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The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-03-28
John Sharp Williams
 Excoriating Remark

AMIsSISSIPPI'S senior Senator is IVU disgusted with the Senate, and in an address before joint ses- sion of the Mississippi legislature, makes it plain that it is his intention to lay aside his toga at the end of his term in 1923.
 That was a scathing speech that John Sharp Williams made. He de- nounced the republicans for their conspiracy to defeat President Will sons peace programme, and to bring Hateful confusion to the League of Nations treaty. He even charged the % opponents of Mir. Wilson in the Sem ate with heartlessness in wishing to see his illness protracted, and llti- mately his death.
 "The long -winded arguments in the Senate were like fiddling as Rome
 -s burned, talking with a world in ehaos," the senator exclaimed. "Do you blame me for saying that l would rather be dog and bay at the moon than to spend one minute in the Sen- ate after the expiration of my term of office ?"
 MT. Williams is noted for his lumi- nous mind, and his trenchant power : of expression; also for his playful humor, as we'll as his keen wit. But when he takes part in debate and makes gan onslaught on the enemy, he puts aside fun. He is profoundly serious. He means every word he says.
 The excoriation he gave the re- publicans was fully deserved. He felt that never again would he be a candidate for the Senate, but Missis- sippi has no statesman comparable to him. He would have been match for the illustrious senators of the old school when only big men graced the upper house of Congress. And he is as popular as he is great. The last time he ran he received every vote cast
 But John Sharp Williams has yet nearly three years to serve. The reo- pie of Mississippi will not allow him to retire.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-03-28

each congregation has collected funds, more or less generous, hundred or more voluntary collectors would ex- pedite very materially the campaign. Of the outlying communities, AL bany. has made fine record. Morgan county's quota was two thousand seven hundred and two dollars and forty eight cents. It has raised three thousand one hundreds and seventy eight dollars and twelve cents. Birmingham is flush with money, and it is hard to see how any man or woman or child could fail to re- spond to the appeal for the near east. Let's have a speeding up here in Bir- mingham and bring the quota over the top.
 Servant girls have opened luxuri- ous club in New York, an establish ment in keeping with the present opulence of kitchen mechanics and par Tor maids
 You can't convince soap-box ora tor that it Is possible to start on a shoe-string in this country and become millionaire honestly.
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 The absence of wood alcohol fatali- ties from the days news shows that at least one salutary lesson has been taken to heart. MT. Lloyd George and Mr. Asquith have reached the point where there is hardly room enough for both in the tight little island"
 x # Chasing hearses as pleasure cars in Ohio is not as grotesque as it seems Hearses have been used to transport wet goods on the sly
 
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 A newspaper correspondent describes Wilhelm as man with beard and no ambition. Yet men have scorned safety razors and achieved greatness.
 # * F Consolatory information from the doctors. sugar diet makes adenoids grow. This should enable you to cut down more cheerfully on your sugar.
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 Shooting and footing are favorite di- versions of the reds"
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 If civil war continues to rage in Germany the housing problem will cease to be acute.
 If the Hungarians really want Char ley Hapsburg for their king. they can probably get him. since nobody else is bidding for his services.
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 King Alfonso of Spain las joined a leagus to check extravaganza. A king wearing patched pants would be a soothing sight to the common people
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 As head of the poison gas division Senator Lodge was careful to see that the wind was blowing in the general direction of the. White House before launching an attack.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-03-28
EVERYDAY PHILOSOPHY.

Nothing to it. troubles scatter
 And the darkness turns to light, When you hold. the forward vision, When you keep the goal in sight. For the backward looking brother
 With complaints that never end, He will never see the morning
 When his luck begins to mend. 'TisNno new thing we are saying.
 Iris as old as Father Time, Yet it has a grain of comfort
 And is worth little rhyme. It's tomorrow. with it's promise,
 That sweeps barriers away And the heart that beats for battle No reverses can dismay.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-03-28
Prohibition Dictators
 Ignore Judge Weakley

w ESTERDAY'S mail brought the U following jingle:
 "A singular fact" said the Under
 wood speaker,
 aIs that Musgrove is weak, although
 Weakley is weaker"
 Since the reelection of Senator Underwood to the position he so capably fills is assured, his friends are at leisure to speculate on the cruel treatment meted out to Judge Weakley. One might search the highways and byways for many day without finding a more consistent prohibitionist, or one who deserved more from the dry forces of Ala bama. Judge Weakley personifies prohibition. His careful hand wrote Alabama's prohibition law, one of the most drastic. ever put on the statute books of any state in any land. He has been bone-dry all his life. He was no sudden convert to the belief that strong drink is raging and wine a. mocker. He fought the good fight and when the smoke of battle cleared away announced for the United States Senate. He had good reason
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-03-28

TN THESE times of political turmoil
 and ambitions Mel stone's articles in
 collierN Weekly are exceedingly in teresting.
 We have all read the recent Look ing Backward articles by Henry Wat terson in the Saturday Evening Post, which are now in book form in two vol umes under the title of ''Marse Henry" "-
 Nothing more interesting to the stu dent of American men and American politics has ever been written
 And now these articles of Melville E. Stone, who for a great many years has been the general manager of the As- sociated Press, are appearing in Golfers Weekly
 Watterson was the genius of American journalism for half a century. Not all ways thoroughly practical. but always lscintillating, and a genius of rhetoric, his editorial articles expressing his views have been more widely copied than those of any 6ther American editor.
 Mel Stone, on the other hand has been thoroughly practical and wise newspaper mana man who has always been eminently fair and just-and by his fairness has made the Associateo | Press the greatest news gathering or ganization in the world. Even it's mem Der newspapers seldom have a kick, be- cause Stone will never permit corre- spondent of the Associated Press to color 1 his telegrams politically or otherwise. # # # 1 In his third article in Golfers of last week Mel tells about how in his young days he started the Chicago Daily News. The newspaper is today possibly the most prosperous of all American news papers. It has made millions upon mill lions of dollars for it's present owner, Nlctof T. idWsoH' anu posSipiy ici- dentally for Mel Stone, who is supposed yet to own some stock in the publica- tion.
 | It's prosperity has largely been due to it's sminently wise and just newspaper principles
 Stone young reporter started the paper with a young and lstless partner who happened to have 5000 in cash This was the total investment The balance was nerve and and good newspaper principles on the part of Stone. | # * x | The first principles Stone laid down in his publication were that: There was to be no pandering to \ the vitiated taste of the minimizing l There must always be a sense or re- l sponsibility. We were engaged in
 something else than mere business en-
 terprise in which. we should seek to l provide anything and everything that
 the public might crave. | Therefore a rule that in his rela- \ tion to the public every mans ac- tivities were proper subject for at- 1 tention, while in his domestic reia- | tion he was entitled to privacy which l no newspaper was privileged to in- | wade. Also rule that nothing l should be printed which a worthy |
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-03-28
ABOLISH EVERYTHING

From the Chicago News.
 One moralist wants automobiles abol- ished because they contribute to delin- quency, keep people from church and are used by bandits. Maybe we should abolish water. too, because people drown in it. are tempted to go fishing on Sunday and use it for canoe flirta- tions
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-03-28
To Help Dairymen

The city wants to help the dairy men in their efforts to comply with the pasteurization ordinance, to go into effect April 15.' said J. R. Hor- nady. If they run upon any snags in their preparations we hope they will not forget that we are ready to help them.
 Several nights ago a dairyman called up concerning detail he was trying to work out. This suggested 10 me the plan of making public our de- sire to help,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-03-28
NOT MUCH DIFFERENCE.

q understand you said didn't have enough sense to come in out of show CT of rain." said Dubson.
 q did not" replied Gadspur.
 What did you say, thenr'
 T merely remarked to a friend of ours that if there was a tax on brains the government would owe you money"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-03-28
IMMORTALITY

IMMORTALITY By Samuel Minturn Peck. !. use 4iways. So fair each year The Springtime greets my loving ense It is no jest give your ear;
 I'd live always. Nor wintry skies nor rainy days To me are ever sad or drear. such pleasant paths my Fancy stray< I know Times deaf to prayer and tear Yet if with fern seed and
 the Pays To aid me might finger here
 I'd live always.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-03-28
RUSSIA, THE UNKNOWN---By Frank Willis Barnett

bies Jaws. and in fact have been so obsessed by it as to give it the larger part of my thoughts by day and even dreamed of it by night It has been in my subconsciousness alI'the time.
 I have been careful to try and glfS the evidence in the case by playies< American. French. English and Ger man writers against Russian authori- ties. but while have run across mud that was of intense interest I find my
 tcenti.ueA .. Page Six,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-03-28

to suppose that the leaders who had used his energy and ability so long would rally to his support
 Did Dr. "Warwick' Lawrence and his henchmen respond to Judge Weak ley's plea for help? They did-by immediately beginning to sharpen the AK. Conferences were held, Judge Weakley was asked to kindly step aside and forego the ambition of a lifetime for another dry candidate, the Hon. "Breck" Musgrove. Judge Weakley showed no willingness to surrender his inalienable right to re- main in the race to the bitter end.
 Then, 70. tempora! o mores" ukase was issued calling on the faith full to cast their votes for MT. Mus grove, the anointed. Mir. Musgrove is believed to be the stronger candi- date. his coffers are overflowing and he poses as a friend of the plain peo- ple-who, however, do not stick their feet under his mahogany. Judge Weakley was shelved in a manner as unceremonious as it was unkind.
 This action of the prohibition lead CTS was a confession of the desper- ate plight in which they found them selves, but it has already reacted in favor of Mir. Underwood. There are a great many people in Alabama able to distinguish between political pro- hibitionist and consistent prohibi- tionist. They are not pleased by re- cent developments. To put it mildly, they are disgusted by such tactics.
 Senator Underwood, who had strong prohibition support to begin with, is going to receive the votes of many more prohibitionists who resent the political maneuvering of the dry bosses.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-03-28
CONSERVATIVE ESTIMATE.

T remember reading in the papers some time ago about . scientist who had perfected an instrument to tell whether or not people were lying.s
 Tt wouldn't be of any use to me in . campaign year." said MT. Grumpson. T take it for granted that 90 per cent of
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-03-28
OR THE CELLAR

From the Boston Transcript
 No, Gladys; the ouija board is not enough to bring back John Barleycorn It takes the sideboard to do that.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-03-28
A DETACHED ATTITUDE.

A DETACHED ATTITUDE.
 whats this, my dearr asked Prof Diggs, absent-mindedly.
 why. it's the grocery bfHi.- satd Mrs DiEss. Our groeeryman sAys it.. overdue"
 "So is that comet I've ben expecting to put in an appearance for the pas ten days. I'm not to blame, I hoper said the professor. and calmly re- stunned his studies. PAUL COOK. !
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-03-28
Near East Relief
 Needs Speeding Up

M1 o humanitarian cause is more GN deserving than that for the relief of the near east sufferers.
 Armenians are suffering for the necessaries of life. Many have died of starvation and infant mortality is increasing.
 In years past America was called on to aid the Armenians, but the sit uation in their unhappy land now is more distressing than ever.
 The campaign for the relief fund is progressing, but the quotas in Ala bama, especially fin the cities, are still far short. Birmingham quota is forty thousand dollars, but nothing like that amount has been raised. Dr, Scale Harris, state chairman, is calling for more workers.
 All Christian denominations are or ganized for relief work. and while
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-03-28
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES
2,e)t31ue0

Perkins Gap realize that he was crowned with baysr'
 T don't know what the enlightened citizens thought, but . low person in the rear of the hall said something about 'crowning' him with a cuspidor'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-03-28
UNCONSCIOUS coMDD1AlsA

Are the Gawkers the kind of peol pie you care to be withr' asked Mrs Twobbla
 Yes replied the fashionable Mrs Frisber, who Is noted for her caustic tongue. When wish to be amused no one furnishes me more quiet entertain ment than the Gawkers."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-03-28
LOCATED.

whats become of the sea serpentr
 "A gentleman who recently returned from England in wet steamer re- ports having sighted the monster two days out from Liverpool
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-03-28

everything I hear is political bun combe and let it go at that"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-03-28
sLrGHrED GENIUS.

''There was a great deal of disorder when that visiting poet tried to recite some of his verses.''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-03-28

Withhold thy indignation. mighty
 heaven, And tempt us not to bear above our
 power! king John-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-03-28
WARMING UP.

WARMING UP. Who would not sing Of gentle spring And all it's manifold delights, Though well aware We'll soon declare We simply cannot sleep O night
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-03-28
"They are cireulating a report that

H c. l. In these days of high food prices We all hear of plenty such Every time we eat a mouthful The next one costs just twice as much Millionaires are eating onions, They're lot more than a scent; And pigs too have risen higher In the world than they were meant. It behooves us all to hurry. Eat as much as we can hold, For the next meal we sit down to May be naught but Midas gold.
 Ethel Vance Morse. Selma, Ala.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-03-28

Didn't tho enlightened citizens of
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-03-28
UP AGAINST IT.

Those fellows in the opposition camp will stop at nothing"
 Flows thatr'
 They are circulating report that our candidate was born with a gold spoon in his mouth, instead of starting life as a poor boy"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-03-28

take it for granted that 90 per cent
The Marietta journal. (Marietta, Ga.) 1918-1944, 1920-12-17
Water Transportation Coming.

The rails of steel may carry and distribute the
it is not so in France, and Germany, and Belgium
and several densey populated countries of the old
world
rThere cheaper mode of transportation has been
ablished with tremendous success and the waters
of the canals and rivers have long bourne the vast
&raffic Of millions of people and many thousands of
industries, at cost low to effect large savings
!. to the people-both producers and consumers,
America is making an effort to teach her own
people economy, and water transportation is of
she great possible economies now being given the
attention of our government
For many years far sighted business men, with
the future welfare of country at heart have been
active in associations like the Rivers and Harbors
Congress" trying to teach the people and induce
our government to make the necessary expenditures
for inaugeratng and better water transporta-
ton.
At last the government is making some practical
experiments calculated TO advance this cause very
swiftly One enterprise which directly effects the
local dealers and consumers is the barge line ser
vice which the war department has inaugerated on
the Warrior river in Alabama, and which will give
an advantage of considerable saving freight from
New Orleans to Birmingham, Atlaata Chattanooga
and also Marietta
Elsewhere in this issue will be found news item
sbeut this service We do not know, however, what
effect the repeats Of war laws may have upon this
service but we hope IL will not stop a.
The Marietta journal. (Marietta, Ga.) 1918-1944, 1920-12-17

When the war was on, and our people were stirred
by the horrors of poison gas murder and rapine as
peFpetuated by the Germans we frequently heard
the remark that these sins would not be wiped out
in a thousand years but in less than three we find
much of it forgotten and we are even now expect
ing sapheaded fool of politician to arise and
move that forgive the Kaiser and restore him
his throne, even the Greeks have taken back his
brother-in-law, Constantine
The Marietta journal. (Marietta, Ga.) 1918-1944, 1920-12-17
Editors Note.

Mr.. w. L. Harris of Dalton, Georgia who has
been city editor of The Cobb County Times during
the past year will in future be associated with Mr.
David Comfort The Marietta Journal in an edi-
torial and business capacity. Mr. Harris is well
and fayorably known among the younger set in
Marietta and The Journal will appreciate any cour-
tesies shown him in matters of business and pub
LEFTY.
The Marietta journal. (Marietta, Ga.) 1918-1944, 1920-12-17

Kentucky woman said the spirits guided her to
her runaway husband, who had taken another wife
in another city. No telling what you can find out
by persistent use of ouija board, and liberal
supply of the right sort of spirits.
The Marietta journal. (Marietta, Ga.) 1918-1944, 1920-12-17
Billions More Taxes For Defense


The logical outcome of our failure to enter the
league of nations promptly and to help put the af-
fairs of the world safe business basis is already
being felt in thousand ways by the people of this
country.
Perhaps the people of the South are feeling it
most in the lack of market for our cotton One
of the causes of lack of market is that the world
is yet in state of disruption and people who need
the cotton most have nothing with which to pay for
lit.
Part of the league of nations scheme was that we
should help re-establish Germany and Austria and
other stricken countries by lending them-not cash.
but credit at the time we lent the force Of our
influence to the organization of the league Of nations
to enforce peace throughout the world.
Our nation could have easily have done this and
never lost dollar-but partisan politics came along
and in order to republican success it was nee
essary to do everything that money and newspapers
and publicity and deceit could do to discredt Wood
row Wilson.
Now all that time of opportunity is past and gone
forever Instead of being the most loved and re
spected and trusted nation the face of the earth
the most dspised for our selfish attitude
for our narrow policy which has hurt us financially
even than ii has any other nation and we are
Right now the South is trying in its feeble way to
finance cotton selling scheme in Germany which
they would let Wilson do for us in the the spring
But in the meanwhile billions will have been spent
for armament, for armies and for. navies-eyery
nation being forced to keep up with the program Of
the other nations in building for defense, on sea-
land and sky. Every nation has its face turned
toward the next war
Having placed all the power and influence against
the league that body is not able to say positively to
the nations of earth You shall not waste money on
battleshlps and armament" 1t can only request it.
From the latest dispatches from Geneva where
the league meets, we have clipped the following
paragraph which is perfectly easy to understand.
While the league has accepted the principle
OF curtailment in worldwide armament, it has
failed to force through the measure destined to
secure this desired end What it adopted, as
compromise measure is frankly nothing more
than a politely worded request to the several
governments that they building military
and naval establishments the tremendous
basis of the past But the request is not for
mally binding
One question we have always been anxious for
our people to consider How many bales of ten cent
cotton does it take to build a billion dollar navyY'
The Marietta journal. (Marietta, Ga.) 1918-1944, 1920-12-17

A New Jersey Judge says he will permit no woman
TO serve on the jury with her husband and one
exchange says he wants the jury to agree We
have known many where the wife could do
more with the obstinate juror than the eleven other
jurors and do it sight quicker
The Marietta journal. (Marietta, Ga.) 1918-1944, 1920-12-17

Nick Longworth says his idea of an optmist is a
barkeeper who keeps his dues paid up in the bar
keepers union.
The Marietta journal. (Marietta, Ga.) 1918-1944, 1920-12-17

Certainly the Irish propagandists do not expect
intelligent people to believe much of the publicity
which is finding its way into the headlines and front
pages OF the big papers of the country, but after
the success of the late republican campaign they
are warranted in believing that there is yet enough
ignorance and prejudice in this country to accept
anything as truth which is repeated often enough.
The Marietta journal. (Marietta, Ga.) 1918-1944, 1920-12-17

slight reduction in the price of coal has been
announced in Atlanta and it has been our earnest
hope that it will hit town before the Fourth Of
July.
The Marietta journal. (Marietta, Ga.) 1918-1944, 1920-12-17

Somehow we can not help believing that the
woman vote is going to make an improvement upon
the general character and morals of the Georgia
legislature, but we will have to wait couple of
years to find out, since the present membership is
entrenched for that period Of time.
The Marietta journal. (Marietta, Ga.) 1918-1944, 1920-12-17

Before election day Mr. Harding had about half
the voters believing he was in favor of scrapping
the league of nations, while now all he hopes to do
is to change the name of it. or to get some reserva
tions, before we go into it.
The Marietta journal. (Marietta, Ga.) 1918-1944, 1920-12-17

On his nineteenth birthday Chicago murderer
was hanged last week. Lack of parental authority
is spelling many boy, breaking down his respect
for all law, and Fastening his steps to the galows.
The Marietta journal. (Marietta, Ga.) 1918-1944, 1920-12-17

We have very little expectation of congress do
ing anything really worth while for cotton.
The Marietta journal. (Marietta, Ga.) 1918-1944, 1920-12-17

-Four young men who robbed and then killed an
old elevated road ticket seller for 500 were shortly
aferward arrested, tried, and convicted died in the
electric chair at Sing Sing this week Still good
many young men consider anything better than
work.
The Marietta journal. (Marietta, Ga.) 1918-1944, 1920-12-17

The Germans said to be selling half as many
toys in America before the war; but we are not
selling fourth much cotton in Germany because
they have no credit with us yet
The Marietta journal. (Marietta, Ga.) 1918-1944, 1920-12-17

Gamahebwill probably be popular name in col
ored society of the South for time, the election
returns have usually afforded assistance and salts
faction in picking names for them ever since Henry
Lincoln johnson was christened.