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The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-07
LIKE MLuKE SAYS

You can get acquainted with a mar without marrying him. But it is diff ferent with woman.
 As we understand it, the difference between relations and relatives" is that relatons" are poor and "rela tives" are rich.
 If the government would institute a war tax on coversation and charge one cent per thousand words, the war debt would soon be paid.
 No matter how superstitious he may be- nan will never refuse SIS for a sls article
 Cur idea Of hopeless mutt is man who goes to a seeress and has his for tune told.
 This would be better world if we were as busy trying to conceal our ig- norance as we are trying to display our knowledge.
 The anti-tobacco army announces that smoking ruins the health. We would believe this if it wasn't for the fact that every man we know who is 70 years old or older is a smoker. When a fellow proposes to a girl she looks almost as surprised as presi- dential candidate when the gang com ss to his home town a month after his nomination to notify him of his nomi- nation.
 When your enemy smites you on one cheek you never turn the other if said enemy happens to be a smaller man than you.
 The authorities can prohibit women from displaying bare legs on the stags fin winter. But in summer. when the theatres are closed-aw. you can fin- ish this paragraph yourself
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-07
Hamlet.

II IMAGINE the feeling of a citizen 4 of Birmingham, had he stood on the dock at Yokohama, Japan, on Thursday, August 5, 1920, when the 9,6Oo-ton steel freighter, Birming- ham City, put in there with six thou sand tons of Birmingham steel for use of the Nipponese.
 When he also pictured to his mind that the metal sides of that ship formerly nestled in the bosom of Red Mountain in the form of a natural de- posit of ore, he would, indeed, have before him wonderful panorama of achievement.
 The Birmingham City was built of steel made of pig iron in Birmingham and floated down the Warrior in barges to the gulf. She carried to Japan the self-same products of which she is composed. No more complete exhibit could be made of the wonderful application of natural resources.
 The ores are gift of nature. The coke that smelted the ores and the limestone that fluxed them are gifts of nature, The Warrior that bore the steel shapes to Mobile to be fash toned into the vessel is a gift of na- ture
 - But nature never does it all By the sweat of his brow man has earned his livelihood since Adam, and by that ! sweat he shall continue to earn it to the end. These wonderful resources amounted to nothing until sturdy and far-seeing pioneers realized their value and gave their unrewarded lives to bring them to the attention of their fellows.
 Not even the courage of the pioneer accomplished it all. Not until the j best brains in the iron and steel mak- ing world and the strongest industrial agency in the world took hold did the development of these raw materials laboriousfy attain the proud form of . steel ship made of Alabama's steel mill products. It is a romance of achievement, just as much as those of warriors and saints. Like other achievements, the pinnacle was not reached until the sure foundation had been laid and each item in the ascending super structure had been intelligently placed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-07
From the Chicago News.

From the Chicago News.
 ~ TRATEGICALLY the position of the N negro has been improved by the war, and the consequent economic disturbances. His resistance to social and economic oppression and to the denial of his constitutional rights is becoming stiff fer The war has advanced his political education It has given him more eco homie independence.
 As the negro advances educationally and economically he will endure with less readiness the conditions now imposed upon him in some sections of the country. This evident truth will mean, according to Herbert J. Seligmann, in The Negro Faces America" a widening breach be- tween the two races up to the point when white men will adjust their present dog mas to the new situation. If the war, 7 says MT Seligmann, made the white south more than ever determined to show the negro his place. it made the negro more politically self-conscious than ever before in his history in this country
 Other factors of the new emancipation modify this dangerous racial tension While some white elements would restrict the negro's progress for the very reason that it gives him a more resistant self respect, others-still in minority, but in creasing in influence-see that improve
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-07
NEGRO OPPORTUNITY

ment of the negros statue must come in order to avert economic insolvency in the south. The Daily News of Jackson, Miss, has said: We allow petty officers of the law to harass and oppress our negro labor nulcting them of their wages, as- sessing stiff fines on trivial charges, and often they are convicted on charges which if preferred against a white man would result in prompt acquittaL" The Charlotte Observer says that "the real thing that started the exodus of the negro from the south lies at the door of the farmer and is easily within his power to remedy. The negro must be given better homes and better surroundings. Fifty years after the civil war he should not be expected to be content with the same conditions that existed at the close of the war.
 The potent factor in this situation is the new consciousness by the negro of his economic value. Negro labor flowed away from the hardships of the south to the higher wages, freedom and rela- lively decent social status of the northern cities. In consequence progressive ele- ments in the south appreciate even more than before the dependence of southern prosperity on negro labor. Better schools, better housing, perhaps even his consti- tutional right to vote, will accrue to the negro from the necessary economic read- iuStment
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-07

tight. He deplores tight money as much as any other financier, since plenty of money in circulation helps his business and quic, turn-overs of capital are made on short-time loans. Continuing, he says, "The easy money crowd has been having fine time, with plenty of goods jobs and high wages. Persons who never be- fore had one hundred dollars have asked me to appraise diamonds worth six or seven hundred dollars that they were going to buy. Now they are back seeking to sell them when they find that they can't borrow more than one hundred dollars on them. The soft jobs are disappearing and the age of rational living is rapidly head ing this way"
 These opinions expressed by one of New York's best known pawnbrokers have weight, not only because large pawnshop is a barometer of living conditions, but also because they coin- eide with the views of economic ex- perts throughout the country.
 As it was aptly expressed in a headline over the dispatch from New York, America is on the verge of "The Morning After" The awaken irg will be sad, but salutary.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-07
Sowing the Wind and
 Reaping the Whirlwind

II F the treaty of Versailles had been 4 promptly ratified by the United States NSenate, another world war would not be brewing in Europe. A firm stand by the American govern ment and the allies would have kept down German arrogance, would have securely bottled up bolshevism in Russia, there to run it's course, and would have treasured the European nations who are now ready to make the best bargain they can for self protection
 When Foch broke the Hindenbucg line the allies were united and invinci- ble. They held the peace of the world in their hands. First America fell away. The Senate quibbled while Europe waited for results. Germany seeing how the land lay, shrewdly unanswered to avoid as far as possi- ble fulfilling the peace terms. Bol- shevism was permitted to spread it's propaganda far and wide and to make shipwreck of Russia. England and France hepan to have th,,ir differ. ences, Italy nursed her injured feel ings and the lesser nations took their cue from the leaders.
 Out of this policy of dillydallying has come the present chaos, with the sacrifice of Poland and bolshevik Rus sia threatening to nullify all that was gained by the defeat of German militarism.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-07
What a Port Means
 to All Alabamians

M STEAMSHIP at Mobile is load 6A ing with seven thousand tons of coal for Rotterdam. The coal comes from west Kentucky. Another steamship recently sailed for Europe with like amount of coal taken on at Mobile.
 The west Kentucky Goal can be shipped to foreign ports through the port of Mobile points to it's stra segic position for export business. If west Kentucky coal may be advantageously exported out of Mobile, how much more economically may not Alabama coal be moved out of that port?
 Representatives of the Kentucky coal mining interests making this foreign shipment spent several days in Mobile, and after ? survey of the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-07

From the Montgomery Advertiser.
 G1TNlIE recent report of the Save-A-Life
 League. the organization to reduce
 = the number of suicides, carries the interesting side light that there has been a large increase in the number of sui cides by women. There has been also an increase in the number of men suicides, but that increase is small when compared with that of the women.
 The report states, as conclusion drawn from a study of the figures: 'The grow ing complexity of women's lives and their entrance into business and politics, is re- sponsible for the substantial increase z The opinion is debatable, yet it is reason able. Men who have heretofore been most concerned over the complexities of life have always furnished the larger number of suicides. More men still commit sui eide than do women, but men as a class
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-07
HOLD UP PREACHERS HANDS

From the Sugar Bush (O.) Budget.
 A few years ago much was writer in the Budget concerning sleeping ir church, and thought it was again nee. essary, as I happened to see quite : few in church lately and upon inves. tigating found that not less than fiji. teen out of a small crowd were asleef while the minister was trying to in terest them with the word of God.
 do not want to critieise. but such il the fact Dear brothers and sisters let us all be awake while in churci and listening earnestly, as this bel lieve will give the preacher strength
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-07
Destructive Army Worm
 About Under Control

TIT HE progressive farmers are fol-
 4 lowing the advice of F. L.. Thomas, associate entomologist of the Alabama agricultural experiment sta ton, in fighting the grass worm and the fall army worm and the result is proving highly beneficial. ..
 The third generation of these pests recently appeared. They are the most damaging of all, but pre- ventive measures being taken in time, comparatively little injury has been observed.
 The farmers must be alert until the corn is laid by. Just as soon as small worms make their appearance calcium arsenate must be applied by blowing the dust into the bud by means of a hand gun used in poison ing cotton when controlling the boil weevil.
 Tests made show that this method is very effective on young corn. It is only by following the 'control measures" that corn and forage crops can be saved.
 The army worm problem is new to the modern farmer and he must be vigilant and industrious if he would overcome it. But he has learned to cultivate his crops scientifically and the control of the worm comes directly under that head. By the aid of the entomotogist Alabama will produce large corn and hay crops as we'll as a reasonably large cotton crop.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-07
sCYTHE SONG

By Andrew Lang. Mowers, weary and brown and blith1 What is the word methinks ye know Endless over-word that the Scythe Sings to the blades. of the grass be
 low?
 scythes that swing in the grass an.
 clover.
 Something. still. they say as the
 pass:
 What is the word that over and over Sings the scythe to the flowers an
 grass?
 Hush. ah hush, the seythes are say
 ing. Hush and heed not. but fall lasieerI Hush, they say to the grasses sway
 ing, Hush tLey sing to the clover deer Hush-'tis the lullaby Time is sing
 ing Hush, and heed not. for all thing
 pass. Hush. ah hush. and the scythes .r|
 swinging Over the clover. over the grass
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-07
LINCOLN IN WESTMINSTER

world as the most eminent man ip his tory within the lives of living men, and in many respects the most truly great man who ever lived.
 The St Gaudens statue is merely emble- matic and symbohcaI, not only of the greatest American Of our time, but of principles of right and justice and charity, of comparison and helpfulness and constructive ideas without which the world would recently have gone down 'in one red burial blent' Not only was Lin coin "man for the ages" but just now he is the most living force in the civilized world. Being dead he yet speaketh to all who are born to make struggle for existence.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-07
HOW ITS DONE

'Ts there such a thing in this eoun- try as political preferment?'
 No" replied the experienced poh- tician. After a man has worked his head off, spent all the money he and his friends could rake together and used up his vocabulary of epithets call ing the opposition hard names he may be elected. Then he may speak of his elevation to office as a case of political preferment, but he doesn't t fool anybody, unless it's himself"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-07
SUICIDE AMONG WOMEN

 are sti11 brought face to face with life's difficulties more than arc women
 The report shows that for the first six months of 1920 there were s,ru suicides, of which ,S10 were of men and ss1 of women. The considerable Increase in ths number of women who suicided in the first six months of this year compared to the same period of last was enough to give thought to the officers of the Saye~A-IAfe League. The New York World, supporter Of the various feminist movements, is disposed to contradict the conclusion of the league that the increase of seh-nurders among women is attributable to the growing mplexities of life since women have entered business and politics. There is no way of ascertaining definitely if the conclusion is true, but it is certainly reasonable. Yet, the increase Is not large enough to be alarming
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-07
Would Remember It

T never enjoyed anything as much in my life as I did my trip west with the Shriners.' said D. F. McLendon. tax assessors<" and am writing a diary of the entire trip. Never will I forget the beauty of the Grand canyon, for this is something that one cannot de- scribe. I am sure you could search the world over and you could not find anything more beautiful.
 until we returned the days were filled with one continuous round of pleasure. We were royalty received and enter tained while in Portland and l am sure not a person attending the convention will ever forget the trip
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-07
Shot From Taw

"When I finished school I got off the train five miles from home with 10 cents in my pocket and was more than $1,0o0 in debt" said Solicitor Joseph R. Tate. T decided to begin practicing law in small mining town and opened an office with $15 worth of law books. While I was in school T hadn't bought any books, because I had borrowed money for my educa- ton. My first case came to me, but I was told the negro whom I was going to defend on charge of murder didn't have any money However. realized that I had better be getting the ex- perience rather than doing nothing. I cleared the negro and he went into the mines to work and every pay day he would bring me a small amount of money. It was hard pulling the first few years, but I soon established my selft and had fairly good practice"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-07
IN HOTEL LCBBIES
 AND ELSEWHERE
Abouf the Ads


 have been reading the advertise ments published in the newspapers by the coal mining companies with a great deal of interest" said l. w. Donnelly.
 Tn my opinion, the best of the series so far are those published this week by the Bessemer Coal, Iron and Land Com pany and the Galloway Coal Company. atrset-breaking was the topic of both ads. Each ad set out the fact that the company singing it had made a fair and liberal contract with it's men, effective for two years, and that the contract has been broken by the men under the influence Of agitators and without any breach on the part of the company The contract, in each in- stance, was made part of the ad, so that the public could judge for itself.
 Perhaps the ad of the Bessemer Coal Iron and Land Company was the more effective of the two on account of it's conciseness. It was composed of the contract and the letter of the mine committee breaking it. with few terse rehidIhs, IL was as IT the company had said to the public: Your honor. we submit our case on the facts. Argu- ment is superfluous.
 "The ad must have made deep im- pression on the public mind. The peo- pie may not be interested in a con- troversy between employer and en- ploye but they are alive to The need for more production and the importance of maintaining the validity of contracts For that reason the contract breaker cannot expect to stand in the court of public opinion"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-07
F1LM REoUIREMENrs

There's too much sob stuff in thts scenario" said the movie producer.
 But this is a serious story re piled the literary hack.
 That doesn't make any difference We've got to work in our bathing girls somewhere. if they all turn out to a funeral by the sad sea waves.-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-07
Night Hawks

"The loafers that infest our streets in the daytime are bad enough" said Randolph Johnson, but just take a look down Twentieth street about 3 o'clock in the morning and you will be surprised to see the number of people on the streets.
 "Of course. I know that they are not all loafers. but I think that I am safe them are Most of them you won't meet again until the next night. and then you will find them, as usual. loaf 4ng around some restaurant or joy riding over the city in 2 taxi"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-07
AROUND BOSTON

: '~rhis Massachusetts candidate says he belongs to the plain people, -Ahl Did he ever split railsr' NO, bat when he was a boy he used to split an infinitive occasionally
 PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-07
rNruRrNG HIS HEALTH

''our little Thomas is in love with his school teacher ~oh. he'll outgrow that~
 "of course. but in the meantime,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-07
"on With the Dance"

''The dance which the American Le- zion is to give on August 20 is to be an event of more than passing interest,"" said D. c. Yarbrough. Tt marks the beginning of a series of entertainments to be put on by the local post for the amusement of the members. The legion has 2,o00 members in Birmingham and if only one-fourth come and bring
 "The original purpose of the first dance, however. is to raise money to furnish the band of the pest. This band is rapidly taking shape and will soon be able to give concerts in Birming- ham"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-07
Hurts His Eyes

"The Twenty second street viaduct is an eyesore and discredit to Bir- mingham,' said Robert c. Messer. local attorney. "In addition the wooden sup ports are apparently becoming rotten and unsafe. Many autmobiles and street ears pass over this viaduct in the course~of day. It is therefore, impor- tant that every precaution shoulds be taken for the safety and comfort of the people.
 "The Rainbow viaduct is a real asset to the city. I hope the day is not far off when the Twenty second street viaduct will be converted from a rattle trap to an .up-to-date structure similar to the one now carrying Twenty first street traffic over the railroad tracks.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-07
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES
DOWN ON THE FARM

DOWN ON THE FARM The rural life
 Appeals to me,
 But only in
 A mild degree.
 I should not care
 To cut the hay
 And go to work,
 At break O day. Nor do I think
 It wondrous fine To hon a stool
 And milk the Kline. No doubt the farmer
 Has some joys,
 But youIl observe
 His girls and boys Hotfoot it to
 The nearest town In quest of fame
 Or fortunes. crown. And quit the fair
 Bucolic scene
 For dust and grime
 And gasoline.
 CONCENTRATING T see where a woman had her hus- hand haled to court for kissing her three hundred times day" Some women are hard to please Sure Its evident this chap wasn't scat tering his affections around the neigh borhood."
 THE TALK YOU HEAR ''Bibbles is peculiar" said MT. Jagsby. How so1 asked MT. cripea. '-He's the only person or my ac- quaintance who hasn't a recipe for treating 'moonshine' so 1t will be the most palatable and delightful drink the mind of man has ever conceived"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-07
What Is a man.

What Is man. ' If hfs chief good, and market of his
 time, Be but to sleep and feedf A beast,
 more. I.A
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-07

Oklahoma has supplanted her blind senator with man who can see, but it may be discovered that even without eyesight. Gore had the better vision
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-07

It is reported that ny" Cobb will welt. Regardless of his oratorical ability. the Hon. sTy" will never lack a15diance
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-07

The game itself was a thriller but at times I found that I was more in- terested iR their comments upon if than was in what was happening on the diamond. If you saw the Thurs day afternoon performance. you will credit the statement that it was a truly great contest and going our way. It was a breezy quartet, and nothing occurring on the field on the bleach- CTS or in the grandstand escaped their notice. And what they saw, they paid their respects to.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-07


 Then Manager Molesworth came up for discussion. Ellis had just "bunted'' when nobody was out and he was first man up and thrown out at first. Gan you beat it?" remarked one of the gang. "Moley is just crazy on this 'buni stuff If he was in he'll and the devil was to hand him a bat and tell him he would let him out if he knocked swer; I gotta play the game; give a fellow a chance, leave the door slight ly ajar, and I'll bunt and make g swift run to get out
 One of our poorest batters was UT and for some unknown reason the [ bleachers and grandstand gave him a great send-off. when one of the four said in an aside which could be heard seated; "He must have a lot of kin folks here this afternoon" Al wrong," was the retort of another of the bunch "They are applaudins now for they know every ball hs strikes at he'll miss it mile and sc they are cheering in advance" Sure enough. he was retired.
 Yellowhorse was constant source of amusement. 'Anypody can ride Yelowhorse," was the expression oi one when they got to hitting him free tly. "Ain't he dark skinned even for an Indiana" ventured one, only to bs 1 told. Don't be too hard on him; once he was fair and white. but he lived 1.-two years in Pittsburg and hasn't had | time to get the smoke washed off This was for the benefit of a nearby {, Pittsburger. These are only few | of their bright ss.itiss. which kept me laughing the whole afternoon.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-07

I can give-but a garb1ed and select account of their conversation, for it was running one from the time the men went on the field to practically until the last man went to bat. The practice afforded them infinite. mer. riment. It was tonic to be in the neighborhood of four fellows who were having such hearty and natur. al good time and didn't care who knew it, and what's more were not afraid to voice their sentiments in the ears of all mankind.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-07
City of Birrnin gham
 Docks at Yokohama

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