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The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-05

From the Dallas News.
 TN glancing through an old volume Ill II the, office library the other day, one or S the employees came across letter dated August IS, 1887. addressed to the editor of the News. "Inclosed,' read this letter. you will find a clipping from the Omaha Daily Bee which I wish you would be kind enough to publish in your paper. The Order of Railroad Photographers was started last year for the purpose of try ing to better the condition of >the pro- fesson, and as they wish to bring their wrongs before the public as much as possible so as to enlist their sympathies, would feel greatly obliged if you would publish the inclosed with any comments you may wish to make"
 At this late date. the News would hard lv wish to make any comment on the cllp- hing which was inclosed; nor indeed does it feel it possible, because of the paper shortage, to republish all of the matter contained in the clipping from the Omaha naner But some of the facts contained In the clipping are interesting just now as d sidelght on labor conditions thirty- three years ago this summer; and because
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-05
Proud of Landmnrks

The people should indeed feel proud of the new postoffice, for think it is one Of the prettiest in the south" says Miss Louise Loveless.
 It may be small and all that, but anything beats the old postoffice on eighteenth street. Besides, it shows that Birmingham has the spirit to ad- vance With the times. The Tutwiler Eotei, the new postoffice Woodrow wilson park and the beautiful Termi- nal station, may be our only land marks now. But just wait until about time for the next census figures to be taKen' and we'll see this little old Magic City of ours away ahead of every other city in the south"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-05
TO SELL DON JUAN MANUSCRIPT

TO SELL DON JUAN MANUSCRIPT Frcm the Philadelphia Public Ledger.
 The original autographed manuscript of Don Juan" written by Lord Byron, is shortly to be sold in Philadelphia gallery along with numerous other au- tographs, manuscripts and books.
 Entirely in the poets own scrawly hand, with many corrections and nota- tions, this is one of the finest manu- scripts of Byron. It is not so many years ago that Don Juan" was con- sloered so very naughty that sweet young debutants considered it hardly the kind of book one would want ones riother to read. Today, however. it would very likely be considered too tame to occupy their time.
 The manuscript is part of large coll lection owned by Sir Stephen Coleridge, grandson of the poet and by whom they are being sold as wars sacri- flee There are a number Of autos graphs of Washington, Lincoln. Frank lin and Penn, as well as the auto graphed scripts of other well-known writers and poets. Several of the doc unents are signed by Mary. Queen Of scots and Queen Elizabeth; others arc off interest in relation to the RevolY- tion. the War of 1912. and the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-05
They All Do.

was up in New York recently on business. says Frank Abelson eand stopped at Forty-second street to get a home paper from the news wagon winch carries out-of-town papers. and was surprised when the bright-eyed sharp-witted little newsy said Hey uoii none or you Birmingham fellows ever stay to homer I was so amused asked What makes you say that. ohiy to be told, For de reason I sells more Age-Heralds dan any other pa. pers'
 was tickled to know that he looks upon Birmingham as a good town,'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-05
Was a Scorcl,er

sunday was a scorcher," said Desk sergeant z F. Hollums. Tt was that Kind of weather that is very discom- loftapie. There was some breeze, but It was not very refreshing.
 Parks were in great demand dur ing the day. East Lake, Edgewood and West Lake were damned with, persons who were seeking a cool place TO while away the day. Automobile traffic on some of the main driveways was some tning immense. I would like to know how many gallons of gasoline were used during the day"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-05

From the New York Triburs.
 TN Chambers Journal, Henry F.. Ban
 nard tries to give us a picture of the 0 daily life of Shakespeare in London in 1891. Then Shakespeare was workins for Burbage's Theatre in Moorfields. He had to live near his theatre. Afterward' at least. we know that he had lodgings at the corner of Silver street, off Cheapsloe. In those days simple was the Lonooh b, eakfast It was merely beef and bacon with ale People got up early. The am ner hour was somewhere around Il a. m' The theatre opened at p. m. Presumably Shakespeare working hours were be- tween breakfast and 3 o'clock.
 Still he had a lot of other things to dc. Besides laboring on his plays ana poems, calling on the Earl of Southamp- ton taking lessons in French or Italian from good old John Florio. in Shoe Lane, he had a certain amount of business to transact. We may see him or imagine that we see him. sharpening his natural lv keen business wits by talk with Hens- lowe, either at the growing fabric of the Pose Theatre or at his dyeing or pawn broking establishments at Southwark. By II, if he was punctual, The was rack as his lodgings for the substantial mio- day dinner of meat and ale with pie or pudding, as was general among the ousi- ness classes How did Shakespeare, how did the Elizabethan and Jacobean drama' flower under such unhappy, base and wet conditions? If there are to be any Amer ican Shakespeares, they will have the ad- vantage of avoiding Shakespeare's error.
 Was there anything but taverns in that wicked London? The very names of them are delight to the unrepentant wicked of this age, so far as they have been at- lowed to survive. The Mermaid in Bread street we all know. The Boars Head, Eastcheap, is where we would still Ike 10 go with Fat Jack. The Mitre in Holporn'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-05
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
 AND ELSEWHERE
Has One on Us

Efds Onc on US
 One thing that certainly is in the favor of Memphis as compared with Birmingham" says Frank E. Butler, and thing which should be an in- spiration to us, is that she, with a smaller population than the Magic city has a courthouse that cost be- tween Si,oOO,00O and sS,OO0,OOo some years ago, and that she is building, not talking about building, an auditorium Tor the offices of the city officials. The city authorities are now renting office space from the county in the court house.
 She also has the most extensive system of parks. She has a beautiful park in the very center of the business district, and much larger one up the river. One municipal park contains a complete golf course and large zoo<'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-05
TN THE "GOOD OLD DAYS"

of this. and to do a cetrain belated justice to the sender of the letter. who perhaps is now dead and gone, we append the fol- lowing extract from the inclosure which we were asked in 1887 to reprint. but which, for some reason or other, never saw the light The clipping was in the nature of a communication to the Omaha Bee, and said in part:
 "A section hand can go right to work without any previous experience and get his 10 a day, or perhaps sl 9, with no responsibility upon his shoulders what ever; and when o'clock comes he is his own boss until the next morning at o'clock All his Sundays are his own. But how different with the operator; ex- actly the reverse. He has to work at some lone night office at s25 or 80 per month, or as helper to some agent at per- haps $15 per month. If he doesn't do this or that, there are plenty of men ready to jump at his place like pickerel at a frog"
 An eleven-hour day and a wage of $1 IS for unskilled labor! This thirty-three years ago this coming August. Verify the world do move!
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-05
HANDsHAKING
rom the Home Sector.

From the Home sector. Our democratic army drew into it one youth of wealth and social stand ing who. by irony of fate, drew K. F. as his first detail. People came to visit him were asotounded to find their elite friend at such an humble chore. and in quired how it was possible for one of his position to be engaged in such mem
 al duties.
 "oh, don't know" replied the ei.s one nonchalantly, reaching for anot er spud. Influence. l suppose; influenc [
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-05
Distinct Loss to
 the Sanitary World

M LTHoUGH Maj. Gen. W. C.. S N Gorgas, former surgeon gen.
 eral of the United States army, re- tired, who died Saturday, was not advanced in age, there was up to few weeks ago promise of active
 work in his special field of operations for some time to come.
 | General Gorgas was born in Mobile,
 but the greater part of his young manhood was spent in Tuscaloosa county. Few students of medicine enjoyed finer advantages than the Alabama boy, who was destined to become not only famous throughout America, but whose achievements
 were to become worldwide. Dr. Gorgas was appointed assistant surgeon of the United States army in 1880, and rose by the usual steps until he attracted the attention of higher officers and sanitary spec :sts. He made reputation in applied methods of combating yellow 1-ever in Havana. By special act of Cor --~ess he was promoted to the rank q colonel assist ant surgeon general. Shortly after wards he was advanced to the rank of brigaaier general.
 In 1904 he was made chief saA sary officer of the Panania canal, ani three years later member of the Panama commission.
 General Goethals was the engineer of the canal and performed notable feat in constructing the stupendous work. but it was Gorgas who made living conditions in the canal zone tolerable. It was he who drove out the mosquito and made the canal as habitable as if it were in the tenn perate zone.
 Institutions of learning and scien- tific bodies showered honors upon him. and he soon became in demand in fever-ridden sections of this and foreign countries. He visited South Africa at the request of Great Britain and succeeded in a few months in. cleaning up that pestilential colony.
 General Gorgas was noted for his modesty and his quiet bearing. What he did he did without ostentation.
 His scientific undertaking seemed so easily accomplished that the pub lie marveled at the simplicity of it all. But he did whatever no one else had ever done, or certainly done so well.
 Had General Gorgas been spared to a ripe old age, no telling what more hs might have done for humanity. Savants there has been, but in recent years has any surgeon laid civiliza- tion under such obligations to it as our great, quiet-working, high minded
 Alabamian?
 * *
 It is safe to assume that the late Gen eral Gorgas. an Alabamian whom the world honors. saved more human lives than any other man who ever lived. E * E
 That young Irishman who catches all |ligators bare-handed in the Florida ever glades earns a princely income. even though he may not get it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-05
Aa.1zIlMaAas,1I1
DESPERATION

From the Boston Transcript.
 Advertisement-W an e d, modern house, flat, garage or barn to live in No objection to living over henhouse if the roosters are equipped with Max i'm siiencers.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-05
TELEPHONE
Some kinds of business
Some of the Reasons
 Why Living Is High

Some of the Reasons
 Why Living Is High q TATISTICS compiled by the treas ury department show that the American people spend $8,710,0o0,0 ,000 annually for luxur.es. Not one dol lar of this huge sum buys necessities; it Ill goes for what our thrifty fore fl thers would have regarded as "foolL ishness."
 Heading the list is tobacco, which comes nearer being necessity, per haps, than any other item. We spend $2,110,0 ,O00, each year for the soothing weed in its various forms, including $S0O,OOO,OOO for cigarettes, the same amount for snuff and loose tobacco, and $51O,000,0 for cigars. For motor cars and parts, $2,000,000 year is spent, which seems conserv- stive when we are trying to cross a crowded street and leaping briskly for our lives. At such a moment we arc inclined to believe that most of the loose change in America is in- vested in automobiles.
 Catering to the nations sweet tooth costs S1,000, ,000,000 year, but then 1t is gratifying to know that candy wrscks no homes, though it may play havoc with the digestion, and it causes no married men to neglect heir wives and children Neither does it lead to unseemly brawls, fisti- 8ffs and harsh vituperation.
 The large number of wads parked" under movie seats may be held re- sponsible for a yearly expenditure of S50,000,000 for chewing gum. It is possible to speak a good word for chewing gum. It has not advanced in p1.ee.
 Soft drinks cost $35o, o,oo0,0OO a year; perfpmery and cosmetics $780, GOO, 1000; carpets and fine clothing !, ,G06, ,og0, ,vJ0; toilet soaps $400, ,000,- 900; pianos, organs and phonographs $25o, 100000.
 The moral of the nations "luxury list" is obvious. Enormous factories, immense capital and thousands of em- ployes are producing luxuries while there is shortage of necessities. The se5.ilt is that necessities, so far as prices are concerned, become luxuries. The high cost of living has powerful ally in national extravaganza.
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 .Alabama Farmers
 Do Their Own Work lE MIGRATION of the black man A from Alabama farms has not been an unmixed evil. Good has also come of it.
 Alabama farms are now titled by the owners.
 To this change may be credited the almost phenomenal recovery from the adverse conditions due to late planting. In his review of the im- proved conditions, Field Agent F.. w. Gist says:
 In the southern part of the state
 where most of the farmers are
 owner operators. while the start
 was late and made under unfav-
 orable conditions. the present
 status of practically all crops is
 satisfactory.
 Of the black belt he says:
 Most of the farming this season
 is being done under the share sys-
 tenn, very few wage hands hay ing been available. This fact has
 been of advantage in inducing the
 personal application of tenants to
 their fields. Of still another section he observes:
 In the hill sections of middle
 Alabama, also farmed by owners of
 the land. conditions have come out of an unfavorable beginning into fair shape at present.
 And he makes this significant com ment:
 Some complaint still comes of
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-05
WOODED

From the sun and New York Herald.
 Juliet came out on the balcony.
 T am the original porch campaign CT" she boasted.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-05
FRAcMENTARY BLUE

By Robert Frost Why make so much of fragmentaTy blue In here and there bird or butterfiy,s Or flower. or wearing-stone, 9s ope N
 eye, t4 When Leaven presents in sheets thsSl
 solll hue? Since earth is earth, perhapa not
 heaven Gas yet)- Though some savan.s mako earth in-
 clude the sky, And blue so far above us comes so
 high. K only gives our wish for blue | whet.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-05
THE NAME, AMERICA

was democratic and Copernician from its first national consciousness.
 With this Copernican consciousness of the old cosmography and in some darker provincial of the continents, for Asia and Africa, as well as Europe, still remember the old cosmography and in some darker regions still cling to it.
 And as the new world continent should be the least provincial, so should those for whom the United States has appro- priated the name Americans be the most strongly 'universe-minded' of all the in habitants of this continent"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-05

ashington Bureau. 800 Davidson 5i ding.
 european Bureau, 10 King street. COrent Garden, London, w. C. Z.
 Eastern business office, World building, New York city; western busi- ness office. Tribune building, Chl- cago. The S. c. Beckwith Special Agency, agents for foreign advertising.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-05
Member of tbe Associated Press

The Age-Herald is che only morning end Sunday newspaper in Birming nam carrying the Associated Press dis- patches.
 The Associated Press is exclusively emitted to the use for publication of all news dispatches credited to IL or not otherwise credited in this paper and aso/ the local news publlsne therein.
 All rights of republication of special dispatches herein are also reserved. ~~~-~>~O>~~-~~~-~-~ -~-~~-~~~~O~~~-~~~-0~o~0-
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 all departmentsD Main 49OO Some kinds of business Age nobly undergonej and most poor
 matters
 0int to rich ends. Tempest.
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-05

The god Dionysius, from gratitude from teacher, Silenus, by Midas, promised to grant whatever the latter might ask. Just think of being tempted in this way. 1 fear that nine out of ten of us would have acted just as did the avarieious King of Phrygia, for it was his wish that every thing he touched would be turned to gold, and in spite of the misfortune which be- fell him. there yet be many who covet the Midas touch.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-05

That young lrishman who catches all ligators bare-handed in the Florida ever
 glades earns a princely income. even
 though he may not get it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-05

If is safe to assume that the late Gen eral Gorgas, an Alabamian whom the world honors. saved more human lives than any other man who ever lived.
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1920-09-09
High School
To Open

Beershepa springs, Tenn, Aug
ust 81. An invitation to any one
desiring to become a student at
the Beersheba springs high
school, and to grasp the oppor-
tunity, the many advantages the
school will offer, is extended by
the Baajd lkees Of the
sslka 81 6
The schooropens Monday, Sep
tember 6, 1920, and will con-
tinue for nine months. The
course Of study includes the
Grammar and High school course
as outlined BY the State Beard of
Education, up to the 18th, grade.
The last two High school grades
will be added next year The
State Adopted text books will
be used.
The school will be conducted
this year in the building of the
Beersheba Springs Hotel. The
hotel parlors and the adjoining
rooms are to be used for class
rooms, and any necessary portion
of the building for Dormatory
purposes. The Hotel Library is
to be at the disposal of the
school. The ball room will be
equipped as gymnasium, and
special attention will be gwen to
athletics and physi ;al training.
The faculty will, until further
additions are made necessary by
the growth of the school consist
of the following teachers:
Prof. S. d. Maddox, B. S. Pea
body College. Principal. Prof.
X. Il. Landers, John Sneed Semi
nary. intermediate Teacher.
Miss Lovina Hopper, Primary
Teacher.
County school funds, Methodist
Centenary funds, and private do.
nations furnish the financial
backing. The tuition is free,
and only very nominal sum
will be asked for board of those
| students who wish to board al
the hotel. lighthouse keeping
arrangements may also be made.
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1920-09-09
ANNOUNCES FOR MAYOR

"Rat-Snap Beats the Trap Ever
/. Made" Mrs. Emily Shaws Says.
t'My husband bought SO trap
| bought a SOC box of RAT-SNAP
The trap only cought 3 rats but
RAT.SNAP killed IL in a week.
I'm never with out RAT-SNAP.
Reckon | couldn't raise chicks
without it. J" RAT-SNAP comes
in cakes Three sizes, 35c, 65c and
$1.25 Sold and guaranteed by
Doris & Cheek and the New
York Stores Tracy City Tenn.
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1920-09-09

Nice Line of Watches, Jewelry,
Rings, Cuff, Links, etc. at the
City Drug Store.
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1920-09-09


Those seeking further infor,
nation are asked to write to any
member of the Board Of Trus-
tees:
Rev. s. A. Hopper, Chairman,
Coalmont, Tenn.
Mrs. Il. 2. Ritzius, Sect. Beer
sheba Springs, Tenn.
Marvin Brown, Beersheba
Springs. Tenn.
Lawson, Hill, Tarlton Tenn.
|. B. Northcutt, Altamont
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1920-09-09

Bee Hall, wife aad children,
spent Monday in Palmer.
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1920-09-09

chancery Sale Of Valu-
able Beersheba Springs
Property
Bep Earls, and wife Hilda Earls,
Nimrod eagle, ct ais.
No. 1924.
n chancery at Altamont,
Tennessee.

l. gssS 81 z =. - : s2~Ss
.RxSistue of d decree of the
| Honorable pChancery gonrt at
Altamont, Tennessee, at the
May term there of, 1920, 1 will
on, Tuesday September the 21st,
1920, within legal hours, and be-
fore the west door Of the Court
house in Altamont Tennessee,
offer for sale, and sell to the
highest and best bidder the fol-
lowing described Real Estate,
situated in Beersheba Springs
Tennessee, and is known as the
B. s. eagle Home place, where
he resided for many years, and
where he died, including about.
seven acres of land dwelling or
mansion house, a Barn, and
other out houses, and near the
Beersheba Springs Hotel; said
lot is bounded on the north by
Turner, and Mitchell, on the
South by the Fannie Thompson
cottage property on the East by
the Altamont, and Beersheba
Springs road, and on the west by
another road. Terms of Sale:
On credit of six and twelve
months, except the sum of two
hundred and fifty dollars,
($250.00) will be required to be
paid III cash on day of sale;
notes will draw interest from
date of sale until paid.
This August 81, 1920.
John Scruges, @. & M.
John L. Willis, Sol.
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Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1920-09-09

Tenn.
An earnest and cordial invi-
tatlon is extended to students to
accept this unusual opportunity.
County teachers are also cordially
invited to come after the closing
Of the County Schools.
Mrs. II. 2. Ritzius, Sect. &
Tres.
School Board of Trustees.
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1920-09-09
Teachers Examination.

u County Teachers Examination
Will be held at the College Fri
day and saturday.
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1920-09-09
MRS. GRUNDY
Grundy.
formerly Tracy City News.)

Entered in the postoff1ce at Tracy
City, Tenn, as second class mail
matter.
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1920-09-09
Foreign Advertising Representative
THE AMERICAN PRESS
Announcements
All announcements for public
Office must be cash in ADVANCE
Our rates are reasonable.
FOR SENATOR.

KING--We are authorized to
announce the name of Thos. j.
King as candidate for State
Senator from the 18th Senatorial
district composed Of the counties
of Franklin, Warren, Marion and
Grundy, subject to the action of
the Democratic party.
ANNOUNCES FOR MAYOR
We are authorized to announce
the name of Frank Harris as a
candidate for Mayor of the Town.
0fTracy City subject to the will
of the people. Election in Sep
TENDER
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1920-09-09

Seats Grand Stand Free to the Public all Days Except Saturday
ICED rates Railroads. No advance price Of admission
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-01-11
Tanning Mg Husband
By k ATHLEEN FOX

when ! like. sir" l said, dcriantly, because I felt it would be cowardlv not to say it. And I went.
 John drove up with the car just as l was dismounting. Crittenden and l went into the house together. l was determines that he should not isst crfere. with my personal liberty. He opened the door for mo, hay ing barely grunted a "hcllo," and after hanging up his coat and hat went upstairs. He did not say a word about me having dsobcyed him, and I don't know yet why he did not.
 The unusual thing with us now was when we were civil toward each other. This happened only when we had company. It was rare that we went out together, and we long since had discontinued our tele- phone conversations in the fore noon. Rather he had discontinued calling me up. I had not lunched with him down town for weeks. If he took me to the theater, he would say suddenly after dinner: Eve tickets for tonight. If you want to go, all right; if you don't, stay at home." A very pleasant invitation! But I always went for the sake of appearances. Nearly every time we went to the theater we saw friends, and I knew it would strike them as odd to see Crittendcn there withaut me.
 And so we went on and on, our ship of happiness rudderless, al- most derelict, it's crew divided, mutionus, or perhaps l should say its captain mad and caring nothing for his cargo. It saddened me that we were deep in the drift for knew we could be as good sailors as ever fared forth. Yet-I did not want any one but Crittenden to be captain!