The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-06-07


 season. September corn is quoted on the exchange at $1.60.
 The Alaban.. farmer who diversi- fies is assured of results.
 # # # Many Accusers of the
 Wandering Canine
 JUDGING by the claims that are 0 mounting against the dog tax fund, the Alabama canine that has been allowed to wander where he list eth has been the occasion of more loss and damage than had been dreamed of.
 Stato Auditor Lee, referring to claims for reimbursement for dam ages out of the fund, says:
 "Claims have been filed against the fund covering damages to chick ems, turkeys, mules, sheep, goats, guineapigs and horses"
 The human record compiled at the Pasteur Institute is over and above thls category Of the sufferers from the stray cur.
 The only surprising thing about the dog law is that sensible citizen ship stood so long and patiently for this awful toll of human life and property. In one sense, it has been a tribute to mans tenderness of heart; but, if life permitted the untrammeled exercise of that predisposition, one should not slaughter fallow deer, a Bob White, wild duck. All of these love life as much as dog.
 But the law does not offend the sensibilities Of the lover of dogs. It allows it's full qualification, the only proviso being that this qualification do not extend to the harm of ones neIghbor or what neighbor possesses.
 The dog law should be rigidly en- forced until it's observance becomes automatic. IT, fact, all laws should be so treated.
 houseman employed in the residence of Mrs. Hamilton Fish for four months says he drank up S1O,00O worth of Scotch whisky and stole s25,0oo worth of gems. Yet, there are persons who look down on domestic service.
 The first German newspaper man ad- mtted to Paris since the war has refused an invitation to visit the devastated area. He probably can't bear to witness what the German army was forced to do bv military necessity"
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 Wedding presents have gone up. along with nearly everything else except chew ing gum. The old standby, bon-bon dish. costs more than it used to in the joyous month of June
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 Utterly disregardng the economic pres- sure to which white collar" man is subjected, Senator Smith of Georgia would reduce the Presidents salary to s5o,O0O year.
 s140-a-week mechanic was charged by his wife with non-support Naturally, when mechanic begins to draw a wage of $40 week he turns his attention to the gay life.
 F * * An Illinois professor got marriage license to wed young woman, but forgot to ask her first. She's going to marry an- other man who is not quite so absent minded.
 It is possible for an individual to econ- omize in the use of sugar, but the com piete destruction of his last pair of trous- CTS drives him into the arms of a cloth- ing profiteer
 * ]. x The proposal to make MT. Bryan the star of prohibition photoplay discounts l the popularity of golden curls and male heroes with some claims ot pulchritude. * * * No matter who is elected the next Pres | ident of the United States, he'll probably run the risk of catching pneumonia on inauguration day. | New York has a population of 5,621, ,15l, with possibly 300 people living in the me- tropolis who would be content to live somewhere else. E * * | With all due respect to Obregon and l Gonzales, they may find 1t easier to placate Villa than to take him dead or alive"
 ico just now. would do we'll to provide for a safe exit when his popularity ends | E E E 1 Bolshevism in Russia. which is said to