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The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-09-18
cox A MILLIONAIRE

Richard Barry, in Leslie's.
 From Marion, the small city of less than 50,000, went to Dayton. the fair sized city of over 15o,ooo. In the lovely French chateau which he has erected on the bluff overlooking the Miami valley. adjoining the magnificent es- tate of John R. Patterson, head of the National Cash Register Company, the governor of Ohio, who began life fifty years ago as a poor farmers son, thirty miles away, near Parkersburg, and who is now James NJ. Cox, democratic nomi- nee for the presidency, explained brief ly the business policies which have made him multi millionaire.
 When I bought the Dayton News, more than twenty years ago." said Gov ger Cox, T had practically nothing. It was done on borrowed money, chiefly from Congressman Sorg, whose secre- tary I had been in Washington. Against my own instinct and because of his persistent advice certain num- Der of shares of stock were sold at that time to various prominent men in Day. ton, but lost no time in buying back those shares, usually on notes, for it was hard sledding in thA early years. My chief memory of those years is that was forever meeting notes. Event ually I bought out every one, includ- ing MT. Sorg. and today I am the sole owner of the Dayton News. The same is true of the Springfield News.
 Are you director or a stockholder in anything else?"
 Tn just one corporation-the Ohio Pure Oil Company"
 Nothing else?'
 Government bonds is my only in- vestment otherwise, though I own a little real estate in downtown Dayton, my two newspaper plants, my home here and my 300-acre farm near Par kersburg. That is all"
 From other sources I sought an esti- mate of the present wealth of Cover nor Cox. The least was $1, 800. 900; the most was $5,000,00o. A newspaper pub sold now for about $750.000. and the Springfield News for about $25O,0O0 Another newspaper man said he would be glad to offer two millions for the News if he had the money.-< Without doubt the paper could not be pur- chased a. any price.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-09-18
BASEBALL GAMBLERS

From the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
 Baseball players and the men who are in the baseball business as mana existence of baseball as a profitable professional sport demands it's honesty. Every effort has been made to keep the game above suspicion. The efforts have been successful. The public is con vinced that the players are always do- ing their best and that the men behind the players are not only giving their patrons square deal" but are mak- ing every effort to eliminate the out side crookedness which has come to be a part of the gambling adjunct.
 Gamblers are rigidly excluded from the ball parks. but they hold forth in various unsavory hooks and corners of the big cities. Baseball gambling may be straight" as the term is applied to gambling, but there is always temp tation and frequently an attempt to make it crooked. The fakefreport sent out from Cleveland to the effect that Babe" Ruth had been crippled and two other New York players killed in an automobile accident is an instance of the resourcefulness of professional gamblers. The intention. of course, was to affect the odds in the betting cen- ters.
 "Fixing" of players has undoubtedly been attempted many times. but there is only one case on record where there is any indication that the attempt waa uuccessful, Recent reports of the fix lag of Chicago National League play
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-09-18

From the Philadelphia Public Ledger 1NR. KRAUSKOPF, in indicting the lO Delilahs of today and in bringing
 a certain stiff accusation against social amusements in general for the al- leged looseness that prevails, is following very closely those who have in their care the cure of souls abroad, such as Monsignor Vaughan, who have been in- weighing for some time against the loose- ness of postwar relaxations in all circles of society. That this looseness exists everywhere, and particularly in Europe, is proved. by picture and text. Whife an amiable princess in Paris, in pointing out that the city of light lis undoubtedly a great danger to young and inexperienced girls who have not developed their will power" turns the criticism from the Parisians by blaming the situation on the frivolous Americans careful reading of French periodicals makes it clear that they themselves have no doubt as to their own rapid sets. One sees in these periodicals the same indictment as the dangers that lie in the promiscuity of the dance and in the dance hall acquaint- ance; and their satirization of the lack of clothes has been quite as vigorously de- picted verbally and pictorially in France as by Dr. Krauskopf in a Philadelphia pulpit.
 There is nothing national or racial in
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-09-18
A DISSERTATION ON RAISINS

grape has become to, him an object o1 tender solicitude; and its price, which has risen from 10 cents pound to 5d or 60 cents, is frequently the subject oI his most earnest conversation.
 In the dear dead days beyond recall the raisin was to a man what the priml rose was to the character in the poem| and it was nothing more. A raisin wal something to put in a bun. Now it i} something to, put in bun with. To it ard attributed certain chemical qualities thd arousing of which occupies more timd than ever was devoted 10 tine fifteen puzl gle. Men who never bought raisln| never inquired about the habits and haunts of the raisin. never said a kind word tn or about raisin, now make thd ra..,in the object of as much study aa an archaeologist would devote to newly There are many questions about raisind which Mir. Palmer may never think ol asking the raisin barons, but which thou1 sands of amateur chemists would lik4
 
 raisin for the home? How long and i'd what temperature should a raisin l soaked? Should the stems go with thd raisins into the crock? Should yeast bd added? Is@Srown sugar more potent than white? Is the proper time of maturing twelve days or three weeks?
 When the lawyers had extracted all pos1 sible information relative to the reactiond of raisin crushed and immersed thd salient facts might be put into a gov1 ernment publication. The bureau of fish1 cries. which recently uttered a pamphlet in which the reader was advised to flavol turtle a la creole with Madeira, ought d be a sympathetic publisher. A raisin i not fish. of course. but neither N q turtle.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-09-18
LIKE M,I.IJKE SAYS

Even the fact that he is grandfath- CT won't make man admit that he is growing old nowadays.
 Some men imagine that if Debs is elected year will consist of two weeks work and fifty weeks vacation with pay.
 There was time when the man who wore a cheerful grin and didn't worry himself to death was known as shift less ne'er do-weel. But nowadays he is known as an optimist.
 When a girl-throws man down when he proposes to her he usually lands on his knees in front of some other girl
 man whistles and a woman talks because they both learned the habit while young and can't quit it.
 Husband seldom tells his Wife a Deliberate Falsehood. He usually spends an hour rehearsing the Damlis he is going to spring on her.
 princess imagines that every man is man after her own heart.
 Once upon a time there was man who said 'Tel-e- phone" instead of "Tel-a- phone" But he died. He was too correct for this world.
 The secret of popularity lies in find ing out just what brand is wanted be- fore you hand out advice.
 You can make a woman believe that Jonah swallowed the whale. But you can't get her to believe that shoes should be larger than the feet that wear them.
 Any time you want to find out just how many liars there are in the com munity. run for office.
 How is a woman gonna make a suc cess in politics when she has to stop and rub the shine off her nose when she is making a speech?
 The girls have found way to make the complexioD waterproof.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-09-18
Motor Truck Auxiliary
 to Steam Transportation

Nn ORE than one economic ex- WU pert has been figuring on the part now played and the part to be played by the motor truck in short distance freight traffic.
 The Wall Street Journal says:
 "How much of the short haul freight business of the country is passing from the railroads to the motor trucks is not definitely ascer- tainable, but unquestionably a note worthy evolution in transportation methods is going on. It has not as yet seriously affected the revenues of the steam carriers and it's outcome seems to be as likely to prove a bless ing as the reverse"
 Coming down to particulars, L.. Sevier, president of the Alabama Manufacturers Association, and for mer railroad man of much experience, points out that fifteen freight cars per diem are employed in Birming- ham in placing less than carload lots of freight at cost much higher than this service would entail if motor vehicles were employed. The use of motor vehicles would not only cost less than freight cars, but would re- lease these cars for other purposes.
 It seems to be the law of progress that each useful invention may be- come connected with it's predecessor and both work we'll in the common harness. The costliest mistakes are those of men who do not look about them to discover the connecting links.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-09-18
Militia Called Out
 as a Last Resort

~ OVERNOR KILBY is to be com- VI mended for ordering out six companies of the Alabama National Guard to preserve order in the Bir- mingham district.
 Such action was taken by the states chief executive only when it was ap- parent that the legal authorities were powerless to cope with the disorderly element which had instituted reign of terror. The governor, in his cor 'respondence with the sheriff of Walker county, showed plainly that he was unwilling to invoke military aid as long as there was any possi- bility of avoiding this drastic step.
 The coal miners strike was brought to crisis by the death of the gen. eral manager of the Corona Coal Company and the shooting of two deputy sheriffs who were with him when he was killed.
 The people of Birmingham and the Birmingham district will not tolerate the lawlessness which has entered into the coal strike. Regardless of the controversy between the miners and the operators, public sentiment demands that the strike be conducted with due regard for public safety.
 The presence of militia in the Bir1 mingham district will reassure miners who want to work and it should be warning to the lawless element that further acts of violence will not be permitted.
 The National Guard has not been called out to fight for the coal oper- ators or the miners. Its duty is to maintain order.
 The taking of human life merely to enforce recognition of the United Mine Workers of America is inexcus- able, and that is the only issue be- hind the strike of coal miners in the Birmingham district.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-09-18

To the Editor of The Age-Herald: N 0 ED BRACE from his mountain IW1 retreat, "Bracewood," has writ S NJ ten during the past few months many entertaining and instructive ar ticles on domestic, social and political questions.
 It appears, however, there is one sub- but which he has not discussed openly. This neglect on his part is indeed sur- prising because it is the real question constantly in the minds of the fatigued business man and the resourceful house. keeper.
 The New York Sun and Herald has really scooped Med Brace, by it's very clever editorial In a recent Issue on 'Raisins,' which I inclose for the en- tertainment of those whose purchases of this little harmless fruit have helped to boost" the price ''sky high"
 ROSS c. SMITH.
 The editorial referred to by Mir Smith follows:
 That WeSlcSu orSdHizdllou WnlCn IS commonly, perhaps not justly, referred to as the raisin trust, has been made the defendant in a dissolution suit brought by Attorney General Palmer, the com plaint being that there is combination in restraint of trada.
 If there should be extraordinary inter- est in this case when. and if 1t Is brought to trial, the added interest will come from the male side of the citizenry. Mere man, we regret to say. has never had a profound interest in the prosecutions of food corporations. It was his wife who did the buying of beef or flour or sugar. But man himself. for reasons intimately connected with change in the constitu- tion. has been buying raisins. The dried
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-09-18

CTS are now being investigated, but tn. indications are that the fixing" stories widely circulated, were deliberat fakes, devised by professional gambler, to influence the odds on a certain game
 Such crookedness is beyond the jur isdiction of the baseball officials. l is their work to keep the game clea and in this they are successful It i, the work of the police authorities | clean up the crooks who have mad, themselves parasites on the c---S American sport and who, by thei skullduggery, have done their utmos to bring 1t into disrepute.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-09-18
THE SONNET
lliam Wordsworth

By William Wordsworth Nuns fret not. at their convent's mar.
 row room: And hermits are contented with theil
 cells; And students with their pensiv'
 citadels; Maids at the wheel. the weaver at hi'
 loom, High as the highest peak of Furnes'
 fells, Will murmur by the hour in foxslovs
 bells; In truth the prison unto which VI
 doom Ourselves no prison is: and hence fol
 me, In sundry moods, twas pastime to b,
 bound Within the sonnets scanty plot o /ground; Pleased if some souls (for such therS
 needs must be) Who have felt the weight of to mucl
 liberty, Should find brief solace there as have found
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-09-18
School of Commerce

T am much interested in the school of commerce which Howard College is going to institute October l." said pr. |C. W. Williams, president of that in- stitution. Tn a district like Birming- ham, whose export business is growing by leaps and bounds, it is incumbent on young men who wish really desirable positions with our big concerns to know something about foreign trade rela- .tiions. That is what the school is for. Besides teaching Spanish. the students will learn all about the trade methods in vogue in foreign countries, especial ly South and Central America.
 T appreciate the cordiality with which the Chamber of Commerce has endorsed the school of commerce and its generosity in allowing us the use of its rooms to conduct the school. The classes will be held at night, so that young men and young women employed during the day may attend them. The charges are going to be within the reach of everyone"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-09-18

potato house has begun to solve this problem. Until evsry sweet potato grower has one of his own, he is talk ing chances.
 Marketing should be the continu- ous and absorbing study of Alabama growers of farm products until it is reduced to a science.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-09-18

will center on Birmingham shopping district. The merchants have laid in fine stocks, as usual, and the first week of Octoer will be gala time in this abounding city.
 Louis F. Pink, candidate for Congress ! in New York state, puts in his list of campaign expenditures, No press agent. no auto hire, not drink, not a cigar" Apart from his name, Mir Pink deserves immortality.
 According to the Cleveland Plain Deal CT, France is the only country in Europe pursuing the even tenor of her way. Belgium seems to be punching the time clock with Ncommendable reguiari,y. # # # Prohibitionists who predict that Eng land will be dry in ten years have no idea what a hold the cocktail is getting or the younger generation of English men.
 The isolated cases of women who changed their minds about voting and wanted to "unregister" are offset by mill , lions of other women with fixed de- termination to purify politics *. # # IT pnSt he an affaotiup Scape p London bar when an American tourist meets an exiled bartender who used to wait on him in the old days.
 < < Royal housemaids in Buckingham palace threaten to strike if they are not per- mitted to live out" There is no longer any such thing as lese-majesty.
 + # *
 President Wilson prefers wheel chair for viewing long parades. In that par ticular he doesn't differ from a lot of people in perfect health.
 * # *
 In boosting the ante" from $15,00O 900 to s3O, ,Oo0 Governor Cox showed characteristic disregard for the feelings of Will Hays.
 It is not considered good form to mem tion the election results in Maine in the presence of rock-ribbed democrat.
 # # # Charley Chaplin denies that he will forsake America. Mildred is determined to make him travel light" if he does. O'Breps he may be able to control a somewhat turbulent constituency. Federal officials admit that liquor flows in dry America and if they cared to, they might add freely
 # x < Big Bill' Thompson of Chicago is one of the few individuals at present sitting on top of the world.
 Y It is getting so that people in the re- mote rural districts of America know all about Montmartre.
 < F T A Connecticut woman. 100 years old, has never danced Now it's too late to learn the "cat step.''
 Y # * If the republicans want the truth, the democrats didn't expect to make show ing in Maine.
 # # # New York was offering odds of three to one on Harding when that bomb ex- plosion occurred in the financial district.
 F * x Admirers of Tom Taggart say he is not 'boss." That clearly shows the ex- tent of their admiration.
 # * * The house of Morgan survived the war without scratch. to be blown up by a bomb at home.
 Even though he quits the front porch, Senator Harding will keep in close touch with headquarters.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-09-18
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
 AND ELSEWHERE
Hot Stuff

Hot Stuff
 "A sucker is born every minute seems to apply very nicely to me-" says
 E. W. House T bought home just
 behind North Birmingham park. The
 location and everything is ideal. but it
 seems this summer, being a very wet
 one, has increased our share of mosqui- toes and, while we are screened tight ly, still they have the last week or so almost eaten us up and we had gotten into such mental condition that sleep
 at nights was impossible. We took relays in watching while the others
 slept-fact. Now, here's the sucker
 porticn hereof:
 "I knew in a vague sort of way that liniment was to put on sprained places, etc, and when friend suggested that if we would rub liniment all over the exposed portions of our anatomy the
 mosquitoes c9yld not bite, as the fumes would drive Fhem off and we were,
 believe me, In frame of mind to pour
 anything over us if we could get a full nights sleep just once. So we pro- ceeded to pour the liniment all over face, arms and feet, and laid down with visions of sleep-and did sleep--a short while-till the liniment died out. Then a repetition of the dose was necessary. But, ye gods, this morning we went to wash our faces and the liniment got the liniment to burning and then when into our eyes and the hot water started we dressed, the clothes started the rest got out into the sun--what wasn't al- of the liniment burning, and when I ready on fire immediately caught from the rest, with the result that I have jumped out of the frying pan into the fire, for, heretofore, while couldn't sleep very much at nights, still could work a bit in the day. during day maps, but now am dancing around and fam ming my feet, rubbing my arms with ice, cold cream, sa1ve, etc. I have not done a lick of work today, and in no mood to talk with anyone or plan my thing. Moral.--Next time a man says take anything or try anything tell Jim to show you by doing it first himself and letting you watch resu1ts.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-09-18
Point of Pride

The United Daughters of the Con- federacy are hopping to realize enough money from the tag day Saturday to be able to see that all of the Confederate veterans in this district get to the re- union at Houston, Tex, in October" will be a point of pride with the citi- zens of Birmingham to see that they go"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-09-18
RIVAL ATTRACTIONS

Form the New Orleans Times -Picayune.
 Paid admissions to the Minnesota State fair on the day Governor Cox spoke there totalled $99.000, whereas they only reached $42,000 on the day Senator Harding. spoke. Possibly the folks figured that Governor Cox's speech would really be worth the price
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-09-18
Fair Little More
 Than Two Weeks Off

m PREPARATIONS for Birming- l hams State Fair, which opens October 4, are all but completed. The exhibits of everything produced on the farm will be installed several days ahead of time, and the display will be varied and educative.
 That this years fair will be the best goes without saying. The officials of the Fair Association have worked earnestly, and Auburn and all the specialists in live stock and food crops have devoted much time to make all our products of singular value when it comes to demonstration.
 We had creditable fairs in years past. But the exhibitions of the last decade were small compared with those assembled in 1919, and espe- cially the one about to be opened in October.
 The out-of-town visitors will, no doubt, come fully up to expectations. Most sections of Alabama are excep- tionally prosperous. Never was the "black belt" so flush with money as now. Next to seeing the fair interest
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-09-18
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES
OVERHEAD ExPENsEEs

OVERHEAD ExPENSEES A smoke wreath rom a mountain .'still- Oft gives the game away And adds no little to the bill
 'Moonshiners" have to pay. Now, smoke consumers might protect The Slant from prying eyes And guard those secrets we suspect "Moonshiners" greatly prize
 SHOCK TO HIS NERVES. Would it be possible to see Mir. Crab coin for few minutes?" said the brisk caller.
 What name. please?" asked the secre- tary.
 T am Mir. Blobbs. chairman of the committee to raise funds to build a hos pital for sick cats. We have more money in hand than we need for this noble pur- pose and l have come to return part of MT. Grabcoins donation"
 II" eHat case m sure MT. Grabcoin would be glad to see you. but please break the news to him gently. He has weak heart.'
 MOST LIKELY Well, at any rate.'' remarked the flat dweller, T don't have to pay any gar-l age bills.' How much is your rentr'
 Three little rooms and trick kitchen cost me s10O month";
 Don't flatter yourself. Some of that money helps to pay your landlords gar- age bills''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-09-18
INCREASED AGILITY

, INCREASED AGILITY "I can remember the time when it wa feared bicycles in the streets would d, populate the country''s We've travelled some since then" ''Yes-and learned to jump further. THE PRESENT STATUS OF
 HISTORY Who is the studious looking man? "A celebrated historian" q guess he has his hands full thes days"
 "on the contrary. he doesn't kno' where to begin"
 RECALLS THE PAST You'll have to re-write this scenario. said the movie producer. You make tfl leading character a waitress and ou $, 900 a week star refuses to play tn part ~ "why?' asked the playwright. "she used to be one"
 A COLD INSPECTION 'sYotJ seem cast down., T don't believe I'm making muc progress with the girls family said tn young man.
 Her mother is the head of that house How does she regard youT' Through a lorgnette."
 PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-09-18
BIack-wounding columny The whitest virtue strikes-
 Measure for Measure.
A MnRNING PRAYER

A MORNING PFfA fEH
 Grant to my earth-wearfed so"i the blessed consciousness or thy nresence, for I am weak ana wan dering in doubt, and need the ceT- tstnty of thy strengthening love-
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