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The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-09-26
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Fate of Waterways
 ]. Denends on Terminals

6St1NERMINALS are the cru1 the U vital question"
 This is what Gen. W. D. Connor, d. rector general of inland waterways, told those interested in the Port of Birmingham and in state aid for the Bort of Mobile.
 . The terminals must come through and by the cities, the counties and the states, not the federal govern inent. One river point is as much entitled to terminals as another. It would bankrupt the government to build them all. Congress would soon sicken of that kind of treasury raid.
 Those people will have terminals who really want them and intend to use them. No others deserve them. Eos Angeles, Houston and New Or leans got their terminals because two cities and the state of Louisiana wished them strong enough to throw their strength behind them and have them built.
 Terminals built and owned by the people make them independent of other transportation agencies. It is this independence which counts not only for lower freight rates, but for permanence of waterway service.
 General Connor pointed out that the aO per cent differential for rail and Water transportation will be eaten up by terminal charges unless the termi- rials are modern, adequate and of eco nomical operation.
 The director general of inland waterways is prepared to stand by Alabama if Alabama stands by her own interests. He has placed his ap- proval on the port aid amendment and the county aid amendment by declar- ing them the model manner of /proce- dnre on Alabama's part in working out her waterway destiny.
 These amendments must be adopted so that our senators and congressman and our inland waterway chief can with good face ask the federal govern ment to continue its backing.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-09-26
Musical Attractions

When ] read the announcement for the season of 1920-21 of the 'All-Star Concerts attractions for Birmingham remarked to my wife it wouldn't be necessary now for Birmingham peo- ule to go elsewhere to hear the world famous stars" said Ralph S. Barrow
 q don't believe that any other city in the south has ever had such galaxy of stars presented during one single season as Geraldine Farrar. Mary Gar den, Fritz Kreisler and the Mime apolis Orchestra under the baton Of MT Emil Oberhoffer. Three of the greatest stars in the world and one of the most magnificent orchestras in America,
 Birmingham people have Hooked to Atlanta to hear the great stars; they used to go to New Orleans to hear the French opera, and last season many went to Montgomery to hear Galli- Curci. so music hungry are they for the best, and I think it is only fitting and proper for this community to taks eff it's hat so to speak. to the man. agement of the 'All-Star Concerts for putting Birmingham in the class mu- sically with our sister cities. And this in spite of the face that we have no auditorium. Birmingham music lovers have an unusual opportunity this season and should be very proud of and grateful to the 'All-Star Con- certs' for the privilege afforded Of hearing these splendid artists"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-09-26

siRility of reaching the moon by volitation, says in his Mathematical Magick u64sD that it was related that "a certain Eng. iishman called Elmerus. about the Con- fessor's time. flew from a town in srain for a distance of morn than a fur long; and that other persons had flown from St Marks. Venice, and at .Nurem- berg, Giovanna Battista zDante, of Pe- rugia is said to have flown several tinsa across Lake Trasimene
 Al the beginning of the sixteenth cen- tury an Italian chemist, who was col- lated to the abbocy of Tungland. in Gal ioway, Scotland by James ", undertook to fly from the walls of Stirling Castis through the ar tc France, but fell to the ground, bieakiEg a thigh bone. lio expained the accident by asserting thu. the wings he employed contained soma fowls feathers, which had an "affinitx" for their own backwards, whereas if they had been composed solely of eagles feathers they would have been attracted to the air. This anecdote furnished Du-.
 b ra,the Scottish poet, with the snbjeS, of enc of his rude satres.
 There is always some adventurous srirj: ready to take chance, and so we read that f. the following century lecture on flying delivered in 1917 by Fleyder. rector of the grammar school at~Tubin- gen. ana published eleven years later, in- cited poor monk to attempt to put the theory into practice, but his machinery broke down and he was killed It is of interest to set down here that Leonard ca Vinci approached the problem in . more scientific spirit, and his notebooks contain several sketches of wings to bo fitted to the arms and the legs
 Ard so it is true. as has been pointed out, that ever since man with wonder and admiration has been tantalized by seeing birds dart from the earth and wing their way in the ocean-of blue and then aligLt a- will on swaying limb or house or crag. he has longed to be able to emulate them Among the myths and fables of many races are tales of human flights. Tho paradise of most religions is reached by air, and through the air gods of old and prophets ihave passed from earth to heaven. Small wonder, then, that angels have wings, but I want to get my share | of flying hefe below before qualifying as an anSsL
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-09-26
Unusually Crowded

"The Jefferson county schools arc all crowded and many of the teachers arc asking for assistants" said Prof. E. E. Erwin, assistant superintendent of educa ton. "The most congested conditions are in the primary depar5- nent and we have in every school a large number of children six years Of age.
 "Cn the other hand. many of the teachers ir rural schools have failed to secure suitable boarding places and some have resigned for this reason. We feel that it should be the duty of the residents in the various communities to take the teachers in their homes to board at a reasonable rate, as with cut then the schools cannot continue. For this reason a number of our best teachers lave quit the profession and entered tfe business world.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-09-26
LUKE M'LUKIc SAYS

She gives him her hand when, they are engaged. But after they have been married for a while, she gives him her fist.
 Why is it that an elderly woman. who has so much sense about other things will pin big switch of brown store hair on top of her head and inn agine that nobody knows the differ ence?
 You may not believe it. But many a man who, has three middle names has a hard time making three dollars a day.
 It doesn't take a woman long to get another woman's financial rating. She merely glances at the other woman's furs.
 Men are supposed to be greater optinhsts than women. But you never hear of a man marrying a women to reform her. do you?
 It is hard to please everybody. The women say: Why doesn't Luke knock the men once in while?" and the men say: Why doesn't Luke knock the women once in a while?"
 Men like to blame everything on the H. C. of l.. But the truth of the matter is that if men were as careful with a dollar as women are the men would have bank accounts and own their own homes.
 Many a man who lives in flat building IS glad that people can't buy steam calliopes on the installment plan like photographs and player pianos.
 A girl will marry a man because she feels sorry for him. And about a year later she feels sorry for herself There are 975.426 different kinds of hobbies. But somehow or other mind ing your own business isn't one of them.
 The reason why women look funny is because if dress looks we'll on a tall. skinny clothes horse. short, fat ] woman isn't happy until she gets a dress just like it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-09-26
HE'D BRACE TALKS ABOUT THE COAL SITUATION
 AND HOW TIT IS AFFECTING THE PEOPLE

6T7oM RILEY, Governor of Alabama. in his message to the legislature on Friday, tells the Birmingham district just where it stands in this state. He is tired of Birmingham occupying the center of the stage all the time; and causing the balance of the commonwealth to paX high seat prices to watch the prize fights of this district.
 He is tired of people In the agricul- tural districts going without coal; or pay ing exorbitant prices for it.
 It was not many years ago when this writer bought coal for his household at g ton, and the best coal at ss a ton delivered in his basement Only two weeks ago he had to pay sl0. 50 for it: and then had to beg for it.
 A wagon mine near his country home refused to deliver him less than two tons, and that for $2l; and refused to put it in
 
 the roadside if he wanted it. In conse- quence he is burning wood in the cook stove, which only costs him the cutting and hauling. This wood performs beauti- fully, if the cook does complain a bit about it not holding the fire long enough.
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 This is the practical side which appeals to every householder in Alabama. If we pay $10.50 a ton for it here, where our nests are builded over the coal fields, what must the poor housewife down in Andalusia pay? It is this housewife the governor wants to protect; and he should protect her.
 < E a: Operators and miners are fighting each other in this district and killing and
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-09-26

l doubt not, but from the time when man first saw birds circling in the air his thoughts were of the time when it might be possible for human beings to sport among the clouds.
 And yet it took centuries for even start to be made, and Edison, in. 1855, put on record his opinion that humanity should be ashamed that it had left un- solved the problem of aerial navigation
 when nature had already solved it with
 birds
 aviation (avis, a bird) really began. Angels are always painted with wings, and in the legends or myths of men and
 animals which are supposed to have
 traveled through the air. such as Pe-
 gasus. Medea's dragons and Deadarus, as |appear as the means by which aerial To-
 comotion is effected.
 We needn't finger long over the we'll known story of Pegasus. in classical mythology the winged horse of the
 muses. sprung from the blood of Medusa when slain by Perseus. swho with 3 str oke of his hoof was fabled to have caused to we'll forth, on Mount Helicon, in Boetia. the poetically inspiring foun- tain Hippocrene; or on Medea's dragons, for they are not human. and therefore can easily te dismissed from the story of the flights of man.
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 But it will pay to give little atten- ton to Daedalus. the mythical 1reex architect and sculptor, who figures large i ly in the early legends of Crete and Ath- ems, who is said to have built the laba- ryinth for Minos, to have made a wooden COW for Pasiphae, and to have fashioned bronze man who repelled the Argonauts. For he it was who. falling under the dis pleasure of Minos. fashioned wings for himself and son Icarus, and escaped to Sicily. but the boy is alleged to have lost
 his life by flying so near the sun that | that his wings of wax melted. Leaving behind myths and legends lit may be of interest to relate | as more than coincidence that the l first flying machine recorded in credible
 history was a wooden dove invented in
 the fourth century. B. C., by Archytas of
 Tarentum. According to Aulus Gellius i(A. D. 1l7-lso) this was so ''contrived as
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-09-26

Tn iepuphcdl leduer says, 1 nope Ia1t and Root will appreciate the very great service they can render the party by go- ing. fishing" The "old guard would be tickled pink if both of them would leave the country until the election is Over.
 # # * Baseball players who sell out to gam blars should be expelled from organized baseball and forced to work for a living. That would be cruel, but 'justifable, pun ishment
 By founding a small hospital in Holland William Hohenzollern had his automobile pelted with flowers. It was almost-but not quite-like old times in Berlin.
 * # t In his hours of ease, a correspondent tells us, Senator Harding speaks the lan- guage of the common people We are be- ginning to suspect he writes it, too.
 < # < The outlook for hard cider in Pennsyl- vania is promising. The Pittsburg Dis patch says the crop of apples is so great it cannot be marketed proftably.
 < # 4. If Cox is elected President, and the dem ocrats don't bestir themselves any more than they are doing now. he'll have mo- body to thank but himself.
 x # x Henry Ford may not know much his tory, but he deserves the thanks of a grateful nation for giving the profiteers something to think about
 # < sr Since professional detectives seem to have failed, correspondence school detec- tives might try their hand at unraveling New Yorks bomb plot.
 'x # X. Senator Harding occasionally deals in poker terms. It is rumored that Jimmy" Cox knows a thing or two about the great indoor game himself.
 a: # # IletNlIlS Icdu d compete account Of tnelr execution in the London Times, we are at last convinced the Czar and his family are dead.
 The tranquility of Mexico contrasts strangely with America, in the throes of national election and lodging bombs.
 
 The colored pilgrimage to Marion is still being played up in the colored press as one of the big events of the year.
 < # # When friend husband votes as friend wife dictates there's no use asking who's the boss of that particular fanny.
 * F * Viewing the record of Mayor Mac Swiney, the hearts of all professional fasters are in the grave. Balloons are still serviceable but com pared to an airplane. they are the one
 * * x A ''poisoned press is far more danger ous than a poisoned pen.' because it req ches more people.
 * Ts * While election forecasts differ. it Is safe to predict that inauguration day will be cold and raw.
 x x # The support MT. Bryan is giving Mir. Cox is impalpable and invisible.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-09-26
|IN HOTEL LOBBIES
 AND ELSEWHERE
Team Work

we appreciate the aid of the Boy Scouts and I want to say right here that if it wasn't for that fine bunch of lads we would be greatly han the downtown streets" said Capt D. c. Simmons of the police department.
 I've have never had to ask them to help us out yet. Any thing that comes up, parades or on any special occasion, they are always ready and offer their work when they are on the job too. nd any time that the police depart ment can return the favor we are going to back them up to the limit.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-09-26
THEY HAD MET BEFORE

From the Pittsburg Chronicle e-Tele-
 graph.
 Lawyer. journalist, politician and soldier General Shuts. who is credited with having more than little to do with the framing of the League of Ma tions covenant. has often been referred to as "the brain and strong man of the union parliament of England"
 He is glutton for work; he hates gush. Let me see,' said high and mighty young officer sitting next to him at reception in London. shortly after the Boer war. 'aven't we-ah- met somewhere?"
 Yes replied the general.
 Thought SOL remarked the officer, adding with bored air, "One meets so many people; let me see, where did we meet?" Tn South Africa" retorted the general curtly, you surrendered to me during the war"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-09-26
Lowering Prices

'In my opinion the announcement of cuts in prices by Henry Ford and the various other firms which have re- cently made public the fact that prices of commodities handled by them would be reduced. is a step in bringing con ditions back to normal" said E. J. Reed "Of course, we have known that the present prices could not main tain, but we hardly expected the de crease to come so soon. However, an, sure lowering of prices will be welcomed by the public generally"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-09-26
THEY'RE oFFi

While the big balloons, with human
 freight, are sailing in the sky, I like to know the solid ground is
 still beneath my feet; The fair green fields and houses, too,
 are lingering close by, Instead of disappearing in manner
 most complete. I never did aspire to emulate the oar
 ing birds, l really would not care at all to own
 pair of wings; The view above the clouds may be too
 beautiful for words, But 1 have great attachment for
 the more substantial things.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-09-26

by certain mechanical art and power to fly, so nicely was it balanced by weights and put in motion by hidden and made as to the nature of this hidden and inclosed air. Mediaeval philosophers hint ed vaguely at the possibility of some eth ereal substance so light that it would sustain in air vessel containing it.
 Elaboratipg on this hint. Friar Roger Bacon Q214-1294 dimly forecast the mod hollow, globe made of very thin metal and filled with ethereal air or liquid fra would float on air like ship on water. He even went further. as will bs seen in the following passage in which he pre-. dicted the aeroplane or heavier-than-air machine. There may be made some fly ing instrument, so that man sitting in the middle of the instrument and turning some mechanism may put in motion some Artificial wings which may beat the air like bird flying."
 VIII quote from FrdncfS Bacon s Nat- ural History, to show that even in his day those interested in aviation were study ing the movements and structure of birds Certainly" says he many birds of good wings Gas kites and the like) would bear up good weight as they fly: and spreading feathers thin and close and in great breadth, will likewise bear up a great weight, being even laid. without tilting up on the sides. The farther ex- tension of this experiment might be thought upon" And ever since men have been thinking upon how birds can show the way toS man to utilize the air.
 In his posthumous work. De Motu Ani- malism, published at Rome in 1sS0-l6S1, G. A. Borelli gave calculations of the senor- nous strength of the pectoral muscles of of man being able by his muscular strength to give motion to wings suf- acient to keep him suspended in the air But during his lifetime two Frenchman. Allard in 1660 and Besnier about 1878, are said to have succeeded in making short flights. There are we'll authenticated stories of other men before and after att tempting to fly in the same way.
 John Wilkins Qe14-1s72) one of the founders of the Royal Society and bishop of Chester. who in i64o discussed the pos
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-09-26
ALONE WITH MEMORY

AAO4NG III By Clinton Scollard Beside the winter wasted tree I sat alone with memory. I. saw the dull December day Passing upon it's pilgrim way. Like a wan eremite who goes Detected, where he hardly knows Not so the hours with halting stride At Pentecost or Lammas tide. But laughterfuL with radiant eyes, Light footed. and in primrose guise. Then winds were mellow -throated, now They made hoarse mockery in ths
 bough. Then every path. was blossom sown, Now cen the winged seed had flown Then there was croon of birds and
 stream. Now there were only dreams-ant
 dreams. Yet how sweet drifting dreams may b, From rich store of memory!
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-09-26
BEFORE THE DRoUTH

When man reaches a certain age, he begins to talk about the good cid days" remarked MT. Gadspur.
 He doesn't have to be odd to do that now" said MT. Bibbles. There is sufficient cause to lament if he can re- member conditions. prior to January i, 1918"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-09-26
Balloon Station

Birmingham is the best equipped city that I have ever seen for bal loon base" said Capt. T. T. Craven, director of naval aviation. 'It is close enough to the sea and it has splendid field, coupled with an unlimited supply of very fine quality of gas. It would make a splendid training station for the naval aviators, balloon and dirigible pilots. I can't see why such station would not be an asset to the city. Bir- mingham has no bases or stations for the army or navy, either. and this is have"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-09-26

 stroyed. want to live and plant other bombs" "Umph! There's something in what you say. We'll engage a boIshevik for this job. Hho never looks ahead" THE BLINKING LIGHTS OF BIR- MINGHAM (Contributed.) He was deep in the news from the po- liJical field, Following the moves of the militant forces:s
 His soul was absorbed in the wonders revealed Through interviews, letters and weighty discourses. He found in hsadline his party lad played rout; He was breathless to read of the ras- calls d!snlayed,
 And but just then the lights went out.
 Inspired with devotion the minister stood And with masterful power expanded his theme,
 Conforming the evil extolling the good Directing his speech to the climax supreme.
 Progre essing at length to the final ap- rcal, He raised his hand in a gesture de- Vout, And with passion divine which the audience could feel, He--But just then the lights went out. Ger his desk the weary accountant was bent, Computing the numbers that covered the page; Applying his mind with an effort in- tent To the tangle that did his attention engage. The elusive balance he dogg edly With sorely-triedS patience and nerve racking doubt; Though the hour grew late the fault must be traced,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-09-26


 big daily stipends to protect their prop erty and to protect the men who are working for them
 They owe this, to their employees and to their stockholders to protect both per- son and property.
 But who is finally paying for all this? The man and his wife who own a home or store or a manufacturing plant The public sits idly by and is penalized.
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 We read at our breakfast table tho boasts of the labor leaders, and seldom do we see anything over the signature of the men who own or operate the mmes. The only thing we get concretely is the price of the ton of coal we must buy from the local dealer; and he occupies position as independent as that in which we for- merly placed the Czar of Russia. He don't give a tinker's bow-wow whether we take his coal or not.
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 The people of Birmingham and Alabama are as sorely tired of this rotten situa- tion in the Birmingham district as they were of the rotten bar rooms and srog shops and gambling dens which were openly conducted here in olden days. They drove the people out who made the olden days hell for decent people here. They will drive out the Sinterlopers here now, and they will see that the coal mines of Alabama supply it's people with fuel at a reasonable price,
 The time has arrived for the public to take hand and protect itself. We of the public may have to act.
 AleI R,uea
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-09-26
A HANDICAP

What do you think of using the movies for campaign purposes?v ?v
 It's good idea" said the practical politician, but candidate is handi- capped if he doesn't happen to own a pair ot overalls to be photographed in and farm to serve as background" !"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-09-26

There has been a reign of terror all about us. Assassins are in our midst And the governor has had to send armed troops here to protect men who want to work. Outside organizers have come in and made insurrectionary speeches which have led to assassina- tions; and preachers, who have denounced such conduct, have been branded as liars in public speeches by organizers and strike leaders.
 All these things have been accepted in this Birmingham district as a matter of course, so far as public officials and so called public-spirited citizens are con come out publicly in cold type approving of such outrageous conduct One is an insurance man, who originally came from southern Alabama, who has views, and is not afraid to express them. The other, a preacher. born in Kentucky. who not only has the Cody spirit in his heart but the manly spirit in his mind and his makeup.
 In the meantime while the coal operator and the coal miner are fighting in this district, everyone else in the state is suffering. Coal to burn in the household and the manufacturing plant is out of all reason.
 The people of Alabama are spending s, 900 day to keep troops here to stop and bullying and bully ragging of men who want to, or may want to, work. Owners of coal mines have their plants guarded by armed deputy sheriffs to whom they are paying
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-09-26
SOUND REASONING

Are you willing to be blown up by your own bomb for the sake of our cause" asked the red" leader.
 No" said the new recruit.
 Then I'm afraid we can't use you"