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The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-02-03
LooMEp LARaE Ar HOME.

DOOMED LARGE AT HOME.
 Do you see that house over there on the corner, with white pillars and green bIinds?s asked the proud resident of Chigsersville.
 Yes. replied the visitor What about it?"
 Sam Dawkins was born there. Ever hear of sam?'
 "No."
 That's funny. Sam grew up here an went away in 1894 About ten years later he came back riding in his own private car. It certainly is funny that you never heard of Sam Dawkins I thought when feller got big enough to hitch his private car to the rear end of a train an travel about the country he was what they call national figure"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-02-03
Supremacy of Law
 the Chief Issue

 7T7 HERE are many social and eco
 U homie problems pressing for solution, but, as the Central Law Journal, in a recent edition, points out, the chief issue for 1920 is the supremacy of law.
 It has become Important in these days to determine whether any or- ganization or any class of citizens are above the law" declared Judge Anderson of Indiana, and on this thesis the Journals discussion pro- ceeds.
 No effort is made to prevent indi- viduals or organized bodies of men from criticising existing institutions, but the menace to good order is the tendency to disregard the law. "Ev- cry one has the right to turn the spotlight of condemnation on public officials" says the Journal, land judges are not exempt from such criticism. But the real danger is when men, members of free so- ciety like the United States, refuse to accept the will of the majority, and threaten to defy the law that they are unable to change through legal processes"
 Nothing could be clearer or more convincing than that truism.
 Industrial centers have been full of unrest. It was so before the world war. Since the war ended rev olutionary principles have had a wider play.
 Legislation can always be invoked to, remedy what agitators charge against capital and society in general as needing remedial action. But let the American people who love their country rise in their might to make supremacy of the law all compell- ing. Ringing public sentiment and earnest cooperation will stay the danger.
 The Central Law Journal is per forming a righteous service in it's forceful presentation of the situa- tion.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-02-03
Violated the Law
 To Get Navy Ready

TN view of the fact that Assistant 1 Secretary of the Navy Franklin D. Roosevelt is regarded as an eff cient and level-headed official, who is not given to exaggeration, the statements credited to him in an As- sociated Press dispatch regarding the navy's lack of preparedness be- fore we entered the war against Germany and his efforts to remedy this state of affairs, are extraordi- nary.
 MT. Roosevelt is quoted as saying in an address delivered in Brooklyn that he had committed enough "il- legal acts to put him in jail for 999 years," and undoubtedly would have been impeached if he had made "wrong guesses." He continued, "Two months after war was de- clared I saw that the navy still was unprepared and I spent forty million dollars for guns before Congress gave me or any one permission to spend any money"
 On the theory that the end justi- fies the means, MT. Roosevelt may feel that he did his duty as he saw it, but if we magnify this case by othe-s, what sort of chaos must have reigned in Washington during the early stages of the war? Luck, and what is more important still, American pluck and en- ergy and ability to get things from disaster. Yet the lessons of unpreparedness we learned in the war are already being forgotten. It is customary to talk of the English muddling. In that particular it is doubtful if they are any worse ehan Americans -or at least, the Ameri- can form of government, in which
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-02-03
\ Good Movement

s.The Teachers Council that was or son County Teachers Association. !. stated N R. Baker yesterday. .'is not a new movement. although 1t is the first time that it has been adopted by the teachers of the rural districts It has been indorsed by the leading teachers journals of the country. and this means of securing cooperation between the teachers and the school boards is said to be very effective It seemed to have been adopted unan- ;mously at the meeting Saturday. with the exception of few teachers who left before the question was brought up"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-02-03
A LOT FOR THE MONEY

From London Answers Round the stand of the travelling auctioneer the villa gers stood in a crowd. But business was slow.
 Presently he held up battered vio- lin.
 What offers for this ancient sid- dle?" he inquired pathetically. Look it over. Notice the blurred finger marks of remorseless time. ro the merry notes of this fine old instru- ment the brocaded danes of fair France may have dances the minuet."
 By this time the crowd was becom- ing interested.
 An continued the auctioneer .at bears an abrasion-perhaps the touch of fire. Who knows? It may have been the very fiddle on which Nero played while Rome burned. Now. what offers?'
 From the back of the crowd came . mourlful answer
 'Two-and- -three-pencew
 Tt is yours, sir!' replied the auc- tioneer. quickly
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-02-03
Farm Life Not Losing
 Its Attraction for Men

1T T has been asserted from time to U time that the farm is losing it's attraction for young men, but this is not true generally speaking.
 During the war thousands of farmers and farmers sons were drafted for the army, and the last year of hostilities the labor shortage was as seriously felt in the fields as it was in the mills and mines. It may be that with the return of the soldiers to civilian life, some farmer boys have settled in the cities, but tillers of the soil, nevertheless, are sufficient to cultivate abundant crops.
 Within the past five years wonder ful improvements have been made in agricultural enterprise; improve ments in farm machinery, improve ments in soil treatment, and improve ments in marketing.
 In years gone by farmers and farmers families led isolated lives, but even then there was lure in the quiet of the country. Farmers were the most independent and most con- tented people in the land. If that was so in the past, it should be true even to greater extent today.
 Science is now playing large part in agriculture. Here in Alabama, Auburn and other schools have trans formed the farm. What used to be called minor crops have come to the front and are now highly profitable. Live stock is attracting attention in this section as never before,s and young men find intensive. methods not only remunerative, but interest ing from every angle. And with model highways we'll in sight and truck haulage rapidly developing rural life will be still more attract i've.
 As labor saving devices enable the husbandman to get along with less man power, there will be little heard of labor scarcity from now on
 The year 1920 should be one of the most prosperous in Alabama's his tory. Back to the farm is surely the sensible slogan.
 The fellow who eats corn mullins and black-eyed peas for lunch doesn't have to juggle a dyspepsia tablet aft erward.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-02-03
A CONCESSION.

Where was this celebrated athlete during the war;" asked the irascihls old gentleman.
 He helped to fight the battles of democracy by toiling in 8 shipyard-"
 ''Umph! I suspected something of tho sort, but if he can prove that he ever worked five minutes after the whistle blew and didn't demand pay for ever- time I'll forgive the-er-hero.~
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-02-03
Advertising That Gets Result.

q have tried all the advertising mediums in Birmingham and the state during the past ten years, but none of them can touch The Age-Herald when 1t comes to selling real estate" said Walter E. Barnes, well-known real estate dealer, yesterday. q have ex- perimented much in an effort to really find out which is the best medium and have come to- the conclusion that The Age-Herald surpasses all the others, because it has been proved to me beyond question. Whether I have farm lands, acreage near the city or central property for sale or lease, an advertisement in The Age Herald gets the results.
 Another thing I have noticed about the replies I get to Age Herald ads is that almost without exception they are live prospects who really mean business and even if they do not close for the proposition I am offering they are in the market for something else. I know nothing about any advertising except real estate, but can say with out hesitation that when a man wants to make a real estate deal an adver- tisement in The Age Herald gets the results"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-02-03

there is probably more lost motion than in any other government on earth.
 The state of affairs described by Mir. Roosevelt will not greatly sur prise persons familiar with what was going on in Washington just be- fore and immediately after war was declared, although it was not dis cussed in George Creeps bulletins. Nevertheless, one naturally wants to know what Secretary Daniels was doing when Assistant Secretary Roosevelt was spending forty million dollars of the peoples money with out authorization.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-02-03
TO LORD FISHER

By William Watson Foreseer renowned! You, in your life's far morn Have you not told it with pen of
 pride In this your hour of glorious even To Englands Fleet came friendless and forlorn. There. fighting them that ttowsed in ways ~outworn, You conquered and the dull host
 withered and died. Conquer once more, with blows re- sounding wide The same blind mood from age to gs
 newborn. World greeted Sea King. - knowing you. I know That mighty sires of thunder breath ing ships May vet have hearts as soft as ever sky Looked down oni And nursed in
 navies, though The anger of the sea is on your lira, The laughter of the sea is in your
 Ays-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-02-03
A POTENTIAL UPLIFTER.

'"The young woman who is reading paper on hygiene seems to take herself seriously
 "Yes,' replied old Mir. Cobbles. That's Sally Toodle. daughter of tn richest man in town She thinks tn old mans money sorter makes her responsible for other peoples goin's on, one way an another. I'm afraid that unless some fe1ler comes along an marries Sally, an maybe mistreats her little an leaves her at home with tn baby an tn ser wants while he's skylarkin' around, she's goin' to meddle with other folks business all her life. There's nothin' like matrimonial jolt or two to teach a woman common sense.''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-02-03
wATCHFUL COURTESY

From the New York Evening Sun.
 ''Take seat.' urged the mayor. gen erously. when speaker in a public hearing began to object to the way things were progressing. Then he added. addressing a policeman, See that he takes seatr' This reminds one of the Honorable Abe Potash, who orders the city hall attendant to show these gentlemen the door-and keep an eye on it yourself.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-02-03
NOT LIKELY.

"what do you suppose the Martians are trying to say to us?' asked the man with a speculative mind.
 "Thats a hard question to answer. " replied the citizen with a groucn, sbut since the Martians are thought to be some improvement on the human rasss, l don't believe they are trying toS izhffs us over to spend the weekend. z IS
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-02-03

These dry and gloomy days are often hrightened by joke at the expense Fof liquor sleuths. For instance, the sheriffs office at Glasgow, Ky, re- ceived telephone message to the ef- feet that funeral procession vending its way from neighboring town was not what it seemed. "Booze''s was the word used A revenue collector and a deputy sheriff hurried out, halted the procession and opened the cas- ket Tt was a bum tip" said the dis gusted minions of the law. After this interruption the corpse of a colored brother was carried on to it's last rest ing place in q Glasgow cemetery.
 # # x
 Holland, Italy and Spain have com pulsory Sunday rest for the press. If similar conditions prevailed in Amer ica and a big story" "broke." the nervous strain of sitting still and not getting out an extra" would shatter the health of an American newspaper man.
 It certainly does take all kinds of people to make a world, some of them deucedly queer. A New York land lord is being sued for s5o,OOo damages because he is alleged to have sup piled one of his tenants with too much heat
 old-fashioned politicians are greatly upset because women voters won't listen to orders from headquarters. The dubious status of MT. Hoover doesn't prevent them from exclaiming that Herb. is lovely character"
 # < s*
 Since it has been shown that women won't stand by the party certain gentlemen who supported woman's suffrage for political reasons are be- ginning to have sober second thoughts.
 A new picture of Queen Mary of England gives additional reasons for believing King George "toes the mark" Her Highness has the air of woman who won't stand any back talk.
 Now We are told that it will be necessary to uplift South Americans before we can trade with them. But would it be 8 good idea to start in by making ourselves more disliked than we are already? # * # Mos. editors are modest and retir- ing in their habits. That may ex- plain why the editor of the American Fruit Grower has announced himself a candidate for the republican nomi- nation for Vice President
  It. is sad to think about the number of statesmen who would like to occu- py the White House and then to con- slider that it can accommodate but one President at time. $ * F The prosperity Of this section will enable the south to keep the forward view. even if it should be temporarily displaced from the saddle" ;. x E Britons are not bearing up> well under the American plan to make England dry. Displeasure crops out in the public prints and in other ways. * # x Somebody is always asking, What's to become. of Russia" It's not amiss to ask occasionally. Whats to be- come of American, * x # Speaking of the conquering hero's return, Admiral von Reuter-. who scut- tied the German fleet at Scapa Flow, received an ovation at Wilhelmshaven. # < < It is rumored that the Archduke Joseph may become King of Hun gary. He's welcome to the job.  WATCHFUL COURTESY |
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-02-03
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES
nMoNARcH oF MINsTRELsY. :

! MONARCH OF MINsTRELsT. !" Hi" Henrys dead Long years ago We went to see
 His minstrel show And heard him. play
 His gold cornet. Almost I seem
 To hear him yet. Those were the days We boys would plan How each would be
 A minstrel man. Alas, alack
 For idle dreams! Seldom this life co Is what it seems. "Hi'' Henry laid
 His cornet down: He ceased to jaunt
 From town to town, Forgot burnt cork And minstrel dress And died a thrall
 To business.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-02-03
A SOCIAL RIVAL

Where did the Grabcotns get their French chef?..
 "They claim to have imported him direct from Paris.''
 "Aht That explains the keen satisEae- tion Mrs. Bilton displayed in telling me the alleged importation worked for her years. ago, was born in New Orleans and |haH neesr seen Paris in his life.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-02-03
RUSSIA AND THE FUTURE

in her present condition, menace to the world. But how much more of a menace will she become if a man on horseback appears and rides down the authors and conductors of the existing chaos; and then at the head of the Russian host, reunited and rearmed, sets out to assert himself? No wonder this elder statesman of Japan wants his country's alliance with Great Britain renewed
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-02-03
NO LONGER IN USE

From the Columbus Dispatch.
 The full dinner pail will not do for a campaign slogan this year. for it is an institution that has passed. and the employe either takes his course dinner at a restaurant or patronizes a cafeteria
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-02-03
NOT MUCH NowApAYs

From the Memphis Commercial Ap-
 peal
 In Geraldine Farrars new play there is scene in which she takes off thou sands of dollars worth of clothes but even at that the amount removed was not sufficient to give her flu
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-02-03

Pry'thee peace; | dare do ali that may become man Who dares do more. is none.
 --Macbeth.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-02-03
CORRECT

From the Dallas News.
 Our position simply is that any woman who pays s1o.ooo for an animal coat has got burro brains.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-02-03

Washington Bureau. 300 Davtdsoh> building.
 European Bureau. 10 King sNRSS Covent Garden. London. w. [. z.
 Eastern business office. World ouilsa iAa ing. New York City: western business office, Tribune building Chicago. The s. c. Beckwith Special Agency, agents for foreign advertising.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-02-03

TELEPHONE Bell (private exchange connectnS all departmental Main 40OO.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-02-03
Member of the Associated Press

Member of the Associated Press
 The Age Herald is the only morning and Sunday newspaper in Birmingnam carrying the Associated Press oiS- patches.
 The Associated S-ress is exclusiVely entitled to the use for publication oA all new dispatches credited to It oI not otherwise credited in this paper aud also the local news puphsneo herein.
 All rights of republication or spee1@A dispatches herein are also reserVeo'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-02-03

Entered at the Birmingham, AIa-' postoffice as second-class matter, un- der act of Congress. March 8. 1879.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-02-03
Money in Raising Cabbage

"A number of truckers all around the upper part of Jefferson county have been making good money at raising cabbages," said Tom Stevens of Trussvule. "so I concluded to try it out this season and have just gotten in 10000 plants to set out. The land is ready for another 10000 and ex- pect in all to put in about 10000. This number will take between six and eight acres of ground. Last year those who were successful in getting them to head properly sold them easily at 10 cents apiece. If I can do this, I know nothing which pays better on farm. There isn't any end to the de- mand for them in the Birmingham market"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-02-03
Biggest Vote in History

'It looks like Jefferson county is going to poll the biggest vote in her history this year. said Robert c. Redus. According to the statement of Tax Collector Hawkins, over 10000 men have paid their poll taxes this year, and that many or more have reg istered since December 1. As the reg istration before that exceeded fS.o00, the total now is close to 30,o00. There will be others to register before the registration books close about month hence, so there is good cause for the belief that the vote in the May pri- mary will be a record breaker in this county.
 There are probably not over 10000 white men in Jefferson county, and as few negroes register the 30,0o0 now on the registration books, with those to qualify later. will leave only small proportion of the white men disqual-. flied when the primary election day comes. I believe a majority of the men in Jefferson county are good, law abiding and conservative men who have the best interest of their state and their country at heart, and they can be trusted to vote for the best men when the choice is put up to them.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-02-03

Rcnittances can be made at current rate of exchange. The Age-Herald "LAi rot be responsible for money sent through the mails. Address
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-02-03

No communication will be puonsneSs without it's authors name. KeJeGeeu manuscript will not De returned uIiSsS " stamps are enclosed for that purpose
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-02-03

DESCRIPTION RATES
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-02-03

The fellow who eats corn mullins and black eyed peas for lunch doesn'i have to juggle dyspepsia tablet aft erward.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-02-03

l merely called attention to 1t in or der to speak of the cattle sales, for in cattledom as rule it's the great sires which bring the fanciest sums under the hammer. For example. the prize | kifer brought only $1,4o0. while Wood TOW Wilson was bought by Robert Jemison, Sr., for s1o.000. It may be true that unless bull is topnotcher he will be outsold by the average COW, as most breeders are delighted when a cow drops a heifer calf.
 
 havealways had a yearning to buy a rooster of every breed and put my pickings into yard by themselves just for the joy of looking at their plumage, but forebore to do so for fear that they would kill one another; but having seen a hundred bulls of all sizes, con- ditions and breeds hemmed up in a two-acre pasture without a. continuous bull fight, I may yet be able to carry out my long cherished wish concerning roosters. I know you will be curious to learn who had the nerve to assemble so many bulls in one lot.
 It was my good friend, Harry Snow manager of the Union Stock Yards at Montgomery. He asked me if I cared to walk over to where they were being fed, and 1 told him yes. When l got there and watched the various types my happiness would have been com plete if my nephew. Mercer Barnett, had been with me. for he has the repu- tation of being not only some judge of "bull." but ranks as our greatest torea- dor.
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-02-03

A new picture of Queen Mary of England gives additional reasons for believing King George toes the woman who won't stand any back talk
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-11-19

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The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-11-19
DEATH Of FARMER
INCREASES TOTAL
Of BOMB VICTIMS

GERMANTowN, Nd, Nov, H.
James Bolton a farmer, whose home
near here was dynamited early yes
terday morning, died last might,
bringing the death list in the ,eX-
ploslon to three Mrs Hattie ship
ley, Bottoms housekeeperS whose two
small children were killed Is believed
mortally injured. Vernon Thompson
Is held in connection with the cx-
plusiOn.
Montgomery county authorities
said an investigation showed Bolton
and Thompson had been enemies Of
long standing and that their enmity
eliminated In an encounter election
day, I'm which Thompson was shot in
the neck by Bolton. Thompson re-
Gently left hospital and the police
said his arrest was based on threats
the Is alleged to have made against
Bolton.
Fifty pounds Of dynamite taker
from a Germantown hardware store
is believed to have been used il
! the destruction Of the Bolton home
/ Thu charge was placed against thu
/ side Of the house next 10 Bolton!
1 bedroom, and the building was prac'
| tiCally demolished
| Both Thompson and his wife, IN
authorities said, made conflicting
| statements As to his whereabout
! during the night az the explosion