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The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-09-15
THE REPLY


 "In replying to your letter of the 18th, a copy of which appeared in The Age Herald his morning, allow me to thank you for this opportunity of stating my position on the question of salary raise for the officers of Jefferson county.
 "In answer to your question as to whether I indorse this proposed raise. l desire to state most emphatically that I do indorse and advocate a raise for the elective officers of Jefferson coun- : ty who have not heretofore been raised.
 Tn this connection l desire to sub init some facts to bear out my conten- ton.
 Back as far as the year 1912 a cry went up from the public protesting against the fee system in Jefferson county. This was based on the fact that certain officers were receiving small fortunes by virtue of the work ings of thiis system, and. furthermore, it was claimed that some officers were abusing the fee system by making un- necessary arrests. for the sole purpose of making fees.
 | At this time the tax collector of Jeff ferson county was being paid around $25, 900 year, which we all admit was much more than was necessary. After | the adoption of the amendment to ! change this condition, the legislature | of 1915 fixed the salaries of the off cers of Jefferson county who had previously been on fees, and in doing | this the salary of the tax collector wa! 1 fixed at $4,000 per annum. | My contention Is that if s4,000 wa: a fair salary in 1915, it is certainly in | adequate now. The business of this of l flee has doubled in the past few years | and the collections for the coming t@ A14 l The responsibility alone is worth more than the present salary.
 "Investigation on your part will dis close the fact that although this office transacts more business and handles more money than any other ten coun- ties in the state put together, yet the compensation of the tax collectors of each of these counties will exceed the salary of this office.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-09-15
LITTLE CHANGE IN
 STRIKE SITUATION
 SINCE LAST WEEK
Operators Assert Output Is the Same as Preceding Weeks. Miners on Strike State
 15,000 Men Are Idle

Judging from the manner in which reports of Alabama mine operations have been coming into the office of the federal mine statistician, the coal production during the first week following the general strike call will prove larger than during the preceding week.
 reports is the increased length of hours worked at the mines. In many cases forty -four hours are recorded and in some as many as forty eight which is considered full mine week.
 From the actual data secured from the railroad offices, direct it was shown on Monday that on three of the main coal producing roads the production was greater than it had been last Fri day. Considering that Monday fol- | lowed the many big mass meetings of the union leaders held on Sunday, the showing is very satisfactory one to the operators.
 Another way of figuring the effect of the strike is by the car shortage. There was a shortage of 100 cars on Monday. Taking into consideration what would normally be loaded on these hundred cars and what was ac- tually loaded and pulled out the total is about 4S,000 tons for Monday.
 The weekly average during the entire year. including the three months before there was any strike, and the time since the strike began at domestic mines, has been about 300,000 tons, or 50, 900 tons per diem According to this. the Monday production, car shortage allowed, for, was very nearly equal to the average for the year.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-09-15
OUTPUT GROWS

Many mines show greater output last week than the week before. Op- orators account for this by the rid dance of strikers and trouble makers declaring that. there is greater eff cheney per man at many mines since they have been cleaned out of the mal- content.
 The operators renew their claim that hundreds of the idle are not at work because they are intimidated by the strikers. Speaking of the vast quantities of provisions going out to the strikers and their families they claim that there are scores and scores of dead-heads liy- ing off the union. These dead-heads it is claimed, consist of men who never did work but little in the mines, but farmed on the side, just as soon as tlt strike came and free provisions with it, they quit work entirely, get their free food and conduct their farms on full time.
 Mine headquarters renew broadside claims of men quitting and stick to their assertion of 15,000 being on strike, while the operators as stoutly assert that less than half that number are idle.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-03-11
THE ATLANTA TREwEEKLY JOURNAL.

Senate and the Democratic party must decide
for themselves is this: shall they, or shall
they not, save Treaty and League cove
nant which, while it is not all they wish,
represents a vast gain for justice and human
ity? Shall they seize the substance OF a mag
nifcent opportunity for serving America and
mankind, or, letting this go, pursue shad-
ow? Shadowy indeed will be the hope OF rat
living any League covenant If the present
occasion is lost for not unless there should
be elected, in addition to a Democratic Pres
ident an overwhelmingly Democratic Senate
whose members would approve the Treaty
letter and for letter and comma for comma
as the President directed-not unless this
virtual impossbility came to pass, would we
be lot nearer a settlement in March, l92l,
than we are today. The Allies have indicated
their readiness to accept such Treaty reser-
vations as a majority of the Senate will sup
port, so that no complications are to be ex-
pected from foreign quarter. Plainly, then
it is the duty of the Senate Democrats-thelr
party duty, their patriotic duty their human
tartan duty-to strike boldly and unltedly
forth for ratification. If this involve a break
ing away from Presidential leadership the
interests at stake abundantly warrant 1t; Tor
when loyalty to a person means recreance TO
a principle, thinking men need not hesitate
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-03-11
THE MEANING OF COLBY'S APPOINT
MFNT

The appointment of Bainbrige Colby to sue
coed Robert Lansing as secretary OF state was
a great surprise. His name had not been
mentioned in connection with the vacancy.
People are still wondering what this unex-
pected choice signifies.
Yet the BIRMINGHAM NEWS (Dem.)
finds it mot such an amazing thing after ALL
regarding it as another revelation of the
breadth and bigness of the president in seek
ing to solidfy the progressive forces of Amer
lea into a teamwork that shall assure the
continuation of democracy in this country"
For, as the NEW YORK TRIBUNE (Rep.)
reminds us, 'Mr Colby was a Republican up
to 1912 and Progressive from 1912 to 1916.
In the election Of 1915 he actively supported
Mr.. Wilson against Mr.. Hughes" Thus "his
public career" in the view of the SPRING
FIELD REPUBLICAN (Ind.), "has demon
strated that he possesses the power of indie
pendent Judgment and, therefore, "he will
prove exactly the kind of man the president
does not want"
Political significance is naturally sought in
this appointment. 1t seems to many to be a
play for the Progressives. The MEMPHIS
COMMERCIAL APPEAL (Dem.) says, "The
men who went off with Roosevelt in 1912
are today more at home in the Democratic
party than in the Republican party under
Lodge, Knox, Penrose, Brandegee, Mondell
and Gillett." The NASHVILLE BANNER
(lnQ.) likewise, LuluhS IL udy U0 d. 6OOu
move politically to give this recognition to
former Progressive at the beginning Of a
new political campaign" and the JERSEY
JOURNAL Gnd. Rep) docks upon it as
warning to the coming Republican conven-
ton that mere reaction may not be sufhclent
for it to carry the coming campaign"
The WHEELING REGISTER (Dem.) on
the other hand voices the disappointment of
many papers of it's party that the president
did not select an out-and-out Democrat.
"Many capable and deserving Democrat" it
says, would have been more than willing to
serve. The Colby appointment is almost as
serious a mistake as the Lansing dismissal"
Similarly the CLEVELAND PLAIN DEALER
Qnd. Dem) believes it will be felt that ''the
president has overlooked several men with
better training for the office in order to pick
this former disciple of Theodore Roosevelt.
Like other recent cabinet selections, this one
is evidently not dictated by ordinary politi-
cal considerations"
Others, such as the BRIDGEPORT POST
(Ind.), seek motive outside Of internal
politics. The POST recalls that Lord Grey
wrote letter very embarrassing to the pres
dent's stand on the treaty. very comforting
to those who were breaking away from Pres
ident Wilson's leadership" and now we get
a new secretary of state, who, whatever else
he may be, is decidedly cold toward Great
Britain" He is "a twister of the lions TAIL,
the POST adds, and twas one of the leaders
against the repeal of the Panama canal tolls,
and at that time voiced in the bitterest words
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-03-11

portant It's social concern also bulks large
in the nations total interests. Consider the
fact that almost a third of our population,
or upwards of thirty million people, are
rm-dwellers, and that some twenty mill
lion more live in villages of fewer than
twenty-five hundred inhabitants. Districts
that contain nearly half of all the men,
women and children within the countrys
bounds are entitled assuredly to unstinted
service in the matter of highways, sanitation,
schools, churches and all else that goes to
enrich the common life Moreover, to the
extent that these services are provided the
human appeal of the farm will equal it's
economic Importance, and there will be re-
versal of the cityward drift, with its serious
impairment of productive sinew.
If farming is Americas basic industry,
then beyond question Georgia and her neigh
bors of the South are Americas basic COM
monwealths. For it is in this region that
agriculture finds, not only its largest gains
of recent decades, but also it's most liberal
promise. Here, on the soil where seed
time breaks earliest and the harvest moon
scatters latect gold, lie the chief riches and
power Of the times to be.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-03-11

his suspicion that President Wilson (then III
his first term pro-Brit1sh." This view
is supported by the CHICAGO EVENING
POST Qnd.), which declares that "in those
circles disposed to regard Great Britain with
distrust, if not with enmity, Mr.. Colby is
said to have friends not a few" while the
DETROIT JOURNAL Ind. Rep.) thinks the
president "has thrown rich sop to William
Randolph Hearst, whose political pet and
mouthpiece Colby has been" But the MON
TREAL STAR, looking at the matter, or
course, from British point of view, is not
alarmed. 1t says:
"Mr. Colby's association with Mr.. Hearst in
one or two undertakings leads to some fear
that he is not unprejudiced against Great
Britain. This fear is not we'll founded, how
ever justified it might seem to be in view OF
the vicious and immoral anti-British cam
paign now emanating from the Hearst press
organization. Mr.. Colby's statement that he
is in accord with all of Mr.. Wilson's policies,
including the League Of Nations, shows that
he is as fair game as is the president Tor
the venom of Mr.. Hearst"
Naturally the manner of Mr.. Lansing's
going, and the presidents declaration that he
wanted a secretary whose mind would more
willingly go along" with his, have caused
many to wonder if Mr.. Colby will be con-
tent to be rubber stamp"
ION this matter" the SEATTLE TIMES
of opinion-such difference OF opinion, for
instance, as Mr.. Colby displayed when he re-
fused to follow Colonel Roosevelt in support
ing Hughes" and that LOS ANGELES Elk
PRESS Gnd.) thinks the appointment
would indicate that if Mr.. Wilson ever re-
garded cabinet officers as merely ministerial
clerks he has corrected the philosophy of his
thoughts, for Colby is not man to serve
as lay figure for any one" The EMPORIA
GAZETTE (Ind.) agrees with this estimate:
she is not the kind of man. it says, ito be
used by the president as an errand boy" The
BALTIMORE AMERICAN (Rep.), however
ascrbes the choice to the "well-nigh ineradic-
able tendency of the president to turn to those
who are personal supporters rather than party
promoters" and the SAN FRANCISCO
CHRONICLE Qnd) is satisfied that "Mr.
Colby qualities as rubber stamp, all right"
and that che will do as he is told without
| any back talk" which sis what the president
wants.
Some think, as the CHRONICLE does, that
there will be opposition in the senate to the
confirmation of this appointment "on the
ground of the incompetence of the nominee"
We are reminded by the INDIANAPOLIS
STAR (Ind. Rep.) that "his appointment to
the shipping board was confirmed only after
he is more popular with the senate than he
was then" Moreover, this new post for
which he is named is of vastly more con-
cern," according to the BUFFALO NEWS
(Rep.), land his qualifications will be care
fully scrutinized before he passes muster, if
he passes at ALL"
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-03-11
HOOVER'S LEADERSHIP
(The Progressive Farmer.)

The professional politicians generally want
a thick-and-thin party man, and so are
averse to Hoover. But among the common
people there is an insistent and imperious
Hoover sentiment. Mr.. Hoover voted for Will
son and also asked the country to elect
Democratic Congress in 1918. Nevertheless,
he is not politician, but servant OF hu-
mainly, and he could doubtless poll larger
part of the Independent vote of the country,
especially the woman vote, than any other
Democratic candidate now in sight. The in
dependent vote will not unlikely decide the
election; and we may note here that by NO
vember women will almost certainly be vot-
ing in every state in the Union. Th1rty-tWo
Of the 48 states of the Union have already
ratified the national woman suffrage amend
ment and it is almost certain that the four
more necessary will be found long before
November.
Mr.. Hoover's declaration of principles has
made a strong appeal to the average Amer1-
can. He wants square deal Tor LABOR ana
a government free from control by wealthy
and powerful interests, but on the other hand'
he is fiercely critical Of "slacker' attltude
on the part of labor and belleVes strongy
that the governments place is not TO own
and operate industries with the 1nethclency
which he believes goes with politician man
agement), but to so regulate and control IN
dustry as to insure a square deal both Tor
labor and the public.
Mr.. Hoover is criticized by some wheat
and hog farmers who think he should have
fixed higher wheat and hog prices during the
war; but many agricultural authorities de-
clare that no other statesman has better
understanding and appreciation of the great
national and international problems which
confront the American farmer. Like McAdoo,
he grew up as poor farmer boy and knows
the farmers problems from actual contact
with them. And certainly no American has a
better understanding of the great world prob
lens which the future, both of America and
the world demand that our next President
shall handle with great wisdom and ability.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-03-11
America' Basic Industry
Centers on the Southland
:. MERICA'S greatest Investment is not


~ in manufacturing establishments
N nor railways, nor mines and quar-
ries. nor in all these combined. 1t is IN
farms. Ten years ago these farms repre-
sented a capital aggregate of forty-one bill
lion dollars; today they are conservatlVely
reckoned at more than ffty-one billions. 1t
is highly significant, moreover, that while
the increase in agricultural values went
steadily forward from 1850 to 1890, during
the next decade the gain was greater than
the entire accumulation OF farm property IN
all the preceding years of our history"
The phrase quoted is from a booklet by
the Guaranty Trust Company OF New York,
entitled "Our Basic Industry" Funda-
mental to all commerce, all industry and all
finance, is agriculture-the staff of the
world, the stay of civilization. True though
this has been from the days when Joseph
hooverized for Egypt and from ages far
earlier, it is only within recent times that
business has come fairly to reckon its de-
pendence on the plow The example of so
great a financial institution as the Guaranty
Trust Companys interesting ITSELF not mere
ly in the products and prices of the farm,
but in the very life and progress of things
agricultural, is indeed heartening-the more
so in that it is the rule rather than the ex-
ception among thoughtful leaders of bust
ness the nation over. The result will be, and
indeed already is, helpful understanding
between urban and rural forces, and a CO.
operation that will make for the strengthen
ing of the entire economic structure.
1t is not only in economics, however, that
the farm stands out as fundamentally i'm
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-03-11
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Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-03-11

"I suppose the big fish got away sheer
ed the indolent acquaintance.
"Of course" rejoined the true fisherman.
@They have learned to know me. Any full
grown fish around here hides as soon as
step into boat
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-03-11

WASHINGTON, D. C.-The war depart
ment will pay all expenses connected with
the return of dead soldiers from Europe.
rail, and the delivery of the body to the
home of the next of kin. The Bureau of War
Risk Insurance has ben authorized to pay
funeral expenses of American soldiers UP
to 500.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1920-06-04
To Make Your Hair
Look Naturally Curly

Just apply little liquid filinerine
with a clean tooth brush before do
Ing up the hair and yon will have az
beautiful curis and waves as ye1
could wish for. They will be perfect
~ natural In appearance and will last
o long time. even In damp Or windy
weather. The full effect ls secured
within three hours usually
A few ounces Of liquid silmerIna@~
which. of course can be had az AN,
drug store--will last for weeks. so u
is quite economical TO nae. II also
serves as an excellent dressing. gly-
ing the hair deiIshtlul gloss WhaD
the hair Is comDed out 1t will be- 90
fluffy as though Il had just besn
shampooed.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1920-06-04
s|NN FE|NERs SUCCEED
IN SERIES or ATTACKS
Ireland Is SeethinQ With Fever
Of War, Kings Troops
Hurried TO Quell
Riots.

Cork. ireland June lit Is re-
ported that Sim Feiners during the
hight attacked another naval stati1a
at Queenstown and coast guard sta.
tion. and being successful In all IN
stances but one No details OF tho
attacks are available, however
The arrival of troops especially
equipped for military operations con
tlnues at many norts along the coast.
One hundred soldiers landed az Bar
try Bay. County Cork this morninR
from troop ships
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1920-06-04
REJO|C[s DAUGHTER
CAN RESUME STUDIES

Everything my little l2-year- OLD
girl ate, distressed her: even glass
Of water would cause her 10 belrh
gas and she was unable 10 70 10
school for nearly a year ] bought
her bottle OF Mayr's Wonderful
Remedy, and since taking II she 81
eating as out Of house and home and
Ia attending school again" II Is o
simple, harmless preparation that re-
moyes the catarrhal mucus from the
Intestinal tract and allays the in
flammation which causes practically
all stomach. liver and intestinal all
ments. including appendicitis. One
dose will convince or money refund
ed.
AT ali druggists.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1920-06-04
sTHENGTHLEss
Seemed DYING
So Weak She Could Hardly
Move, Says Indiana Lady
One Bottle Of Cardui Put
Her on the Road to
Recovery.

Tanaier. Ind .--''Four yenrs ago this
summer was sick In bed, writes
Mrs. Lille McEIwee. of this plac"
II had been under the doctors care
for five weeks | was pretty bad,
and I was just as nervous as ! copl1
be I could not sleep at might nnti
~ or ~ O'Clock when would doze
OF and wake up ! would be all Of =
tremble with nervousness.
"The doctor called my trouble
catarrh Of the II gave me sucn
naing that AT each one X would seem
that could not bear another one.
Then I would chill the pains
would lust seem 70 shake me all owe.
and the next day would be 70 week
could hardly move. | would be so
utterly strengthless that II wou'n
seem as n ] were dying
AFTER one of my bad epells
and had almost died, ! picked up
the Home Treatment Book and de-
clded to. try cardui, Before I had taken
q whole bottle ! could SLEEP at nigfi
don't remember inft8 how long.
but ia short time ] WAS np and
helping with the work !"
Over forty years on succesfiui as"
has proven the value OF cardul In me
treatment OF many common femble
ailments.
All druggists sell Cardui for wo-
men.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1920-06-04

Six varieties Of seaweed are used
by The Japanese in the manufacture
of vegetable isingiass.
Railroads In Italy are experimenting
with iIgnIte, peat and the latter mixed
with either Substances IS locomotive
fael
pneumatic cushion which can be
inflated with an automobile tire pump
has been invented for use with beacb
chairs
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1920-06-04
RUSSIAN REDS ADVANCE
ON POLES FROM BOTH ENDS

London, June i.---RuEsian bolshs-
vik forces ere advancing on each enc
OF the Polish front. but are being
held along the Beresina river, ~
cording 70 an official statement is-
sued yesterday at Moscow and re-
ceived here by wireless.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1920-06-04

Bills must BE- paid on Or before the
10th Of each month. otherwise. un-
der the ordinance. service viii be dls.
continued lying vOur card whom
you come 30 aay bin.
w. w TRAPNEli,
COMMISSIONER Public
Utilities.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1920-06-04

surprise Party

GLADYS Casey Dorothy isovelesa
and Helen nrlckner entertained with
aurlwise party for Dorothy speer last
evening AZ the Specr home on East
Noble avenue The evening was
snent dancing and those present
were Dorothy Speer Dorothy LoyeleNN
GLADYS Casey. Helen nricknor, RUBY
Woolf, Thelma Cahlll, and Anahel
smith. l,ovd Mcclure. byron De
selms. William Hirschl. James hnrke
Fyere, Casey. John narwick and Her
bert Glover
lAgh, refreshments were served A.
the close Of the evening"
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1920-06-04
MUCH IN LITTLE

A tool has heen Invented for prSang
the lids from egg crates without
breaEfpg the wood.
Surrounding sn Indirect lighting FIX
ture that has been patented is re
crystacle to hold growing plants.
The surface Of the earth In one geo
grsphiee. mile falls away" or departs
from a straight line s0s inches.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1920-06-04

DAILY rrouoAr.
Our home Is whera cur friends
abide. we are lonely ia the crowded
city Il our friends are not there
we are contented IN the desert Wild.
II our friends are about US In true
friendship Is our inspiration of the
present our hope of the future when
our friends are all gone our achieve.
ments are ended Charles Edward
Locke
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1920-06-04

FerdieA n YOU want 10 have aa air
~ '1st 'ne'iun, you muAt took tired
Fan on. that'a very elsy Willie
~ with y0e. Boston Traneeri1t.
Germans are In Mexh'o 10 buy sur.
plns eorton amt wool