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The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-19

has already aroused public sentiment against such. inexcusable forms of barbarity. That sort of thing will not be tolerated in the army if the American people know about it
 Amazing Productivity
 of American Farms
 THEE wastage of war in Europe has
 9 been counterbalanced by a bumper yield, of crops in America. An unprecedented total of s14,O92, TAO, 900 is the value of farm crops harvested this year, according to figures recent ly made public by the department of agriculture, which is almost s1, ,5OO,- 100000 more than the value of last years production.
 An area of more than 2,6O0, 900 acres greater than in 1918 was under cultivation, making total of nearly 400, ,00O, ,000 acres titled by American farmers. Corn led all other crops with a valuation of $S,ss4, ,2s4, ,oo0. Cotton, including seed, was second, with a total value of $2,332, ,91S, ,Oo00. lThe hay crop amounted to $2, ,12e, ,087,- 1000. Wheat, the winter and spring crops, came fourth, with $2,028, ,522,- 1000. Oats decreased from a billion dollar crop to ss95, ,60S,00o
 These figures have been published before, but they are worthy of ex- tended study and offer convincing proof of natures bounty to America. It is small wonder that we are the richest nation on the globe We are enormously rich in a single item farm products-which is only one of the many sources of our national wealth.
 Cartoonists do well to picture Uncle Sam as somewhat corpulent old gen. ltleman, for his waist measurement has exceeded the fondest dreams of the republics founders.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-19
HEARING TIP
DAZhANAlNU UT From the Houston Post.

From the Houston Post.
 Still. you will have to admit that the public itself Is firmly set as if it intended to endure the agony of the Garfield resig- nation without anything resembling raging lachrymosity. The fact is, the public is steeled to the point where 1t can stand almost anybody's resignation.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-19
NEXT vICrIM

From the Philadelphia Enquirer.
 A lot of reformers. professional and otherwise, evidently are of the opinion that My Lady Nicotine is the residuary legatee of John Barleycorn, to be used by them for furthering their own amusement or profit. as the case may he
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-19

THE CONVENTIONAL WHITE FRONT From the Raymond, Minn-, News.
 Anton Van Kraanen of Rochester. a brother of the bride, acted as best man for the groom. who wore black with white front for the occasion.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-19
Department of Justice
 Has 60, O,OOO "Red" Records

A TToRNEY GENERAL PALMER GA made the statement that the de- lpartment of justice has three hundred and sixty-five thousand index record cards and about sixty thousand refer to radicals.
 The ring leaders of this army of "reds' have not yet been deported, although they may soon be on their way to Russia. With commendable tloroughness the department of justice obtained the information about these |disturbers. They are known to agents, who can lay their hands on them whenever they are wanted, yet of the tsixty thousand, how many have been arrested? How many have been de- ported?
 When we stop to consider the trou- ble that can be caused by a single "red," when permitted to do as he Ipleases, how much greater must be the menace of sixty thousand men and women who go about preaching revo- lution, the destruction of the Ameri- can government and the substitution of some such nightmare of misrule as Russia is experiencing?
 It is comforting to know that the department of justice holds the rec ords of these undesirables, but it would be far more comforting to know that they had been rounded up and the incorrigibles sent away, never to return. Every one of the alien radi- calls fomenting unrest in America is an ingrate biting the hand that feeds him, and flouting the hospitality of a country that has too long opened it's arms to the discreditable hordes of Europe.
 Senator Fan was certainly in no holiday
 mood when he said there was no reason
 to believe anything further would De
 done "in the Jenkins case or any other |
 case other than to back. wash our hands
 in invisible water. roll our eyes upvar6
 and proclaim peace on earth, good will to bandits"
 Persons who contemplate trying .or&.
 day to defraud Uncle Sam by tax dodgtnx
 should consider the fate of New York
 cotton 5obber and wholesaler. who was ffned N2,ooo and sentenced to spend a day
 in Jail after he had already paid sfe1, 7s into the United States treasury. * * *
 D'Annunzio is making big mistake if
 he is still at Plume. as reported in the latest dispatches. He should not finger
 on the scene of his triumphs after he
 has capitulated and the red fire has died down to few pale wisps of smoke. * q <
 Burglars complain that persons sup
 posed to be wealthy and refined are de- ceiving them with false jeweiry.. This is most unfair to the profession, and if the practice is continued it win take all
 the joy out of burgling.
 | Great Britain claims she would gladly settle the Irish question. but the Irish ! themselves can't decide what they want
 Are we to infer from this that every
 time the Irish get together they have to
 be pulled apart?
 I Persons who have tried to purchase an old-fashioned market basket with the
 hope of being able to do some old-fash-
 toned marketing have learned to their
 sorrow that the price of the basket has gons ups ~
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-19
EVENLY MATCHED.

You'd better be careful how you taiA to that fellow"
 Why" asked the rough looking indi- vidual
 Hes 'hardboiled-~
 Don't worry. I'm q ten-minute' egz self"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-19
Quits on Time nnce.

This is great" said Ted Openshaw, clerk in the office of the circuit court, as he closed his ledger at o'clock and was ready to leave. And it Is an unusual experience. for generally just before the hour some lawyer or other person comes in with damage suit to file. and then somebody is stuck for number of minutes. And I could hardly believe my ears yesterday when I had finished for the day to hear the town clock just striking 5. It surely was a grand and glorious feeling.''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-19
Like a Citx pirertarx

T haven't lived in Walker county in eight years" said James M. Cran- ford at the dairy day luncheon, ~but I can call the first names of 75 per cent of the men from that county here today and give their family histories. including the family names of their wives, the number of children each has, and how many mules cows and other live stock. I was credit man for the cranford company at Jasper 25 years and during that time visited every locality in the county, met every man and woman and could tell every crook and turn in all the roads. There's Mccullough. I knew his father and his grandfather, who was nearly 100 years old. Yes. sir, if you want the history of Walker county families just call on me-"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-19
GONE, BUT NOT FORGOTTEN

From Karl Raturen (Christiania, Nor
 way).
 Professor Peterson is dead. He is duly buried. His brother professors have attended the funeral. At the end of the ceremony the professors take their departure and on the way from assisted in conducting the services looks around and, cycling his compan- ions, says: Where's Petersen? Didn't he come with usr'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-19
THE MEANEsT MAN

From the Baltimore American.
 The meanest of all mean men is the one who plans to give his wife a check for Christmas and take it away the day after.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-19
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES
A MEMORY.

A MEMORY. Oh, little hermit stream. Your voice comes back to me As when you danced along And mirrored' rock and tree In many a moss-fringed pool Where sunbeams loved to stray; In whose pellucid depths watched the minnows play. My feet have wandered far, I've trudged up many a hill And threaded distant vaies, And yet, affection still Unites my heart to you. Oh, little hermit stream, Where as a carefree boy I used to stroll and dream
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-19
American Army Does Not
 Need "Hardboiled" Officers

lE VIDENCE. brought out in the 0 court-martial of Capt Karl Detzer, former commandant of mili- tary police at Le Mans, France, would indicate that he is a worthy rival to Lieut.. "Hardboiled" Smith, who is now serving a sentence of eighteen months for brutality to military pris- oners.
 Except in the matter of ordering a prisoner to swallow lighted cig- arctic, it does not appear that Capt. Detzer went quite as far in his bru- tality as Lieutenant Smith, although he is apparently of the l:'hardboileda | variety.
 The defense usually offered by of ficers charged with brutality is that they were dealing with rough charac- ters who were not susceptible to kind
 .- ness. That may be true, yet every soldier who falls into the hands of military police is not a desperate criminal and where it is shown that mistreatment was the rule rather than the exception, it stands to req con that many prisoners were harsh ly dealt with who deserved more con- sideration than they received.
 It is well that the charges against given much publicity in the newspa- pers. It will serve as warning to officers who might be disposed to be- 1 come 'hardboiled" in the future and
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-19
SHOULD SAY so.

SHOULD SAY so.
 This must be typographical errcr.- Why soT' "The birth of triplets Is announced anal it is stated that the father is doing nicely.'~
 That's probably correct. The presex- tation of triplets nowadays is enough to ptostrate any man who hasn't strongI constitution" OR so HE THINKS. Full many gem of purest ray sslene The dark, unfathomed caves of ocean bear;''
 Full many a man with unprotected bean I Has brains beneath his hairless dome 1 to spare. ROWING TO PUBLIC OPINION. whats in that little steamer trunkr- Emergency costumes for our chorus of forty"
 Emergency? | "Yes. Occasionally we strike town that's so puritanical the girls have to put on an extra bead or two.'' BADLY MISTAKEN, THOUGH. "Do you think this anarchist leader will make a speech when he's deportedr' He may "Along what lines?'
 Well, just at present he thinks he'A coming back. so the tenor of his re-1 marks is apt to be more in the veiI of 'au revoir' than 'adieu.'"
 PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-19

We have our philosophical persons te make modern and familiar things supernatural and cnuseIess.
 --AIps We'll That Ends Well.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-19

not, J1e work sJ Snort Creek ought to be hurried as much as possible.
 Two shipments of steel from the Fairfield fabricating plant to Mobile were transferred to Warrior river barges at Tuscaloosa and were lowed down from there without any unusual incident.
 The success of the Warrior river service has already been established and it's upbuilding means the differ ence between high and low freight rates.
 A saving of twenty per cent in freight charges to and from Birming- ham,. gives Birmingham a distinct ad- vantage as a jobbing center that will in time make her one of the leading commercial centers in the south as she is now the greatest industrial dis trict.
 Work on the Short Creek terminals is progressing satisfactorily after the interruptions few days ago caused by the heavy rains and washouts.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-19
PUT OVER.

PUT OVER.
 ''The gentleman disclaims any knowI- edge of huge slush fund spent in his behalf"
 And you will observe he does so with out rancor."
 Quite so. also observe that the gentleman was elected, which may explain the absence of rancor."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-19
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-19


 A COME-DowN IN ITSELF.
 "Is it true that former cabaret enter tainers are actually begging their food from door to doorr'
 "Oh, no. If anybody told you that he was exaggerating the effect of prohibit ton"
 Perhaps
 "But great many cabaret performers are in such reduced circumstances that they are glad to eat in the restaurants where they used to perform
 INSTEAD OF THE STAGE DOOR.
 Chorus girls are deserting the stage to work for higher wages in factories" "Well' We'll. What is that going to lead tor
 'sWho knows? It may lead to wealthy roues lounging in their limousines in front of factory gates when the o'clock whistle blows"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-19

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-19
Should Hurry Work on
 Short Creek Terminals

TIT behooves the Birmingham port y authorities to hurry the construc- tion work on the Short Creek termi- nals if they do not want to lose some of the advantages these have already brought to Birmingham. The Ala bama Great Southern Railroad com pany has instructed its agents not to
 t An4 Eprshef shipments Iouted
 way cf tAe Wat~ior liv It is nee 'hat tnis giH water Eions het sHsr 1t IS or
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-08-23
To HAVE
CAR OVERLOOKED
When Too Much Gas Is
Used Best Plan Is to
Have Car Inspected.

Recently a Franklin owner drove
into the service station Of the Frank
lin Motor Car company to have his car
tuned up and checked over for gaso-
line consumption
he had been in the habit OF getting
more than 20 miles TO the gallon Of
gasoline and when. after going 1874
miles without any adjustments the
car was going only Is miles on gal
lon. he knew something must be
wrong.
After the valves were ground and
the motor tuned, the car was person
ally tested by Leo frost. dlslrlbu-
tor Of Franklin cars. A distance OF
quarts Of gasoline, which IS better
than 30 miles to the gallon, consider
ing that the car was turned around
and backed up at the tenth mile
This Incident created quite a little
surprise at the gasoline station from
which the two quarts were purchased
3. B. Davenport and J. G. Cash. Man
vel Munguia and several others wit
messed the performance and expressed
surprise although they had heard
Franklin owners tell OF the wonderful
mileage obtained on gasoline and
tires Joe Conway and A l. High
field also witnessed this run
To Franklin owners 20 miles and
more on a gallon Of gasoline and Is
900 miles on tires is an every day oc-
currence. The owner of the above
car drove away very much satisfied
for he felt that his car had been made
as good as new and he expects to go
many thousand miles more before
having IL overhauled-
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-08-23
AUTO HELPS IN
ANNUAL OUTING
Each Year Sees Cars Used
in Trips for Recharging
Human Batteries.

During these vacation days, when
thousands Of business men and
women, worn out and tired by many
months OF strenuous effort. are clos
ing I'd their desks and seeking the
lakes and mountains and the forests
for rest and recuperation. the auto
mobile is more than proving its value
as a real benefactor." declares S. o.
Bottorff, Of the West Texas Motor
company, local Haynes distributor
There was a time, not many years
ago either, when the yearly vacation
was looked upon as a luxury, as an
Inconvenience to business but now
since people have become more en-
lightened concerning their personal
health-which means efficiency in
busfuess-and men Of commerce are
evfncinE a real interest in the health
Of their employees, the vacation IS re
garded as being almost as essential
as food and sleep It is the time when
the human storage batteries OF energy
are recharged for the long grind
ahead, when tired brains and fatigued
bodies receive 2 new supply Of nerve
fuel for the coming battles OF busi-
ness competition. Everyone recOg-
nizes the need OF this annual rest and
so the vacation IS taken for granted
To-day the automobile is being used
as never before by vacationists in an
endeavor to extract the fullest amount
Of health and happiness from the va
cation period. Requests to autOmo-
bile clubs and associations for maps
and information by tourists have
trebled this year. The roads leading
to the great national parks and the
mountains and the fisherman's para
disc are alive with automobiles.
There is no healthier way to spend
a vacation than on an automobile tour.
The benefit Of the open air. the ever
changing scenery and the zest Of
travel are bound to react favorably
on the tourist The automobile can
go every place a train can go and
many places where II cannot 90
These are some OF the reasons why
the automobile IS SO popular with va
cationists."
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-08-23
STOPPING THE
LOSS Of GAS.
Problem Is to Get Fuel in
Proper Shape and Cylin-
ders Correct.

Manager R. A Lester. OF the Lester
Motor Co. explains how the i'll ef-
fects Of poor gasoline have been over
come by modern automotiveengf ueers.
"A recent report Of the United
States bureau OF standards shows that
while the commercial gasoline Of five
years ago was 50 percent volatile. to-
day It is only g. percent" states Mr..
Lester. The first effects of this
altered quality in motor car fuel were
brought to the attention Of the So
ciety OF Automotive Engineers a few
seasons ago, as a result Of the dis
covery Of gasoline in the crankcases
Of motors that were run to any ex-
tent 1t was found that, in addition
TO the actual waste Of fuel, the lubri-
eating qualities Of the motor oil were
very dangerously affected and many
manufacturers have since been warn
ing the motorist TO change the oil in
his motor frequently, especially dur
ing cold weather, in order 10 avoid
the danger Of damaging the working
parts
THE reason for the presence of
gasoline in the crankcase,' continues
Mr.. Lester, is that a big percentage
Of the fuel (36 percent, according 10
the burea uof standards) is made up
OF elements that are volatile only
after the application Of considerable
heat These elements. If not complete
" broken up into fine gas. collect on
the walls Of the gas passages and cyl
inders and wash their way down past
the piston rings into the lubricaung
oil, because pistons and piston rings
cannot be fitted in a gasoline motor
50 closely as to prevent the passage
Of gasoline.
This condition also causes the
motor to miss in one or more cylin-
ders, especially while warming up. on
account Of the gasoline mixture be-
ing too itch TO burn, which prevents
proper fabrication Of the cylinder
walls and causes oil pumping"
1t is to combat such a condition.
Mr.. Lester says, thar the hot spot"
and rams horn" were invented for
The use Of Chalmers and Maxwell cars.
Explaining their operation, he says;
Manifolds join at a point where
the exhaust gases from the center
cylinders enter the exhaust manifold,
playing like a blowtorch on the hot
spot The incoming mixture from the
carburetOr is impelled against this
superheated surface and all Of the
heavy elements are broken into fine,
dry gas. Just as drops Of water fall
ing on a hot stove are broken up into
steam. That concludes preparing the
fuel
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-08-23
PNEUMATIC TIRE
IS 4 GREAT BOON
Tire User Gets More for
Money Today Than Ever
Before, Says Dealer.

During the last two decades prob
ably no industry in this country has
advanced so rapidly as the manufac-
ture Of automobiles" said R P. Nor
gan, q local Goodyear rubber man.
Closely associated with the auto
mobile industry, and one that has had
the greatest effect upon its present
success is the rubber industry.
After the development and success
OF the hard rubber tire for use on
horse drawn vehicles the next step
was the invention OF the pneumatic
tire. Although a proven success the
first time it was tried out under
actual conditions Of service the pneu-
matte tire was laid aside and forgot
ten for a number Of years Ihen Il
was again introduced for use on bicy-
cles. Here it had its first real sue
when the automobile first ap.
peared the pneumatic tire was altered
to meet the requirements OF the
power driven vehicle Being lmme-
diately recognized as one Of the great
est factors, in the success Of the au-
tomobile, many of the early tire man
ufacturers spent considerable time
and money fighting each otner IN
court over patents anu AA4-A III 3 @AA-l-A -
At any rate, from its earliest appli-
cation on a horse drawn vehicle, 10
its latest application on motor trucks
the pneumatic tire has had most
remarkable history
The high quality Of the present
dav tire is due to the Standardization
and efficient methods Of manufacture,
which has virtually eliminated the
numerous dfsagreeable features so
annoying to the early day users II
is 2 fact that the car owners OF today
are buying a better tire than they
have ever been able to obtain in the
history of the tire business They
are also recognizing the value OF CIV
ing careful attention TO the care OF
their tires in order TO receive all the
miles that the manufacturer has built
into them IN recent years the user
has come to realize that there are no
miles in a bottle Of ink. mileage must
be built into a tire, not written.
Besides affOrding means Of pleas
ure to millions Of passenger car own
ers, the pneumatic tire has served
a very important purpose in the COM
mercial field
The pneumatic tire is also holding
an extensive position in the aeronau-
tic field, due TO the fact that il pro-
vides the means Of absorbing a great
deal of the tremendous shock Of an
landing. and also makes It
possible for It to obtain high speed
before leaving the ground
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-08-23
4 Suggestion About
Pomer to Aufo Dripers

II the lamps on your car did not
burn or your tire was punctured you
would stop and have them repaired.
Yet many a car owner permits the
loss Of power to his car, which is
just as valuable as lamps or tires.
When your car misses or pumps
oil the power produced is not right
you are losing money right along A
motor that has run from 5000 to
10000 miles frequently shows scored
or worn cylinders You then pay ex-
ira for power-use more gasoline and
oil. Cylinders reground and new pis-
tons stop the loss. Chas. RAIDER is
fully equipped to do this work in the
most successful way. besides doing all
kinds Of auto repairing and over
hauling. 61S Texas street. Phone $50.
ADV.