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The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-06
- UP-COUNTRY FOR UNDERWOOD

he was for Underwood. One merehan n said he had not made up his mind R. E. White, head of the Ehatom Ex change, voiced .tne overwhelming ma jority opinion, saying: We need hir in the Senate, and if all the countie are like this one he will go back" Tin lawyers also are said to be unanimous the hotel man says everybody is fo him; all the travelling men. and tn farmers in great number
 In Choctaw it is the same story. W B. Gflmer, dean of the Butler mer chants, says: T and all my boys ar for him" O. C. Ulmer puts the whol Underwood history into one short sen tence when he says T am for hir because he is democrat" Hon. Osca l.. Gray says: 1T think the courthous rally showed conclusively the senti ment of the county for the man who's Boise and ability and whose leadershi qualify him for the high office whac he holds; and this opinion is parai leled over and over again by the an swers given by the citizens who wer asked as to the standing of Underwoo in the good will of the voters of tn county
 The Register has sent its representa- tive out for the facts. and will talk them as they come; but is greatl pleased that it's expectation of the find ing of strong Underwood sentimen back in this part of the state is S quickly confirmed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-06
THE ISLE OF MEMORIES

Alfred Moves in he Saturday Evening so in England when kings Ieav all so,t O he mother of the wives, the head blackthorn. made the May? It in emptied of happiness laughter The fields The lonely a through the old oak forests through valleys filled them visions So that many a front shining the west a darkness in the heart of our land. Long. long since. in days the crossbow nknown armies from the forgA and the Boug us these fields in the bleakness of death boughss sbudded with the brief And them with todays song. changed since the Piers In tint green primrose Woke and looked down upon levers F h lnss shall rrxaissa into On wheEe. sEafnst Dark. the cripson Of he aftergow Other lovers ont he eve oE whisper and listen the It was even so even so in Old England n all there hardly a path the hills de Hardlly a woodland waving
  orchards, fields whe Ripping light ahsdow blows; rich plowlands. drcnzning u nostrils is better isle of hedgerows and hbing old counties ha flowed apples Cornwall, coombsjof Devonshire
  flowers this darkness, recall lost c! Adhood. s-- All because of the fcESofEsn
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-06
W E K Great Auditorium and Another Large Hotel

M1 low that Birmingham great 6 N auditorium is assured, it k time for plans to be made for another large hotel and one or two of the smaller size.
 The auditorium will be not only g spacious building, but it will be the most imposing and the most perfect ly appointed in the south.
 Birmingham is already being talked about as the great convention city of the future, but to make it such we will need more hotels. We have today great hotel accommodations, but even now the demand exceeds the supply.
 Elegant buildings cannot be erect ed in hurry. It required two years to build the Tutwiler and over two years to build the Jefferson in Rich mond. From the time ground is broken for the auditorium two years will pass before the finishing touches are added.
 Atlanta's auditorium is compara- lively cheap affair. It was built in quick order so as to have place for the grand opera. The sum or s6O,O0O has been spent on improve ments, but even so it will not con- pare in any respect with Birming- hams splendid auditorium.
 Our convention building is now in sight, but let's not overlook our con yention hotels.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-06
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
 AND ELSEWHERE
Headed for Broadwaz

There are few cities in the south which have ever contributed greater number of stars to the musical and movie world thai Birmingham" said Dolly Dalrymple. Prom Carrie Bride we'll, who went to the Metropolitan Opera, Ethel Houston, Rose and Mary Fabian. Betty Blythe, Wallace C. Cham hers, the singer-composer. who. will take the leading role in The Circus Girl here next week, and the movie actors. Henry B. walthall. Lois and Roberta Wilson. May Allison, Sally Crute and others.
 And there is young man in Bir- mingham today who has all the qual- ifications of a reaIssong hit artist in Broadway production. and that is cur fellow townsman, Mir. Abe Will Jams. Last Saturday at the Tutwiler during the luncheon hour this clever young man sang a number of popular selections and he was greatly compli- nnented on the dash and style with which he delivered them. He throws SC much life into his songs that he in fuses a lot of pep into the crowd, which is always with him, and some day we may hear of him on Broadday. Who knows?"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-06

From the Mobile Register.
 6FlHE REGISTERS staff correspond II ent writes from Calvert and %S Chatom two centers of Washing ton county interest, ani from Butler, Choctaw county, and in both counties he finds the dominant idea is that Senator oscar Underwood gives service We think that this is the point of the campaign. oscar W. Underwood has shown ability to serve No mat ter if he has not always done the service each person expected or de- sired he has not been lacking in in- telligent effort. He has shown him self conscientious and industrious legislator, busy with great affairs, and he also has been open and above board about it. fife is the biggest man in the south," is the comment at : tributed to w, L. Washburn, a farmer of the Calvert neighborhood; and this judgment has for it's basis the states manlike attitude of the Alabama sem ator. The impression created is that Mir Underwood does not deal in small things; he is not small man. He is guided by large principle. He has the courage to say what he thinks ought to be said; and that is what the people admire. It is as S. A. Spar row, Buffers tax assessor, explains: Underwood will not be bulldozed; he will not bulldoze. He will not permit taI to toh z L oIn it, or labor to bulldoze capital" In a word, Underwood has that finest of qualities-manhood!
 And the quality of the senator is Underwood did not have to learn how to judge promptly and to speak fear lessly; he did not even elect to do so He could not do otherwise, for it was
 in him to act in that way.
 True, he may have discovered later that such was the best policy, and that no man suffers by following the straight path of truth and honor in dealing with his fellow men, but he did not adopt the policy; it was part of him. As long as we have known him he has acted precisely that way; and we dare say that friends who knew him when he was school boy will say that in those early days Underwood was what he is now: independent in thinking and ready to face the music.
 It can be assumed that Chatom, a small and growing county seat, is very generally if not solidly for prohibition: and also it is we'll known that the plan is made in this state to defeat Mir. Underwood for the Senate because he has not obeyed the orders of the prohibition leaders. Taking the two factors together, it is certainly sig nificant. of Underwood's hold upon the judgment of men when, as our corrc- spondent reports, every merchant of Chatom except one had been ques- tioned, every one, but two. replied that
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-06

ado over the bolsheviki, but being unable to solve the problem they pre- sent, have begun to temporize. It is believed that the bolshevik govern ment may eventually be recognized by all the powers if it promises to "be good" or in other words, stops it's propaganda in other countries and does not seek to overthrow all forms of government not up to-or down to
 the boIshevik standard.
 This way out of the difficulty would be merely ancthe, illustration of the stupid tactics employed to- ward the bolsheviki from the begin ming. First we talked of crushing them with q military boot. Finding that quite beyond our powers, and inter national complications piing up thick and fast, we deefed it wiser to stand by and let the bolsheviki work their own undoing, at the same time shut ting Russia off from world trade. Strange to say, the bolshevik gov ernment did not fall, according to schedule.
 In the meantime business has spok- en ir no uncertain terms. The fate of the Russian people IS minor con- sideration to the yTd's financl; s, but Russia's trade is too great to be any longer neglected
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-06
Late Flowing But
 Redoubled Energy

THE excessive rains have made 0 the blowing season backward throughout the south. It will be yet two weeks before planting can be done, but the farmers are not dis heartened. They will go forward with redoubled energy to catch up and make large crops, especially of corn.
 Alabama has ceased to strive for a big cotton crop. A seven or eight hundred thousand bale cotton yield will be enough. But corn and hogs are our most profitable products.
 1t is not too late to make hun- dred million bushels of corn, and every bushel of corn will mean that much in hog production.
 Cotton is good thing, but crop di- versification is where our wealth lies. A great corn acreage and intensive cultivation is needed above all things else.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-06
To Resume Trading
 With Russian People

ID ESUMPTION of trade relations IN with Russia, predicted for the near future, does not mean that the American government intends to rec ognize the soviet government set up by Lenine and Trotzky. Yet, sooner or later, choice will probably have to be made between permitting pri- vate individuals of the two countries to transact business at their own risk and resuming diplomatic rela- tions.
 Suppose the soviet government re- mains in power, as now seems not im- probable? The anomalous plan of doing business with country without being, from diplomatic point of view, on speaking terms with it, can not be followed indefinitely. In twelve months difficulties might arise that it would take years to straight en out.
 Long ago it was stated by people who pretended to know what they were talking about that the soviet government of Russia could not last  six months. They have been laughed out of court. Advice from Russia is conflicting and misleading, but there is no information at hand to show that bolshevik rule is nearing an end On the contrary, it seems stronger than ever; thanks to the apathy of the mass of Russian people.
 Neither the allies nor the Ameri- can government profess willingness to recognize the soviet government, but all are moved to greater or less extent by self-interest and the fact that they want to resume busi- ness relations with Russia, yet can not consistently change their policy toward the bolsheviki, places them in an embarrassing position.
 The plight of the United States is much the same as that sf ths-Eu- ropean powers who nlsde a great
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-06
; A WAY TO REAT UNDERWOOD.

From the Selma Times Journal
 pr. w. B. Crumpton. distinguished Prohibition belwether has brought tc bear his power of analysis on the senatorial situation and has evolved plan by which he hopes to beat Un- derwood. His plan is contained in an appeal to the faithful asking them to vote for Musgrove and then Weakley CT Weakley and then Musgrove, but un- der no circumstances to fail to use the second choice privilege to pan the sena- ter whose defeat is the consummatior cevoutly wished for.
 The scheme is not original with pr Crumpton, it does not bespeak cerebra functioning of very high order and has already ben discounted by the Un. derwood managers. It is not believed that MT. Musgrove will be able to ado his second and first choice votes to. sether and show sufficient total te give him the nominaticn. and 1t is con- servatively estimated that Judge Weakley will not poll 5000 votes in the entire state.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-06
THE RIGHT SPIRIT

From the Detroit Free Press.
 Football guide, sir?'' cried the stree urchin to the burly man who was scu, rying along to the football match.
 @No,' replied the latter absently.
 All the news, photos of players and
 No. I tell yer.''
 Past records, fixtures and persist ed the vendor.
 Shut up.' yelled the infuriated ID. destrian.
 Information worth a bloomin' quid, sir, came the persevering little voice again. Gut shot the burly mans foot, and tn next instant the youth was sitting in tn muddy gutter.
 Slowly he rose. smiled sadly. hurrie after the departing quarry, touched hi elbow and. holding up football guide inquired:
 Putting all jokes on one side. sir, d yer want a football guide?'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-06
MAKING TT EASY

From The Home Sector.
 In an early draft there was sent to one of the cantonmAnts an Austrian who had no objections to serving in the army, but protested volubly against being sent to France on the ground that he had a brother in the Austrian army and did not wish to be responsible in any way for his death. While his case was being inves- tigated at camp headquarters he served the usual rookieship in squads right and wrong and the manual of arms.
 The very touch of the rifle and bayonet seemed to increase his conscientious scru- pies, so that, before executing any move ment. he would blurt out, But I do not want to learn this I do not want to kill my brudder.'
 The sergeant stood it as long as he could, but finally his patience becoming exhausted he shouted:
 Say, you, you don't need to worry about that. I'll kill your brother for you"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-06
Proud of His Town

Superintendent Johnson of Hunts vile was certainly proud of his towns record in the teachers meeting just held in Birmingham" says R. H. Carl ton. MT. Johnson said that in the matter of advanced 100 per cent en- rollment in the Educational Associa- ton the city schools of Huntsville led. They had a representation of 75 per cent in attendance and every teacher 1t was stated that Huntsville paid the expenses of it's teachers to Birming ham and in that mater established a record that the other towns did not approach"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-06
A Joke on Himself

T appreciate the way John Sparrow feels when he says he is seeking ad- v1ce on how to run a political cam paign, after having remained on the outside of politics during all his busy career" said Judge John Mcqueen q remember how I felt when I offered myself as candidate for the first time. However, I think Mr. Sparrow is telling joke on himself when he says he is seeking advice from poli- ticians whom he has long advised as publicity counselor. MT. Sparrow is just about as astute judge of pe- l.tical situations as I know. His race for delegate to the national democratic convention will just give him an op- portunity for the practical application of his skill.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-06
Much-TraveIed vinduct

The other morning I happened to be standing on the corner of First avenue and Twenty street wait ing for an outbound car" said Paul Barnett, "and in the short time the traffic cop held up the automobiles on the viaduct I counted thirty in the jam. This gives some idea not only of the great number of motor vehicles being used in Birmingham, bat shows just what an important artery the Rainbow viaduct is. There is no place in all the city where it is more neces- sary to have policeman to direct the travel, as the down grade makes it mighty easy, particularly in wet weather, to have an accident unless the automobilists drive slowly and watch out closely to see what the other drivers are doing"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-06
Out of Coal

The cold snap finds everybody out of coal.' said R. T. Daniel. Our phone rings from morning till night. Each mans tale is that he has just moved into house whose cellar is empty.
 Tt seems that the whole city, at least that part of it that moves April l, decided to economize in coal by using the last shovelful. The streak of economy may be due to the fact that spring has been so long in decid- ing whether to stay with us or not.
 Tt is fortunate that the supply of coal is unlimited"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-06
ADRIFT WITH THETIMES

A PROTEST Fine way to treat us April. These cold and blust'ry days Are not the kind, please bear in mind, To win unstinted praise. You must not disappoint us, Who've waited for you long, With hope imbued and in a mood For merriment and song. Just be your own self. April, From ugly humors free; Tn winters shoes you're bound to lose Your popularity. AFUTILE CHARACTER
 What's become of Biffels?" / He's dead" Poor fellowI He was a good man. dare say he's playing harp in heaven now"
 Maybe so. but Biffels was a chronic failure in life and even if he's playing harp now, I'm afraid he's playing 1t eff the key"
 AN EASY GAIT
 What about Senator snortsworthy's chances?"
 "wen, for man who weighs over POO pounds he has the softest tread of anybody I ever knew.
 Flows that?'
 "As pussyfooter he's in a class by himself"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-06

Tess. He spends most of his tim standing on stret corner arguing pol itics. but if he were paid according t the time and energy he -devotes to i he would be drawing not less than s1o poo a year"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-06
New York Has One
 Orchestra Too Many

A LTHOUGH symphony orchestras GA are more popular than ever, New York has one too many. For many years that city has supported two grand orchestras-the Philhar- monic, the oldest in the United States, and the New York Symphony Society, of which Walter Damrosch is conduc- tor. The latter recently celebrated its twenty-fifth anniversary.
 A year ago third, styled the New Orchestra, was organized, with Ar thur Bodansky as leader. But it has not been a financial success. It is to be merged with the Philharmonic. Joseph Stransky, whose contract soon expires, will quit New York, and MT. Bodansky will succeed him at the head of the combined forces. The consolidated band will bear the old name-the Philharmonic. There will be plenty of business for two.
 Chicago, which has one of the greatest orchestras in the country, tried second symphony orchestra, but without success. Even, London never attempted more than two, and the same is true of Paris and Berlin.
 The lesson of the New Orchestra of New York will last for many years. Symphony orchestras of the first class are expensive institutions more so today than in former wears. for two reasons. The forty five or fifty piece orchestra that satisfied concert goers when Theo- dore Thomas began his symphony career has been replaced by orches- tras of seventy-five to ninety players, and the salaries paid them are seven- ty-five to a hundred per cent more than formerly. The Boston Sym phony, until it began to go to pieces, had ninety men on its payroll, and the Minneapolis has recently increased it's personnel to ninety.
 The latter is arranging for a southern tour, in the spring of 1921, and it is safe to assume that it will include Birmingham in its itinerary.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-06
WE'LL TERMED PHRASE

From the Brooklyn Eagle. If nothing else. Asquith is a good
 phrase maker. "The end of transient era of organized insincerity'' is worth preserving under glass or in alcohol, if alcohol can be obtained.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-06

Silence is the perfected herald of joy were but little happy if I could say how much.
 Much Ado About Nothing.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-06
SEEING CUBA

From the St Paul News.
 The modern conception of Cuba is ma hogany island surrounded by a bras footrail
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-06
WITH No sLEurHs AROUND

From the Montgomery Advertiser.
 The Age-Herald says that as it under- stands it the 'Moonshiners' Union' doea not demand six-hour day and . nvs- day week. But it is holding out for tho principle of collective bargaining.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-06
A MOIST RORDER

From the Wheeling Inteiligencer.
 The profits of Canadian brewers nearly doubled last year. The reason is just south of the border.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-06
General w. L. Sibert
 Retires from the Army

MM Al. GEN. WILLIAM L. ST. GVU BERT, distinguished en- gineer, has retired from active serv- ice in the regular army and after a short rest at his farm in Kentucky, will engage in engineering work on his own account.
 Born in October in 1860, he had not reached the statutory retire ment age, but for rare merit in the construction of the Gatun Dam, Panama Canal, Congress passed an act giving him, along with Goethals, Gorgas and Hodges, the right to re tire on full nay at any time he might
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-06
HARD WORKER

HARD WORKER 'I seldom see your husband about" ]" ''Nop said the successful keeper of d boarding house. He's busy man." "Ah! What business is he engaged in?''
 q wouldn't exactlv call it a busl-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-06

The Age-Herald IS the only morning and Sunday newspaper ia Birmingham carrying the Associated Press dis- patches.
 The Associated Press is excluslVeiy entitled to the use for publication oi all news dispatches credited to 1t or not otherwise credited in this paper and also the local news published therein.
 All rights of republication of special dispatches herein are also reserved.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-06

Washington Bureau 500 Davidson Building
 European Bureau, 10 King stleet' Covent Garden, London, w. C. z.
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-06
RATHER CLOSE

Anything brought out against thi candidate?"
 "The opposition claims he has mil ,'onaire behind him."
 That looks bad. How close Is tn millionaire behind himr'
 Close enough. understand. for t,i candidate to receive the millionaircl financial Assistance without using tn mails"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-06

A RELIC q see you keep a raisin on ycur ess under a glass cover" Your eyes do not deceive you- What's the idea~ Its just to remind me that my de, of experimentation are over"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-06

Remittances can be made at current rate of exchange. The Age-Herald VIII not be responsible for money sent through the mails. Address
 THE AGE- HERALD,
 Birmingham, Ala
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-06
MERE MECHANICS

MERE MECHANICS These fellows who write verse fo the daily papers are not poets" ssi the high-browed person. q dontt believe they make any pre- tense of that sort" replied the toisr.n citizen.
 But how are you going to elAssif them?''
 Probably as journeymen bardx.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-06

l got up rather early, and looking out of my window. rather dreaded the trip ahead of me, for I was scheduled to preach out of town. After break : fast, as I strolled toward the car line, neighbor picked me up in his ma- chine and carried me downtown, where caught Gate City car. I then en- tered jitney for Evansville, but I wasn't by any means the only passen- ger.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-06

Manager Descamp who is reported to have said Fred Fulton was ''too beeg" to box Carpenter, evidently doesn't be- lieve' in that classic of the prize ring, The bigger they are the harder they fall"