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The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-17
PASSING OF THE NICKEL
n the New Orleans Item,

From the New Orleans Item.
 Normality may return gradually in many lines of trade, but the day of the unassisted five-cent piece will never come back if the caterers 10 the public can avoid it. Washington dispatches note that flour has declined s6 a barrel at Minneapolis. and some concessions may be made on the price of bread, but the pound Foaf of bread for a nickel is still in the dim and misty distance.
 Bakers in large cities seem to prefer making their loaves larger to sealing the price downward. Kansas City bakers have increased the size of their loaves for the second time within two weeks. Chicago bakers are neither in creasing the size of the loaves nor de- 'creasing the price. though at Winnipeg the l2-eent loaf in Chicago is HOW sell ing for cents.
 The 5-cent cigar and the nickel street car fare are likewise among the bless |ings that will never return. if the deal CTS can heip it The nickel by itself Fhas disappeared as a purchasing agent. Ut must carry q string of coppers in it's trial to buy anything.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-17
Banner Year in the
 Export of Lumber

HE value of wool industry prod
 ucts exported in the last fiscal wear was $160, 100000, the greatest on record. The value of southern pine exported increased 133 per cent over the preceding year.
 In the purchase of long leaf south ern pine Cuba was easily ahead, talk ing 10000 ,00o worth, which was as much as was bought by the two next largest consumers, Argentina and the Tinted Kingdom. Mexico and the West Indies were also large importers.
 Lumber, like some other American uroducts, owes the present dull state of trade as much to the falling off of exports as to the reduced domestic demand. Alabama is especially af- fected by withdrawal of foreign con sumption DecduSe~II IS CiooSoe to SC'7 eral of the greatest consumers of lum- ber.
 Cuba and the Latin Americas are Alabama's near neighbors in the mat ter of export trade and are taking an increased amount of Alabama prod ucts yearly. Alabama's prosperity de bends much on the continuous develop ment of trade relations with Cuba and South and Central America. sThe time will come when all Alabamians will realize this and the question of port aid will not be voted down on account of 20-cent cotton, but, for that very reason and similar causes, will be voted affirmatively.
 On the development of the port of Mobile depends the economy and dis patch of the export movements so necessary to the best interests of the Alabama producer, irrespective of what he produces.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-17
Great Work Can Be Done
 bv Cotton Association
M s

z5HE objects for which the Ameican
 Jl Cotton association was organ ized are of such vital importance to every farmer and business man in the south that there should be no delay in reaching the goal of 50,000 mem bers.
 It costs only $3 to join. This nomi- nal sum will pay for membership and all dues to January q, 1922. For some reason, the campaign in lief ferson county is not meeting with the success it deserves. Thus far com paratively few applications have been received, although the Kiwanis club set a splendid example by joining in a body. Those who have this work in charge say that every farmer and business man who is asked to become a member is quite willing to do so, but a personal canvass is out of the question and it is hoped that every one who feels that he ought to join the association will send in his application for membership accompanied by a check for s.
 There are number of drives" now being carried on in the country for worthy purposes, but the cotton association is not asking for donations. A membership in this organization is most profitable investment. It will be worth many times the small amount of $3. Every unit of the as-. sociation, including the national the state and the county associations, will share equally in the funds re- ceived, from dues and otherwise, which will be used in improving mar keting condititns, transportation fla cilities, the quality of the crop, in dis tributing information to growers and dealers and in many other ways work ing on cooperative basis to make the most of the south's cotton crop, from the time it is planted until it is consumed in American mills and ex- ported. @ea
 Checks for Jefferson county mem berships should be mailed to B. M. Allen. chairman; or to Coi. T. O. Smith, of the Birmingham Trust and Savings company. Jefferson should have at least 2,000 members in the as- sociation.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-17
T Ss F Another Recognition of Birmingham's Importance

1NHE appointment of an assistant
 u works manager, with headquar- ters in Birmingham, by the United States Cast Iron Pipe company is an- other substantial recognition of the importance of this district.
 The company is the largest maker of cast iron pipe in the United States and does an exporting as we'll as a domestic business. It was one of the first users of Birmingham iron and is still its heaviest consumer. Its four southern plants at Birmingham, Bes-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-17
THE ROCK POOL

Edward Shanks in the Century. This Is the sea. In these uneven walls wave lies prisoned. Far and Tar
 away outward to ocean, as the slow tide falls. Her sisters, through the capes that hold the bay, Dancing in lovely liberty recede. Yet lovely in captivity she lies. Filled with soft colors where the wav--
 ing weed Moves gently and discloses to our
 eyes Blurred shining veins of rock and lu-
 cent shells
 Under the light-shot water; and here
 repose small. quiet fish and the dimly glow
 ing bells
 or sleeping sea-anemones that close Their lender fropds and will not now
 awake Till on these roeAqs the waves rsturu-
 ing break.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-17
Greece Seems to Want
 Return of Constantine

REHE defeat of Venizelos in the U Greek election was victory for the monarchists who support Constan- tine. It may pave the way for the return of that exiled monarch to the throne from which he was driven by the allies during the war. At first Venizelos claimed to have won, but in later dispatches he admits his de feat.
 The election was fraught with grave possibilities for the future of Greece. It is hard to understand why a man who has done so much for his coun- try and is regarded by large part of the world as the greatest leader Greece has produced in centuries should have been repudiated when he asked for approval of his policies. The issue was clear-cut between venizelos and his royalist opponents.
 Developments in Greece during the next few days will be watched with the keenest interest. The defeated uEemier has been quoted as saying <Aat blood would flow before Constan-
 would be permitted to resume rone which he has never re- N l and for which he is charged 4 wing plotted ever since he went 4 itzerland.
 aever, the overwhelming defeat
 perienced seems to have con
 ed Venizelos that further opposi-
 to the royalists is useless and it
 announced that he will leave the country.
 Former King Constantine is re- 'Serted highly pleased and is confi-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-17

dent of his speedy return to the throne of Greece. This move on his part will be opposed by France and Great Britain, who were instrumental in bringing about his downfall. The re- suit of the election shows decisively that the monarchists have the upper hand in Greece and that Constantine is stronger than Venizelos.
 There will be much speculation over the course France and England will pursue if they choose to oppose what appear to be the wishes of the Greek people.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-17
,ERILS OF THE s. N. B.

From the Mahnomen. Minn, Pioneer.
 X Mahnomen miss had afl experienss this week that should be a warning - others. While taking her Saturday night bath she reached from the tUo and took hold of the wire which fur nished a small electric heater. to pull it closer to the tub. As soon she took hold of the wire a circuit was formed and she could not let go. She screamed for her mother, who, luckily, was near. and was released from her uncomfortable predicament before any damage was done.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-17
Forgotten


 Tennessee seemslto be trying to stay in the limelight this year." said J. T. Hamilton. First she gives the women of the nation the right to vote by her eleventh hour legislation, for which she received more or less praise and cussing from all sections of the coun- try. Then she does the unheard of act of breaking down the traditions of the solid south and going republican in the recent presidential election
 Truly, the glory has departed from her when q southern state could so far forget events of the past as to vote re- publican, The Hermitage should be cloaked in mourning. Should Andrew Jackson know that the state which he loved had lived to forget his memory, he would doubtless turn oveE in his grave"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-17
PASSING OF "JELLy BELLY"

From the North Atlantic Herald, shang-
 hai.
 The death of "Jely Belly Tailor can not be allowed to pass without the trlb- nte of a few lines, from one who knew him only by the fame of his comic trade name. On first sight of this strange designation above his shop door we were prepared to make oath and say that a Jack Tar had been sponsor al inc christening And so ii was. The name offered in jest and accepted in earnest no doubt appealed with all me force of delightful novelty to the Chinese of the old school. who could scarcely be expected to ponder deepis upon its comic significance. He maae it his trade name. and-we believe prospered. as was fitting in such an act of simple faith. an instance or treachery in nomenclature turned 70 triumph. So great was his fame that only a. few ITS ago he figured in the pages of Pun sh
 Circumstxntial si1l ce provides us with two sadahitab lacts concerning biro ThSt ne was 1 man of ample sir,h tho name ohq Jusly implies, and thai he w4s ss sl old soul--and a shrews one--is ee lily certain from his ouick aaopsou the fantastic foreign lrane Yhere cs a be no more Jelly Bel lies. m raee the geniany iiliterate rnss Seif-e b re the onslaught of the spesfas prgfa {s and the elementary isenool t-ilFf "Washirss < Co. Jelly Eegy iep 6 to a class nov fading
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-17
PRICE CUTTING CAN GO TO FAR

period of bread lines and soup houses. Local retailers are now selling articles which they bought at the peak Of high prices. Phese articles must be sold and
 the shelves cleared. The retailer must suffer loss. and for the most part is contenting himself with selling at tho
 manufacturers price and losing his ove,A head and general cost.
 If the general public should be able they would in the end bear a portion of the loss which the retailer would irnnnedi- ately suffer, for if the merchants have to sell at ruinious prices these ruinous prices will mean inability to purchase
 other stocks, which, in turn, must mean that the manufacturers must cease oper-
 ation and labor become idle It would wages labor could secure, but whether it could secure any work at any wages. Is it not, therefore, the part of wis., dem for the general public to aid and promote business '.as usuap' by making 1 the ordinary purchases it would generally
 make at this season of the year rather ! than to wait in the expectation of fur l ther reductions which if they come, muA be botne in no small part by the public? 1 Now is the time for the seller and tho
 buyer to take council and to learn that there can be no enmity between them
 Each must cooperate with the other ss
 that the conditions which nave given prosperity to every line in every walk
 of life will continue.
 Reduction to certain point means
 profit sharing by the public.
 Reduction below the point of cost means
 loss sharing by the public.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-17
ADRlFT WITH THE TIMES
SHOCKING

SHOCKING Nudity upon the stage Seems of late to be the rage. Madens with strong constitutions Trip through airy evolutions. Trip and smile in gay abandon While their toes they use to stand on, showing-lets see what the term is- Not a little epidermis.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-17
DIDN'T LAST LONG


 What became of the plan to erect triumphal arch in this town?" "The ,workmen employed in building it struck for more pay" "couldn't you appeal to their patriot ism?"
 .we did and discovered, it was ex- hausted about the time of the second Liberty loan
 GONE FOREVER He who steals my purse steals trash, quoted MT. Bibbles. 'ewell?"
 But he who robs my cellar takes that from me which neither money, art nor eloquence can restore"
 LENGTHY RECITAL I'd like to sell you history of the World war" q don't need a history of the World war;" said the proud parent My son was in it."
 -He couldn't see everything that was going on.'
 NO, but Pm afraid won't live bong enough to hear him tell abont what he did see. He's been home nearly two years and he's still talking about what happened on the transport going ove<.
 pArrI c.nnz
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-17

From the Nashville Tennessean. R1 HE Tennessean published yesterday
 morning Associated Press dis
 lS patches regarding the decline in several lines of commodities. The heaviest reductions were in foodstuffs.
 This publication was in accord with the Tennessean's policy of giving all the news first to it's readers.
 Its readers. however, must not be ms led or deceived as to the full significance of these reports. In many instances prlce cutting has been the result of forced sales of manufactured articles after, org inal orders had been cancelled, sand the manufacturers were conf onted with either selling the articles at loss or storing them.
 Tn other instances great reductions in n.ices have been due to manufacturers and others who have articles that are not standard reducing excessive pronts wi ich they have charged upon these ar ticles.
 The public is able to realize, however that there has also oceh .i articles constituting the necessaries oA life this autumn beyond what was eN- pected and almost to the safety point
 Reductions to certain point are prones shared by the public. Reductions be- yond this point are losses, which also must be shared by the public.
 At this time there could be no more se- rjous obstacle to business men, to profes- sicnal men and to wage-earners alike. than cessation of buying. A week cessation of buying would affect this country very much like plague "ouid mean innumerabe failures and serious business depression, if not panic. and a
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-17
# @
r,xc DRAWER

A MORNING PRAh FIN - Grant me, Lord, at last to cont ~ .hee. but if l may not win ne"ssa for myself. give me at least ,c su,S .Ss, ~, ,a ofbcr wandering child into thS ,,re.ence. AmeM.--M. :. b'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-17

into tradition. Hence these few lines to mark the passing of the gentleman who
 for some 30 years piled an industrious needle principally in the sartorial inter- esfs nf. seafarirg men.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-17
AN HEROIC INTERLUDE

AN HEROIC INTERLUDE The Gorflings have little son. "of course they think hen be Presi- dent some day?s
 Perhaps, but MT. Gorfling sees no reason why he shouldn't star on a college football team before entering the White House"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-17
MnudIin Sentiment

Tt is interesting the tender feeling for loved ones that is aroused in the party who has taken too freely of white lightning, whe nthey are brought to face the bars at the jail,' said Edwin Robinson. with tears in his eye the drunken man will stand on his unsteady legs and plead with the warden to remember the poor wife or mother at home who is anxiously await ing his return. With heart breaking sobs he will picture the old mother whose heart will be broken when she hears that her son has been arrested.
 Somehow, the zhought of his duty to his mother or wife never seems to occur to this man when he in his sober moments is sneaking up a dark alley to bribe some ignorant negro to vio- late the prohibition law. It is only when he gets face to face with the jail door that his duty to his loved ones are presented to him with force.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-17

SPOILING OUR ILLUSIONS The movie star has winning ways or so her fond press agent says. But when she trippeth into court The public hears sad report Which proves that she is just woman And oftentimes intensely human.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-17
MAY HAVE MET THERE

MAY HAVE MET THERE Haven't I seen you somewhere be- foreT' asked the judge. Maybe you have, your honor" said the incorrigible offender Hum. I thought so.
 Yes. your honor. have just re- turned from Cuba"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-17
IN HOTEL LOBB1ES
 AND ELSEWHERE
Church in Luck

"The Eleventh Avenue Methodist church is to be congratulated on se- curing the services of pr. w. G. Henry who has been appointed to that charge said G. NJ. Bowers. pr. Henry is one of the ablest men in the southern church. He filled the pastorate Of the Galloway Memorial at Jackson, Miss with marked ability and is highly thought of at every place that he has served. He will arrive next Sunday and fill the morning and evening ap- pointments at the church, his family following later on. He is a really big man and Birmingham as well as the Eleventh avenue church have achieved in securing him"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-17
TOO Grotesque

T think that it is nothing short or barbarous the contortions some of the vaudeville acrobats go through in their efforts to amuse the public" said Miss Estelle Erwin. For my part, can get no pleasure from seeing woman sus- pended in the air supporting two or three persons by her neck. It may be a wonderful exhibition of strength, but you cannot enjoy the act for fear some thing is going to happen to the poor creatures trying to entertain you.
 Tt reminds me of the days when the people of Rome crowded the amphi- Seatre to see bloody fights. True, the
 dern exhibitions are hardly so gory, ,sut the spirit is equally uncivilized."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-17
COMPULSORY DEBATE

COMPULSORY DEBATE -"ls farm life as hsrdNas.it used to be?H
 "No." said MT. cobbles, q.'but it's a alarmed sight more complioated.e
 Flows that?a "A successful farmer has got to be able to argue with his hired man about socialism, bolshevism andsa lot of other isms' in, a. way to convince him that the idea that a man can live without working is fallacy and a deIusion."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-17


 [ hadn't slept lon. before along came some of the neighbors, and Isaiah, negro who knows the woods around and the manner of deer. and wha. to do with them 1fter they are Killed Soon the buck was sy. inging from the limb of d tree and drawn, as the weather was a bit warm fu an hour or two Frank and Slocon,h returned witheut having overtaken the buck they went after The dead deer was placed Oh the running board of the car and carried and put in Derby.s base ment.
 Slocomb, Inc fine young fellow who slew hjm, insisted that l take him and ship him home. I agreed to do it if he would let me marry. him free when he found the right girl I got my deer and am only waiting for him to get his dear, and I'll have to beat it back to Sumter county I got Mir. Barrett over fonE dis tanee and told him to look out for a buck on the midnight train. and he said he would have the mail wagon meet the l train. When the buck arrived at the ter mnal it was met, and Jack Phillips had arranged for it to be put in cold storage. | On my return | went out to see it dressed. and the way "Pana Jack Gsi | the job made me know that he is an artist. He says it's the finest and fattest buck he has ever cut up. I saw him cut out 15 small steaks that was enough ! to make any mans mouth water. They 1 were to be broiled out in the open over l the stones. l had a roast sunday that Twas simply delicious. I went to stay a iday and haif and made it nearly a {, week, and so to keep my job on the pa per !, | was diplomat enough to give the buck Ito Ned Brace with my commitments and lbeirg a good sport, he never so much sas bintad that my absence had been 1 ncsad at the office
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The Penn's Grove record., 1920-12-24
New Commissioner

Governor Edwards has appointed
Charles F. Seabrook, president of the
Seabrook Farms Company, to be a
member of the New Jersey State
Highway Commission, and his ap-
pointment was promptly confirmed by
the Senate. South Jersey has hereto
fore been without representation on
the Commission and it is felt that Mr..
Seabrook's appointment will result in
the requests of this section getting
greater attention than has been given
in the past.
Mr.. Seabrook has had a great deal
of experience with engineering and
construction work in the last ten
years, which will be of advantage to
him and to the Commission. He is
the active head of the great Seabrook
farms near Bridgeton, which have at
tracted nationwide attention, especi-
ally because of their irrigation system.
He is also a member of the State
Board of Agriculture and a director
of the State Chamber of Commerce
and the Bridgeton Chamber of Com
merce.
The Penn's Grove record., 1920-12-24
Hog Island-1920

No more the stretching incandescent
blaze,
Burning a silver arc across the night;
Tall derricks idle through unchanging
days,
with naught but memories of the
splendid fight.
One fancies if these idle ways could
dream,
They'd yearn for eager artisans who
. swirled
About the shaping hulls, a toiling
stream
Who flung their answers half across
the world.
Today their ships are Of the misty
lanes,
off the dim Orkneys and at singa-
pore; !;
steaming to Rio through the tropic
rains,
Or slipping past some Australasian
shore.
Across the lonely flats the tall ways
loom,
Dull timbers etched against the sum
set skies;
A steamers siren cuts the deepening
gloom,
While through the roadside weeds
the night winds sigh.
12-10-20 Thomas j. Murray.
The Penn's Grove record., 1920-12-24

The charming table lamps hat the
children of Miss Miller's class made
the pretty baskets made by the
children of Miss Davis's class were ad-
mired by all. The children We're given
these to take home after the entertain
ment which was greatly enjoyed by
the parents. There were many reclta-
lions and lots of smiles and a surprise
package for each child when the
classes were dismissed.
Christmas entertainment of Deep
water NJ. f. Sunday School will be
given on Tuesday evening, December
2Sth, at Deepwater hotel.
Mrs. Jacob Barras is slowly recover
ing from pneumonia.
Little Dorothy Champion is i'm
proving,
Mr.. Geiter, ST., has recovered from a
serious illness.
The store of L. NJ. Gregory was
broken into Friday night.
Capt. Harry o. Weber, at Courses
Landing, is hauling several barge loads
of cinders from Chester to be put on
the roads in Lower Penns Neck by the
township committee. The streets IN
Pennsville are getting a coatingI