The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-09-09

tive and few men are personally more popular, but in both complex and bit ter campaigns the personal equation counts for little. Watson has a host of enemies, but he had followers enough to beat Dor sey and outstep Smith.
 The contest for governor was be- tween Walker and former United States Senator Hardwick. It seems to have been close. For representa- tives in Congress the race in several districts was nip and tuck. It will be day or two before the Congress result is known. Georgia delights in politics, and | nothing is so welcome as a hot pri-
 mary. Yesterdays was just the sort
 that Georgia most likes. F # + A huge "stilp was found on the Texas farm of Senator Sheppard, au- thor of the prohibition amendment. The | alert operators doubtless thought that | would be the last place in the world where prohibition enforcement officers would look for still" but it wasn't # # i A paragraph in the Houston Post in- dicates that some Houston families don't want to entertain Confederate tveterans during the reunion. If Hous- ton has any people of that sort, it ought to get rid of them. # # # Berlin has apologized to the French government for an attack on the l French consulate at Breslau. A l German apology is worth just about as ! much as a German promise. # # # l A thirsty. camel at the Indiana state
 fair drank up ten gallons of red lemon
 ade in a tub. If the stuff had been hard I cider, that ship of the desert would
 have had the time of it's life. # ss x | Miske's championship aspirations
 have been shattered, but there is always l an opening in this country for husky
 farm laborer.
 1 The rear platform of special car is not conducive to the best type of ora- tory, but in a country as large as ours a candidate has to make the best of a
 bad situation.
 # # * Natives of West Africa are gettina l rich from the sale of cocoa, which i. | now bringing $500 a ton. The pro visional president of Africa is moi sharing in this prosperity. The Richmond Journal thinks the | "Ethiopian" in the Barnes book has l been disclosed. The same sinister fig ure that usually turks in the wood
 pile?
 l The American Society of Engineers 1 urges standardized bathtubs. Let us l hope the modern passion for regulating | things will not leao to standardized
 bath
 Belgium win continue its sugar ra-
 tioning. Outside of that, you would hardly suspect Belgium had ever
 thrown herself in front of the German military machine. | E < * l .Schiff Assails Wilson League. -
 Headline. Banker Schiff. of course. Fritzi might scratch a stage hands
 eyes out. but she isn't interested in
 politics.
 "Bilr' Haywood says the Interna- I
 1 tional Workers of the World oppose
 violence. That isn't the way they talk
 on soap box
 + # + l Most of the Hapsburgs are reported | in financial straits, which seems to | prove that the average scion of royalty
 is unable to earn living.
 Republicans charge that Cox has
 pitched his campaign on low plane
 Sometimes it is necessary to fight tht
 devil with fire.
 Some of the republican newspapers are quoting Calvin Coolidge at length thus showing fragrant disregard fol
 the white paper shortage.
 WHAT ARE THE BOYS READINGs
 From the Columbus Dispatch.
 Fifty years ago the boys of America
 were reading Dick Turpin, Claude Du wall and other favorite Beadle publica | IJo l. stories in tht