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The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-26
Andrew and Imogene
Little Life Condolences in the Experienc: of Couple, Philosophic, Though Married
 Bv ROE FULKERSON

for company, and then gong away ana telling other lady burglars what a poor housekeeper you are, or looking over your toilet table and going away to the Lady Burglars Club and tell them how much of you comes off and lies on the dressing table at night
 'tIf this lady burglar business keeps up we men folks are going to have to sleep in our evening clothes
 Still, after more mature deliberation, doubt if they will make much of financial success of it If man is just careful not to leave money in his trous- CTS pocket, where woman is in a habit of looking for it, he will be safe. Safe because no lady burglar would burgle silver or jewelry when she might swipe a new hat or an evening coat or an er- mine huff or a new pattern of dolly.
 ''Wonder if it would not be a good plan to leave g. plate of macarroons on the dining table after this, in case one should come in?
 "No! I have a better plan than that! I am going downtown tomorrow and get two or three of those little mechanical mice and leave them scattered around the dining room floor, and then we will go downstairs some morning and find a lady burglar treed on a. dining room chair.
 ''Why don't you say something?'
 "I was just wondering if you had been staying out so late for the past few nights hoping that you might catch one when you came in, said Imogene Copyright. Twenty-first Century Press) meekly.
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GOVERNOR AND MRS.
 KILBY IGNORED

Montgomery, July 25.--(special.)- )-- Clippings received in Montg emery indi- cate that Governor Kilby and Mrs. Xii.
 by received much attention from off, cials and citizens of California during their attendance at the national demo- cratic convention. In an editorial headed, Gracious Guests,r one San Francisco newspaper said:
 There were six cabinet officers here during the convention time and eight or nine bureau heads. The number of United States senators may not have been exactly legion, but it was consid erable. There seems to be no census of the governors who were present, Some who were exeptced did not come Edwards of New Jersey, for instance but the order was well represented. That they were not more generally rec ognized in the press accounts may be due to the fact that they are state and not national officials. Of those who made many friends and were gracious ly pleased with California was Cover nor Kilby of Alabama. The governor and Mrs. Kilby were the center of a continued hospitality as long as they tarried Everybody has read of the fine southern way, of the graciousness of those who truly represent the genu inc type of affability as il exists in the south, but not everybody, perhaps, has encountered it. It was exemplified to degree in Governor and Mrs. Kilby, and a circle of Californians formed around them during their stay whose members were more pleased to extend the hospitality of the state than the visitors could have been to receive them."
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see that they have caught another

.'I see that they have caught dhoshei lady burglar" remarked Imogene, as she looked up from her evening paper.
 It's the eternal feminine again.! saio Andrew. There is no occupation in lite into which women have not injected themselves! Steeple jacks, deep sea dlv- CTS. lawyers and burglars, barbers ana horseshoers! No occupation is safe TOT men any more, Now they are invading the ranks of the guns and second-story workers. and I suppose it's only season or so till we will see Mrs. Jimmie Vaieh- tine and Mrs. Rallies prancing oehino the footlights!
 Lust think what it will mean Tor a hard working burglar to kiss his wlfe and all the little burglars good-by ana take his jimmy and go to his nightly toil and pry the bars off the basement windows and burgle his way into good house. only to find when he reaches the dining room that some nonunion laoy burglar has been there before him ana carried off the family silver! It's an out rage!
 Think what it will mean for the poor householder to be awakened in the mld- dle of the night and creep downstairs 10 capture a burglar and just as he lifts the poker to hit the burglar stopped before the family sideboard, to have that burglar rise in indignation and say, SIT. I am a lady. How dare you come nere dressed only in your pajamas.
 Think what it will mean to you to have a perfectly strange woman snoopin around the house when you are not fixed
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Now that Peter Rabbit was sure that there was nothing queer about the looks of those six babies of his, but that they looked just as children of his should lo2k, he became filled with pride. He fairly swelled out with it. As he watched them enjoying their first meal of sweet clover just short jump from Sthe edge of the dear old briar patch he was sure, absolutely sure, that never before had there been such wonderful children in all the great world. You would never have guessed that he and Mrs. Peter had already raised one fam fly of four and sent them out into the great world to make homes for them selves.
 Little Mrs Peter saw just how proud Peter was ard she was pleased Of course, she was just as proud of them herself But also, she was a little wor- ried. For certain reasons she would have felt easier if Peter had been less proud of those six beautiful children.
 Hes so rroud of them that the first chance he gets he'll boast about them" thought little Mrs. Peter. He'll tell everybody he meets about them. If know him, and if I don't nobody does. he's planning this very minute to slip away at the first opportunity to epread the news That won't do at all, not at all. The greater the number of folks who know about those darlings the greater will be the dangers and the more worries I will have. Goodness knows. I have enough of them as it is. I'll have to lay the law down to Peter Yes. sir, I'll have to lay the law down to Peter"
 She hopped over beside Peter. Were you thinking Of running over to the green forest and the old orchard to- night?" she asked sweetly.
 Peter was quite upset, for that is just what he was thinking of doing. Why, I --r'-he stammered.
 Because if you were you may as well forget it right now" Interrupted little Mrs. Peter in very decided tone. You are going to stay right here in the dear old briar patch. In the first place I need you to help watch those six precious it.
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Back On Their Jobs

New Orleans, July 25-Norma1 service was resumed to all lines of the New Orleans Railway and Light Company this morning, when all the striking motormen and conductors who quit work July 1 returned to their work following the agreement reached Sat- urday morning.
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why. So you will stay at home and keep out of sight,
 "All right, my dear. I'll do just as you say, replied Peter meekly But Mrs Peter saw the disappointment in his face and resolved to keep an eye on him, as the saying is.
 Copyright, 1920 by T. w. Burgess)
 The next story: Happy Briar-Patch Days"
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BESSEMER

Cabe. E. R. Smith, w. E., Pegram. Lee Mattingly. Dr, J. S. Winters, Dr. G. D. Waller, Jim Sullivan J. F. Haffner, Tom Bradford, Harry Christlieb, Dr. A. S. fitzpatrick. Dr. w. D. Taylor, J. A. Sni- ger, j. A. Little. Dr. R. T. Smith and Sam Reid.
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WILLIE HAMMOND

WHiie Hammonds, aged 5S years died at his residence. 1917 Berkeley avenue, saturday afternoon His death was the result of stroke of paralysis, which he suf1ered Friday morning The deceased was pioneer citizen of the district. having resided in Bessemer thirty-three years on the day of his death. He is survived by his wife and brother who live in Georgia
 Funeral services will be held from St. Aloyslous church Monday morning at 2 o'clock Rev. M. E. Kittrick, officiating. interment will be made at Cedar Hill. With Jacobs in charge. The following palibearers have been selected: Active. rat Murphy. John Garity. Mike Hayes. Jack eutcliff. Lee Mattingly, Will Sulli- van, R. J. McCabe, T. J., Fitzpatrick, Mike Sullivan. A. J. Coepack, Fred Best and sam Raine Honorary, Jim Moore. T. o. Lathem. T. R. Mitchell. l.. J. Gil- son M. Az BurlS, E. E. Clark. L. E.
 Bruns. Dr. W. D. Taylor. Dr. E. w. Me. Ne,i. Moss Crotwell, Earl billiard, How. ard McEniry.
 Jaooos Undertaking Company has re- eened handsome new hearse, which VIII be used in their business The nearse Is gray in color and is one of the
 nendsomest machines in the district.
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More Truth Than Poetry By JAMES L MONTAGUE
MERE RUMOR

dosta reporters when nhquor Would mill till they'd laid aboard load Then their office desks and with foolshsmi exciting  I've a single stew write real story yet nicely sughed Could laughter almost sort of crowd, Who, the fires of eoquence lit with alcohol through the brilliant hail. But though with orators speakers have mingled, havem meto well when jngled pve who would flop into their chairs labored with the bottle night they needed eed rgnt I've lot of but can't recall to mind A of acquaintance who this especial klnd Baeycorn been the patron saint who write and sculp end paint; would straightway be deprived of maerpece But though know genuses I've yet met one Who built a masterpiece, together with a pun
 INALENABLE :, of Ohio o D Washington and then
 PROOF ~ . VIII wha Calforians have been saying about their climate
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For the Good of
 the Community
VX7HAT have you done for Birming W ham?


 erosity to the church of his choice. Anoth- CT has the record of personal charities A third has given days and nights through the years to his fraternal affiliations.
 Men and women have conducted per- severing campaigns for worthy causes be- fore city councils, boards of revenue and state legislatures. They have worked un- ceasingly to get something out of the pub. lie purse for that which they thought was entitled to public support
 Just step further is needed for the accomplishment of really big things; for the development of the really big in citizenship. Men and women wilno ar- rive at that point until they idealize~ and personify their community and think of uplift in community terms
 In Poland, great musician, a re- nowned scholar, celebrated statesman comes down the street. Respectful but unemotional acknowledgement is made of the august presence. A soldier who has earned the title of patriot passes by He is greeted by huzzahs.
 The soldier represents country. Po- land put an army of a million fighting men in the field without money without provisions, without anything but patriot- ism Strange how people, who have noth- ing but country, do love that country; how they cling to it, fight for it, die for it gladly.
 Where there is ease and prosperity in nation it's people, like children with wealthy parents providing them to sur- felt with good things of the earth, lose sight of what country means and is to them
 Mother is all to the child that has noth- ing else. Surround the child with substi- tutes for mothers solicitude and the child lives in their atmosphere
 When Patrick Henry said Give me lib- erty, or give me death, i" he was looking in the face of mother country He was not thinking side issue, personal predilec- tion, choice of object of solicitude; he was thinking America.
 It will come clear to men and women when they are able to think Birmingham. If there were danger of losing Birming ham they would do that. Why not think Birmingham for the betterment, the beau tifying and the ennoblement of Birming- ham?
 If several hundreds of the earnest men and women of this community get to thinking Birmingham Birmingham as whole-Birmingha as the pulsating heart of their well-being and that of their neighbors- what Birmingham needs and should be will be forthcoming.
 At first it may seem vague and far-off, but it will soon become spontaneous and spontaneity will produce results.
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HARRY C. GRIGSBY

Harry C. Grigsby, aseu 4. years Sst- at his residence on Second avenue oa nrdav night at II o'clock, following an illness of several weeks MT. urissus has resided in the city TOT tne pas twenty years and was well known a.a nonular. He came to Bessemer rom Florence, Ala.
 He is survived by his wife, two sons Ha, c. Grigsby and Bein Grigspy; wv sisters, Mrs. c. R. Lewis and Mrs. Y; Edmundson; one brother. T. R: Grlss, by of Athens, Ala. Funeral services VII be held from the residence Monday ak.- ernoon at ~clock. and Rev. w. E, Monk will officiate. 1nterment Will pc made at Cedar Hill cemetery.
 Following are the active pallbearers; Ed Read. Gene Ragsdale, Percy Benton Eugene Honeycutt. John Harris and Joe Burgin The honorary. pallbearers are az follows: W. P. Golson. Alex Carroll. K. M Mingea. B. P. Harris, John $. Queen Fred Todd, A. K. Williamson, Lee Moody George Bumgardner. George Ross, Ben G. Perry, Gardner Goodwin, T. T. Huey, R. NJ. Childress. R. J. Mo-
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Bessemer, July 25.-(Special)-B. L' Ccmerford was seriously injured Spn- day afternoon aboutA5 o'clock, v&len the automobile in which he was arlVihs turnel turtle on the Hueytown roao' pinn:ng him and the other occupants or the car underneath in ditch. Mrs Nat Hawkins, sister of sComerioro' received a broken arm, and her son. Johnson Hawkins, suffered proAeh foot. The accident occurred near Huey- town and was caused by running too near ditch while passing another auto mobile.
 At at late hour Comerford had not rseained consciousness, but it IS hoe thought that his injuries will pc tatai' The entire party was pinned under the car. and Mrs. Comefford succeeded III opening a door thta released her, when assistance was given by passing auto mobilists. Comerford is at his nome on Clarendon avenue.
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NOT A RESIDENT

bv <citizens of the city in regard 10 the aLrointment of w. T. Kemp as chiel deputy sheriff at the Bessemer ofiice on account of him residing out Of the aisi trict, and a petition has been circuia.eu to be presented to the sheriir asnns as that he appoint a men from the DeSso rner district to succeed ". D. Sle ,i,, ;
 Ii is pointed out that the law crea.l.S ~,a branch offices of Jefferson county in Bessemer requires that the deputy n charge be a qualified elector ana pc . resident in the Jurisdiction of the nessu ar ,,,sr court No pelsohal opposNsan asainst Chief Deputy Kemp IS expresssu hut it is thought that the appolnsn;st@ should be given to man in the eis.ra ..,s v v It is thought that his ~ppo'nenssn, s.a,,, ths be temporary, and that .,, nl..
 as,trict r,a, be later apl"iuiec
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Miss Agnes Lystnance and Mir. Louis b. Arnold were married at the residence or Rev E. H. Hutchison Saturday eve ning at S:so o'clock. Mir. and Mrs Arnold VIII make their home. in Birmingham. where MT. Arnold is manager of an au- tomobile business
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SUNDAY WEDDINGS

The marriage of Miss Ira MartiIe Kelly ane MT T. M Cain was soIemnixed at the residence of the brides parents at Jonesboro Sunday afternoon. Rev. w, r. Price performed the ceremony in the pi piesence of few friends and relatives, MT. and Mrs Cain left immediately after Ire ceremony fora wedding trip
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PERSONAL

Key. w. F. Monk will leave Monday night for Baltimore and other points. where he has engagements for sermons m several churches of his denomination. Church of God
 Rev F. H. Hutchison will leave Sun day night for Williamson. Ga, where he will join Mrs Hutchison and viNv relatives for a few days, returning Friday. Miss Suzanne Newton of Seminary, Ga. is the guest of Dr. and Mrs. J. S. Winters. Mrs. George Mohns arrived Sunday night from Rome. Ga. to be the guest of relatives here.
 T. R. Grigsby of Athens. Ala, is in the city. called by the death of his brother. Harry C.. Grfgsby.
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The Ass-Hsrald maintains sps- cial representative in Bessennof. Mrs. H. l.. Bains is correspond- ent. to whom news items should be given. Phone Besssmsr C12-J. Phone Bessemsr 0s7.
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Bur gess sfdti@s sfd5is:
 By THORNTON w. BURGESS
By THORNTON W. BURGESS
Mrs. Peter Lay S Down the Law
Mrs. Peter Rabbit.

Tour ownf affairs are ust your own, So keep them to the orld unknown.
The Washington herald., 1920-04-12

Boston. New York, Cleveland. Min
neapolis. Dallas and San Francisco
banks includes sS.2 millions Of
paper discounted for the PhiIa-
delphia, Richmond, Chicago and St.
Louis banks, while acceptances held
by the Cleveland. Atlanta, Kansas
City and San Francisco banks COM
prise 3.2 millions OF bills acquired
from the New York and Boston
banks. as against 81 millions shown
the week before.
All classes OF deposits show de-
clines for the week: government de-
posits. by 1.6 millions, reserve de-
posits by 4S.1 millions, and other
deposits. including foreign govern
ment credits. by 31.1 millions. On
the other hand the float" carried
by the Federal Reserve banks and
treated as a deduction from gross
deposits declined 4S.7 millions. The
result is a reduction of net deposits
by 32.1 millions.
The banks aggregate liabilities
on Federal Reserve bank notes in
circulation show a further reduction
of GA millions. Since January 3,
when the decline in Federal Reserve
bank note circulation set in the
banks liabilities on account of these
notes show a reduction of 6S.9 mill
lions as against an increase of 1868
millions shown for the same period
in the banks liabilities on Federal
Reserve note circulation.
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BABY LIBERTY BONDS
DEMAND ENORMOUS

Indication that the public has
ceased to be spendthrift and is
again inciining toward thrift and
sound investment Is seen in the
heavy inquiries for small denomi-
nation Liberty Bonds at banks and
brokers throughout the country.
The demand has reached the
Treasury Department. many deal
ers having exhausted their avail
able supply of the popular" sizes
of these securities, It was recently
announced by the Savings Division
of the Treasury Department.
To supply the large "over-the-
counter" demand for $50 and 500
bonds at present favorable market
prices. the Treasury Department
has issued instructions to the Fed
eral Reserve Banks which will ex-
pedite exchange of bonds Of larger
denominations for the small units.
The instructions also provide
ways and means by which banks
and dealers may obtain the smaller
denominations in the first instance
IL their customers require them.
The Washington herald., 1920-04-12
ARMOUR & COMPANY.

Armour & Company in their Week
ly Trade Review say:
THE switchmen's strike has prac-
tically stopped receipts of livestock
at the Chicago stockyards. The few
carloads coming in are absorbed by
local butchers. 1t is hoped the sit
uation will improve materially by
next week.
Our branch houses had ample
stock of provisions to take care of
the business and SO far there has
been no shortage anywhere in pork
products. Prices have been steady
for the finished products OF the
packing plants.
Prices for the few head of live
stock received this week based as
they are upon abnormal conditions
should not be accepted as indicativ
OF the general market situation.
The beef business has been Sc
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WorlHs Tropical Centers Our
Sources of Important Supplies

The dependence of the United
States upon the tropics for food
stuffs and manufacturing materials
Increases year by year. The total
value OF our imports of. tropical and
subtropical products, says q state
ment by the Nationat City Bank of
New York. which amounted to only
$3.50. 900, 900 In 1900. and $775.000, 900
In 1914 was over $e.000.o00,00o In
1919, and seems likely to approx
mate s2.4oo, 100000 in the current
fiscal year, which ends with the
month of June, Tropical and sub
tropical products now form. says the
banks statement. approximately
one-half Of our total imports as
against one-quarter Of the imports
in 1910 and about one-third Of the
total In 1914.
This rapid increase in our de-
mands upon the tropical and sub
tropical world occurs chiefly in su-
gar, coffee, cacao. vegetable oils, In
dia rubber, raw silk and tobacco.
Rubber and substitutes for rubber,
all of them of tropical growth.
which amounted in value to $751;
o0o, 900 in our imports Of 1914. were
in 1919 S222,00o,o0o. and seem likely
In the fiscal year 1920 to reach s275,-
o0o. 900; sugar, including that drawn
from our own islands, which
amounted in value to $15S,ooo,oo0 in
1914, was s524,o00,00o in the calen-
dar year 1919; coffee, Of which the
Importation of 1914 was Sill. .000,-
900 in value, totaled 1851 100000 in
the calendar year 1919. and seems
likely to exceed s300,000,000 in the
fiscal year 1920. Cacao, which
amounted in value to only $4,000
900 in the imports OF 1914. was $751;
0oo, 900 in 1919, and seems likely to
total S75,000,000 in the fiscal year
1890. Raw silk. which is usually
considered q subtropical product to-
tailed only 500. 900. .oo0>in 1914 and
s3I2. 200, 900 in 1919. with a prospect
Of approximating $500. 900, 900 In the
fiscal year 1920. Cotton, of which
the total imports were but $21.oO0.-
900 in 1914. aggregated s72.o00.0
in 1919. and will probably approxi-
mate s125.ooo,ooo in the fiscal year
1890.
OF course a considerable proper
tion OF the increased valuation Of
these tropical materials is due TO
advance in prices. but there has
been also, says the banks statement.
a very large increase in quantity
imported. The quantity OF coffee
imported jumped from 1.o06. 200. 900
pounds in 1914 TO .334,0o0.0 900 in
1919. despite the fact that the aver
age import price in 1919 was 90
cents per pound against an average
of IL cents in 1914.
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Federal Reserue Boards Report
- Shows Decline in Deposits

Moderate liquidation of bills dis
counted and bought. accompanied
by corresponding reduction in de-
posits. also n further gain in gold
reserves is indicated in the Federal
Reserve Boards weekly bank state
ment issued as at close of business
on April .. 1920. Federal Reserve
note expansion for the week under
review was 20 millions, compared
with an average weekly increase in
note circulation of lis millions for
the previous four weeks and 29.3
millions for the week Immediately
preceding. The banks reserve ratio
shows a rise from 42.9 to i3.3 per
cent.
AS against an increase Of "a mil
lions in war paper, other discounts
on hand show a reduction OF 42.4
millions, acceptances-a reduction
of is millions, and Treasury certifi-
cates-a reduction of Sc millions.
Total earning assets of the reserve
banks, as a consequence, were 404
millions less than the week before
OF the total OF 1,410.1 millions of
war paper on hand. $751; millions.
or 4S.1 per- cent, were secured by
Liberty bonds. 295.S millions, or 81
per cent. by Victory notes, and 1855
millions. or 500 per cent, by Treas
ury certificates. as against 81, 81
and 2S per cent OF 1,400.7 millions
of war paper reported the week be-
fore. Discounted paper held by the