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The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-20
Birmingham Has No
 Place for Knockers"

1.-TWO CT three months ago the
 S president of a larage manufac- turing company came to Birmingham with the view to locating a branch factory here. He asked for and ob- tained data on cost of material, transportation facilities, labor supply and wages, social and housing con- ditions and other things in which he, las a prospective industrial investor, was interested
 With the information sought in hand, he expressed entire satisfac- ltion with Birmingham, authorized a local agent to secure options on a site he had selected for his factory, land went out to call on officials of an industrial corporation. An hour later he met his local lagent at the hotel and told him the ideal was off, that he had been mis- Informed in certain material respects and had decided not to locate in Bir- |mingham.
 Thus an industry that would have involved an investment of several
 million dollars and made articles not now made in Birmingham, was lost to the city
 It is this sort of work on the part of some Birmingham people that has kept the city back in past years. It is regrettable that there are such men in the city, but they are here. They are a drawback to the community. The civic bodies would do the city good turn by converting them into Birmingham boosters or making it so warm for then that they would either close their mouths or go elsewhere.
 Birmingham has no need for knock CTS. There is no place here for them and the quicker they are brought to a realization of this fact the better for the community.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-20
RHEIMS NOT A FORTRESS
From The Philadelphia Public Ledger

From The Philadelphia Public Ledger, NNlE by one the minor and the ma K y Jor lies by which Germany tried
 to bolster up it's claims as to the innocent way it was forced into war and the peaceful defensive" way in which it carried on are being exposed by the Germans themselves. The nu- merous war memoirs and explanations and personal confessions, aside from the revelations of the official archives. leave the war lords and the believers in lrlsnt1uiness without ? leg to stand on. The latest accidental exposure of one of the most contemptible of all lies is- sued by the German high command is that which relates to Rheims Cathedral. 1t will be remembered that when the civilized world voiced it's horror at tbe needless bombardment of the cathedral and the adjacent historic buildings be- longing to the archiepiscola residence. and in which the kings of France since the days of Joan of Arc had robed themselves before their coronation. German officialdom blandly said that General Won Buelow bomharded the cathedral because it was a military for- tress, it's towers being used flor ob- servation' posts and the supplements for guns"
 Despite the denials of the dean of the cathedral and Cardinal Lucon that any military use had been made of the cath edral save its chance use as an emer- gency hospital to succor German wounded, the Germans never ceased bombardment, and even after the origi- nal situation had become changed and a large part of Rheims a ruin, includ- ing churches and abbeys, range shots at the cathedral were kept up until all most the day of the armistice itself. But now, according to the revelations
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-20
THE MINORITY LEADER

From the Fredericksburg (va.) Daily Star.
 ITIHE democratic members of the Senate will select a minority leader to succeed the late Sena- tor Thomas S. Martin of this state. The two most prominent opposing candi- dates are Senators Hitchcock of Ne braska and Underwood of Alabama This leadership was held for some years by a southern senator, Martin. then why not now? And why not Under wood? It is conceded that this Ala bama Senator is an able, splendidly in- formed statesman. loyal democrat
 and a we'll equipped parliamentarian.
 and in addition to the acknowledged
 fact Underwood is we'll fitted for this
 position, he is from the south.
 We are we'll aware that sectionalism should not necessarily be forceful fac tor in the matter. At the same time it
 must be admitted that but for the south and for the voters of the south
 we would not today have Woodrow
 Wilson in the White House and would not haveSeven enough senators in the upper chamber to make a respectable
 showing. Senator Underwood made a
 splendid record in the House and for this record for what he did and did so
 we'll, fso effectively and efficiently for
 the good and welfare of the republic
 there. his constituents in Alabama. in full appreciation and recognition of all
 this elected him to the Senate because of the ability he displayed in the House
 of Representatives.
 The south, from sectionalism, asks nothing. but the south for the work done, the services her senators render.
 has a full justifiable right to ask that she shall have some of the honors. po-
 sitions and offices to be bestowed by the democrats. Martin of Virginia, from tn esouth, was the honored. the faithful. able and efficient leader. By
 his very much to be deplored death this vacancy has occurred, and Virginia, in
 memory of Martin, as a tribute to him would be grateful'if Underwood of Ala
 bama should be selected by this dem ocratic caucus to succeed Martin.
 There can be no possible objection to Underwood. He is a gentleman, courteous and kind. of great natural endcwments. we'll enriched by laborious study; he has made statecraft a part
 of the curriculum of his life work.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-20

under way and the allies have turned their attention to the "arch-conspira- tor" They demand his person for trial before an international court.
 The request dispatched to the and signed by Clemen- ceau is so worded that there is not much chance for Holland to escape the responsibility of refusing. It is rumored that she is trying to get William to surrender voluntarily. Little likelihood of his doing that! Yet it would solve the problem.
 In the meantime, Dutch statesmen must be cudgeling their brains to find some dignified way out of the We'll may they bewail the day the fugitive Kaiser turned his footsteps-or literally, headed his au- tomobile-toward Holland!
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-20
THE SPIRIT AND THE FILES

THE SPIRIT AND THE FILES By Gordon Noel Hurtel. For the spirit warreth axains flesh and the flesh warreth az the spirit" Within my soul the smastery to wi To lift me up or drag me down il The Spirit warreth with the E
 Each thought Of mine. each word. and every
 I've wrought Is by the holy incense of the {
 blest Or by the Flesh acYrsed. When
 the quest Of Folly I've grown weary and Po From ways of wrong, the Spirit D
 with me. Shows mo the path the Good of. l
 have trod; Fills me with Hope and turns my
 to God. Then calls the Flesh-the mortal that's weak. Bids me the worldly. transient
 to seek; Shows me where Pleasure.
 strained, abides. Yet all the sorrow and the suff
 hides. God of my Soul. let me the Flesh
 due. And in the Spirit keep me pure
 true. It is my soul for which the ba
 wagsd: For all eternity the scene is stag Without Thy help the Spirit cd win. The Flesh will triumph. with its
 of sin. When at the last the fights fo' OCT And Flesh and Spirit war with D
 more. Give me the Cross where Chris
 Savior died. The Cross on which the Flesh
 crucified. He said. Iris finished" and His
 was done: The Spirits victory o'er the Flesh won. And I. dear Matter, if I trust ir i Shall win the Spir.ts glorious Vt
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-20
How Delaware Meets
 Its Road Problems

M N interesting story of what Del GS aware has done to build good roads is told in Delaware State Highways" beautifully printed and illustrated booklet, published by the clearing house of the Delaware State Program.
 This organization is a cooperative agency which represents five official state departments, including the highway department. It may be sur |prising to Alabamians, and perhaps comforting to those of us who have sorrowed over Alabama's backward ness in building good roads, that about five years ago, ''there was not la mile of really permanent road, in the modern meaning of the term, in the state of Delaware"
 Of course Delaware is a small state, but this confession shows the astonishing indifference on the part |of its people to one of the greatest factors in the agricultural and com |mercial life of any commonwealth. A system of primary north to south state roads, with "state aid" roads running east and west and connecting with the state system, is now under construction or planned for the early future. The state primary system covers two hundred and seventy
 miles, of which seventy-three have
 been completed. Delaware has been converted to the concrete road because Of it's durabil- lity and the low cost If maintenance.
 In the Delaware Highway pamphlet lit is shown that the cost of maintain ling concrete road for one year does
 not average more than one hundred
 dollars per mile, while other roads
 cost fifteen hundred dollars or more
 in some communities.
 It is pointed out tha. the nigh 
 way department of Delaware was moi
 established until 1917, and much i'm portant work that might have been
 done was held up because of the
 war. Nevertheless . creditable show. ing has been made. The "state aid' idea is proving popular. Previously thirty thousand dollars a year was appropriated for "state aid" rsad building. This has been increased to |seven hundred and fifty thousand 'dollar. Automobile receipts have
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-20
CAN'T SPARE ALL

You spoke pleasantly to that fic policeman"
 Yes If ever violate a tr law I hope he will be lenient me"
 Haven't you ever stopped to slider that the same thought has I ably occurred to thousands of C people and somebody is bound t disappointed%
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-20
.nfs A THEME FOR TEARS

Jack Kearns. Dempsey's manager says If the contest had lasted . week longer it seems . certainty the cham
 pion would have been in the uniformed service.''
 An! The bitterness of lost op. portunity! Only . week more, and they wouldn't keep the <old war going just that much longer to allow Jack to get into it! $ tough. we'll say. s
 tough!
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-20

BEGINNING THE DAY--O Thou back of life and beyond death, Thou immeasurably distant and in- finiteiy close, Thou august beyond our imagination and tender beyond our dreams-what shall we say to Thee. Convict by Thy holiness, enthrall us by Thy power, console us by Thy grace. melt us by Thy IOve.-H. M. E.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-20

9
 When in the House of Represents he became a student of parliame law and matriculated among it's uates of the honor grade. He will watch and ward over the proceediu the United States Senate and all r. privileges and benefits which tn, nority, the democratic party, is en to will be had.
 We believe we voice the overwl ing sentiment and desires of all sinia when we say that Underwo Alabama should be the minority le
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-20
DETER LATE THAN NEVER

From the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
 An Indian 1S0 years of age has been converted to Christianity. Maybe he had begun to think there wasn't any chance of becoming good Indian in the ordinary way.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-20
Drama Owes Great Deal
 To Granville Barker

THE lecture of Granville Barker
 S before the Birmingham chap ter of the Drama League this week is being eagerly anticipated by everyone interested in the stage and kindred subjects. He will appear Fri day afternoon, January 23, and the subject of his lecture will be "The Artist As Vital Member of the Community"
 MT. Barker has the fancy and the wide experience back of him to make any discourse both vivid and interest ing In this lecture he discusses the relation of an artist to his fellow citizens and the need of cooperation between community and it's mem bers who have the artists creative faculty, to insure broader cultural life.
 MT. Barker has won by hard work and superior ability unique place in the history of the English as we'll as the American stage. In the man. agerial field he is internationally fa- nous. He is credited with having done more to lift the drama above sordid commercialism and to promote the repertory idea than any other man of his time.
 As critic, playwright, manager and producer, MT. Barker has won distinction. The Drama League is to be congratulated on having arranged for his appearance in Birmingham. His lecture is sure to be heard by a large and appreciative audience of Birmingham people.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-20
* < X Holland in a Quandary Over Demand of Allies

! If TITLE Holland finds herself in @9 a pretty predieament because a certain person of great pretensions, who made considerable noise in the world for a time, decided that dis cretion was the better part of valor and sought safety in flight
 Whether she wished to give Count William Hohenzollern refuge or not, Holland had no choice in the mat ter. She did not wish to offend Ger .many because of the fear that in the future her powerful neighbor would make matters extremely unpleasant for her. Probably at that time Hol- land believed slight to the fallen Kaiser would offend Germany. That might not be true now, but on the other hand, there is no telling. The Hohenzollerns still have powerful friends in the fatherland.
 With excellent good sense, and as gracefully as the situation permitted, Holland played the part of more or less unwilling hostess. There was no particular reason why the ex- Kaiser should be disturbed until the important business of closing up the war and perfecting peace had been accomplished. These affairs are now
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-20
M.eAinery Demand Active

'-rhe demand for machinery is very look for an unusually good year in that line. Birmingham is one of the greatest machinery distributing cities in the south and most of the manu- lecturers in the north and west either have branch office or a sales agency mill. factory, shop, r~f1road and farm, is finding ready sales and makers have a hard time supplying the de- mand. The Birmingham district uses moro machinery. perhaps. than any other district in the south. and this trade alone is very attractive to both manufacturers and salesmen."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-20
Coming to Anniston

am glad to be able to report that
 our church has secured promise from
 Dr. Lon c. Broughton of Knoxville, Tenn- now pastor of the First Baptist Church of that city, to conduct a re- vival in it on April IS to May l." said Rev. L. M. Latimer, pastor of the Par
 ker Memorial Baptist Church of Annis- ton. "Dr. Broughton is not only a great preacher, but has been wonderfully successful in evangelistic meetings. His stay in London seems to have softened
 and spiritualized him. He has the old-
 time fire. but has. it under better con-
 trol, and while never hesitating to re-
 buke sin in high places, he does not
 give forth such sensational utterances
 as characterized his ministry in At-
 lanta."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-20
TOUGH LUCK

TOUGH LUCK T have just been through model penitentiary."
 And yet I dare say you heard a great many complaints~
 :Oh. yes" T though so. The food is had th. warden is cruel. the ventilation is poor and"
 Nothing of the sort. Ev.rvhosv was complaining because star pitchers term expired just one week before the intramural championship was to be decided and the fellow posi- lively refused to stay over for the contest"
 But he wouldn't be eligible to play if he stayed over"
 T mean he wouldn't break any o, the prison rules so his term would be extended"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-20
cHERCHEz LA rEAeMr

CHERCHEz LA FEAsHr Whats he charged withY "Embezzlement." said the man doesn't believe in wasting word That's too bad. What was causeg
 Usual cause-skirt."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-20
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES
A CERTAIN CITIZEN

He'll never reach the starry skies,
 Nor climb the hills of fame; He wastes his breath in futile siehs And holds hard luck to blame Because his ventures do not thrive
 And bring him quick success. He's never learned to look alive
 And never will, I guess. His wife doth forty boarders keen,
 He tackles this and that: About the town is seen to creep,
 His office meath his hat. And still his dull. lack-lustre eve.
 His never-ending vail. Betray to every passer-by
 That he is doomed to fail.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-20
PART OF THE GAME

PART OF THE GAME But why did you think this fellow was a reliable brokerT' He was discussing a million dol lar deal over the telephone when I entered his office" You should have investigated fur ther before entrusting him with your
 money. Some of those chaps use dum- my telephones for conversation like that.7
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-20
PASSING OF JOHN BARLEYCoRN

OT SOhhN OOHNN George M Bailey, in the Houston Post.
 Here it is-The Dayr-January 6, and into the organic law of the republic goes the eighteenth amendment. Re- cedes from view the familiar figure of John. Barleycorn. old J. B.. sir. John, tough and devilish sly He's gone, leaving behind him memories of rol- licking fellowship, memories of laugh ter and light memories of dark trage- dies and breaking hearts. His music is hushed upon the walls of the unreturn- ing past hangs his harp of the broken strings, and his songs are lost in an echoless silence that may never be broken. No moro shall the Rivers of Tears swell with his crystal flood. no more shall the River of Blood lash the shores of life with his crimson tides. What he felt of mirth or grief or joy or sin fades as dream in the night and the world turns it's face to the morning to strive and hope and live in the new day.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-20
GRANTED

"A party of uplifters to see sir" announced the private secre
 They are after money. I presui said MT. Grahcoin.
 T suspect so. sir. But they they came to ask for your moral port"
 "Ahl Gladly given to any wc cause. I'll just scribble Good luol one of my cards. Then you take 1, to the ladies and gentlemen wish them Good day."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-20

I know the efficiency apostles will come back and say their whole scheme is to save time so that people can en- joy themselves. Don't be caught with such bait until you first watch one of the tribe trying to play. It will then dawn on you that he has organized his play on . business basis. and can't do it joyously.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-20
Nesree. own Many Dogs

Why some negroes have so many dogs was explained yesterday" stated Albert Eager. assistant in charge of the dog registration. One negro came in and registered three of the animals. and asked her why she had so many. Well. I has one to smell burglar. one to notify me when he sees burglar and another to hold the burglar until l gets there she said. They pay pretty high for their burglar insurance. though, for that woman had two females and one male. which cost her altogether $5.75. Another woman came into the registration office and took out tags for five dogs"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-20
Tee Much Money

T heard a real funny joke the other day." said ". J. Dangaix, which struck me as being typical example of the present times. when there is Eso much money in circulation and everyone seems to be making much higher wages. It appeared that in Clarksdale there was a negro who bought d plano for his daughters. In a few weeks he came back to the music house and stated he wanted to buy another piano. The manager, who knew the negro, said. Bill. didn't I just sell you piano a few weeks agoT and the man said. Yes. boss, but I has two daughters. and sometimes they both wants to play at the same time That seems to be the case in many instances. for some people have so much money they don't know what to do with it"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-20
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
 AND ELSEWHERE
Science Can Aid Religion

For more than 20 years I have been student of sociology-that is, from the standpoint of its literature" said pr. A. J. Dickinson. but now am go- ing to have rare opportunity to study it at first hand in the cities of Alabama under the direction of the interchurch world movement. It's the purpose to make complete survey of them. am sure I am going to get pleasure and instructive information in the task am to undertake. I feel that in the work done under the state health department prepared the way to get at some real facts which might have escaped had not looked at them not so much through the eyes of q preacher. but as a worker in social hygiene When the information is gotten, then it will be time to classify 1t and map out a pro gramme. Too much sociological work has been undertaken either by anna teurs CT sentimentalists. Science can aid religion just as religion can help science"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-20

SHE HAS A HEART
 ''rhe critics say this dancer 1, nothing to the imagination."
 T judge she's bold ? woman"
 Perhaps. But give her cred4, one thing. Although she's ma 5000 a week and is the talk oj town, her dear old father and m, back home think she's such a business woman she gets all money for being somebody's ste rapher"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-20

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-20


 I hope and believe that I am a saved man in the theological sense, but I'll be blest if care anything about being saved in the economic sense if I must spend the balance of my life "card cat. aloguing my pleasures" and running my individual, my home ana my bust. ness according to a railroad time schedule made out for flyer with nc provision to stop on the way and en. joy the country through which it passes, but with only the one thought as the quickest way to arrive at the appointed terminal
 Life at best is but short. and I am in no hurry to arrive at the end of the journey. It has been likened unto a race, but prefer to walk through it rather than to run. There are society pace makers who are going the pace which kills, just as there are business leaders who are geared up to speed which means paresis. I give these two classes as mere samples of those who are burning their candles at both ends. All around you there are living exam ples of people who are victims to the craze to crowd into their lives more things than they can carry without . breakdown.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-20
Washington Bureau. 300 Davidson

TELEPHONE Bell (privatc exchange connecting all departmental Main 4eo8.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-20

When New Orleans prohibits some thing you know that it must be ter cussing the "shimmy" and the tickle toe" But the tourists say New Or leans-hght-hearted New Orieans-E not as it used to be. so they are turn ing to Cuba.
Great Falls daily tribune., 1920-05-21
IF YOU HAVE NOT JOINED, IS 1T BECAUSE

members adherence the basic principles upon which Gov
founded Both of them insisting 1907 American
ism full devotion the national welfare and supporting the truly Amer
ican high ideals OF liberty and democracy.
You assured that any alleging antagonsm between
these organizations entirely false and spring
only from radical The American Federation of Labor heartily
endorses the American Legion and recommends that its members the
Legion In the American Legion welcomes union who served
their and them that their obligation the tenets of the
Legion will conflict with their their fellow workers.
The only class which tolerated either by Organized Labor the
that which the
ignorant and erate making false statements and preaching
the doctrines anarchy We this element under
name-L W-Communists Internatonaists and
all of government justice
fundamentals hated real the
American Legion and the American Federation of Labor alike must
their nsos workers
their true significance that the red flag fan its filthy in
suit in the face of the Stars and Stripes.