The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-06
Lynching Decreases In
 First Six Months

y seventeen less than in the same period of 1919, and thirty three less than in the first six months of 1918.
 While twelve is twelve too many, the decrease is marked, and shows that the people are reforming to decided degree. It is hoped the sec ond half of the year will show a still further decrease.
 All the persons lynched were ne- groes, and the crimes were for al- legged assault on women.
 The states in which .lynchings oc- cured, and the number in each, were as follows: Alabama, two; Florida, one; Georgia, two; Kentucky, one; Kansas, one; Minnesota, three; South Carolina, one; Texas, one. It IS noteworthy fact that a northern state had the worst record.
 Lynching is crime that will pc ex- terminated entirely as the people be- come more enlightened. No matter how atrocious the deed, law must be left to take it's course. Lynching | does not prevent crime. It only brutalizes the perpetrators.
 Senator Harding expects to make his | first public address at a cornerstone | laying. Such occasions are always fraught with great solemnty, never more so than when the orator of the day is running for office.
 *a E # The citizen who read both party plat forms from beginning to end is not necessarily 100 per cent American He may have more spare time on his hands than he knows what to do with.
 * * * The novel that used to sell for sloo has gone up. Fortunately novel IS not d necessity except to those mem bers of the fair sex who also go In for poodles and cigarettes.
 The Tahitian was bathing early and often when the English nobility stayed away from water till the weather warmed up. But the Tahitian is still I just about where he used to be.
 x # # @ Filoridians in New York received 1000 pounds of grape fruit by air, All they contained. however. was grape fruit juice.
 | Admirers of MT Dempsey say he has ! never really turned himself loose. Ac- l to be said of the late MT. Willard. l # * * l It is not surprising that San Fran cisco policeman failed to recognize Sec ! retdry CODY iot oi ueiiioSi otiS ""i horses say they can't see him. < t < 1 Germany is reducing passive resist l ance to a fine art and the allied pre- miers are wondering what the deuce they are going to do about it. 1 # * + A third party headed by Senator La Toilette might corral the pro-German vote
 If Irv. Cobb had been nominated for the presidency at San Francisco he would have carried Paducah, Ky. The next time the democrats hold a national convention they should pick out somebody to do the bossing.
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 Wilson and McAdoo may differ on some other important points. but both jare strong for beauty sleep.
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 The good example of the "four-min- ute" speakers was lost on Fourth of July orators.
 Neither the democratic nor the repub- llican party is inclined to do anything that will hurt Cuba's tourist trade.
 * * * The old fashioned Fourth of July free for-all' was conspicuous by its : absence this year. Il < < x You noticed did you not, that there was no back to Abyssinia" plank in serted in the democratic platform?
 The tainted trail of Elwelfs love af- fairs led to most of the fashionable re- : sorts.
 The nation woke up this morning without a headache. but the bangs ol acute indigestion were fierce. : | Galveston is trying to awaken th' envy of inland cities by boasting of its scanty bathing suits. . # x E n Marion. O.. is getting to be one O. the busiest small towns in America. r The Nations poor opinion of tn o 1 x.or;,a, nress is heartily reciprocated