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The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-03-01
Hubbard Bros. & Co.

Cetton Merchants, hsasver Square, Nev York. Members New York Cotton Dxehsnse. New Orleans csttop Exchange, New York erpool Cotton Associations. Orders solicited tor the purchase and sale of Cotton and Cotton Seed Oil for future delivery: Spseial alignment of spot cotton fer delivery, Ger. respondence invitsA.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-03-01
CHURCH DESTROYED

A negro Baptist Church on Sixth ave- nue and Thirty-second street burned to the ground Saturday evening The church was valued at about s1,000 The fire was thought to be of incendiary origin, as there had been no fire in the building during the day.
 The residence of F. E. Anthony, 1850 Dartmouth avenue, was also damaged s15o during the evening.
 The regular monthly meeting of the Pastors Helpers has been postponed until the regular meeting date in March, and there will be no meeting held this week.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-03-01
BESSEMER
he Bessemer manager of circulation is c. E. Moore.

sanizatlon or three-minute speakers will tell of the Interchurch Morld Movement at every service
 Rev. E E. Hutchison of the First i Cnrisean Church has appointed his com. 'nittees Tor personal effort during the campaien. and has the movement well started in his church.
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closely watched than ever because Of signs of easier prices on the low grades although the better grades are, to all ap- pearances, frmer than ever, and this last week the long side was helped by stories of imports of better grades by American ports from Liverpool, as the result of the reaching out by American mills to the stock there.
 Weather conditions daily are becoming of increasing importance. Last week there were reports of farmers winding up pick ing in Texas, picking and blowing going on at the same time In some fields. and favorable weather this week would be regarded as highly important because it would allow farm work to go ahead Rains would have a bslilish effect on the market because they would keep labor out of the field.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-03-01
ENSLEY 3: s::i F: x: ::::' ;:: TIT !::

and holy influence to join the walls together
 J. II. StalnalSer, evangelistic singer, led a large chorus choir in singing evangelistic songs.
 Services will be held twice daily, to which the public is Invited.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-03-01
ELKS TO ELECT OFFICERS

Ensley Lodge, No. 9S7, Benevolent and Protective order of ElSs. will hold their annual election of officers to- night. All members are urged to at tend Every office in the lodge is to be filled and there are several aspir- ants for each, except that of secretary. E. A. Warnick is scheduled for re-elec- ton without opposition. The lodge is reported in very prosperous condi- ton. It's social features are filling 8 long-felt want and are being we'll at tended.
 The Ensley High School Parent Teachers Improvement Association will meet Tuesday afternoon at 2:45 o'clock. A good attendance is re- quested.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-03-01

FOR SALE-Homes for the homeless, land for the landless. Investments that pay-sales. loans. leases, exchanges. The natural-born trader from Maine to California. 42S Jefferson County Bank bldg. Phone M. s3.
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LOCAL MARKETS

psultxy A Live, Asaa@sc. DuAlss --sac. ssS~sfnsn sas ss.; large, 1c.
 raaA sEs sssa FLA efsy sasvpei SEeAzss ana drswn. i4o.
 Rse spapA isssisss Aad drawn. s7 02sc
 Eastsl iket oystes 20 gallon Spank MesN sqsi- saas sals s,a.s ' s sss.l ss 's Muilet-tae,
 ss@s Creamery
 Bee cat euesasiaaa Ribs-No | NJ. g o. eo, 2 sgs. Loins-No: l. Nc 2, sse, ssg. ae Rounds-No. i. sac; io. !. azc, N0. 8, a0c. Chucks--No. l. Nc # asc; Ns. ]. soe, Plates-No. 1, 11es kfa. & siaSls No {, Sc. pound less than ssss nesesa.
 PHaeHea Sweet PotAtoes-$3 e6F aaasrs@ California Celery z sgAs. sA@ aoz Lemons-$5. Peanuts-spapish. Sc gsi aaassIks Cabbage $50 per hl fTsa Irish Potatoes-ss per ias' OnionS-S7. .256f. 50 lN lbi Bananas-Extras, 7iac lN Limes-sl75 per 100. Lettuce-tsO hamper 6 te seE RutabagaS-4c lb. Oranges-FiorIda, 12ss, N.S isss. ~ 176s, 7; 200s. T; 216s, N; 2s0s
 Meets D. s. Clear Bellies -221k92A1s D. S. Rib Bellies-29kQ Q2s1zc. Pure Lard-24c. Hams Regular. a0@35c; skinned Pork Loins-2sc. Picnic Hams-22c. Bacon-asGA6c.
 Live 8teck
 Union Stock Fards) Good to choice. ,lo.aosn co; medium to soea. spGsiAoo; g common to medium Grass cattle according 10 weight. qual- ity and flesh. Stesrs.je 800 @10,0o; fat cows, T'ooqe,0o; medium cows, te.1d07.00: cutters. $.500 s.0O; canners, A.0G@s,0O; heavy bulls, G,e0 aS.00 light bulls. t6.0oGy7. co; oxen, $4.oo0 s.00: fat yearlings. $7006s.oO; medium yearlirgs, $6.0G7 %; vealefs, sS.0cq1l.00. Hogs: Choice corn fed hogs. IS and up, 5l4; choice corn fed hogs l35 to is5. slS; choice corn fed hogs 90 to 1s5, slf light pigs SO pounds down, tt0; best leavy rough
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-03-01
MARINE NEWS
By A,..s.ss.s p~ss

By Atssotasss Pv<ss Fort Eads, La, February s.--Arr4ved Steamers Goppename, Port Barrios; Tip. ton, Tela. Sailed: No report (wiro trouble)
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-03-01

VI ''ss H,Sssf fks owseE at Fyea{
 -xssu. 4ss!yable home in Eden, AN scres nnAer fonca; neat oo1s Sssss gond 91aAasd and voll Y(S1to z Aax -V4, Edku. Alo-
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hogs, $li.a9; half fat rough hogs, s7.50 to $50; soft and only from 1 to 2c per
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-03-01
NEW BUNGALOW


 New 5-room and sleeping porch bungalow. lot 5ox1eo; conveniently located for Ensiey or Birmingham business man; price s4,50e, easy terms. c. W. Ford, owner Phone Main ss1s 2120 First Ave S,oo0-1o rooms and bath on the car line at Fairview; this is the best bargain to be had in all of the city of Birming- ham; you can rent out enough rooms to pay for the place; terms of 5000 cash. balance to suit you. D. F. Fair cloth. Phone Ensley 10s1. FOR SALE-At Edgewood, a beautiful Groom bungalow with modern con veniences; servants room and garage; large lot, fruit trees, handsome shrubs and garden: location high, command ing; a beautiful view: possession at once Phone F'-W. FOR SALE lot anywheEe in city that yt4 aist. bulls yotir house like y-u nAsk Payment. when trade Is 8Hha ass terms or Aa j. ance. Main t eR a+owA arx Bldg.
 FOR bargains irr Ae agsS Tss if you want to @t 1t wfkA sae o. P. Hutcheson. American Ernpx
 REAL EsTATl sTANxHax S0S
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-03-01

Waess in the flax-spinning mills tsl Beloium have more than doubled since otGn&1 an agrsement to z1aiutoin m lFSoest waee seale fer ono xsar.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-03-01

The Age-Herald maintains spe- ciai representatives in Bessemer. Mrs. H. l.. Bains is correspond- ent, to whom news items should be Eiven. Phone Bessemer s12-J.
 Phone Bessemer ss7.
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PRINCETON

y s4atsme Barzain-A beautiful modern ,sy@ n room cottage, beam ceilings. a. r. sapsred in tiffany and ingratn |redd psrs; cabinet mantels and chan.
 itors; kitchen arranged for coal 1oy- -s1hfo, elso gas; best location; ideal ssl sy.,e; ppssession April 1st. Price,
 ssrj teFns eAfoQ cssh. balance
 --rSsaz z1. PAeHe Nain lln-J.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-03-01
Bee gHt Guetasiasas

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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-12-28

ing into the town stores. The mer-
chants, in turn, cannot meet their ma
turing, obligations at the banks. Lit
orally there is nothing doing thruout
large sections of the grain-growing
territory. Chicago land Minneapolis
federal reserve banks have been ex-
erting all possible pressure on the To-
cal banks and the local banks on the
farmers-but so far without avail.
Meetings are held in the grain-grow-
ing sections ct which farmers mer-
chants, local and city bankers get to-
gether. expend much talk. arguments
and temper,s but the conferences re-
suit in nothing. The farmers stand
pat. They have food on their farms
and they can barter food for such
medicines. etc, as they need
at the town stores.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-12-28
JUST FOLKS
THE PEST.
By EDGAR A. GUEST.

THE PEST.
Think not that would play the Judge
Nor dictatoriaI be;
would not for some ancient grudge
Demand a cruel fee.
III let my neighB6r go his way
And plod along on mine
And let him have his little say
And live to his design;
But / would set that man apart
And strew his way with stones
Who, shaking hands. believe 1t smart
Almost to crush my bones.
I know 1T takes all sorts of men
This world to populate.
And as / meet them, now and then,
But very few / hate
I understand we cannot be
Alike in tastes and views,
Nor can we all OF us<agree
On politics or booze;
But ! would Danish from the land,
Out of the temperate zones,
The idiot who takes my hand
And tries to crush the bones.
There's some excuse for freakish dress.
For boastful men and proud;
Tho they disturb me more or less,
can abide the loud
Nor would here condemn the man
Who stoops to foolish things.
Fer folly. under natures plan,
Has even ruined kings;
But detest the man who stands
And chuckle at my groans,
Thinking It cute while shaking hands
Almost to- crush my bones
Copyright, 1920 By Edgar A. Guest1
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-12-28

If instead of viewing with alarm"
present disappointments and possible
bogies ahead, the business public
would set itself pointing with pride"
to the demonstrated strength of Amer
lean business under reconstruction and
its broadened horizons for the future,
says the Buffalo News, the whole psy-
Geological condition could be altered,
almost over night. Business failures,
tho greater than in the flush times of
last year and the like previous year, it
points out, are still considerably less
than those of three or four years ago
Our banks are Gibraltars Of strength.
No money panic has come, nor is there
any likelihood of one. Cash is plenty
for all who have legitimate claim to
1t. The business future shows a do
mestic demand necessarily as large as
ever in normal times, There are Just
as many people in this country to be
fed. clothed, housed and transported.
Besides. there lisa developed foreign
trade-and an American merchant
marine to carry it-sAch as we never
had before.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-12-28
LITTLE BEKNY'S NOTE BOOK
BY IEIE PAPE.

Satidday AFTERNOON me and Leroy
Shooster and Skinny Martin was out
side my house and Nora stuck her he'd
out the frunt door saying, Benny,
don't you be dirtying up those frunt
steps now or you'll heer from me, do
you understand?
And she stuck her he'd back agen,
and Leroy Shooster sed. G., do you
allow your cook TO boss you, holey
smoaks.
Jimminy Krissmas Id never allow
our cook to boss me, sed Skinny
Martin, and sed, Aw, whose cook
bosses them watts you tawkin about,
if she had kepp her he'd out there a
minnit longer Id of told her a lew
things all rite, that's wy she dident
keep it out there.
that, like fun, enybody can see she
bosses you, do you Expect US to be-
leeve that? they sed, and I sed. Well
do you wunt to see me sass her,
come on back with me and Ill soon
leeve you see me sass her.
And I went in and started to wawk
back to the kitchen, Skinny and Lee
roy following me, and Nora was
sweeping the dining room floor, say
ing, Heer, heer. wat do you meen by
bringing them boys tramping throo
my eileen house?
Wat boys, wat house. watts the mat
ter? sed. Being pritty good sass, and
Nora sed, Who you ,tawking back to?
Get out of heer.
We amt in there yet, how can we
get out before were in? I sed. Be-
ing swell sass. and Nora sed, if
get hold of you III show you how.
And she started to run at US with
the broom and we ran out of the
house agen fast as the dickins, and
wen we got out I sed, Well, you herd
who was boss, dident you?
We certeny did. sed Skinny and Lee
roy. Meening they still dident think
it was me.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-12-28

ed the year the last wooden business
block burned. and that was long ago
There are five bridge clubs and two
devoted to the spread of knowledge
and the uplift of mankind, which is
about the usual proportion in the
centers of ultra civilization. Three
copies of the Atlantic Monthly are
taken in the town, and Mary Roberts
Rinehart is, perhaps, its favorite
author.
The change in Grigsby City has not
come as a handmatden to the acquisi-
ton of wealth. The town still is poor
Marion johnson, its richest citizen,
perhaps is worth no more than $780,
600. Fifty thousand dollars is a. for
tune and twenty-five thousand a
competence as Grigsby City CONSTITUTES
wealth. The hired girl still is one of
the family. 1t is in matters of taste.
education, culture and appreciation OF
the comforts and luxuries of life that
Grigsby City epitomizes all this coun-
try has achieved in thirty years Years
ago the sophomore motif in sartoriaI
fnvestiture swept Grigsby City. The
small towns of the middle west owe
much to the sophomores. He brought
TO them the first important tidings OF
tailoring and haberdashery. A fine
appreciation of style and quality in
gents wearing apparel was his git
TO his home town, and the town hae
profited by it. Formerly in Grigsby
City man was dressed for the party
when ne buttoned> his waistcoat. We
should not now think of going to
Grigsby City to spend a weekend
without taking evening clothes. Pro-
badly we should not wear them. But
we should feel better fortified against
the exigencies of social evening il
we had them.
| In way, we shall be great disap-
! pointment to Grigsby City. Coming
as we do out of the office of a great
newspaper, where we are in constant
4 touch with keen and alert minds, we
/ feel that we shall acquit ourselves
! creditably in the discussion of Mr.
! Hardfngs cabinet and the grave and
: vital issues of the day with the habi-
tues of the Clarion office, Eaton's
! drug store and the lobby of the Sum
! flower hotel. We shall not be SO
! widely read or informed as the gentle
men with whom we shall foregather
but We feel that we shall be able to
hold our own; u is the younger and
more taporty'' element of the town s
citizenry that we shall fail to impress
| When they learn we didn't see the
| Dempsey-Brennan fight nor Princeton
| In single game; when we admit we
never saw Keck or Lourie and don't
| know Eddie Collins personlly, the
mantle of greatness which at pres
| ent envelops us in the eyes of Grigsby'
City sportdom will fall away like a
! shroud. We look forward with keen
anticipation to our inevitable meeting
with Charley Cotaid and Lew Bellew.
Charlie will be standing idly at the.
corner Of Main and Fourth streets.
and he will want to know If we have
been away. We've been away twenty
| five years. Lew will be sitting near
! the radiator in the Sunflower hotel.
| He'll want to know what we're doing
, now. We've been in newspaper work
| thirty years, but Lew can't get it into
his head that we intend to follow the
4 business
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Questions-Answers

O.. Was Theodore Roosevelt a partic-
ularly large man?-G. A T.
A. Theodore Roosevelt was feet q
inches tail and his usual weight was 1o5
q. What is meant by the term SNOW
as used in theatrical circles7-H. f. ~
A. In this connections Snow is n slang
term for those admitted to a theater on
passes. Another common use for the word
Is as slang name for cocaine.
u What is meant in n war risk policy
where it States that the policy is good
"A. The war risk insurance act provides
that term insurance should be converted
into one of the permanent forms any time
peace treaty-it does not refer to the
signing of the armistice.
=, Q. What material is used in the dome of
A. The original dome was constructed Of
wood and covered with copper. This was
replaced by the present structure of. cast
iron, which was completed in 1860 The
entire weight of iron used is 5000 200
pounds.
: Q. What voltage is necessary TO produc.
death in an electric chair
A. Probably 1000 volts Of electro motive
force OF continuous current Is sufficient
rent Of one-half this voltage would usually
prove fatal. From experiments conducted
at Sing Sing it is determined that no
human body can stand an alternating
current of 1900 volts. and 400 have pro-
duced death; while over 5000 volts Of di-
rect current may be necessary.
tAny reader can get tho answer TO any
question by writing The Topeka State
Journal information bureau, Frederic j.
IInskin, Director. Washington. ID. c. This
offer applies strictly to Information. The
bureau cannot give advice on legal medical.
and financial matters. It does not under
undertake exhaustive research on any
subject Write your question plainly ana
briefly. Give full name and address and
enclose 2-cent stamp for return postnge.
All reniies are sent direct TO the INQUIRER
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-12-28
George Matthew Adams
Daily Talk
Tracks.

Tracks.
The hunter is guided by tracks.
The investigator is lead to his conclu-
sionS by tracks. We learn-and in
the tracks of other men.
1t is serious business to walk across
the by-paths of the world
For somebody is going to be guided
by the way in which we CO. They are
to study us by our tracks.
This summer I walked over the
ground at Valley Forge where his
tory says that tracks were once left in
blood. 1 had a peculiarly sacred rev.
erence in my heart as 1 thought of
this fact. Everything was silent about
the fields, and the sun had long kissed
away the sufferings of the patriot
dead, but 1 can never forget those
Long after the wind of Time has
weathered our tracks so that but the
memory of their imprints remain,
there will still live the image of our
words and works.
A few weeks ago I passed the home
of Washington at Mount Vernon. On
the lovely hill by the banks of the
Potomac, in a modest tomb, are the
ashes of this great man. But in far
away France and Flanders rest the
forms of those whose spirits were
given so freely to carry on the Ideals
Washington nobly sought to make q
part of all humanity.
Our mere names are not going to
mean much-excepting for identifica-
Hon in a little while. But IL people
are able to say, after we have passed
along. that "a real man or woman
must have left these tracks," then
we ought to be well satisfied.
fer you can't walk without making
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-12-28

In Minnesota, it is reported, the
farmers have thrown monkey
wrench into the machinery which
turns the wheels of trade and COM
Inerce. by declining to market their
corn at existing prices. The cash
price to the farmers is about As cents
bushel. This, the farmers say, rep
resents only about so per cent of what
i cost to grow and harvest the corn
and they will not sell. In the same
general way they are refusing to pay
obligations due at the banks. and this
Is widespread. The banks dare not
start wholesale suits against their best
and most influential customers. But.
of course, the banks are making no
new loans, the farmers are taking in
20 money from crop sales and, as a
consequence, there is no money COM
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-12-28
Dorothy DIX Tails
DON'T Say 1T.

Don't Say tt.
The first commandment for those
who could be happy and successful.
and stand well with their fellow
creatures is:
Mind your own business.
The second command is:
Mind your tongue.
In these two COMPARTMENTS, to
keep your fingers out of other peoples
pies, and your tongue between your
teeth unless it is saying pleasant and
agreeable things, Is comprised the
whole of the law and the prophets
concerning the fine art of living, and
let live
And I'm not sure that OF the two
commandments the second Is not more
| important than the first.
If you will consider the down-and-
cutters among your acquaintance. you
will perceive that more of them came
| to their present unfortunate condition
thru intemperance in talk than thru
lintemperance in drink. There is A,
who is brilliant. talented, energetic
with a dozen qualities that should
have carried him to success. He has
had good situation after good situa-
| ton, but he has always talked himself
out of every one of them.
| He felt called upon to point out
their mistakes to all superiors. He was
III = CcdSClSSc niohSAC WAAtt lib csooO-
! ciates. re told customers how little
sense Tkssz lSste they had in wanting
the tS5sz7fs they did, instead Of the
| thing ms gs4ought they should have.
So A SOON got the reputation OF
! being. hard to get along with, and lost
out Nobody wanted him because he
offended where he should have
soothed, and made enemies where he
should have made friends Life isn't
so easy that any of us go around
hunting for thorns.
There's Miss B. A lonely. hungry
hearted, old maid, alienated from her
family, without a friend in the world
She was a beautiful girl in her youth
uncommonly clever and well educated
a member of q big and kindly family
circle. There was no reason that she
should not have married. and had
tender. and affectionate ties with
friends and kindred.
But Miss B had a witty and sarcastic
tongue, and she could never resist
using it, no matter whether it stabbed
love to death or not. She made all
about her the butt of her jokes. She
turned her. nearest and dearest into
figures of fun by her ridicule. and be-
fore she realized it, they had dropped
away from her.
Men were afraid of her. Women
hated her for her cat claws. Her
own relatives dreaded her society as
they would being vivisected. Nobody
invited her to their parties because
she was the drop of gall in the bot
tom of every cup.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-12-28

In the nine months which have
5passed since the end of government
operation. the railroads. it is estimat-
ed, have increased the average
movement per freight car per day ga
miles; increased the average load per
car IL tons, from 1873 tons to so TONS
and moved the third highest coal pro-
duction in the history of the country
Does anybody think any of these
things would have taken place if gov
eminent operation of the roads had
continued?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-12-28

While the people of this country
are being urged to contribute money,
food and clothing for the destitute. in
Europe and Asia, the southern PLANTERS
arc being counse1led to produce less
cotton. The world needs all tive cot
ton that can be raised. The Euro-
peans and the Asiatics may not be Able
TO pay for it but they need it just the
same. When people over large part
of the world are in great need is a
poor time to curtail production of any
thing useful.