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The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-18
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
 AND ELSEWHERE
Did Not Sec Her

One of the most amusing things
 have ever had to happen to me oc- cured short time ago down in New Orleans" said Bishop W. F. McMurray of Louisville, who iSattending the coll lege of bishops now in session at High lands Methodist church
 My phone rang vigorously one inorn- ing. and young lady's voice asked if l would see her; that she was reporter on one of the newspapers, and she'd like to write story about me. I told Ter I would be pleased to see her, and lin short while she appeared. She be- gan very enthusiastically. by saying
 Bishop, did you read that story re- gently in the New Orleans papers about the priest who sent the bride home from the church, refusing to perform the marriage ceremony because he thought she was dressed imm odestly?
 q replied, Yes, I>read the story. She quickly asked, What did you think of it?' And I replied, I don't know; l didn't see her. The young lady then questioned me, and almost plHiieu hie down to remarking upon the clothes that the ladies are wearing now, put I steadfastly refused to commit myself against the ladies' because like .h sm too well and feel that they are too great a power to incur their displ e1s- ure, so merely remarked that l had seen some very attractive ladies in, New Orleans and had not seen anything that considered out of place in their cos tunes. The incident was dropped until the next morning when, to my amaze ment, l opened newspaper and soInd in great headlines my conversation with the young lady reporter about the priest and the bride. It just goes on to show how clever newspaper re- porter can make story out of very scant material, as well as the ladies can make their gowns"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-18
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Fewer Farms, But
 a Greater Production

a Greater Production
 7HHE census shows fewer farms in U Alabama in 1920 than in 1910. There were 262,9 ,901 farms in 1910 and 256,023 in 1920.
 This does not mean any retrogres- sion in agriculture. It does not mean less. of any product raised. In fact, the production of the farms has in- creased by leaps and bounds and was never so great as when they were de- pleted of labor for the war and fur ther depletion was occasioned by the call of high wages in the industries north and south, in the north espe- cially.
 The reduction in the number of farms is directly traceable to negro emigration. Farms increased in the Tennessee valley and in the white counties of southeastern Alabama. The pronounced decreases were in the counties of the black belt. S.
 Greatest increases were in Lauder dale, Lawrence, Franklin, Geneva, Henry, Houston, Jackson, Limestone, Madison, Marion, Marshall, Morgan, Walker, Blount, Baldwin and Chero- kee.
 The greatest decrease was in But Ter, Dallas, Greene, Hale, Lowndes, Macon, Montgomery, Sumter, Talla- poosa, Washington and Wilcox.
 The decrease is due to the aband- onment of rented farms by negro ten ants, not by the white owners of land. The farms that remain are better. cultivated than ever. The result is greater production with less man. power and even less acreage.
 The negro emigration has served a good purpose. It has caused land own CTS to make an effort to bring in intel gent white farmers from other states. Montgomery county, which lost a large number of negroes, has raised $100,000 with which to advertise her resources and secure white farmers to care for the idle acres. That is a fine example to follow.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-18
QUEER ART CULTS IN PARIS

lasted long enough to be laughed into oblivion.
 When Jean BorIin, the Swedish 1ane-.. ing young gentlemen, heard about what was going on in Paris, he became ann bilious andxknew in his heart that he could do crazier things than had ever. been done before. Borlin is the usual |type of man ballet dancer, with mora. ambition than ability, and certainly in, touch with a bankroll that allows him
 to do things that would make even a.. less ordinary artist than himself known lis to show Parisians that the Russians were not the only ones who know how. to pirouette and conceive unusual, un-- ineligible ideas of stage setting. He came with his own ballet, the.
 Ballet Suedoise, and it was not l. ng after he arrived that it was announced. Itkat he had rented the Champs Elysees.' theatre to produce a season of Ballet Suedose
 While he never had dance in .he theatre he had selected, he might have got along well if he had not allowed his vanity to get the better of wise judgment and decide to present some of his own works. It was his own ballet" in his own theatre, his own money, SO why shouldn't he produce his own works? Now imagine a man who is trying to put something over on the artistic world of Paris producing tal- let called ''Maison de Fous," or to translate it into the common vernacu- lar, "bughouse." ~ It was set in crazy decor, the inu- sic showed signs of mental weakness in which a strong quality of reten.ive memory was constantly displayed The artists who had to dance as crazy men, and women for one long hour were working hopelessly for art for who would think of going to an insance asy- lum for inspiration for ballet? It was really crazy thing!-
 In France, when the public does not like thing in the theatre, it is mani fested by whistling, the opposite of the custom in America, where whistling is used as a sign of great approval. < French critic, writing of the first night. of the Swedish ballet last night said:, .They whistle in America to applaud
 what they like Let us generously hope. that thege were many Americans 'n the. theatre last night to applaud 'Maison. Ide Fous!' '.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-18
S d Realizing Value of Sweet Potato Crop

N CCORDING to the Alabama A Markets Journal for December, Tennessee, with a production of only 100000 bushels of sweet potatoes, shipped 1,196 cars to market last sea- son, while Alabama, which leads the nation in sweet potato production, raised 14,194,O00 bushels and shipped only 394 cars.
 This was equivalent to throwing money away. High-priced late mar kets were calling for the potatoes. States, which had stored potatoes in properly prepared houses had them to sell at these high prices; those which had not stored their potatoes had none for the market.
 But Alabama is doing better this year and will do better next year. The Journal says, Alabama has made remarkable gains this season and up to November 20 had shipped 302 cars as against 172 cars shipped from Ten nessee. Alabama has increased the capacity of commercial storage houses from 40 to 50 per cent over last year and will make much better show ing at the end of the 1s20-21 sea- son"
 It does not pay to grieve over spilled milk. In fact, if the mistake of the past is heartily realized in pre-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-18
T q ~ American Memorial to Republic of Brazil

6NHE American Chamber of Com. N merce for Brazil with headquar- ters at Rio de Janeiro advocates ar American memorial to the Brazilian nation to be presented to Brazil or the celebration of it's one hundredth anniversary in 1922.
 In a circular letter the chamber points out the already close and i'm portant relations existing between this country and Brazil. For instance Brazil imported from the United States last year three quarters of her coal, half of her cement, 95 per cent of her motor cars, 95 per cent of her kerosene and gasoline, 98 per cent of her barbed wire, 90 per cent of her tin plate. She imported more than half of her principal necessaries and luxuries from the United States.
 Brazil was the only country in South America that sent her fleet to follow ours to the North sea in the World war. The government of Brazil is patterned after ours. The
 enius of its people is close kin to that of ours. Alabamians especially have every reason to feel an interest in the. forthcoming event because no state in the union faces a greater opportunity of doing business with Brazil.
 It has been suggested that the me morial take the form of a monument costing about half a million dollars. That seems quite fit and appropriate, because it will stand forth a daily and visible evidence of the relations be- tween the two nations for generations to come.
 Concerns who are doing business with Brazil and expect to do much more should contribute their part to this laudable expression of neigh borliness existing between two great nations of the western hemisphere.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-18
A LITTLE RICH HOY

From the Philadelphia Public Ledger.
 A Philadelphia boy who suddenly finds himself heir to $3c0,o 900 does not intend to let the sudden affluence give him the swelled head or fix gulf be- tween him and the boys he plays with. He tells the reporter: I'm a scout go to the scout camps and I play fife use of the money-he intends to study law; and, as we all know, legal learn ing comes high and lawbooks are costly.
 It is part of the scout code of ethics not to be Mustered when your grand father leaves you a fortune. You must
 take it calmly when you discover that you are Little Lord Fauntleroy in real life. Perhaps it doesn't happen every day, but a good name as loyal mem
 Der of your troop is rather to be chosen
 than a bank account of any size. It is easier to run foot races and swim fast and climb hills and solicit subscrip-
 tions and be errand boy and. in gen eral become peripatetic public utility in khaki thapfit is to keep your patience and your temper and be cheer full rain or shine. In fact, the first purpose of Boy Scout training is to i teach you just how to take it when the thing that happens in the fairy tales happens to you. For if you can stand prosperity, you will be able to endure diversity.
 The streets of America are not
 paved with gold and the pigs do not | run about roasted, as some of the i'm
 migrants have believed; yet this is the land where dreams again and again | come true for those who have the 1 courage and the will. Heroes and princes from the stories that begin i Once upon a time" are alive and abou, | us now. There is a true romance oi | business In many a man one encoun- | ters every day. The spirit of adven-
 ture abounds in city street. and the material of dramas and of novels is audible or visible everywhere. if we
 have the wit to perceive it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-18
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES

GOING WEST" | (Modern Style.) "A soldier of the legion 4 Lay dying in Algiers." II He shook his fist at the stacker list e And cursed the profiteers
 RING PSYCHOLOGY.
 "why should the champion omit his customary shave before entering tn. rffg?" Don't you see the reason?" ..,. q don't" s@ Nothing lends more versimilitude ,s covenants scowl than. few days growth of whiskers.'
 ON THEIR METTLE.
 "The head waiter and his assistants ars flustered."
 i've noticed that"
 And there seems to be great excite- ment in the kitchen"
 What, do you suppose, is the matterr' "A visiting chef has just dropped in and ordered a seven-course dinner"
 AT THE JUDGES SUGGESTION. I've seen quite a bit of the world. num- said the ragged wanderer. @ q don't doubt it." said the housewife. as she watched light lunch disappear. q don't suppose you have ever stayed in one place long?"
 well, no, mum. Not, of my own free. will and accord. but several times I've been-er-detained for as long as n months PAUL COOK
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-18
pairing to avoid 1t in the future, the net

pairing to avoid 1t in the future, the net gain may be ample compensation.
 The outstanding maxim that the farmer must get into his head is that raising any product is but one-half the game. Marketing is the other half; sometimes the more important half.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-18
War on Migrants
 Will Be Continued

0f7HE Birmingham police depart ll ment has made a fine showing in it's war against vagrants. The in- itial momentum of the drive is now over, but vigilance will not be re- faxed.
 This is the right view to take. The effect of sporadic raids is but tempo rary. The criminal element simply leaves town until the storm has blown over and as soon as it is safe to do so returns. IL is steady and persistent work that counts. It is better to ar rest a few vagrants every day and keep it up than to make one big haul and thereafter let those who are not caught do as they please.
 The good results of the police de- partment's work are seen in decrease in local crimes. In city as large as Birmingham and with a cosmopolitan population there will always be more or less crime, but we should not have to put up with continuation of such conditions as we have experienced re- gently.
 It is the plan of the department to arrest vagrants and other suspi- cious characters every day, as they are picked up, until the city is free from this menace. This kind of serv- ice is not spectacular and wins no pub licity, but it is the most effective in the long run. It is the kind of work for which police departments are maintained.
 At the present rate of progress, Bir- mingham will soon be rid of a large part of its loafers, many of whom are potential criminals, if they have not already committed crimes.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-18
AND THERE'S MARY PICKFoRp

From the Nashville Banner.
 America has had two Mary's of whom 1t is proud-Mary Anderson and Mary Garden, says Frank Willis Barnett in
 The Birmingham Age-Herald. Entirely | overlooking another Mary. the one who had the little lamh
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-18
Paying Investment

What looked like mammoth bunch of Malaga grapes was suspended over the desk of D. k. McLendon in the county courthouse all day yesterday.
 They are grapefruit, grown on my farm in Alturas, Fla" said MT. Mo- Lendon. Any fellow who wants to get rich had better buy him an orange grove. They are one of the biggest paying investments on the market to- day and, after they get well started. one of the best"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-18
Giving a Square Deal

Prices are lower in Birmingham than anywhere in the south, I believe" said Gaines Kelly yesterday, and the people of this city should certainly be able to purchase a lot for their money this Christmas. It seems like in other cities that the store owners are trying to hold up prices until after Christi mas, but glancing over the ads in the paper this morning I realized that the merchants of Birmingham are giving the public a square deaE1
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-18
A MORNING PRAYER

Give to my friends and me, o Lord, understanding hearts. They look at life from their point Ot view and l look Rt life from mine deip us to draw closer to each Otn- 1T, and ts forgive those things N .innOt understand. Amen.
 M. s. u.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-18
AIabama's Gold.

T am glad to be here for few lays, even if it is on business trip" said B. c. Cox of Gulfport, Miss.
 T hope to remain over for Sunday in order to worship at the First Baptist chupch, where served so willingly as Sunday school superintendent during my residence in the Magic City.
 The Satsuma crop this year is quite good. I saw the statement that be- tween Gulfport and Mobile more than $1,2 ,250,000 had been realized on the or chards this year. Some while back at the Southern Horticultural association at Gulfport pr. Weinberg. the great specialist and authority on Satsamas, made the statement that more than 90 carloads had been shipped. A car runs from 700 to 1000 boxes. He says .he Satsuma is the undiscovered gold crop of south Alabama.
 He told of visiting a neighbor's 5- acre orchard recently which, according to careful estimate, the fruit had a market value of ss.Ooo."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-18
A PETITION TO TIME

By Bryan Waller Procter. Touch us gently. Time. I Let us glide adown thy stream ~ Gent1y-as We sometimes glide 7. Through quiet dream <.
 -. Humble voyagers are we,
 Husband, wife and children three (One is lost--an angel. fled - To the azure overheadD ..
 
  Touch us gently, Time,
 We've not proud nor soaring wings; Our ambition, our content ~ Lies in simple things. ,;.
  Humble voyagers are we, Der Lifes dim unsounded sea. Seeking only some calm cline Touch us gently gentle time. <,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-18
A BAD ENDING.

A BAD ENDING.
 America" said the young man with a poetic light in his eye, lis the land where dreams come true''
 T wouldn't advise you to make re- mark like that said the hard-headed man of affairs. "to one of our promi- nent bolsheviks on the eve of his depor- tation. He might not agree with you
 PROBABLY MEANT IT. What was the feature of the get together meeting?"
 "A more-or-less prominent citizen of fered a resolution urging that better men be elected to office.''
 "A good idea. And I daresay he was sincere?"
 "Unquestionably. He's been running for office for the past 20 years. and all he ever got out of it was the exercise"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-18
FAST WORK

From the Nashville Banner.
 A man walked into a Seattle shoe store and. after buying pair of laces,. held the proprietor up at the muzzle of an automatic for s275. The police au- thorities are progressing nicely with. the case. Indeed, they have got far. enough along to conclude that the. man must have been a bandit.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-18
StilI Has Punch

since the Bill Brennan-Jack Demp- sey fight in New York Tuesday night, in which Dempsey knocked out Bren- nan in the twelfth round, notice tha., quite a few fans seem disposed to criticize Champion Jack Dempsey for not putting Brennan away before the twelfth said J. D. Anderson. This seems to me unjust. The champion should not be banned, but Brennan should be praised for lasting so long with Jack, The Mankiller.'
 'Dempsey is not losing his punch. Anyone who thinks he is had just bet ter watch him when he meets his-next opponent, whether it be Willard, Car penter or Gibbons"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-18

FELLOW SUFFERERS. Poor William Wall
 In vain doth sigh For wherewithaf
 To spike" a pie. Now let us glance
 At Robert Ogs Who sees no chance For Christmas nog.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-18
THE LIFE OF A SONG.

HE LIFE OF' A SONG, This music dealer advertises that TWO Loving Hearts in Little Bungalow is a song that will live forever" What does ne mean by that?' About six months"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-18
LIGHTEsT KIND OF W0nR

From the Houston Post.
 Lazy Lorenzo and dog-tired Dick. were discussing something they knew little about-work:
 'I think" said Lazy Lorenzo, that if they did away with work altogether. it'd put an end to these ere strikes."...
 "Yus," said dog tired Dick '-Thatll be the time when everything's done by. electricity. Only got to press button. and the jobs done"
 A slow horror dawned in Lazy Loren-. zo's seyes. ...s .,
 That won't dol" he said, emphatical-, ,ly. Who's a-goin to press the butt, ton7,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-18

guish, the destitution and a voiceless woe.
 One advantage wealth brings, if it is an advantage, is that we may go as Tar as we please from the multitude. some. who have by travel obtained a comfor-... table immunity from the rest of the human race do not care to go back.
 They are not like Ulysses. who strug-
 gled so hard to return to his own rocky isle. Their spirit is selfish. They have
 drawn apart from the world not to rest. for a renewal of effort but to be luxu-.. rious and idle with a chosen few.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-18

Concert in weakest bodies strongest work. Hamlet.
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-18

sports after his name on the letter heads of the Nashville Union Stock Yards, Inc, the simple words. Traffic Manager practically Assistant Secretary of the i Chamber of Commerce." as well as Pub licity Agent Oh, he never overlooks any bet when it comes to using every agency l to boost the thing unto which he gives his heart. his mind and his time. Early l in the game he got the Tennessean and
 the Banner to back the enterprise, and
 they have not been stingy with their
 space, bat have opened their columns
 freley to him.
 l A fellow may be energetic. brainy and
 resourceful and yet fail to make how'll | ing success if enthusiasm be lacking;
 but with this linked on to the other three.
 nothing can stop him on his onward
 march. Enthusiasm is catching. It's
 about the most contagious thing 1 know
 anything about. 1t is impossible to be , ,innoculated against it. "Bill' is bun Gle of enthusiasm. It just oozes out Of
 his system and permeates the atmos-
 phere all around him. He is just a live battery of enthusiasm and about as in- fectious as a walking case of typhoid fever. Come in contact with him and
 you get the cattle itch at once. and head ! in for Nashville as the best scratching place.
 "Bilr' is not fussy worker. I watched him during four cycionic days when it l seemed as if every man at the show had ! snecial business with him. It mattered mot whether he was signing for tele- ipram, glad-handing a representative of the big packers. pulled around the pens bv men who wanted this or that, he was l always cool and smiling. Some were com !nlaining of being dog tired. but he said if it lasted week he believed he would lseet all het up.' came away feeling ithat my job was loafing one in com harrison with "Bilrs."
 P. S-Stewart Kritxsky. Bills" good man Friday, is great boy.
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Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1920-10-05

cry Ave soldiers whose enlistments
expired during September has rc'en'
listed.
Philadelphia. William H. Whita-
kee. for many years president and
principal owner of the Philadelphia
Athletics died at his home here.
Springfield, Battling Halstead
of indianapolis won on points from
Jack Dillon, former light heavyweight
champion, in ten rounds,
Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1920-10-05

Edith and Annett Minot were reCciv-
ed into membership of the church,
also the two children of Mr.. and
Mrs. Jesse Ollie read the sacrament
of baptism They were named Ed
ma Maxine and Robert Milton. There
will be special services next Sun
day both morning and evening
Miss Chariot Woolenhaupt enter
tanned a number of her young friends
at her home north Of town Thursday
evening. The time was spent social
~ with games and music. after which
she served her guests delicious
luncheon. All report a fine time.
Bill and Francis Mulin, Mike Col
Inns and John Thomas We're Ottawa
callers Saturday evening.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert jackson and
son and son-in-law and daughter, Mr..
and Mrs. Orville Kater, and baby of
Princeton spent Sunday morning here
attending the services at the NJ r.
church after which they drove over
to Streator where they We're enter
tanned at the c. II. Williams home
Mr.. and Mrs Earl Wakey ate sun
day dinner with Mr. Wakey's parents
Mr. and Mrs. j. W. Wakey.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Lchr and daugh-
ter Katherine were callers Sunday
afternoon at the Ernest FIdogson
home.
Mr. and Mrs. $ l. Suttons enter
tanned Mr. and Mrs, Frank Seward of
on Sunday.
The annual election Of the official
board of the Methodist Sunday school
ook place Sunday morning and is
rs follows:
Superintendent, +. w. Newman,
Assistant. r. r Wakey,
Treasurer. l.. C. Rinker.
Secretary, Opal Payne.
Assistant, Edith Newman.