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The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-19

1 felt like lone cork bobbing up and down on the oceans bosom on Thurs day night as I was the only Baptist , preacher swimming in sea of Meth odism, but l managed to keep afloat
 and greatly enjoyed myself.
 l had been extended a cordial invi- tation to be present at the Highlands
 Methodist church to greet the visiting
 church leaders and hear the address of
 Bishop Hendrix and Bishop H. M. Du-
 Bose, the former senior in the Colleeg
 of Bishops and the latter one of the
 last to be raised to the epscopacy.
 I had met Bishop Hendrix p years
 ago. I was then pastor at Johnson
 City, Tenn. It was my first pastorate.
 l had only recently given up the law
 for the ministry, and had not found my
 self fully some of the great enter
 prises of the church I was a bit shaky
 on foreign missions. Like many,
 wanted to put. the emphasis 6n home
 missions.
 In the providence of God, Bishop Hen drix and Dr. w. R. Lambuth then sec retary of missions, but now Bishop
 Lambuth, were holding conference on
 missions at Bristol, and I ran up to at
 tend it, having always been a great
 hand to- go to religious gatherings of
 all kinds. 1 might stop to say to any young preacher who may happen to
 read this get the habit of keeping in touch with associations conventions conferences. synods and other church meetings.
 1 I listened to the fascinating story of the bishops trip throughout the east and was struck not only with the needs, but with the masterly way in which, he
 made out case for those sitting in darkness" and of the obligation of the Christian nations to give to them the
 message intrusted by the Master, who was truly "the light of the world.' After hearing him and Dr. Lambuth and others I was thoroughly converted to foreign mission work.
 And now after quarter of century once more the great ecclesiastical l statesman of Southern Methodism crossed my path, and it was a joy at
 the reception given by the good women of the Highlands church to greet him and let him know that under God he was the man who had helped a young Baptist preacher find his way at a crit ical time in his life and had started him on the road which never gave out 1 in the hom elands. but rms wherever
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-19
x F 7 Convicts at Flat Top
 Prove Themselves Heroes

1FHE fire at Flat Top which de-
 J stroyed the prison hospital, il- lustrated anew a truth that most of us too often forget. A man may wear convict's stripes and still be capable of heroic self-sacrifice.
 Eleven men undergoing medical treatment were locked in their cells when fire was discovered about 10:30 o'clock at night. A search for keys to release them was futile and res cuers had to cut their way through walls and doors. Twenty convicts, some of them serving life terms, were released to help save their fellow prisoners. In the, excitement and con- fusion these men had an opportunity to escape, but not one tried to get away. All worked heroically to save human life and a number of them repeatedly risked their ow nlives in rescuing the sick.
 One convict was suffocated by smoke, another was the last man to leave the hospital where he had gone to assist the wife of the state prison inspector. A convict serving life \ term is credited with having saved the main prison by his promptness in getting water turned on the threat ened building. A convict confined to his bed by illness got up and helped to cut passages to the men who were imperiled. A convict who is a life cripple dragged a one-legged negro who had recently been operated on, to safety. Other prisoners prevented a far worse disaster by removing a quantity of explosives that might have wrecked Flat Top and caused hundreds of deaths.
 The conduct of these men was truly admirable. Such instances quicken sympathy for the unfortunates who are inmates of prisons, some of them, perhaps, the victims of circumstances, such as ignorance and a bad environ ment, and few of them totally de- prayed.
 It is stated that Governor Kilby will be informed officially of the hero ism displayed by the convicts of Flat Top. These men deserve executive clemency.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-19
THE JEFFERSON COUNTY AUDIT

 GA administration of Jefferson reckesly. report, however surprises county charitable institutions It is the the people of this
 
   The bookkeeping they public  $500 for installing the system something like paid
 
  should walk like they did no automobiles with illegal the for that made Likewise they complete another who bid another of construction. after spending three months the five found the of It also will igaies a smallsized mole hill of technicalies
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-19
THE METHODIST BISHOPS--By Frank Willis Barnett

I remember in my boyhood days that my father carried me to hear Bishop Pierce. I was too young to fully ap-
 preciate the wonderful eloquence and fervor of one of the greatest pulpit or ators of all times; but l find that the older I grow, the more 1 treasure the fact that I did for once hear him. 1 put it along with the fact that l had the hesprivilege of meeting Jefferson Da- wis and talking with him. Fathersl ought to bring their sons into the pres- ence of great men in all walks of life I recall another great figure in South- ern Methodism, that of Bishop II. N McTyeire, for I was a student at Van derbilt in 1886 and used to see him at chapel and watch him as he walked across the campus. Bishop Fitzgerald was then editor of the Nashville Chris I tian Advocate, and I used to see him frequently on the street cars. He was always in jolly humor and we boys liked to ride to town with him. l also learned to know Bishop Tigert, and while at the First Baptist church, Nash vile. during the centennial, was privi- legged to come in sympathetic touch with Bishop Lambuth.
 It was while at the Southern Baptist seminary at Louisville, Ky. that l got
 to be present at the historic celebration
 of the semi-centennial of Southern Methodism. I heard the great address of Bishop Galloway, and I have never
 heard a greater deliverance both as to,
 matter and manner. l find that in checking over the number of bishops have known or heard that have been most fortunate, and so, somehow, Bap- tist though I be, I did not feel out Of place or abashed at the reception in tho presence of the IA honored guests. l happened to be standing on the platform talking to one of the bishops, and in my hand was plate, and on it were some mighty good things for the inner man. Up came a charming Meth odist sister and said with a smile, Why, Dr. Barnett, you eat like a real sure
 enough bishop" I laughingly replied.
 NO bishop has anything on me when it comes to eats, for am a professional diner out and can hold my own in any company" The women of the High lands Methodist church were delightful
 hostesses, and I had a mighty good time, although I was immersed by Meth-
 odiSts
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-19
REFUGE OF WORLDS CRIMINALS

From the St Louis Post Dispatch.
 Immigration Commissioners Wallis charges that he has discovered evidence of a current plot for shipping European criminals and other undesirables to the United States. The government off cials and police agents of two European countries and representatives of steam ship lines are in the conspiracy. he says It is an old practice. The only time it has been discontinued was during the years of the war, when all immigration was suspended. By sending their crim- inals over here, foreigners intensity our problem of law enforcement. impose on us intolerable costs and contribute to those unfavorable comparisons on the prevalence of crime here and abroad, for, of course, crime in the countries from which these desperados are sent is diminished while ours is greatly in- 
 With proper measures this thing can be stopped In solving our crime prob lem begin at the ports of entry. That is not complete solution, but it will help amazingly.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-19
Better Let the Federal
 Reserve System Alone

1T s it because the federal reserve sys- U tenn proved so remarkably capas ble during the war and following the unsettled period after the armistice that legislators of the country con- ceive it is capable of all manner of financial gymnastics? Is this why first one and then another has plan for so changing the act creating the system that it shall embrace specific relief for the needs of his own con- stituents?
 Senator Hitchcock of Nebraska has presented a bill which would so ma nipulate the profits of the reserve banks that they would be used to dis count paper of member banks loaned on agricultural products and live stock. This is the voice of the west, the cry of the wheat grower and cat tie raiser for special consideration by the government.
 s,i Senator Smith of Georgia proposes an amendment that will make the paper of cotton factors eligible for dis count at federal reserve banks.
 !: Both these propositions might be all right in practice, but is it wise for Congress to go into details of the banking business? Did the federal reserve system acquit itself so we'll during the war and afterwards be- cause it was tied with lot of red tape or because bankers and business
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-19
sauare Meal for Two.

Judge W. W. Brandon tells this one: T was reared by a cicuit rider, and folks know what that means. The worlds plenty does not float around paign, and after a speech I had made, country preacher friend of mine came up to me and very cordially extended an invitation to go to dinner with him I caught him by the elbow and whis- thing better than that That banker over wonder has invited me to dine with him. I will take you along with me, and We will both have a square neal"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-19
TO W. A.

By William Ernest Henley Or ever the nnightly years were gone
 With the old world to the grave. I Was King in Babylon
 And you were Christian Slave. 1 saw, I tookI cast you by,
 l bent and broke your priue. You loved me well, or I heard them lie.
 But your longing was denied. surely l knew that by and by
 iou cursed your gods and died. A Ans myriad suns have set and shons
 Since then upon the grave Decreed by the King in Babylon M
 To her that had been his Slave. The pride l trampled is now my scathe.
 For it tramples me again. The old resentment lasts like death.
 For you love, yet you refrain.s break my heart on your hard unfaith.
 And l break my heart In vain. Yet not for an hour do wish undone
 The deed beyond the grave. when l was King in Babylon
 And you were Virgin Slave. n
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-19
Shows Discern ent

Birmingham should be very proud .of it's only morning paper. for it is indeed a true representative of the Birmingham spirit" says Fred An derson of Tampa. Fla. q enjoy read ing The Age Herald because I know when l have finished reading a news story in it that I have read facts and not fiction. The Age Herald, too. think, has some of the best local writ CTS of any southern newspaper on it's staff. It has been a good while since I have lived in Birmingham, but l still get The Herald just the same. There are lot of other people down here who take it. too. We all like it because it's a real newspa per"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-19

M Carpenter wanted boy, but it turned out to be girl. However. he proposes to make her a tennis champion so she won't be total loss. |s # * < It is a proud day in the life of a prom inent citizen when the local papers an- rcunce that he has been summoned to Marion. With 4S nations in the League of Ma ticns the United States is rapidly ap- preaching the isolation so dear to the heart of Bill Borah Paris cafes wilt serve d Christmas din- ner for 80 without wine. which is no temptation to paraphrase Robert Brown ing, to be in Paris now E # * Chicago's negro poputation has in | creased 14S.5 per cent in TO years and Chicago now has an excellent under standing of the white mans burden. x * * A Texas millionaire u.ed after trying to figure Np his taxes, probably the first case on record where it actually proved fatal
 1 Those United States marines who tried | xx,it dusky beauties simply couldn t-resist the 1 lure of adventure. s. * x l Joe Tumults wih practice law in Wash ington. It will probably be a great relief ] for Joseph to let somebody else mind the door | Metropolitan police refuse to acknowl- edge that there is crime wave, Nat urally they would be the last to hear about it. Senator Reed resarus his invitation to Marion as quite a concession. The sen ator is eminently correct # # $: 1 A burglar who has been sentenced to Sing Sing for ls years planes his rabbit foot, That seems in Ter his lawyer out.
 < # * Hon. Willard iearneu a bitter lesson al Toledo. This time he is going to take l advice from Heading minds"
 a3 Even if Viereck's second name were not Sylvester, he would still be an ob- jecti of suspicion, < < < Queen Sophy of Greece tells the world that her mother was an Englishwoman thus recalling to mind the old song. M, Mother Was a I.aAv.''
 * * * 1 In normally cons ,i,u,ed household tn, indestructibe Christmas toy lasts abou one week
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-19
LUKE M,LUskE SAYS

There are whole lot of club women
 in this country who should be at home clubbing their kids.
 Sooner or later. every wise fish runs
 up against a bait that fools him.
 It doesn't matter what man buys,
 his wife knows that if she had gone
 for it herself she could have got it two
 cents cheaper. man hasn't any sense. When he
 gets engaged to a girl the poor fool thinks he did it. It doesn't matter how homely mar ried man may be. It is hard for him to get home at a. fh. without being accused of leading a double life. Don't argue with your wife. Shell have the argument won beforefyou get your premise hitched to your conclu- sion.
 It is good thing that pair of new
 shoes do not hurt your feet the way they hurt your pocketbook About the only time woman, doesn't change her mind is when she makes UT her mind to change>hcr name. We know one woman who didn't vote l at the last election. She drove up to the polling place in a limousine and got because they wouldn't bring the ballo& box out to her. 1 man never gets foresight until he gets so old that he has nothing to look forward to.
 Many s2o.ooO idea is born under 3
 SPAS hat.
 And, by the way, what has become
 Of the o, f. girl who was bashful: :, Aonther damli Once upon tim,
 there was a man who was alive to tho 1 fact that he was dead one. l It isn't the high cots of living tha keeps people broke. It is the higf
 cost of making an impression on tn. neighbors
 It is wrong to say that women pu everything they have on their backs
 Part of what they have is invested il i stockings.
 Copyright. 1g2O.)
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-19

there is a man, woman or child, who has never heard the gospel story.
 was greatly interested in the rem inscences of Bishop DuBose. I had quite a funny experience with him some several years back before he had re- ceived Episcopal honors. It was during the time when the North Alabama com ference met at woodlawn. I had heard that Bishop Candler was in the city, and wishing to meet him, l went up to man standing on the street whom l took to be him, and said: "Is this Bishop Candler?" to be told. No, am not a bishop, I am Dr. DuBose." I laughing ly replied: Well, you will be some day." It shows I am prophet.
 Later did run across Bishop Candler on Nineteenth street, and as he seemed to be watching the cars I walked up and introduced myself and asked if l could direct him. He told me he wanted to get out to Woedlawn, and put him on an East Lake car Several years later I sat opposite him at dinner given to ex-President Taft at the Pied mont hotel in Atlanta, and looking my way, he said with a smile: You are Brother Barnett, the Baptist preacher who helped me get to the conference in Birmingham. I thought it quite re- markable that he had remembered my name and face.
 I went out to hear him preach one awfully. cold afternoon when the con ference was in session. It was cloudy and clustering without, but my, the gospel sermon he preached just made the inside of the church light up as every heart glowed with the thought Of what wonderful Savior he was talking about I sat on one side of the church and pr. A. J. Dickinson on the other. At the conclusion I got up to leave and met the genial doctor in the lobby, and he said: Frank, the bishop sure can preach"
 I have brought the fact of Bishop Candler's ability to preach out with a purpose, for while it takes more than the power to deliver effective strmons to elevate man in Southern Methodism to the bishopric, yet start with Coke Asbury McKendree and come all along down the line to the latest one ordained and you'll find that there is great preaching strain running through the more than 50 bishops credited to the Methodist Episcopal church, south.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-19

head the fleur de lys of ignominy and shame.
 But there are some stones which MT.
 yiereck failed to cast He might have
 invoked Shakespeare in his eloQuence lie might have completed the expositio9 of the ogre's character by calling him a knave, a rascal an eater of broken raeats, a base, proud, shallow, beggarly
 three-suited, hundred-pound, worsted- stocking knave: a lily-livered, action-tak- ing, glass-gazing, superserviceable, fin- ical rogue"
 The punishment for the crime of being President is often too lenient Lincoln, Garfield and Mckinley paid with their Hives But most of the Presidents have left the White House branded, but free. I Some of them have even lived in ver% l honorable retirement. Theodore Roose- i welt was acclaimed everywhere by those {, WHO had forgottei, his felonious tenure | of office. Once in Milwaukee there was
 man who remembered. He shot MT. ! Roosevelt. But if precedent be consid-
 cred truth the mantle of crime rests
 upon the President only once while he IS
 President Once he dies or Is defeated and becomes private citizen, he is per
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-19
We'll Selected

Work on the new Woodlawn park will begin immediately" said City At torney Fred G. Moore yesterday. The property on which the new park and playground will be located is one of the is very centrally located. Situated on Fifty seventh street, it is bounded by car lines on three sides, the Tidewa ter, Eest Lake and Gate City, all running within block or so of each other at this point. The property cost the city $S,S75."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-19

men of high repute directed the re- serve systems affairs as they would those of other safe, sound and sensi- bly-operated banks? Are men of that calibre going to remain with the re- serve system if Congress succeeds in emasculating it of its banking char acter and makes of it raid on the resources of the nation for special in terests?
 Changes in the reserve act should
 E come slowly, if at all.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-19
Birmingham Is a Good
 Place for the Negro

TOHE negro population of Birming-
 ll ham is given as 70,127, an in- crease of 34.2 per cent. That of the whites is 10S,562, an increase in the 10 years of 35.1 per. cent. The whites increased in numbers in almost the same ratio as the blacks.
 Negro emigration from the farms during the war has wrought some changes. The negro population of Montgomery shows an increase of only 2.6 per cent over 1910, while that of the whites shows 25.7 per cent. But for the negro emigration from Mont gomery county during the war, the negroes would have shown much larger percentage of increase.
 However, there is Chattanooga, an industrial city, whose negro popula- tion shows an increase of only 5,1 per cent with an increase in white popu- lation of ASA per cent. The greater increase of negro population in Bir- mingham is due to the much larger industrial operations of this city com pared with Chattanooga.
 Birmingham has retained it's negro
 population and added to it because
 remunerative employment for the race
 is found here and because the negro is treated with consistent fairness The negro who cannot get along in
 Birmingham, make money and live 1T
 peace alongside his white neighbors
 is not fit for any place.
 | The proposal that all the liquor n | bonded warehouses be withdrawn so the country can have "one long drink" vii be approved by the vets althougl
 they realize that paltry 4o,ooo.oo
 gallons or so would hardly round ou Christmas.
 * x <
 | Our first Christmas card, dated Bur. | Iington. N J., bears the picture of 8 young woman on skees. Her costume ir scme respects is better adapted to c ] bathing beach
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-19
ADRTFT WITH THE TIMES
THE CHASE

The shades of night were falling fast As through the town a flivver passed. Twas evident to any eye
 That it was travelling fin high The driver, swiftly glancing back, Showed fear Of someone on his track. "A load of contraband," we thought
 That fellow may be shortly caught" Hark! From the distance came roar, car containing three or four Stern men into the darkness leapt And still the trail unflagging kept No need to stand and watch and wait To learn that poor rum runners fate Hes born beneath a luckless star Who puts booze in a Henry car And thens compelled, woeful fixi To run race with a super-six.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-19
HUMORING BILL

From the Ohio Patriot.
 Bill Wright is dissatisfied with the count of the election board, and. it is said, he will demand recount Seeing that all the votes that Bill got can be counted in ten minutes. the recount should be granted him.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-19
NORMAL.

How is the news supply?"
 Normal" said the constant reader.
 9Yes?"
 If you see seven or efght-coIumn headline on the front page of a news paper it probably refers to bank rob- bery, scandal in high life or mur- .der")
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-19
POKER STRATEGY
m the Brooklyn Eagle.

From the Brooklyn Eagle.
 Former King Constantine may have learned draw poker from his American daughter-in Jaw. At any rate, his bluff about a great loan for Greece from American financiers if Europe cuts off resources intimates some knowledge of a complicated game.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-19
STARTS HIM OFF

"What is Mir. Grumpson's attitude to- ward the proposed blue laws?" asked Mrs. Clipping.
 His attitude is such' replied Mrs. Grumpson, with a shudder '"that l don't dare mention the subject to him if want to spend a peaceful evening""
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-19
PAINFUL DUTY

"A musical comedy scout"
 He says that's his business
 "It must be rather pleasant work looking em over, you know"
 Not as pleasant as you may sup pose.> He has to tell a great many ambitious young women that pulchri- tude is nine-tenths of stagescareer'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-19
A nEARrH DE RHYME

The column conductor
 Is oft filled with woe; On Pegasus mounted,
 But can't make him go.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-19
THE GOOD OLD DAYS

From the Nashville Banner
 Remember. the old days when little fellow like Castro de Venezuela could hold front-page attention for months?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-19
CONE FOR GOOD

Would you care to commune With ar.aa s,iritsgp asked the shabby man who was distributing handoiiis.
 q certainly would" replied the pros nerous looking citizen, but I don't be- lieve you could arrange it.
 An! You don't know Madam charmion, whom represent Her spir- itualistic seances are the marvel oi the twentieth century"
 "oh, that's what you mean "na' T had in mind was 20 quarts of Scotch whisky that, so far as I'm concerned departed this life when thief oroke into my cellar"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-19
A MORNING PRAYER

3 Save me, God, from the folly or trusting in myself alone, but give me wisdom to know that l may dc all things through thee. Amen.-- M. s. B.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-19
ANYTHING FOR A CHANGE

AN THING FOR A CHANGE
 This vaudeville performer mem tioned casually during his monologue that he entertained our soldiers dur ing the war"
 That may explain" said the sar- castle patron, "their readiness to go over the top"