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The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-02
BEDROOM COST soO,OOO
the Chicago Journal.

From the chicago Journal.
 rich London lady year or two ago spent over $5o.ooo in furnishing her bedchamber. The carpet-a grand hand-tied purple Axminster-cost $7.5oo
 The chairs and other furniture are of solid, carved ivory. with ebony ano gold inlay. The toilet fittings Nare of oriental alabaster and cost some hun dreds of pounds
 In the centre of the room is a Cochin China table inlaid with mother of pearl and worth $75o. The bedstead is of brass, inlaid with fine pearls, and at the head is an artificial landscape of crystal, ivory. amber pearls ano other stones.
 Stephen Marchand, an American ot vast wealth. made up his mind to have an even more expensively fitted bed chamber, and with that purpose in view he spent not less than s19O. 900 on bed sgead alone.
 It was constructed of massive ebony with elaborate carvings of solid ivory and inlaid with gold filigree. At the head of the bedstead was a huge trophy cut from one piece of ivory
 A special journey was taken to Africa to obtain massive tusk for the pur- pose.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-02
EUGENE DEBS

, bs dismissed and Berger should be permitted to go free and to take his seat in the House of Representatives, from which he has been twice de- barred. They are of the same litter. Debs and Berger, ingrates, disloyal to the government which protects and shelters them and willful violators of the laws which guarantee them free- dom If all men were to abuse the laws as Debs and Berger have abused them, America would be a madhouse and slaughter house, as bad as red Russia
 If Debs is to be given his freedom then with that action should go forth an invitation to Lenine and Trotzky to come here or send their best propa- gandists to spread the gospel of so- vietism and urge that tho American republic be torn down and in its stead the Russian plan of assassination be substituted. Christensen is the nomi- nee of the convention which cheered for fifteen minutes the praise of the soviet by it's keynote orator, John Fitzpatrick. It is inconceivable that there can be any common basis of discussion between him and the noni- nees of either the republican or the democratic convention.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-02
THE 1920 CAR SALESMAN

Ring W. I.ardner, in the Saturday
 Evening Post
 The car was brand new model Bam Eight
 How much , asked him.
 -Four thousard," he says.
 When could I get one?" says Katie II don't know" said the salesman.
 What do you mean?" I asked him.
 Haven't they made none of themT'
 "I don't know" says the salesman. This is the only one we got.'
 Has anybody ever rode in one?" says.
 q don't know" said the guy.
 So I asked him what made 1t worth four thousand.
 Well" he says. what made this lady want one?"
 T don't know" I said.
 Could I have this one that's on the floor" says. aKtie.
 q don't know" said the salesman.
 Well, when do you think I could get one?" says Katie.
 we can't promise no deliveries. '' says the salesman.
 We'll that kind of fretted me, so asked him if they wasn't a salesman we colud talk to.
 You're talking to one," he said.
 Yes, l know" said I. But I used to be a kind of salesman myself, and when>I was trying to sell things l didn't try and not sell them."
 Yes" he says, but you wasn't sell ing automobiles in New York in 1920. Listen," he says; "Pll be frank with you We got the New York agency for this car and was glad to get it be- cause it sells for s4.0oo, and anything that sells that high, why the people will eat it up. even if it's pearl- handled ketch-up bottle. If we ever do happen to get a consignment of these cars. they'll sell like oil stock. The last word we got from the fac tory was that they'd send us three cars next September. So that means we'll get two cars a year from next October, and if we can spare either of them, you can have one"
 So then he begin to yawn and said Come on, girls" and we got taxi and beat it home,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-02
Pascagoula Offers Site
 For Coal Terminals

A DELEGATION of citizens from 3 x Pascagoula, Miss, appeared before the United States engineers in Mobile during the public waterway hearing held there last week and proffered a free site for govern ment coal terminal.
 Pascagoula made this offer on con dition that Mobile does not complete arrangements for a site in that port The Pascagoulans explained that they do not wish to take the coal termi- nal from Mobile, but they consider Pascagoula a part of the Mississippi Warrior inland waterway system and want to do what they can to com plete the Warriors development.
 Pascagoula is on the Mississippi Sound, just around the corner from Mobile, and is on the Birmingham New Orleans water route via Mobile If Mobile should fail, Pascagoula's offer would be seriously considered
 But Mobile does not propose any such thing. At last accounts the sum required to purchase the Mobile site had not been raised. The offer of Pascagoula will not do harm, but rather good, if it leads to a speedy consummation of the deal at Mobile. .- There is little doubt that this will be the outcome.
 The Mobile coal terminal is the one big thing yet remaining to make the Warrior what it is capable of being. It means an enormous outlet for Alabama coal for bunkerage and
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-02
WHAT IS A TRUE SPORTSMAN?

1 it difficult for them to support life. He does not begrudge the expenditure or | reasonable sums of money for this pur- pose and for renewing stock when re- drced; consequently. the section in which he and others like him dwell is generally supplied with game, while that of those who profess to be sportsmen, but in truth are only game destroyers, is barren and desolate. rsR
 Finally, the true sportsman reaeems srortsmanship from the discredit too fre- quently brought upon it by less worthy i, professors He ennobles it with his owa nobility. He makes for it place among the creditab1e pleasures of honorable men and thus wins for it the respect of those who taking no part in field sports, would but for him regard them with thorough disfavor. He advances sportsmanship and places it in a position that insures it's popularity.
 | We invite our readers to contemplation of these facts, and urge them to recognize the full meaning of the expression so fre- quently used. We ask them to apply tho test to themselves and SC if in reality they are true sportsmen. That there are true sportsmen we know, but that they are not so common as they should be-not so common as popular expression indi- cates-is apparent from the condition of field matters and from the lack of unison in action which would correct this. We cannot make men true sportsmen, they must raise themselves to that altitude We will do all we can to aid them, but our efforts will not avail if they are are put forth.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-02

the imported product, is on solid and permanent footing.
 As in the early experience of iron making, enthusiasm caused wrong locations of some mills and the build ing of others without sufficient cap ital to carry them over lean periods. Some were hastily erected without the proper consideration of the ma chinery that was installed Others were placed on lands where careless surveys suggested quantities of ores that do not exist.
 There are now eight successfully operating mills in the Coosa, Clay and Chiffon fields. In the newest there is machinery of the most mod ern type for reduction of the ores. These are capable of profitable op- eration under any state of the graphite market. It is indeed claimed by one of the large operating mills that it is mining and reducing the ore at cost of three cents per pound and by another mill of the latest pat tern, about to begin operations, that tests show it will do as well.
 Graphite is now selling at eleven cents per pound and seldom goes be- low eight cents. There is a wide mar gin of profit between these claimed costs of reduction and what the re- duced product brings in the open market.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-02
Lesson to Be Drawn From a Cartoon

TT HE Hearst papers published a
 9 cartoon recently which was in- tended as warning to American motherhood. It was entitled, "Avoid Such News as This"
 The god of war, with League of Nations" on his helmet, was repre- sented as leaning over mother at the cradle of her child. One hand clasped modern army rifle, with its murderous looking bayonet, the oth- CT touched her on the shoulder. Mars is saying, "Your son will be fighting liquid fire and deadly gas on the bat tie fields of Europe some day" The purpose of the cartoon was, of course, to show the danger that turks in the League of Nations, if America becomes a party, to it. As Ia matter of tact, MT. HearSt'S clever artist made as strong an argument as anyone could wish for the League of Nations.
 A national policy of nearly one hundred and fifty years and our boasted isolation did not keep IS out { of the last war. Without a League pof Nations to maintain peace, an other world war is inevitable. It is even now brewing. Babies in their cradles-boy babies, at least-will certainly be fighting liquid fire, lead ly gas and worse things on the bat tie fields of Europe if we decide to "rock along" and hope for the best, instead of doing our duty, both to ourselves and other nations, by help ing to prevent wars in the future.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-02
Wearing of Uniform

The wearing of soldiers uniforms is certainly being abused" says An derson Smith They are to be seen everywhere, on boys and men. People who never were in the army have uni forms, some even with the discharge chevron on the arms.
 While much may be said in favor of wearing the uniform, such as com . fort' saving of expensive clothes and other advantages, there are also a run Der of reasons why it should not be permitted. One is that almost every time house is entered. or person is held up and robbed, the descrition is man in soldiers uniform Po- lice should get behind this and stop prcniscuous wearing the clothes of Uncle Sam"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-02
THE BIRTH OF LOVE

From Songs of the Dead" By Mar garet Napier. Today it was cold in the dark. From the willow rain dripped on my
 grave. 1t made me dream of that day Tn September when you came, And in the little blue room We talked of the rain drifting across
 the window In misty tears. At my feet lay open a book, You picked it up and laughed. As you scanned the ponderous page. My soul was so frail .I had to anchor it to the great
 thoughts of the great dead. dead hundreds of
 years As I have been days There was a silence And, as sunrise reflected had watched That morning crimson my bedroom
 wall My pale, tired mood lifted. Our eyes met. Love was born.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-02
Judge Feagin's Good
 Work in Birmingham

0T1 HERE was much of the heroic 0 and much that was tender in the life of Judge N. B. Feagin, who passed away early Sunday morning at the age of seventy-seven. He had been a sufferer for long years, but no one ever heard him com plain of his ills He was a familiar figure in Birmingham for thirty years or more, and in spite of his | infirmities, took an active part in every movement looking to the ad- vancement of the city. | Judge Feagin presided in the police court for many years, and filled that position with marked ability. 1 His heart was moved by the deg radiation that came under his view as he administered justice on the police bench, and especially was he con- cerned about wayward boys. He or ganized the juvenile court and un- told good he accomplished in juvenile reform.
 He saw the necessity of throwing safeguards around homeless boys. He was one of the founders of the Boys Club and many a man who started wrong as a lad of the street, but by beneficent influences developed into honorable citizenship, owes his turn in the right direction to Judge Fea- gin.
 In the Civil war Judge Feagin was noted for his bravery. Four times wounded, he was promoted to cap taincy and among the Confederate veterans he was ever held in high honor.
 | He was a Christian gentleman and
 was devoted to the Bible class of which he was a teacher. But Save the Boys" was his constant motto. Every movement that was humaniz-
 ing was dear to his heart, and the world is surely better for his having lived in it.
 Before coming to Alabama to stir up
 trouble, labor agitators should thor oughly iamIilsrize themselves with railroad schedules so they will know when the next train leaves.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-02
ROUGH ON THE FATHER

From the Boston Transcript. expected plas es,, even from the ce'ne- tery. Certa i,ly there is no ;affy-po epitaphy, so to speak-handed him in the following inscription oil tomb stone in Birmingham. England: Here lies the mother of chiidf,a sever, Four on earth and three in heaven; Ihe three in heaven preferfing rather Tc die with mother than 'iva with
 father
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-02
Open for Visitors

We are expecting thousands of peo- pie to come out and look over the plant of the Preston Motors Corpora tion today" said Harry s. Ford The plant will be thrown open to our vis- tors. Automobiles will meet all Nor woodNcars and busses at the end of the line and carry the people to the plant.
 The hours for the inspection are 1880 o'clock this afternoon to 9:3C o'clock tonight Souvenirs will be dis tributed to all those visiting the plant A visit through the factory is instruc- tive as well as entertaining. Every person who can possibly get off should come out and look over this automo- bile manufacturing plant"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-02

Possibly Governor Cox's newspaper training made it possible for him to stop right in the middle of his speech of acceptance and shake hands with wis., itor without wrecking his train oI thought.
 Since von Luderdorff has proposed that the allies allow him to raise an army of 1,Soo.Ooo men to fight the bolsheviki. 70 old Won Tirpitz may ask for a flock of submarines to chase an alleged sea ser pent.
 | What with stephen Leacock and othes: celebrities speaking a good word for the old-fashioned dime novel; we may expect a revival of literature with Il punch.
 init his historic castle to be used as 9 ba ckground by a smirking movie star may have acted snobbish, but we havr sneaking sympathy for him.
 + # < A Chicago gunman looked dazed wheu jury found him guilty of murder. Nat, urally he was a bit surprised, as he had escaped so often before. < # Y Canada is importing whisky to supply the American demand. This will give you some idea of the brisk business done bl' the rum runners. A New Orleans judge has decided that man can't rob his wife-only of hen peace of mind, and the divorce court ili the cure for that. 1 Now that "Marse Henry has retired. Professor Taft is about the only workp ing journalist who still writes two column editorials ] Even if Ponzi's "get-rich quick" schem.' should be found to have a flaw in il somewhere, he has made enough moneA, | to keep him out of the poorhouse | # # <
 The frequency with which German sol' diers sing "Deutschland uber Alles" ia proof of an unrepentant Germany. < # # 1 Conditions may be bad in Moscow, bull we understand that Trotzky never misses manicure. l That man who spoke his will into a phonograph flatters himself that he has outwitted the lawyers. l Those London students whos hazed sPussyfoot" Johnson didn't know thai he used to polish off western bad men. F # <
 Tourists bound for Europe seem to taks malicious pleasure in toasting the statue of Liberty-at a safe distance.
 # # # 1 At this season of the year fashionable intelligence has it that there is posi- lively no one in town, my dear" # x * An hours work should be done for an hours pay, especially when the pay Is s@.
 < # # 1 The crowds hail Jimmy Cox, but, somehow, Wary Harding sounds bit forced. # # # | Hi Johnson has not yet made a pill grimage to the republican shrine al Marion.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-02
MODERN FARM LIFE

From the Arkansas Gazette.
 A number of plantations in the Pine Bluff region are to be supplied with electric current from that city. More and more will the farmer be able to press the button and let the power house do the rest.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-02
CHEAPER TO PAY RENT

From the Seattle Post-Intelligencer.l
 When the railroads have boosteel passenger fares 20 per cent anu Pul-1 man rates 5o per cent, the public ma VI decide that after all it is cheaper tol stay at home and pay rent
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-02
Celebrities Maintain
 International Friendship

wv .ss bands st playing and thou, through the police lines Hike a tidal wave" Mary and Doug" returned to New York after spending their hoaey- moon in Europe.
 It is true that the famous stars were not presented at court, al- : though royalty gave them to undsr- stand that it was aware of their presence, but London accorded them a tumultuous welcome. In fact, Mary and Doug" were mobbed everywhere they turned, and finally escaped from the Ritz-Carlton to the country seat of an English nobleman, whose guests they were.
 Someone has said that such celeb rites as Sir Thomas Lipton, Georges Carpenter and our two motion pie ture stars are ambassadors extraordi- nary for strengthening the friend ship existing between America and our associates in thesla war. There can be no doubt that international visits of this character do serve that purpose. The King and Queen of the Belgians and the Prince of Wales male an impression on the American people that the present generation at least will never forget.
 We may rest assured that the ova- tion Carpenter received in New York and the uproar Mary and Doug created in London were spontaneous tributes, not only to the visitors themselves, but to France and America.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-02
PARTY OF THE OPEN PALM

From the Tampa Tribune.
 Harding accepts the challenge. says the Birmingham Age-Herald Did you ever knovA republican to refuse to ac- cept anything-but responsibility.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-02

Time. that takes survey of all the
 world, Must have stop. Henry ".
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-02
If You Can Afford It

T am leaving today on a two weeks vacation" says John W. Hunter, chief clerk in the building inspectors of flee, Most of the time I expect to spend at the old home place at Nix burg, Ala. Fro mwhat I can hear the people down there have plenty of good things to eat.
 There are three things I especially intend to do while on my vacation. One is to feast off the fruit and vege- tables, another is to sleep whole lot, and the last is to fish some. l expect to come back feeling like a new man. think every person who is tied down to business twelve months in the year ought to take ten days or two weeks off each year for a vacation. The time lost will be more than re- paid by the spirit injected into the work the remainder of the time.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-02
IN HOTEL LCBBIES
 AND ELSEWHERE
Always a Kick

Always a Kick
 "A friend of mine who lives in mountain Terrace, and who never goes nome without being ladened down with packages said Bob Redus, told me good one on himself. He relates how on getting off at the junction to catch the shuttle car he complained to Motorman Goodman about the lack of room on the 'pay-as-you-enter cars only to be told that the Birmingham Railway, Light and Power Company had built them for passenger and not freight service
 He says he realized that the com pany through one of its employees had scored on him, so he quietly took his seat and ceased his complaints. I am willing to agree with my friend that the new cars are not as handy for those who make transfers of them- selves as the old style ones."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-02
Alabama Graphite Industry
 Now on Permanent Basis

THE graphite industry in Ala
 0 bama, which attained sudden impetus during the war, to be fol- lowed by quieting spell incident to lower prices and competition with
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-02

TELEPHONE Bell tprivate exchange connecting All depar:ments) Main 49O0
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-02

Washington Bureau. 900 Davidson Building.
 European Bureau, 10 King street, Covent Garden, London, w. '. 2
 Eastern business office, World building, New York city; 5westCrn busl- ness office, Tribune building, Chi -cago. The S. c. Beckwith Special Agency. agents for foreign advertising
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-02

Before coming to Alabama to stir up trouble. labor agitators should thor oughly iamliisrize themselves with railroad schedules. so they will know when the next train leaves.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-02
Member of the Associated Press

and Sunday newspaper in Birming ham carrying the Associated Press dis patches.
 The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for publication or 3 Il news dispatches credited to It or noe otherwise credited in this paper and also the local news published therein.
 All rights of republication of special dispatches herein are also reserved.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1920-12-02
DRUG STORES IN
A TIGHT CORNER
Only Way to Dispose OF
Liquors in Their Possession
Is to Have Sheriff
Destroy Them.

Mitchell, S. D., Nov. 20 (Special).-
There may be champagne in private
homes in Mitchell, but there Is no
record of it. Thel are, however, in
one drug store in the city just four
and a half quarts of the bubble water,
and the druggist cannot drink 1t, sell
it, give it away or destroy IL. Ender
The state law he must make a month-
ly report TO the county auditor of all
the liquor in his possession anG tor
the past two years, his report has
gone in the same -four and a hal
quarts of champagne"
For the most part, all druggists In
the state have supplies of liquor on
hand, some more and Others less,
but they are all in the same fix. They
must kee!> it. The only way they can
get riG of it is TO have the state
sheriff destroy it or have some one
steal it. Zach month the law has 9.
check on them through the county
auditor And VIVA Is true of Dawson
county is true Of every other county
in the state. Many druggists re-
quested the sheriff to destroy their
surplus liquor when the dry law was
passed by the state legislature. 9th
ers have held on TO their stock and
month after month have made the
same monOtOnOuS report.