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The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-02-27
Papers to Omit Advertising
 Bv Assoctates Press

Winnipeg. Man, February 2G.-Winnipee newspapers today announced that on ac
 count of the paper shortage they will b. obliged until further notice" to dis. continue the publication of advertisine matter They will continue to publish news
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-01
JERRY GWIN, THE ROAD BUILDER

is easy to criticize men, especially public officials But it is only of action that subject themselves to criticism The who is donohing will lay himself to criticism.
 Jerry Gwn the latest victim outstanding fact Jefferson and that that roads and better roads have been constructed in this county Jerry Gwn been president of the board of than under admin stration in the length of time in the county history
 Jerry Gwln not be financier banker broker, but ne IS road builder. There may who financed him and gotten the grand jury reprmand him.
 But Jerry honest and he capable engineer They don't turn other kind down Auburn And those who bounding the president of the board of at
 time when all public officials aborng under the greatest difficulties will find that Jerry Gwn forgotten early the line for Aubuns football squad greatest play the south has produced he developed the mee that trained him to buck his political enemies And if his go so far as to bring out republican independent didate to run against him in the November election they
 ind the kind of stuff Jerry Gwn peo- pie of this county think of him.
 Jerry has made mistakes every amounted to anything He have built roads that efted somebody's property But every built anywhere He may given jobs to his friends but those friends have helped him build
 And they will just let Jerry Gwin alone get into the scrmmage to help the team Jerry will have this good county honeycombed with roads, Those player this kind will quit in the middle of the game their man.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-01
WHEN EUGENE WAS YOUNG

namby- -pamby daughters. he reserteu to axtreme measures. Every morning on the ramparts of the citadel. he set Eugenie and her sister. Francoise astride a cannon. and had it fired off If the children cried or even winced, they were subjected to the ordeal 2 second and third time.
 For the same ethical reason CT stra.ning. though the family possessed horses. galore and the gala coaches customary for the grandees of spain. the empress told me that she never once during her whole gjrlhood entered d carriage except for travelling pur- poses However snowy. cold. or wee, she and her sister, neither of them very rugged. always trudScd every where on foot. When the time cams for them to make their first com munion. in 1897, they spent a prepara- tory month in the convent of the Sacre Occur in Paris, and school girls being the same the world over their com panions teascd these newcomers uni ,nercifully for noi wearing stockings.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-01
Bessemer Makes Fine
 Showing of Growth

5M ESSEMER remains the fourth 10 city in Alabama, following Bir- naingham, Mobile and Montgomery in rank.
 Not only that, but the Marvel City has shown the greatest percentage of growth of any of the larger cities or of those in her class.
 The 1920 census gives Bessemer a population of 1S,674, an increase over 1910 of 7,s10, or 71.9 per cent. An niston comes next with 17,737. Both are industrial cities and both reflect the industrial progress of Alabama just as does Birmingham.
 In addition to the growth within her legal confines Bessemer's in- mediately contiguous incorporated communities also show splendid gain. The southwestern part of the county has given good account of itself.
 Bessemer produces the largest ton mage of any city of the size in the United States. Besides number of pipe shops, it has five blast furnaces and variety of machine shops that produce and convert an enormous
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-01
Economic Boycott
 a Powerful Weapon

1n HE real force behind the League
 l of Nations is the economic boy colt. Governor Cox emphasized this point in recent addresses.
 All the hysteria brought to bear against the League of Nations is due largely to ignorance. A favorite theme of republican spellbinders, men as we'll as women, and especially women, is the dire prospect of having to send "our boys" to Europe to die for some country that the rural dis districts of America have never even heard about.
 That kind of argument is nothing more than poppycock designed to win votes for the republican party. An economic boycott is more deadly than all the munitions in the world. When enforced strictly, it can throttle any nation in a few months. Germany's defeat was brought about by an eco homie boycott. Had she not been denied access to the sea, she might have been fighting yet.
 The League of Natons will depend first on moral force. That will be very great, because it will have the support of practically the whole world, whether we enter the league or not. If moral force fails, the next resort will be an economic blockade to bring recalcitrant members to their senses. Nowadays no nation, however power full, can live on its own resources for any considerable length of time. It is reasonable to suppose, and easily demonstrated, that such pressure would rarely fail to prevent war. As a result, the chances of tour boys" be- ing sent to Europe, or the "boys' of any other nation being conscripted for war, is a remote possibility, so remote that it can be discounted or forgotten. America has never had to fight to maintain the Monroe Doe urine, without League of Nations a Monroe Doctrine for the world would be equally as safe.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-01
England and America
 Must Stand Together

who l',,e claimed to be mem wv bers of "The American Wom- en Tickets for the Enforcement of America's War Aims" caused a dis turbance in Carnegie Hall, New York, during a tercentenary celebration of the landing of the Pilgrims. They carried banners bearing anti-British inscriptions and shouted "Hurrah for America Down With England!" The disorder became so. great, fol- lowing an attempt to sing the British national anthem, that police were summoned and the celebration was eventually abandoned.
 An obstreperous female who calls herself the president of the Amer ican Pickets," said after the meeting was broken up, "This organization knows there is plot to make the United States part of the British empire"
 The attempt to foment discord be- tween the United States and Great Britain is confined largely to Irish sympathizers. Shouting for America does not fool anybody, unless it. is a few deluded individuals who never have had, and never will have, the capacity to think.
 Of all the idiotic manifestations of these unsettled times, the charge that
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-01
WILLIAM P. c. HARDING

Russ simonton in the Montgomery
 Journal
 NNR AsH1NGroN-Power to drive wv a king from from. his throne 1,ns and n i, a , gray hair that hasn't been trimmed in five weeks.
 Power to ruin million farmers or bankrupt a million merchants and cheap broadcloth coat that puckers at the Seams.
 willilm P. G. Harding, governor general of the United States federal reserve board. has greater power than any ruler of the earth. Nero could off with their heads" to a hundred Chris tians with wave of his hand. He ate his food from golden plates and his roast sucking pigs had diamonds in their eyes. a@
 Harding can say three words and around the world and into the farthest country panic could follow. Thousands of Nero's hundreds might die. Harding has no diamond crested sucking pigs and I think his scarf pin is agate.
 As governor-generaI of the super bank of the world, Harding is perhaps the worlds greatest individual power today. America is the worlds banker Her banks are financing the nations of the earth. Harding and his advisers control the fate of American banks and hence the fate of every nation depen- dent upon them.
 Ancient rulers waved jeweled scepter and perhaps massacre fol- lowed Harding lifts his voice to say, raise the rediscount ratcs,' and every man and woman and child on earth is affected.
 For example, cotton Is an essential Of civilization The United ateS is d
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-01

.f From the Nashville Banner RHHE Worlds Work promises \
 series of articles, beginning "i,hl
 ~ its November issue that will be o. y-aa, interest to American readers; r, u,i,l he extracts from the memolrs <, ,ha oreat Russian. Count serglus witte who came to this country to ar range the peace treaty with Japan II ,aos and who was strong and con
 ,,o,s figure in Russian affairs for a number of years.
 rnsthe october number of the World 5 work there is an appreciat.ve articie concerning Count Witte by French strother intended as an introduction ,o the articles taken from the memoirs that are 10 follow. Strother says of these memoirs that they unlock the floor to a clear understanding of the nresert regime in Russia."- He consid- ars Count Witte one of the strongest and most remarkable men of the latter day world--one with character and .,ns,,ties that were more American ,nsn Russian, and who, after the man ner of Americans, rose to great sta : ion and influence in life and maoe great achievements both in stateman- ship and material progress. He wrote the first constitution of Russia, that which established the Douma. or na- tional parliament. and he built So,ooc miles of railroad and many factories. He waa. according to strother, and the portrait was no doubt in large degree accurate. a robust figure CT great in- tel,ectual strength and moral force a nracticai and progressive man who did much for Russia of his day and I'm : pressed himself greatly the times Tn which he lived.
 Strother doe at s&x SC but what ne says suggests tnas Ce1nt f-itte was in some respects reiscarns son of Peter the Great. lackisS pete autocratic power. nearer tc elNsaissrts than Peter was. but. like hiH, iss tAss ldeavor tc
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-01

heavy cotton producer. Cotton growers today have millions of bales ansold i'll their warehouses. They must sell tns cotton or go broke. The cotton market is low If they sell now, they must take a little profit and every cotton buyer will buy cotton cheaper. If they hold their cotton, every buyer must buy dearly
 They wish to hold. They so to thesr banks and they ask the bankers to loan them money on their cotton until the market rises and they sell. The banks haven't enough money. They can loan the money if the federal reserve bank will buy the notes from them. If the federal reserve bank refuses to buy. CT raises the re-discount rate.' the bank can't loan. the cotton growers can't hold and cotton goes cheaper.
 '"The federal reserve bank doesn't cara whether prices rise or fall" Harding told me, it simply cares to keep it's re- serve within the legal limits. However. if we loaned money to the cotton people we'd have to loan the wheat people and the oat peoplpe and the harley people and soon we'd have four or five billion dollars loaned So we won't help any agricultural industry hold it's products for price raises. We help them move the crop to the market and that's all
 What does this uncrowned king of the world look like?
 He looks like a banker and he is q banker. His spectacles are trimmed witsl light celluioid and are hooked to his ears. His face is lined deep about tue mouth. He has slight stoop, yet all easy cautious sort of walk and carriage. | don't think he much cares whether he wears cocks that match his tie. though I think mostly they do. because piacA annears his favorite tone. .-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-01

M1Ew YORK September Se.-1spe- uVI cial Correspondence.)- )--Empress = Eugenie was born In spanish garden where her mother had taken refuge from the dangers of her dwell ing during an earthquake. Her life ot strange fortune" says Agnes Carey in the October Century Magazine, thus opened appropriately
 Mrs. Carey, then Miss whiteside, was an inmate of the empresss household in England and the intimate and some. what startling facts she tells in the article from which we quote. were re lated to her by Eugerie herself during long hours of companionship.
 Count Montijo, her father" says Mrs. Carey, twas an old soldier who had fought all through the Napoleonic wars, and was at that period military governor of a. fortified town in south ern spain, and regular martinet in his family. He did not allow his daugh- ters the luxury of stockings; summer and winter they went without. wearing boots only. Not wishing to have tilniek
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-01
Night Blooming Cereu. Displayed


 Mrs. Olan Colgan has kindly left at my No. 1 store a magnificent night blooming cereus plant, which has three beautiful buds which will probably break into bloom within the next forty eight hours" said Dr. Arnold Masberg.
 As is we'll known, this plant blooms very rarely and then only at night and for short time. A great many people have admired the plant in the store and have asked to be notified when it blooms. There are thousands of people who have neYer seen the fully devel- oped flower of these wonderful speci- mems of the cactus family.
 The night blooming cereus is botan- ically known as the cereus grandiforus. It has flexuous, climbing, angled branches. These branches are gener- ally spoken of as the plants leaves. The flower buds form on the edge of these leaves, which give them an abso- lutely unique appearance. The flowers when they burst forth are delightfully."- fragrant, but they last for only few hours. The plant gets it's common name from the fact that it never blooms except at night"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-01
COUNT SERGIUS WITTE

instill into Rnssia and the Russians the progress of western Europe and to develop the coantry's great resources.
 He was more advanced and more en- lightenedstha Potter in endeavoring to liberaiize the goveinment Of the coun trs and to improve the condition of it's siliiterate masses; but, like him in energy. strength and the desire to bring Russian civilization and material progress tc 2 parity with that of the more advanced rations Peter got hi5 progressive ideas from sojourn il' Holland and Count Wittc Is said to have beer of Dutch descent.
 Americans were impressed with the personality of Count Witte during his stay in this country. and his memoirs will be read here with interest. The material was furnished the Worlds Work by Count Wfttes widow. He kept a diary during the stirring times. in which he lived and recorded much of great interest and that throws light on affairs in Russia.
 l. is a great pity that Russia after the revolution could not have fallen to the guidance of strong and thorough lyi sane man like Count Witte instead of coming under the mad deIirium of Bolshevism. with fanatics like Lenine and Trotzky to guide it's affairs.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-01
Wanted 25,OOO

T was greatly surprised at ;he popn- lation given I3essemer bysthe last cen- sus," said E. k. Fountain. as had ex- pected it to be nearer 25,0oo. Although We were only given 1S,6ff which is an increase of 7L9 per cent over the 1910 census, this does not by any means take in all of the city or that which is called Bessemer. The furnace quarters at Robertstown, the camps at Feeders, Raymond, Muskoda and the various mining camps which are on the out skirts of the city limits are not given to Bessemer. but to the county. l am sure if they were the population would be several thousand more than it is now"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-01
Caught Manning

The cold spell which came so sud- said John Morrow, ,/"and l found myself wearing a palm beach suit and a straw hat. However, I soon invested in new hat and put on my winter suit. Warm along the coast, and it seems to me 1t would be q good thing to have some warning sent to the inland towns when We have such sudden changes. It was to know l was not the only man caught with summer clothes on. for noticed large number of men wearing new hats yesterday"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-01
A LOUISIANA ARTIST
rom the Raceland Gazette

From the RaceIanu Gazette.
 Oswald Naumann and wife have moved from Hammond,s La. to Para gould, Ark If the people up there want to hear good music or have piano tuned. he's tho one to make 'em hum. and also furnish paint to make the shabbiest house in that old town look neX
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-01

there is a British plot to place Amer ica under the autocratic heel of that harmless figruehead, King Geofge, is one of the most ridiculous. The future safety of the world depends to a great extent on friendship be- tween the two great English-speaking nations. Standing shoulder to shoul- der, they constitute the bulwark of democratic institutions, for in spite of royal family, Great Britain is in some respects more democratic in it's government than America.
 It would be an evil hour for civiH- zation and humanity if misguided fa- natics ever succeeded in creating a breach between the United States and Great Britain.
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 A birn'insham merchant who has just returned from Europe thinks Russia will soon get on her feet As soon as she does she should administer swift kick to Lenre and Trotzky.
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 Politics is a trouble maker. Senator Harding and Governor Cox difln't begin to call each other hard names until thew. were nominated for the presidency. # x r
 General Wrangel is reported to have captured nearly 20,OOd bolsheviki north Of Alexandrovsk. Tough luck. He'll probably have to feed them.
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 Soviet Russia told France she "bowed to brute force" The very idea of brute force is abhorrent to such apostles of peace as Lenine and Trotzky.
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 It is said that Wall street magnates rarely ever wear silk hats. Yet a recent photograph shows Mir Morgan balancing one on top of his head
 F * Secretary and Mrs. Colby have matched President Wilson's $500. Will some pros- porous chauffeur kindly match Secretary Bakers s,o
 We are feverishly waiting to learn the truth about Russia from Count Witte.s memoirs. Somehow. we never tire of hearing it.
 King Alfonso once laughed in the An- gust presence of Wilhelm. We think more and more of Alfonso, as time goes on.
 In the meantime. has anyone detected signs of that terrible sex war which was to follow the enfanchisement of women?
 ! The ninth wife of Kid" Mccoy found three days enough Hon. Mccoy is our foremost exponent of progressive matri- nony.
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 Women spellbinders are making the voters weep. As the youthful reporter phrases it, they're strong men, too.
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 A number of beautiful salesladies who are going into the movies is creating much unrest ln department stores
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 Brmin gham. in the throes of a coal strike. is setting comn,endable exam ple of law and ordes to Bclfast.
 * * < A word from Elihu Root would be worth half q dozen from Senator Hari- ing or. Boss Peurose
 j. 's ;.
 In spite of republican Embellishments the solid south shows the stability of reinforced concrete < a' * There must he something in the atnos- phere Of Brixton jail that keeps hunger strikers alive. * # Y It remains to be seen if democratic righteousness will triumph over republi- can aoests * x * Countess Markievicz. one of Ireland s stormiost petrels, has been arrested again \ LOUISIANA ARTIST
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-01
Erie Pettus Embarrassed

Tn an innocent way I find l have caused myself some embarrassment" said Erie Pettus, United States district attorney.
 The other day some of the men and women on the sixth floor of the First National Bank building, where I have my office. came to me and said they wanted to get up a purse from the sixth floor for the democratic campaign fund. told them that I had already sent in my subscription to headquarters. They said they wanted to get at least $50 from our floor in this special fund. and I told them would gladly add s5
 well, the list of contributors was published in The Age Herald showing my s gift. Some people evidently jumped to the conclusion that that was all l had given to aid the national campaign, for I have already begun to get anonymous letters asking me if that was the best United States dis vtrict attorney could do. Of course my friends understood the incident, but there are evidently quite x number who did not and for their benefit I just want to say that I aided the campaign substantially some time ago.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-01
IN HOTEL HOBBIES
 AND ELSEWHERE
Far From pead

Notwithstanding the fact that some of the faint hearted members of the Birmingham Automobile Club have said that it was dead, this organization is showing more vivacity than many or the so-called live orders" said J. r. Dobbins, yesterday. Ut is really un- usual the amount of interest that is be- ing manifested in the club. Since the last meeting ten new members, without solicitation, have been added to the roll.
 The Open Road, monthly publica- ton of the club, will be mailed out Oc- tober 10 and each month thereafter It is hoped that the reading of this paper may be a means of keeping alive the interest that has been stimulated"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-01
THE PAIN OF GIVING

THE PAtN OF GIVING What do you hear from. the poiitica, camps?"
 Words of cheer" T wish something would improve the morale of old Mir. Bilkersg Whats the matter with him?'' He donated 5 to a campaign fund and every time he thinks about it his heart is in the grave
 WONDERFUL EXPERIENCES "Bettina's stay at the seashore was a series of triumphs." ''Indeedn'
 ''Yes, her bathing suit was the theme of two denunciatory sermon by local pastors and musical comedy scout stole the design for new girl show
 LET US MOURN. Oh, weep the fallen baseball stars, A tribe of mighty men. Our hearts most break to think they'd
 take
 Gamblers polluted yen.
 PERHAPS. What do you think of the campAign to make Scotland dry?" Ut may gather considerable momentum if the crusaders preach that thrift and prohibition are synonyrnous terms"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-01
oBEYs ORDERS.
PRESTIGE.

@ofd~ MT. waggles is in his glory this year.
 Why so?'
 we are going to elect a new president, you know. Mir. wasgles considers him self a great authority on such matters, because some years ago he heekled presidential candidate ard exchanged fully a dozen words with him before ten thousand people.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-01

amount of pig iron into finished forms.
 Bessemer has an active community spirit. Its people have practiced pull ing together for years, and that com bined effort has counted wonderfully for her good. Her energies have never wavered.
 Bessemer has gotten much, but nothing to which she was not en- titled.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-01
W T = Birmingham Merchants Say Europe Is Recovering


 51 WO of Birhlingham's leading ll merchants, who have returned from visit to Europe, report re- markable recovery from the devasta- ton of war.
 August Hirsch and L. Pizitz, both natives of Europe and, therefore, full ly capable of forming correct inn .pressions, state that France and Bel gium have come splendidly out of the destruction of war and are on their feet again.
 While Germany is prostrate as military power, MT. Hirsch says the Rhineland at least is prosperous, the people well fed and the factories busy. MT. Pizitz believes that bol- shevism will die of it's own weight and that Russia will "come back"
 It is encouraging to Americans to have men so well qualified to pass on conditions in Europe make these reports. This country has nothing to gain from the misfortunes of others. On the contrary, we prosper precisely as they do. If they needed our money to tide over their unhapry state of affairs we need thei.' trade for the consumption of our surplus.
 It is especially pleasing to receive such glowing accounts of cond ions in France and in Belgium. f9r t,,ey suffered most from the .., ,es ,i war. This has given the Anglo Saxon new view of the Latin. The mutual respect between the two races will be for the good of each.
 It was costly sacrifice, but the world learned much through the world war.