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The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-20

powerful nation who have just as high a regard for their national honor and the rights of Japanese in other coun- tries as we have for America and the citizens of America.
 Most of the alarm in California should be quieted by the announce ment that Japan will stop immigration completely. That will effectually pre- vent the Pacific coast from becoming a yellow mans country" We can not consistently grant citizenship and the right to own property to other races in America and deny them to such inoffensive and industrious peo- pie as the Japanese.
 If Japan agrees to prevent any more Japanese from coming to Amer ica, and abides by that agreement, it will be a great concession made to preserve friendship with the United States.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-20
Happy Farmer
 in Dallas County

N SELMA newspaper gives a glow EA ing account of a farmer who quit planting cotton eight years ago and has prospered since. He raises other stuffs and ships cream to the creamery. He makes his acres fur nish his table and care for his stock. He has money in the bank.
 But this is not the ideal farmer. Cotton is the one great cash crop in
 le south and bids fair to remain so. 4t will always be the most available collateral because it is always con- vertible into cash and can be kept for an unlimited time without spelling.
 Its value varies, but the value of other things also varies. It would be as foolish to place all hope in sweet potatoes, cane, hogs, alfalfa or cow peas. No farmer is safe who depends on one product. He alone is safe who can lose on one crop without making a net loss for the season.
 Wool, rubber, silk, cotton cloth and stocks and bonds are down. Every thing the city man deals in yields less profit. Every city merchant is cut ting down his average profits and talk ing loss on some goods. The farmer is not alone and has no more cause to complain than the merchant and the manufacturer.
 The farmer who has systematically diversified has money today. He is able to hold his cotton if need be. He is able to take loss on that cotton and recoup the loss in the purchase of manufactured goods on which others are taking either a very small profit or none at all.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-20
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American Government
 Misrepresented in Mexico

o7 UGH of the friction between Ml the United States and Mexico has heen due to misunderstanding.
 Jingoes on both sides of the border have done their best to create trou- ble and it is a deplorable fact that the American people, who really wish Mexico we'll and would like to see that country reach the eminence It oe- sarves. have been so villified that they are despised by the ignorant masses of Mexico who constitute large part of its population. Even the intelii- gent classes who should know bet ter, have been mlsled.
 This situation is due largely to IT, responsible Mexican newspapers. The widest and most improbable articles have been published under "scare heads" many of which had no basis of truth whatever. When people, whose prejudices are easily aroused are dependent on such newspapers and hearsay for their information, it is not surprising that they have erro- reous ideas regarding a neighbor of whom they know little or nothing. Un- fortunately, the methods pursued by American capitalists have probably had something to do with creating ill will toward the American government and it speople.
 It is believed that an era of better i feeling was inaugurated by the cleo tion of Obregon, but just recently a fresh instance of misrepresentation occurred when newspaper in Mexico published what purported to be the text of secret agreement entered into by the United States, France and England and dealing with rights claimed by these nations in Mexico.
 The American state department promptly denied the existence of such a pact, which officials of the depart ment believe to be false treaty used as part of Germany's propaganda during the war. .
 On such flimsy evidence American is pictured as plotting against the independence of nation which it has treated with forbearance, particularly during recent years, that has probably never been equaled anywhere else in the world in the case of a powerful government dealing with weak and, at times rather troublesome neigh bor
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-20
IN FLANDERS FIELDS

by General Ian Morr1son
 This poem was literally born of the fire and blood of the second battle of
 Ypres. My headquarters were in a trench at the bottom of the bank of the Ypres canal end Colonel Nccrae in charge of McGin university hospital unit. had his dressing station in hole dug in the foot of the bank. During the periods of the battle. men who were shot actually rolled down the bank to his dressing station. Along from us a few hundred yards was the headquar- ters of regiment and many times dur. ing the l6 days of battle he and I watched them bury their dead whenever there was lull. Thus the crosses, row on row. grew into a good -sised cene- terry Just as he describes, we often heard in the morning the iarks singing high in the ar between the crash of shells and the reports of the guns in inc battery just beside us.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-20
E $ q Siegel's Change of Heart Since the Election

~ CONGRESSMAN SIEGEL of New M York has revised his attitude toward southern representation in Congress.
 We now hear that he is not bent on changing the representation basis from the population standpoint, but that he is going to consent, for in- stance, to new congressman for Ala bama by making only slight raise in the base of representation, say from 2l1 900, the present quota, to 220, ,00O.
 Credit for this change of heart is given, in some quarters, to the toe hold acquired in the "solid south" through the recent enrollment of Tennessee under the republican ban- ner and the hope that it presages a further spread of republicanism in this part of the country.
 That may be the excuse for Siegel's new plan, but not the cause. Siegel knows that Congress would not listen to any proposal to reduce southern representation on account of its manner of regulating it's internal affairs. No more would Congress suffer the enactment of punitive measures against far-western states because of their attitude toward Jap- anese. Chinamen and Hindus.
 It was campaign stuff pure and simple. It was for votes-for negro votes in the east and middle west The votes are cast and the stuffed fig ure is in the trash pile to which it was destined from its inception.
 John T. Morgan effectually disposed of this question 90 years ago.
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 X Georgia town is reported quiet af.e, Ia lynching. Towns where an outbreak of that kind occurs are usually ou,et 'afterward-so quiet the srand jury can hear nothing about it.
 * < x Pictures of Constantine have replaced the pictures of venizelos in Athens shan windows. If the Creeks want "rino,', so far as we are concerned, they are well come to him.
 x * x The American government denies that secret treaty was made by America. France and England regarding Mexico. That sounds convincing, but it's hard to convince some sections of the Mexican press.
 General wrangei may eventually end lis days in Paris. Heieh-ho, There are worse iates
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-20
ADRlFT WITH THE TIMES

A SENSE OF OWNERSHIP 'Is Bibbins still paying instalments on his motor car?''
 "Yes, but he must be nearly through Why do you suppose that to be the case?n
 'In the past week or two he has as- sumed much more arrogant attitude toward the world in general and pedes- trians in particular"
 SEEMS INCREDIBLE Do tell us about the great wild west said the fmpressionable young woman. You may not believe it." replied the tourists. but found little town in North Dakota where there was not single motion picture theatre"
 TENACIOUS HABIT The scandals of a campaign year, Alas have not been silenced yet; Don't be surprised if you should hear That Harding likes a cigarette.
 THEIR PRESTIGE AT STAKE How is your new reporter doing. the college graduate who is writing police news?"
 'J'm worried about him." said the city. editor.
 He uses such long words the police can't understand what he's writing about 'eBut other people read that kind of news besides the police"
 True, but not with the same degree of professional interest
 pAYTY CsNOK
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-20

ASK WRANGEL Though times are hard in Petrograd, With little food to muneh. The oolsheviks have proved. egad, They still have quite a punch.
 SLATED. FOR DISMISSAL @Is your new clerk giving satisfaction?'' Yes" said MT. Grumpson, ebut not to me"
 'How's that?"
 My sextette Of more or less fair ste- nographers have voted him a perfect dear
 LARGE PRODUCER Do you mean to tell me that prosper ous looking man is a 'moonshiner? Certainly
 Why. he looks like a captain of in dustry." He is.9
 THE UNEXPECTED HAPPENS Who was at the door, .4larie?' asked Mrs Calder "she didn't say ma'am. She asked if you were at home
 "Did you tell her I was at homer" Yes, maam." "And still she didn't give you her nameY~ ~No nna'arn. She just looked at me queeriy and said, Well. I've lost a bet. Then she went away
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-20

A veracious correspondent says Hard ing spoke in "studied terms" in New Orleans. If MT. Harding has ever spoken otherwise than deliberately, the fact has not been recorded.
 One rnidsbipman is said to have been expelled from Annapolis for merely ad- tusting freshmans cap. That may have been hazin, but it was not an atrocity.
 Hon. "strsnglN7 Lewis stin thinks himself better man than Joe stecher, an opinion which we understand is in dorsed by the Hon. ''strangler's" man .agers One political observer says defeated candidates for the presidency can never "ccme back" and cites the case of Alton B. Parker. Alas, he was the sage of Esopus.
 Two bottles of beer haze been placed on exhibition at the Milwaukee public museum as curiosities. And. that is the fate of the stuff that made Milwaukee fainous!
 Perhaps those diamond-studded pipes for women on sale in Birmingham jew eiry stores are not intended for street wear. If at any time in the future, Tennessee wants to enact the role of the pYodigal daughter and return to the t'solid south, | she will be welcomed into the fold,
 Y E q The New York World suggests that Rnssia be let alone Tho old adage about tackiing a. buzz-saw seems applicable to the case of Russia.
 $ + F The League of Nations assembly has elected six vice presidents, which may be regarded is some quarters as an attack of nerves.
 T Refugees from Sebastopol are compN- eating the housing situation in Constan- tinople, which no longer takes any pride n the size of it's population.
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 soap manufacturer advises washing the hands as a diversion. Pshaw We still remember what a bother it was to wash our neck and ears.
 Since nature failed to make Will Hays ornamental, let us hope he will be useful .n the Harding cabinet
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 An Irish plot to spread typhoid fever among British troops may be just ari- other result of associating with the Hun
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 Germany's eagerness to join the League Of Nations is not dae entirely to desire to know what is going on.
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 Another easy job for a tired working man is that of deck-hand on dirigibie.
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 In the matter of feeding babies, Her bert Hoover is strictly nonpartisan.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-20
------------------- e- = = - = THE SAINTS OF PHILOSOPHY

By Ernest Renan,
 q know of nothing sadder in this regard than the spectacle presented by philosophy from the third century Of our era on. What men they were-Am monius, Plotinus, Procius, Isidore! what nobility of mind and hearti Where is the martyr to compare, for her austere beauty, with Hypatia? More than all, what man was Porphyry, perhaps the only scholar in antiquity Gas Niebuhr and N. Letronne have well shown) who was critical and exact! And yet what an indeiible blot ap- peared in the life of these great per sons! What alterations in all matters concerning demons, familiar spirits and white magic! Porphyry, an excellent critic in all other respects, in the field of netemphsyeosis and apparitions accepts things that are hardly less ex- travagant than table turning and spirit rapping.
 Some time ago I set about reading the lives of these great men, in so many
  senting. them as the saints of philoso- phy; and assuredly for their beauty of character, their moral grandeur. their elevation of spirit, and often, too, for the legends attaching to their names, they arc worthy to be set aside by side with the most revered Chris tian ascetics, But their creduiity' under the head of spirits grieved me and pre- vented my taking any pleasure In the beautiful aspect of their lives.
 There too, is the poison that taints the otherwise highly attractive charac- ter of Julian If the restoration organism was to serve no other pur- pose than to revive the crude supersti- ton with which one sees that emperor so constantly occupied, 1t is hard to understand that a man of so much in telligence should have acquired the evil name of apostate. for the sako of such trivial nonsense
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-20
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 WILLIAM RYAN
From the Sheffield Standard.

T FUIII NfiF NIINAflSIN H't<tffuuf VT
 It is with sincere sorrow that we note the death of William, Ryan, for many years on the editorial sta if of The Age Herald. It was the pleasure and privi- lege of the editor of the Standard to know him ill his best days. He was a gen tleman of the old school and an edi- tor of ability. For the past severa years he had been incapacitatcd by ill ness but occasionally contributed arti- cles to The Age Herald.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-20
roo ENTEHPRIsING
e Baltimore American.

From the Baltimore American.
 4 Brooklyn undertaken is charged with disgusting 1000 gallons of wood alcohol as whisky, thereby causing 1ot deaths. This way of drumming up bust. ness is considered as passing thu bounds oflegitimate enterprise.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-20
FILE OF OLDEST NEWSPAPER

From the Boston Transcript.
 The American Antiquarian society, which recently held its annual meeting at Worcester, Mass, has acquired one of the most important files of news papers made by the society recent years It is set of the Lordon Gazette. from the date of the first issue, No venber 14, 1865, through the year i7ss.
 This paper the oldest in the English speaking world, was started at Oxford with the title Of the Oxford Gazette. February D, 1660, it was removed to London, where it was called the Lon don Gazette, and where 1t has been continued uninterruptcdly to Nthe pres ent day.
 Up to the time of the revolution, and especially previous to 1T04, the year of the first Boston newspaper, it is an important, and in many cases, the sole source of information. Tor material relating to the American colonies. Dur ing the revolution it is, of course, alsc Of value in presenting the English sidt of the conflict
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-20
pIRMlNGHAM TO THE FRONT

From the Sheffield standard.
 Birmingham has again pushed At. lanta off front page. Birmingham ladies are now smoking diamond studded pipes. and c. Austin has takel, the joy out of the Country club lockers
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-20
ALTITUDE From King Lear.''

How fearful And dizzy t is to cast one's eyes
 low The crows and choughs that wing
 midway air Show scarce so gross as beetles. Half way down Hangs one that gathers samph
 dreadful traiel Methinks he seems no bigger than
 head. The fishermen that walk upon
 beach. Appear like mice: and yond tall
 choring bark. Diminished to her cock; her cock
 buoy s Almost too small fos sight. The m
 muring surge. That on the unauInbcred idle pebl
 ,chafes, Cannot be heard so high. I'll look
 more. Lest my brain turn. and the dsficl
 sight Topple down headlong.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-20
nxoRNING PRAYER

A MORNING PRAYER
 prsv for wealth and ccmfor1 God. that they may bring Doe peace hut if thou wilt send peace fn s"r .ovv and sacrifice, send 1t and gran nat herewith ! may he coNteA
 M. s. Fl.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-20
Look First.

The little warm spell that we are having now will give the people a chance to inspect their flues before the next cold snap" said Capt. W. K. Brown Every year there are a large number of roof fires due to defective chimneys. During the warm weather people forget about the possibility of the chimneys needing attention and then with the first cold wave they build roaring fire in their furnace, fireplace or stove. The result is a growth in popularity of the fire depart ment that is altogether too strenuous for the members of the department.
 If people would take the trouble to look after this matter before they start their 'bonfires,' it would save them some of their property and the firemen a lot of trouble"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-20
.oprnea Ills Eyes.

Tt is strange how people will live for years without going to see the places of natural interest right at
 their door," said J. H. Bloom. Here I have lived all my life in the south and until the insurance mems conyen-
 ton met here this week | had never
 been in Birmingham. This is not due to my disposition to stay at home, either, for the last 15 years I have spent travelling and have covered the greater part of the United States and
 eoms of Canada and Mexico, but for some reason failed to pass through Bir- mingham.
 T am more than delighted with the city. The steel mills that you have are
 really wonderful. To see these in operation is enough to justify a trip to
 the Magic City. I will promise this,
 too that this will not be my last trip
 to Birmingham. In the future I shall
 take advantage of every opportunity
 to come here"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-20
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
 AND ELSEWHERE
Good streets.

Good Streets.
 Today went on tour of inspec- tion of the streets in and about Bir- Fminsham and find that they sre as a whole, in very good condition said Commissioner H. F. Burruss, of the public improvement department. They are in better condition than they have been at any time in the past few years, although the city commission is planning to do a good deal of work on them in the next few months. At the present time there are twelve jobs of fixing and paving going on in the city limits. There will be others to be repaired or paved during the early spring months so that by the time warm weather really opens up, Bir- mingh streets wili-be in first class condition"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-20
Romances of Igncranee.

J. A. McGreEor, of the Frisco always has a. good one, because his are from life. He said; T was passing along Fifth avenue, coming from the Termi- nal station yesterday about noon, At Twenty first street a gang of negroes working on 8 building were eating their lunch. As approached one stopped me and said: Boss, is 1t true that saloons is gwine be vida open agin by Christmas? To this replied in the negative discovered that the negro had been gullible enough to be
 lieve the party tnat had handed him that bunk"
 One block further on Harry Corn- ing was told about the story that MT McGregor had related. T have one just as good,' said Mir. Corning, "only yesterday I was asked byta white man,
 a person of property and sustenance in
 the community, if the state of Florida,
 where he intended going for rest,
 was wet or dry
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-20
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All unavoided is the doom of aestAnS
 -Richard HI. # # #
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-20

k East Alabama was represented by w. P. Nichols of Roanoke, cna of the great est characters in this or any other state. whose friends he numbers by. the hun- dreds. for he is about the cleverest man l have ever known. I am reminded that pr. J. r. Duggar of Auburn was in the church. A man who does things and says little about the doings A most depend- able person. Jumping to South Alabama, I recall Dr. E. M. Shack clifford. one of the pillars in the Troy Baptist church edu- icator and Christian gentleman. exercising a wide influeace through the Troy Nor mai
 I'll have to tumble the balance up in d para graph W. C. Davis Of Jasper, who resigned from state board to give more time to Christian work; ]. F. Averyt, the only democrat Ill shelby county holding , office, high tribute to his worth and Christian character. Clarence luzer. a sterling young lawyer os Gadsden wfio did his bit overseas and came home to stand by his church and denomination: Charley Bell of Anniston. the live wire merchant and great Sunday. school en- thusiast. These are only a few of the fine ,ayrien here at the convention from outside. the Birmingham district. which has seere or more present.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-20

l stood at a point of vantage during the laymen's discussion where could take stock of the iaymen present from the different sections of the state, and. my heart was warmed by looking into the faces of many of my business and pro- fessional friends whom I had learned to lean upon and love during the years when I was actively engaged in the or ganized work as the editor and owner of the organ of the convention. the Ala ba,na Baptist, which is now convention property, and ably edited by Dr. L. l.. Gwaltney.