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The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-11
TOWN HAS TwO-DAY SPREE

From the New York World. Defiance, Ia.-This town is recovefl ing from a spree-a real spree thai lasted two days and nights. Lasl Thursday there was railway wreck It was right at the station.
 Two oil tank cars were so badly smashed that the contents of the tanks started leaking. When the perfume be. gan to fill the atmosphere. there was g grand rush for the depot. Then it was found the oil cars were laden with Cal. ifornia wine, and the wine was pouring from half a hufdred spread ssams and broken rivet holes.
 Each tank car was marked capacity
 90.000 gallons" and each tank wa! filled to capacity. It was part of tho government stock of port wine being moved from San Francisco to New York
 The bucket brigade gathered. Buck cts gave out; tin cups, dish pans, wasf tubs, anything and everything tha would hold wine was commandecred When the home supply gave out. tn. people rushed to the stores to bay m ore The stores were deserted: the clerk. were all at the station. The tank cars marked capacity 90., 900 gallons" are still at the statior. bu the inside of the tanks is as dry .. Sahara.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-11

rested because he had no license, and was brought before the ordinary Gudge Of probate), and how things looked mighty dark to him as he couldn't speak word of English and had no friends in all America, or at least he thought he had none, when a kind-hearted sheriff came to the rescue and took him into his home and gave him a license and stood by him until he got on his feet.
 In few years, like many of his en- terprising race, he had worked and saved, and had a store of his own, and became a prosperous business man in the town in which he was arrested for trying to do business without a license. I read a magazine story some years back telling of the unsuitable ambition of Russian Jews to get along in the new world. and how they had toiled and saved to estab- fish themselves in the community. It was this indomitable spirit which made Louis Pizitz turn his back once more on his home and start all over again in a new place.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-11

in a place where crocodiles are at home
 Nothing was more simple. Ill the ;n- terior of his palace the ruler caused to
 be constructed a large tank or basin.
 which he kept filled with water. Then
 he took several teak logs. which he had
 bored with holes, and Into these holes
 he put his specie reserve 0: gold and
 silver The holes were closed up and
 the -iogs put into the tank.
 Then some crocodiles of the largest
 and fiercest description were installed in the tank and maintained there-not being fed, however, with such super
 fluity as to interfere with their natural ferocity. Any person who should. un- dertake to reach the treasure laden logs would surely be eatan by the CT cIocodiles And any one who should undertake tc put the saurians out of the way would have to make, noise enough to attract the attention of the human uaIds and 'of the ruler himself, for he, by Annam custom, is required to remain very closely in his palace.
 At any rate, the r~ Va; crocodile treas ury has never been robbed-and it can not hurn
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-11

tion between the merchant and the consumer has been established.
 Some merchants were restive under the attitude of the purchasing public in the early spring, but these mer- chants gradually realized that the consumer knows nothing about the broker, the wholesaler, or the maau- facturer, and that his sole refuge is the reduction of his retail purchas- ing. Once this underlying trade psy- chology was absorbed by the retailers, they acted on it with the happy re- suits that May and June brought forth and that are extending into July.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-11
LUKE M,LuKE SAYS

If the price of perfume keeps on
 going up some people will have to
 start in and rely on plain soap and
 water, like the rest of us. Many man who used to be proud
 of the crash towel that hung on the
 back of the kitchen door now has a $5,000 bathroom in his home. A hard rain on Monday after she
 gets the wash out on the line will make a woman forget that she went to church three times on Sunday. A female writer complains about the way amateur mothers raise children. Does a woman have to have ten or fifteen to be professional? About the only time daughter thinks of brushing mothers hair for her is when daughter is going our
 and wants to wear mothers hair her Iself.
 If the church people ever get to- gether on religion the way they did on prohibition. this would be better world. The hammock season doesn't do a corn fed girl much good. It is safer to stick to a rocker on the front porch. The old fashioned woman who wore hustle now has a granddaughter who pretends that the 1920 models are not built that way.
 Any time you get yourself in bad
 most people do not have to know any
 thing about the case in order to be
 prejudiced.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-11
Better Off in South
 Than in the East.
Henry ".

5O BIRMINGHAM again makes it's lO bow to the industrial universe and demonstrates it's storm weather ing capacity.
 After. nearly three weeks of the coal car priority order although there have been and still are distressed op- eratiof1s, a review shows the under lying iron and steel industries mag nificently riding the storm. They labor and strain, but they have not stopped nor floundered.
 The four great southern pipe foun- dries, consumers of twelve hundred tens of pig iron daily, resumed after the Fourth of July holidays. Not one machine shop was forced to shut down. A new>steel works began op- erations. The June production of pig iron was the largest of this year, and the largest in more than two years.
 Thanks to the propinquity of raw materials, which renders their as- semblage little more than matter of switching, no blast furnace either banked or blew out
 If coal sells in Birmingham at eight dollars, it retails in Pittsburg at six teen dollars. If furnace companies in Birmingham are paying as high as ten dollars for coke, eastern furnaces are paying sixteen dollars. the gov ernment is paying eighteen dollars ir the east for spot coal for bunkerage purposes.
 If Alabama furnaces placed thirty thousand tons of pig iron on yards last month because the railroads failed to move it., there are hundreds of thousands of tons of finished iror and steel products lying on side tracks in the congested district from Pittsburg to Chicago and from Chi cago to New York.
 Men who have been asquiring head aches by worrying over the ills From which we suffer in the Alabama in dustrial field will sidetrack that ail- ment if they will survey the worse handicaps under which other indus trial districts are laboring.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-11
Likes Cobb.

The writings of Irwin Cobb during the recent democratic and republican conventions was the cleverest 1 ever read" says F. J. Rowe, "and that was one of the first things I looked for when I got my Age-Herald every morning Cobb has so much original ity and is witty as can be, having a style all his own. I noticed that many style, but this cannot be done, as there is only one Irwin Cobb. The Age Herald was most fortunate in secur- ing this humorist and his articles af- of the paper"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-11

No brass band heralded his coming td Birmingham twenty-one years ago. Hd began in a small way in store on First avenue, but soqp moved to what is nov| known as "The Busy Corner,' where hid store has grown and grown until ere Iona it will be one of the show mercantile Sesi tablishments of the city It's a long cryl from pack filled with Boston jewelry to the head of millon-dollar corpora tion, and yet none who know the ascend of Louis Pizitz will grudge his successI for he has not eaten his loaf alone, bud has shared it with the needy without regard to race, color or creed.
 And now, after thirty years, having g made fortune, he, with his family. id going back to Europe, and will visit Eng land, France. Belgium, Germany and Poland, and am sure that there will be hundreds who read this who will joir| me in the wish that his vacation will bring him joy and that he will return in health to continue his public services in this community.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-11
OVERLAND

M. Letitia Socket. in Asia for July. Ancient trade routes of the East". Dry as dust the title ran.
 But the magic of the past Travels with the caravan. W Day by day the brazen sun: Night by night the purple sky
 Powdered thick with burning staros Still the caravan moves by. Up from Ethopia's sands
 Trudges slow the laden file.
 Bearing ivory and gold
 From the lapds beyond the NilA fyrian scarlet, cedar wood
 Cunningly inwrought by hand; Spikenard. cassia. aloes, myrrh. Bound for distant Samarkand. Purple niEhts and burning stars. Arid sandp and brazen day:
 Stilf the cAravan moves on
 Journeyiag to far Cathay.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-11
Good Dixcernment

From the looks of the city, Bir- mingham is planning to give the war veterans of the Rainbow division a rousing welcome al their first reun- ion here next week." says J. T. John- son, of Chicago. 'We~have all heard much of the wonderful hospitality of that I expect to remain over next week, Birmingham is a larger city than anticipated and has all the aspects of metropolitan center With its na- tural resources, it bids fair To become the metropolis of the south within the next few years"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-11
Georgia's Utopia

'I once lived in Birmingham" says F. G. Birdsong, but for some years I have made baGrange, Ga., my home and it certainly is a growing little city. The 1920 census showed that it had increased POS per cent. it now hay ing over 1000 inhabitants.
 For years there were two powerful and influential factions in the town. but the war brought them together. Since then they have pulled together and IaGrange is going forward by leaps and bounds. Recently quarter of million dollars was subscribed for the LaGrange Female College. Meth odist institution. The Baptists gave ss2.006 for the s75,0Oo,OOO campaign without getting up out of their seats one Sunday morning and came to the night service and pledged sSo.000 more for new church building.
 'JaGrange has eight cotton mills and none of them have ever had to put up Help Wanted sign. This comes about from the fact that the opera tives are treated right in every way. They have good schools, comfortable homes and proper amusements."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-11
IN HOTEL EC8BJES
 AND ELSEWH ERE
..Throw Him. Corn.v

Showing the wit of young boy, I saw a funny incident while on my way home the other afternoon says John P. Mccoy. assistant solicitor. "A man who had been embiding too freely in white lightning was going down the street webbing from one side to the other. Three small boys were fol- lowing him and one youngster kept saying, Throw him old corn. Judg- irrg from his appearance I think old caIn had him, and the boys apparently were going to see just where it would lead him"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-11

From the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
 GT1HE world knows what the American
 marines did at Belleau wood. The
 S soldiers of the sea won the undying glory of being the first Americans to strike really effective blow in the great war. At Belleau the marines were off their job" It was not for such work that the marine corps was created. But there was fighting to be done, and the marines, who are fighters, did it.
 Much glory and innumerable decorations have come to the marine corps for it's part in the world struggle. Now the corps is back at it's old work again. Wherever there is trouble you will find the marines.
 There was trouble in Haiti last fall A brigand named Charlemagne Peralte was running amuck Running amuck is con trary to American rules, and American rules of conduct are supposed to prevail in Haiti A mere handful of marines,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-11
IN A VERY LITTLE WAR

darkly disguised as Haitian natives, set forth to<get Peralte. They got him.
 The story of the exploit is thrilling. But
 no one read the story, for it was very small and insignificant war that the
 marines won. They took the risk as glad
 ly as did the men of Belleau wood whu had the eyes of the world focused on their
 heroism. The story would not have been
 known at all had it not been for the presentation of the congressional medal of
 honor to the lieutenant and the corporal who commanded the army"
 Surely these men merited the reward. A man has but one life to give, and to risk | it in an Haitian jungle is quite as heroic as risking it on a battlefield of world
 conflict. Perhaps Belleau was needed to bring home to Americans the splendid spirit of the marines. For in his every day drudgery of fighting here and there as occasion demands the marine gets very little advertising.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-11
Leaves Marion

T am just recovering from an at-
 tack of appendicitis" says Maj E. B. Clarkson who recently resigned as
 athletic director of the Marion Milf tary Institute after four years service. T have accepted the position as coach at the Virginia Military Instl-
 tute of which I am an alumni hav- ing graduated in the class with Ebert
 Jemison, Frank Cunningham and sev- eral other Birmingham men. While
 Virginia is my native state, I have greatly enjoyed my work in Alabama.''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-11
TWO OF A KIND.

 Where's the old-fashioned man wh, said nobody would ever fly across th' Atlantic?'
 Gone to join the dodo, guess. Blu met one of his descendants the othe day"
 What did he have to say?" He predicted that the corner gro shop would come back
 CAMPAIGN NOISES Ere long the loud spellbinder Will journey through tffe land: But if the choice were left to me. I'd rather hear band For while the horns are praying, I rest me well content. Because I know it's hard just then To start an argument. Some people deem spellbinding Among life's greatest joys; It merely seems to me to be A. different kind of noise From that which comes outpouring From many brazen throats; And just, about as useful, too, In rounding up the sates. PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-11
Splendid Business Done
 By Retail Merchants.

MM ERcHANTs of Birmingham XVII report an excellent business during May and June, and they agree that July prospects are well up to the mark set by it's two predecessors.
 The volume of business in the de- partment stores has been phenome- nal. It has gone far ahead of the early months of the year. There have been days and even weeks resem- bling holiday purchasing periods.
 What is best about this healthy state of mercantile affairs is the man. ner in which the merchants of Bir- mingham brought it about. Sensing early the necessity of adjusting busi- ness to the more sober state of mind of the purchaser, they went over their stocks and made survey of What concessions they could afford.
 Tnese concessions were advertised. The canny buyers of Birmingham weighed and balanced them, found them good and out came the pocket ] books of the masses. Goods lefl shelves and merchants paid their bills.
 Margins of profits were shaved, i but the volume of business done large ly compensated for the lower prizes. Greatest of all, more cordial rela-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-11
FOR sAEErY,s SAKE

From the American Legion Weekly.
 Dear God" prayed golden haired little Willie. splease watch over my mamma" N
 And then he added as anI after thought: And dunno as it would do any harm to keep an eye on the old man. too"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-11

help of any charitable agency. Not long since a young woman connected with the city welfare department dis guised herself and proved how easy it is for professional beggars to in vest money in stocks, bonds and real estate at the expense of their sympa- thetic dupes.
 Afflicted humanity deserves every consideration. but when deformities are capitalized and pay large returns, the people guilty of such practices are the worst kind of parasites. The city authorities should take ;mmo- diate steps to rid Birmingham of such undesirable characters. They should be invited to go while the go- ing~is good. l The wool hat boys" of the "solid south will discount the fact that Cover nor Cox has a private swinfmingypool in his home Besides, it's small pool and not the kind eastern malefactors of great wealth have in their palaces. f 4 < l The Friends of Irish Freedom needn't think Congress will appoint an investi- gating committee-ro find out what be- came of the money raised in this coun- try for the Irish republic" Congress has troubles enough already. # # x | At last a site for Birmingham's audi torium has been chosen. After the audi torium is built. one of the first grand opera stars to be heard in it will be a fat Italian tenor. who sings so gloriousiy you forget how he looks. l # # * republican contemporary insinuates that about all Franklin D, Roosevelt has ever done was to play second fiddle to Josephus Daniels. There are times when playing second fiddle is no sinecure l xN # # | If Governor Cox adopts whirlwind cam paign methods, Harding may be forced to get off his front porch and follow suit to the best of his ability x * Have the hard-hearted allies stopped to consider what is to become of Ger manys army officers. if there are not enough jobs to go around? i 4, # x l One of the few disagreeable features of Carpenters visit to America was the rayment to Uncle Sam of per cent of his earnings.
 Another revolution is reported to have broken out in Mexico Though dead ana buried, Carranza seems to be march ing on.
 Tomorrow come the Rainbow" heroes Let not one restaurant proprietor or hotel keeper advance prices, on peril of his life
 # # #
 MT. Bryan continues to stand apart and think gloomy thoughts So far as we are able to see, he isn't glad, of anything. | x f # That Leg of Nations number in a New York girl show is just another H. lustratior of Anglo-saxon supremacy
 
 is over may vote for Franklin D. Roose- welt, thinking he's Teddy"
 j. X *
 While a man may live.to be 100 years old by drinking buttermilk. in the last analysis, what's the use?
 Germany's representatives at Spa lifted the chalce, glanced at Lloyd George and drained it to the dregs.
 # # #
 The, success of the Elks' convention in Chicago creates a suspicion that there v was leak somewhere. + # *
 All the congratuatory telegrams have been delivered, but the conferences are just beginning x. * #
 The republicans are facing a shortage of campaign thunder. . i
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-11
Beneficial Kick

There is a popular fallacy that soft drinks are taken to quench thirst remarks John c. Henley publisher and civic worker. This is not entirely correct. I have noticed that the soft drink habit has increased very greatly in recent years. and as I am in the habit of taking half dozen or more a day I got interested in the question and took some trouble to learn the cause.
 Tt is true that soft drinks apI parently quench thirst. but there is a cause for it. I ran across lecture printed in medical journal. The lec- turer said that when people became heated they became fatigued and that fatigue calls for a stimulant Soft drinks, contain a certain amount of sugar which, through chemical action when placed in the drink. becomes what is called invert sugar, highly .nourishing food. h. vert sugar aids digestion. As soon as the drink reaches the stomach the sugar is carried immediately into the blood vessels and there is an instan- taneous feeling of exhiliration caused by the food properties furnishing ad- ditional energy.
 And therein lies the explanation of the apparent quenching of thirst fol- lowing the taking of soft drink. At i least that is the explanation given by the medical expert"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-11
BENEATH THEM.

BENEATH THEM. ''The shopladies of this department store are naughty creatures"
 "So they are, but if you want to see one of them exhibit extreme hauteur, just ask her if she'd care to attend a dafice given by the employees of five and-ten-cent store.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-11
Member of tle A.sociated Pres.

The Age-Herald is the only morning End Sunday newspaper in Birmingham carrying the Associated Press dis patches.
 The Associated Press is exclusively emitted to the use for publication or sn news dispatches credited to 1t or not otherwise credited in this paper and also the local news published therein.
 All rights of republication of special dispatches herein are also reserved.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-11
A REMINDER.

A REMINDER. Wintry winds were blowing, Frost was in the air, People were bestowing
 Most exceeding care On the furnace, piling
 Coal into it's nav, Wishing they could smite a Dealer on his jaw. One heard much complaining Bout the water pipes,~ Others were declaring
 Plumbers should wear stripes" Then we talked of freezes, Then we looked for snow. Holy smoke, And that was Just six months ago.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-11
AN ECONOMICAL KENTUCKIAN

From the Fulton WireIess.
 MT. Louis Burke is another one of our economical citizens. In order to be saving with the batteries he caught . large number of lightning bugs and put them in bottle and is using it for a flashlight.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-11
VIEWING WITH ALARM.

VIEWING WITH ALARM.
 What to do, what to do7" muttered MT. Cobbles.
 Are you in trouble?" asked neigh bor.
 l"I am that. I've been readin' in tn newspapers about what we farmers have got to do to keep tn people of this country from starvin to death. 'Cordin to some figures I've jotted down on tn back of this envelope, I'll have to feed not less than 5000 next winter OUT FOR A LARK.
 Hang tn expense Gimme another one O them chocolate sodys," said the rura visitor.
 Aren't you "a bit extravagant?" asked
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-11
netter Look

Everyone ould look twice, then look again. before crossing any of the downtown streets, or any of the paved roadways around Birmingham" says Carl Brown.
 "The city at the present time has not enough motorcycle men to catch all of the speeders and reckless drivers. But at the same time the situation can be greatly improved if the people will only watch where they are going. and will not get into such a big hurry that they will dart across the middle of crowd ed street."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-11

Go thy was, old Jack; die when thou wilt if manhood, good manhood. he not forgot upon the face of the earth, then am l shotten herring.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-11
IGNORED.

well, Senator Snortsworthy was not drafted for the presidential nomination. '
 No The senator feels rather down. hearted. He wasn't even asked to fill out n cuestionnaire. ].
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-11
ADRTFT WITH THE TIMES

Nope. I've heard city fellers tai about that 'dark-brown' taste. an I ain goin' home till I get one"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-11

Washington Bureau. 800 Davidson building.
 European Bureau, 10 King street, Covent Garden, London, w. (. /.
 Eastern business office, World building, New York city; western busi- ness office, Tribune building, Chi- cago The s. C. Beekwith Special Agency. agents for foreign advertising.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-11
.But q fellow can't eat old food. |"

'But a feIIow can't eat old food.
 Sure he can. I got hold of some corned beef the other day that must have survived the Spanish-American war"