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The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-09-19

Pensacola. Jefferson county coke Is exported to Chile, whence, in return, we get nitrates. Brazil exchanges manganese ore for rails and water and gas pipe.
 Birmingham wants young men to care for this business now and the greater business to develop. There are positions with attractive salaries waiting for those who qualify. The wise young man will embrace the op- portunity.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-09-19
CITY WITHIN A BLOCK---By Frank Willis Barnet
was a janitor.

I suppose many who read this have walked by The Age-Herald building hun dreds of times without ever stopping to note that the side of the block in which it is situated, Fifth avenue, between Twenty-first and Twenty-second streets is city in miniature.
 This simple statement carries me back into the sos, when Fifth avenue was the heart of the residence section, and at that time as fashionable as was New York's famous thoroughfare until it was con verted into business section.
 
 history of the old Fifth avenue of the great metropolitan city would make most interesting reading, and if l had the space in this coln1nn could set down much about the one here which would be of intense interest to many Of the sons and daughters of well-known busi- ness and professional men ana their wives.
 But our Fifth avenue, like that or Gotham, is rapidly changing from resi- dence to a business street. I'm. however, going to limit myself to just half of a block, and use it as means to snow just how the transformation is taking place. for it has some things about 1t well worth taking into consideration, and is but typical of what other sections will soon be.
 After spending years Tn a cramped oio building on lower Second avenue, MT. Bar rett. in looking for site on which to build, was pioneer in selecting F1rtn avenue as home for The Age-Herald. Many at the time thought that he was moving almost out of town, but his foresight was good, and his venture set the path for others .o follow. Coming here in 1885 I will confess that lhad any one foretold the change which was to come over Fifth avenue I would have looked upon him as visionary prophet who would never see his dream come true. It's frequently the case that an outsider sees thing quicker than the man on the inside; and so far-seeir
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-09-19
L'EAU DORMANT

By Tomas Bailey Aldrich. Curled up and sitting on her feet,
 Within the windows deep embrasurt Is Lydia; and across the street
 A lad, with eyes of roguish azure, Watches her buried in her book. In vain he tries to win a look, And from the trellis over there Blows sundry kisses through the ail Which miss the mark and fall unseer Uncared for. Lydia is thirteen. My lad, if you. without abuse,
 Will take advice from one who
 wiser,
 And put his wisdom more to use
 Than ever yet did your adviser: If you will let. as none will do. Anotherss heartbreak serve for two. You'll have care. some four year
 hence,
 How you lounge there by yonds
 fence @. And blow your kisses through tA For Lydia will be seventeen.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-09-19

young Georgian had a vision which is be- ing realized.
 Just for the moment let's see some Of the principal buildings on Fifth avenue in the close-in business section from Eighteenth to Twenty-sixth street First comes the Adamson Motor Company on the corner of Fifth avenue and Eigh- teenth street, with floor space of nearly 5000 feet, making it one of the largest garages in the south as it will be one of the best equipped. It covers the spot upon which the Roden hotel steel frame was erected, but later dismantled.
 The magnificent new postoffice build- ing covers the north side of the block between Eighteenth and Nineteenth streets, and when completed will be one of the show places of the city. It is far enough on the way to completion to give good idea of it's size. It's magnitude creates the idea that it is too squatty. and think it is, and hope the time will come when another story will be added and round out better the proportion.
 The Southern Club on the northwest corner of Fifth avenue and Twentieth street is pointed out with pride to vis- itors as being the center of the social life of the city. It is famous tnrougnout the country for it's dining room. which in my opinion is one of the most attrac- tive in America It is not in the usual flamboyant style so common in the United States. but has the quietness and sober tones of some of the best in England It's restful place in which to eat, some- thing to be thankful for in these days ot cabarets and jazz bands
 On the opposite corner stands the Mol ton. which is handsome and attractively built hotel and a favorite stopping place with many local and out-of-town people The Tutwiler on the southwest corner o1 Fifth avenue and Twentieth street is one of the best known hotels in the country It is more than mere hotel. for it is an institution which has played a great part 3 in the civic life of Birmingham. It wa.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-09-19
New Tax Notice

Although taxes of property will be- come due on October 1, we will not be able by this date to have mailed out notices to all property owners, as have planned to do this year" said James Hawkins, county tax collector.
 Iris notice is being sent because of the recent increase in taxes by the board of tax adjusters, but they will not be mailed before about October 15. We have been delayed on account of the number of appealed cases to the board of revenue and the late date On which they heard them. However, we will open the tax books on the first of the month and be ready to serve the public.
 We are making arrangements to handle the additional number of citi- zens wbt will pay poll tax this year, as yell and we feel that during the month of October there will be quite a rush, as many women will-pay their poll tax, thinking this must be done before they can vote in the November election"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-09-19
SECRET OF SUCCESS

headquarters during the war, and il whole town
 The terminal, which sits at the head oI Fifth avenue, is one of the greatest sta| tions in the entire land. The waitin : room is always place of interest an} bustle, but few people who pass througJ it to catch the trains or take their seat in it to wait for incoming trains have an} idea of the really tremendous proportion| of the dome. I got to realize it bit thJ last time it was painted, for the painterj looked like pygmies crawling around itI surface.
 Sure, I felt out the portion of the blocl which I sat down to write about, for have way of just rambling along al things suggest themselves. But am glay did it, for in my opinion The Aged Herald building, from an artistic stand spoint, is really an architectural gem, and has a distinction all it's own. I have sail this purposely to challenge those wlrI question it to take the time to stan
 on the far side of the street and take i] the details of the front. I'll not talk time now to tell about the new annex only insofar as to state that while thi original structure was built to take car of it's needs for generation, yet in lesI than ten years it had to De practicail1 doubled
 said this side of the block on whic1 it sits is city in miniature. On the cor| ner is a church. daily call to prayeiI Then comes a newspaper. and alongsid| of 1t a large garage is being finished Next door to it is an undertaking estahl lishment, and by it's side an humble homd
 Then comes dyeing and cleaning bus4 ness On the ground floor of an apart| ment house there is barber shop, groei cry store, a restaurant and drug emI porium (while only short while agI there was dry goods house). I merelj cite these cases to show that The AgeI Herald is not out of town by any meansl but is in the center of things.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-09-19
School of Commerce
 One of Opportunity

6N HE school of commerce to be es- ll tablished October l by Howard College, comes at time when there is . direct need for it. This need is great now; it will expand each year.
 The district is already far greater exporter than large part of its citi- zens probably realize. The three aux ilaries of the United States Steel Corporation in this district regularly export tremendous quantities of rails, wire and other steel mill products.
 The Gulf States Steel Company markets its products in more than thirty countries. The manufacturers of cotton ties and steel hoops export much more of their output than is sold in this country.
 Very recently one of our water and gas pipe makers shipped cargo of 5000 tons to Japan, and large ton mage this spring to Java. A heavy cargo is being made up now at Bruns- wick for Cuba and Santos, Brazil. Cuba gets her sugar houses from Bir- mingham, some of the contracts being %,OO0,000 lock and key jobs.
 The product of Alabama sanitary pipe shops goes regularly to Cuba and South America. Alabama coal has been moving to other countries in quantities that are limited only by handling devices at Mobile and
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-09-19
A LOVER OF QUIET

You wouldn't think it to look at me, sir" said the seedy caller in quest famous jazz orchestra Even if I do say it, I was a bear with drums, cow bells dishpans and cymba1s."
 You were, eh?" replied MT. Grump- son. well, I'm wolf for peace and quiet. I've discharged no less than seventeen stenographers for tapping on the floor with their toes and rap ping on desks with pencils
 Tn that case,'' said the seedy caller,
 hastily I'll wish YOU good morning.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-09-19
Plenty of Money
to Care for Cottor

to Care for (otton
 HERE will be no occasion for the
 cotton producer, who insures and properly warehouses his cotton to complain of the federal reserve system this autumn. There is not going to be any restriction of credit in that quarter. On the other hand' assurance is given of furnishing all the financial help that could with req son be asked.
 M. B. Wellborn, governor of the federal reserve bank of Atlanta, writ ing to the First National Bank of Piedmont, Ala., said:
 You may say to your customers that they need have no fear that the federal reserve system will not function properly and ac- commodate it's member banks in rediscounting their notes secured by cotton TOT the orueIiy Hdrhce- ing of the crop.
 We can accept from your bank notes of merchants or cotton ship pers for ninety days. secured by cotton properly warehoused and insured, and notes made by farm CTS secured by cotton up to 80 per cent of its value, insured and properly stored, having maturity within six months.
 No producer could ask more of the banks. What is required of him in order to secure a loan on his cotton is to properly store it and have it insured. A bank lending its credit could not we'll demand less for it's own protection.
 The average Alabama farmer has fared well the past few years. He is in position to hold his cotton from the early markets and wait for bet ter price. If he needs money while he is waiting, the federal reserve bank stands back of him. The sit uation is very much in favor of the producer.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-09-19
ANOTHER MATTER

4 savant delved in buried towns
 And soon acquired great fame; The leading universities
 Paid honor to his name. He dug up relics of the past
 And lectured on his finds Before societies composed
 Of very learned minds. And yet his wife to neighbors went
 Expressing discontent; It seems he had but little luck
 In digging up the rent
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-09-19
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
 AND ELSEWHERE
Open to All

Not only will the women of Bir-
 mingham and Jefferson county attend the citizenship school conducted by the
 League of Women Voters" said Miss
 Emily Miller, but men who have just reached their majority will also take
 the course offered Mrs. B. L. Ham mond of Terrace Court came into the library recently and bought three tick cts to the school. One for herself one
 for her other and the third for her son. who has recently reached his ma
 jority. This makes three generations
 and all of them will attend our school"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-09-19

upholding law and order when. sucf things could not occur but for their hhery speeches and encoura cement of the law less element.
 It would possibly be difficult,~to obtain legal evidence against the leaders. But the public is thoroughly convinced that acts of lawlessness and assassination have been the outcome of the encouragement and fiery speeches of these men.
 And public sentiment of all conscientious and honest citizens is intensely arrayed against such tactics.
 There has been much talk of arrests of some of the ringleaders who might have known of the feelings and the excitement of those who afterward became assassins. Indeed many thousands of good citizens of the Birmingham district arc up in arms, so to speak, against the iawiess clement of the strikers, and every effort will be made to ferret out the criminals and the instigators and punish them to the limit of the law.
 * * * That the Birmingham district. should be made bloody battle ground between the open shop advocates and the United Mine Workers organization, and thar strikers should resort to intimidation and
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-09-19
* * * Amenities of Life Sacrificed to Speed

Sacrificed to Speed
 077HEN man gets gray around WY the temples, he begins to talk about the "good old days" It is a habit of mankind that has en- dured through the centuries. At certain period of life person looks backward rather than forward, and all the sunshine is behind him. This was true when Nineveh and Tyre fiourished; when Athens was the in- tellectual center of the universe and when Cleopatra broke up Mark An tony's happy home, the legitimate pre- decessor of Theda Bara.
 Yet, there is moiety of truth in the plaint that something good and kindly, something that warmed the human heart, has been forgotten in our rapid progress through this lit tie world where many men play a diversity of parts. They are things it might be worth while to recapture if that were possible.
 Stanley Gonyo, for. twenty mine years crossing watchman at Wi netka, a suburb of Chicago, resigned because the friendly spirit of the time when people drove horses has changed to naughty reserve and the flashing motor.
 "Ther're too darned stand -offish," said Gonyo. 'In the old days when they had horses the folks here used to call me by name and chat about the weather. Now they scoot by in their automobiles and if they stop they call me 'watchman' and my good fellow There aint the old friendly spirit, so quit"
 There is the theme of sermon or a dissertation on manners in the homely language of the watchman who furled his red flag and stumped away on his wooden peg because he had ceased to be public figure. In the rural communities of the south strangers still greet one another as
 they pass, but the custom is dying
 out. The mountain man, whose hos pitality is proverbial, has learned by frequent rebuffs to return the stare of motorists. He drives his mules or his sflivver" to one side of the road
 when a big touring car bears down
 on him, but he seldom shows any in- terest in its occupants. To salute a
 stranger in the average town or city l IlldThS Ouc dS cCCcHtrlC UT tHe VlcJlln
 of an amiable weakness which is out
 of place in the modern scramble for
 wealth and power.
 We no longer take time to write
 letters to friends, oi to write books
 and plays that will live. Even our
 rhilanthropies are split-second af-
 fairs, depending on the card index, the
 "Gr;,e" and the expert organizer. We
 would get more out of life and put
 more into it by being more leisurely,
 a little more human and less like
 machines.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-09-19

hints. But the racket has sorter made me forget what I had in mind. So, if the children will roll over and leave a clear lane to the bed,Tll call it joke and go back to sleep, b'cuz whatever it was I thought I wanted I'm plumb shore I don't want it now"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-09-19
NNED BRACE TALKS VERY PLAINLY ABOUT RE THE STRIKE SITUATION IN THIS DISTRICT

assassination will not be permitted aE other minute.
 The state troops have at their head I General Steiner, man who is not afrai to do his dutys
 The great mass of the minersFa and min workers of the Birmingham district al contented and good citizens. eager [ work. Their pay is large; their surround ings are attractive, and they are we pleased with their duties and their pos tions in the community. They are, now ever, harassed by set of men who tc selfish purposes are endeavoring to int.n idate them and deprive them of thel legitimate work; for no other purpos than to cause the mine workers of th1 district to organize into what Is know as the United Mine Workers of Americ and to permit men from this organizatio to dictate the operations of privatel owned mining property.
 We have had enough of lawlessness 1 this district It is we'll that troops ar here. They will do their duty, and whe the men who want to work are permitte to work and protected in their work th situation will soon become normal an the foreign agitators will seek othe narts
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-09-19
Demand for Auditorium

Demand for Auditorium
 But Project at Standstill
 A TIER the auditorium committee A selected site that was con sidered by business men and men of artistic taste ideal, little or nothing has been done in the matter of get ting started.
 A half million dollars as the pro- ceeds of the bond sale is in bank. This amount would be ample to pay
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-09-19

promise by going to Adam and Eva q Ed Wynn's Carnival. If MT. Gest is after the Peeping Tom he ought to have thrown away \ Louys' high brow title and called something like Venus or All Off in Al exandria.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-09-19
LITTLE HIDDEN
2,e.}t3oaee-

The ladies of the chorus
 Are beautiful, I ween;
 Had they a blemish anywhere
 I'm sure it would be seen.
 RELIC OF THE DARK AGES What is this torn and tattered flag grandmother That's a suffrage banner, my child During the great suffrage battles q twenty years ago I dared twelv brawny policemen to take that sacreI standard away from me"
 And did they do it, grandmother dear?-
 Yes, my child, but it was abou forty minutes later"
 NOT INQUISITIvE It's a long road hard road, This road of life we travel. And many a tangled scheme of fat We mortals must unravel. But two-things never troubles me- The one is life on Mars, The other is how soda clerks Maintain their motor cars.
 SECRET OF SUCCESS What was the foundation of MI Wadleigh's fortune?'
 "Forgetfulness.
 T don't understand"
 .Early sin life he forgot all the good old maxims like Honesty is tht best policy and the Golden Rule.''
 PAUL COOK. J
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-09-19

N TATE troops in large numbers are .S stationed throughout the mining
 districts surrounding Birmingham.
 They were sent here to protect the miners and other laborers who were at work. and they are actively doing this.
 Before Governor Kilby sent troops into this district to preserve order and protect the workingmen a state of anarchy and iawlessness existed which was even worse than in the western mining fields several years ago.
 Murderous assassins were all about sev- eral of the camps armed and shooting at honest workingmen from afnpusn.
 One of the brightest young men in the district, an ex-soldier, and the son of very prominent and wealthy man of Bir- mingham, was shot down in cold blood because he had sent word to the agitators to keep off of his property.
 Many others have been likewise as- sassinated in cold blood throughout the district.
 gang of fre-eating agitators-both black and whte-seem to have been sent into this district from foreign fields to organize the strikers here and to intimi- date the working miners of this district
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-09-19
Need Young Blood


 The Chamber of Commerce proposes to organize a young mems division within the chamber.
 The meeting of young men interested in this matter will be held during the week and arrangements for organizing the department will probably be per fected at that time. i.
 Speaking of this project, the general manager. 0. L. Bum, said: We feel that the young men, who are later to take the part of their elders in the weighty affairs of the Chamber of Commerce and in the affairs of the community should be trained for these duties. Besides, tEere is lot ,f things these young men can do right now better perhaps thar elder men. because they would take greater interest in them.
 "In young mems department of the chamber these young men would find plenty of room for the play of their |civic pride and instinct. At least We think so and we propose making the experiment with confidence in the re- suit"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-09-19
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES
FILLS ALL WANTS

FILLS ALL WANTS What is his business?' He's a booking agent" '@What does he book?" Anything from a grand opera star to trained seals" "How about mermaids?' 'sHe can provide tank full at a moments notice"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-09-19

Her mother was a fashionable modiste and her father. before the old gentleman expired of acute alcoholism, was A janitor"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-09-19
A SPACE FILLER

T notice an eastern paper quotes a vice presidential candidate every day"
 What's the idea~
 T can't imagine. unless the ex- change editor is on a vacation and there is shortage of good reprint"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-09-19
Devils soonest tempt resemohh' spirits of light. --Love's Labours Lost
 * a <
4 MORNING PRAYER

A MORNING PRAYER
 HeIp me to find thee. 0 Father' Tn the moments when thou seemest farthest away. Grant that hfe'S stumbling bIoclzs may be stepping stones on which rise to thee. when night is at darkest, may l see tnee ,s light. So, my Father, guide me md lead me home. Amen. M. s' h'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-09-19
Expect 15,O0O People

q see no reason why Birmingham should be second to any city in the United States, when it comes to gath ering a crowd for the international balloon r*ces," said Chairman Virgil Evans. "The nstiona1 elimination bal loon contest next Saturday, with twelve or fifteen entries, three to be selected to represent America in the intern ational balloon races to be held here October 23, will create lively in- terest in the races and things will un- doubtedly go off with a 'whoop.' When Major Lambert was here last week he told me that there was a quarter of million of visitors to St. Louis upon the occasion of the balloon races there, and Birmingham certainly expects to regis ter 15,ooo visitors in October.
 'The railroads are arranging excur- sions to Birmingham good for ten days for the international balloon races and this' should be a great in ducement to people all over the south to attend this unique entertainment.
 New Orleans and Nashville, Louis- vile and Atlanta and all Florida points will undoubtedly take advantage of the railroad rates and attend. Birming- ham will show just what she is made of when this big event comes off and the thing to make it success is Just the cooperation of this entire com mrnity in the event"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-09-19
What's the idea?
IN THE BLOOD

This beautiful movie star is haughty creature"
 "She inherits that"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-09-19
FROM A HILL TOP

FROM A HILL TOP Brightly shines the sun, Blue the vaulted skies; Like a burnished glass, In the distance lies, Motionless, a lake,
 Ringed around with green; Sward and mirrored tree Sun- kissed and serene.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-09-19
A Good start

For some time the Avondale Metho- dists have had their minds set upon buying new lot on which to build a new house of worship" said Rev. G. T. Harris, the pastor. land at last has been able to purchae a satisfactory site. The lot Is east of the Avondale public library, on the corner of For tieth street and Fifth avenue. The our- chase price was 5000. Of course, am delighted that at last part of the dreams of the congregation has come true, and feel sure that it won't be so very long before a new and commodi- ous church will be erected