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The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-16
THE NEW BOARD OF REVENUE

THE newly elected of revenue of county 4 gins it's duties today There three members and two who the former board
 The of the county the board to begin duties spirit of fairness not only the whole county but the democratic party They do not expect democratic board republicans and renegade dem ocrats
 The first duty to confront the board this morning will presiding officer either temporary per
 
 The great mass of people of Jefferson county Jerry presiding officer of the board They think that of fairness the president who has given such faithful past should named temporary chair until the report of the state examiners made the dition of the county's finances.
 These five examiners absolutely unbiased. They by the They from five different They have been at work the county books for
 many They gone into the report the grand which criticized Gwin They spent three weeks in hearing witnesses this subject They have made the most thorough examination of the coun affairs that has been made No inmation has to when their work will be completed expected that they will finish within the next two three weeks
 As matter of wisdom and sound public policy the board before perfectng organization should await the publication o the examiners report They will then have safe guide in marking their work for the coming four years
 By every play entitled to ta his chairman until the governor suit of the findings of his unbiased examiners Mr. Gwn led the entire democratic field the party primary and unwen law has always accepted this carrying right pre- side the boards sessions.
 After of persecution Mr. Gwin the voters of Jefferson county returned the roadbudng president after the combined efforts republican machine of the county and dissatisfied selfish and reaconary done everything in their to defeat him. county thousands of dollars and he built when tam members of the advisory committee quit and sad the county affairs should still until some good angel along to throw the oadbudng money into the county's lap.
 No member fthe new board accused taking judgment The fair thing wise thing and the proper thing therefore the today to perfect at with Mir Cvpp 11l.. the permanent organization in the light which will be shed Iaccountans 0NpoiU
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-16
GIVING HIM A CHANGE

From the Chicago Tribune.
 TN England they have just buried in
 Westminster Abby with solemn e ceremony an unknown soldier who had died fighting for his country. In France they have just buried under the Arc de Triomphe with equal sol emnity, an unknown poilu who died fighting for France.
 Both ceremonies were attended by the pornp that goes with the burial of kings, statesmen, and the most cele- hrated men.
 Thus for the first time in history nations make solemn obeisance to the service and sacrifice which is anony- mcus, glorifying the martyrdom of the common soldier. It is most sig iificant event, marking the progress Of the democratic idea, the growth of the power of the average man whose claims to recognition and reward can no longer be neglected.
 It would not be a bad idea to in,i- tate this ceremony at Washing ton, though in America the average man has never been disinherited, but on the contrary has had pretty much his own way and been the object of so- licitous courtiership by the most pow erful of our leaders. America is the country of what Walt Whitman called the divine average" Nevertheless, the honors of war do go, in the main anf, recessarily to special talent and achieyement, while the fasic service, the plain, straight fighting upon which victory depends. is accepted as 9 mat
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-16
IN HOTEL HOBBIES
 AND ELSEWHERE
Great Work

T was greatly impressed with the free service cars of the Birmingham Automobile club Sunday" said pr. John L. Handley of Atlanta.
 Tt is rare thing nowadays to have some one do something for you abso- lutely free l had the pleasure of talk ing an automobile trip about < the city Sunday and wherever l went I saw one of the free service cars of your auto mobile club out looking for trouble, and in a number of instances the me chanics were out doing the work for some unfortunate car driver who had run over nail or piece of glass. l also saw the driver of one of these lit- tie cars actually out sweeping the glass off the street. An organization such as the Birmingham Automobile club that will send out service cars to serve automobile owners free of charge, and see to it that glass is kept off the streets, deserves the hearty support of every automobile owner within it's jur- isdiction.
 Tt seems to me that it is only the part of wisdom for them to join with the other members of the club and help them to carry on this good work. I am certainly for the Birmingham Automo- bile club
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-16

From khe Washington Star
 SN ERHAPS only few persons who lD observed National Apple Day bl S reading the Apple Day advertise ments, or eating an apple. have thought of Johnnie Appleseed, who | was a unique and useful character in His gen eration, and to whom thousands of the early settlers in the Ohio valley and pretty much throughout the old north west territory came to regard with great good twill. Thousands of his beneficiaries knew him only as Johnnie Appleseed, and it was not until long after his life closed and his labor ceased that citizens of Ohio, Indiana. Michigan and Illinois began to talk of erecting memorials to him and that 1t was determined thst his true name was Jonathan Chapman.
 Johnny Applpeseed distributed apple seeds developed little nurseries and made public gifts of the trees through country He was inspired purely by love of his fellow man and apple trees. He asked no other reward than the appreciation of his conscience and the appreciation of those persons whom he sought to benefit and in many instances did benefit. He entered upon this strange work when settlers were be- ginning to set up their rude huts in the Indian wilderness along the Ohio river and rivers tributary to it. He died while still engaged ill his apple
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-16
Bishop Cannon

Bishop James Cannon, now the res- ident bishop of the Methodist church in Alabama" says Dr. l.. c. Branscomb, editor of the Alabama Christian Advo- cate, is one of the most aggressive rep resentatives of Methodism to be found in any of the great bodies who name John Wesley as their spiritual leader. He loves the church and is not afraid to do what he thinks is best for it even it 1t provokes a fight. In fact, there are not wanting some who say that when 1t comes to fighting he has the right name-Cannon. You may count on his being heard and felt in well nigh every fray. But he fights on the right side and his victories make for righteousness"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-16
ABOUT "FLANDERS FIELDS'

ter of course. Yet the spirit Of the wears no bars. who wins no decora- tons, who expects no distinctions, but who goes forth to fight and die sim ply through love of country and de- vction to an impersonal ideal of duty, is what makes nations great and civ i'ization possible.
 But if we celebrate the nameless soldier let us do 1t with an American ceremony We have American poets and american artists and orators. They can express what we feel for our dead more intimately and sincerely thar any alien expression. We think fol example that "In Flanders Fields" N being overdone by earnest young writS CTS, who fall back upon it invariab to voice the emotion of our war cele' hraticns. It is a beautiful poem, bl. l it is the message of a British patrio \ clothed in imagery which is especially eloquent to his own people but does nc touch the memory of Americans. Amer 1 ican crosses are not row on row n Flanders fields. Our fighting in Elan de-s was a small detail of our opera
 tions, and was carried on in the Brit ish army under British leadership. Tn
 row on row that touch the American | heart with a special thrill stand among the Argcnne hills and woods, along the valley of the Mouse. An American sol
 dier-poet would not have written of
 Flanders fields but of the rough Ar gone ridges and deadly meadows where
 am, osr VI howe Iiad
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-16
JOHNNIE APPLESEED

propaganda, free distrib of trea3 and seeds and free instruction in thi care and culture of the trees. His deatF came in the spring of 1S47 when he was 72 years old, and at that time there was no man better known than he il which he did nearly always on foot All the old families in Indiana ana Ohio hold this old man in loving remem branee, and a large proportion learned to respect his memory He dis tributed seed to those who, he believed would know how to take care of the seedlings and the trees. He took care nurseries in the wilds. and later actual ly set out or superintended the setting out of orchards for the settlers. John nie Appleseed did not talk much abou his past. It was not that he had any thing to conceal but to him me pas had served it's purpose and was rothll,l : but the past
 It was curious that a man should mark out such a lina Of conduct foi himself and devote himself exclnS:velt to promoting the benefit Of other peo- pie without thought of gain. IL was assumed that such a man was slightly touched" in the head. Johnnie Apple seed was man with single ,dea ant give other men the benefit of apple traac
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-16
Horse Makes Friends

q have often heard of cats and dogs taking up with children but yesterday a horse appeared at our house and has remainea there,' said I. E. McReynolds, 457 Powell street, West End My son went to neighbours Saturday to get some milk and the horse came along the street back of him. He petted it and played with it for few minutes, and since that time it has continued to stay there. My boy and the children of the neighborhood have fed it until I am almost afraid they will kill it, and l am sure if its owner doesn't soon show up the children will feed it all the corn that l have stored away for my chickens this winter. The animal is as gentle as can be and is evidently ;f pet, but no one seems to know where it came from, and all day Sunday the children in the neighborhood rode the horse"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-16
Way to Prevent
 By-product Gas Waste

~ AS consumers should heed the NJ advice of City Commissioner J. Ellis Brown in the use of by-produc, gas. As MT. Brown and the gas com pany have alike explained, by-product gas is lower in specific gravity than the manufactured gas heretofore used and hence much more of it will pass through the same orifice under the same pressure.
 To avoid the expense of wasteful use of the new gas, the burners should not be turned on to full capacity, but only to the extent that is required for best results.
 By-produet gas snould serve Us eco
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-16
N rfpnsa

Eden Phillpoti ITS Magazine l cuTAed the | dale wiseT I found
 Unseeii.s lad wasAss therein, Forgetting til *unesea g ound. Because my esses Were, on the skise.
 To siealf | slr sio se Win The sunsets e.uhlsn& s&AlHS And then l n .ca tl sstale's c. When still suEsf asn aAss n, Was but cone sess a te tEaat The wonder sq Above it's heaa r And mark 4a a3s na rontaa The gold ans bapfs. ara red We seek our iaealss isssh ~ssr uays
 With hesrfs fn3hia Hi hx radiant
 thought. And hate the luckless srsght Nno Stay. The upward stream Of visions beam;
 Nor guess that We h&ve rough y
 wrought A like hiatus in his dr m.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-16
ARRIVAL oF .BIRMINGHAMv

From the New orleans Times -Picayune. self-propelled barge Birmingham, newly built and specially designed for the Warrior river New Orleans service, was fittingly celebrated by the harbor craft ard by business men interested in river transportation. On her maiden trip the
 Birmingham brought down from St. Louis 1.00e tons of general cargo, and by way of demons trating her power and adaptability served as a towboat, tow ing one barge all the Way from St, Louis and picking up another at Mem : phis The voyage was a leisureiy one, but the Birmingham's skipper, vet eran river man.. is so favoiably itn- pressed by the performance of the new vessel that he declares snc could have made the St. I.ouis-New orleans trip in five days traveling day and night un- encumbered by tow.
 Three other craft of the same i'm proved type are building for Warrior river service. With this first-ciass and Thoroughly modern equipment that sec ton of the federal barge line should develop ] permanent business or helty proportions. We learn from the Bir- minsham papers that the Birminghain business folk are taking q very active interest in the service and have or dered considerable tonnage from New Orleans routed via the new Birming ham. There is vast volume of freight which can be moved advantageously by this water route. and with adequate ter minal facilities there is every reason to believe that the service will ''liv long and prosper" But it should be re
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-16

 Although French aeronauts have pro- tested that the rules were not observed in the international balloon race that is no reflection on Birmingham hospi taiity- We were not supposed to act as umpires.
 < #. !. Althoush the Bel.ians blew glt.a Ger man war monument on Armistice~Day. they can't take away from the war lords the memory of those good times they had in Brussels.
 * x x It was a good idea for the people of Geneva to pray for the League of Ma tlons It may need little prayer be- fore the world is much older.
 a: * IT champ Clark cant defeat Jim Reed for the senate two years hence there will be something wrong with the state of public opinion in Missouri
 X x x brochure on the cigarette says Caruso smokes cigarettes almost con tinuously" That ought to leave the reformers flat on their backs.
 4. * !; One cannot help envying sa0ants who put the problems of reconstruction be- hipd them and go in quest of the miss ing link
 Mrs, Gal Coolidge Svants to hold onto their little home She seems to recog- nze that the vice presidency is cul- de-sac.
 The French duel is believed to be on it's last legs, It was pleasing diver sion and frequently caused Parlsians to get up early in the morning.
 < * < Now that the novelty Of voting has worn off how many women wnl jour ney to the polls when the next Presi- dent IS elected?
 < # % The building of theatres in New York continues, regardless of the large num- Der of stars who are now eating their hearts out for q chance to act When Harding writes his memoirs. he should include chapter on Rough ing It in Texas
 A concentrated drive against home breweries will fill the home brewer with concentrated fury
 ]. * < When MT. Burleson retires to private life he will cease to be target for a great many underdone wheezes.
 # As !. The Atlanta Constitution objects to pr. Morton in inc Hall of Fame. It's too late to osst him now,
 :: $ x Although the football hero is 3 crea- ture fierce and wild his coach can make him shed tears,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-16
Crushing Defeat
 of General Wrangel

SN FFORE the World war such gal J6O lant struggle as General Wran- oel made against the bolshevik armies in the Crimea would have immor- talized him in song and story. But humanity is no longer cap able of being thrilled or amazed by anything that happens in modern warfare.
 The Russo-Polish war was by no means a small affair, and the over whelming defeat of General Wrangel closed series of engagements which in other days would have been re- garded as tremendous, as well as spec tacular. Hand-to-hand fighting and savage butchery characterized the re- treat of the white" forces. The bol- sheviks gave no quarter. But they paid dearly for victory with the loss of about 30.o00 men. Twenty-two as saults by 28 divisions of the red army were repalsed, but they kept coming on until Wrangel's soldiers could fight no longer and then be- gan a rout which ended in the down fall of Sebastopol.
 Although the accurate details of this disaster may never be known, the defeat of Wrangel is attributed to two causes. The boIsheviks were greatly superior in numbers and well off cered. It is not unlikely that they were led by Germans. The commander-in- chief is said to be foreigner" That is significant. From somewhere the bolsheviks obtained competent leaders. The second explanation given for the white" armys defeat is a weakened morale due to plotting among the sol diers of General Wrangel
 As soon as the war with Poland was ended, the bolsheviks lost no time in concentrating their energies against Wrangel. That was one of the req sons why they were eager to sign an armistice with Poland They wanted free hand in the Crimea.
 Wrangel, who was regarded as the one leader who might be able to save Russia from its red" terror. has shared the fate of his predecessors, Denekine, Yudenitch and Kolchak. He, too, was to some extent the victim of conspirators.
 With General Wrangel driven out ef the Crimea and on his way to Con atantinople in French battleship, it looks as if the 'white' army had re. ceived blow from which il cannot recover. General Wrangel seems to have been eliminated as factor in Russia. In the meantime, this crush ing victory of the bolsheviks is a warning to the world that Lenine and Trotzky are still to be reckoned with
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-16
EXPERT PROFESSION FOR WOMB,

From the FhlIadeIphfa InQulrer
 The grave announcement comes from a convention of women in Chicago that housewifery is "one of the expert pro- fessions for women. IL is often prac- ticed of course. with anything but eN- pertness. Even ahnormally high wages do not always secure competent cook s and chambermaids.
 Housewives themselves do not always pay that respect 10 it which it deserves. W oman may have other places than the home, but that is the place of all others where she can sly be supreme.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-16
OH. CERTAINLY NOT!

From the Providence Journal.
 Of course, no honest restaurant man, when he bows to the public will and reduces prices will try to Square him self by deflating the orders.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-16
Poor sportsmen

"The French balloonist charging vio- laton of regulations in the recent James Gordon Bennett international balloon race which started from Bir- mingham last month. are preparing to give Birmingham some more advertis- ing" said R. J. Pendal. "It is unfortu- nate that Birmingham should have to secure advertising from such a source. The French contestants should have registered some kick before the race was started, if things were irregular. They started off with the five griev- ances in their minds. Had they won, these complaints would doubtless never have been registered.
 The French made the poorest show ing of any of the contestants, comin g down several hours later but a short distance from the pilot balloon. They should be sportsmen enough to be game iooSerS.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-16
IT'S THE DROuTH

From the Baltimore Anierifcan.
 Victor Herbert says theatre audiences laugh less since prohibition. The rfa- an old joke.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-16
ADRlFT WITH THE TIMES

A CONTEST OF TEARS The brides mother wept copiousIy But noticed that the bridegroom mother accepted the challenge" 7 How was that?n
 "she wept twice as long"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-16
LuKR ~.LuKE SAYS

When fellow marries some other girl in the neighborhood tlre rest of the
 girls wonder where the poor boob's eyes and brains were. 1. The best rough-aud- tumble fighter we ever knew was a fellow who blurte6 out the truth when he spoke And he was kept busy fighting. lot of women were terribly disap- pointed when they discovered that there
 were not mirrors in tte voting booths. Do not let your head get swelled People will have forgotten who you
 were before the undertaken gets his
 bill paid in full. The most tiresome thing ever created is the man who inagines that he is good and pure
 If you took the bare legs and the tazz out of the average Broadway sue cess that gets s6 per ticket. tickets would be selling at so cents. Our idea of n hero is man who is supporting wife and ten kids on a salary.
 Ananias was a poor piker compared ! with the married man whose wife has just found six hairpins and a lace bor- tdered handkerchief in his coat pocket Nature is a contrary cuss. She fixes things 50 that bald-headed man has to shave every day. If woman has poor complexion she isn't happy until she has purchased better one
 ] Maybe your failure isn't due to lack of luck as much as 1t is due to : lack of energy.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-16

, membered by all the people and all the ports interested that modern barge and towboat equipment must be supple
 mented by modern and adequate port equipment. The last is quite5as essen tial to the economic success of the serv- ice as is the first
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-16
A GUILTY CoNsCIENCE

why the furtive look?"
 I'm carrying home package of We goods bought from a reliable bootlegger. said Mir. Jagsby.
 Then what are you afraid of?"
 'Oh, nothing. nothing. But, contour the luck, everybody who walks benin me seems to be wearing rubber heels.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-16
Things without remedy should be without regard.
.ouNtNG DRAWER.

A MORNING PRAYER Look thou, God, upon the rIing millions who pear '"eH den patiently and grope tnfo"s" s,[re.s to find thee, and in thy Av target not me, for l am One fa them. AmcD,--M. }. b.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-16
MANY ACCIDENTS

MANY ACCIDENTS ''was there lovers lane at the sum mer resort you visited?' 'No, but there was an automobile speedway"
 "Yes?"
 And a local undertaken who assured me that the course of true love, often ended at the morgue.' PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-16
NATURAL PHENOMENON

NATURAL PHENOMENON "ls there much activity in improve, real estate around here?" "Yep, little" said the native on the Arkansas shore esales?"
 Nope, slides. Bout 40 acres an Pink Tolton's gin house slipped into tn old Mississippi yistiddy."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-16

nomically as we'll as efficiently, and the chances are that it will do so if we lend the small amount of co-opera- tion that as good citizens we should give to the new departures in public service.
 There is no excuse for waste wheth- CT it costs money or does not Let's give our by-product gas q fair trial. That cannot be done unless we treat it as by-product gas should be treated and as we are being requested to treat it by the well-informed.
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 Worthy institution
 Appeals for Help
 M E7 ERCY HOME speaks for itself. GWl The work it has done for chil- dren is more eloquent than words can portray.
 The administration of this institu- ton has been model for others. It has been distinguished by the modesty of its overhead charges compared with its accomplishments.
 hTn,.oNy GIO q which to carlS on the work of the in coming year. It makes it's appeal on the approach of Thanksgiving when mems minds and hearts dwell on the good that Providence has showered on them. The good that one thanks the Almighty for is not only that which he has received, but also that which has come to others We are most grateful for the institutions that have done something for the little ones.
 Men and women are generous when they know what they give goes where it should and they feel assured of it's honest expenditure. Mercy Home re- Nquires no recommendation either as to its mission or as to it's performance.
 We will all give if we do not forget. HThe thing to do is not to forget. but to put Mercy Home at the top of the budget for 1921 offerings to humanity and notify the good women in charge that you have done so.
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