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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1921-05-16
WHEN CARPENTERS GOT $1.75

From the Kansas City Star.
The average carpenter in Kansas City
in 1881, the Forty Years Ago column
very few men were getting as much as
So or $2.25, and the limit was $3.50.
This was for 10-hour day. The aver
age pay of from N$1.75 to So continued
through the sos.
Then came the hard times of the
early '90s. There are men in Kansas
City today who remember standing in
line to get a job of carpentry work at
IL cents an hour in 1892 or 1898 That
was tNe low point, and conditions were
about with the election of Mckinley.
Since that time the trend has been up
ward until now the carpenter in Kan
sas City gets So for an eight-hour day
instead of $1.75 for a ten1hou day.
The price of living naturally was lower
40 years ago than it is today, but moth
| ing like as low relatively as wages
were.
! Occasionally some emotional person
| tells us that the average man is con-
stantly losing out that his condition is
getting worse instead of better. Thai
isn't so. The case of carpenters wages
is an illustration of what has been go
ing on pretty generally
Sometimes people get impatient a
the slowness with which things pro
gress. They want the millennium tomor
row and are peevish because it doesn'
40 years is helpful on such occasions
America is moving forward
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1921-05-16

A few years later friend prevailed
on me to attend seance In Hartford
at which Slade, the famous slate writ
ing medium, was to preside, 1t was of
him and his exploits that the German
physicist, Professor zoellner. had written
a book, which I had read, detailing many
wonderful things, such as tying knots in
OF sealed packages and such like feats in
defiance of the laws of physics. But no,
Slade wouldn't repeat such a programme
for us, but instead treated us to a series
of obvious tricks in legerdemain with
which I had long been familiar. My
companion. unseeing. was convinced of
the spirit influence.
We arranged, however, for q second
seance, in advance Of which I posted my
friend as to what he was to look for
in detecting the trickery. During this
second seance soon saw that he saw,
there was no exaltation, no enthusiasm
Slade saw 1t, too. and brought the sitting
abruptly to close on the ground OF the
| lIdcliVlty VI Ii0 Soiei "a tnot uoy. ~ 10
| too long a story to relate here how
caught Slade by out-tricking him. though
he didn5t know it. He was soon after
publicly exposed, I believe.
In Sir Oliver Lodges THE Survival OF
Man the exploits of Eusapia Palladino
bulk large. But Eusapia was promptly
shown to be fraud on her coming to
America, as most scientific men know.
Yet if our newspaper reporters are TO Dc
believed. Lodge gave out as his opipion
on coming to lecture in Boston that there
might be dishonest mediums, Out II so
he had never met one
Time is too precious to waste in chas'
ing phantoms.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1921-05-16
Model Poultry Farm

Birmingham has a most unusual at
at East Lake" said Alex Kelly, Jr. of
Atlanta. Il have never heard of city
maintaining such an institution be-
fore.
TT is a good thing, too, for 1t en-
courages the raising of chickens in the
suburbs. thus reducing the cost of liv-
ing. From the information contained
in The Age Herald Sunday morning,
the farm seems to be a model one in
all respects"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1921-05-16
X X 4
Fredericksburg's Place
In American History

7r11E two hundred and fiftieth ami
il versary of the settlement of
Fredericksburg, Va, will be cele-
brated May 25. Few towns in Amer
lea have a richer historic back
ground. In May, 1871, a lease to GER
tain land on the Rappahannock river
was granted by Sir William Berkeley,
governor of Virginia, to John Buckner
and Thomas Royston to be settled by
colonists. Forty-six years later this
settlement was incorporated as the
town of Fredericksburg.
In Colonial, Revolutionary and Civil
war history Fredericksburg has
played a conspicuous part. The very
name recalls many of the most stir
ring events that have figured in the
romantic story of America, the
youngest of the great powers, but
now the richest and most influential
in the world. That American is a poor
citizen, indeed, whose imagination is
not quickened by backward glance
over what has been accomplished since
handful of colonies won their free
don from Great Britain and a new
republic was born.
In the neighborhood of Fredericks
burg were fought the battles of FRS
and Second Fredericksburg, Salem
church, Charlottesville, Bloody An
gle, Spottsylvania Courthouse and tn
Wilderness. 1t is estimated tina
within Is miles of the town NOR
men fought and died in battle tina
in any other part of America.
Fredericksburg was the home G
the gallant John Paul Jones, who wa
commissioned from that town as
lieutenant in the United States nav.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1921-05-16
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THE "SALARIAT" ARhiNEs

From Lesles.
A new sociological element. strug-
CLING for emergence here. has reached
the surface in England This is the
new poor" 1t embraces the salaried
class, the professions. the shopkeepers
nearly everybody between the neither
milestone of the proletariat and the up
per works. While in this country 1t
may be perplexing to find either the
nroletariat or the higher classes"
there are visible always the masses
hammered against the wall by strikes
and taxes.
The "Salariat" is embattled public
spirit--a safeguard against Jacks-in-
office and onerous mobs 1t is the pith
and sinew of production transformed
into constructive discipline. For long
years our public has sworn terrlply
when it walked through blizzards dur
ing strike, ducking amiably the hurt
contract between running the gauntlet
| in Indian wars and running for life In
our town. But now the 'Sarariat" pro-
poses to have it's own union. 1t does
not propose to permit the law Of self
preservation. to fall into desuetude, nor
to debate the issue of labor and capital
with the academic detachment of phil
| losophic speculation.
Law-economic and statute--has hi
the "Salariat" hard. HabitNhas seques'
trated its members from exercising its
| weight in the trend of the times. Should
our "Salariat" yoke itself into soil
darity it would have a ready tool fol
direct action" Being nobody's dog
the public has been kicked by every
lbody. But a public union would hav'
the same right to strike as privat
unions.
The "Salariat," having home and
white shirt to maintain-and being co
trustee of the public cold storage plan
that keeps the apple of truth from rot
; ting-seems to have decided to main
tain the head on its shoulders and
cents in its pocket. ~
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1921-05-16
From the New York Times.

FROM the New 1ork Times.
"A RANUEL 'UGARTE, the Argentine
llWl prophet who has been going up
SVS and down Latin America for
years, warning his hearers and his read
ers to beware the Yankee has perhaps
not excited more than languid and
somewhat cynical curiosity at home, but
late by certain journals in Spain. Pos
sibly there is some method in their mad
ness. For some time King Alfonso has
been doing all he could to create closer
ties between Spain and her old colonies.
Prohibition has shut Spanish wines from
our markets, and we use more Italian
than Spanish olive oil Whatever the
reason, some of our Spanish friends are
being warned of the wicked designs and
deeds of the United States against Cen
deputy, Mr. Barcia is the latest political
romanticist to view the Yankee Dan
GER with alarm.
He draws up catalogue of Latin coun-
tries in which the Yanke is damaging
and dangerous mostly without his own
knowledge or that of the rest of the
world. Even Cuba, which has so grown in
population and prospered so Immensely
under the matchmaking Yankee domi-
nation" is on his list. With his usual
wicked Discrimination, Uncle Sam is pre-
pairing for total domination Of the CONT
nent across the Atlantic" This seems u
DO an echo Of Mr., Ugarte's CROWNS
overlordship of the Yankee in the new
world" 1t is an ancient DOGGY. Uncle
Sam Is far from being as clever, let
misunderstanding. the myth
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1921-05-16
AFFAIR CUPS OF SPRING

Florence c. White. in the May number
of the Forum
We tulips tremulous with April wine.
Ye altar cups of Spring, oblation sweet
To reedy- throated Observation-Disclosures
fleet
To make obeisance where the scarlet
sign
or tender petals promises divine
Reviying nectar; from my heart greet
Your flaming chalices. 1t is but meet
TO worship humbly at your transient
shrine.
You are the prelude to deep-pulsing
June,
To dim. delicious dawns, to nights that
sink
Luxuriously burdened with the woe
or utter ioveliness. The fainting noon
Has made forever consecrate your
drink,
Which laves my burning lips like noun
tain snow.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1921-05-16
IN HOTEL LORBIES
AND ELSEWHERE


B. F. Crabbe is pleasantly dubbed
Everett True by his friends familiar
with that cartoon and Mr.. CRADLES
likeness to the man of fiction. u. E.
Stovall of the Central of Georgia Is
friend Of Mr.. Crabbe, but was one OF
those who, while familiar both with
Everett and Mr.. Crabbe's physiogncmy'
had not noticed it. The other day
mutual friend called Mr. Crabbe By
his soubriquet. Mr.. Stovall looked puz-
zled for moment and then in a flash
said: Why, sure. he's just like Everett
but how comes it that | never grasped
it before? Strange. is it not, how re-
semblances like that will pass one by
so long before one notices them? But
it is the law of the obvious. Some times
the most difficult thing to see is that
right under ones nose"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1921-05-16
Apparently Another Case
of Much Ado About Nothin


Hr1FIE Literary Digest is trying to
L find out if the younger genera
ton is in peril. An exhaustive study
of the situation shows that opinion is
divided.
| Ever since the days of the cave
man moralists have proclaimed that
the human race was going straight to
perdition and the young people were
not as they. were in grandfather's
time. It's the same old story repeated
over and over again, with such varia-
tons as the progress of civilization
and changes In customs bring about.
In America, which is overrun by
reformers and regulated" until it is
almost impossible to live without
breaking some law, it is but natural
to expect loud outcries against the
manners and dress of the younger
generation. Perhaps there is some
justification for it, but to assume
that because flappers crowd the dance
halls and dance the shimmy or ths
toddle, or whatever the latest contor
ton may be, and don't wear enough
{ clothes to wad the proverbial gun, ;
, wave of immortality and sensualit.
4 threatens the future of the nation, i
to make mountain out of a molehill
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1921-05-16
Newspaper Advertising
Brought Rice to the Fore

11RANK A. GODCHAUX, president
il of the Associated Rice Millers of
America, declared at the annual meet
ing of the association, held in New
Orleans, that the consumption of rice
in the United States had tripled fol-
lowing the campaign of advertising
in the newspapers which that or
ganization instituted several months
ago.
There is nothing strange about
this. Rice is a cheap and nutritious
food. Millions of persons in China
grow fat on it when they can get
enough. Some of the most eminent
men in the United States have affec-
tionate remembrance of the days
when "rice and gravy" constituted the
meal most appealing to their uncloyed
and youthful appetites.
But some had to be reminded of it
Tens of thousands had not realized
what wholesome and low-priced food
rice is. The rice millers went before
the nation in the manner that attracts
the greatest attention of the largest
numbers, through newspapers. They
talked daily to theelargest audiences
capable of being assembled. That pu
the greatest possible number of PEG
!. pie to thinking about rice.
A concern with a message to tn
masses needs the organ putting it il
touch with the masses. Nothing doe
; that like the newspaper.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1921-05-16
Many Thousands Take

Correspondence Courses
TN a census Of the operations of the
i correspondence schools of colleges
and universities taken by the Associ-
ated Press, it was ascertained that
more than 10000 persons were taking
this course in Is of the country's uni
versities. The University of Wiscon-
sin leads with 20,116.
1t was not surprising to find that
the majority of persons taking these
courses are past the college age. They
are men and women who were denied
the privileges of a college education.
There are also some taking special
courses which experience has taught
them suit them better than those
which they pursued at college.
The census shows that the CORES
DOnu6IlCe SCuOUl SluuSilCo SOluC AlOiii
every walk in life, including vaude-
vile actors, walters, janitors, ball
players, dress makers, farmers
clergymen, cooks, bank clerks, geolo-
gists, quarrymen and even men ii
the penitentiaries.
The correspondence schools are al
truistic in the sense that they af
ford opportunities where they did no
exist before. They give man an
other chance in the battle of life, anc
help those who are willing to hell
themselves.
They are typically American, be
cause they say that there is an op
portunity for every one, even at tn
eleventh hour.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1921-05-16
Good Spelling

DIR. J. E. Frazier is we'll known
among his friends as being one OF the
most perfect spoilers. He has stood up
last in numbers of spelling bees az
church socials and the like. DR.. Frazier
related this of certain poor speller:
THE young fellow, who was notorious
ly deficient in photography, was given
the word psychology He lined it out
without the p. The coach told him that
in words like psychology the p was
silent. The young fellow frightened
UP and said: oh, yes, silent like g in
swimming"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1921-05-16
BEING HIS WIFE. of COURSE

From the New Orleans Item.
An Alexandria man who was arrested
on a charge of assault upon a woman
with intent to kill set up as his defense
his wife. The hearing of the case has
been postponed until the court decides
whether that really makes much differ
ence in the case
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1921-05-16

A MORNING PRAYER
Look, thou, Lord, tenderiy tooas
ON those whom L love- ana may l
love them as truly as thou dost rove
me. Amen.-M. s. Ii.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1921-05-16

When good manners shall lie al LA
one or two mems hands, ana they "a"
.ash'd, too, tits IA foul thing
Romeo and juliet
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1921-05-14
DR.. Boswell Heads
Mississippi Medicos

Laurel, Miss, May 11.-With the
election Of officers and the selection
of Browns Wells as the next piace
Of meeting, the Mississippi State Me-
dical Association concluded its two
day convention in Laurel this even
ing.
The new officers ares- President,
DR.. Henry Boswell, Sanatorium; first
vice-president, DR.. ]. S. Eason, Cold
water; second vice-prssident, DR.. Ro-
land H. Crawford, Laurel, secretary;
DR.. T. d. Dye, Clarksdale, reelected;
treasurer, DIR. ]. NJ. Buchanan, Me-
ridian. reelected; delegate to the
Louisiana State convention. DR.. w.
A. Dearman, Long Beach; delegate
to American Medical Association, DR..
]. w. Barksdale, Winona; Commit
tee for the study and control Of can
Ger, DR.. w. w. Crawford, Hatties-
burg, chairman; DR.. r. w. Hall,
jackson, secretary.
r. N. Miller, veteran Hazlehurst
lawyer, led the nght for Browns
Wells and won over jackson by a
vote Of approximately two to one.
In reviewing the work Of the year
Dr. Barksdale, the retiring president,
declared that mississippi now leads
all of the states Of the union in the
treatment and prevention Of tuber-
culosis and commended the last ses-
sion of the State Legislature for its
liberal appropriations for this work.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1921-05-14
KINGS DAUGHTERS
END CONVENTION
Greenwood is Selected as Place
for Next Annual
Meeting.

M0Combs Miss, May 13.-The
Kings Daughters convention closed
the annual session here last night.
Thursday was devoted to hospital
work and the work of the Kings
Daughters organization. An automo-
bile ride through McComb and sur
rounding country was enjoyed by the
visitors Thursday afternoon.
The following officers were elect
ed:-
Mrs. c. H. Gillespie, Greenwood,
reelected president; Mrs. Archie
Farley, Hattiesburg, recording sec
retary; Mrs. c. D. Pepper, Green
wood, corresponding secretary; Mrs.
d. B. Holmes, Hattiesburg, treasurer.
The charge to the officers was de-
liyered by Mrs. Ira l.. Parsons of
Brookhaven. -.
The following were elected to COM
pose the executive board Mrs. H.
A. Murff, Clarksdales Mrs. E. M. Bee,
Brookhaven; Mrs, Hodges; Meridian !;
Mrs. Mcclure, Yazoo City; Mrs. A.
B. Casanare, Long Beach, Mrs. w.
A. knight, McComb.
The convention was we'll attended
by representative women of the state
and Greenwood was selected for the
next meeting. Il.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1921-05-14
ARMY APPROPRIATION
BILL PASSES HOUSE
Carries Approximately $2O,00O,-
600 for Army 10000
Enlisted Men.

Washington, May 10. - The army
appropriation bill carrying approx
mately $4,000, 900 and providing
for an army of 10000 enlisted men
was passed late today by the House
and sent to the Senate. The vote
was 243 to %.
Before the nnal vote was taken,
unsuccessful attempts were made to
have the House reverse Its previous
action in adopting an amendment
providing FOR reduction in the size
Of the army which now totals about
100000 men, to 10000 and for the
discharge from service under reas-
enable" War Department regulations
OF men making application.
An effort by Representative Her
rick, Republican, new member
from Oklahoma, to attach a rider de-
claring the war at an end and direct
Ing the secretary of war to withdraw
American troops from the Rhine was
quickly checked by Representative
Mondell, the Republican leader, who
made a point Of order against It.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1921-05-14
ICE FALLING FROM
TRAIN KILLS MAN
]. H. Raulins Fatally Injured by
Peculiar Accident Near
BOgue ChittO.

The death Of Mr.. j.. H. Raulins
at the hospital Thursday evening.
was the sorrowful outcome of an ac-
cident that occurred when No. 3
neared Bogue Chitto at about $40
that afternoon.
The Leader is informed that a
piece Of ice falling or thrown of the
train near Bogue Chitto struck Mr..
Raulins in the face SO severely i'm
juring him that he died that night
at ten O'Clock, after being brought
to the Brookhaven Hospital at eight.
Mr.. Raulins was 81 years of age
and leaves several grown children to
whom sympathy goes out in the sud-
den death.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1921-05-14

w. b. Davis, President OF the
Brookhaven Bank & Trust CO.. was
elected president Of the Mississippi
Bankers Association at the conven-
ton held in vickaburg the early part
OF this week.
Mr.. Davis was born and reared lii
the Caseyviile community Of this
county. He attended the public
schools Of his community and grad
uated at Mississippi College at Clin-
ton. Miss. In June. 1885, end 81
Soule Commercial College. New or
leans, in June. 1899. lie began his
banking career as runner and
bookkeeper with Sherman q Davis.
III October, 1899, and has been with
the bank Of which he Is now preai-
dent continuously ainea chat dAtes
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1921-05-14
Pleads Guilty to PeOnage; Sentenced
to Pay $3.50.

Jackson, Miss, May 1O.-w. d.
Moore pleaded guilty in Federal
Court here Monday to the charge Of
peonage and was ined $3.50 by Judge
b. H Holmess Moore. Woo former
ly lived In the Delta section OF the
state, was charged with having tax
en- negro from a plantation there
to his home at McComb, connning
him tn chains and forcing him to
work out a debt. This Is the nrst
conviction for peonage in the history
Of this court.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1921-05-14
Third Trial Of ]. E. RObert.on.

Hazlehurst, May 10.-J. e. Rob-
ertson, who is now convict on the
State farm. for killing one Of the
trio Of Boutwells, and serving ten
year sentence, was in court yester-
day, being brought tere presumably
for the purpose OF being tried the
third time in connection with the
triple killing. This time the case a.
gainst him IS that Of killing James
Boutwell,. the father OF the two boys.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1921-05-14
GERMANY ACCEPTS
DEMAND OF ALLIES
Believed Direct Result of Firm
Stand of U. S.-A Harding
Triumph.

Washington, May 10.-Germany's
acceptance of the Allied reparations
demands as indicated by the favor
able vote in the Reichstag was ev-
erywhere halted in Washington to-
night as splendid triumph for the
Harding administration in it's first
big international undertaking.
That the Reichstag's action is the
direct result of the firm stand of
President Harding and Secretary of
State Hughes in backing up the AL
lied demands and refusing to become
the catspaw of the German foreign
office, in its efforts to wiggle out of
a just indemnity for its war devas-
tation, is the firm belief in official
circles here.
President Harding and Secretary
Hughes have all along confidently
expected this outcome.
Germany's acceptance, probably
will result in speedy passage of the
Knox peace resolution, which is now
pending before the House committee
on foreign affairs, after, having been
passed by the Senates Final action
on the result has been. delayed be-
cause President Harding believed its
enactment at this time might en-
barrass the Allies by encouraging
Germany to continue her stubborn
attitude.
1t was authoritativefy stated al
the. White House. no later than this
afternoon that settlement Of the re-
parations controversy was momentar-
lily expected and that 1t would be
preferable to postpone passage OF
the Knox resolution until after that
time.
There was an undisguised feeling
of deep satisfaction lii official admin
istration circles tonight over the ac-
tion Of the German Reichstag,