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The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-02-07
AN IMPoRTNp ARrrcLE.

AN IMPORTED ARTICLE. "The possession of motor is not Dece sarily a mark of distinction
 Not nowadays" replied Miss Snirper "but if you happen to own a motor cs that is driven by a chauffeur who spea3 English with great difficulty, you rns hold up your head trifie in some e4 cles."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-02-07

Speak of me as ann; nothing extenu- ate, Nor set down nught in malice.
 --otbeiie.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-02-07
SCIENTIFIC ABSORPTION.

1. T haven't seen Professor Diggs in sev- eraI weeks. Is he out of town?"
 ITO all intents and purposes Professor Diggs has been resident of Nineveh for the past six weeks"
 "Is that the name of some one-horse town in America 2"
 ~oh, no. I mean the ancient Assyrian capital Professor Diggs has been pre- pairing thesis on Nineveh's water sup ply"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-02-07
Glowing Reports.

From all parts of the state come glowing reports as to the reception that is met by the Near East work ers," said H. T. M. Brown. state chair man for the campaign. The people realize now something of the startling conditions that exist in the Near East and as fast as they begin to realize they are ready to help in the work. Especial credit should be given the Mrs. Hooper and Mrs. Wallace. These earnest workers are persuading many of tho women's clubs to assume the care of an orphan--some more than one orphan
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-02-07
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-02-07
Ready For Hot Spring. Meetixs

q was much interested in the meet ing of the Bankhead National High way Association, said Ed Nor man, ''because, it brought to Bir- mingham some of the most aggressive and forceful men in the south. They were men who were used to tackling big things and putting them over in their states or they would not have been present fighting for what they wanted. There were soft-spoken and suave southerners and breezy and bluff westerners. but in spite of the adver- tised rows they failed to materialize. for when even the advocates of differ ent routes in the same states got face to face they realized the best and only way to get the highway was to strike a compromise. There wasn't jarring or discordant note in spite of the fact that the delegates were outspoken in their wishes as to the routing. Things are in fine shape for the next meeting at Hot Springs. which is expected to be the greatest good roads meeting ever staged in this country"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-02-07

Remittances can be made at eur t'-,i1 rate of exchange. The Age-Heralo VII not be responsible for money through inc mails. Address
 THE GE-HERalAD'
 Birmingham, Ala
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-02-07
Explains the Difference

Contrasting road conditions in Ala hama and Michigan. Dr. S. M Johnson of Gencol. N. M, who was here Thurs day attending the meeting of the di- rectors of the Bankhead National Highway Association. said: T was in Detroit short time ago and stood OF a street corner. twenty minutes watch ing automobiles and motor trucks pass back and forth. In that time I saw one horse-drawn vehicle, although the streets were crowded with automobiles and motor trucks during the entire time. I stood on the streets here in Birmingham for twenty minutes this morning and saw only one motor truck. I understand you haven't got very good roads here In Michigan they have thousands of miles of hard roads traversing the state in every direction. That explains the difference"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-02-07
WILLING TO LEARN.

'I see where college professor adver- tises for a job that will pay him liv- ing wage"
 Does he say what he can do?''
 NO, but he says if somebody will give him chance he will forget that he studied abroad and got string of de- grees.s
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-02-07

Entered at the Birmingham Ala rostoffice as second-class matter, uh- der act of Congress. March 5, lefs'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-02-07

Washington Bureau, 300 Davidson building.
 European Bureau. 10 klns Covent Garden. London. w. C. S- .,,
 Eastern business office. Worio Duiae D'..ass Ing, New York City: western m s office, Tribune building Chicago. Tne S. c. Beckwith Special Agency. asen's Tor feleign advertising,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-02-07

I have stated this much to let it be
 known that when he came through here l las. week and insisted on my going to Montgomery to be present at the South ern Cattlemen's Association, although I | down in my subconsciousness was aware that all the same when the con- vention opened I would be there, and that when the sales started I would be in
 the ring aiding and abetting as though
 my whole life were wrapped up in the cat | tie business.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-02-07

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-02-07

THEY DEMAND TO BE SHOWN. Some of the most successful beauty specialists are as homely as mud fence. . Quite true. But human nature is not to be fooled always"
 'No?'
 You will observe that a professor of physical culture has to exhibit pretty fair muscular development of his own be- fore-4Ie can hope to get any clients"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-02-07

The king of Chicagos gunmen was shot down in front of his home the other day, but there was probably somebody to step into his place, so it was merely another case of ''The king is dead. Long live the n rtfs
Evening star., 1920-11-21

ear, and Andy jumped a clean three
feet in the air and quivered in a palsy
of terror and shame. But he hurried
with his work. The sun was just
setting. He might. by making haste.
and sleep in Enoch's barn, returning
by tomorrow's sun.
They gave him no peace while he
made ready to start; and when he
turned down toward the bridge their
took the turn up the hill toward
Motley's farm they heard the stage
coming down from the ridge road
and forgot Andy in hustling for their
mail.
Most of the men got daily papers
Lewiston Journal that caught their
eye Two men had escaped from
Thomaston. Evil men. One Wer-
muth. in for manslaughter. and a
safe-blower. named Frelick. Wer-
girl in 4 At Of drunken rage eight
cen months before. Lived up Jack
son way. thirty miles north" he ex-
planned. The Journal said the hunt
for the men had thus far proved
headed north. toward the Big Woods.
"WermuthIl strike for home" said
Saladine.
"Thatd bring them up to the Sheep
scot. said Luke Hill.
"Or through the valley on this side
the Sheepscot hills"
Jean Bubier slapped his knee. by
COL bet you they make into the
whitcher swamp" he cried.
They all found that interesting pos
sibility worth long discussion.
THE light wagon which Andy was
1 driving climbed slowly UP the
hill from Fraternity village toward
Lee Motley's farm. The hill was
long and rocky; the stif- -springed
wagon bounced and tolted. 1t was a
quarter mile climb. and now and then
Andy stopped to breathe the horse.
and toward the end he got out and
went afoot. He was trying to hurry.
feet. He did not know whether to
60 slow and thus postpone his agony
Of terror. or to 90 quickly in order
! to have 1t done with as soon az
Evening star., 1920-11-21

arms across his face. There was ,
stubborn resolution in him: ne would
not run.
But-his teeth chartered. half with
cold and half with fright, and his
knees quavered and he was sick
He was still there at the first eray
OF dawn. The night had been full
of fears. A cat had screamed. three
times. within forty rods Of him.
Something had plowed majestically
through the thick cedars in the
tie creatures had moved soundlsssly
their presence without seeing them.
once he smelled skunk. and had
a nerce pang of homesick longing at
the rank, familiar smell. There was
Nevertheless the night did pass.
Dim dawn filtered through the swamp.
And the boy crept out to the road
and found the tracks of his wagon,
ana took up the chase.
Even then he might have lost the
trail but for stroke of purest luck.
He was plugging steadily along the
ROAD. eyes down. when a hint of
white on a bowlder at one side drew
his glance that way. He looked, and
ne saw. and he understood.
me Tod0 curved closely around this
bowlder. The bowlder slanted. steepiy
upward. away from the road. A scrub
pine had grown there and been cut
away. and Its roots stuck up, here
and there Jaggedly. BY one Of these
Jagged ends lay little pile Of soms-
flour. Beyond 1t. a dotted line of
white, hardly distinguishable, led up
tho bowlder out Of sight.
He was able to read what had hap
pened. Wermuth and Frellick had
stopped the wagon here. loaded them
selves with what food they could
carry, and climbed out on the boulder
SO as to leave no tracks behind. They
had taken a sack Of flour, and in
transferring It from wagon to bowl
with it's jagged top. The stub had
pierced q little hole.
The moment marked. In q fashion, Q
milestone in Andy's life. He was con.
Evening star., 1920-11-21

The road 6y which the boy was was
travelling scarce deserved the name
1t must have been built a century
ago. but It had still the uncertain
look OF hasty Improvisation. In the
beginning, no doubt. 1t was only pas
sable in winter, when the swamp was
frozen. But brush and logs had been
thrown in and bedded down, year after
year. and the road built up upon them
foundations dozen feet deep in the
mire of the swamp. its surface never
more than a foot or two above the
slough. The road was narrow. and
it was rounded atop. and there were
rods OF It's length where two auto
| ing. The wise man set his wheels in
the ruts and kept them there.
The woods Of Maine have a quality
and a character of their own. dis
| tinct and individual. The underlying
land may be clay. or shale or sand.
Upon this land. or upcropping through
the soil, great powders appear. They
are glacier-strewn helter-skelter
! everywhere. The soil itself ia rock
ribbed. and the result of this is that
water does not easily drain away
Every depression is either a pool or
swamp. In the deep woods you
| must pick your way at times from
| tussock to tussock. while pines tower
above you from the bowlder ridge a
rod away. You may step into an in
nocent-appearing puddle and drop
knee-deep in black and Shiny ooze.
Or you may come into a locality
where you must step from rock to
| rock for half a mile on end and
never see good earth at all. When
| mbermen strip such land as this
| the huge powders are left bare and
| naked to the air. like vast creatures
| of the forest surprised and bewildered
by the sudden coming of daylight into
their hidden haunts.
The Whitcher swamp was such q
place. Deer and moose roved there in
summer, yarded there the winter
through. 1t was a paradise for cats
and mink and every creature Of the
forest. But II was no paradise for
Evening star., 1920-11-21

to rest upon his back. This was as
well for Andy, since if he had lain
upon his face in the soft ooze and
water. he would infallibly have smoth-
cred or drowned. AS 1t was, he sup
posed with the first hint Of returning
consciousness that he was drowned,
for he was half buried in water and
slime. His legs sprawled, his feet
were cooked on roots or stones. There
was stub that stabbed him in the
small OF the back. One hand was
twisted under his body; and it ached
with cold. There was water in his
He came back to life very slowly.
Consciousness centered. at first. in the
throbbing lump on his head. The
world. for Andy. was one great pulse
of pain. When his sensations became
torture Of his twisted and CONSTRUCTED
arm, and a little later-he had not
yet mustered strength to move-he
knew that something was hurting his
back and that his sides were sore.
Wermuth's toe had splintsred1 e. rib RIP
know this till DR.. Frost went over
him, next day.
After a certain length of time he
opened his eyes. He could see moth
ing whatever. and for q little he was
not sure that his eyes were open. He
DllHheQ THEM with SCEupuioAo Col o.
shutting them tight and opening them
quickly. The blackness persisted.
Then a little fash Of recollection
came to him, paralyzing memory. He
sat up jerkily and something turned
under his hand in the mire. A round.
smooth stone. It felt like a rat. like a
frog, like a snake! Andy leaped away
from 1t, to his feet. to one side. He
tripped and fell fat on his face ACROSS
the hard surface Of the road. The fall
dazzled him. blinded him with the
light Of a thousand consultations. He
got dizzily to his feet, legs spread,
hands out, staring this way and that:
and he became conscious OF the
swamp all about him. and crouched on
his hunkers on the road, with curl
Gus instinct to make himself as small
and as inconspicuous as possible.
It was q misty night, q black night.
You could not have seen him II you
stood q dozen feet away, yet his fear
Evening star., 1920-11-21
MANS POISON

, Andy Watt1es. He hated it and feared
| it; he never passed along this road
| by day without a tremor; he never
| came this way by night without an
agony of fear.
= *k +
LIE was. this night, more afraid
- than usual. He remembered the
bull moose Luke Hills had seen; the
wildcats of Lee Motley. He imagined
them all about him: he peopled every
deeper shadow with a malignant pres
cncc. The very stiffness Of the swas,p
! appalled, him. II was the stiffness
OF n watcher. u lier in wait. He would
not lock to either side: he kept nus
eyes ateadfas,ly upon the head Of his
horse. bohbing before him. The
horse at least was unafraid. and
Andy took some comfort from that.
But when he had gone perhaps
mile into swamp even that comfort
failed him. for he saw the horses
ears prick sharply forward and the
creature half halted In It's tracks
Andy's eyes swept along the road.
Something moved n hundred yards
ahead. deep in the shadows OF the
trees. Had the horse stopped, ne
might haveturned around. even then.
the boy was so paralyzed by his own
fears that he had no strength to turn
the horse. So he was borne on; ana
his eyes Goggled into the shadows
1t was almost relief when man
stepped out from bowlder beside the
road and took the horse by the BRIDE
The horse stopped quietly enough. IL
was staid creature. not given 10
, alarms. Another man appeared at tne
side Of the wagon. and Andy had
queer feeling of satisfaction. He was
men.
The man beside the wagon said
harshly: Come down out o that
Andy. without moving, asked:
Whats the matter with you, any
how? Want II ride? What do you
want?"
The man looked back into the wagon
bed. What have you got, anyway!
he demanded. Grub
i * X =
THERE was that in his tone which
warned Andy. and fired him.
This is Will Bissell's wagon. he cried.
Grub the man calculated. 9TH ow
it out"
Instead of obeying. Andy threw
himself out OF the wagon upon the
big mans head and shoulders. claw
ing and striking; and they went to
the ground together. twisting In an
Iinextricable tangle. Then the other
man. who had held the horse. left the
beasts head and ran to where they
fought. He had a short club In his
hand: he bent over them to see more
clearly, and struck Andy's head. The
crashing blow sent Andy ~pinning
miles into oblivion: and the big man
shook him off; and kicked him away,
and sluns the limp body into the ditch
beside the road.
Damn him." he exclaimed, in a
hoarse, whining voice. HE scratched
like q cat He hurt like the devil"
He kicked Andy again; and the little
man caught his arm.
Cut it, he said. Lets see what's
here, and move on. Some onell be
along"
moment later. rummagine in the
wagon while the big man nursed his
hurts. he cried: There's bacon here,
and beans
They had been starving: now they
had food and were correspondingly
exultant. Enoch Thomas provender
seemed to them like mama from
heaven. But one mans food may be
another mans poison: and rather than
loot Will Bisselrs wagon, Wermuth
and Frellick might better have tied
millstones about their necks and
jumped into Sebacook pond.
AS they would presently discover.
When Wermuth rolled Andy into the
ditch. it happened that the boy came
Evening star., 1920-11-21

co although Andy was made a tar.
get for rude jests when the men
gathered to wait for the mail in the
evenings. the people Of the village
did not joke with him upon the sub
3ect of the store. They found that
Andy had no sense Of humor in the
matter. He was no fighter. but neith-
er had he any scruples as to weapons,
and he had an awkward fashion of
doing damage when he was aroused.
In other matters. however, Andy
was fair game. He did not object; he
grinned good -naturedly at good-na-
sured taunts: he grinned in feeble un-
happiness when the jibes Of the man
had sting in them. Boys OF lesser
Eirth but larger assurance overrode
was concerned there was no stlfrn ess
in the lad.
Along toward mail time. Just after
supper. every man in Fraternity Vii.
1sge was accustomed to move indolent-
1y toward Wills store and wait there
till the stage arrived. Will provided
chairs and benches for this nightly
gathering: the chairs were feeble
Two had no backs at all: one had no
bottom; they were all shaky in the
legs. and one had to be propped cum
ningly against a counter or the wall
TO be of any use as seat. The long
benSs. fashioned originally Of old
yellow pumpkin pine. was whitfield
into a fresco by many generations
of knives and sweat-cured to a rich
brown. like the hue OF a country ham
There was a stove In the middle OF
The circle formed by bench and chairs
and there was a sawdust box on the
floor beside the stove.
On this particular evening--it was
late summer. and there was the chill
Of coming autumn in the air-tht
stage with the mail was late. But nc
one seemed to mind. There were mer
on the steps before the store; and
there were other men inside. smoking
aad splitting and whiting about the
stove. Will Bissell was behind the
counter; Andy was in the rear OF the
The Connecticut labor press., 1920-07-24
CHAMBER TO FAVOR
open SHOP" SCHEME
Providence Carries It With 800
Members Voting Showing
How It's Worked

The New Haven Chamber of Com
merce will at its next meeting, very
likely endorse the recommendations of
the y. S. Chamber of Commerce de-
claring for the open shop" principle, a
round robin to that effect having been
sent out some weeks ago and voted
on by the several chambers who have
received it. The subject was consid-
cred" by a committee last Monday and
while no decision" was given out, it
has been more than intimated that the
committee would report in favor of
adopting the referendum as suggested.
The referendum was published in The
Labor Press two weeks ago and is alb
solutely antagonistic to Organized La
Dor. So much SO in fact that it is be-
lieved by labor leaders to be nothing
but part of the plan to DISRUPT organ
lied labor throughout the country.
That chambers of commerce are not
entirely in accord with the movement
is evidenced this week, when the great
Chamber of Commerce of Providence.
R. l., by the gigantic vote of 322 mem
bers, approved of the referendum,
While its vote is nowhere near rep
resentative of the chambers member
ship nevertheless the 10 votes of the
chamber in the =. S. Chamber will be
cast as favoring the scheme. The New
Haven chamber will have to make
better showdown than that to have
much weight among persons here.
The Connecticut labor press., 1920-07-24
PLANS COMPLETE
FOR BOXING BOUT
AND EXCURSION
Labor Temple Committee Al
ranges Fine Events TO
Aid Fund.
TO SAIL ON AUGUST l9
Card for Labor Day Show AS
sures Fight Fans Of Run
For Money.

All arrangements are completed for
the excursion and the boxing exhibition
to be given in connection with the New
Haven Trades Council Labor Temple
campaign, with the exception aof the
main bout for the boxing match and
the only difficulty holding that up is the
selection of one of three candidates to
meet Pilkington who win lead the pro-
cession. The votes in the several con-
tests for the Liberty Six automobile,
the trips to Cuba and the pony and cart
came in so fast this week that the COM
1nittes1aas not yet had time to tabulate
them and therefore no standing win be
announced this week.
The excursion will take place on
Sunday, August 1o, by the steamer
Highlander which has a capacity of
$500 persons. The boat will leave here
at 8 o'clock in the morning and sail to
Crosson's Point, Long Island, the
Little Coney'' of that section and near
enough to New York and Coney proper
to allow those who desire to visit either
place time to do so. Several hours
will be given at the amusement parks
and late in the evening the steamer will
return to New Haven being scheduled
to dock here about midnight
Tickets for the boat will be limited
because efforts to get a second boat
for the same day have been unsuccess-
full The advance claims for tickets
when the prospect of an excursion was
announced was SO great that the COM
mittee endeavored to get another but
failing to do so, must limit the tickets
so that those who buy in advance will
be sure of comfort and place on the
boat 1t therefore behooves everyone
who wants to go to get in early on the
ticket sale.
The boxing match will be the first
run under the direct supervision of the
boxing commission and therefore no
stalling or taking will be allowed and
every one who attends will be sure of
his moneys worth The main bout will
be between Pilkington and either one
of the following trio: Billy Murphy,
Abe Atte1l Go1steni or Pepper Martin,
any one of whom can make Pilkington
step the limit
Tracy Ferguson and Bud Weber,
Bobby Hansen and Sammy Nabfe,
Young O'Leary and Young Mack, and
a pair of local boys yet to be selected
make up the card So far. In addition,
the committee got in touch yesterday
with another lively pair of noted fight
ers but until they get their names on
contracts can make no announcement.
The bout if possible viii give the Pill
kington affair lively run for first
honors. The show will be held in the
Arena on Labor Day night and open the
boxing season.
The Connecticut labor press., 1920-07-24
STRIKE FORCES
CLOTHING CONCERN
INTO BANKRUPTCY
Baumann Co. of Springfield,
Finds Itself Up Against
Creditors Now.

The B.4uman Clothing Corporation,
manufacturers of boys clothing at
Springfield, Mass, against which the
Amalgamated Clothing Workers have
been conducting bitter strike, is in
the hands of its creditors. At a meet
ing of the larger interests commit
tee of eight was appointed to inves-
tigate the situation and to report to
the general creditors later its recon-
mendations with regard to the future
Cancellation of orders and return of
merchandise amounting to $780,, 3,504
since April is primarily responsible
pany. Another factor in the situation
is labor trouble, eliminating in the in
stitution of injunction proceedings in
April by the corporation against the
Amalgamated Clothing Workers of
America, Local 184, to restrain it from
interfering with the business of the
plaintiff. Objectionable picketing and
other disturbing. acts were charged
against the labor organization. The ap-
plication for an injunction is still in
the hands of Frank G. Hoskins, special
master appointed by the superior court
The business has assets of $2,680,814,
liabilities of 100000 and orders on its
books aggregating $1,250,0O0, according
to statement prepared by Klein, Kinds
& Finke. The business will be con-
tinued for the present under the super
vision of the creditors committee. The
New York Office of the company is at
ITO Fifth avenue.