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The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-10
COUNCIL OF U. c. T. TO
 HOLD TWO MEETINGS

Two important meeting will be held today by the Alabama Council of the United Commercial Travellers. The first meeting will be held this afternoon at : o'clock at the auditorium Of the Chamber of Commerce., at which plans for the Spot in the Sun for Alabama cam paign. will be discussed
 The regular meeting of the council will be held tonight at o'clock at the Fra ternal Hall There is much business on hand and a large class of candidates are to be initiated All mmebers are urged to attend these meetings.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-10
MONEY FOR FAIRFIELD
Three Thousand Five Hundred Dol lars to Be Given Up By Bir-
 mingham

Steps are being taken in the city financial department to reimburse the of Fairfield for taxes coll lected in the twilight zone" between inc new city and Birmingham.
 The total amount is approximately $500. Of this sum. from large con cerEs. $500 is now available for wor- warding to the Fairfield authorities.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-10
AUTO DEALERS ARE
 SLOW ON LICENSES

Auto dealers are warned by the city that licenses will be delinquent after April 15.
 Controversy over the amount for the license on business done by the firms has resulted in settlement which is satisfactory to both the dealers ana the city. but since the settlement was made few dealers have taken out the licenses under the new schedule, After April l. there will be penalty of 10 per cen, on all licenses.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-10
LOW PRICED MILK

Something less than 1c cents . quart Is the price certain Tennes~e~ dairymen are charging for 2.0OO gallons daily of fresh Jersey mtIk for Birmingham use.
 The price quoted te Dr. J. ID. Bowling by the Tennesaeanx fs 4G cents a gallon.
 Dr. Bowling has placed the vis- ftiRx dairymen in touch with local milk Gepots and the additional sun ply will he available at can.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-10
SHOOTING FOLLOWED GAME
Fifty Cent Stake Leads to Trouble
 Between Negroes

Aisle Hill, negro. 161o Eleventh al- ley. north, was shot ard seriously in jured about 4:s0 clock yesterday aft ernoon. it is alleged. by Will saf- ford, negro.
 Acoraing t, Officers Cartwright and Williamson. Stafford is alleged to have shot Tr,ll when he refused to pay him sp cents that Safford said he had won from Hili in craps game the night be- fore.
 Safford is in jail. charged with as- sault with intent to murder.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-10
DR. WOLFE TO ADDRESS MEETING AT STRAND

been conducting very succe ssful meet ing in the city during the Baptist Evan eelistic campaign, will speak tc men at tho Strand Theeter. Sunday afternoon as o'clock His subject will be Brains and Backbone in Religion' All men are cor dially invited to hear this address
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-10
Announcement

The Brotherhood Class of the First Christian Church, Fiftk avenue and 1'wenty-first street, will have charge of the services Sunday evening at 7::0. Judge William E. Fort w:n have an iu tcresting message to deliver. Everv- one is cordially invited
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-10
PERSONAL.

C, V. Riddle of the Birmingham Trust and Savings Bank. has returned from Opelika. having been called there to at tend the funeral of his mother Mrs. Mary F. Riddle, whose death was verey sudden.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-10
4 mbassador's Council Meets
 8v Assnefated Press

Paris. April 9.-The council of smbas- sadors met this morning. The session was devoted to consideration of the re- sponse to be made to the observations fo the Hungarian delegation on the peace
 treaty with Hungary.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-03-30

in the safety deposit vault along with the family reserve of coal fsix ounces) and sugar (three lumps) to defy him and the concrete sidewalks to do their combined durndest
 There will be protests from the off spring, of course. Not only are wooden shoes handicap to the business of sprinting from the cop on the corner. but the prospect of being spanked with birdseye maple bedroom slipper holds terrors which make the average pad ding seem an innocuous pa1lid affair
 Once the scheme reaches Grand Rap ids. other innovations may be expected and the future holds some perp1exities when the daughter of the house weepa copiously because her Louis Quinze dancing pumps are hopelessly out ot date in a season when the prevailing mode calls for hand carving of thl period of the brothers Adam.
 New York wholesalers, safely eny trenched behind the Knowledge thst the habit of New York is to have wh. :, it thinks it wants, and hang the prics give the idea the merry razz
 "Can you imagine Fifth avenue al noon hour with everyt ody wearina wooden shoes2" one scornful puryeyo, 'of kangaroo kids demanded, while an other one expressed the view fhgi Greenwich Village might fall for it but BroadWay-neveri
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-03-30

From the New York Tribune.
 l0Gi HERE is a movement afoot to
 return New York to the days
 of Peter Stuyvesant and the founder of the Astor fortunes. Times when there were public stocks on Bow ling Green, and schnapps was the pop ular tfpple, long. long before the advent of Anderson. the majority of the popu- lation of New Amsterdam went abroad about it's daily affairs clad in shoes of solid wood. Yesterday cablegram from The Hague announced the sail ing of Dutch shoe manufacturers for New York. with the object of persuad ing the American people to return to the footwear of their ancestors.
 ! With leather shoes zooming buoy antly en the retail market at anywhere between $20 and $50, the scheme will have a certain attraction for frantic fathers confronted with the necessity for covering the pedal extremities oi more or less numerous offspring. Par ents who stand aghast at the demoniac ability of all small boys and girls tc kick the toes out of their footwear ir record time may be expected to wei come the innovation with loud and jubilant cries of gladness
 Once little Willie is safely shod ir pair of white oak brogans, it will be only necessary to store the family as
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-03-30
BIERCE AND VILLA

From the New York Telegram.
 Ambrose Fierce. author of many weird tales of mystery, seems to have in his disappearance from earthly af- fairs.
 The most generally credited theory is that Bierce was killed by Villistas, writer for the San Francisco Bulie- tin, who was sent to Mexico to ascer- tain the elements of truth in the Mexi- can story of Bierce's death, has report ed that all evidence seems to corrobo- rate the theory that the short story writer met death at the hands of a firing squad.
 photograph taken from the cloth ing of Carranza officer who was executed by villistas would indicate that the victim was Bierce. who is said to have been aiding Carranza as g military expert.
 It is slender enough evidence. but the fact remains that Bierce has not been seen nor heard of since 1915. He was a Civil war veteran. and some of the most striking of his stories are based on his experiences as a soldier. Even at his advanced age the call of adven- ture in Mexico. at the height of the Carranza-V Villa clash, might have ap- pealed to him.
 If it was Villa firing squad that ended Bierce's career, civilization has one more lasting grievance to post against Mexico's bandit leader.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-03-30
College Professors Paid
 Almost a Living Wage

r1THE trustees of Hiram College,
 N Ohio, have voted to raise the Ssalaries of the twenty-five members Eof the faculty 70 cer cent. At first IFlance that looks like a substantial increase, but we are dealing with col nege professors, not horny-nanded ssons of toll who are organized and tin a position to demand what they conceive to be their rights.
 I As a result of this belated gener- iosity, the Hiram College faculty will be paid an average salary of two thousand three hundred and fifty two dollars a year. It it reasonable to suppose that most of them have 1pent years preparing themselves for a teachers career Anyone who does not think burning the midnight oil is more exhausting work than physical labor is invited to try it. Further more, good education costs money, even if only a small percentage of lthe income of a college or university goes to the teaching staff.
 Perhaps the faculty of Hiram Col i1ege rejoiecd nightly when told of the improvement in their finances. If two thousand three hundred and fifty-two dollars year represents an increase of 70 per cent, it is simple matter to figure out how little they were receiving before. Yet, the country is filled with uneducated and ,unskilled workers of all kinds who earn forty and fifty dollars a week, Or more. The truck driver who mere fly knows enough to fnid his way about city does not regard forty dollars . week as exorbitant hire for his services. Far from it. His en- .ployer is fortunate to retain him at that figure.
 However, there is general awak- sening to the fact that something must be done for the nations school teach 
 ,ers who are resigning by the thou sands to take up more remunerative work. The time may come when the average college professor will enjoy comparative opulence on salary of fifty or sixty dollars a week.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-03-30

qualities that will make them easy to assimilate. The cultured Spaniard is as fine a gentleman as there is in the world, although he has hitherto been too indolent for his own good.
 What means this shiFing of people from Spain to America? Probably the same economic unrest that is felt everywhere else. After sleeping for centuries, wrapt in dreams of past splendor, Spain, like all other coun- tries, has been deeply stirred by the war and the ideas developed during that struggle of democracy against autocracy. Spain has it's labor prob lens. Frequently here of late they have become acute. There is still much poverty and opportunities are restricted. Then, too, the Dons play politics of the passionate kind.
 No doubt the same causes that for merly sent us millions of new citi. zens from other parts of Europe are now operating to increase Spanish emigration to the United States. X
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-03-30
Speculation On the
 Next Cotton Crop

M LTHOUGH cotton planting be- GN cause of the late season, ex- cept in Texas, is scarcely thought of, statisticians are beginning to specu- late on this years crop. It will be short crop, acco cEng to the best judges. A twelve million bale total is considered a small crop, especially in recent years, when a total of fifteen to sixteen million bales has been expected. But ten mil lion five hundred thousand bales is the total predicted for 1920.
 Many reasons are given for an ex- ceptionally short crop. The back ward planting season and the short age of labor are foremost among the reasons.
 It may be, however, that an eleven million bale crop will be produced. Even then cotton will bring a fancy price,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-03-30
CARTE DIEM

CARTE DIEM By Richard Le Gailienne. I am too sad with knowledge not to
 know
 A dream is but dream; So many faces covered up with snow. That had so brave a sseam, Have gone with wind and stream. They might not stay. for all their
 valance;
 Nor shall this face I hold (Praying to keep it mine ,gainst Time
 and Chance), Flooding my heart with gold. Escape, even 1t. the cold. Even as this summer day so hot and
 sweet,
 So deep in flowers and grasa This marble that is you from head te
 feet.
 Like some frail bloom shall pasa Or shadow in a glass. In vain with desperate eyes drink
 your eyes.
 In vain will desperate hands Fold you and love you, and with des-
 perate lies Would cheat the running sanas Alas! Love understands. Yea, and Love understands . vises
 thing Even than Wisdom knowe; That Joy is Joy, albeit so swift of wing, And. though So soon it goes. The Rose-ah, 'tis the Rooa
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-03-30
THE SOUTH IN THE WAR

From the New York Evening Sun.
 Tn 1898 Spanish newspapers pro- claimed that the southerners would not fight for the Union. Why should they defend with their blood, Spain asked, the flag against which they had strug- gled so bitterly a few decades previ- ously? But the south proved it's loy- alty by rallying to the colors, furnish ing it's full quota of men and fighting bravely on the field of battle.
 Tn the world war the southern states have once more done their full share In defending the united nation. Sta tistics just published by the govern ment show that in percentage of cas- ualties for white troops South Carolina leads all the states. Her record of 2.94 per cent is closely followed by Mon tana with 2.79, Connecticut with 2.43, Virginia with 2.27. North Carolina with 210 and Alabama with POP,
 Tn the matter of men furnished the army in proportion 10 possible mili- in succession by the District of Colum- bia, Louisiana, Arkansas. West Vir- ginia and Florida. In~the percentage of white men hit in battle Montana again carries off the honors with 256 South Carolina has 2.4s. Connecticut | PA and Virginia 1.ss.
 This is record of which the south may well be proud. In rallying to the defense of the flag, in bravery upon the field of battle, in pouring out its blood in the common cause it has done it's full share. If the Spanish war left any doubt of the fact that this is nc I longer a divided country, the recen. struggle has swept it away forever. /
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-03-30
YEARS BRoucHr THEM FAME

Melville E. Stone, in Golfers Weekly.
 As ohe goes on in years he finds
 certain interest in the curious develop ments that fate brings to some of his
 early acquaintances and playmates. The youth of today can never tell what
 destiny may await those whom he sees
 about him in the most commonplace
 positions.
 For example, when I was schoolboy
 in DeKalb, Il.. fell in love--terribly
 in love--with charming young girl
 who had attained the mature years of
 possibly 8. Her father Joseph Glidden,
 was a farmer. To protect his lands he
 invented barbed-wire fence, for tim
 Der was even then getting scarce and the fence rails that made Lincoln fa- nous were passing into disuse. Being { farmer. he had no ready money. but in the town was a small grocery store the senior partner of which, Isaac Ell wood, put up few hundred dollars to start the business of manufacturing
 barbed wire.
 As everyone knows today, both Ell- wood and Glidden became multi-mil- lionaires as a result of this enterprise. With them grew to enormous riches and fame a boy l know, one John w. Gates. He was first a salesman of l barbed wire, then a manipulator of the stocks of the companies manufacturing l it, and finally achieved wealth. which he looked upon merely as. plaything | The newspaper came to call him Bet a-million Gates" but the implica- l ton of loud-mouthed. self -assertiveness was unfair. While he threw his money about in a reckless waste, he had a ! kindly heart, and in Chicago today ara
 dozen men of middle age to whom he l took fancy and who acquired inde- 1, pendent means through his kindly in- | terest
 l In a village adjacent to DeKalb, in which my father also preached. there was another small boy with whom I used to play. He drifted into the I barbed- wire business, but went beyond | it. sElbert H. Gary. now Judge Gary. the head of the United States Steel Cor poration. was product of early Illi-
 nois.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-03-30
City Loses a
 Great Upbuilder

TN the death of A. L. Fulenwider 0 Birmingham loses a man who had been one of the city's greatest up- builders.
 He was real estate genius; man who combined forcefully an artistic temperament with the practical abil- ity to do things himself and to in- spire others to do them. Highland avenue with it's beautiful park sys- tenn, the Country Club and the Coun- try Club residence section all pear the mark of his upbuilding enter prise.
 He was a man who lived to see his dreams come true and in the years to lcome Birmingham's debt to his spirit of progress will remain.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-03-30
Many Immigrants Expected
 From Land of the Dons

: IMMIGRATION authorities at New | 4 York believe the number of pros- pective American citizens arriving from Spain this year may break all records.
 It would be one of the curious rep etitions of history, if Spain, which formerly played such an important part in the development of the west ern hemisphere and was at one time the greatest colonizing nation in the world, should again send it's sons and : daughters across the seas in quest of fortunes.
 Representative Siegel of the House ! immigration committee is quoted as ; saying that the Spaniards coming to America are largely of a cultured class who will make good citizens. ! Internationally The ignorant immi- 1 grant, unless taken in hand carly enough, is apt to become more of a liability than an asset to his adopted country, especially if he is misled
 by radical agitators. We have had,
 perhaps, too many of that kind.
 Spaniards will be welcomed They are an intelligent people, especially the upper classes, and have many
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-03-30
Urban Population Not
 Drawing on the Rural

THE census figures thus far an-
 4 nounced do not indicate loss from the country to the cities.
 It had been feared that labor short age on the farms would be serio lsly felt in the 1920 census; but in 'nost instances the cities have shown com paratively small gains. The increases over 1910 have been disappointing to the cities.
 It is plain that the rush of rural population to the industrial and com mercial centers has been less than | it was in the decade from 1910 to 1920. This is encouraging. Labor is needed in the agricultural districts, as well as in the industrial cities. The census figures reported up to this time have been for the most part normal. Few phenomenal gains have haan appoupcad
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-03-30
GOMPERS AND MUSGROVE

From the Mobile Register
 G7T1HE Hon. Breck Musgrove, who
 seeks to go to the United States
 Senate and to occupy the place so ably filled by Senator oscar Underwood, is citizen widely known in Alabama as an aIl-round practical prohibitionist. Nevertheless he appears not to have made such a splash in the general pond as to attract to the extent he should the at sention of Brother Samuel Gompers who heads the American Federation, of La. bor; for while Mir. Gompers is battling against Underwood just as Colonel Mus grove is doing. in the hope of overthrow ing him, he seems to be unaware what the colonel stands for, or else is extreme ly careless of the fact that the colonel is a practical prohibtionist; for he pro- ceeds to berate the prohibitionists, one of whom is Colonel NusgroVe, and to cal
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-03-30
The Call of the Stream

Fishing tackle has had a large sale this spring" says J. K. Warren. At tractive window displays are not nec- essary to make sales. Inveterate fish ermen and recent converts come in by the dozens to answer the call of spring in this way.
 Many business men of the city sneak in on /SaturdaS afternoons to prepare-for a good, old-fashioned Sun day outing. Wistful-eyed boys gather Tn groups around our windows to see the imitation fish, the nets and vari- GUS fishing necessities displayed there.
 The best place. for fishing this year, I understand, is the Warrior river. For the last few days, on ac- count of the heavy rains. the water is muddy aud fisherman's luck is taking rest"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-03-30

them all fanatics. saying that proh:- bition is cursed up hill and down dale. Surely he does not know the colonel very well; for if he does. how shall we ac- count for his lieutenants taking up with the colonel and pushing his cause in Alabama at the very moment when Brother Lawrence of the Anti-saloon League declares that Colonel Musgrove
 is the simon Pure and unadulteratel prohibition article, clasping to his manly bosom in the strong embrace of brotherl hood just these people who, according
 'Gompers, are the fanatics and public ri.
 sances. whose policies and actions arosy
 the curses of whole nation of people. '
 Of course, the association of contraries nay be explained as being a part of practical prohibition, but, at the same time candid judgment must be that i, has the appearance of an unholy alli- anrP
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-03-30
x * * Prohibition Amendment Before Supreme Court

7N HERE have been many stages
 \ in nationwide prohibition, but the final stage comes now.
 The argument before the United States supreme court which was be- gun yesterday by Attorney General Thomas F. McCran of New ter sey in suit by that state to have the prohibition amendment declared void, and the Volstead act unconstitutional, is of momentous concern. The decision will, there fore, be awaited with great interest.
 Attorney General McCran raises eight points and stresses them from various angles.
 The houses of Congress may have deteriorated in talent in recent years, but the exalted standard of the su- pIcInc Couft Hao SNci UceH HidiIf- tained. There has never been a time when its personnel was not held ir the highest esteem.
 There are nine justices, including the chief justice, and majority, tha, is to say five, decides. It will take some time for the court to review the case, but when the opinion is handed down, the question that has so long agitated the country will be settled for good and all.
 If rehearing is asked for, it may possibly be granted, but rarely is this
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-03-30
GRiMY STOKER WAVES FAREWELL

From tke New York Evening Sun IT INDICATIONS are that a majority of | steamships and ocean-gong Vessels ~ in the near future will use oil fuel as a substitute for the time-honored but dusty. coal When this interesting con dition of maritime affairs is reached. an other picturesque figure of the ships com .pany. the grimy but romantic stoker will largely pass to the limbo of missing sea types.
 Just as the picturesque deep water sail ors of the old days of the clipper ships were largely eliminated by the innova- tion of steam, so the grime-stained stoker will pass along to give place to the hre- man of the oil-buriing ship, almost natty in his overalIs and blue jumper. Only half as many men are needed to tend oil fires
 This is the theory advanced by pr George Sidney Webster, who as secretary of the American Seaman's Friend So. ciety. has chance to see 6o.o0 seafarins men each year and watch their develop ment- He adds that there is no fear oi the complete efracement of the stoker for many years. as the complete metamor- phosis of the propulsive system will be comparatively slow.
 Those who have watched transatlantic liners depart with their carefree crowds often have noted the bare-headed. grimy stokers. in undershirt and trousers, sweal rag around the neck, standing at ths lower deck rail, getting breath of air sometimes wintry air. before going below again.
 To shift tn bloody coal In a hot an sweaty ole. After all. as a shipping man very truth fully remarked. it was the stoker wh' was one of the great figures of the srea
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-03-30
Has the Ability

ITO listen to fluent talker is a
 pleasure. But when the speaker is
 surrounded with glamour associated
 with the professional ball player is a traveller of wide experience and man possessed with an excellent education, the result can be imagined" said F. W. Mccarthy.
 Such a man is Silva, outfielder for the Barons. Silva is a ball player be- cause of an ambition to play in the big leagues And, even If one has never seen him in action on the diamond, one is impressed by his manner that he has the ability to make goodH
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-03-30
NEVER MOVED

NEVER, MOVED
 @Blibbins must ge a great reader"
 Why do you think so?"
 T see a number of classic volumes scattered about on his library table"
 Yes, and if you should happen to drop in week from now you would find each of those volumes occupying exactly the same position"