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The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-03
TAKES UP cUDGELs

From the Advertising Age and. Mail
 Order Journal,
 Instead of waiting for the retailers of the city to start collective adver. tislng campaign to explain their posi- tion to the public and diagram the causes of H. C.. L., The Birmingham Aee-Herald took this important sub ject into it's own hands. and published ir a recent Sunday issue page adver- t.sement of It's own. in which it said.
 'Is your doctor profiteering because he charges you from p to 50 per cent r,cre per visit than he did before the war?
 "Is your lawyer profiteering?
 "1s your newspaper profiteering?
 'Is your barber profiteering?
 'Is your grocer profiteering?
 "Remember when you could get your snoes shined for cents? The boot black now charges 10 cents. Is he a profiteer?
 "Why are you paying higher rent to- day than ever2 Is there anything ir the universe that you can buy in prices ia effect three years ago?"
 We must face this matter of in creased costs with calm and sane req soning.'
 We must consider the fun iamenta causes.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-03
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
 AND ELSEWHERE
Home Makers

Home Makers
 was it Utopia, or the sort of con,- munity the Bible teaches of. or inst 2 gioup of genuine Americans wet rn- spoiled by the nervous excitement of 'ne rest Of the country? I don't know says stanley Dixoon, a travelling sales man. but the main impression on me Is want to go there again, I'd Nike to I've there
 The town is called Midway, and if is in Bullock county, Alabama.
 T stopped at the hotel there con- ducted by G. T. Cartledge. Every ar- t'cle of food on his table was the gift to him of one of his friends A block Of creamy butter had been given by his neighbor, MT. Hall; a fat roasted prllet was the gift of another neigh Dor, MT. Brown. They were glad for the hotel man to sell the things and make profit, for they had plenty more. The table was loaded.
 In Midway. or near it, is the com nunity pasture; all the cows owned hy the people of the community are pastured there. If any citizen of Mid way is in need of milch COW, he takes one from the general pasture His neighbors come around to make sure he took good one.
 Heaven help the visitor who gets in trouble in Midway; he has a whole community to fight as one man. They work lot and rest little, to strangers, to voluntarily do kind ness, and nobody there is ever in want
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-03

You would think the convertion crowd at San Francisco had been foa up on oratory. Yet they believed for Bryan
 MT MeAdoo may or may not have peeh alslnherited,' but that has no particular bearing on the payment of his income tax.
 some of these days convention bands will forget to play Dixie" and the si- lence will be oppressive.
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 Polygamy is said to be dying out in Sulu. For musical comedy purposes SalI became back number years ago
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 All things come to him who waits. , The French ambassador has been re- ceived at the White House.
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 If Emma Goldman were back in America, she'd be glad to join in cele-- pT%tlHS tHe rOuTln. ]; # 4 For man who has been crucified by his enemies. President Wilson is look iEg remarkably fit T * * The neighing of dark horses mingles with the roar of sea lions at San Fran cisco. * * It's rather paradoxical the way 2 ',wetN plank adds fuel to the flames.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-03
Birmingham's Growth

Nashville Banner: Birmingham hasn't got quite as large population as Att lanta. but Birmingham Is growing with sure and lusty growth. growth which has material resources and not mere bunk behind it, and in a few de- cades 1t may be the most populous of all the southern cities.
 Selma Times-Journal: There is no
 reason why anybody should be dis turbed over the census figures of Bir- mingham which give the city a popu- lation of 17S.27o. which represents a growth of 34.4. Birmin gham still re-
 tains its relative size to Atlanta prac- tically without change, the difference being around 22,000, just as 1t was In 1910. Birmingham's increase. while not commensurate with the oil well and au- tomobile boom town growth of western
 tory and prophetic of great things in the furture. Birmingham is susceptible of great deal of internal development, as the city's corporate limits were wsdened a few years ago to take in a great many waste spaces still suitable for home building. But the Birming- ham district embraces one of the rich est centers of coal and iron ore. in the nation and it's natural expansion is bound to result in building up one of ;v ho Dothan Eagle: We'll, Birmingham disappointed. We all are. unless the gain in population is way over esti- mates by citizens enthused with civic pride and the booster spirit.
 Ten years ago Birmingham's census was boosted because it had taken III i al, the outlying districts of Jei1erson county. except Bessemer, and Bessemer l hoilered so till it had to be let loose MT. Cruikshank was the supervisor l and in speaking of the l7S.ouo peopis counted. says:
 .srbere are from 10000 to 10000 peo- rl. just outside the city limits" "That's the surprise to us. How was it that these people were
 ox erlooked in the Greater Birmingham
 TIC vement,
 l-- Was it possible that some on vas laa | ir duty when tabulatins the outlyihs people were left in Jefferson count, i not counted in the census?
 Something wrong here somewhere. l Yes: give Birmingham recount If necessary. extend the inaginar, like hundred miles south and borrow itne population of Montgomery. and 1 showing will be made in census thai Iw,li just about satisfy the Marie City
 aud put 1t shAad of Atlanta.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-03
The Common Pride
of Growing Dixie

fT is cle}sr, but it is no more than VI propef to have the Atlanta Jour- nal, speaking of Birmingham's census enumeration say this:
 ss'' ssssaSss ss%%s'''s sa ssmsrs ars'
 ably & striking evidence of the soukh's fertile resources. As friend ] Sry rivals. each has watched the others upbuilding pleased and
 spurred on by every competing and
 achieving stroke. After ten years
 both loom larger and more pros
 porous, their distinctive interests
 still dominant their mutual good
 will still hearty. This, we say, is most significant tribute to the
 strength and richness and promise
 of our southern country
 Birmingham would not take one citizen from Atlanta to swell her numbers. Our pride in the resurrec- !, tion of Atlanta from the torch and flame of Shefman'S march to the sea 5 is ae great as that of all the south lh having rival of the iron and steel making metropolis of the east in an Alabama city. Atlanta and Birming- | ham rejoice that New Orleans has become the second port in the nation.
 For like reason we of the south east glory in the remarkable strides of the Texas cities, whose percentage of increase is ahead of our own Our supreme pride is that the southland is distinctly Anglo Saxon and American, speaking the same |t que and demanding and enforcing like respect for the foundations of ( dc. ocratic government.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-03
Road Work

Jefferson county is not the only one having hard time to dispose of ponds says w. B. Cloe, who has just returned from an extended trip west. T noticed that all road work in Cali fornia had been stopped on account of Inability to sell road bonds I visited 20 states in the west and found money conditions there the same as here.
 The only things that the states in that section of the country lead Ala bama in are roads and parks. They have splendid roads and wonderful parks. but l cannot see why Alabama, with it's natural resources, as we'll as Jefferson county, cannot lead them in roads and parks. This extensive cam paign for roads in this county, which was mapped out by the board>of reve- nue. was for the construction of perma- nent highways, such as the western states have, and l feel sure that this work can go ahead and the bonds can be disposed of at par
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-03
THE RAINMAkER AGAIN

FrQm the Tampa Tribune.
 A decade or two ago we heard fre- quently about efforts to induce rain fall on the part of individuals who said they knew how to encourage Jupiter Pluvius to do his work. but of recent years the job of the rainmaker has fallen into innocuous desuetuce. Tn |, reasonable presumption was that the rainmaker was failure in this age of efficiency.
 But it seems there is another chance for this individual. In the state of
 Washington just now there is dire need of rain, and it appears the farm CTS are willing to pay generously for a supply of moisture from the clouds. Agriculturists of Grant county, accord ing to Spokane banker, have deposited $6.nO0 in his institution. with an agree nent with a professional rainmaker that if his machinations bring down the needed irrigation he shall have the money. Another community has raised Sl,c00 for the same purpose. Nothing Is said of what shall happen to the rainmaker If he fails to deliver the goods. but it would only be fair If he were penalized for failure, after ra.sing such high hopes.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-03
RECoMPESsE

j. corson Miller. in the Forum.
 Against the keen-edged winds of life,
 That pitilessly leap and darts. Ycu warmed me with true mother love,
 At the fires of your heart. Now that your days of bloom are spent, And Age. slow-creeping. chills yo6r forms
 Close -shAltered in my fiHal love
 Wbat mattsrs cold ox storm
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-03
EASILY DISCnIrRAGEn


 You are always signing for the South Sea Islands"
 "wen?"
 '''why don't you go there?'
 'They are too far away" 'Umph, If scientists were like you they'd quit trying to talk to Mars"
 THE POINT OF VIEW
 MT. Gadspur takes his two little boys into his library every Fourth Of July and reads the Declaration of In dependence to them.9 "A patriotic man." Maybe so. but if a straw vote were taken among the other little boys of the neighborhood he would be classi- fled as cruel and inhuman father" REMOVING THE EVIDENCE 'Is Twobble getting much out of his car these days?" 'He got beautiful blond out of it last week" "Ah:' "Yes. He recognized Mrs. Twobble coming down the street in her run about"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-03
Free Camp Site.

T feel sure that there are some peo-
 Die in Birmignham who for one reason
 or other cannot get out of the city for
 the summer and yet who would like to
 nave nice place to camp" says Sam Erckert and as I have some beautiful si.es for camping along the Montgom-
 cry highway, where water is easily ob-
 tainable,>it will afford me pleasure to ei,e any campers permission to make t'ismselves at home on my property. Taere will be no charge. I merely wish to aid in any way can any one caring to spend the dog days out in the open. | I also have some lots in Edgewood that ais available Any one interested can. by calling on me. get full nartiSsiars.' ?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-03
HIS FAvoRIrE D1sHEs TriEN THl
A MOVIE EPISODE

What do you mean by spilling soup on that mans bald head?" asked the irate proprietor.
 q didn't mean to do it. I stumped my toe" said the new waitress.
 Watch your step, young woman. You're working for John J. Blobbs, owner of the Elite restaurant. and not Charley Chaplin"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-03
Back Them Up

I believe that every one in Birming- ham should back up the board of city commissioners in their efforts to get a correct count of the population of Bir- mingham," says Frank Jones
 We don't want an under count any more than we would want an over count. But every human is liable to make a mistake and 1t is reasonable to suppose that the people who took some mistakes, Even if it $ found that only hundred or more people were missed. that will be great deal of satisfaction to those who are boos- tcrs of Birmingham"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-03
Try It Again

How about another no accident week for Birmingham?" asks H. K. Kelley. "We seem to be having an extra lot sof accidents of late. and I think that o-accident week at least once month wouldn't be too much.
 Resides. when the. attention of every one is drawn to a certain thing. they are bound to be more or less careful. ard if we could have this before the eyes of everyone, at all times. thinl. that.the number of accidents could be cut in half"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-03
NoN-ALCoHoLIc srurr

From the Philadelphia Public Ledger.
 Are they christening ships by moon light because prohibition prevents their using moonshine?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-03
WELL. HARDLY

What is the significance of the three gilded balls in front of pawn 0rokef's sh9p?
 T once knew, but I've forgotten,.' said MT. Gadspur. However, I'm pretty sure they don't stand for faith, hope and charity"
 pArrT rSoor
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-03
Rainbow Work Needs l Much Speeding Up

m HE Rainbow Division will come 4 with banners flying and march ing array on the twelfth of this sssh, and will be our guests for siree days. Birmingham has had kEl@nany gala events, but none of such |eignificance.
 The committee has been busy with arrangements, but much remains to lbc done. The question of housing IS yet to be perfected, and the rais- Ing of funds for the entertainment W fhe visitors is short of expecta- { 3ns.
 There should be no lack of money. X Birmingham was never better off Rap it is today. Twenty-Five thou
 dollars should be readily sub
 bed and something like that sum
 be needed.
 he committee needs speeding up.
 1t week should be a busy week l{n raising the necessary funds.
 Birmingham has gained yreputa- Ition for entertaining large coaven- ifions, and it must not fail now. Our team workers must be up and ling. A few days of real activity X Vil count Let's see to it that every Var needed will be forthcoming. I<-S * x $
 Soktlement of the
 Medical College Issue
 f is good to have an end of the [ state medical college problem. There was no real problem. Mobile 0A failed to make good and the uni
 bity trustees were bound, under K 516o law and their duty as custodians 4& the interests of the youth of Ala
 Ina, to take cognizance of that fact 0>d remove the medical college tc
 khcr site.
 obile physicians objected. Tha,
 natural. None likes to lose that skh hs has long possessed. Mobil-
 \ may be excused from not looking
 ds matter from the unbiased view
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-03
ADRIFvT WITH THE TI&S
IT WOULDN'T WORK

IT WOULDN'T WORK Clipping has well stocked cellar" 50 he has"
 Do you suppose 1t would be worth while to call on him and say my throat is dry?"
 No. There's no milk of human kindness in Clipping. He'd probably hand you a cough drop" HIS FAvoRITE DISHES. THEN THE
 TOUGH How do you contrive to get money out of MT. Dubwaite? Tt isn't hard" said Mrs Dubwaite. T use the approach oblique.' How is that?" Via the kitchen"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-03

"A CHOICE or EVILS Now come the supt rhes ed days When everyhodys fancy strays To vistas wide of ice an1 snow, Where arctic blasts f. aver blow. Though drops of perspir on run And mortals blister in tbc sun, As if they thought you had forgot, They all remind you that it's hot But would rather hear one say, Its up to nine fy-nins today" Than have him thus inferrogate, Who do you think thcyu nominate? ?"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-03
Member of the Associated Press

When rich villains have need of poor
 ones, poor ones may make whai
 price they will. N Much Ado About Nothing.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-03

Damascus stood forth as a rival to l Jerusalem and Samaria through five centuries, and was conquered and con- nueror by turns. It was David who de- | feated it. but it freed itself of the Jew 1 ish yoke in the time of Solomon and | became the seat of new principality but it afterwards fell. in succession under the power of the Assyrians and | the Persians. and came from the hands of the latter into the hands of the
 Seleucidae. Damascus did not flourish under the Greeks like it did under the Persians, for the Seleucidae neglected it., and bestowed their favor. on the newer I cities erected by them in the northern l part of Syria.
 | Dana ascus was seized by the Roman~ 1 in the war of Pompev with Tigranes. E 1 c. 6. but still continued, as under the ] Greek dynasty. comparatively unim- :, nortant place until the time of Docle- l tian. who. feeling the necessity of a | strongly fortified city in this quarter as
 a depot for munitions of war and a mill litary post against the frenuent inroads
 of the Sarascens. selected Damascus for 1 the purpose But in the seventh cen tury it fell into the hands of the Sara cens. and was for some time after this I the seat of the caliphs. It was sacked by Tamerlane. and finally became sub l ject to the Turk.
 Its fate is now in the hands of the allies for Cairo Jerusalem and Damas- GUS. the three chief cities of the sul- Itans of Egypt, are no longer able to i'm
 nose terms upon Christian visitors. It's hard to predict what will be their fate in the light of the war of the Creeks be- l ing waged at present against the Turk
 But strange as it may seem. Damascus
 the oldest of cities, and the most Ori- ental. is yet modern in the way of elec-
 ltric lights. railroads. street cars and
 wafer in the homes.
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New Britain herald., 1920-02-27
MILLION ORANGES USED
National Exhibit at san Bernartlino, Cal. Contained Fruits From E1Ori- tla as Well as the West Coast.

san Bernardino, Feb. 27.-More than l,oOo.0o0 oranges were used by citrus fruit growers of California to build their annual exposition, the National Orange Show, to celebrate the Huh anniversary of the planting g Of one Of California's finest orange trees by PaGre Dumetz, a Franciscan.
 The exposition was held in San Ber- nardil'o, February 15. to 23. Florida sent fruit to compete ii, some of the cirifns fruit classificati I.s
 For 10 years the citrus fruit grow CTS of California have been entertain ing many thousands of people from many states at their exposition. It will be laid out in great garden of flow CTS at a park, and citrus fruit com munities of the state will vie with each other in the splendot of their works of art created from the golden fruit.
New Britain herald., 1920-02-27
KANGAROO PLANE
 FOR JUMP ID POLE
British Antarctic Expedition Is
 Going By Air.

London, Feb. 27.-The British eXpe- dition to the south pole, which plans to start in July next, will use Kan garoo" airplane. formerly a fighting machine, for the final stage of the journey. This plane will be fitted with skis instead of wheels to enable it to land in the snow.
 The aircraft will make it's actual start from the Great Barrie, and will proceed to the South pole over tho great glacier, and then across known bun unnamed mountains.
 It is proposed to take 8 crew of not less than four in addition to which a sledge containing a tent. shovels, cooking stove and camping equipment and provisions for at least 10 weeks must be carried. These provisios and the sledge necessary in the event of an accident, which might compel the party to return to the base on foot, will weigh approXim 750 pounds.
 This weight, together with the nec- essary fuel for a 1,5o0 mile flight, ne- cessita.tes a big powerful machine, as the mountains to be flown over are 12,o00 feet above sea level
 The Kangaroo was one of the la test fighting bombers designed for the British air ministry, and at the time of the armistice was largely used on the anti-su bn1arine patrol service. The machine is a bip1ane measuring 75 feet from wing-tip to wing-tip and is fitted with twin engines developing $50 horsepower.
 One great trouble to be overcome is the question: of cooling or rather the heating of the engine as the tempera- ature which will be experienced is F degrees bove zero in summer and experiments are now being carried out with 8 view to overcoming the difficulty
New Britain herald., 1920-02-27
TO HONOR WASHINGTON.
Move On in England to Restore His
 Ancestors Home Over There.

Manchester, Eng, Feb. 27.-Mem- bers of the Sulgrave society met here recently to inaugurate a fund for the restoration and maintenance of Sul- grave Manor, George WaShingtOnS English ancestral home.
 The mansion was bought in 1911, as memorial to Washington by the British peace centenary committee in celebration of the hundred years peace between the United States and Brit ain; but an endowment is needed for repair and furniture Toward this, the Sugrave institute of America contrib utes f10,006 pounds. Five thousand
New Britain herald., 1920-02-27
OPPOSE SUNDAY LABOR
Scotcilnen Do Not Favor Government Plan for Fisheries Development
 That Calls for This

London. Feb. 27.-Lord Lever hulme has encountered the religious on the extensive property lie has pur- chased in the Outer Hcbrides and has suffered d 1~obuff. He had planned to make StornCWay. on the island of Lewis, the headquarters of a hugo fishing fleet that should sweep the seas for 500 miles around. The pro .ject involved Sunday labor and the islanders who adhere to the strict and
New Britain herald., 1920-02-27

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New Britain herald., 1920-02-27
DICKENS CHARACTER DEAD.

Rochester, Eng.,E Feb. 21.--J ohm Hoodley, assistant verger of Roches- ter cathedral, who was the original of the character Stony Durdles in Dick ens' "The Myst cry of Edwin Brood" is dead. aged 83. John Hoodley has 9 fund of good stories about Dick ems and his visits to Gads hill. It was to him that Dickens confided his wish to be buried beneath the wall dividing tho old graveyard from Rochester Castle grounds.
New Britain herald., 1920-02-27
KAISER STATUE HIDDEN.

Berlin, Feb. 2T.-The "Kaiser W helm' monument at Hadersleb' Schleswig, which was covered up wi otato sacks when the French march. cd into the town, has now been l moved to the premises of a prrvs club where it is concealed from pu lie gaze
New Britain herald., 1920-02-27

intense form of tho PreSbyter faith, rejected it.
 Commenting on the incident. the periodical, Common Sense, says: Lord Leverhulnle is a man Of bis ideas and new ideas while the popula ton over whom he has declared the rights of Hardship are folk of old and intense ideas. Hence the inevitable collision"
New Britain herald., 1920-02-27

pounds have been raised in Londf and Manchester hopes to furnish balance Of 10000 pounds.
 Among the subscriptions IS a st of 500 pounds from the stars a Stripes Women's club in MancheSt collected as a memorial to tho Ams ican soldiers who died in the city.
New Britain herald., 1920-02-27
TO HONOR PILGRIMS.

Plymouth, Eng, Feb. 27.-A bran of the AnGlo-American society to 2 in the celebration in September of tercentenary of the Mayfiower a Pilgrim Fathers has been organiz here. 4 suggestion was made u Plymouth subscribe for a special g to be sent to Plymouth, Mass.
New Britain herald., 1920-02-27

The site of the orange show is at the spot where the Franciscan padre planted the first orange tree of the region.
 Last year more than 100000 people attended the exposition, which has become one of California's most fft- nous mid-winter events.
New Britain herald., 1920-02-27
FRE1E, AIR TRAFFIC.

Eerne, SWitzerland, Feb. 27.--A de- cree issued by the federal council per units free aerial traffic over Swiss ter ritory in time of peace. Transport by air of money, munitions and eXplo- sives is forbidden.