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do not know what increase the census enumerators will give us, but one thins | I do know, and that is that Birming-
 ham is outgrowing it's, churches The old saying that boy is gettns | too big for his brooches" can be vampeo bit to apply to this town of ours, 1or' although it is known far and wide as young city, it's getting too big for US churches.
 There are some living here who have seen the church buildings pass through
 changes First came the plain wooden structures, later more pretentious ones out of the same material. and lastly those built out of brick or stone. 1 Rut I'll only go back to just one change, and this came to my mind on account of the need of the First Meth- odist Church to build Sunday schoo annex. I first worshipped in the one
 which stood where now stands the Hill man hotel It was sold to the Birming-
 ham Athletic Club.
 | It was under Dr. Riddicks notable
 pastorate that the handsome new house
 of worship was erected. It took heroic
 effort on the part of the congregation to
 build it, for while it was strong body
 people had not then learned the art o1 giving so freely as they now do The
 war loosened purse strings in an amaz
 ing way. | I was talking to one of the stewaros
 of the First Methodist Church. neigh
 bor of mine, and he told me that the con 1tract price on the building was $oo.ooc
 IT doubt if it could be put up now for iess
 than from $soo.ooo to s5oo,ooo, for. thouss
 built more than a quarter of century ago. it stands as a monument to tns architects and contractors.
 l My friend went on to say that qu't' ia lot of money could have been saved or
 freight if it had been known that thu
 Red Mountain stone hardened when iaid The matter was up. but on account O Tits being brittle it was feared that would crumble. 50 the contract called fo sOhio stone. About tho same time. how
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-06-06
To Create Wider Demand
 For the Sweet Potato

Ml[T HEN the Irish potato is soar WV ing to new attitudes and nearly all foodstuffs cost more than the average family can afford to pay, there is distinct encouragement in the plan to popularize the sweet potato in the north by intensive advertising.
 For this purpose a meeting has been called in Atlanta June 8. All persons interested in developing northern markets for sweet potatoes are invited to attend the conference. Potato growers and storage house men from all parts of the south are expected to attend. It is hoped to form statewide associations similar to the Florida Citrus Growers ex- change, the Georgia Fruit exchange and various other fruit and produce exchanges throughout the country which have placed the marketing of their products on businesslike basis, to the advantage of the producer as well as the consumer.
 Representatives of federal and state market bureaus, extension workers of state colleges and mem- bers of the market committee of the Association of Railroad Development Agents will be present to make prac- tical suggestions. A sweet potato dinner will also be given at one o1 the Atlanta hotels to show the tempt ing ways in which sweet potatoes can be served.
 Always a staple dish in old-fash- toned southern households, the sweet potato has never been accorded it's due place on the nations dinner table Yet it possesses three highly desirable qualities, being cheap, nourishing and palatable. The movement to be started in Atlanta this week deserves
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-06-06
Tonnage Tax Decision May
 Prevent Extra Session

17NHE action of the supreme court
 ll in declaring the coal and iron ton mage, tax constitutional will be dis appointment to the mineral section of the state, but at the same time this disappointment will be tempered by the hope that it will mean no extra session of the legislature.
 The Birmingham district did all it could to prevent the passage of the tonnage tax measure because it be- lieved that it was a discrimination against one industry of the state, and set a precedent which will open up new and radical fields of taxation on the other industries in the future. If this districts contention is overruled by the higher csurts, however, the Birmingham district will take it's medicine. It will abide by the re- Suit and continue in the future as in the past to do it's full duty in pro- viding funds for the conduct of the states affairs.
 With the revenue which will come from the tonnage tax and the addi- tional ad valorem taxes which will come from reassessment and equali- zation, it is hoped that it will not be necessary to bring the lawmakers to- gether. Alabama is too busy with other things to have to worry through the summer with the legislature in action.
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ever, the local stone was used In a doWn- town hotel, and it has been satisfactory.
 If you wish to get a line on the in-
 creased cost of building I can give you
 something to judge by. The Sunday
 school annex to be built on the lot in the rear of the First Methodist Church
 will cost at least 50 per cent more to
 build than the cost of the church 1tseIi'
 vet brick will be used in the construc- tion. The estimate is $14O000, but before it is finished it will go beyond that figure
 used to attend the First Baptss Church in the old wooden building which stood on the present site of the com modious stone structure. It was during
 the pastorate of Dr. ". L. Pickard. !
 left Birmingham for some years and on my return Dr. A. J. Dickinson was the pastor, and it was under his leadership that the present church house was built f If the actual figure on it's cost was given it would be so low as to be almost Unbelievable.
 Vi used to occasionally worship at the Church of the Advent when its congrega- tion used the old house of wood which Maced Sixth avenue. Dr. Beard was then the rector. The beautiful new church facing on Twentieth street was built when I was away from Birmingham. but large as it was. it became necessary to add the parish house in the rear and only recently magnificent new pipe organ has been installed at large ex- pense. : | I am confessing to attending so marIa
 churches in the old days that it may be we'll for me to say that in those days ] was not a member of any denomination and usually went just wherever my young lady friends worshipped I well recall the old First Presbyterian Church and the effort put forth to build the
 one now used. used to hear with pleas.
 ure the sainted Handley when he wa.
 in his prime.
 I even recall the church the Catholics
 had their services in before the erection
 of St. Paurs. I was living here wher
 1t was built remember quito vel
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-06-06

VI NhAo AOPNDilSdil lldtlOudA COA4liltStcC Chicago has destroyed any. chance building up white republican party
 the south.
 The Associated Press yesterday ser out story on the betting in Wall stree
 on the prospects in the two nation;
 conventions The odds against Wood
 nomination are 2 to l, against Lowde and Hughes to 1, Hoover to l, an
 Harding 20 to 1. This would indicat
 that among the professional politics gamblers Wood is a favorite. His tre
 mendous campaign fund may pull hir
 through especially xpen there is appai
 ently such a large purchasable elemer
 among the delegates to Chicago.
 In the democratic convention to
 held in San Francisco, Cox seems to b the favorite among the bookmakers They are giving 9 to 1 against hit, while they are giving to l agains
 McAdoo and 20 to against both wilso and Bryan. According to the stery neither Palmer nor Davis of West vir ginia are on the bookmakers' slates. As a matter of fact, it is anybody
 race in both the Chicago and San Fran cisco conventions Apparently the can
 dictate with the best cabinet of trader.
 will win in each one of tho conventions l The deciison of the Supreme Court o.
 Alabama yesterday that the tonnag tax on coal and iron ore levied by tn. last legislature is constitutional vii probably prevent an extra session of tn Alabama legislature this summer. With the raises in property assess
 ments which are now being made. ans
 the collection of this coal and ore tax there will be ample money to provid, | for state expenditures and interest ac count, and there will now bs no req reason for an extra session, regardless | of the fact that the state income ta, has been declared unconstitutional. | While the Birmingham district particu l larly will regret the decision in favor O the coal and ore tax, the entire stat will feel much relief in the fact tha
 we are not to have another legislativ' session on our hands.
 l A.R,uee
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economy to the people and remuner- ative to the purveyors.
 The City Commission should not confine it's study of the problem to any one source of by-product supply, but make survey of the entire field and ascertain at what price the yari- ous generators of by-product gas will dispose of it for public use.
 The gas is here. It should take it's place in the welfare of the district, the same as the by-product coke and other by-products of the closed oven are pushing our pig iron and steel products farther afield.
 Hs * *
 An unknown poet is penning passionate love letters to Princess Mary of England. In these democratic times a poet might hope to wed princess, which is not equivalent to saying he could support her in the style to which she is accustomed.
 as * +
 Philander Knox will be kept away from Chicago by his law practice. There's pro- fessional zeal for you! However, Philan- der will not be so busy that he can't answer long distance telephone call or receive a telegram.
 * * E
 Dr. Dercum of Philadelphia is again forced to deny rumors that President Wilson's health is worse. No matter what fee the eminent specialist charged for his services. he seems to have earned it.
 If all the critics have finished their remarks to the effect that Thomas Hardy is not first-rate poet, we might as well proceed to celebrate the next birthday of celebrity.
 "A Reply from MT. Smashey and This Must End the Controversy Over the Im- morality of the Soul" Baltimore Amer ican. The very name of MT. Smashey carries conviction.
 Hiram Johnson received less enthus- iastic reception in Chicago than Colonel l
 Roosevelt was given in 1912 But that is not the only difference between Teddy and Hi Mexicos "generals' prefer huge pistols and well-filled cartridge belts to swords thus proving themselves to be practica men who believe in preparedness. * * E Lloyd George told railroad strikers the British government cannot be coerced The American government not only car be coerced, but has been coerced. # * j. | It is reasonable to suppose that the women politicians seen at Hi Johnson's headquarters are not drawn there by Hiram's pulchritude. E * Y A motion picture firm has produced "Trip to Mars" That is about as fal as most of us will ever get toward ou, planetary neighbor. E * F London is threatened with . strike ol book writers. A walkout of that kinc would be borne cheerfully by a long l suffering public
 F E F A Birmingham policeman Is reported to have lost his pet bullfrog.s We sus pect he was keeping that frog with a, | eye to frogs legs. l When Mary and Doug are exchang | ing compliments before grinning reporter. the divorce court seems thousands ol miles away. x
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were a desert, with no other human be- irgs besides themselves within a thou- sand miles,"
 FEARFUL SMOKES" Performers are shouting. Down with tobaccog"
 50 they are. Do you suppose they'll use any horrible examples in their campaign?"
 "They might. I dare say they could make a great many converts by ex- hibiting the kind of cigars now being sold for a dime"
 ACQUIRING WISDOM whats a promoter, pa?"
 "A promoter Is a man who promises to do great things with other peoples money"
 And do other people give him their money. par"
 .'Yes my son. That's what you might call taking a post graduate course in the school of experience"
 POOR JUDGE OF HORSES Does Deacon Coldstraw still bet on horse races?"
 "oh. yes. The deacon says he wa
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-06-06
HOW SLEEP THE BnAvB

By William Collins.
 How sleep the brave. who sink to rest By all their country's wishes blessed! When spring. with dewy fingers cold.
 Returns to deck their hallowed mould. She there shall dress sweeter sod
 Than fancy's feet have eyer trod.
 By fairy hands their knell is rung; By forms unseen their dirge is sung;
 There honor comes, a pilgrim gray.
 To bless the turf that wraps their clay; And freedom shall awhile repair. To dwell . weeping hermit thero!
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LOCATED

From the Colbert County Reporter.
 What become of the o. f family tha used to fit from flat to flat?-Age-Her- aid They are living in tentA
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willing to give up his toddy for th9 sake of humanity, but he can't see how the kind of judgment he shows in pick \ ing winners Is going to tempt anybody else to follow his example"
 THE KILLJOY The wedding bells are ringing out, The happy pair let's speed 'em. And shun the man who talks about How much twill cost to feed 'em.
 DEEPLY IMPRESSED Charley Saplington used to be, known as the best dressed man in town" "A great change has come over Char ley and he's actually thinking of going to work" What happenedr'
 "He was standing on . street corner one day when an overall parade passed, Charley was seen to shed tears. The next day he discharged his valet and let 1t be known to his friends that hs would accept an executive position pay ing as little as $1oooo a year."
 PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-06-06
Member of the Associated Pres.

Member of the Assoc1hteu KFeSs
 The Age-Herald is the only morning 5 and Sunday newspaper in Birmlhs nam carrying the Associated Press dis patches.
 The Associated Press is exclusiveiy entitled to the use for publication oI all news dispatches credited to IL or not otherwise credited in this paper and also the local news published therein.
 All rights of republication Of speclai dispatches herein are also reserved.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-06-06
Hamlet.
But in battalions

When sorrows come, they come, not
 single spies, But in battnlions. Hamlet.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-06-06

Washington Bureau. 500 Davidson building.
 European Bureau, 10 King street. Covent Garden, London. W. C. z.
 Eastern business office. Wotio building, New York city; western pusi- ness office, Tribune building. Chl- cago. The S. c. Beckwtth Special Agency, agents for foreign advertising.
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to succeed. Wider distribution of the sweet potato will help to reduce the cost of living.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-06-06
lNED BRACE TALKS ABOUT HOW CHICAGO
 ACTION PREVENTS SOUTHERN PARTY DIVGSIOE

lican campaign managers and the actio of the republican national committee ] Chicago has destroyed any chance ( building up white republican party l the south.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-06-06
THE MAGIC MONTH

THE MAGIC MONTH
 To keep in tune With joyous Juno
 Would easy seem
 With bird songs free
 From every tree
 And field and stream
 In lovely guise
 Meath cloudless skies, /
 While soft winds blow
 And sweet perfume
 From many bloom
 Waits to and fro.
 A SUBSTITUTE Henry" said Mrs. Dubwaite, the Bljthersbys next door want to borrow the baby while" "I have no objections, but. be sure they return our baby and not somebody else's." why, what do you mean?" ''The last time you loaned those peo- pie a pound of butter they sent back oleomargarine."
 FAR GONE. That couple seem interested in each other." Everybody notices it." "Yes?"
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TELEARoNE Bell (prfvate exchange connectins all departments) Main 49OO.
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Entered at the Birmingham, Ala, postoffice as second-class matter un- der act of Congress March 8, 1879.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-06-06
FAR GONE
BIRMINGHAMS CHURCHES-By Frank Willis Barnett

''They act as if a crowded ballroom
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-06-06
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES

the Certainly the policy of the repuo-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-06-06

even recall the church the Catholics had their services in before the erection of St. Paurs- was living here when 1t was built remember quite well
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-06-06

The wedding bells are ringing out,
 The happy pair let's speed 'em. And shun the man who talks about How much twill cost to feed 'em.
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1920-12-17
NEMECKY TISK STVE PRO.
I'll CESKOSLOVENSKU.

Berlin, Is. prosince. - Uni
versitni prof. A. Salz byl wy
povezen z Bavorska. (Jest ce-
skoslovenskym statnim pri-
sluSnikem.) Posluchaci vysoke
skoly V Halle protestuji proti
prazskym udalostem a aadaji,
ably ceskym studentGm znstaly
nemccke vys. skoly uzavreny
do te DOLBY, nez napraveny bu-
dou skody, zpIsobene nemec-
kemu studentstvu v Praze. Ce-
sopisy pry stvou proti csl. stu
dentum a krejGim, kteri pry
isou nejvetsimi neprateli Mem
cG. "Deutsche Ztg.", ktera v
Rampant proticeske zaujala
telni mfsto, burcuie vladu ne
meckou proti vyhlazovaci val.
ce V Ceskoslovensku avyZyva
aby zbytecne ohledy ma ko.
rektnost byly odvrzeny.
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1920-12-17

Charlotte Masarykova slavl
sedmdesate narozeniny. V IT,
chu a bez jakekoliv okazalosti
prozila dne 10. listopadu sve
sedmdesate narozeniny chot'
presidenta Masaryka, Chariot
Ia Masarykova. T6zce byla
'zkousena We sve vlasti. Ia va
lecnych let rakouskych ohrozo-
vana primo s detmi svymi ma
svobode, utrpela zaroven ztra-
tn syna Herberta, akademicke-
no malife, jenz zemrel roku
1915. Dcera jeji Alice vydana
byla primo persekusi rakou-
skych uradd. Hrdinne snasela
statecna pani vsechno prikori
a dlouhou odloucenost cd sve-
no manzela, v zahranici pIso-
biciho. Den navratu Masaryko-
va, 81. prosince 1918 byl il
velikym triumfem a odmenou
"a vytrpena muka. Cely ma
rod ceskoslovensky zajiste pre-
je il z pima srdce jeste dlouhy
vek!
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1920-12-17
HUYSMANS O PRAZSKYCH
UDALOSTECH.

Berlin, Is. prosince. Hugs
mans vracejici sc Ceskoslo-
venska vyslovil Sc k redak-
toru Vorwaertsu: Novinarske
zprdvy o udalostech praz-
skych byli velmi pfepiaty. By
10 sice tn tam rozbito okno,
ale videli jsme jiz veci mno-
hem horst. Pc dvou dnech ma
cionalisticka nalada velmi
znacne ochabla. VGera jsem
mel rozmluvu Masarykem,
presidentem Ceskoslovenske
republiky, jenz jest demokra-
tenn telem dust. Jest to vel
kym stestim pro zemi, re ma V
tomto okamziku takoveho pre-
sidenta. Lituji, re socialni de-
mokracie z vnitrnich stranni-
ckych ohledd vystoupila z VIA
dy, a isem presvedten, Re mno
ri delnici nyni, vidouce ma
sledky toho, smysleji jinak. To
mne mnozi potvrdili. Sc stra-
nou agrarni, ktera ie stranou
sedlakG, je spolecna vlada do
bre MONA. Ceskoslovensko ma
nejvetSi moznost demokrati-
ckeho rozvoje, protoze nema
byrokracie ami mihtarismu a
ma silny stav selsky. We spo-
ieni selke demokracie a social
nj demokracie jest budoucnost
! zeme. - Huysmans je predse-
, da II. internationally.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1920-07-30
ITALY MAKES BEST OF SPA
Foreign Minister Tells Chamber Of
Deputies of Alternative Of
Occupying the Ruhr.

Rome, July 24.-Detailing the re-
suits of the Spa conference to the
chamber of deputies Count Siorza,
foreign minister, declared none of the
great powers was quite satisfied, .
but that on the other hand, none of
them was altogether dissatisfied, .
and that from Italy's point of view it
marked a fortunate stage in the re-
settlement of Europe.
eve could have refused Germany
the loan represented by the difference
between the minimum price Of coal
imposed by the treaty and the actual
price," said the foreign minister, "but
we would have had to occupy the
Ruhr. did everything possible to
prevent the conference from breaking
up and to guide Europe in more Sc
cure and fruitful path"
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1920-07-30
.BOLSHEVIkI NEAR
GERMAN BORDER
Soviet Forces Are Now Only
Forty Miles From Prus-
sian Line.
WARSAW FACES A COLLAPSE
Berlin Is Rushing Troops to the Bor-
der-'tPII Talk Armistice In War
saw" Declares New Leader
of the Red Armies.

Berlin, July 24.-Scouting detach-
ments Of the soviet armies are report
ed within about forty miles of the
German boroer, and it is expected
Trotzky's cavalry will be at the East
Prussian border in 48 hours. Coinci-
.dentally with this advance the north
wing of the Polish army is being com
pletely turned.
Fear of a soviet sweep across the
border has intensified the clamor for
German army of defense, while the
radical element in East Prussia are
looking toward cooperation with the
bolsheviki. German military experts
call Trotzky's army the most powerful
war machine in the world
The German minister of defense is
already placing detachments of reichs-
wehr at exposed points in East Prus-
STA.
I'll talk armistice terms with you
in Warsaw
With these words "Comrade" Tuch'
echewski, the young generalissimo OF
the soviet forces, who has replaced
General Brusiloff, dismissed Polish
white flag mission which demanded
cessation of hostilities in accordance
with the British proposal.
Paris, July 24.-The allies have de-
cided to take measures preparatory to
giving military aid to Poland, if that
should prove necessary, it was learned
here.
A French mission headed by Jules
]. Jusserand, French ambassador to
the United States, who is home on
leave, with General Weygand, right
hand man Of Marshal Foch, and M
Vignon, a close collaboration with Pre-
mier Millerand, left for Warsaw to
arrange for prompt succor to the
Poles.
On the same train and with the
same object there was British
mission, headed by Lord Afternoon, Brit
ish ambassador at Berlin, General
Radcliffe and Sir Maurice Hankey.
These missions, it is learned, have
full authority to say to the Poles that
whatever aid is needed, whether mill
tary or financial, or in the nature of
supplies, will be forthcoming if the
Russian bolsheviki persist in design
to march into distinctive Polish terri
tory.
1t is stated unof1cially, but on high
authority, that this means help for
Poland in the form of troops, if they
are required.
Already a large number of entente
officers are with the Polish army
which, it is declared, will be increased
according to circumstances with as
many divisions of infantry, tank de
tachments, air forces and artillery as
may be transported in due time.