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The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-21
Why Birmingham Is
 Biggest Pine Market

ID IRMINGHAM is the largest yell ID low pine market in the world, according to lumber experts. The wholesalers of this district handle yearly 10000 cars. One naturally asks himself how this has come about in a coal and iron district.
 The answer is Birmingham's stra- tegic position as railroad terminal. It is the center of operations of eight trunk lines and it is close to all the great yellow pine producing sections. It is natural gateway to the east, west and north and close to ports on the gulf and the South Atlantic. Bir- minhgam's heavy tonnage in iron and coal causes the assemblage here of a large number of freight cars at all times.
 Manufacturers route via the great terminals where there are facilities for transportation. The Lehigh Port land Cement company located it's new plant on the outskirts of Birmingham quite as much from a shipping as from manufacturing standpoint.
 The Truscon Steel company came to Birmingham on account of it's dis tributing facilities as we'll as to be near supply of southern steel. Manu- facturers come to Birmingham for the same reason that ports with terminal facilities and an ample supply of ships attract ocean freight.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-21
Leave More Spaee.

ford lot more room for the parking 6f automobiles" said Dr. Ed Fucker. "As it is, the automobiles are parked entirely too far apart, with the result that where there should be room in a block for a half dozen more machines, not one can get in. I know people do not wish to be selfish, but we are awfully thoughtless. If we all parked our cars as close as safety allowed, we would serve one another and cur selves. Perhaps it would be good thing to have the parking space for each automobile regulated by law and marked off in each block"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-21
Farmer Must Participate in Price Recessions

TN contrast to the persistent demand ll from farmers in the west and south that some agency aid them in maintaining prices for farm products is the position taken by E. G. Nourse, head of agricultural economics at the Iowa Agricultural college. He very truthfully declared to the Iowa farmer-banker conference that "the world had not the purchasing power to buy $3 wheat"
 The absence of world purchasing power has not been directed at farm products alone, but at all. The pro- cess of price recession is universal. It has become necessary if there is to be any trade at all.
 The president of the Farmers union asks all farmers to withhold products from the market until there is better price. He does not point out any world ability to pay higher price.
 The president of the Farmers Na- tional Congress 6lames the lowering of prices on grain gamblers and some of the captains of finance" He eex- presses the hope that "the Congress will indorse farmers in their refusal to sell their products at loss"
 These two heads of farmer organi- zations point out remedies of a purely selfish character, one through con- gressional interference with the usual trend of trade and the other through the necessities of their fel- low man brought about by boarding.
 MT. Nourse's declaration that the world cannot buy s3 wheat is essen tially sound. Equally sound is his further conclusion that deliberate marketing to keep pace with the fall in prices of things that the farmer must buy is better remedy than the strike against production" He is quite correct in> his statement that the farmers must accept the general price level. That Is common to national and international condition. And no one vii lsuffer over much if the same measure is applied alike to what he sells and what he buys.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-21
SIMPLE PROCEDURE

Do you know reliable bootlegger- asked the stranger in town.
 Several" replied the well-informed citizen.
 Would you mind giving me letter of introduction to one?"
 You won't need a letter of intro duction. I'll point out a bootlegger to you and all you'll have to do will be te show him the numerals on a s10 bill.'
 HARD UP FOR COMPANY
 "Blithersby must be lonely man Does he say so?p
 No, but he seems to regard visit from a bill collector as a sociaj diversion.s
 AWAITING DEVELOPMENTS srhe League of Nations looks like 8 going concern" 50 it does" replied the skeptical person. but I'm not yet convinced tha, it's practical"
 "No?"
 T prefer to wait a while and see ii it is going anywhere in particular, or is just on it's way"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-21
ITEEDECATUR BAPTIST CHURCH, Frank Willis Barnett

The ninety-ninth session of the Alabama Baptist State convention. which was held at the First Baptist church. Decatur. last week, was a notable from many standpoints
 r. 1920 there were. according to some statisticians, only 5000 to sOooco Baptists in the world; while today the numbers are given by some authorities us 5000, 900. A corresponding increase during the next f0 years would mean the enormous total of 2ooNoooe.
 But l did not mean to get into world figures, bat started out merely to say that North Alabama the first Baptist church in the state was organized and vet with in the century the handful of members have increased until there are nearly as many now in this great commonwealth as there were in all the lands of the earth.
 Bapusts showed u larger p~opor ton ate increase in numbers during the decade i, o4 lsSO-isto than dily Olncf QtilbIiiitittCI
 in the United States. according to the last religious census. During 1919. ac- cording to a statement made on the floor of the convention. southern Baptists were tl>s only large denomination in this country that did not@show decline m year
  have set down the above not to gloriry the Bartists over the other denomina- tions, but merely to give me a chance to say that to me 1t looked as if all of them in Alabama were congresated here in Decatur. I'll admit there was a ques- ton in the minds of some as to whether Decatur would be able to entertain the founded as the Decaturites handled the delegates and visitors handsomely with out asking help from any one.
 I was standing in the reception room Of the First Baptist church. which was be- ing used as headquarters for the enter tainment committee. talking to miner from the mineral section of the state. who had just dropped in. and I was amused at his saying, Brother Barnett. these folks do business like bank" He had been impressed with the click of typewriters. the phone calls, the card index, and the business-lixe way in which the delegates were assigned to their homes. I never saw such dispatch. do not think it took any one over three minutes after registering before they had their badges and war. as rnnts t- +s.i-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-21
Army and Navy Profit
 by Newspaper Advertising

1f5HE American government was
 u slow to recognize the value of advertising. The World war opened its eyes in that respect. It is gen orally conceded that if it had not been for the national publicity campaign carried on through the newspapers of America, and in other ways, but chiefly through the press, the various Liberty loans would not have been so successful.
 The United States army and navy have found newspaper publicity the best way to get results. Capt. s. A. Greenwell, chief of the recruiting pub licity bureau of the army, states that all peace-time records for October re- cruiting were broken last month, with 17,593 new enlistments. This remark able showing, Whlch would nave been considered impossible of achievement by the old methods of recruiting, is attributed to the pulling power" of newspaper advertising.
 Every alert business man with something to sell regards newspaper publicity as his best medium. It is best because it reaches the largest number of people in the smallest aength of time and with less expense. The army and navy are now warm advocates of newspaper advertising. They are planning to continue thie form of recruiting work on an even
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-21

THHE Chootaw Bend Hunting and Fishing club.
 It is the outing home of the Clan Mcqueen and their cohorts and Ciansmen Of the Red fountain country. It is a nest way down upon the Warrior river at Lock 2, somewhere in the neighborhood of Eutaw, as railroad stations go. It is not far from where Heury M. Edm0nds, a noted fighting divine, was born and where Middleton s. Barnweil, another minister who wears spurs, has visited and enjoyed the hospitality and the good things of the Clan Mcqueen.
 These Mcoueens are not showy people nor do they brag, nor bluster They just go along and do things, and like their neighbors and have good time; when they are on good time bent
 There are doctors, and lawyers, ana farmers; and there are all sorts of good people among them. The old grandfather of the lot came over from Scotland and founded his clan down in these parts where he owned land and negroes and timber galore
 And now the head of the Clan is win Mcqueen, as his friends know him. To the public he is J. ". Mcqueen, president of the sloss- Sheffield Steel and Iron corn- pany-the man who makes iron a6d coke and furnishes all of us in Birmingham with by-product gas, and sends up bal looms with his gas in international races.
 But when he is not making iron, and other things, and squirting gas through pipes to our gas stoves, he steals quietly away from Birmingham and kidnaps a lot of his friends to go with him; and he takes them down to this Choctaw Bend camp where they are comfortable in the wilds of South Alabama; and they shoot deer and quail and duck and sauir- rel, to their hearts contsnt
 They rough it out of doors; but when in the clubhouse, there are downy beds and big fires, good cooks and negro boys to do your every wish
 It is, Boss. will you have squirrel. or
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-21
LNED BRACE TALKS ABOUT A TRIP TO
 | THE CLAN NA'QUEEN CAMP AND SO FORTH

duck, or venison, or turkeyT' for every meal
 And later. Boss, you better have arr other quilt on your bed It's gwine to be cold 'fore daylight; an you know I'se got to wake you just before day; cause ole Big Boy. he's been scentin deer all day. Youse goin' to bag big buck tomorrow
 And then there's a game of dominoes; or two-bits of poker. or the swapping of stories until bedtime.
 It is the old-tirne south, where the men of industry and business get back to nature and assume themselves to be boys again.
 They enjoy themselves but they do snore when they sleep, in all sorts of keys, and strenuously deny it the next morning.
 In going down to this Mcqueen Clan camp the little party of some 10 old- young men were invited to motor out to Maxine bridge, where there is an Outing cluh, and take motor boats or yachts down the Warrior for sonne l5o miles. George conncrs has real boat there with cabins and sleeping quarters and all scTts of good things in and about it. George gave three of us breakfast ax l7 o'clock in the morning. A good one it was. Not his fault. Another men- Der of the family happened to be up and about, and, besides the breakfast, she casually dropped a roast turkey and q roast ham, and all sorts of other good things in an automobile to take down to the yachts.
 Why all this?" asked George, dressed in hunting suit, which reminded one of the floorwalker in a New York sport ing goods store. 'swe will get to the camp tonight"
 You might be delayed" reminded the master mind of the household, who has recently been authorized to vote.
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 Two boys, who had taken a second au- tomobile to ride down ro Maxine bridge, said to their daddlee-one Connors and one whose name would be familiar to
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-21
LIKE McLukE SAYS

It's mighty good thing that wives are not as grouchy as husbands when they get up in the morning. Under present conditions everything that you earn is taxed. and everything that you purchase is taxed. In other words they tax your income and then tax your outgo. There are a lot of thinsss that a man Will eheerfully do for his friends that he wouldn't think of doing for his fam fly.
 Once in q while a man brings box Of candy home to his wife And his wife proceeds to act like he was doing penance for some orneryness he is try ing to cover That is why wives get so little candy.
 If wife hasn't anything else to feel |, thankful for she can gel some consola- U ion out of the fact that her husband cant out-talk her.
 When a man is spending money on some other women. dollar looks like a dime, But when he is spending money on his wife, a dime looks like a dollar
 Almost any man has time to take two hours off to tell you how he is over worked
 A man will wait until the last minute before he goes to Ais tailor and orders it on Monday and get mad because he can't get it to wear by Tuesday.
 Oftener than not when a girl marries for home these days she has to get . job and help pay the rent.
 We would bate to look as sickly as most of the lads whose pictures are pubs lished in patent medicine ads as having been cured.
 The 0. f. boy who used to sing song of sixpence now has son who, turns up his nose at anything less than six bucks.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-21
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
 AND ELSEWHERE
Doh Baxar


 We are receiving many dolls for the bazar." said Mrs. Arthur c. Crowder,
 but we can still use many others. The
 more we have to sell the more money 1 we will make for the Children's hos ptaI. which is supported entirely by
 the proceeds of the doll bazar which is held every December. The commit | tee Is not particular about the size of the dolls donated, as we will be able to dispose of all kinds and sizes. This
 bazar will be open December 2, and g and the chairmen in charge are making every effort to make this the largest and best yet held. Judging from me cooperation we have been receiving
 from the generous public, we believe
 this will be done"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-21
Baptist Hospital

Quite large and representative
 crowd of Alabama Baptists attended the convention held h Decatur la st
 week" said pr. N A. Barrett, preside mt of the city commission. Tt is my opin- ion that Birmingham has very good
 chance to get the new Baptist hospital
 to be built in Alabama. although it will be some months before d definite
 decision as to which town will get it
 will be reached. The BifnlnghSm com mittee IS prepared to make fair prop
 csition to the hospital commission anl iit looks like the Magic City is tho
 logical place in all of the state for such an institution"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-21

, stopping place. W. W Russell, the chair man, and the others. were on the job. | It's the only convention where I ever saw great crowds handled without any confusion. Automobiles met the trains, and those who had their assignment cards were driven immediately 10 rae:r aost or | hostess; while the ones unassigned were carried to the church and put through the hands of experts who had every home, boarding house and hotel mapped out the night trains were put upat the va- ricus hotels. Decatur is fortunate in be- ing supplied with good hotel accommo- dations. have been most comfortable at the Hotel Lyons.
 
 Decatur is one of the older towns of the state, and it's history is most interesting, but 1 can't take time to relate any of it now as will devote myself to the First Baptist church, the deed of the land on which it, was first erected being dated February e3, is42. It has had a long and eyentful history. The story of it's struggles leads back to pioneer days, and heroic men and women whb knew how to make sacrifices for conscience's S sake.
 | In pre-war days it had it's ups and downs, but always there were a faithful few who stood true to 1t, o-d soldiers or the cross like Jackson Gum, r. C. David and Josephus Shackeiford sIS am glad that l had the privilege Of knowing two of tke grand old characters whose inn print is still visible. in the religious life of the Baptists of the Tennessee valley. l speak of Dr. Josephus Shaclelford and F, c. David, both having served the First Baptist church of Decatur before the Civil war. I'll speak of them as knew them.
 think without doubt that F. C David was the most patriarchal man ever looked upon. I used to sit and watch his face.-grooved deep with lines. his white hair and flowing beard, and rugged frame. as he would stand before the as- sociation as his great voice would ring out in impassioned speech; and to me he was the grandest looking man I ever gazed upon. It was a shock to me to see him after he had been partially stricken. but always felt that when he went down. 1t would be like the fall of mighty oak.
 Josephus shackelford was also made Eof pioneer stun. He was both educator and preacher He was also cast in a -..,ioAt~ -L~-i~e' mould aud looked e,ns-v
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-21
Frank A. Munsey Acquires
 Another Famous Newspaper

TN purchasing the Baltimore Amer l ican, Frank A. Munsey has ac- quired. one of the oldest newspapers in the United States. For 147 years the American, which was consolidated with the Commercial Advertiser, has faithfully recorded the principal events in American history and has long been regarded as standard newspaper.
 It is reported that Mir. Munsey paid approximately $1,5Oo,O0o for the American and the Star, it's evening edition, but the American building, which is one of the ta1fest structures in Baltimore, and ideally located on the principal business street of the city, was not included in the deal. MT. Munsey has owned for some years a highly successful paper in Baltimore, the News. It is announced that the Star will be suspended and the American will be published as the morning edition of the News.
 As MT. Munsey already controlled the New York Herald, the New York Sun, the Evening Telegram, the Baltimore News and Other publica- tions, his latest purchase makes him a
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-21
"Gesundheitv Once More.

During the war the friendly German
 language greetings commonly used by Germans went to the discard owing to
 the state of feeling. Gradually they are coming back. Marc Link relates
 this; T was recently in Cincinnati. .he place of my birth and that of a friend of mine. The latter sneezed. It $ an old German custom to say gesundheit, which means good luck, on such cc- casions. l did it. My friend laughed
 and remarked, Do yov know, Mare, that is the first time I have heard chat old expression since the war
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-21
AmaxOns.

T know of several girls who went to Atlanta yesterday to see the foot" ball battle between the University of Georgia and the team of the University of Alabama and know Of many others who would liked to have gone if they could have gotten off from their work" said Miss Alice Weaver.
 Girls, and women, too take an un- usual interest in this kind of sport and often wonder why it is that some of the colleges for girls don't organize football teams of their own. It might be little ruff but they would like it because the present day girl takes an interest in other things than dances and knitting circles. Besides, the good, hard muscles they would develop would more than repay them for the few bruises they would receive
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-21
LATTER DAY PUGLIsM

T understand the young pugi1ist re- jected an offer of s25.eoo for 40 min utes work"
 With extreme hauteur. too. He in- formed the fight promoter that hi. hotel bill last year amounted to that much and a person of his prominence couldn't. think of working for his room and board.' PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-21

that signed to this stuff, I've bet you don't get there tonight
 Boys fnstinctively know.
 We did get through Lock F and barely skinned through Lock l6 when darkness came on, and-well, if you ever have a boat on the Warrior, tie up to the bank at night.
 Will Mcqueen and Harold McDernnoe4, in the latter's yacht, trailed us, vish seven others, including Judge John No Queen and David Evans, and A N Brucs and J. P. Dovel A rainstorm developed: 2 fog formed, and the density of tho dark ness dropped down. Even the search light would penetrate nothing. Upon the bank they landed; or better, the prov of the little boat dug into the mud.
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 Seven woe-begone old sports built a flx, and noundered around it untn a&yyishf The water was running down the -hfE- side. The thermometer registered q. There was no place to sleep, no whsre [, sit, and nowhere to stand except upou a log. They had blanketz. fortunately. ssr their exteriors and
 Well. they were a dereiict crew vsan they caught the Connors boat at xnek IS the next morning and begged fer coffee
 The next night K men. In tws xver yachts, slept in the lock houses at Lock g. win McQueen had . waist nneassare- ment that had shr1nk in prvpor<isn te the price of sugar. He was really . dainty dude who might have beea taken for Webb Crawford on sunshi~y aay. But wirh su the troubles and tzsAls of 3 trip down the Warrior river for eoune- thing like 15O miles. a lot of tho old sports of the Birmingham district vAo want to tell their sona they arc yet ycung. wena down to the Clan Mcqueen camp, had . good time. and are at Aems Sunday morning to attend church.
 Be they not at church, minister's nneu- tioned and others win please rspurt ts
 A.,n6.-.>e
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-21
THE Jon FOR HIM

From the New Or,eans Item.
 Texas reports that the Brownsville man who coaxed the President-elect to a summer cottage at Point Isbael and kept him there marooned for four days during mortimer may get job as ambassador to Mexico. We suggest the governorship of Guam as more fitting for such an expert on solitude
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-21
ON AN EQUAL FOOTING

T notice one of your clerks wears frayed collar, a faded tic and clothes that need pressings
 Yes" said the haberdssher, I'm a student of psychology"
 What has that to do with the way your clerk dresses?~
 Most of my statesmen, as you will notice, look like fashion plates. This fellow sells lot of goods to plain men who don't pay much attention to theii personal appearance, but don't like tc be reminded of it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-21
ON THEIR FINGERS

Why are all these students going through such queer motions? Is it a new form of calisthenicsr"
 "oh, no, What you see is the student body. of a college for the deaf and dumb. They are giving their college yell"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-21
LIMITED PURCHASING POWER

'1f I give you quarter, will you promise not to spend it foolishly?' ?'' asked the fussy old lady. Yes, num- said the tattered visitor. "A quarter won't buy a drink these days, don't care for the movies and since I don't own car. I'm not apt to buy gasoline