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The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-24
Higher Wages and Poorer Labor

C. Reinold Moves, in the Yale Review.
 It takes two to make production. Capital may direct, but labor effe cts. What the illusion of high profits is to capital the illusion Of high wages is to labor. By this do not mean that over a long period wages may not in> crease in buying power. But such in crease results either from the heights ened efficacy of mechanical produc- lproductiveness of labor itself. It never results from a general increase in money wages.
 When imitation and the attraction of hign pofits lead capital to divert some of the productive energy into new channels, labor is needed It is bid for In the market of those already em- ployed-the better class of labor The prospect of big profits reiaxes the nor- nial efforts to hold down cost and in- duces determined bidding. Naturally, this raises the wage level. The effect of this process gradually permeates the entire fabric of production. It, is 6 sellers market - labor And as us- ual the slight e.oeess in demand pro- duces an effect much more than pro- rortionate. It becomes necessary fol all employers to meet the new scale
 for though there are by no mean. enough jobs for all in the inflated in. dustries,, yet no individual employer acting independently can retain hi.
 men. and he naturally yields to the
 pressure--applied pe'raps in only | few cases
 The effect of sudden increases ii the wage scale and of scarcity in Ia. bor supply is to reduce the efficiency 1 of the worker. That discipline, ss necessary to cc-cperative work, which is largely maintained by fear of dis.
 missal. loses its hold. Jobs becom, i easy to secure. The apparent oros ! perity of the workers goes to rheiI heads. Their first wish is to take life easier. Instead of working overtime TOT larger pay. they usually prefer to maintain the same earnings or par, time or shorter hours The volume of production is thereby actually dimin. ished and the labor cost increased. Thia To large extent, offsets the appa.sn, dustry.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-24
VAGRANT CLASS IS
 GREATEST MENACE,
 STATES JUDGE HAB''
Records of Jefferson County Court of Misdemeanors Show Interesting Figures.
 Abernethy on Crime

That there is more serious crime com mitted in Jefferson county at the present time than at any other period in its existence is the statement of Judge H. B. Abernethy of the Jeffer- son county court of misdemeanors. He further states that there is crying need for more officers to check this wave of crime.
 This statement coming from Judge Abernethy carries weight from the fact that he not only tries most of the misdem eanors that are committed in the county, but also holds preliminary hearings of practically all the capital and other felony cases. As in indica- tion of the scope and extent of this court, the following report of-the past years work from September, 1919, to August, 1920, recently made to Solici-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-24
Pipe-Cattinx Machine

Pipe cutting and threading on . con struction or repair job Is usually . slow manual process. This work can now be done with all the speed of the stationary machine. however. by means of small portable unit described and illustrates in the Popular Mechanics Magazine. | consists of powerful electric motor carried between two steel wheels ane provided win . five-foot extension shaft At the end of this shaft arc the beve gears through which the die head is re volved. The machine will complete in IS minutea. 1t is sAid. thread wAicl would take two mon two hours if cut by hand.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-24

tor Joseph R. Tate may prove of in- terest:
 For the year there were 4.053
 misdemesnors and 514 felony cases
 docketed and disposed of. The
 total cash amount from fines and
 costs collected by the court and
 actually paid Into the county
 treasury was s4s-sios.. The total
 operating expenses and salaries of
 officials for the year were sii,be0,
 leaving 2 total n~t profit to the
 county of $s2-ste.s7.
 In addition to the cash collected large amount of fines and costs has been worked out by prisoners sentenced to the county roads by Judge Abernethy.
 COURT ORGANIZED
 The Jefferson county court of mis- demeanors was organized September IS, 1919. The officers of the court are: H. B. Abernethy, judge; three clerks two detectives, one baifff and a prose- cutting attorney. The court is con- tinually in session, the term of the court being thirty days. The judge is entitled to thirty days vacation, but he is required to have some attorney to act in his stead during his absence.
 Every person connected with the court is working on a salary basis. The court opens every morning prompt ly at o'clock for arguments of coun- sel and at g o'cleck>i, opens for trial of cases. It adjourns at 12 noon and re-opens at i o'clock.
 Only misdemeanofs are heard during the morning. session and feIonies in the afternoon. The court adjourns at o'clock.
 All cases are set for trial, except felonies, within six days after the arr rest of the person charged with the offense. All felonies within ten days. Quick trials have had the effec- of keeping the jail cleared of those per sons charged with misdemeaRors and consequently has saved the county thousands of dollars in feed bills. Over half of those men working on the county roads, convicts, are sent from this court, and seventy-five per cent of the convicts on the county farm are sent there from this court and nine- tenths of those charged with felonies in the courts are tried in this court. which the records of the garnd jury will showf
 CRIMINAL CASES
 The records of this court show tfpt more criminal cases have been dis posed of than any two courts in the state The judge of this court is elected by the judges of the circuit couc,, and his term of office is four years.< This court has final Jurisdiction, concur rent with circuit court of all mis- demeanors committed in this county and Is the court of record. The officers of this court the detectives especially are active in the apprehending of those charged with vagrancy, as Judge Abernethy is of the opinion that the vagrant is the greatest menace to so- ciety.
 Practically every robber, thief, burg lar. pickpocket, shoplifter, forger or
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-24
General Perriliat Dead
Ny Associated Pre-

New Orleans October 23-Gen. Arssns
 Perriliiat. former member of the Aissinsippi
 river commission and regarded ss an au-
 thority on engineering problems connected with Mizsissippi river pro5eets dssd eers today. ased ss Death follow<A an opera tion General Per.illist vas presi6eAt oi the French Opera Club. Frsnch ODera Aeec.
 exclusive carnivsl organisations He wal credited with havinE been largely inatru-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-24
MANY PLUMES IMPORTED
Jump From $25,O0O During War tc s2,500,000 Yearly
By Associnted Press

New York. october as.--Im DOT ttations Of which in pre-war days often exceeded se.eooooo annusiiy. and which during the to s2.Boe.6oo during the past fiscal year. rhese. figures were made public today by the National City bank.
 Although there Is m inereasing demand
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-24
To Form New Cabinet

Stockholm, October 23.-Baron Gerard Luis De Geer has been charged with con stituting a cabinet composed solely of tech nical experts. it Is announced He was summoned by the King to form new cabinet in 1919. but his efforts In this di- rection were unsuccessful.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-24
Supreme Council to Meet
 sty Associated Pre~a

Paris, October z3.-Prerniers Lloyd George of Great Britain iand Delacrolx of Beglum said to have agreed upon rreetins of the supreme council at Geneva iarine the session of the assembly of the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-24

for the piunaes, the statement said. i'm portations are< not expected to reach pre- var levels again, because of the increas- Ing industry In this country. The ostrich population In the United States has krown within . comparatively short time to 10. 900. Ostrtches freQuently live more than fifty
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-24

League of Nations. which is to be held there next November. according to a Brus- sells dispatch to the Echo de Paris.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-29

hard to get me in shape so that I could
 fill my engagement. At 10 minutes to i
 started out to make my first speech,
 walking. As l neared the building
 where the meeting was to be held found perfect mob. Hundred of peo- pie gathered outside and d fellow
 grabbed me by the arm and said: Do you know this fellow "Pussyfoot"
 Johnson who is going to speak?' 1 told
 him I did and described him to the fellow. He said: Of course he'll come
 in cab to which I replied, Of course, and walked into the hall. When I got there you've never seen such a riot. They started a fight which I was able to hold off for a short while only. fought hard, bit and scratched like a tiger; finally 1 remember a long arm reaching down from the crowd; it seemed to come from somewhere over- head and a Hand grabbed me by the lapel of my coat; I ground my teeth into the mans hand and, hearing him snarl like a dog,I looked up and saw
 the face of Methodist preacher I knew who was trying to help me out of the fight.
 'It was an awful fight" MT Johnson said, but it was the turning point in
 a way in favor of prohibition. England sees for economic reasons. the great good of prohibition; she sees that she
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-29

"A T the recent meeting at es Noines A\ of the General Federation of S = women's Clubs. Mrs. J. F. Hays. president of the Georgia Federation of Women's Clubs, who was one of four women who spoke at the thrift session at the Binniel presented the attitude of the women of the Sixth federal reserve dis trict.
 She showed how the three government tai department of the United States-the treasury department, the department of justice and the department of agricul- ture-were working eo-operately to estab- fish thrift spirit among the people of the nation, and to reduce the high cost o. living.
 She said: "The government is striving to reduce the cost of living by three channels:
 "First-The agricultural department, by greater production, for the cost of living Is not money problem, but d production problem and permanent reduction cannot Ee brought into the cost of living until production catches up with consumption. The greatest problem confronting thesag- rieultural department in the south is the back-to-the-farm movement, for many are practically deserted by the lure Of the high wages in the cities"
 ,''Second-The treasury department, by encouraging thrift, thus having the two fold value of saving as a means of re- ducing the cost of living and of loaning money to the government. Thrift goes hand in hand with the reduction of the high cost of living.
 ''Third-And the department of justice, which is actively and directly striving to reduce the cost of living by the prosecu- tion of the profiteer and by a general cooperation of less buying where there is exorbitant prices"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-29
RANDOM NOTES
\ Miss Carol McCary is the guest of
 Miss Carrie French Turner in Annis-

\ Miss Carol McCary is the guest of Miss Carrie French Turner in Annis- ion
 Mrs Joseph Hill and children, who spent the past month as the guests of Mir and Mrs. Lee Roueche at Blount Springs. have returned home.
 Mrs William Hardie is in Selma, where she was called by the illness of her son, MT William Hardie, Jr.
 Mrs. Yancey sem is the guest of relatives in Atlanta.
 Mir and Mrs. William Wilson have returned from Florida and Mir. Wilson's many friends will be glad to learn that he has recovered from his recent Illness.
 Miss Bessie Sudduth, who has been the guest of Mrs. Watson Andrews in Anniston. has returned home,
 Miss Louise pilburn has returned from a visit to her aunt Mrs. Warren DeBardeleben. in Montgomery.
 Mir. and Mrs. Calvin Jones have re- lurncd from visit to Biloxi.
 Mrs Fryer Thompson and two sons, Fryer. IT,. and Harrison. will rcturh
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-29
DINNER-DANCE AT
 ROERIICK COLE CLHR

The dinner-dance last evening at the Roebuck Golf Club was a wonderful sue cess and was of special importance, as it was the first of a series of Wednesday evening dinner-dances
 MT. H. c. Siebels is the new president and MT. George w. Corners is the chair man of the entertainment committee, and the dance last evening was an evidence of the popularity of the club with it's beau- tful and convenient location.
 There were many guests, and among those entertaining were MT. and Mrs. Conner with eight guests; Mir. ,and Mrs. Alfred Shook entertaining for the Misses Adkins of Cincinnati and MT. and Mrs. Adkins, who are guests of MT. Jesse Ad- kins; Mir. and Mrs. Crawford, who had a party of twelve, and MT. and Mrs. John Caldwell, whose party included thirty three.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-29
J0HNS-HARVEY
 MARRIAGE AT BLOCTON

An interesting event of the week was the marriage of Miss Lavinia HarTey and MT. Theodore Johns of Montgomery which took place Tuesday afternoon at the home of the brides parents, MT. and Mrs. w. A. Harvey in West Blocton.
 The house was attractively decorated for the occasion with ferns and flowers.
 The )ride who is a charming and cul- tured young woman, was lovely in her wedding gown, and MT. Johns is a prom sing and popular young man of the capi- tai city. After a wedding trip to New Orleans and other southern points. MT. and Mrs. Johns will make their home in Mont tgomery.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-29
MISS REYNOLDS
 ENTERTAINED IN COLUMBUS

Mrs Henry Michael entertained infor- mally at bridge Tuesday afternoon at her home in Lakewood, honoring Miss Excel Reynolds of Birmingham, the guest of Mrs. Harris Gardiner, says the Columbus Enquirer Sun"
 The tables were placed in the living room, which was most attractively dec orated in vari-colored zenias and brown eyes Susans.
 l. The top score prize,>a deck of gilt-edged cards, was won by Mrs. Guy Garrard, and the consolation prize, a lovely loaf of delicious bread, made by the hostess, was won by Mrs. Henry McMurria Composing the two tables were Miss Excel Reynolds, Mrs. Abbott Turner, Mrs. Harris Gardiner, Mrs. John Martin Jr., Mrs. John Illges, Mrs. Henry McMurria, Mrs. Theodore Petri and Mrs. Guy Gar rard.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-29

regular, do not suffer the pains l used to, keep house and do all the work. I recommend your medicine to all who suffer as 1 did and you may use my let ter as you like."-Mrs. MINNIE MITCH ELL, Harrington, Me.
 There are many women who suffer as Mrs. Mitchell did and who are being ben- efitted by this great medicine every day It has helped thousands of women who have been troubled with displacements, inflammation, alteration, irregularities, periodic pains, backache, that bearing down feeling, indigestion. and nervous prostration.
 Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com pound contains no narcotics or harmful drugs. It is made from extracts of roots and herbs and is safe medium for women. If you need special advice write Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co. lconfdentiall, Lynn, Mass.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-29

ment for one hundred speeches to be made in Scotland on the prohibition question was made and many organiza- tions effected.
 England when I first got there, was very violent in it's protestation against prohibition" Mr Johnson con tfnued, but things took on very diff ferent aspect after q short while. When the riot occurred I recall an in cident that I don't think has ever been published: I was due to speak at 4 o'clock in the afternoon and again at s in the evening. l had been quite ill and my physicians were trying very
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-29
BIRMINGHAM AGEHERAID 4THURsDAYy JULY 29 1920 a
Mr. "PussHfoof' Johnson

1N AT R. "Pussyfoot' Johnson is one of NWll the very incest people Fever
 More than that he is very human; many years of service in various lines of endeavor have taught him things about human nature and human beings ] that are not learned in books. He is big of body and big of heart;
 he is dignified, yet too much SD; he $ quiet and firm, not afraid of man or beast. the devil or the deep blue sea q real leader of men--one 10 be rech- oned with wherever you place him. And of course another attribute which he possesses that appealed to me tremendously is his inborn sense of humor; he never grows serious over | things, it matters not what the sit ua tion is, how hazardous or perilous: and I fancy that that has been his saving grace" in many an untoward predicament for when all other means of defense fail-a sense of humor comes to the rescue and the day is won.
 Mr. "Pussyfoot" Johnson had just made his bow to Birmingham Wednes- day at the Rotary Club luncheon and regaled that delectable organization with one of his characteristic talks when l had the pleasure of meeting , him.
 My good friend, Mir. Brooks Law renee, had told me that I'd find MT. "Pussyfoot" Johnson a fine subject for a story. declaring that when he went to England as the champion of prohi- bition, he seemed the most unlikely person in the world to fill the bill, but proved himself absolutely the most | likely who could have been chosen for the place.
 Mr. Johnson greeted me with that broad smile of his, which ought to get for him almost anything he wants; genial. clever modest to a degree, he gradually ''warms up" to the subject of telling the sad sad story of his life' like any choolboy-laughing at the humorous things, growing serious over the most important ones.
 For six years, up to 1912" said Mr. 'Pussyfoot." q occupied the position of chief officer for the Indian service of the United States. and during thai time I did and heard things that are not written down on paper. During my wild and Woolly career as chief officer.
 arrested over 5000 men, convicting
 over 4,400: many of them are still in the penitentiary now. The rest were left to my successors.
 Whisky was the bottom of most of the trouble with those outlaw whites. who held up stages robbed, burned and murdered. Selling red liquor. or as for that matter anything that
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-29

to their home in Griffin. Ga, tomorrow after having spent the past two weeks with Mrs. Thompson's sister, Mrs. Bart Jordan, and MT Jordan.
 Mrs. Philip Hunter Watkins will leave shortly for Montgomery, where she will be the guest of her sister Mrs. Joseph Strickland.
 Miss Sallie Horton of Aliceville is the guest of Rev. and Mrs. ]. A. Bryan.
 MT. Hugh Morrow and family have returned from two-week stay at Biloxi.
 Miss Catherine Wood is the guest of Miss Mary Evans Harrison and other relatives in Tuscaloosa. where many charming social affairs are be- ing given for her.
 MT. A. B. Cook has returned from Concord, N C., where he has been with relatives.
 visiting friends in Birmingham and Haleyville.
 Mrs Alvin Stout is visiting friends in Mobile.
 Mrs. Henry Gray is spending some time at Lake Moughon, N. Y. Later she will be joined by her son. MT. Henry Gray, for a visit in New York. Miss Sarah Plosser expects to leave Sunday for south Alabama, where she will be guest in a house party.
 
 Mrs. Louise Miller is visiting MT. and Mrs. Charles Halsey in Huntsville. MT. Francis Brown is spending a few week at Asheville, N. C., where he has joined Mrs Brown, who has been spend ing the summer there. MT. Brown will return shortly and Mrs. Brown will remain until September. Friends have received cards from Mrs. J. M. Hankins. who is touring tomobile trip through the Yosemite valley.
 MT. and Mrs. Frank Brush and little son, Frank, Jr.. have returned from a visit to Mir. and Mrs. E. c. Landers in Huntsville.
 MT. and Mrs. Paul Ivy have bought the Hugh Morrow place at Roebuck Springs and expect in the near future to erect a handsome home. MT. James Bryan will leave today for Charlottesville. Va. where he will be student at the University of Vir- ginia Summer School.
  MT. Val Cobb and MT. Dick Clark will leave soon for stay of few weeks at White Sulphur Springs. l Mrs H. A. Byrd of Mobile is visit ing Mrs. c. w. Mcdonald for several I days.
 Miss Sarah Neill and Mrs. Alethia Wallace Porter have gone to New York 1 to spend a month. , Miss Mary Krauss. who has been visiting in Johnstown, Pa. and other eastern points, will return home Sat ! urday.
 /, Miss Frances Houseal and Miss Frances Cannon of Newbury. S. C., will l arrive tomorrow for a visit to Miss Ruth McNeill in Norwood | Mrs J. P. Levvy and Miss Estelle Lampkin have returned from six week stay on the Mississippi gulf coast | Miss Ruth Crawford. who has been studying at Montreal N. C., and later visiting friends in Norfolk, Va, hal i returned home. ! Mrs. Ben Morgan and little daugh. I ter Josephine Cosby. have returned from a ten-day visit to Biloxi.
 Mir. and Mrs. l.. M. Screws have named their little daughter. Phoebe Maxine. Mrs. Screws was formerly Mis-: Helen Courson l MT. and Mrs. E. J. Strong, who hay. been spending some time in Washing ton. have returned to Birmingham. i Mrs. Edward Tanzer and her son i Charles. are the guests of Mr. and Mrs u. Sandman at zS0s Juniper avenue Mrs. Tanzer will be remembered as Miss Millie Sandman. formerly of this city [ pr. and Mrs. O. H. Montgomery anc son, William. are spending ten days a Gulfport and New Orleans.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-29
2 Go e0sa BY
 EMMA REID RXALl

is buying three times as much as she has to sell she sees d dry America, thrifty and prosperous, ard while l am no prophet. I feel safe in predicting that within ten years England wiz be as dry as bone"
 And worldwide prohibition--'sa when,' I suggested.
 Mr. "Pussyfoot" Johnson smiled his inimitable. enigmatic smile and an swered softly:
 That would be too much like guess ing"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-29

and s Il c h a bear i n g d 0 w n feel ing that l could not stand on my feet. I also had other dis dressing symptoms. At times 1 had to g i V e up work. l tried a number of remedies but Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege- table Compound did me more good than anything else. l am
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-29
CAMPING PARTY
 RETURNS

A camping party which has been spend- ing week on the Cahaba river has re- turned home. MT. and Mrs. Mcconnell were the chaperons and the other mem- he rs were Miss Elizabeth Robinson, Miss 9sunice Stephenson, Miss Lola Hinton. Miss Cornelia Kelly. Mrs. M. T. Kelly. Mir. Frank Stephenson, MT. Leonard Lathem, MT. Terry Robinson. Mir Charles Pritchard. MT. Jack West, MT. J. A. Bradford and MT. James Kelly.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-29
REESE-DAVIDSON
 MARRIAGE ANNOUNCED

Friends of Mir. Reese in the city wIll read with interest the following an nouncement of his marriage in Missis- sippi:
 "Dr. and Mrs. G. w. Davidson of Sum- rall, Miss, announce the marriage of their daughter, Cleo. to MT. Eldridge Wiley Reese of Birmingham, Ala, July 1920"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-29
HEYM-LONDON
 WEDDING ANNOUNCEKEN

The following announcement has been 1 sent out:
 1 Mrs. Alexander Troy London has the honor of announcing the marriage of | her daughter, Mary Parke, to Mir. Ger hart Heym, on Monday, July 26 1920 204o Highland avenue, Birmingham. Ala"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-29
MISS BURKE'S LUNCHEON

Miss Elizabeth Burke will entertain at luncheon Saturday at the Tutwiler in honor of Miss Page Johnston Shepherd, who will leave soon to make her home in Washington, D. C.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-29
MRS. RICE'S
 LUNCHEON

Mrs. J. R. Rice was hostess yesterday at luncheon at the Roebuck Golf Club.
 The guests included Mrs. Henry Dean, Miss Madelaine Jacobs and Mrs. Ben McCann.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-29

at 1 o'clock at the Southern Club. The orchestra will be under the direction of Emile Levy Following is the programme: Overture, Poet and Peasant. Suppe Tn Poppyland' .....................Al lbers Dream of the Flowers" ........... Cohen Vocal solos ..........................S Selected
 Mrs. Holey Cowherd
 "Sparklets'' ...................... Towles "Cupid's Inspiration" yder Vocal solos .......................... Selected
 Mrs. Holley Cowherd.
 Dance of the Wood Nymphs" .... Nolte I'm Forever Thinking of You" (waltz). Give Me a Smile and Kiss (one-step).