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The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-14

From the New York Herald. 61HE deaths of Egerton Castle and
 II c. N. Williamson, which occurred
 0 within few recent weeR, re- moved the male halves of the most popular of all literary collaborations between husband, and wife. There were coincidences besides the closeness- of their deaths. Their ages were about the same; Castle was 62, Williamson 61. Both were Enghsnmen. Both went in for science, but abandoned 1t TOT Journalism in their early twenties. Castle served eleven years on the Sat urday Review and became part owner of the Liverpool Mercury. Williamson spent eight years on the Graphic and was the founder of Black and White.
 Popularity was Egerton Castles without the aid of Agnes. She had no hand in 'sThe Light of Scarthey," which he wrote twenty-five years ago. But there is no doubt that she added much to his popularity. Her first literary partnership with him was in ''The Pride of Jennico," published in 1898. Together they wrote The Bath Comedy. which they dramatized with David Belasco under the name or sweet Kitty Bellairs" The list of the Castle books is long and Mrs. Castle was represented in the most profitable and, indeed, the best. For The nope of the House." their last work, IS re- garded more seriously by most revtew- CTS than the novels which preceded ls from the same double pen
 In this country. where both the Castles and the 'Williamsons had their largest audience. Charles Norris Will Hanson probably would have been un- known but for his wife. She, who also is dead was an American Alice Muriel Livingston, a great granddaughter of the chancellor. Before the Williamsons Mr. Williamson had done nothing in the way of book except life of Carlyle. Unlike the case of the Castles here the greater imaginative faculty was on the distaff side. All the
 
 group of motor car novels" which began with "The Lightning Conductor" in 1903. have the woman's touch strongly shown. Mrs. Williamson wrote two novels alone, MT. Williamson wrote none.
 The Castles were very successful be- cause they touched the strings of old romance in a period when the novel reading public yearned for anything that had sword.sa a heart and a noble phrase in it; period that found wei come for even such a wretched noves as 'When Knighthood Was in Flower The Williamsons won their, popularity because they took up with novelty. as the motor car was in 1903, and made it romantic. The public wanted to motor. ever if only in vicarious way, just as it wanted to be romantic, even if only through the printed page. So. the Williamson and the Castle books each filled a popular want of the time
 There have been a good many mar ried collaborators. and it is strange that there have not been more. In com
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-14
UNPREPARED

From London Answera
 At a political meeting in . countr town large audience had assemble to support parliamentary candidate
 During the speech of the candidate man put his head in at tho door an shouted in a loud voice:
 Can anyone here sell mo sixpenny worth of senser'
 The speaker halted. eviAantly quit dumfounded. but the chairman Of tn meeting immediately silencsd the intru der by remarking:
 Yes, but you have nothing to ps it in"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-14

From the PNtsburg Dispatch. Felix Diaz is to be deported fror Mexico for Mexicos good and his own. WORLD IS roo MUCH WITH US. By William Wadsworth. The world is too much with us; lat
 and soon, Getting and spending. we lay waste ou
 powers, Little we see in Nature that is ours: We have given our hearts away, 2 sor
 did boon This sea that bares her bosom to tn
 moon.
 The winds that will be bowling at al
 hours. And are up-gathered now like sleepinl
 flowers; For this. for everything, we are out q
 tune; It moves us notAgreat God! :. II rather be A Pagan suckled in a creed outworn; So might l, standing on this pleasan
 lea. Have sll%Dsss glimpse that would mat. n. 'ss Have sight of Proreus~ rising from th|
 sea; Or hear old Triton blow his ursathel
 horn-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-14
Stable Condition of
 the Pig Iron Market

BIRMINGHAM pig iron has given lO a good account of itself. For more than a year furnace operations have met with no real hindrance. At times there have been difficulties, but all of them have been overcome without banking or blowing out of furnaces. The record is not dupli- cated by any other iron-making dis trict in the country.
 Not only has the manufacture of iron gone forward without interrup- tion, but there has been a strong de- mand for the entire production. Prices have maintained a profitable level. The companies have been en- abled to pay high wages and earn a fair net return.
 At the close of very successful year the Alabama iron industry finds itself especially we'll situated from the standpoint of disposal of product. There are now on yards of furnace companies about 10000 tons of pig iron. This is the smallest yard ac- compilation of which there is any record and compares with an aver age of more than 100000 tons in past years.
 The smIl amount of iron on yards
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-14
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES
NEAR PRoBITY

"A self-made millionaire deliver an impressive address to some of o young business men,"
 What did he talk about7"
 Honesty is the best policy.'- ''Umphl Is he competent to discu that subject?'
 T judge so. He has been inves' gated only twice and both times b lawyers declared, after accepting lar retainers, that, it was an outrage"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-14
The Small Investor

There are lots of small investors who have learned their way to the of- fices of the wel-established and repu- table brokers in bonds and stocks,' said Fucker Agee. Another thing you will notice:- by far the greater num- Der of the recent bond issues have been in denominations of $10o. This lets in any man or woman with $1G0 to these high-class securities. Many of them are responding and the brokers are glad to have then and give them the same attention as they do to the larger investors. The small investor is apt to become large one. you know, and his first $100 is more than apt to be repeated. Yes. the best securities have come close to the people. no mat ter what their means"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-14
NAVY sroCKHoLDERs

From the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
 The Steel Corporation lacks just for weight of having 100, 900 stockholders "a fact which makes it rather hard to refer to it as monopoly
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-14
Doubtful States That
 May Go Democratic

"A HOST of the doubtful states HVll from the republican point of view, such as. the so-called border states, are safely democratic. h. diana and Ohio, claimed by the re- publicans, will probably be won by Governor Cox and even Illinois may possibly be found in the democratic column.
 That Cox will do as we'll in the west as Wilson did four years ago is a reasonable prediction. Certain it is that the democratic outlook k as promising as it was two weeks be- fore the election in 1916.
 If the suffrage vote is puzzling the women have way of viewing ques- tions involving patriotic issues from the right angle. The League of Ma tions is the dominant issue. Not every voter grasps it's meaning clear ly, but the mass of intelligent women are actuated by high ideals and Amer ican sentiment, and will cast their ballots on the right side.
 In the passing years many changes have taken place in campaign meth ods. But one of the old customs has not changed. The two campaign man. agers still give out forecasts and on the Sunday just before November 2 each will make confident claims. If it is chiefly guess work the demo- crats can well afford to be optimistic to the end.
 Until recent, years the New York Herald was an almost unfailing ba, rometer as to how New York state would cast its vote. but there wiD hardly be forecast in that one-time democratic stronghold this year. The probabilities will be centered on H. 'imois, Ohio and the west. An en- frightened public sentiment is moving steadily toward the democratic partv
 A somewhat elaborate theatrical en- tertainment is described in an aavar tisement as marvellous, gorgeous magnificent superb. fascinating. tn- toxicating. giittering. delightful, colos- sal. terrific, impressive" The average press agent still thinks the only way to attrac. patronageNis is to use up all the laudatory adjective in the dic- tionary.
 We wish to set some of our northern contemporaries right. Might riders- who are burning cotton gins in the south do not apply the torch with the rebel yell.
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 What with fighting rats and enter taining tired American tourists, Paris has her hands full.
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 If it was all joke. Rube MarQuard's sense of humor is little too deep for the average fan.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-14
SLIM CHANGE

From the Atlanta Constitution
 Harding is said to be hopeful of mak ing a dent in the solid south; but he ha about as much chance to do so as Parle 1PN NChristensen has to be elected Presi dent.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-14
Gardenaale


 T live just outside of the corporate limits of Birmingham on the Mary Lee road" said F. T. Norris. ~but last week l was up in the Gardendale sec ton and found that most of the farm CTS were busy making sorghum. The yield this year was unusually good and the syrup is extra fine. also found that some were digging their sweet potatoes. as they though it prudent to on account of the recent light front. l vas sorry to learn that the crop was a little below par. The Gardendale dis- trict IS rapidly coming to the front as one of Birmingham's storehouses, for a large amount of produce is brought to it's market"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-14
Talked With Cox

T had the pleasure of listening to Governor Cox in Bowling Green, Ky, last week, and was much impressed with his earnestness." said Charles Sumner, who returned to Birmingham yesterday. "I also had the good fortune to talk with the democratic standard bearer in the hotel after the speaking.
 Governor Cox told me of the splen- did work that Oscar Underwood and Tom Heflin were doing for him. I was in Bowling Green when Heflin spoke. He made a big hit He was at his best, and everybody had words of unstinted praise for him.
 'The tide is certainly turning rapidly to Cox"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-14
X UNDER SUSPICION
From the Chicago News

From the Chlcago News Since MT. Hoover discovered that he was republican he has been trying to
 for him to convince Hiram Johnson.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-14
NOTHING MORE

Twinkle, twinkle, movie star,
 What a lovely thing you are! Bask in glory while you may, / You will not be young for aye. Time, the tyrant, marches on, Soon your radiance will be gone. That will finish you, I fear; Beauty's all your art, my dear.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-14
4GooD WRITERS CANNOT STEAL,

~GOOD WRITERS CANNOT STEAL" E. r. E. in the Boston Transcript.
 Less than a month after the publica- tion of "A Sentimental Journey" Sterne died of consumption at the age of 54. Many years after his death he became the subject of what Professor Saints bury calls "unintelligent censure" for his borrowing from other writers. His chief creditor" says Professor Saints bury. "a case in which there could be no disguise But he was also largely indebted to Burton's Anatomy, a treas- ure which, after being well appreciated for nearly the whole of the seventeenth century, had become one of those neg lected by the eighteenth. And he also conveyed from a host of obscure writers of different times-authors of French fantasie, like the Moyen de Parvenir, Latin canonists and schoolmen, miscel- lanists of all kinds, from whom some thing odd could be obtained. Although there may have been unnecessary mys- tification in his manner of executing these conveyances. it is in his case, as in some if not most others, only those ignorant enough not to suspect or rec ognize the borrowing who will be ill., judging enough to use harsh language about it. As has been often and most justly said, writer of Sterne's genius simply cannot steal-because he cannot help making the stolen things his own in the process He does not kidpan he adopts; and, in adoption, endows what is adopted with his own position and wealth."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-14
NO DISCRIMINATION

You are charged with violating the prohibition law"
 Judge. I'm Kentuckian, sir
 I'm sorry. colonel, but the eighteenth amendment doesn't specify that Ken tuckians are exempt"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-14
JUsT THE THING FoR 4sHOMETrEs

From the Baltimore American.
 The cookette has been invented for the kitchenette. convenience that wifettes will doubtless welcome.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-14
Despite Handicaps

An incident occurred yesterday that attracted quite good deal of attention in local cafe,' said J. D. Russum, coroner-elect. of Jefferson county. ..I went to lunch with two of,my friends and while we were sitting at the table some one mentioned the fact that although three of us were together there wasn't a foot in the crowd. It appears that all three of us are wearing artificial limbs and manage to get about on them un- usually well. w. E. Francis, one of the party is bill clerk in the office of the check clerk of the Louisville and Nash vile railroad, J. R. Goddard is check clerk at the Southern Railway Company, and I am coroner-elect of Jefferson county. Although greatly handicapped, we have managed to forge along and keep at work
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-14
MORNING PRAYER

WURN INo Y FN4k H TIT"
 Give me ease and plenty U coo' n if he thy gracious will. but grant that | may never measure hIe ps what I have, for it is serving ana. mikes me happy. and giving tha' ,n..kes mc rich. Amen.-M. S' II.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-14
REACHING OUT

REACHING OUT S
 "This part of the country contains the 1ynching belt I believe?" re- marked the northern visitor. with 2 slight air of superiority.
 Tt used to-" said Major Biffkins, "ard I won't deny it, but here of late the 1ynching belt has taken in so much new territory some of our worst crimes are committed by what you might call aIl-American mobs."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-14
THE HOUSING SHORTAGE

This is very desirable residene madam said the agent.
 But the location is bad, the rent too high. the plumbing's out of orde repairing and the paint is peeling off
 Madam" said the agent, in injur, tones, you are not expected to notiI any little defects of that sort wht you are contemplating the only vacal house in a town of more than tv hundred thousand people,"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-14
As to Fat Steers


 T greatly enjoyed the fair" says W. S Moughon, Jr. and was, of course, interested in the cattle show, and par ticularly in the fat steer exhibit, which was good as a starter. I think Presi- dent Brown, Secretary Dent and the di- rectors of the Alabama State Fair As- sociation are to be commended on their liberality in the way of premiums, as they set aside quite handsome sum to match the states purse.
 This, in my opinion. is the best way to stimulate the cattle industry in Ala bama. I am for registered stock, but only few can specialize in the pure breeds, but nearly any one can get into the fat steer game by buying a good registered bull. Many of the states are boosting the fat steer idea, as well as some of the cities.
 Nashville is making great prepara- tions for her show in December. was glad to be able to buy twenty-seven of thoses shown at the fair for Armour & Co, and to pay more than the market price for them. in order to encourage the exhibitors. Some of them were beauties on foot, and they looked better when they were hung up in, the box"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-14

Doctors pronounced Mayor Mo Swiney good for another month. We confidently expect to be reading bull letins from his bedside during the Christmas holidays.
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 Although the Confederate reunion has been over for some days, 1t is probable that the stirring strains of Dixie" are still ringing in the ears of Houstonians.
 The state department is wondering what will happen when Russia's $ bolshevik government falls but proba- bly, not as much as Lenine and Trotzky are wondering.
 Until we see a photograph of Cal suspect he thinks running for the vice presidency is serious undertaking.
 
 It may sound like captious criticism, but some of the elephants belonging to the greatest show on earth" looked as if they needed shave and a shampoo.
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 Arthur Griffith is called the ''brains- of the Sim Fein movement, yet strange to say, is not in the hands of an alien ist
 If events had shaped themselves diff ferently, Colonel House, and not George Creel might have gone to Mexico on a confidential mission.
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 Umpires not only have a hard time during the summer. but when frost falls no vaudeville managers bid for their services.
 Republican spellbinders are leading some of the colored sisters to look for. ward to gay social season in Wash ington If Harding is elected.
 
 There Is nothing more irritating at the close of & grueling day in the of flee than to receive wish you were here" post card from Cuba.
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 Make room in the hall of fame for Stanley Covaleskie, who has a foreign name. but pitches American ball.
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 Just at the present moment victo- rious Cleveland feels about nine times as large as New York.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-14
IN ERUDITE CIRCLES

What is meant by telling the~wor about it'" asked the spectacled pc son.
 Why, I don't really know" sd Prof. Diggs, with a thoughtful al ~The phrase has recently come in current use. I suppose it means en ploying all the facilities of the tel phone, the telegraph, the cable al the wireless o--ahem-dissemin | important piece of information
 PAIL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-14
AS A LAST RESORT .

AS A LAST RESORT
 Would you employ former crowned head in your business?"
 T night said MT. Clipping, just as . matter of policy"
 How is thatr
 "A person with an ex-king's expert ence in sitting up and looking dignified might be able to command the re- spect of our office boys, who don't seem to have any for me-"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-14
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
 AND ELSEWHERE
"Sfsht Unseen,


 Over in Mississippi. where I first learned to shoot pool, politics and field larks, the accepted style of political attack was simple in the extreme. One candidate first called the other va riety of things and then, if his opponent permitted him to survive, he started out to prove the charges. There, your en- emy was ever before you, and if you fell well, that was your funeral" said David Holt, who is with the publicity force of the seaport amendment.
 How different is such campaign as some of us are now conducting for the seaport amendment and the one we coR- ciuded in the spring for good roads. In such . fight one knows that he has an enemy and a powerful one, but that en- emy is never or seldom seen. He shoots from ambush, and some of his arrows are keen.
 The sport would be much more ex- citing if the opposition appeared in some visible form You know it's there, but you can't locate it
 Ins the present campaign for Ala~ bama's waterways and in the good roads amendment fight we have found that the schools, lodges, churches and other enlightening influences nave done much of our wrok for us. They have taken a strangle hold on old Ignorance and have old Prejudice backed up against the wall, dying hard; so I haven't doubt that Murray Brown and the forces behind him will put over one glorious victory on November z.-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-14

know men who have never been through college, and who have never been brought up in social circles, where atten- tion is given to the little rules and cus- toms which governs the intercourse be- yet who by their straightforwardness and perfect naturalness and hearty and whole some way of conducting themselves in the presence of others, make of themselves a source of delight, largely because there is an absence of pose about them which is refreshing.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-14

Now, I have not invented this conductor friend to drape around him a story of my owr making. but he is a real character, and have brought him into this column for purpose. and that is to show that while agitators and extremists may get the community into turmoil and occupy the front page of the papers and be the principal topics of conversation; yet we need not jump to the conclusion that we are surrounded by bolshevism. and that every workinEman is a bofshevik, for while many are led into the wilderness, there be many who like my friend do their own thinking. and are not easily swept off their feet by perfervid oratory. but stand for the thing which is right.
 T call upon those who read this to ex- anime among the workingmen whom they know and see if they cannot find many who are going quietly about their busi- ness away from the noise and csamor of the hour. and fulfilling in a modest and way their duties as citizens I believe there are more of them than we think, and for this reason \ take little stock in the propaganda that the country is going te1 the dogs.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-14
Member of the Associated Press

TELEPHONE Bell aprivate exchange connectins "' departmcnts), Matn aSV*.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-14
BOUNCING AN UNDESIRABLE

From the Pttsburg Dispatch.
 Felix Diaz is to be deported fro Mexico for Mexicos good and his own.
The Republican journal., 1920-08-05
THE WORDS OF A LEADER

Senator Harding has risen to the occa-
sion. No higher tribute than that could
be paid to his speech of acceptance, be-
cause the occasion was the highest and
most momentous that this generation has
known. Not since Lincoln in his first
inaugural spoke the words that determine
ed the course of the Nation on the issue
of Union or dissolution has any American
statesman been confronted with RESPONSE
bilities comparable with those of today,
or with decision as fateful as that which
must now be made between the preserva-
ton and the surrender of American nat
| Ionality.
1t was in the spirit of Lincoln that
Senator Harding addressed himself to his
task. There were in his words the same
serious sense of respon sibility, the same
patience and absence of bitterness and of
personalities, the same inclination to
dwell not upon the controversies of the
past but upon the facts of the present,
the same looking to the future with fine
blending of modesty and of confident
faith, the same pitching of the whole ad-
dress in key of the highest spirituality
and purest patriotism. 1t was an address
which was at once reminiscent of the in
spired utterances of the Fathers of the
Republic and completely characteristic of
the speaker himself and practically ap-
plicabe to the vital issues and needs of
the present day -Harvey's Weekly.
The Republican journal., 1920-08-05
Notice

I WISH TO NOTIFY the public
/ that l have sold my marble
business on High Street to
c.. A. Bruce, but have not sold
nv GRANITE SHOP on BRIDGE
STREET, or gone out of business
as has been reported. l am now
devoting my whole attention to
the quarrying and manufacturing
of granite. You will always find
something doing here and a varie-
tv of finished work to select from.