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The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-02
One Year of Prohibition
 In "Bone-Dry" America

1OHN F. KRAMER, head of the 0 prohibition enforcement division, says prohibition has been a success. It has.
 There are still thousands of saloons in America, the "moonshiner' flour isheth apace and millions of people who acquired the liquor habit before the Eighteenth amendment and the Volstead enforcement act went into effect, still contrive to get whisky, but the cordon about John Barley corn IS tightening every day.
 The irreconcilable "wets" will con- tinue to violate the law and drink more or less, until they die. A new generation is coming on which will grow up without the taste for liquor, to which the saloon will be an un- knon quantity. When the old order ceases to be even memory this coun- try will be bone-dry in fact as we'll as in theory.
 Already the price of red liquor is prohibitive. Only the rich can afford to buy it. Even "moonshine" is no longer cheap, and there is a consider able part of the population which is afraid of being poisoned and being unable to pay for whisky that is at least moi deadly, is doing without.
 All of these factors are cutting down the consumption of liquor and hastening tine day when whisky, good or bad, will no longer be sold.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-02

all North Alabama towns, are growing more rapidly now perhaps than they ever have grown The extent of their growth will be determined by the number of dwelling houses. they may be able to build for new citizens in the next few years This problem is one that all of the North Alabama cities are striving earnestly to solve. In Anniston the Chamber of Com merce and number of leading business men have found what they think will re- leve the housing situation here and other cities are trying in various ways to make housing conditions in their confines bet Hter
 Among the Alabama cities that recently have taken on new life and greater growth are the two Tennessee valley cities of Florence and Sheffield and the Morgan county cities of Albany and De- catur in the same valley. All of the four cities mentioned are increasing in population rapidly, keeping pace ap- parently with Birmingham and Anniston |in the percentage of increase
 Birmingham in it's substantial increase apparently is not interfering with the growth of other cities in North Alabama. for all are growing in a satisfactory man. ner; therefore, all can congratulate the Magic City
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-02
BIRMINGHAMs GROWTH

From the Gadsden Journal.
 Birmingham has a population of 17S,- 27e, according to preliminary an- nouncement from the federal census bureau.
 This figure is disappointing to many Birmingham citizens, but to an out sider, it seems satisfactory. Birming- ham. with an increase in the last de- cade of 45,5s5. or S4.4 per cent. shows a gratifying gain.
 All Alabama is proud of her metropo- lis. The eyes of Alabama have beer upon it. and especial interest was evinced in it's showing in population way. Some there were who were op- timistic enough to believe that Bir- m.nghams population would pass that of Atlanta but the Georgia city already had too large a lead on the Magic City.
 But, in the words of the defeated baseball fan, we of Alabama may say to Atlanta, Just wait until next time.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-02

Edward Hungerford, in Harpers Maga- zine for July.
 EHH0T1IERE are between 100000 and
 100000 automobiles across the
 S land" said prominent De- troiter. T think that it is sare to say that the nation could buy and continuously op- crate 1o,00o.00o or 100000 cars~ without reaching what might be called the point of saturation. MT. Ford would probably put the figure higher. I think mine more conservative estimate, however.
 Twelve million motor cars. It seems ab- srrd, doesn't it? Yet here we are already a car to every twenty Americans, and in state like Iowa. one to every six In theory, and I honestly believe in fact as well, you could, if necessity ever arose, pack the entire population of Iowa into it's own motor cars and move it over the state lines overnight very much as the Toledo trolley cars were moved out of the town and the state. And yet the ab- surdity diminishes as you go around and about Detroit. and see great motor car factories going up in many directions;
  the manufacture of munitions, being transformed into automobile production You recall Akron. with it's overwhelming tire establishments, and Cleveland and Toledo, with their own great motor car factories. Oro perhaps, there in front of the Detroit City hall you board the inter urban trolleys which quickly race you north to Pontiac. where motor-car manu- facture is giving industrial briskness, and acre upon acre of small, neat houses to what two or three years ago was but sleepy county seat; or to Flint, where homeless folk have slept night after night in rows of cots in storerooms or to Lam sing, where the automobile factories to- day quite overshadows the state capitol Of Michigan in local pride and importance. Of these three Flint was to me by far the most interesting. It seemed hardly credible that in six or seven years community of S5.oo0 folk had grown to 91 .5es-by the exact figures of the ls2o census-and the romance of Durant ana Dort, the one-time carriage builders or that nice, old-fashioned town, Mar ex-
 
 ceeds, to my mind. many of those when I have seen spun upon theatre stage or within the covers of novel, A quarter Of century ago these men were already in quantity production, for that day and age. Already they had evolved their fa- nous two-wheeled rig-the little Blue Ribbon''-which they sold for sS to the boys in the backwoods of the Michigan counties who could not afford to pay $loo for a regular nonest-to-goodness buggy. More than twenty years ago Durant had brought his production of the Blue Rib bons" up to over 100000 annually. Then one siay-it was barely fifteen years ago.. he walked into the filtered workshop of quiet mechanical genius who lived up one of the side streets of the town. The mars name was Herman Buick, and he had evolved from scrap material . little internal combustion gasoline engine.
 Scrap material, indeed said my friend. the Detroit maker of motor cars I've were glad enough to get scrap in those days. Short lengths of brass pip- ing made good cylinders; brass checks valves. rubber valve handles, fly wheels.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-02
Reckless Automobile Drivers
 Menace Trolley Car Patrons

A BIRMINGHAM trolleys stops
 GA at a street corner to take on or ,let off passengers. Perhaps mother with her arms full of bundles and two or three children clinging to her skirts makes the perilous descent from the car platform to the street. Just then big automobile sweeps past with roar and a defiant "honk. ,"
 Only by huddling in the narrow space, often less than six feet, be- tween the trolley car and the auto- mobile do the mother and her chil- idren escape injury or death.
 At other times it is an old man or an old woman, frequently child unattended.
 This sort of thing goes on every ! day. and hundreds of times every day, lin Birmingham, not only in the resi- dence districts, but in the heart of the city. The law against driving past the open doors and gates of trolley cars is flagrantly violated. { Glaring headlights at night increase the danger.
 People who ride on the trolley cars of Birmingham take their lives in l their hands, not because of any negl- gence on the part of the traction com tpany or its employees, but because of !: the recklessness of automobile driv- Iers. Joy riders, white and black, are not the only offenders. It seems that nearly everybody who owns or drives an automobile shows the same crimi- nal carelessness. Hairbreadth es- capes are so common they no longer attract attention.
 < Tragedies have occurred and will continue to occur until something is done to protect the people who don't own automobiles.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-02
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
 AND ELSEWHERE
Baptist Hospital.


 Birmingham will have absolutely no excuse if she misses the Baptist Hospi- tal' says Ray Wilson. "She has the advantage that every other city in the state could place to it's credit and many that others have not.
 Tt is an established fact that Bir- mingham is the center of population Of the state which will permit accessi- pillty to more people than anywhere else in the state. Besides. she is direct ly Tn the path of the people of Missis- slppi who have no large city in their state and come here for treatment. Be- cause our hospitals are now crowded, these people are passing on to Memphis.
 Another advantage that is seldom mentioned is that the cost of the build : ing will be less here. There will be no charge for freight. as the materials are already here, and this is the only city in the state where the hospital will be sef-sustaining. I think these facts alone put things overwhelmingly in fla vor of Birmingham, and we can only lose the hospital through indifference and carelessness"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-02
GOOD SHOWING MADE
,m the Tuscaloosa News.

From the Tuscaloosa News.
 Birmingham has nothing to be ashamed of in the census report. given out Tuesday. gain from 132.O00 to 17S,0o0. or 46ooo is something that all Alabama should feel proud of. The News is little sorry that our big nclghbor up the road did not go ahead of Atlanta but that is all right, the census of 1880 will easily put Birming- ham in the lead if the same ratio of gain keeps up. With Fairfield. Bright on and several other suburban corpora tens taken in, Birmingham will easily be ahead of Atlanta ten years hence. There is going to be one solid city from Ressemer to Birmingham and when ttey are all taken into one corpora tion, big Birmingham will be hum mer
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-02
Meeting With Success

The membership drive of the local post of the American Legion is meeting with splendid success said Judge Horace Wilkinson" and it is only a matter of seeing the men to get their membership. All committees are in the field and we hope to increase the mem bership from 1,eo0 until every man who saw service in the world war and who lives in this district has enrolled.
 Ours is not the only organization that is growing as reports from all over the country show that interest in growing in the American Legion and we hope to have one of the strongest organizations in the country"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-02
Right Iden

We expect to take our vacations on wheels" says Dr. w. B. Saffoid, who with Mrs. Saffold and Dr. and Mrs. c. G. Brownell left Birmingham yester- day on three months automobile trip through New England. Canada and the central states.
 We expect to go anywhere and ev- anywhere we take notion. However. in mind which we expect to stick to. It provides for route up the Atlantic coast through New York and into the New England states. On the return we will pass by Niagara Falls and through tho states south of the lakes"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-02
LAND OF THE MOTOR

We worked with such material as we could get in hand, and under tremendous obstacles.
 But they worked. The man who stood behind Buick and who dropped his car riage building business-almost overnight it seemed-today heads an automobile ini dustry of his own which is doing busil ness of about ss5,oooooo year, and he plans in this year of grace 1920 to turn out S,1Oo cars each working day. or about four to the minute.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-02
PROLIFIC WRITERS

"The Bibblesses are quite a literary family I understand"
 Decidedly. Mrs. Bibbles writes verse and club papers, Evangeline Bib bles is doing short stories, and Angus tus Bibbles is trying his hand at sce- narios"
 What does Papa Bibbles writer" When the monthly bills come in he sits down and writes high-cost-o t-of-liv- ire letter to the editor of his favorite newspaper, which is masterpiece of sarcascm. invective and grim irony"
 PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-02
Cause For Pride

Birmingham can certainly be proud of one thing" says William L. White. Her citizens are all boosters and op- timists.
 "On all hands you hear comments of Eirmingham's good points and few re- marks about her failures. Especially was this trait shown in guesses on the probable figures of the census.
 ''The Birmingham Real Estate Ex- change recently held a contest to see who would guess the figures closest. The closest guess was 1S3,000. Other guesses were about as follows: 191, ,o0O. 2o2.ooo, 2o4,ooo, 2o5,6s5, POS, 900, 21o. 900, 2l4.s1o, 214,9ss, 215,ooo. 2a2,222. 22s,ss1. 245,Ooo, 245.5o0,"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-02
WANT ADS
From the Tampa Tribune.

From the Tampa Tribune
 Odd wants. A young married couple were looking for an old-fashioned mir TOT to match "grandmother's bedroom set" A business man wanted bright amateur players are anxious to find a hoopskirt and pair of buff trousers( that button on the side" They all told their wants in Tribune classified ad and now everybody is happy.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-02
POSSIBLY
twelve

The testator bequeathed twelve quarts of whisky to twelve friends.g
 Generous soul" , But stipulated in his will that the twelve friends should meet and con sume the twelve quarts at one sitting"
 q guess what he had in mind was a memorial headache"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-02
ONE ON CARLYLE

From the Knickerbocker Press.
 Carlye was showing an old Scotch f:iend his sound-proof room built on tic top of his house in Chelsea. The ole fellow examined the room whence nothing from the outside could either be seen or heard, and then said with a chuckle:
 Man. it's grand. Here ye may study and write all the rest of your life and nobody be one bit the wiser"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-02
Outstanding Evidences
 of Districts Prosperity

A>AtoSdHdluk GVlQGHCeS
 of Districts Prosperity
 TIT is gratifying to turn the half y year with the many evidences ex- tant of progress and expansion.
 Two are these:
 Birmingham bank clearings for the first six months of 1920, $502,175, ,452, an increase over the same period in 1919 of 65 per cent.
 Investment in new interpretations and increased capital of going con- cerns in Jefferson county during the first half of the year, $11 ,156, ,5OO, an increase over the same period in 1919 of 217 per cent.
 Acute as the coal shortage has been, the production of coal in Ala bama during the first half of the year has been around one million tons greater than in the same period of 1919.
 The bank clearings indicate a phe- nomenal increase in the volume of business done in the district. They reflect the splendid industrial activ- ity that has created large pay rolls and enriched merchants.
 The remarkable increase in invest ment of capital in Jefferson county ! enterprises attests the confidence which capital has in the Birmingham . district and the success of those who E have conducted legitimate business here. Among the inreases in capital stock were those of some of the solid i est and most conservative of indus tries. This goes to show that legiti- mate and soundly operated enterprise
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-02
LOST OPPORTUNITY

What became of the plan to make chiggersville a center of culturegT
 Tt fell through said Squire with- erbee.
 No enthusiasm"
 Plenty of enthusiasm. but the fam fly who owned five-foot shelf of books moved away"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-02
HARD WORKERS

What do these professional cheer. leaders do between engagements?"
 Unless those fellows have cast-iron constitutions they probably lie flat on their backs and rest"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-02
ADRIF7T WITH THE TIMES
PERSONAL LIBERTY

GEhcONAL b1BEhl I In days of old When knights were bold
 And bravely slew the dragon, Came soothing thought, As they s1ashed and fought Of cheer in foaming flagon. A rugged life, With dangers rife,
 But they kept in fine condition. And after the fray Soon waxed quite gay, ,1 For they had no prohibition.
 AN EASY MARK "The new typist has quite an air about her"
 She feels that stenography is but a stepping stone to greater things That may prove true in her case. The junior member of the firm is sim gle, stout. susceptible and bald headed"
 A POOR PROvIDER 50 you are going to cruise in a houseboatF
 Yes"
 That's an ideal way to spend va cation"
 Not always. The fellow I'm going with. is paying more attention to pho- nograph records than he is to canned goods"
 PRACTICAL KNOWLEDGE This astronomer knows a great deal about the heavens, I suppose?' "oh. yes. He can tell you the dis tance between the earth and all the planets"
 And, like most savants. I dare say hes out of touch with mundane af- fairs"
 Not quite. He can also tell you the exact distance between his home town and Cuba.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-02
DIE roo sooN

From the Washington Post.
 Many Mexicans have attained the presidency. but they never reach the. ns presidency.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-02

Edward Hungerford. in Harper's Maga- zine for July. EHHC7T1IERE are between 5,oo0,000 and
 100000 automobiles across the S Ia,d roid u prop,inent De-
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-01-12
GimbeL Brothers
Monday, Januafy 12, 1920
Gin,beL Brothers

and toward the ast-o the
Ginbel Cash and Garry Sales Navy Foods "
cans
uanloads omatoe -
1Oc
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-01-12
GinbeI Brothers
Store Houra--9 10 $40
For TOrnorrow-Tuesday

4%Ne " zI x ssd % You g% wsnt @
anythng The others wached her
then eaantyhe lped
ell
ricei purchase always - - ~ ~ '
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-01-12
Knit Underwear for Boys
and Children

Boys and chldrens fine cotton Union
Suits--for ages to 10, at 81.
Children's merino Undergarments-not
every size, at 81 each.
Boys winter-weight Union Suits, gray
for ages to 10, at $l,45 a garment.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-01-12
Much of the Hosiery and Underwear
Sale is i'm the SUBWAY STORE

Mems Shirts and Drawers, some are
seconds" at 81 each; save half.
Mems cotton Half Hose, at 1868 pairs
for soc.
Mems sample Half Hose and some sec
onds," at 25e.
Womens Vests and Drawers and some
Union Suits, at 81 each. No mail orders.
Children's Vests, Drawers and Union
Suits, at 81 each. No mail orders
Children's knit Waists, for ages 2 to II,
at 3sc.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-01-12

Babies fine Wrappers ONO. to
l2-mo. sizes, at soc.
The Cordele dispatch., 1920-01-09

8 3G-in All-Eihen Crash for Table Runners, re&lI
.s.+st 5000 Special JaTuElay Sale price a-s Il 4-
The Cordele dispatch., 1920-01-09

Tot Of Remnant Containing Round Thread Val and
2* Torchons prices ur u 20C yard viii be sold ~ 3n
u aN4raga Yard 1.-i- ---l - aA~~
Il s4V0he tefit be cut %1a. fay.. .s.sa
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1920-08-05
Fresh Water Fish From
Detroit Gotham Bound

DETROIT. Mich. Aug. 4 - hnrg'
,oadcd with fresh water fish from the
Detroit aquarium at Bale Isle u en-
,u,,,e To- New YORK CITY 10y water.
marking Inauguration 1T shipment oi
fresh water varieties 10y this route.
The consignment. In charge II Cap
tain Chapman Grant. United States az
my officer who n director 81 the hcll"
Isic aquarium. g. intended fof the New
York aouarium ~ lattcry Park. Ui
IN. return trip salt water fish viii u
brought from Sew York for the Bale
Isle institution.
The fish h,ing taken Ia NV York
rcprescnt 20 different varieties found in
lakes and rivers 1T the central states.
They nrr making their Journey In larre
snalrn and metal tanks. into which air
~ pumped through bass wogl plugs
l,y ,n.ans of gasoline engine. The
Iargc an which the tanks were piac 4
~ equipped with two out heard motors
and h bcing towcd 10y q gasoline yacht.
Three thousand gallons II sea water e..
nee ln the aquarium NJ lselle Isle wisl
De- brought To- Drtrdi en- thu return
trip.
Captain Grant. who formerly was as.
aistant dirc,tof of ~. New York aauar.
ium. WIS Ihc first to iranHpmt fish nv
water fr~m Key West t. New Yors.
making the trip In 1919
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1920-08-05
TWO ARMED YOUNG MEN
CLAIM TO Be OFFICERS
AND SEARCH FOR LIQUOR

John Foster and Irving Iinrringcr.
who were arrested Yesterday morning
on charges # carrying y pistol. were
r'lplicd lat" Yesterday afternoon upuu
giving h"ndr In the tum 81 5000 zach.
The two young men W"r" arrested
iollowing their appearance about I
|-U'cluck We trrdny morning ~ the farm
uf u. \. Vaughn. ahuut \ miles south.
west ~ Amlilln. IN Randall cnunt".
both had un pistols. aud claimed they
wvrp deputy shvrifis from Potter cuun.
u. Ma Vaughn told sheriff iur'ol
Reach. and said thct were searching
Tor SOME whiciov that had been hid.
den IN That vicinity. Mr. Vaughn drove
To- Amarillo IN his autunoiii" and in.
formed Mr.. Roach IT hi early morn
INK Nn iturs and the 'hcriff Immediate.
~ d.o," tn Nj Naughn's farm but th'
Young men had returned ~ Amarillo.
They were later arrested upDn the a..
icripiiDns furnished hy Nj. Vaughn
and had in their possession - pints ui
liguur the ufiiocrF sdy. TIM huuzc h,d
been stored un iac Vaughn place. with.
cut either the consent ~ the kunwl''lfr
ui Nj Vaughn, presumably hN man
~ be- made % quick getaway when ,ll.
Gers attempted his arrest last sunday.
n b. under tund charges ui imp"
sun1tinE AN officer and uf nrrYinf;
pistols viii b. filed against the young
men IN Randall county The un 9
chatg iilrd ug. inst them IN this conn.
a. IL that nf pi'inl carrying.
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1920-08-05
PHILLIPS DEFINES
CHRISTIAN SERVICE
INTEREST I>CRElSES ~ CLASS
IN PHILIPPIANS TAUGHT
ny GOSNEII.

The Bible confereuc" and the cvnnge.
listic services AZ the Tabernacle Han.
tist Church continue To- grow I'M inter.
rft. Dr. Gosnell, assistant dean ~ tho
Moody institute uf Chicago. IN teach.
ing Philippians Ut the Tabernacle from
q u 10 o'clock each morning Ycsicr.
day the lesson was the second chapter
and the speaker showed the four oN.
amnlef which IN" writer gives. 1T the
lf-effncemeni and the necessity ~
s-lf effnccm"nt tu true Christian sprv.
ire Tie aid that even some ministers
think more uf their own aggrnndi2o.
mcnt than they de- IT the glory ~
christ. that they cunftnntly think ~
how Ia build thomsrlves M ana their
own particular congregations and lose
Eight of the larger service of building
IN" true Kingdom 81 God.
The rpc0kcr said this was not the
Spirit ~ Christ Of Paul. of Timothy
~ - Epnphruditus. who thought first
nf tho furth"rinE ~ the Guypcl and
welfare ~ others and never 81 them.
nclvri Dr Clos neil viii be- here only
this weol and those who are interested
In Bible study are asked to hc present.
Dr Phillips spoke last night on the
wif nuccfsary to true Chrirtinn serv.
ice. His sermons are delivered with
power nud spirit and are creating great
interest Those who have heard him
saw that they have never hraid one
Who has q clearer lnsigh, into Bible
truths az one, who ~ able tu deliver
them with greater force. In Phillips
oonductr tho cvangelistic services cnch
'N'niug nt the Tabernacle Baptist
church.
ON next SUNDAY afternoon al 2
o'clnok nr Gosuoll viii speak IN
"Suifitifm" az can thu Dead Talk
Rack" IT, r. golng ,o answer what be-
rrrnids ns the false .nching ~ Sir
Oliver Lodge.
tn" nuun dlv meetings ~ the saliva.
ton Army hall are growing IA inter-
'st. ThurD who have attended ihrga
meeting, av that they are. indeed, 4
treat ani al think that In Gomoll
rhuws hinsrlf H. hr - really great
Eill teacher.