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The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-04
BUS BATTING IN LONDON

From An American London (Harper
 & Bros.) Louise Closer Hale.
 q can't imagine why Britons should have felt the loss of fox hunting during the war when this bus catching game offers such rare sport. It Is even moro sporting. Unlike the fox, which does not attack you. but is always the pursued, bus, upon discovering that you have picked it out for your quarry, charges directly at you, in no way slackening its speed, with all the tremendous courage of beasts of the jungle. If it does not succeed in jump ing on you, it hoots derisively as you step back. and squirts liquid all over you, something after the manner of an animal highly prized for it's fur--but not fox. M-
 gro be sure, a man cannot fall off his horse if he misses the step, and be trampled upon by horses coming up be- hind him. but he can fall in the mud and be run over by other motor busses anxious to get in at the death. And he can talk just as interestingly of the days run when his friends come to see him in the hospital as though he had a little plumy tall 10 show for his morning exercise"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-04

self unanimously applauded, without being led to, believe that his policies are indorsed and his election is as sured. While it is an old saying in politics that people don't always vote the way they cheer, the cordiality which has been shown to Governor Cox on his western trip is at any rate a personal tribute to man who is making a gallant fight for the presi- dency. Governor Cox is unquestion- ably good campaigner. He has made very favorable impression and news paper reports of his tour indicate that he has won many votes in the west by his forceful utterances, his ability to make friends with all sorts and conditions of people and his sincerity.
 During a month of strenuous cam paigning Governor Cox visited twenty two states; he delivered 190 speeches in addition to many brief informal talks; he travelled approximately Ill., 300 miles, an average of 364 miles a day. It was an astonishing test of physical endurance, but Governor Cox emerges from the ordeal, confident and hannv
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-04

From the New York Herald
 ny OR all of Carlyle, no man has real
 Td heroes after he comes to shave.
 The knee of the hero worshipper
 bends fully only in knickerbockers. So it is easy to picture the army of small
 boys that stood outside the prosecutor S
 offices in Chicago when a noted ball player came from his confession of
 cheating. In the legal inquisition this nor maudlin excuses. Possibly he
 thought of baseball as a cold blooded matter of business. The owners made money. The crowds at the parks always
 demanded their moneys worth. Specta- tors bet on the games and threw -ot- ties when they lost.
 But here, beyond the grill of justice. was something else; boys, hundreds or them-boys who played ball in back lots, boys who went to see the White Sox play whenever they had the price of a seat in the bleachers, boys who never saw a professional game but who knew the records of the great players by heart. Coming down the steps toward them, with a deputy sheriff. was the great Joe Jackson. The boys had heard that he could not read or write, but that was nothing to them Theyknew tha, a- SOS
 a2,ooo year, but that mattered little. They knew that he could hit oftener than Babe Ruth, and that was enough.
 One of the boys stepped out Of the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-04
LUKE M'LUKE SAYS

You always respect the Iptelligence of the man who is wise enough to vote the same ticket you vote.
 The homelier a girl is the more she acts as though the Bad Men are all waiting for a chance to chase her.
 If it wasn't for the fact that she can worry woman would have aNhard job killing time.
 Suffs give their right ages when they register? Lord knows they look old enough to vote. something wrong with him and is afraid to ask the Doctor what it is. But it is different with a woman. The man who gives short measure lets out an awful yelp when he discov- CTS that he has been cheAtedaoy the man who gives short weight Many a wife can tell you that her husband is so stubborn that he won't yield to . blame thing except Tempta- tion.
 Every city would have plenty of rev enue if it would put tax on empty bottles and appoint a flock of Cellar Inspectors.
 A lot of men seem to imagine that Religion is something you are supposed
 to pretend to have on Sundays. What has become of the O. f. Mother
 who used to slap the taste out oi Daughters mouth when she heard Daughter use cuss word? Nature is a queer cuss. Once in . while she'll give a girl eyes like Dove
 and q mouth. like a-PelicAn.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-04
From the Journ

From the Journal of Commerce.
 ~ ENAToR HARDING in lengthy IN address on Tuesday night took " strong exception to the hnanciai side of national management anu ascribed most of our current ills to mis-
 government during fhe past eight years
 He was particularly severe in his denun- ciation of public extravaganza, and at
 tributed it to democratic methods our-
 ing the war. Incidentally, the candidate maid his respects to the high cost oA |,;vinv the defective policies pursued m lecnnection with the public debt' the Aip- arty Loans and the like, and saddied the whole responsibility upon his political op- ponents.
 Ordinarily there is little use in pofit- iical post-mortems. At present, however there is a presidential campaign In pro- press whose effort ought to be that among other things-of settling the pohcy to he nursued in the future regarding tax at;o, and borrowing. This has been 100 long neglected, and it is gratifying to see MT. Harding turning his attention to"afu l,t I1nfsrtunately to judge by this nrst effort. the republican candidate seems in danger of becoming darkener ol counsel. Our expenditures during tne war were enormous and in many hn- stances were badly directed. but there N not satisfactory warrant Tor cnA@ sins
 th.n, +o the democratiic administration.
 During the war there was an immense
 body of business men of all parties anu
 nolitical faiths who went to washing
 ton and were there given large powers in
 ,ar,iuxstration and management LeAdine
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-04
REASON sUFT1CIHNr
From Answers. London

From Answers, London
 The tourist had just reached the top of nil outside the village. when he came upon a large crowd.
 In the center of them, as he pushed his way i,r@srd. he discovered that tw O men were lighting each other with pare fists.
 "What's Inc fight about?" he asked. One of the itcals, who was egging the two meu on. ilswered him. just as the antagonists .rcke apart for a breather.
 ''On my right" he said, in correct t boxing pa:,snce, lis Job Hodges wot married Widder Green. and on my left Ben Blinkn. wot tn*erdueed- -htm to her!''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-04
oil in Kentucky

There is hardly state in the south that has not oil in more or less abund- Louisiana is known to be prolific, and now comes lively interest in the oil fields of Kentucky" said Charles Sum- Ter. who has had much experience In acquiring leases.
 "Bcwling Green is the center Of a fairsized boom. I am told that many small fortunes have been made on oil wells within the last six months.
 "It is only a question of time when prospectors will be busy in Alabama, Mississippi and Georxia- But for the next few months keep your eyes on Kentucky~ ,.l is
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-04
Wanted a whole Day

There was considerable disappofnt- ment among the children of the city yesterday at the action of the school board in allowing only a half holiday die Brown. "Especiallv is this true of the children who live in the suburbs, as they feel that by the time they go home from school and then take the trip to the fair grounds tA~y will not have sufficient time to talre aA the fair. However the .kiddies' arc sWs to be there In great numbers toaAw and with the many wonderful attractions to be seen. am sure they will enjoy the occasion"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-04
THE OLD STRAW HAT

rum tflc IlOuStou IOSl.
 The old straw hat missshapen weather-stained weary. but still de- liant. faded with Septemberfi after re- sisting the almanac and the fashion makers for thirty days. It served nobly during a long, sultry summer. as inn pervious to the sneers of >the vain and naughty as it was to the scorching days of summer sun. It cost more than it was worth, but brayefy striyed to earn the sum the rapacious haberdasher ex- acted for it and by working overtime succeeded in doing so. The knotty dome it sheltered will miss the soothing E comfort that contact with it gave Other summers will come and go, and other headpieces may flourish for a season where the old straw erstwhile lifted it's awful form. but no more will the merci- less gleam of fiery sun fall upon it. nor will the scornful gaze of the heart less world rest upon it. The old straw has kept the faith and finished it's course and wiu -be seen no more for ever.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-04
AT NANTASkET By James Russell Lowell.

AlStens V llStens Here ever hum the golden beaa Underneath full blossomed trooa With glowing fruit and 6oWArs
 crowned The sand is so smooth, the yeo10WHand, Thy keel will not grate as 1t touchsa
 land. All around. with slumberous sound The singing waves slide up the strand. And there, where the smooth wet peb-
 b,es be,
 The waters gurgle longingly, As if they fain would seek the shore, To be at rest from ceaseless roar, To be at rest forevermore-
 Forevermore.
 Thus on life's gloomy Seab
 Heareth the mariner h Voices sweet from far ana4oanR, t@, Ever singing h ,his eoss 8 Here b .regt andveuco 1ov-GAaa.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-04
PLAIN QUESTION. PLAIN RERLH From the World.

Greenville. s. C.-"Sam. I Aaard you is dead: if you is. telegram mo: if you ain't send me $10." This is tho copy of a telegram received here today by . ne- gro John Collins, from another negro living in North Carolina.
 Collins. who has about recovered from recent gunshot wounds. drafted this an swer: T is dead. your ten will be splied to a coffin"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-04

rrarr he-Auner4cza ,Lum mberman-
 %HR7 7HATS.in a namey' petnlan1-
 w \MW ly asks the fair Juliet. anu
 w answers her own ouestion
 , ,t.,;nr the indubitable face tnAl
 r,s. nv any other name would smell as
 sweet It is true. nevertheless 'nA'
 .n.. often are dynamite. danger anu
 h;aa.n in the words used to oe-
 and deeds. For instance m
 .r+ xears the cowardly thug "ne - x. desenceless victim without -.r~ax and without mercy
 of tho yellow newspaPefS .. xA,-,,,,u,, honorable name Of pan a,t. with all tho glamour that 'ns
 n.-.;ry years have cast around tue James and Younger "boys'' DICK min. Robin Hood and other boio maj aers of the past. Those men at ie'' criminals of heroic mold. not 10 pc .;o,sa in the same breath With the vermin that the newspapers .,d.x duh bandits" Resulting least in part, from this sort or aduiA 7. we have developed boy pan"its
 .nabx bandits" these being the .., h,rors that the newspapers oe- o,tbs and boys of criminal tendencies.
 pv the same token, the foulest scan
 ao,s that drag their disgusting course through the divorce and criminal coui' 's
 hacome in common newspaper par ..ror,ances." Wreckers of homes and despoilers of the birtnrisn' ol
 roce,t children are playfully styieo .,.uns" Illustrations might be mui'i- ,,,aa To what extent the appalling in- craa.e in murder, conjugal infioei'y and crime of every sort is due 'o s.s misuse of terms. and the glossihs w thereby implied, can only oe
 hut many sociologists unsparihs- l.. condemn this tendency as a strong stimulus 10 crime Is it not time to get back 'o 'le !. oia nraettce of calling spade spa'e ,ot of level headed peopie Dee ....,.,s The number includes the heo
 p;v J.umber Company of Westwood' o, ,h;sh concern. in a special puiie-
 tin inst issued. protests against ais rxip< every unjaiisd scounorei m the ,.na by the name "bolshevist- here |. .ound sense in it's argument. Ser ....,v v. are in danger of becoming ....t,aa" on this subject. That some m. connected with the above company
 yields a "wicked'k pen IS sutilciehuy an,arent from the following vigorous paragraph
 ..rhere are today no more rogues' ras- c.,s thieves and vagabonds in thls country than there have been in the past. The only change is that today all n. ndesirables have been grouped ana ,aheled and even idignified. by some ,hin< that they never have had oefore I coxlectiye name. All the roBues who feel the halter draw. with pool upiu6on of the law have become ooi l shsvtsts.' Every lazy scounorsi ~"o will not, and never would. work mas pc
 come ! .bolshevist.' Every black heart 1 ed beast who hates the law because II {, forces him to be decent has become 2 bolshevist' Every brainless inanits
 who rails at the man whose brains are paying a dividend has become a Dol l shevist' We must quit creating bol- sevism by advertising 1t. Let's tAke tho | collective label off the undesirahles Let the regues oace moro be rogues. thu A.eals sa.ssay rassa14 sn9'tAs-usa
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-04
Mrs. Roosevelt Pleads

Mrs. Roosevelt Pleads
 for Harding and Coolidge N MOTHER contribution to the A gayeties of campaign year IS the appeal of Mrs. Edith Kermit Roosevelt, widow of Col. Theodore Rnoseyelt. to the manhood and vomanhood of America" to elect Sen ator Harding and Governor Coolidge
 Mrs. Roosevelt's statement, which was given out by the republican cam paign committee, is as follows:
 The oountry's vital need is the
 election of the republican candi-
 dates, Warren G. Harding and
 Calvin Coolidge. Only will the full
 measure 10 Americanism in the
 next administration be attained, if
 the people shall declare for the
 marty which holds true national-
 ism as it's high ideal. It is not nec-
 essary to forget our duty to our
 neighbor in doing our duty at
 home.
 The time appeals most strongly
 TO the manhood and the woman-
 hood of America-to woman more
 than ever before, because to her
 has come the perfected opportu-
 nity to make her influence weighty
 in behalf of the nation
 This year as never before. win
 world conditions as they are.
 .teadiness and staunchness of
 American purpose are obligatory
 if we would first bring back our
 country to its stable place and
 then by strong endeavor do all than can be done for peace and
 inc general welfare in all lands.
 Whoever persuaded Mrs. Roosevelt to make such statement was guilt. of the cheapest kind of political chi canery and the republican campaign committee showed extremely bad tast' in handing it to the newspapers. l is clearly designed to influence th' admirers and former followers O Colonel Roosevelt. By inference l takes grave and unjustifiable libertie with the name of distinguished citi zen no longer able to speak for him self. If Colonel Roosevelt were aliv 1t isn't likely that he would plead tn cause of the "Old Guard" which h. opposed with all the strenuosity O his nature. Such men as Penros were personally and politically of fcnsive to him. Colonel Roosevelt was a progressive, not reactionary like Harding, and as far remove, from the type of men who now con trol the republican party as Hiram Johnson is.
 It is probable that if Colonel Roose ] welt were taking part in the presen campaign. hs would De more friendl to Cox than to Harding, although h might retain his republican allegiance Cox is the kind of man Roosevelt would have admired. His policies ar typically Rooseveltian.
 Democratic Nominee Ends
 Campaign In Western State ~ OvERNOR Cox'S western tour N which ended at Kansas City Saturday, was a series of ovations With a few exceptions he was every :. where greeted by large and enthusi 1 astic crowds whose reception di much to create an optimism which ha been reflected in most of his speeches He talks like a man who is also lutely confident of being elected.
 This feeling may be to some exten due to the encouragement he has re ceived, for no man can face thousand te6 people day after day and hear. him --'-'-----.- -.--a A ----sssar-. .~'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-04
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
 AND ELSEWHERE
Time for Passing

Its curious how little things which at the time made but slight impress sion on us. later becomes treasured In cur memories. bringing back our col lege days most vividly," says Albert L. Smith. For instance. the old bell on the platform in the back yard at How ard College. so long struck by George or other janitors to mark the time for passing classes. is to be retired Tor Towards future museum, giving way to the new electric clock system which is being installed.
 Tt will connect all of the buildings and will automatically ring bells Tor the many classes and other activities in the college. It's an improvement hut it does away with pleasant memo r!es of happy. cars-free days
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-04
New High Record Made In Capital Investment

-HE year 1920 will make the high
 record of :; ital invested in corporate enter9- in Jefferson county.
 With thre2 months yet to be heard from, the ,o.al is over thirteen mll- lions of dollars, which is two and a half times the amount invested m tho same period in 1919, and IS more than the total investment in that re- spect in the years 1918 and 1919.
 Much of this new capital went into enterprises that were already estab- lished and had achieved success that called for expansion. Careful analy- sis of these investments discioses practically nothing of the mushroom nature. There is also marked ab- sence of speculative features Tn the new enterprises.
 There is no debut that enviable at- tention has been directed to this dis trict by the manner in which it has passed through the periods of stress and upheaval that have marked the post-bellum period. Some of the dis turbances have worried us, but none has caused our manufacturing to ' cease.
 There is substantial evidence that many millions of eastern money, seek ing investment in sound southern properties, are coming this way. The Jefferson County Bank Building deal is but an instance of this trend Southern progress has created a field for investment. The man with money knows it and will soon be on the ground.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-04
President Wilson's Strong
 Address to the People

70 HE outstanding feature of the
 U first of President Wilson's cam paign appeals, addressed directly to the people, issued last night, con- Jcerning the League of Nations, is dts passionate earnestness- and its .pa-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-04
Soon to Be 2 Reality

Considerable interest is being taken in the proposed real estate arcade, said Frank Butler. Almost every day business men drop in and talk the slt- uation over. It looks as if the arcade nay soon be reality.
 There is no question about its being great thing for the real estate deal- CTS. Here every man would have an equal show at the customers Then, too. 1t would be of benefit to the pubic to have the real estate offices punched into one building. With this arrange ment, a customer could see number of real estate agents without being run to death.
 Birmingham needs an arcade. IL would be wonderful addition to the city from the artistic point of view"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-04
Weeping and wail1rg

''The rising price of pork caused me to buy a porker," says s. s. Riddle. but I fear that when my pig grows to be a hog that I will be unable to kill it, for my children have already adopted it as a pet. I went home late yesterday afternoon and they had is out in the back yard giving 1t a bath with the hose. Already they are call- ing it nice little piggie." and it won { be long before they will be putting talcum powder on it.
 "If it continues to be the prime fa- yorite 1t is at present when hog killing time comes there will be weeping and waiting, and instead of MT Hog getting hung up will be the one to get in hot water"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-04
DTGNIFYING SCOUNDRELISM

Nbonds plain vags' rt-iB easy to handle their cAses individually. Only by group Ing them in a ciass do they become dangerous"
 Force is added to the lumber com pany's timely message by its closing words: The surest preventative of un- rest is individual home ownership"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-04
THE SPILLED SMALL VOICE

From the American Legion Weekly.
 Judge Gray, down in Mississippi was about to adjourn court whea an old col ored man of his acquaintance moseyed in. his countenance showing worriment.
 ledge" he mumbled. ''mAh con science done trouble me. h yo' got a charge against meT'
 Why. no. uncle; haven't any charge"
 ledge nah conscience suttingly am disturbin. To ain't missed a couple Of yo' chickens, has yo"
 No. uncle, I haven't but even if there were couple gone. I wouldn | know it. I never count them"
 Don't nebber count 'em? Nah h goodness. Nah conscience am appeased Good day, suh, good-day."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-04
a T F Behind In Building and Loan Associations

III
 U League of Building and Loan Associations is to visit Birmingham at an early date and deliver an address at a meeting to be held in the Civic Association rooms under that body's auspices.
 The building and loan associations of the country have played an im- portant part in the housing of the nation. In a period of an acute hous- ing famine special attention has been directed to them as the medium of it's solution.
 Alabama has less capital invested in building and loan associations than almost any other state in the union and the smallest number of these organizations. Birmingham has only three with combined resources of $4- 000,000, while Youngstown, O., . city very much like it, has several times more associations with combined re- sources of $2O,OOO,o0O.
 There are only eight associations in the entire state. Canada recently loaned S25,00o,0Oo to it's building and loan associations to assist them in solving the housing problem and the state or New York has enacted legis- lation toward a similar end. In a city that grows like this one is doing and where there is so much capital for investment purposes, there is room for every kind of financial effort. Trust and mortgage com panies do not conflict with banking interests and banking interests do not conflict with building and loan associatoins.
 There is undoubtedly a wider field of service in Alabama for building and loan associations than the few we now have fully occupy x $ x
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-04

A MORNING PRAYER
 Grant, Lord, that spending my aays in loving labor, I may watcs them pass undismayed, and count no day lost which brings me nearer thee. Amen.-M. $. E.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-04

Ask God for temperance. that's the ap- pliance only Which your disease requires
 Henry VIII.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-04

I recall while at Yale, in one of the homes of one of the professors of Eng fish, there arose dispute over the cor
 rect pronunciation of a certain word. and the young men and women agreed to leave it to the host. He heard both sides and admitted that he was in doubt him. self, asked for the latest dictionary. and
 what was his surprise to find that in i: he was referred to as the best authority, and stood by it on the ground that prob ably at one time he had gone into 1t care fully. but had grown hasy on 1t when asked to pronounce m off-hand opanioa. I have before mo Bechters 1SsOl Words, Spelled and Pronounced" and around me are the various dictionaries,
 but so far as am concerned I am going to let the case of either and neither rest in the hands of those who read this te accept Richard Grant Whites version. ol to go into the matter to their hearts content, but let no one bother me witf their findings and conclusions, as am willing for them to make their choic< of eether. i-ther or ayther.