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The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-25
WHITE SAVAGES FOUND;

Dombeys." by making his hero, Eus- tace Morven, re-discover the tribe.
 Matching these groups in wonder. pr. Rice's new people present ques- tion as to their origin far more diff cult to solve. In the case of the old world groups, it may be necessary only to assume derict descent from prehis- toric peoples that inhabited the east ern continent from the oldest stone ages. Common lineage with the Cro- Magnon race would easily explain the presence of white peoples in Africa. Was it not, indeed, by way of Africa that the white peoples reached Europe from heaven knows where? A colla- teral or counter movement is clearly
 proven by the famous negroid re- mains at Mentone.
 But how account for white colony in the depths of the South American forest? There is nothing in historic times even to hint at a theory of lost Spanish explorers. and to assume aboriginal standing for these blond giants, as many do for the Tuaregs, would be to force a revision of the whole accepted theory of the spread of population over the earth, and com piete new understanding as to the antiquity of man on the western conti nent. We expect to hear much more of Dr. Rice's interesting white canni- bals. They may, indeed. open up new epoch in anthropologic study and knowledge on par with the results of recent discoveries in the caves of northern Spain and throughout France and Germany which Professor Osborn has introduced to American readers. to their great enjoyment.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-25

and supporters of that candidate re- ceiving the highest county unit vote. '" In that election, Palmer received 148 votes, Watson 12S and Hoke Smith 104.
 Palmer's claim seems irrefragible. If the state committee is correct as to the law of the primary, the Smith and Watson combination has no ground on which to stand.
 Once a trouble-maker, always one. It might have been known that if Tom Watson did at all well in the primary, there would be row. The coalition of the Watson and Smith forces at the Georgia state conven- tion was the natural outcome.
 The one regret is that a United States senator finds himself consort- ing with an old enemy of his party.
 It has only served to recall to mind that this scnaror ran third in his own state Tn a democratic primary participated in by northern man and a former populite.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-25
LIKE M,LukE SAYS

A fur-lined coat is the coldest coat we know of. If you ever buttoned 1t people wouldn't know that it was fur lined
 woman may flee from other kinds of temptation. But she'll stop in front of a milliner's window.
 Unless her face is painted you can't tell what is inside of a woman's head by looking at her face.
 Many d man who leaves college with decides that Ph. D. means darn phool.
 Any wife is leading lady. And any husband can tell you that she doesn't come up to her advance mo- tices
 Why does a woman imagine that it is unfashionable to be in love with her husband after she has been married for a while?
 What has become of all the o. f. whatchamacollems that used to stand on the o. f. whatnot?
 There isn't much wrong with the kind of man who feels good when a friend of his has streak of good luck. Once in d while man will tell you that his latch string is out and forgets to tell ycu that his bulldog is also out.
 And there is the kind of man who gets so worked up over the League of Nations situation that he can't hold his own.
 Tell any mar that he is overworked d and needs a rest and he will respect your intelligence.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-25
Palmer Seems to Have
 Best of It In Georgia

THE chairman of the Georgia
 O state democratic executive com mittee has forwarded to the national democratic committees headquarters the official certificate of the commit tee issuing credentials to a full Pal mer delegation to the San Francisco convention. The certificate was in- dorsed by all but one of the sixty-six committeeman.
 It is recited in the statement ac- companying the certificate that the Georg;a primary Han provided that delegates to the rational convention shall "be chosen among the friends
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-25
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
 AND ELSEWHERE
pr. Wells ou Bishop Murrah


 Tt was with great qualification that the news was received by Methodism in Birmingham and vicinity that Bishop W. B. Murrah would preach the bac- calaureate sermon for Birmingham- Southern College next Sunday May 30. at the Woodlawn Methodist Church." said Dr. Preston B. Wells. pastor of Highlands Methodist Church.
 "The college has made a wise selection in Bishop Murrah. for he will bring an interesting message to the people of Greater Birmingham. Last year Bishop Ainsworth delivered a stirring sermon before this college at commencement and Bishop Murrah is expected to do like wise, as he is intimately acquainted with college life and the demands of college students. He was president of Millsaps College, at Jackson. Miss. when he was elected bishop on the second ballot at the general conference at Asheville, N. C., in 1910. It was a notable group of men who received the election to the bishopric at the time besides Bishop Murrah. others being Bishop Denny. Bishop Kilgo, Bishop Lambuth, Bishop Warehouse. Bishop Mouzon and Bishop Mccoy, then president of Birmingham College. Bishop Murrah has long been recognized as one of the south's educa~ tional leaders,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-25
NovELIsTs

From the Washington Star. William Dean Howells was talking about the American novelist, new style and old.
 "A novelist of the new style" he said, pulled up his Rolls-Royce on Fifth avenue one afternoon and hailed an old-styled novelist who was just coming out of the public library.
 "Well, Bill said the new-stvle novelist have you had any press notices lately? l had S7 this morning mine about my divorce. six about my new car. three about what I like for dinner, two about my 105 suits of clothes, five about my lost $2.000 bull dog and F about the funny anecdote I told the Prince of Wales during his New York visit. Now. how about you, Bill? Any press notices today?r
 '" Only one, the old-style novelist answered meekly, Only one, Bob. Only a review which said that my new novel was well written
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-25
Do Railroad Operators
 Realize the Crisis

|lNo the owners and operators of D the railroads realize the crisis which they face?
 Blame for the freight congestion is placed on the railroads by none other than s. David Warfield, presi- dent of the Association of Owners of Railroad Securities.
 MT. Warfield declares that the rail- road operating officials have failed to meet the situation and that "gov- ernment ownership would be forced upon an unwilling country" unless the carriers themselves develop CO., operative methods.
 MT. Warfield points out that the railroads have been unable to agree even on distribution of the three hun dred million dollar revolving fund. His final indictment is this:
 within three months of their re- turn to their owners, we find the rail- roads invoking the powers granted the interstate commerce commission in the transportation act, which pow CTS, together with other vital pro- visions now in the law, the associa- tion of railway executives opposed being granted to the commission"
 o. L. Bum, manager of the Bir- mingham Traffic Bureau, and a man noted for conservatism of speech, has expressed similar view of the failure of the railroad operators to meet the situation.
 Business men are well-nigh agreed that if the railroads do so far fall down as to again invite consolidation of ownership, that idead will this time |speed down a line without sidetracks.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-25
The Pioneer Spirit

Gentlemen, I have gone my limit. Truth is, about all have done for my private coal business since I undertook the Warrior river. management has been to sign payrolls," said Henry T. DeBar- deleben to bunch of Port of Birmlng- ham stockholders.
 One of the latter quietly remarked: Its the dead fact Henry has told He reminds me of his father, the late Henry r. DeBardeleben. If ever there was pioneer he was. Henry has developed the pioneer spirit since he took over the Warrior river management until it has become his very soul and body. Such spirit moves mountains and he has just about moved this mountain. He deserves all the more credit for Bir- mingport because his mines will not be affected by it, being further up the river"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-25
A JAPANESE STATE

From the Louisville Courier-Journal. R. CASTLE, JR., writes wy in the World Outlook as fol-
 Hawaii has been a territory since 1898. but the average postal clerk is not yet sure whether domestic postage on a letter is sufficient, and customs authori- ties are often doubtful whether duty should be paid on the contents of parcels sent from Honolulu. In Hawaii, on the other hand, people are so sure of their true-biue Americanism that a political group is seeking to have the territory made state, the more conservative stead of advocating statehood, they would prefer the American institutions which they foresee would be in jeopardy should the rule of the majority obtain. The ma jority of citizens will shortly be Japan csc, because of the American law which ican territory, citizen. The Japanese already outnumber other races in the islands. and the time is rapidly approach ing when Japanese voters will outnunoer other voters"
 MT. Castle is member of one of the leading missionary families in Homo lulu, the grandson Or great-grandson of the first of his clan to set foot upon the rich, and enriching, soil of Oahu when the native monarchy existed.
 The Castles have seen the islands under the American fog, become the home of as many races as can be found in equal space anywhere in the world.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-25

Not even Singapore knows more colors. typesc. tongues than Honolulu. but the Japanese eventually would be a majority and would govern the state of Hawaii if the territory should be made a state.
 The Koreans, the Chinese, the Malays, the Indians, the Greeks, tn Burmese the Russians, the Hawaiians and the rest m.Ght fuse against the Japanese, but this country would witness beyond the sunlit sea" from California a Japanese govern ment operating under American forms.
 When Hawaii was annexed a ribald poet flung at the missionaries this sug- gestion:
 And when the new Pacific state selects
 it's shield and crest
 Perhaps twill choose this bIazon, which
 venture to suggest:
 For a crest hymn book sable and the
 motion Kingdom Gomez Gules a missionary rampant, on a demi-
 john of rum.
 The missionary families and their American brethren now are a small num- Der in the islands compared with yell low, black and brown Orientals, The demijohn has been legislated into the limbo of things that were-or things that surreptitiously are. A possible Japanese state. racially. has grown up where the American missionaries, commercial trav- ellers, shopkeepers and beach-combers blazed the way to freedom" for the diminishing group of Kanakas Hawaii is
 
 not for the Hawaiians. It might not be for the Americans if it should become eli ta
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-25

From the Sun and New York Herald. WN 7 HO can say that the age of TO- wv nance is gone by when such an incident as Dr. Alexander Hamilton Rice brings home from the O1noco may still be read in the morn ing newspapers? Adventure there is a-plenty for those who go seeking it with strong heart and wide open eyes. We should be slow to believe that op- portunity was extinct even in ancient and sophisticated Europe. The new Happening reminds us that the south ern branch of our western continent IS as yet almost a virgin field for some Rider Haggard of the future.
 It is astonishing, indeed, how little use has been made of Latin America in imaginative work. In the Island of Silver Store" Dickens himself showed the possibilities of the field. In the Adventures of the Admirable Lady Bi6dy Fane," Frank Barrett just missed producing great novel. De Quincey's s Spanish Nun" gives a glimpse of the scenic material. 'Nostromo" uses the primitive elements of forest and moun- tain only by way of background. Rob- inson Cruesoe's" immortal experience lis only insular. But the pampas and the tropic jungle of the Amazon have had no Fenimore Cooper. no Haggard, no Kipling, and their wild and luxuri- ant charm has not yet been congealed and crystalized into a fairy structure
 of inspired words.
 Here is something for some coming generation to look forward to, and the prospect is rendered all the more thrill | ing by the new human element that Dr. Rice paints into the picture. This race of cannibal giants of fair com plexion, who though rumored in whis- pers by fear stricken natives. have only emerged into the certainty of the wfite mans vision twice in century
 and a half. first to Spanish adven- turer in 1763 and again to the latest American explorer, offer material for invention and stimulus for emotion
 
 about King Solomon's Mines.
 While the world is waiting for the great South American novel, the arena of science is sure to be considerably excited over the verification of this white remnant of some old wandering race. hidden for untold ages in the heart of equatorial mystery. It Is most curious discovery in itself and It greatly enhances the puzzle of similar survivals in other far distant regions. It will be remembered by every one that a tribe of white Eskimos was To- cated only a few months ago in the frozen north. The white Tuaregs, the Yelled People of the Sahara. are an erhnological problem of long standing. Reports of a white race in the darkest Congo glades. preserving dim civili-
 zation in the recesses of the immemo- rial trees for amounted centuries. have long been vaguely known In Allan Qnatermain" Rider Haggard takes it for granted in lively passage; Sir
 Harry Johnston. who knows his Africa as few other living men, confirms the legend in his recent work. his novel trusr than most histories. "The Gay
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-25
Rents and the Warrior

"A citizen of Birmingham, resident here for many years, pointed out to me the other day building of his, which, he declared, now earned thirty times the rent that it did years back" said G. Nj. Bowers.
 'I switched the conversation to the river terminals at Birmingport and the necessity of their early completion if the district is to realize on our river freight differentials and the like.
 "In all innocence this gentleman con- fessed that Birmingport was a worthy undertaking and he thought those inter- ested in it should certainly see that the terminals were completed
 What got my angora and ran away with it was this mans utter lack of even suspicion that he was concerned in the Warrior development despite what industrial progress here has done for him.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-25
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES
A PROMOTER DROPS IN

A "Is this the office of the Toadvine clarion?' asked the prosperous look ing stranger Tt is, sir replied the editor. My name is Blobbs. sir, J. Van derdyke BIobbs of New York, Chicago, Philadelphia and Boston"
 Glad to meet you. Mr Blobbs" I've come here to do great things fo- your town"
 Do you mean to say you came all the way from New York, Chicago, Phil adelphia and Boston just to do. great things for ToadvineY
 q did. sir"
 Well, by gum. I'll give you per sonal notice in my paper, but I'm not going to buy any oil stock
 A FALSE IMPRESSION This war bride says she is going back to that dear Paris"
 Doesn't she like American" No, but you can't blame her mucb.,' Why not?"
 'she thinks all of America Is like Hoboken."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-25
Wade Worried

T am not ordinarily a pessimist," says former Commissioner of Agriculture J. A. Wade, 'but the continued rains, coupled with the lateness of the season, has had a rather depressing effect on me, as am now engaged in farming.
 "I am in the Coosa valley and have not yet had chance to plant any corn. My cotton is up, but, like all that have seen, is in the grass am fear ful that Bill Boil Weevir is going to get in his damaging work In my opin- ion, only so rer cent of cotton crop has been planted, and that up to the present only 25 per cent of the corn in the state is in the ground. It will take mighty fine seasons in June and July to bring anything like normal yield. If the rains last two weeks more it will spell disaster to the farmers.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-25
American People Weary
 of Political Bosses

e ENATOR BOISE PENROSE, g who, in spite of i'll health, is the most powerful man in the republican party, belongs to the older school of politicians. He has been called the last of the "Old Guard"
 America has had enough of political "bosses" and is tired of the breed, but Penrose is still to be reckoned with and the crowning act of his life may be the naming of the republican nominee at Chicago. It is reported that he has engaged a suite of ten rooms near the Coliseum, where the convention will meet, and while he does not expect to appear in person, he will issue his commands from his headquarters, with scores of hench- men to do his bidding.
 A recent dispatch stated that Sena- tor Penrose had suffered a relapse. Nevertheless he continues to take an active part in politics and is said to be in constant communication with leading republicans who come to con- suit with him from all parts of the country. He has set the seal of his approval on Philander Knox for Pres ident, which is rather a queer com bination, but illustrates the truth of the old saying that politics makes strange bedfellows. If there is a split in the republican ranks, according to predictions now being made, there is much speculation as to the course the Pennsylvania "boss" will adopt.
 Such men as Penrose are pictur- esque types. Their ability is unques- tioned, but they are the kind of men of whom it may be said that they are not in politics for their health. There was time. when such leader ship was paramount in America. It brought discredit on politics and was responsible for much of the corrup- tion that used to characterize prac- tically all party contests. There were 'bosses," big and little. They ranged all the way from the "ward heeler' to the men who made governors, United States senators and Presi- dents. They are not yet extinct, but their power is waning They are not a; blatant, nor as arrogant, as they used to be.
 The American people are demand ing clean elections. It is the result of an awakened national conscience. It is increasingly difficult to buy an
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-25
Construe the times to their necessi ties.
 Henry W.
 % < < Premier Venizelos Pounds a New Empire in Europe
IV.


 E LEUTHERIos VENIzELos, N Greek premier, became eonspic- uous during the war as an able statesman. He is chiefly known as the strong man of Greece who de- posed Constantine and sent him into exile from which there is little like lihood of his ever returning.
 The motives of Venizelos have been questioned, even by his own country men, but it may be assumed that his critics were for the most part sym pathizers with the former monarch who were jealous of the premier's growing power. Judged by the sum of his achievements, Venizelos is a patriot who has by his shrewdness and diplomacy almost realized the dream of the -Hellenists.
 With the support of Lloyd George and Millerand, Venizelos has built a new empire in Europe. Greater Greece now touches the Adriatic, .he Aegean, the Black Sea and the Medi- terranean. While the attention of the world was centered on the German, Turkish and Armenian problems, and the quarrel between Great Britain and France over the occupation of Frankfort and other Rhine cities, Venizelos was looking after the in terests of Greece and at the San Reno conference he won a triumph for Pan-Hellenism.
 Estimates of the population of Greater Greece vary from sveen mil lion five hundred thousand to ten mil lion. It includes Albanians, Jugo- Slavs, Bulgarians and Turks. The northern boundary extends from Epirus to the Chatalja lines in the east. It take3 in the Dodecanness, that part of the Aegean formerly occupied by Italy, and will have an outpost in Smyrna on the mainland of Asia. Had Constantinople been given to them, the Greeks would have had little else to ask for.
 The resourceful Venizelos matched his wits against the premiers of Eng lang, France and Italy and won. How ever it is predicted by European poli- ticians that Greater Greece will rot hold together after Venizelos dies or is removed from control. Racial an- tipathies and conflicting aims will have to be reckoned with. It is by no means a cohesive empire and the causes which have made so much trouble among the Balkan states in the past may continue to create dis cord.
 Whatever the future may hold in store for Greater Greece, Venizelos has wrought remarkably we'll for his country and he ranks among the greatest statesmen of his day.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-25
An Welcome to Birmingport

"All Birmingham is invited to go on the excursion to Birmingport on Thurs day.' said T. P. Hay, Jr., secretary of the committee of arrangements. While the civic bodies are going in a body. all others who wish to do so are cor dIally invited to come along.
 "The train on the Ensley Southern will leave the terminal station at in the afternoon and be back in town long be- fore dark. Ladies as we'll as gentlemen will be welcome. All who go will get the full value of the 90 cents which the round trip will cost them"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-25
CROSSING THE BAR

Bv Tennyson. Sunset and evening star, And one clear call for me: And may there be no moaning of the
 bar When I put out to sea. But such a tide as moving sesms
 asleep, Too full for sound and foam. When that which drew from out the
 boundless deep Turns again home.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-25
NOTICE TO CITY SUCKERS

From the Arkansas Thomas Cat.
 We are about as easy as the rest of the marks in this enlightened land. But no slicker is ever going to get anything out of our pocket by calling us "brother."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-25
Was the match a success?"
GIVE HIM TIME

GIVE HIM TIME
 Your new clerk seems industrious, He has just started to work for us." You antlcipate that he will slow lip after a vh,ie?"
 I'm sure of it. Tomorrow or the next day he will begin to notice that we have some geod looking stenog- raphers about the premises"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-25
A PEACE SUGGESTION

From the Arkansas Gazette.
 Why don't the Scotch and Irish change whiskys and modify each oth- er's temperaments?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-25
HAD TO co TO WORK

II<AI' IV' NsC 1O NOINh She married dancing man, you say?"
 "Yes.''
 Was the match successr' Apparently SC. He hasn't had time to dance since they left the church together"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-25
A FACT TO CONSIDER

z1 zfCI T ID LO1SSIDER The ex-Kaisers ivory beer stein brought only s2oo at sale in New York"
 Rather less than expected, ehy' q presume so. Still, the stein was empty'' PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-25

WARMING UP Though can't get away To refresh my soul, I begin to yearn For the old North Pole And the arctic winds That forever blow Over fields Of Zee And eternal snow.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-25
roo BCsY. PERHAPS

"who is the well-dressed persong "A walking delegate"
 T dale say he 5oesnt walk mucn- "No, but he might have to walk il he were to less his chauffeur. He has never learned how to drive his car."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-25

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