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The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-24
THE ADRIATIC QUESTION

From the Philadelphia Public Ledger. NN HdEN the true story of how the MW difficulties that Italy has had W in getting what might be called
 the nationalistic point of view accepted
 by the world on the Adriatic question
 comes to be written, the part that delay,
 some of it excusable and some of it in
 excusable. has played in firing the Italian
 heart cannot be overlooked. After the armistice, when the Italians learned tnat the readjustment in the Adriatic would
 not necessarily turn the town of Flume over to Italy. there was no immediate
 flaring up of an irreconcilable national feeling. since it had long been known
 that out of difference to Russia, Flume
 had not been promised Italy in the treaty
 of London, and this sacrifice had been
 faced and allowed for. But with the long delays developing over the League
 of Nations idea and the complication growing out of the physical actualities of peace itself. the cry that Plume should
 be "a city of free Italy" and not mercy
 .a free city" grew with the passing or
 
 time; and finally, when the President who had been the idol of Italy as "noie' took a flat position against giving itais any semblance of sovereignty over flume the fat was in the fire.
 After that no Italian government cou'u refuse to pay attention to what was caiieu inc natural reacquisition by Italy or 'nose .Iuyrian lands and ports that "ouiu se cure for her the heritage or Vehice' and when D'Annunzio, on the nisn' v c.n..,h.r ii had a vision" while lying
 r-ostra,ad on a sick bed in Venice. that :. Ri. dutv to take Plume, strange .rd ;ntensely dramatic situation aross' with which the world has been cohlroh'- ad aver since, with no solution Tn sish.
 or seemingly possible. It IS not that D.Anrunzio. who became the actual as
 +he mystic ruler of Plume. d.d x.,,.v. in certain compromises. For month after he had taken over
 +ns town he was quite willing to negotiate n,,,n the Croats in favor of an economic o,,t,et for their commerce, so long as the Adriatic was recognized as Latin . with it's peaceful development pro
 tected by Italy in the common interest or reirhboring nations. Nor was Italy, so the government went. actually hos tu. to certain commercial ana trace con o.ssions to the hinterland of Plume; yet. as all observers over there have pointed
 o,t the Plume question has to be settled by the Italian people. since it is the peo- nle. after all, who have accepted the vision which made the leadership of DAnnunzio so easy. involving. as it did. the practical mutiny of large groups or the army and navy in favor of his cru- sade for a solution of the Adriatic prob llem which would give Italy the suprem- acy of the shores. as well as of the
 waters that are contiguous to the newly formed southern Slav communities.
 finder the circumstances. the new so-
 ,ution. which, it is reported. the peace conference has reached in regard to chance to accept the plan. since with Plume under Italian sovereignty and con- lpected by a .corridor,' the continuous | coast line of Istria. with the Trieste ter-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-24

ritory that is undisputably Italian, tn Eanzig precedent is followed and it ca De claimed that substantial victor Tor the national aspirations has been ss cured But it is almost too much { expect that the Croats and the Slovene will agree on common policy towar Italy unless under pressure of the gres powers Yet is they do and the di: turbances in Dalmatia are settled to tf satisfaction of all parties, great tr umph for the kind of thing that tt League of Nations will have to take u again and again later will be in actui evidence
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-24
Going After Industries
 In the Proper Way

1NHAT is good move the Cham
 O Der of Commerce is making in sending it's general manager and the secretary of the Traffic Bureau into the industrial centers of the north and east to interest investors in Bir- |mingham.
 In recent months the Chamber of Commerce has received numerous in- |quiries from the north and the cast from persons who state that they want all the information possible about Birmingham, and indicate that If the reports they receive are favor able they will come here and estab- Ilish manufacturing plants.
 Birmingham has much to offer in ldustrial investors. There is an abun. dance of labor hare; labor troubles seldom occur; fuel, either coal ol hydroelectic, is convenient anc cheaper or as cheap as it can be ob tained elsewhere; transportation ia cilities are unexcelled; the climate i. favorable, and Birmingham wants them.
 This revived civic body has deter mined upon a policy that its off cers believe will bring the best anc the quickest results. They are going to take Birmingham's story to th, investors, not wait for them to conn here of their own volition. And it i story that every citizen should b. proud of. It is story of progress in industrial and civic development of growth in, population, and of loca tion and climatic and physical condi tions that will command attention wherever it is told.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-24
Truck Routes and
 Modern Highways

A YEAR or more ago the gov 6A ernment established mail routes by motor truck between Birmingham and Montgomery and between Bir- mingham and Gadsden. But they were not maintained long.
 While there was no pressing need for them, the poor conditions of the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-24
ADRIFfr WITH THE TIMES

WET From leaden skies cold rain descend
 ing In steady streams that seem unend-
 ing. The gutters filled to overflowinr. The pavements like wet ribbons show
 ing. Sleek motor cars are madly dashins Along the streets, pedestrians snlasb.
 Ing: Each doorway holds a group who're
 waiting. Tn hopes there'il soon be some abating. Bold spirits. they are few but hardy, Go scuttling past-thev must be tardy, Bedraggled men and fretfu1 women Who look as if they'd been in swim
 min. Fine day. eh. what" a darned fool
 shippers And puts new strain on our tempers,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-24
CASTING A DAMpER
GRIEvoUs Loss

"A peppery old gentleman lost h, temper and struck another man owe the head with his walking stick. wbe he realized what he had done, hi cries could be heard for blocks"
 Was he conscience-s e-strickenY
 "Oh. no. He didn't care a boot ahor the injury to the other mans bea, His stick was hollow and he brok. half in two, spilling the equivalent q SIX snifters on the thirsty earth.r
 PAIJI, cOOK
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-24

roads accounted in some measure no doubt for their early discontinuance.
 But no matter what the cause of the abandonment of the mail routes, the motor truck freight traffic is in- creasing and will increase steadily with the building of hard-surfaced The improvement of county roads is tending rapidly to in- crease motor truck haulage, and when the state votes a twenty-five million dollar bond issue for trunk roads, each dollar to be matched by a dollar of federal aid, Alabama will be second to no state in the union in its permanent thoroughfares.
 The bond issue should carry by a sweeping majority. He would be an Iunprogressive citizen indeed who would oppose the measure. The money will be expended under the Isupervision of engineers of wide ex- Iperience. Every dollar will be eco Inomically used.
 It may be several years before the trunk lines are completed, but when the work is done, values in this state will be enhanced many fold.
 Truck traffic will have multiplied enormously, and m tssae Uncle Sam may see the way clear to try the mail experiment again. Certain il | is thct nothing permanent in that di- rection will be undertaken until we Ihava nerfect roads
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-24
Nursery Committee Ready


 The nursery committee of which Dr. Wells. pastor of Highlands Methodist Church, has made me chairman for the Bob Jones revival" said Mrs A. W. B. Johnson. a prominent member of that church and a, most successful Sunday a chairman for each day during the re- vfval, and these in turn have asked as- sistants- Also we have been fortunate in having & number of well trained kinder garten workers to offer their services not kindergarten teachers now engaged in the work. but those who have trained for it and are thoroughly conversant' with the work. We also have a nurse-a nanny nurse, to take care of the babies It is the plan to have story telling for the children and also games and other entertainment which the kindergarten workers will suggest, so that the nur- sery committee will not only take care of the children but entertain them too. The nursery committee is designed to take care, during the afternoon and eve ming services, of those children whose mothers have no nurses or servants to leave them at home with during the re- vival services The mothers thus situated can bring their children to the nursery and rely upon us b take care of them I feel that our committee is thoroughly organized and that we are ready to da the work assigned to us during the great revival"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-24
p.-serxice Men Dropped

'"There are approximately 400 names on file of men who went to the army, the majority of whom were dropped from the voting list for the non-paymens or poll tax" said George Whitfield. There nave been hardly more than 800 of this num- Der who have come to the probate onice to claim exemption under the recent amendment passed by the vote Of tha people of the state It would be good idea for those who will be exempt under this recent law to bring their discharges or A certified copy of same to the onice of the probate, and have their names en- tered on the voting list.
 Tt would be we'll for these men to do this as soon as possible for the registrar will soon be preparing list of the quail fled voters. Should man not clam eA- emotion until after this list is compieteu and go to the polls, although he has reg istered and is entitled to exemption hiS vote is liable to be contested.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-24
SHOOT STRAIGHT. TOO

'Ts it true?" asked the supercilious northern visitor. that there are peo- pie in these hills who actually eat clay~
 T don't know about that replied Colonel Pokeberry. "but if you were to join posse and try to interfere with what these people regard as their inalienable right to make .moonshine, whisky. you would soon discover that they are full of grit"
 TAKING THE JOY OUT OF LIFE
 There are all kinds of crepe hang CTS in this world" remarked MT. Jibway, thoughtfully.
 "Yes?"
 There's Mrs. Jibway. for instance.
 What about herr"
 Every time I light a quarter cigar she reminds me that I'm burning up enough money to keep an Armenian baby alive 4S hours 1onger.p
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-24

BEGINNING THE DAY-o Lord, help me to lay by n little in store each day and each hour. May l snatch little power here and learn a little peace there. Help me to he building all the while. May | re- deem this time. In His name. Amen.--H. Nj. ID.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-24
have perfect roads.
Plant for a Still
 Larger Corn Crop

Larger Corn Crop A s large as Alabama's corn pro- G7Aduction was last year, it should be still greater this year.
 The crop should reach the hundred million bushel mark. All that is need ed is slightly increased acreage, and intensive cultivation.
 The tractor blow will aid greatly in adding to the yield The tractor, as every farmer must know, is a great labor saver, and while the use of this device has been slow of in troduction in the cotton belt, there will doubtless be speeding up this spring.
 A hundred million bushels of corn will mean great addition to the swine output of the state, and con- sequently large increase in wealth. As to cotton acreage, it will prob ably exceed that of 9l9, but it should be the fixed policy of Ala bama to keep production here below a million bales. The weevil played havoc in many counties last year. There is reasonable hope that the destruction will be less this year. At any rate, intensive methods should be pursued and Wit, a favor able growing season, the farmer will make his crop pay abundantly.
 If the farm products of Alabama aggregated in value five hundred million dollars in 1919, the aim should be for at least a hundred million more this year. A year of prosperity is in prospect. # < ].
 A female bandit who held up a Pitts burg man and robbed him of s7ooo. no, only talked about the weather, but forced her victim to take part in the converse. tlon
 The trolley car may eventually be sup. planted by some other means of trans. portation. but the present generation oi motormen and conductors need have nc fear of losing their jobs
 < # x
 Brooklyn druggists are said to be charg ing ss a pint for whisky on a physician prescription. It's that sort of thint that drives men into the arms of boot lleggers and dealers in wood alcohol | * # *
 There's one charge that no man in hi right mind can bring against Admira Sims. and that is the charge of trying t, create Sims presidential boom
 x # *
 Let us not get the impression, iron recent developments. that our navy wa little more effective in the late war tha, the Swiss armada would have been.
 * * *
 New York Herald editorial writers ar turning out more copy since MT Munse, tock charge. Could that be due to sug gestion?
 William Hohenzollern should try to shov his gratitude to Holland in more sub stantial way than by merely buying i Dutch castle for a residence. $ < x Miss Memphis wishes to know ho, , many noses she has to blow" remark } the Commercial-Appeal Got plenty 0 , clean handkerchiefs handy? Motion picture beauties are on their wa to Birmingham. bringing their curve with them. For once front seats will b at a premium in movie house.
 * < *
 Complaint was made that census emu merators asked too many questions Bu Your age, madam?" was the only on that really caused any trouble.
 E
 The first thing we know Herbert Hoo yer will be saying he's been conscripte
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-24
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
 AND ELSEWHERE
He Wasn't Appius.


 Dave Holt came up from Mont gomery yesterday He utilized train No. 2. of the L. & N, on which to make the trip. The train was half an hour late. It got to Birmingham just in time to get thoroughly washed in one of the most impertinently insistent downpours of rain the city has known in months
 Being a long train, the last four coaches stuck out from under the shed in the rain Dave could not wait for the last few cars to be broken from the train and switched in on another track; he got off in the wet and made dash for the shed. put down his grip and two bundles of good roals posters, and. standing on these while he wiped his brow lifted up his voice and mar rated
 Now, as all the world knows, Ap- plus Claudius, the Roman, built the first good road. It is there to this day, though constructed before the Christian era It bears the name of it's . plan Way, famous in song and story NOW 1t came to pass that on tour Tn England the Ben Greet players, who are portrayers of the classic drama, were putting on some play or other that dealt of Rome in its earlier times lne company, for this play, needed many supernumeraries, and to avoid confusion, made out the payroll to the parts instead of the names of i'm. promptu actors.
 The day was cold. Dressed mostly in togas. the crowd was huddling about the unheated stage, after the show. ir the little English theatre Going LII to one of the actors-for- the-day. tn, | paymaster asked:
 Are you Appius Claudiusr Mo- replied the shivering man ad dressed. I'm unhappy as ell"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-24
NO GREAT HANDICAP

NO GREAT HANDICAP The author of this motor romano never owned a car.'.
 That doesn't mean anything i, n. ticular."
 Nor
 Jules Verne wrote a corking zoo, story about the moon. but he'd nevs been there"
 SOME CONSOLATION. ANYHOW
 Do you think any of our departe, reds will ever come back9~ They may"
 Surely not"
 But I feel reasonably certain ina united States transport will not h stocked with choice viands and place at their disposal for the return tri,.
 CASTING A DAMPER
 what is Venice?" exclaimed the i'm passioned tourist. What is vsr;. without it's gondolas?"
 T don't know" replied tn. cou monplace person. You go ahead .r tell us what Venice is witbou. l.. gondolas."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-24
Collecting 5000 Daily.

Poll tax receipts are averaging s1Ooo daily" stated D. U. Williams but this docs not mean that there are nearly that number of individualNre- ceipts issued The cause for the DE amount is the number of men who are paving back taxes. in some cases as mue has IS years back poll tax. ex- pect that next weeks receipts will go far over any of the previous weeks for it is the last week that the tax can be paid.
 "Today's business will probably go above the average, for the return of the election commissioner to the court house will mean number of registra- tions and subsequently, a large num- Der of poll taxes will be paid
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-24

Remittances can be made at cui ,',iiI rate of e,,cbanee. The Age-Herald Will not be responsible for money seN' through the mails. Address
 THE GE-HERALD,
 Birmingham, Ala
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-24

Entered at the Birmingham, Alas postoffice as second-class matter, un- der act of Congress. March 8. 1879.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-24
A Dangerou. Place.

something should be done to eliminate the danger to autos from skidding on the Rainbow viaduct dur ing rainy days" said Mrs. ". D. Smith. Riding down the incline on the First avenue side yesterday afternoon my car slipped nearly all the way in spite of all I could do and after narrowly avoiding a headlong collision with ma chimes going in the opposite direction, finally skidded into taxi. but es- capped unhurt. Others have told me of similar experiences on the Rainbow viaduct when it is wet. hope the commission will look into this natter before someone is seriously injured.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-24

No communication will be puoilsneaa without its authors name heJeGte
 manuscript will not De returned u~ntes' ~ stamps are enclosed for that purpose
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-24

A female bandit who held up a Pitts burg man and robbed him of s7uoo, not only talked about the weather but forced her victim to take part in the conversa- tion.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-24

IS perfect, but untori unately most wives are bit suspicious and it's hard to make them, believe that even the moon is made of green cheese" for there is man in 1t.
 There is a well known tale which comes down to us of the man who chose his wife out of three sisters by the way they ate their cheese. One pared it-she Che said) was mean; one cut it off extravagantly thick, she was wasteful; the third sliced it off in a medium way. and he took her This
 is where we get the expression. cheese pairing economy" I put this in here as this happens to be Thrift Week and want to boost it all I can with the hope that those who have the making of the taxes will learn the art of paripg. Laugh at him as you may. but these are days when we need more cheese parers. If the high cost of liv- ing is cut down 1t will be done by them. for they are the boys who know how to shave prices.
 I had no idea when I started that this thing was going to drag out as it has done, but since I have brought cheese into the realm of love and mar rage. it is appropriate before I close to bring out the singular fact about
 Grooming Cheese, cheese forming a part of the blithemeat or entertain ment provided at the birth and the christening of a child. In Bourne's Popular Antiquities G777) we read: Ut is customary at Oxford to cut what we in the North call the Grooming Cheese in the Middle when the Child is born. and so, by degrees. form with it large kind of ring. through which the child is passed on the Christening Day" Rut before some of you say about this article, "Oh. cheese it. meaning thereby to cut it short. I will bring it to an end.
The Corpus Christi caller. [volume] (Corpus Christi, Tex.) 1918-1987, 1920-04-12

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The Marietta journal. (Marietta, Ga.) 1918-1944, 1920-07-09
IN MEMoRIAM.


John =. Hewett--Friday, June II,
1920, at 2.15 o'clock P. NJ. God in
His great power and infinite wisdom
took from US our beloved father,
John NJ. Hewett.
He was reared in Cobb county.
where he lived until about year AGO
when his health failing he moved to
Birmingham, Ala.,to be with his
children, where he died in the ~
year of his life.
He was happily married to Miss
Samantha Wilson, July 5, 1877 and
was a loving husband, kind and de-
voted fathera
de was truly good man,yet very
quiet and unassuming in his ways.
He always felt deep interest in the
church and the welfare of his COM
munity. He had been a consistent
member of the Methodist church
since early childhood, and his BODY
was laid to rest in the Macland ceme-
tary Sunday, June Is. Funeral SER
vices were conducted by Rev. J. D.
Gray and A. ]. Morgan. Several ap-
propiate hymns were sung, among
others, his favorite song, Glow Firm
Foundation" was beautifully rem
dered by the choir.
Among the many beautiful floral
offerings, silent tokens of love and
sympathy, was sheath of wheat,
symbolical of his useful life and rip
ened years.
He is survived by his widow, the
companion of his. joys and sorrows
for nearly forty-three years, three
sons, two daughters, and six grand
children.
While we mourn the loss of his
presence with US, we do not mourn as
those who have no hope, for he has
gone to his long sought home of rest
and peace. And we rejoice that we
still have the binding influence of his
noble life to guide US through the
trials and hardships of this world.
and may it be our aim in life to
meet him in that sweet home above.
The Marietta journal. (Marietta, Ga.) 1918-1944, 1920-07-09
"The Cootie +"

Ii there is part of the. A. E. F. which the bows
who went over should wish to forget it seems TO
us that 1t would be the Coolies From what we
nave heard they were the most loathsome and dis
agreeable part OF the army troubles and yet here
comes the Dalton Post of the American Legion with
a magazine devoted to the interests of the ex-ser
wee men, and naming it 1.-The Cootie''
When TINS organization first launched in
America, 1T was repeatedly stated that it would not
become intanged in politics. We doubted how
evers If this could be, and recent events in some
sections OF the country, including our own
state, show that it is already looking forward to
ats power in poIitice
The two greatest political organizations of this
country, outside of the big parties themselves. have
been the g. A r. and Tammany Hall Until very
recently the Republicans have been dominated by
the 6. A. r., and the Democrats by Tammanv Hall.
They still have influence with these parties, but
not as in former times when they were the means
OF putting over many bad laws and burdens on our
country We are casting no reflection upon the
s old soldiers, and even Tammany Hall has had
good bosses, but taken as whole, in the MANY
years since the civil war these organizations have
been veritabe "cooties" upon the back of our gov
eminent, and somehow we can take no pride in
seeing new and powerful group of coolies
Fastened upon our body polite
We mean no disrespect to the ex-service men-far
from it-but do not wish to see designing men
organize large and powerful machine under the
cloak of patriotism, to use for their own personal
financial or political gain, and this is what we fear
may be the outcome of the present movements
The Cootie' which is ably edited and beauti-
fully printed, is worthy of better name and a
noblef sentiment than the zone they suggest as a
slogan to the ex-soldier: "Vote as thew paw .
Forget the thought and remember bows. there were
twenty million older men, and just as many woman.
IN America, who would have rejoced at the op-
portunty to perform the service YOU did. and who
shared with you the sacrifices incurred bv vour
going