think ing to help his friend, who was still sticking to his bench, suggested that he put in an up-to-date shoe-fixery' and meet the competition He was thanked for his preferred aid but was told that he had the job he had made up his mind to get in the days he worked on the farm He put it in this way: For. years stood between blow handles and l began, to look around for sitting occupation, and I am going to. stick to my shoe makers bench until die in the good old way without having to stand up and do my work with a machine
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ASSERTING HIMSELF.

What good does 1t do you to shake' your fist at a reckless motorist after he has nearly run you down? Hess speeding on his way and doesn't see you"
 That's true' replied the pedestrian, n, "but I can at least show curiousr on- lockers that am g. man of some spirit"
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Willing to Serve


 "A funny thing happened here few years ago." said Judge William E. Fort of the criminal division of the circuit court. Sometimes the names for jury service are secured from the city or tel ephone directory and when court con vened one morning and the names of the jurors summoned were called a woman responded to one of the names. l told her she could be excused and she stated she had been summoned and would like to serve. However, I told her we would be very glad to have her serve on the jury, but since the laws of Ala bama did not allow it I supposed we would be denied this pleasure. For some time after court officials were leased about this case and since then they are careful to see that they summon men Only,"
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NONE OF HIS AFFAIR.

NONE OF HIS AFFAIR. "But what will posterity sa.y?" That doesn't worry me."i answered the selfish statesman"
 But, my dear sir"
 Please don't annoy me. No matter what posterity says, I won't be here to solicit posterity's votesv
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STOCKING UP.

STOCKING UP.
 Washington has been called the City of Magnificent Distances"
 T believe so," replied the prohibi- tion congressman, "but after a person gets used to running over to Baltimore every day or two, the distance that separates his boarding house from the capitol seems hardly worth consider irg." PAUL COOK.
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ART swINDLEs

From the Outlook.
 The Paris correspondent of American Art News says that there are no less than q pirated "Rodins,' each worg signed and bearing a complimentary in- scription to the pseudo-owner, now in the possession of unsophisticated buyers who have been swindled by interruptions dealers. As illustrating the gullibility of the nouveau riche, the correspondent says that one of these dealers sold a Louis XIV commode to customer who SUD- posed it to be genuine and paid $4OOU for 1t. The customer found it to be fake and forced the dealer to refund the money. Next week h. pund the same commode in s''s44d's se. What did you poy for fA4ty Ae tsked. Five thousand" wa Inc fses5
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THE PROMIst op sEAKNfs By Clinton Scollard. The river roars: even tne sa4nnri brawls; Yet there is music. shrAs the notes
 be rude, In all the weltering so0n -a csrtitude Of something mellower as ths k1ssugh.
 falls Clamor the winds behind shs wcoalaAd
 walls, As though they wrangleo a . riotoes
 mood, Yet having undertones where f.sv
 and feud Are lost in iutelike and meIoalora The clouds that span the heavens
 ern arch A- Are grim and leaden masses. e
 heart. M. If they should hst soe swift eas
 part. Lo, beauty s35wirS ss | suns ga Thus lie beh ge tae lhrall and Eireat ,es
 March The presage snasshs promise or ns
 May.
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Ae.St3ruea

RECALLING THE ABSENT. This wedding notice won't do," said the editor of the Chiggersville Argus. What's wrong with it?" asked the society editor.
 You state that Mrs. Jiggsby and Colonel Bilfur have embarked on the sea of matrimony.'
 "Well?"
 "The association of ideas may prove painful to the former Mrs. Jiggsby. Her first husband was drowned in a shipwreck.'
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HOSPITALITY.

HOSPITALITY. Wont you join me in the cellar?n We'll be hearing by and by; .--e Its all right with Arabella And I know your throat is dry"
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ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES

under this law any property on or in
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-03-28

draws the soreness and misery right
out of feet that chafe, smart and
burn. "Tiz" instantly stops pain in
corns, callouses and bunions. "Tiz'
is glorious for tired, aching, sore
feet, No more shoe tightness-no
more foot torture.
Ask for "TiZ." Get only "Tiz."
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-03-28

This western world is a product of
vision. Its greatness Is assured un-
III 1t loses its vision. That would
De worse calamity than the great
est financial panic that could over
take the country. OF all the advan-
tages of war. none is greater than
the opened eyes of our soldiers and
of our people.
The Essence of Patriotism
The patriotism of Moses was link
ed Vitally with the righteousness,
which is the essence of patriotism.
Moses lived and labored for the sake
or others. His trials were not his
own. but his peoples. He loved his
fellow countrymen better than he
loved his life. For their sake he was
wiling to be accursed; for their
sake ne dared the wrath of Jehovah
LOT their sake he underwent all the
rlgors of the wilderness: from the
nrst olow that felled the Egyptian to
the last sublime strain of his diving
song, his thought was of Israel and
not of himself.
The devil looks out for number
one! so do a great many people. But
all those who bear in their spirits
the marks of the truly great, which
Is to say the marks of the Lord Je-
sus, have concern for their fellow
men, They are burdened by soci-
etys woes; the ills that afflict man
kind touch their hearts. heir lives
are given, not to any bread and but
ter existence for the mere mainte-
nance of their physical selves. but
to the great causes of human serv-
Ice. There is one invariable test of
greatness-no man is more than
commonplace and small who is look
ing out primarily for himself. In
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Dr.. CARERS <. & B. Tea
Makes Finest Homemade
Laxative Syrup
Easily Prepared - Two Pints
Cost Almost Nothing but is
Prompt, Sure and Effective

Ready-made laxative syrups for
children are costly. BY making this at
home you not only save practically
$3.50, but you will have a much more
prompt and effective preparation.
Simply obtain from any drug store
package of DR.. Carter's X. & b. Tea
Put contents in Il bowl. Add IL pints
of boiling water, cover and allow to
stand for 2 hours. Strain, add l pound
of sugar and stir until dissolved. Fla
vor either with essence of pepper
mint or wintergreen according to
taste.
Dose for adults. l tablespoonful
each night or night and morning un-
til a regular movement of the bowels
is effected. For children, 1 teaspoon
full more or less according to age.
For real springtime tonic and
blood purifier, l teaspoonful every
night or every other night for at
least three weeks.
Cut this recipe out and paste it on
the bottle.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-03-28
BY WILLIAM II. ELLIS

acter among the people of the land
generally. For it is more than that
we need. We have been driven
sharply back upon the old, old truth
that only personality is the saliva
tion for the times; that all of the
worlds needs are embodied in it's
need for manhood.
The events of the war, with all
their homiletic character, and all
their exhortation to return to the
first principles of morality and reli-
gion, will yet have failed to pro-
duce their ultimate results If out of
them have not come more men of
increased might. ready to take up
the burdens of the public veal. I'm
doubtedly there is apparent through
out the length and breadth of the
continent a new sense of individual