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The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-15
Alabama Crops Turning
 Out Abundantly

1E ORECASTS for the principal H crops in Alabama are highly encouraging. On July 1, the improve ment in conditions was heartening, but the forecast on August 1 was far better on the whole. The weather has been favorable during the past six weeks.
 On the 1st of the present month the estimated corr crop was sixty nine million one hundred and sixty thousand bushels; a gain of six thou sand five hundred and seventy-seven bushels over July.
 There was a slight falling off in peanuts, but an appreciable gain in cotton-eight hundred and thirty seven thousand bales over seven hun dred and eighty-seven thousand bales h July.
 Hay about holds it's own-one mil lion five hundred and forty five thou sand tons on August 1.
 The Irish potato forecast was esti- mated at four. million two hundred ands fourteen thousand bushels against four million one hundred and sixty-five thousand bushels the month before; but there was a loss of some thing like four million bushels in sweet potatoes.
 The syrup yield was seventeen mil lion five hundred thousand gallons. Oats lost half million bushels. The wheat harvest, being over, stands at seven hundred and seven thousand bushels.
 Alabama's condition figures for food crops are as follows: Corn S4 Irish potatoes 83, peanuts S4, sor- ghum for syrup S2, sweet potatoes 82, apples 65, pears 52, watermelons 72, alfalfa S3, hay S5, tomatoes 78, pastures 84, beans S4, sugar cane s4,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-15
IN HOTEL LCBBIES
 AND ELSEWHERE
Like Young NestIinEs

The manner in which many Ala oamians accept development of the warrior and the port of Mobile re- minds me of nest of young mocking birds" said Henry T. DeBardeleben. They slide down to the bottom of the nest, curl up and sleep profoundly un- til the other bird shows up with a juicy worm in her bill. Then each little fellow opens wide his bill and stretches his neck for the morsel. After devour- ing that they sleep again until mama brings in more.
 Many Alabamians get wide awake about the Warrior and the port of Mo- bile when Uncle Sam comes along with free gift of som thing or other, but, after getting that, relapse again and at once into the slumber of inaction. There has been some awakening, es- pecially here in Birmingham. but a lot more needs to occur"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-15

Golden lads and girls all must,
 As chimney -skeepers. come to aust
 take my text, or rather get my theme from C,ymbeline.. Act ", Scene ?. I nave almost come to the belief that if it isn in Shakespeare, it isn't anywhere.
 I wrote a story about chimneys, and Tn it had not a word about chimney-sweep- CTS. It was like trying to give the play of Hamlet with the melancholy Dane left out, for they are the leading actors In the smoke drama and have been em- balmed in literature.
 I'm sorry for any ono who mas ho' reveled in the Essays of Elia.' and not to be familiar with Lambs delicious tale' "rhe Praise of Chimney-Sweepers.' which was given to the world in 1922. is to have missed one of the choice stories Tn the English language, for in it the author IS at his best
 I was surprised the other day to f1nd a friend who graduated from one or the eastern colleges, and who. has had much ink on his fingers as a newspaper writer and whose literary taste is highly cait'- vated. own up without shame that ne had never so much as got acquainted even in the most formal way with Lamb, who has the distinction of being called thc best beloved English author"
 But we cannot hold our friends to ac- count because of their literary loves any more than we can because they fnd measure in the society of people whom we dislike It's just personal matter and every one ought to have and exerciss a wide latitude in his choice of DOCKS and companions. We cannot any more impose our favorite writers on our friends than we can make them take at full value our dearly beloved chums.
 But if I can play up one of my favorites here. and by giving samples of his work get any of my readers interested In ms output, I feel sure that I will have done them a favor. l reckon nearly every one is familiar with Lambs Dissertation on Roast Pig" and so to kep in line with my topic, I'll just quote from the es- say in Praise of Chimney-sweepers guess the reason this one appeals to me so much is that they were constant source of wonder and amusement to me on my first visit to London. when q mere lad.
 can therefore understand and appre- ciate the true Londoner. for Lamb loves the great city better than the country. when he says: 'I like to meet sweep. understand me. not a grown sweeper, old chimney-sweepers are by no means at tractive, but one of those tender novices. blooming through their first nigritude. the maternal washings not quite effaced from the cheek, such as come forth with the dawn. or somewhat earlier. with their little professional notes like the peep peep of a young sparrow; or liker to the mtin lark should I pronounce them. in
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-15

1 their aerial ascents not seldom antcipat- | ing sunrise"
 1 Unless you have lived or visited in Lon-
 don and know something of the houses, l it will be right hard for you to under stand that the sweeps played a large part in the life of the city, almost | like our newsies do here in America. Lamb with his delicious fooling contin-
 ues: "I have a kindly yearning towards
 these dim specks, poor blots innocent l blacknesses. I reverence these young Af-
 ricans of our own growth, these almost
 clergy imps, who sport their cloth with oyt assumption and from their little
 pulpits (the tops of chimneys) in the
 nipping December morning, preach a les
 son of patience to mankind.
 ! Three things in the old days London ] feared-plague, famine and fire "The odious cry, quick reaching from street to street, of the fired chimney" was always a matter of grave alarm to Londoners. l I daresay that many of the older readers
 will recall some time when there was
 great commotion in their neighborhood on
 account of the burning out of chimney
 I can recall few frosty nights since [ | have been householder in Birmingham
 when it fell to my lot to pace up and 1 down the sidewalks to watch the sparks
 and see that none of them fell on wooden shingles.
 1 Only few weeks ago the fire depart ! ment came running next door to The Age
 Herald, and the firemen began to chamber 1 up on a shingle roof dwelling, and soon shingles were falling like autumn leaves, in the alley. Faulty chimneys and ex- posed flues are prolific in starting con-
 flasrations. No wonder, then, when Lon
 don was town largely of wooden struc- lures that the dread of fire was alwass
 present, and that the authorities saw to 1t that the chimneys were celaned of soot Out of such conditions were born the sweeps.
 | If you have never been to a newsboys' dinner you have missed one of the most exciting eat fests ever staged. It is more
 than mere meal, it is near riot Hav- ing attended the blowouts of the newsies. was ready to read about Jem White,
 the big-hearted. whose joy it was to give
 the chimney-sweepers supper once . year at smithfield. 'Jem' officiated as
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-15

@ ONTINUING our talk about pigs, N and cows. and good roads, I am convinced that pigs have gone out of style. The fashion no longer turns pigward.
 worth pigs and Jersey cows. full lack of knowledge was evident But there have been numerous inquiries in regard to lending good milch cows to friends who would take the best of care of them. No offers to buy, of course. But success in requests to lend has been great.
 As to pigs, no one has evidenced any spirit to either buy or borrow. One good friend, however, yesterday ac- cepted a gift of beautiful red gilt about six months old. Of course the word gilt is used advisedly, because my friend who accepted the same advised me that he only wanted a gilt. When asked what a gilt was he kindly told me 1t was young lady pig.
 My friend Captain Jack Phillips over at the Birmingham Packing Company agreed to kill and put on cold storage one of the brothers of this young lady in order that a barbecue might soon be had. So the Bracewood stock of pigs has been reduced by two.
 \ l, however, counted fifteen left when became an actual farmer and hauled these two into town yesterday. The remaining fifteen still maintain won- derful appetites. and the major domo of the piggery tells me that if my speed does not increase in disposing of then, the increase of the pig population will outdistance the disposition of the stock
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-15
They Happen Elsewhere

Tt seems like most everything that happens in Birmingham is compared tc something which is happening alone the same lines in other cities" said Chief of Police r. J. Shirley. "A loi of people in this city seem to think that Birmingham is center for crime but that is not true.
 Not so long ago I was visiting in Atlanta and I happened to glance over the evening paper and my attention was called to the large number of acci- dents that had happened during the day. There were nine in all. This is not daily average of accidents, of course, but l just want to- show that Birmingham is not by itself in Jhs number of street car and autonrebile accidents that happen daily, and that if is happening in other cities
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-15
why SU His town doesn't reciprocate. :"

COSTLY REPARTEE T read in book somewhere" re- marked the second-story man, that brev- ity is the soul of wit' Tt doesn't work that way in the case of a prison sentence said the cracks man. "A judge once asked me if he hadn't seen me somewhere before. I told him he needn't incriminate himself on my ac- count, and just for that he added ten years
 DIDN'T AMOUNT TO MUCH
 You say this gentleman is Mexican ?''
 Yes
 Was he prominent in his native coun- try"
 I'm afraid not He lived thirty years in Mexico and never got to be a gen eral" WET" DEFINITION.
 What is this 'Never-Never Land?'' asked Mir. Gawping.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-15
Misery Has Company

Montana is also having some tron-
 ble in disposing of road construction
 bonds" said J. D. Johnston of Helena. The chamber of commerce and the banks of the state have been appealed
 to in hopes that county road bonds can be sold in a sufficient amount to avoid the temporary abandonment of the road building programme. Several million dollars worth of road contracts are under construction at the present time, while $500, 900 worth of 1919 con- tracts have not yet been completed. Unless the counties are able to dispose
 of bonds voted last fall, it will be
 impossible to finance the projects. This shows that Jefferson county is not the only one which has been unable to sell its road construction bonds"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-15
LOVE

AM the royal alchemst of the Through all the with of
 the beginning when the the field his feroity drowned
 music mother listened and lost  suffering of all who breathe haye full and shall begin enveop the hatred in the heart of to bnih all mankind
 s& V. ROBERTSON.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-15
MOURNING

By Christina c. Rossetti. When I am dead. my dearest,
 Sing no sad songs for me, Plant thou no roses at my head. No shady cypress tree, Let the green grass be above me With rain and dewdrops wet. And If thou wilt remember
 And if thou wilt forget.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-15
Wants Him to Stay

T hope Dr. William H. Smith, who for some time as educational secretary has lived here with his family, will not find it neces sary to move to Montsom- cry to take up his new duties as act ing secretary treasurer of the Baptist state executive committee" said P. c. warm friends during his residence here. and while a native Alabamian, yet has lived much out of the state, having held pastorates in some of the leading cities of the south. as we'll as for years having been located at Richmond with the foreign mission board"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-15
Cannot Please All

"Birmingham's municipal market seems to be, a certain fact with SD no organized opposition" said Bell Meadows. But there is much work to be done before 1t can be established. A site must be selected and this means with the limited financial condition of the city that the street must be util- the street in use, hours must be estab- lished and there can be no hours that do not work a hardship on some to come"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-15
A MORNING PRAYER

A MORNING PRAYEH
 This day is wholly thine. Grant Lord. that l may use it in drawing nearer thee. Open my heart that may feel thy love enfolding; open my eyes that I may behold thy smil- ing face. Teach me thy will and give me strength to do it. Amen.-- M. :. B.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-15

peaches 52, grapes ID, muskmelons 75, onions 85.
 Thus it is seen that there IS an ex- cellent crop for Alabama. Prices are high and the farmer will prosper greatly.
 The value of farm products, includ- ing live stock, will probably reach the three-ouarters of billion dollar mark. Only a few years ago two hundred and fifty million dollars was considered large total for Alabama
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-15
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES
AAJ3,usQ

I'm blest if know" said MT. Bibbles.
 But maybe it's land where a man can say Here's how without glancing over his shoulder to see if he is over heard by a liquor sieuth"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-15
LIGHT DIET

N the Kansas City Star.
 Kansas City girl had to call off q Nming date the other day because NounA that moths had eaten her
 Nes hathing suit. The moths ev- ; s\ were pretty hungry. and doubt
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-15
HUMILIATED.

HUMILIATED. Are yor seriously hurt?" asked & sym pathetic bystander Not physically said the pedestrian who was brushing the dust off his clothes but my feelings are hurt 'How''s that?" 'The car that struck me looked like d 1914 flivver'
 A WINNING PERSONALITY. This divorce lawyer has large prac- tice.' Its duo to his sympathetic way" "Yes?'"
 He says he frequently has to have his stenographer present when conferrms with a fair client to keep her from weeping on his shoulder"
 PAUL COOK
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-15
Would Make Russian
 Poland Soviet States

0N HE tentative peace terms offered
 U Poland by the Russian bolshe- wiki show quite clearly that boisliev- ism is striking at civilization. Ire right to propagandize Russian Poland without any restriction what ever and the privilege granted Rus sian agents to pass through Polish territory without consulting Polish
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-15
South Is Suffering
 From Growing Pains

6T HE prosperity of the south IS J reflected by the operations of railroads in southern territory. During the week ending July ID there were loaded on the railroads of the south one hundred and twenty seven thousand four hundred and eighty-five cars of commercial freight. an increase of ten thousand cars over the same week in 1913, and of four thousand over the corre- spending week in 1918.
 In the three weeks ending July 16, there were loaded on the railroads of the south three hundred and fifty thousand cars of commercial freight compared to three hundred and thirty three thousand in the same period of 1919. With all this there is great car shortage. The shortage IS due to the increased productiveness of the south and the greater amount of business offered. It is the penalty of growth added to the penalty of failure to provide for expansion be- fore its arrival. It is handicap, but out of the handicap one draws the satisfaction of the progress and prosperity that the handicap indl- |cates.
 The Alabama coal production is an example. At this time last year the weeks production of coal was little over two hundred thousand tons. This year the production is almost twice as large and twice as many cars are required to move the out put, hehce the acute car shortage.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-15
Domestic Virtues and Political Prospects

MM RS. CALVIN COOLIDGE is an NVU old-fashioned woman. She de- votes most of her time and energy to her home. It is even declared by a truthful correspondent of Boston that she knits all the winter stockings for her boys, as we'll as scarfs, sweat CTS and other wearing apparel. Fur thermore, Governor Coolidge selects all her clothes. They go shopping together, but no purchase is ever made without the governors ap- proval This is perhaps too much of a concession, even for an old fashioned wife to make. The average husband may have high and mighty notions about being the lord of his household, but he draws the line at supervising feminine shopping. It is better so. It prveents atrocities. It is natural that a person so thor oughly domesticated as Mrs. Coolidge should profess to dread the prospect of going to Washington and playing prominent part in the capitals so- cial life. With due respect to this estimable woman, whom it is impos- sible not to admire in these days of advanced" femininity and all chat implies, she may not be spared the ordeal Republican confidence is not any more pronounced than democratic confidence.
 In case Mrs. Coolidge is permitted to remain in the quiet environs of Northampton, in that famous S32.6O house, Mrs. Cox and Mrs. Roosevelt will carry to Washington the wifely virtues which they share with the first lady of Massachusetts.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-15

One touch of nature makes the whoi' world kin.
 TroiIus and Cressids. : E # F
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-15
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-15

The Kansas City Star tells of a young woman whose bathing suit was devoured by moths and opines they are still hun gry. one-piece bathing suit wouldn't even be a light breakfast for a moth with healthy appetite
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-15

Golden lads and girls all must,
 As chinney-skeepers. come to dust.
 take my text, or rather get my theme from Cymbeline. Act 1V, scene z. | It" almost come to the belief that II II lsii in Shakespeare, it isn't anywhere.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1920-01-12
FLAGSTAFF

Mrs. C. M. Beckwith and daughter
Miss Mary, returned Saturday from
Winslow, where they spent the holt
day vacation.
Mr.. Ralph Cameron arrived last
Monday from the Grand Canyon for
q brief visit with his brother, Bert
Cameron of North Lereaux street
Mrs. Tom Pollock was hostess last
"Wednesday at a delightfully."- informal
] o'clock luncheon. Her guests in
cluded Mrs. r. G. Stevenson and
house guest. Miss Beam of Jerome,
Ariz., Mrs. C. Becker. Mrs. Francis
Cradle, Mrs. Harry Embach Mrs.
George Myers and Mrs. Stewart Camp
bell. Cards and sewing made a de-
lightful afternoon for the guests.
over 100 people were gathered at
the big Masonic temple to watch the
youthful 1920 make his bow. Flowers
and music made the room an exceed :
ingly cheerful and coy place where
cards and dancing held sway until IL.
Mr.. Bert Cameron. Paul Coffin and
f.. c. Fredericks were chiefly re-
sponsible for, the good time.
Mr.. and Mrs. Marlar We're hosts on
Thursday night to Mr.. and Mrs. Stat
terly and daughter. and Mr.. and Mrs.
M. A. Murphy and daughter Lucille
and son Jack. A dinner served in
Shops good style was a feature.
Mrs. George Meyers was a hostess
last Monday afternoon to a number
of friends gathered for a game of
auction. Friends enjoying the affair
were Mrs. M. j. Riordan, who left for
the winter in California; Mrs. I. p.
McConkey, Mrs. G. 2. kelsey, Mrs.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1920-01-12
ALASKA NATIVES
ARE ARTISTS IN
BLACKMA|L WORK

Juneau, Alaska, Jan. 1.-THE Alas
Ia Native Brotherhood is endeavoring
to stop the practice of selling Indian
women in marriage and the custom of
collecting blackmail by the Indian
clans The organization has appealed
to Governor Thomas Riggs, Jr, ask
ing for the enactment ana enforce
ment of laws abolishing these two
practices. The brotherhood is COM
posed of Indians but includes many
influential citizens of the Alaskan
territory. 1t asserts that the tribal
custom of selling women for marriage
is contrary of the principles of the
American government and detriment-
al to the rising generation of Indian
Americans in Alaska.
Under the ancient practice of clan
blackmail, members of one clan. upon
the death of one of their members
have eXacted payment from another
clan under threat of death to a mem
Der Of the clan assessed. To show
that this practice still exists, the
brotherhood submitted an affidavit
that IN October the Eagle clan col
lected S271 from the Kock- wan-tons
for the death Of member of the
Eagle clan years before.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1920-01-12
LEGAL NOTICES.


NOTICE.
Last viii and Testament of Samuel
G. Zimmerman, Deceased.
To John d. zimmerman, of Albuquer-
que, New Mexico, Mentioned in the
Will as Executor; Ruth May Zim-
norman, of Albuquerque, New Mex
leo; Lois Marguerite Zimmerman
and Mary Jane Zimmerman, Minors,
of Albuquerque, New Mexico, and
to All Who 1t May Concern, Greet
ing:
You are hereby notified that the
alleged Last Will and Testament of
Samuel G. Zimmerman, deceased, late
of the County of Bernalillo and State
of New Mexico, was produced and
read in the Probate Court of the Coun-
ty of Bernalillo, State of New Mexico
on the 9Th day of January, 1920, and
the day of proving said alleged Last
VIII and Testament was thereupon
fixed for Saturday, the 2Sth day of
February, A. d. 1920. at 10 o'clock
in the forenoon of said day
Given under my hand and the Seal
of this Court. this 5th day of January,
A. ID. 1920. (Signed)
NESTOR MONTOYA,
probate Court SeaD County Clerk.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1920-01-12
EXECuTRIx,S NOTICE

In the Probate Court of Bernalillo
County, New Mexico.
In the Matter of the Estate of Charles
Ross, Deceased.
Notice is hereby given that the un-
cersigned was, on the 9Th day of Jam
uary, 1920, duly appointed Executrix
of the estate of Charles Ross. de-
ceased, by the Probate Court of Ber-
nalillo County and having qualified
as such ExecutriX. all persons having
claims against the estate of said
decedent are hereby notified and re.
quired to present the same to the un-
dersigned in the manner and within
the time prescribed by law.
Dated January 9Th, 1920.
EMMA ROSS,
Executriy
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1920-01-12
ADMINISTRATIVE NOTICE.

In the Probate Court of Bernalillo
County, New Mexico
In the Matter of the Estate of Nick
Metz, Deceased.
Notice is hereby given that the un-
dersigned was, on the 9Th day of jan
uary, 1920, duly appointed Admins
tratriX of the estate Of Nick Metz. de-
ceased, by the Probate Court of Ber-
ralillo County, and having qualified
as such Administrative, all persons
having claims against the estate of
said decedent are hereby notified and
required to present the same TO the
undersigned in the manner and within
the time prescribed by law.
Dated January 9Th, 1920.
MARIA METZ,
Administrative.