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The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-09

tured in a small town in Iowa with about one hundred dollars left of his booty. Another day or two found him back in New York, still smiling, still dapper, after the Broadway man ner, and as certain to be executed as he is to be tried for murder, since he glibly confessed that he killed the Spaniard. The sole motive was robbery. Money meant everything to Handsome Charley" It enabled him to buy flashy clothes, to fre- quent restaurants and dance halls and stop at good hotels, to hand out large tips and in other ways comport him. self according to the standards of Broadway and the tenderloin. Also it made his society more agreeable to the type of young adventures who is chiefly interested in man with bank roll and a willingness to spend it.
 An atrocious crime, few days of high living, arrest and prison, with the electric chair to confront in, the not far distant future-a brief and sordid narrative, yet it is made DOS sible by the night life of the larger cities, where those who have neither the ability nor the industry to earn huge sums of money that they may Haunt their wealth amid the bright lights are willing to get it in other ways.
 Nothing good can be said for Handsome Charley" The sooner his worthless life is ended the better off society will be, but the swift, relentless pursuit of detectives who never once lost the trail is something to admire
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bicycle manufacturers. There Is month";
 ly demand for from 5000 to 5000 bicycles which Japanese manufacturers are unable to supply. Orders for English wheels
 and parts cannot be filled promptly, nor
 can future deliveries be assured Consul
 Hawley reports that the Japanese do not
 like any startling originalities in con- struction. They prefer black-framed
 wheel, more of the sturdy, heavy Eng fish type, than the light American type. lilly roads and peculiar traffic condi- tions require free wheel with reliable
 rim brakes and mud guards both on the
 front and rear wheels. Coast brakes are
 not popular and there is practically no
 use in Japan for single tube tires. The stature of the average Japanese is re- flected in advice that frames be twenty or twenty-one inches high. The average gear desired is comparatively low. about S.
 Another field offered to the American
 manufacturer of bicycles is South Africa, according to Vice Consul Charles Allen of Cape Towa. At present no American
 makes are to be found among the stocks
 n the Cape Town consular district, virtu-
 ally all being made by British manufac- tIIrprS
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TARR AND FETHER

From the Louisville Courier-Journal.
 M TORIES of what is going on in N Russia are various, but there is al- most continuous flux of similar dep:ctions of conditions such as might natur ally be expected. The latest story of this kind is old, according 70 cor respondent of the Philadelphia Public arrived ir Sw:.zc. land
 Two rarag-aphs iron tie recital of condit ons throw strof g ligtt upon con- d:tions in soviet Rlssia;
 Tn Mosctw and Petrograd the sewers have not been cleaned for over a year. The inhabitants of the cities dump their garbage and refuse into the streets or into the rivers aad streams. Last winter all the water pipes burst. and they have never been repaired. So :, is from these sams streams that the people take their drinking water Typhus. crcJera, bubonic plague, every ir,asinable variety of dead- lily disease IS deciminating the popuia- |tipu. Wag. ioads Of ccffirs are driven daily thrthig,i the strcetr i.ntl next win- ter the inhabitants who have survived these eplden. .cs will freeze to death, for ret only is there no coal, but there is no more wo.d. Think of it. Tn this land of vast primeval forests there is no wood!
 Repairs are executed by breaking up old engines and cars and using their parts to patch up those whose state of
 <Jx-o- In fau v110uthS all will be over, and there will not be a single train running in Russia. It IS a melancholy sight to see the ruthless devastation of the forests all along the railroad lines. Within the limits of pos sihle transport they have been absolutely destroyed. Next winter the inhabitants of the cities won't have los Of wood to heat their houses. Then their uagedy will be over.''
 Edgar Allan Poe. in his story ot the svs tenn of the celebrated Dr. "'rr and Professor Fether, told what happened wben a small pa ivate retreat for lunatics was taken fronrSits keepers by rebel in- mates who became it's rulers, He did not follow the story of the rule of lun- acy to the point at which supplies failed.
 The tarred and feathered keepers escaped -thay had not been murdered like the Rcmanoffs-and restored order before tragedy occurred.
 Obviously Poe had to content himself with a short story of the freedom of the n1admen because neighborhood inser- Ivention there would have been had not the confined Keepers broken their bonds and bars T'aere has been no intervention. s.lss thets is no present prospect of Inter
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Suggested Use of
 Chocolocco Creek

e TATE SENATOR JOHN CRAFT " has brought Choccolocco creek in Calhoun county into state promi- hence through suggestion as to it's uses.
 His schedule of utilization of the stream was this:
 1. Drain the overflowed lands trib- utary to it by digging canals.
 This, he clearly sets forth, will prevent the yearly destruction of crops by high waters, will promote the sanitation of the district and will add to the value of the drained prop erty.
 2. In good time, when the Coosa is open to navigation, canalize the creek so that it will establish inland water way navigation to the gulf.
 The immediate benefit of draining the tributary lands, the project he presents for present exploitation, is not difficult to conceive. The cost could be shared by the abutting ter ritory and should fall lightly on all
 The Choccolocco valley lands are among the most productive in the state. An immense addition to their certainty of production would be brought about through drainage. Peo- pie residing in that valley would reap an untold benefit The drained lands with their deposits of river silt would be richer than adjacent lands that have not been overflowed.
 It is project we'll worth imme- diate and careful consideration,
 Establishment of connection with tidewater is far in the future, but go- ahead people regard the future as we'll as the present.
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Just Another Glimpse of
 New York's Tenderloin

esjH1 ANDsoMn ,.s-,,. cHARLE1". s,sL1s. : promising candidate for the electric chair at Sing Sing. He murdered and robbed wealthy Spaniard in New York, a restaurant proprietor who had befriended him. Charley called at the Spaniard's place of business one night about closing time. The Spaniard, who was noted for wearing a fortune in diamonds and for car rying large sums of money, invited the young man to spend the night in a luxuriously furnished apartment, which the Spaniard had fitted up for his bride.
 Waiting until his victim began to snore, Charley took pistol from be- meath his pillow, placed it over the heart of the sleeping man and fired. The Spaniard woke, gasped "You!" and fell back dead. The murderer leisurely searched the room for val uables, took big roll of bills from the dead mans clothes, stripped the diamonds from his fingers and went to dance hall, where he whiled away an hour or two most agreeably, danc- ing with his usual grace. He fell in with Nlady friend" who wished to go to her home in Minneapolis. Char ley bought himself and the girl new clothes, there was a merry little party at Atlantic City, then the two went to Minneapolis, where the girl stopped.
 All the time detectives were close behind the fugitive. His ultimate destination was China. He was cap-
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10, THE RICH INDIAN
From the New York Times.

From the New York Times.
 ID ATHER discouraging report is made
 INN as to the sort of use the Osage Indians of Oklahoma are making of the big annual income every one of them is receiving as his or her share of the money paid by the lessees of reserva- tion oil lands. Last year each of these lucky wards of the nation received 5000, which gave a family of five $4o,000, and those larger or smaller in proportion, and they all will get more this year. But the white people in Oklahoma note with apprehension that though a few of the Indians are banking a, part of their wealth, the majority of them are spend- ing it all for super-six cars and like luxuries, and the present prospect is that when 1881 comes, when ends the trust pe- r;od for which the oil lands are held, the Indians whose money now comes and
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South Enjoys Opportunity That Moses Utilized

C M MERICA is in danger of a
 S serious food famine"
 This is the deliberate and thought out declaration of E. T. Meredith, Secretary of Agriculture.
 The primary causes are shortage of farm labor amounting to 70 per cent and the late spring.
 All the more reason for the south with it's long season and it's adapt ability for variety of food crops to exert its utmost man power from now until the end of the crop season in the production of food and feed stuffs.
 There is plenty of time in which to plant and grow and ripen series of crops in addition to those already un- der cultivation. The farmer knows what can be planted for good yield. He should realize the opportunity and reap all he can out of it.
 If there is a food famine, prices for food will be high. It will be money in the pockets of those who produce the food. The producer will not only help his country in the hour of necessity, but he will be well paid for doing so.
 Near miracles have already been ac- complished in Alabama by ownership cultivation and by profit-sharing with intelligent vicarious cultivation. Won ders have been marked up following the enforced and then volunteer abandonment of the advancing sys- tenn and the emigration of negroes who depended on it for a poor living at best.
 Direct ownership and share-and- share cultivation by intelligent part nership arrangements have opened up new and progressive agricultural vista.
 The south has the opportunity of becoming the nations granary as Moses made Egypt.
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goes so fast, will become public charges on the state.
 It is suggested in OkfahcnA, therefore. that the government should withhold a part of the annual payments to the Osages, and so create fund for their support in the years to come. Of course, the traders who are making fortunes out of the extravaganza of the Indians are vchement1y opposed to the taking of any such action. Also, the law as it stands forbids it, and the Indians themselves are quite content with things as they are.
 The situation is a curious one, but there would be some difficulty in explaining why an Indian has not right as good as anybody else to spend his money for what he wants. Apparently these Osages can afford to have automobiles good deal better than nurnberless white folk all over the country that have them.
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vention, to avert the disaster of failure of supplies in Russia which seems likely to provide on a vast scale an illustration of what happens when lunacy triumphs3 and holds power until supplies fail.
 Allowance may reasonably be made for exaggeration. That all of soviet Russia will freeze or starve next winter seems altogether improbable. The prophecy that freezing and starvation would occur last winter was made last summer. New ertheless when hundreds of refugees out of Russia declare the Lenine regime a failure and bolshevism horror. and when Emma Goldman, interviewed in Russia. declares the plan of government rotten" and liberty dead. it is reason able to believe that nothing short of revolution will put Russia in the way of restoration.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-09
Texas Mob Guilty
 of Atrocious Crime

1T YNCH law is never justifiable, ll but the crime of Texas mob in burning two negroes at the stake Tuesday was especially atrocious.
 One of the victims of the mob, it was learned, was not the negro they were after, and the sheriff doubts whether either was the one wanted.
 A farmer and his son had been shot and killed. Even if the negroes
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Cotton Crop Making
 Excellent Progress

TN the greater part of the cotton N belt the crop is making excellent progress. Weather conditions are favorable and the staple is being we'll cultivated and the plants are fruiting satisfactorily. Such is the government report of Wednesday.
 The boil weevil is less in evidence than usual, and while large yield as compared with two years ago can- not be expected, it will go we'll above the low mark of last year. A fore cast of twelve million five hundred thousand to thirteen million bales will be reasonable.
 Corn is not keeping up with cot ton. In sections where the growth has been rapid as result of the good weather, the army worm is play ing havoc. The fact is that all the crops save cotton are seriously in- jured by the pest Georgia corn fields have suffered beyond measure. In Alabama grazing is furnishing abundant food for cattle. Chances are promising for beef and even for pork. While this will not be a bumper
 year for crops, all in all Alabama will Ihave less cause to complain than it seemed it would four weeks ago.
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IN HOTEL LCBBIES
 AND ELSEWHERE
Nature Stacked Cards

"The people in Birmingham may have been bit disappointed over the census returns.'' says J. w. Shellnutt of New York, "but every time come to this city it looks like it has added a dozen feathers to it's wings over all the aspects of a metropolitan cen ter. and l predict that it is destined to be one of the largest cities within the United States during the next twenty years. Nature never takes much interest in friendly rivalry, but she has certainly stacked the cards for Birmingham"
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No Ground for pessimism


 There is no ground for pessimism among democrats says John Craft oe Mobile. We have a sensible, clear headed nominee for President appeal ing to the common sense of the coun- try. We have clear and American platform. The party has a splendid record of it's eight years of supremacy.
 The federal reserve system that steadied us financially during the war and has prevented panics since, is enough to go on. The restoration of the American shipping flag has come about under democratic rule. Real federal aid for road building is a democratic gift to the nation
 Srhe water power bill finally en- abling the harnessing of water power and the navigation of inland water ways was presented the country by a democratic administrati ton. Inland wa terways were placed on a sure and per- manent plan of development under democratic rule.
 ''The greatest army and navy cre- ated in record time and performing the greatest service with least loss of life are democratic doings.
 'I say shame on the democrat who goes around afraid with this and more with which to appeal to the country
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INFERENT1AL GREATNESS.

 Senator snortsworthy made an im- pressive speech" "A masterly effort" While he didn't go so far as to say he wrote the Declaration of jnderendence, I inferred from Lis remarks that if he had been living IA years ago he might have written it.
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PLAYING POLITICS
om the New York World.

From the New York World.
 San Francisco.--A Wisconsin dele gate enlivens the scribes with story. T wired home for q hundred bucks on Friday and another hundred bucks on Sunday" he says. This morning 1 get message, Make them use a new deck or play with their sleeves rolled up.
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LASTING RESULTS.

A bard will sing sylvan stream,
 Adornlng natures bower; worker fingers there to scheme
 In terms of water power. The poets song is soon forget,
 And that may be a pity; A power plant, built on the spct,
 Will operate a city.
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rENoRs IN OFFICE

From the Los Angeles Times.
 The new provisional president of Mexico is said to have an unusually sweet and well trained tenor voice. The President of the United States is also said to have had a pleasant and cultivated tenor in his college days. It would seem as if the two could get to- gether and strike harmonious chord once in a while.
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DIFFERENCE OF OPINION. This eminent statesman's friends say the future of the nation rests largely in his hands"
 'Unph! And what do his enemies say?"
 "They class him as just another office holder feeding at the public trough.''
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xnARLEYCoRNl LULLABY

From the Louisville Courier- Journal
 Barleycorn. Barleycorn. lie as you did Conventions are skeered if you move a neyelid Barleycorn. Barley corn. don't move toe. it ffightens re- publicans and democrats so.
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ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES

week without once hurting his feelings" How was that?"
 q didn't call the town Frisco and 1, didn't refer to the population of Los Angeles"
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Saw Her Again

Speaking of old sweethearts," says Al Harris, "the other day I was a. my home in a small Georgia town; in fact. town just large enough to support q moving picture show, so my mother and I went to this only placs of amusement. In walked my first love! I hadn't seen her or thought of her in years and she has been married that my heart went pit-a-pat. The moral of this incident is that your heart is happy when reminded of the days when 1t went bare footed
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TEACHING OUT.

PEA CHING OUT. Mrs. Frisber says the ballot has given women a wider sphere"
 She's right about that "Yes?" ''In the old days she was content to run around in our village. Now she gads from Maine to California and from the Great Lakes to the Gulf"
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A CHRONIC KNoCKER.

Sam Gloom spends all his leisure time In asking what we're coming to; If pessimism were crime.
 Ten years, at least, he'd have to do.
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SORE TOPICS

SORE TOPICS. Well how did you enjoy your visit to San Francisco"' First rate" replied MT. Twobble. ..I stayed in the home of a friend for a
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Branch Libraries

''The question as to county libraries is left up to the county board of rev enue,' said Miss Lida Mae Chapman, vice director of the Birmingham public library. "The board of revenue has been so busy lately and is so short of funds that it has not passed on the proposition of appropriating $5,000 for county libraries.
 ''The public library stands ready to take up the matter as soon as the board of revenue acts. The Woman's Study Club of Leeds saw in the papers the effort being made to establish branch libraries. A request was imme- diately made for branch library at Leeds. There are many other towns and communities in the county tha. would be only too glad to have liz brary within reach"
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No communication will be published without it's authors name. Rejected manuscript will not be returned unless stamps are enclosed for that purpose.
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An Early Booster

Birmingham is certainly hustling and most interesting city," says Rev. w. F. Mitchell, land it al- ways gives me much pleasure to think about it on my visits. While I am not from large place, yet my town is quite noted one, for Hodgenvilie, Ky, was the birthplace of Abraham Lincoln, and this brings many to it as the memorial home is great attraction.
 T came to Birmingham twenty seven years ago to attend the South ern Baptist Convention which was held in the O'Brien Opera House. I'll never forget the session as the Sum day school board of the Southern Bap- tist Convention was organized at it. I stopped at the Caldwell hotel, which at that time was what the Tutwiler is today to the city,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-09
GROVER CLEVELAND. HUMAN BE-
 ING

From the Chicago Tribune.
 The democratic pussyfooting or prc- hibition brings up the store about: Grover Cleveland. wAc was primarily Y human being. He and panlsl Manning and the mayor of Cleveland were re-. viewing a parade in the Ohio city, and they had three hours of lowing and smiling. The mayor asked Manning if{ he thought MT. Cleveland would objec to a little bourbon. Heavens, haven't you asked him yet?" exclaimed Daniel. It was Cleveland who poured the three drinks. Then. remarking, Dan doesn't indulge. re turned one drink into an- other and tossed them off
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NAUGHTY VERSES.

NAUGHTY VERSES. Twinkle, twinkle, little calf. How you make me want to laugh, Just below the skirt so high As the maid goes tripping by. When the maiden down has sat Once again-O thanks for that,- Do we see another sight Iris her garter buckle briShts
 Contributed. Poetic license. Our boudoir editor in forms us that the custom of wearing garter buckle is obsolete.
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Washington Bureau. 500 Davidson building.
 European Bureau, 10 King street, Covent Garden, London, w. C. 7.
 Eastern business office, World building, New York city; western busi- mess office, Tribune building, Chl- cago. The s. C. Beckwith Special Agency, agents for foreign advertising.
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MAY HAVE TO TAKE IT.

"Got your camping outfit all together?" Everything but the phonograph." "Ahr
 But I'm afraid somebody's going to think about it at the last momert.'
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SAFE AND SANE CITIZEN. ''Where were you on the night of Octo- Der 4?'' asked the prosecuting attorney ''At home, sir"
 sAnd what were you doingr ''Minding the baby" And where was your wifer' "Out making suffrage speech" "Step down, sir. Your testimony ha> already been corroborated by your neigh. bors. You were not implicated in tho rioting. In fact, if every man were like you we wouldn't have any mobs."
 PAUL COOK
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AN INDIANA ORGY

From the Wabash Plain Dealer.
 Mir. and Mrs. Theodore Manning and son, Alva, Mir. and Mrs. John Manning, and granddaughter. Florence, and Will liam Manning, spent Saturday evening with Charles Manning and family. The evening was spent eating ice cream.
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A MAN TO HIS SOUL

A MAN ID HIS SOUL s By Samuel Minturn Peek. Soul-I pray you tell me-ere
 Within my brain you crept Where bided you? If deathless. Where have you smiled-or wept Speak, Did you on your advent ni-ht Forget from whence you came? You did? Again when you take flight, Say, will it be the same? Soul. if it must happen thus.
 If you've no memory Of all I love oblivious You'll fare, then woe Is me! Traitor with you l will not gos
 Nor any bond I keep; Blent with my dear ones dust belows Give me an endless sleep.
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Winning would put any man in cour-
 age. --Cymbeline.
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If General Wood had been nominated by the republicans certain passages from George Creel's book. "The War, the World and Wilson" could have been used to advantage by democratic spell binders.