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The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-06-29
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
 AND ELSEWHERE
TeIephone official Here

Walter l.. Dusenberry, commercial representative of the American Tele- phone and Telegraph Company, with headquarters in Atlanta. spent yester- day in Birmingham with George R. Knox, local manager of the Southern Bell Company.
 Tine telephone companies are now sharing the difficulties of everyone else in handling their growing business, said MT. Dusenberry. Tt is almost inn possible to get material and supplies and when they can be secured the prices are so high as to make them all most prohibitive. The manufacturers are unable to promise delivery, because they in turn are having such trouble in getting raw materials and in get ting things shipped. The car service situation is having a serious effect on practically all lines of business all over the country"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-06-29
Navy Cruise

Many reservists of the United States navy are taking advantage of the of- fer of the navy department for the cruises to be given in July and Au- gust" says A. B. Crull, chief yoeman at the local recruiting station.
 Although the southeastern division is only allowed SO men, we have had a large number make application for this summer training. Destroyers from the Atlantic fleet have been assigned to take the reservists on this cruise and they will either leave New Orleans or Mobile. Two will leave on July 24 and return on August 8, making two week cruise, while the other division will leave on August 14, and return on September s, thus making three week cruise. The cruise will be up the Atlantic as far as New York and return and stops will be made at the principal cities along the coast"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-06-29
ANOTHER APOSTASY

From the New York Tribune.
 TN MMA GOLDMAN'S apostasy from IH bolshevism is followed by a like ~ apostasy by Mrs. Philip snowden, long high priestess of the cult of the Lenine lovers of Great Britain. As one of the heads of the independent labor party of England. she is of the social when waged by noble champions of de- struction and chaos.
 Mrs. Snowden has been to Russia. a member of the British labor delegation dispatched to investigate soviet land. Tie cure was drastic, but it has been effective. She went, she saw, she was conquered by the facts-and it takes some facts to pry prepossessions out of g seasoned radical. They commonly rack their conclusions into their lug gage before starting. keep them sealed and, on return. bring them back un- changed.
 Lenine was urbanely gracious. Trotz- ky smirkingly polite and the stage WI h vas up Lo put Snowden has nose as we'll as eyes, and. if her eyes were fooled her olfac- tories kept shrieking to her that condi- tions were rotten. She looked for de- rccracy and found autocracy; for so- cialism, and discovered a system of forced labor far worse than capital ism; she looked for freedom and gazed on slavery. The phrases of Lenine are different, but his methods are those of a Mongolian dcspot. His communism is a fraud and meager minority rules by the terror of the firing squad.
 Mrs. Snowden reports that the labor delegation has learned that soviet Rus- sla can teach the western world noth- ing. What she means. of course, is obvious; but. taking her words liter ally, they are inaccurate. Soviet Rus sia teaches much. It instructs man. kind what to avoid.
 The great experiment lauded as marking the dawn of new day. has been tried and it has failed. The scheme in whose advocacy an ocean of ink has been used and whose literature has the tonnage of hundred Aqui- tanias brings starvation and misery to tie many. It stops production. just as
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-06-29
Beginning to See
 Wilson Dam Completed

N LABAMA rejoices in learning E that only two years separates it from the completion of the Wilson Dam at Muscle Shoals and the use of the water power which it will de- velop.
 There are no strings tied to this power. The dam is being built by the government on a federal-controlled stream, whose abutting acreage is also the property of the government by gift and purchase.
 ! Bids have been already received for machinery to generate one hundred and twenty thousand horse power of hydroelectricity and the eventual com plement will be four hundred and fifty thousand horse power. When it Is realized what ninety thousand of hydroelectric horse power is doing in Alabama now, faint conception may be entertained of what four hun dred and fifty thousand more will mean.
 The hydroelectric equipment is to be installed by units as the dam build- ing proceeds, which is the same as saying that, when the dam is finished the entire four hundred and fifty thousand of horse power will be avail able.
 The government will have control of this current. What it does not use to drive the machinery in the nitrate work it will see that the peo- pie get at low rates. This will be either through direct government service or through the medium of a private corporation on such arrange ment of terms as is satisfactory to the government
 There appears no reason to doubt that Congress will act favorably on
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-06-29

the unanimous recommendation of the Senate agriculture committee that a twelve million dollar government cor poration be formed to operate the nitrate works in the production of fertilizers to be sold to the farmers at something like cost of production.
 This will round out the Muscle Shoals programme. It will include navigation of the Tennessee river through Alabama to Cairo, cheap fer tilizers for the farmers of the south and low-priced hydroelectricity for the operation of public utilities and rac- tories throughout the state.
 Hydroelectircity does not have to be transported in railroad cars and will not suffer from car shortages or port compositions. Once the transmits oiOl lIIicS dIc SlIcLSllCu tllC SQllCllO travels smoothly over the wires and factory wheels turn in a musical rhythm that is guaranteed it's con- tinuity
 It seems strange that many of us were a trifle jealous of the claims of Muscle Shoals "back yonder." But that was before we were educated. Those who stood by that project dur ing the years of doubt, hesitation and suspicion, should realize that knowl- edge of new things is not automat- ically obtained and that it was their duty to be patient as well as per- sistent in our education.
 Patience and persistence in a good cause win as surely as drops of water wear away rocks.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-06-29
1t Is the Pace of
 Growth That Counts

T is the pace that counts in the long 4 run. A 2:10 trotter will out dis tance the 2:20 one at the finish.
 There is more glorious feeling in seeing the 2:10 horse creeping up on the 2:20 than there is in the lead of the 2:20.
 Atlanta has entered the two hun dred thousand class by the skin of her teeth. She had start of twenty thousand in getting there ahead of Birmingham in this census, but there is. every reason to believe that Bir- mingham will show 35 plus per cent of increase over 1910, or at least 5 per cent more than Atlanta's rate of increase.
 In addition to that, Birmingham can rest assured that her suburban pop ulation, which was two hundred and twelve thousand in 1910 and one thou sand greater than Atlanta s, will show an increase that will make Atlanta again refrain from the publication of the comparative figures.
 The increase of population in Fair field, Lipscomb and Brighton, all ready reported, shows ten thousand gain. That does not account for Westfield, nor Inglenook, Tarrant City, down below Elyton, in Powder ly and vicinity, just across the hills in Shades valley and elsewhere in Birmingham's outlying territory.
 There will be lots of glory for the Birmingham district even though we get only one hundred and eighty thou sand in the city proper. We will get enough for all purposes if we our selves make proper use of what we have.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-06-29


 THE SHELL AND THE MURMUR Edith M. Thomas. in the, New York Times.
 g tired of tumult in my car Mixed sounds of this tormentsd drew veil across my face And rested in a place-in Space.
 
 Their raiment was of unknown hue Not crimson. gold, or zenith-blue. They walked beside sea-their Sea. They spoke their speech how guessed
 by me, Since l had known it not before They paced along the shore-theirl And from the drift the wave had With beryl pearl and sapphire strown-i gre stopped and gathered up a shell: A pretty thing-what can it tell or all the circles it has done Beneath it's sum" (Oh. not their SunD The other laid it to his ear, Harked, passingiy-"I nothing hear Except the murmur of the Sea, Nherewith all wandering shells aeree-- A portion of it's symphony; This tells no different tale to me-"
 
 And they passed on-through Other
 where. But it was given me to fare Che instant where their steps had< Their steps of which no print is seon- To hark one instant what the shell To mere mortal ear might tell. Oh. Powers-angelic-oh. far Powers- feard. This martyred world of ours. With birth-cries trembling on tho night, With signs of souls in piteous flight, With monday din of crowded marts, < And the veird sobs of breaking hearts. 'Tempestuous loves and hates that rend. And roar of wars. that never end Then slipped the shell from out ny
 hand. 3 was no more upon that strand Oh. world of ours, whose outcries fiu My human sense. I wonder still X How all this tumult can but be The murmur of the sea--their Soa
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-06-29
ADRIF'T WITH THE TIMES
THE SACRIFICE

THE SACRIFICE Three hundred gallons of "moonshiner
 poured
 Into mountain stream; IWelve men look on with misty eyes As though they're in a dream 0 what is that on the passing breeze As it lightly scurries by? It may be the voice of the babbling
 brook
 But it sounds like a human sigh. IN THE GOOD OLD SUMMER TIME flows this back\to the farm move ment progressing?"
 Fine right now" said MT. Cobbles. "Yes?"
 All the town kin I've got want to come out an pay me visit"
 ABLE TO CARRY IT If you take whisky for your stom- ach's sake. what about your head?" My head can take care of itself. sir.o replied Colonel Jagsby. T have the good fortune to possess, sir, the ca pacity of southern gentleman"
 LOSING THEIR FRENCH Whats become of all the ex-seryice men?" asked Tony the waiter. T guess there are still a few about town" said the doughnut and coffee customer.
 US mighty strange. There hasn't been young chap in here in months who wanted his ham and eggs 'toot sweet"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-06-29

Iof an auditorium. We have been Gag itating" for months, but with the ex- ceptlon of floating the bonds, nothing has been done. That is no credit to city of Birmingham's pretentions. Let's go forward and stand still no longer.
 MT. McAdoo may have sincerely tried to prevent his name from going before the democratic convention. but on inc o'her hand it is obvious that Mr. Mo AGoo wasn't born yesterday. # * + The Manhattan hotel, where the fa . r'ous cocktail originated, has closed it's docrs The cocktail itself has gone into exile to be manhandled by mixers of so-called American drinks. T' # * 1T san francisco gets through na- tioral convention without gougjne any. body it will be about time for another earthquake * x < Governor Coolidge comes of thrifty stock If elected vice president. he'd probably be able to save something ont of his salary. x 0 The climate may have something to do with women politicians at San Fran cisco looking better than they did at Chicago. General Wood and Herbert Hoover have demonstrated to the satisfaction of everybody concerned that they have great deal to learn about politics. x # x With a lawsuit and an indictment at home and MT. Bryan to worry with in San francisco. Boss" Murphy has his hands full. ~'-S -N"s''S AihPOi lduCc OI AlOyC George and King George is shown by the greater number of times Lloyd George gets his name in the papers. It is said that women can't keep a secret. yet nobody seems able to solve the Elwell case.
  Professor Taft is not even permitting the heat to ruffle his composure, much less presidential campaign. af * x If Irwin Cobb is spilled out of a tax icab in San Francisco he'll have to be hauled to hospital in a truck. # ss * John w. Davis may look and talk Hike a President. and still be a consid- erable distance from the White House Hs * * Right of way has been granted tc Georgia peaches. That is fitting and p. oper, both for peaches and pea ches. .' E * * Complimentary mention" isn't going to soothe the injured feelings of Champ Clark.
 IL is said that w. J. B. has no candi date. Yet he is opposed to novices running.
 # * *
 Some of the intelligence received from Cuba is a trifle vague. The island seems to be turning around.
 The Greeks are swatting the Turk with an ardor that spells the Turks early finish.
 E q $
 The homesickness of Emma Goldman fails to strike a responsive chord in America.
 Villa and his followers are Mexico's .irreconcilables."
 A flourishing mint bed is merely a sad reminder of days that are gone.
 E E Y
 Although somewhat battered. the heart of the world is not yet broken.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-06-29
Right M0u

Colonel Kennedy is certainly the man to head the Alabama Travellers for the coming year. said C. M. Tardy. He is a man who has worked himself up almost. you might say. from the blow handle to his present position in the esteem and respect of all who known travelling man in the northern portion of the state. and next to my self. the oldest traveling man in Bir- mingham.
 "The Alabama Travellers will be sure to grow and benefit under his guidance. He took hold immediately and started things Saturday after his election"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-06-29
Do They Smoke.

Custom is funny thing" says. H. Key Milner. "and southerners are noted for their politeness. Our men get up and give their seats to ladies on the street cars or on trains. They are very punctilious about lifting their hats. and the great majority of them uncover their heads even in elevators if there is woman in the lift. But it does seem bit queer to note man keep his cigar or cigarette in his mouth. all the while puffing away. It's just an inconsistency which can town office buildings."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-06-29
Gadsden Joins

Manufacturers of Gadsden and the district surrounding were highly en- thusiastie over the work of the Ala bama Manufacturers Association" said L. Sevier. president who has just re- turned from that city where he went in the interest of the association.
 Tn common with other manufactu- importance of a live organization which originates and disseminates helpful in- formation while drawing the member ship into closer unity.
 "The Gadsden membership is already large, and has recently been increased by recent accession. It promises to be one of the livest units in the state.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-06-29

contemptible middle class economists
 have predicted it would. With the stoppage of production, again as the hourseoisie foretold, there is dearth to and most grievously to the masses. During the centuries Russia's dark story will warn the world what not tc oo
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-06-29
A Repuhltcan.s Cue..

J. Rivers Carter is a republican. but he is also close observer and a stu lican politics. Asked what he thought the democratic national convention would do with the prohibition issue, he sad:
 Leave it alone so far as the plat form is concerned"
 MT. Carter thinks McAdoo has the best chance for the democratic presi- dental nomination.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-06-29
INTERESTED

INTERESTED You poor, poor woman!- exclaimed the lady uplifter. Gan l do anything for your"
 Yes, ma'am," said the s1um dweller, Set down on that broken chair an tell me what all them fine clothes of yours cost"
 PROSTRATED Well. did that prescription I gave you straighten you out?" Tt certainly did, doctor" Finer
 T was flat on my back for a week"
 TOO NUMEROUS It's wrong for man to keep . card index of his enemies" Tt is indeed" said Senator Shorts worthy. And if he happens to be in politics, it's impossible"
 DEADLY EARNEST This suffrage orator takes cam raigning seriously" 50 much so she forgets that she has family tree and drops into the yer na cular."
 LIMITED CREDIT 'The Clippings are not spending a. much money as they used to-" They are spending as much as they ever did, but they are not buying as much" PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-06-29

Devils soonest tempt. resembling z spirits of light.
 -Love's Labor Lost.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-06-29

Here is situation where race, creed. rationality-nothing counts except hu- manity. It is a blot on the escutcheon of the human race Nor can America ever clear herself if she permits these conditions to continue. Shall it ever be said of Birmingham that for the lack of a few dollars a host of little Jewish cn.ldren were allowed to perish? think not.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-06-29

Robbed of their birthright torn from their mothers breasts. or the cows all killed or driven away. even the goats slaughtered. think of the sacrifice of the ba abies and of the hunger bangs of those of tender years, augmented by terrible endless nights spent alone and unpro- tected out in the fields under the stars when nights are clear. or bitten by cruel winds, shiverlng under the pitiless snow, or wandering around the dirty streets of cities like lost souls.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-06-29
Member of the Associated Press

TELEPHONE Bell (private exchange connecting all dcpartments) Main 40O0
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-06-29
PROSTRATED
TOO NUMEROUS

T was flat on my back for a week."
Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1920-05-19
OKLAHOMA NEEDS HANDS

.4... .f' (By5 Associated PresS)
Kansas ,ity, Mo-, May 19-The
United States employment service, a
bureau Of the. Department of Labor,
estimates that Oklahoma will have
two and quarter million acres of
wheat to harvest this season, anG that
several thousand harvest hands will
be required in the central and north
western counties of the state. Feder-
al employment agencies will be main
tained at Enid, Oklahoma City, Tulsa,
Ardmore and Muskogee, and the cut
ting is expected to begin about June
10 and continue until about June 25
in this section.
Nebraska is expected to harvest ap-
proxjmately as much wheat as in
1913, slightly more than three mil
lion acres.
Missouri expects to cut about
100000 acres of wheat, mad har-
vest labor probably will be needed in
tire western counties.
Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1920-05-19
YOUNG BURGLAR
TRIES GEORGETOWN

Georgetown, Ky. May 10
Surprised while ransacking the
room of Herman Wolfe, 17-year-
old son Of David c. Wolfe, here
Tuesday afternoon, man :u:np-
ed through the closed second
story window and started toward
Lexington.
Wolfe telephoned the police
who arrested Walter Red 1e
years old. His companion, Ralph
Woody, was also arrested when d
search of his clothing revealed a
pistol. Reid had SIS i'll war say
ings stamps, which Wolfe :denti-
fed as his property. The two
youths came to Georgetown yes
terday and registered at The no
tel. There a search Of their Eags
gage showed a suit case filled
with jewelry of every description
diamond rings, diamond pins.
jewel-studded combs, and gol(
rings, and trinkets. The police
estimate the jewelry in the sui.
case worth $4,000 if the gems
are genuine.
Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1920-05-19
NO CIRCUIT court
JUDGE AT CONCLhVE

After hearing the evidence in q
number of cases and having the
docket pretty well cleared Tuesday
afternoon, Judge w. H. Shackelford,
of the Madison circuit court dismissed
the jurors, after thanking them for
their satisfactory service, and stated
that there would be no court until Fri
day morning. He announced his in
tention of going to Lexington, to at
tend the Knights Templar Conclave,
and incidentally remarked that his eff
ficient clerk, Mr.. James Wagers would
also attend the festivities there.
The regular hearing of cases will be
resumed on Friday morning. There
are a number to be heard as result
of the grand jury investigation. This
will be followed by the hearing of the
few cases continued and this will
mark the closing of the May term of
court.
Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1920-05-19
PROTESTS ADVANCE
IN TOBACCO PRICE
(By Associated Press)

Washington, May i9 = Mem
bers of the Tobacco Merchants
Association of the United States,
in convention here, were assured
today by President Eisenlohr' of
Philadelphia, that tobacco and Ii
quor would not be buried in the
same grave. He said not the
slightest use Of tobacco would be
prohibited The speaker pro-
tested against further increase in
tobacco taxes, declaring it would
not bring heavier returns, because
the consumption would decrease
as a result of increased prices. He
said that retail prices were al
ready Is per cent higher than at
the outbreak of the war.
Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1920-05-19
Low LEVEL FOR
LIBERTY BONDS

Louisville, Ky, May 19-Bank
ers here noting the low level Of
Liberty Bond issues, as quoted on
the New York stock exchange to-
day, were. of the opinion that the
bottom has about been reached, it
was uniformity said, according tc
the Times. The slump was due
to the fact that owners neede5
money and not a lack of conn
dence in the government. New
low records were established for
the Second and Fourth loans,
selling tone time at $S2.44 anf
$500 respectively. Victory
Bonds Of 3 3-4 per cent also tell
to 500 at the National Bank OF
Kentucky. Officials said if there
was no upward industrial devel-
opments, Liberty Bonds would
not drop much more.
Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1920-05-19
JIMMY VALENTINE PROVES
+'t A RIG SCREEN I

For sswift-moving, electrifying en-
tertainment and finished, forceful act
ing nothing has come to the local
screen in many weeks to approach
"Alas Jimmy Valentine, starring
Bert Lytell tonight.
From the opening scene to the final
closeup, this Metro screen version of
Paul Armstrong; internationally cele-
brated crook melodrama held its au-
dience in a breathless tension of inter-
est.
Mr. Lytell's acting was a feature
that must not be passed over without
tribute TO its art. Especially notice
able was the fact that this young star
exhibited restraint in places where
over-acting would have spoiled the il
fusion. This quality, coupled with a
dynamite fire in the tighter moments,
enhanced the play in no mean meas
ure.
Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1920-05-19
NEGRO SHOOTING
SCATTERS KNIGHTS

Lexington, KY, May 19-Down
an avenue of American flags and
colored bunting forming a lane
for the Knights Templar parade
to be held today, and just as one
of the visiting bands was finishing
up "a hot time in the old town to-
night" Lucy Johnson, a negro,
came speeding from the general
direction of Spruce street down
toward Walnut Tuesday after
noon at about dusk, setting a re-
cord that would do justice to Paul
Jones.
Behind her, calling aloud for
her to "wait there" ;" and filling the
air with volley of shots from a
revolver, came Georgia CARNEY,
who recently moved here from
Hazard, Ky. Knights Templar
scattered, realizing their spark
ling swords were but ornaments.
Changing came The police patrol,
the city ambulance, two detec-
tives who had been resting on the
post Office steps and countless pc
licemen.
Bang, Bang" came the rep ,rts.
Five hundred persons who were
lining Main street for a band con
cert, flooded Walnut street. But
there were neither arrests nor
casualties. Lucy had run so fast
she beat the bullets and Georgia
seeing the excitement, Gust kept
on going" and the police haven t
caught her vet.