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The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1921-05-16
BIG PREMIUM PLACED UPON new SUBSCRIPTIONS
SECURED DURING EARLY STAGES OF BIG DRIVE

90 600 EXTRA VOTES WILL BE ALLOWED UPON EACH CLUB
OF $40 IN NEW SUBSCRIPTIONS THIS WEEK-MEMBERS
ARE ENCOURAGED BY THEIR SUCCESS THUS FAk-ANY.
BODY'S RACE UP TO THE PRESENT TIME, WITH FIVE
AUTOMOBILES TO ENLIVEN COMPETITION.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1921-05-16
rHE WEATHER

Ohio, western Psnnsytvanta and West
VtrTtnia-- Pair Monday ana Tuesday
moderate tsmporature,
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1921-05-16
Lloyd George Assailed

Newspapers today aSsail Prime MIN
ister Lloyd Georges policy on the lpper
Silesian situation and upheld Premier
Brands statements made in his inter-
IHnnAinnnd ON Pnna EirAt.O
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1921-05-16

Paris. May lj.--PrcSld"nt Mile
rand. accompanied by Minister Of
War Barthou. left Paris this after
noon for Lille. where tomorrow they
will meet King Albert of Belgium.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1921-05-16
THE INTELLIGENCER

Has the Largest Circulation of
Any Morning Newspaper in the
State of West Virginia.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1921-05-16
A liberal extra ofrer this week

records in taking subscriptions. IN
week will be Il good one.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1921-05-16

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-03-28
IN HOTEL HOBBIES
 AND ELSEWHERE
A Very Good Idea

T see where the Good of Community Column in The Sunday Age Herald suggested that some wealthy citizen of Birmingham take over the 110-acre tract of land known as Idlewild and finance it's improvement and conversion into a real park" said J. w. Donnelly T think it a mighty fine suggestion Naming of the park for the man that does this community work would be graceful recognition of his contribu- tion to the good of the community
 T don't think the idea of having this mans statue in the park for his own eyes to look on at all bad. Why should not a man have the glory of his good works done in life so displayed that all may see it?
 "I say name the park for the man that spends the money to make 1t park and let him have not one statue alone, but as many other reminders of his philanthropy there as he might care to have. It is good to leave money to a city when one dies. It is equally as good to leave 1t while on still lives and knows he has it."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-03-28
LUKE M'LUkE SAYS

What has become of the old fash toned girl baby who used to have her photo taken while she was sitting in wash bowl?
 The world is growing better. It has been long time since even an alma nae carried joke about the grocer putting sand in the sugar
 The department stores no longer play up attractive hosiery displays in their windows. There is too much competi- tion on the streets
 Another thing a woman notices is that widower is always politer than he was when he wasn't.
 Judging from the success some of the magazines are having with their circu- lation' the American public sure is fond of mush.
 You can't make a 16-year- prin- cess Deheve that 10 years from now her oimples Will be nothing but wrinkles.
 One nice thing about girl who lisps iss that she can kiss just as straight as any other girl
 when they were married last June she reminded him of sandalwood and roses. But right now she reminds him of fried eggs and coffee
 The trouble with winning on long shot IS that you lose four times as much trying to repeat the perform ance.
 Religion is a great force for keeping folks out of devilment But so is in- dustry.
 Copyright,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-03-28

I,roY, +he Memphis Commercal-Appea1. Y7T was an English poet, John Mlitoh'
 perhaps the greatest of them ah' 0 who represents the Deity as saylns' .sYet I shall so temper justice "i'h mercy.'' and England is the one lana Tn which the brand of justice adminlstereu bv the courts most resembles the stern' inflexible judicial procedure which is said to characterize the Almighty. The mercy of both tribunals is alike in this: Una. both furnish a way of escape. Whlch IS simply to obey the law. Neither sulIers any attractions of it's statutes But the words of the poet, which we have quoteo' have become the maudlin currency oi criminal courts and of sentimentaiists generally
 William c. Gregg, an American hanu facturer. contributes to the current num- Der of the Outlook an interesting ana ih- forming communication from London on After the War in England" in which he discusses several phases of Ensiisn life as he has found 1t. Among others' be sneaks of the administration of Jus tice in the courts thus: s~
 .What is the product of the Britisn courts of justice? Strange to say It IS justice, prompt and unavoidanie' As result. there has been no crime wave In
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-03-28
THE BLUE OF THE SEA

through the open ports of my cabin makes them seem filied with thick blue glass It is becoming too warm for New York clothing.
 Certainly the sea has become much bluer. It gives one the idea of liquifed sky; the foam might be formed of cir rus clouds comprossed-so extravagantly WI ite it looks today, like snow in the sun Nevertheless, the old gentleman from Guadeloupe still maintains this IS not the true blue of the tropics!
 The sky does not deepen it's hue today; it brightens 1.-the blue gows as if it were taking fire throughout. Perhaps the sea may deepen it's hue; I do not believe it can take more luminous color without being set aflame. l ask the ships doctor whether it is really true that the West Indian waters are any bluer than these. He looks moment at the sea, and replies, 'Oh, yesr' There is such tone of surprise in his Oh as might indicate that l had asked very foolish question, and his look seems to express doubt whether I am quite in earnest think, nevertheless, that this water Is extravagantly nonsensically blue.
 read for an hour or two; fall asleep in the chair; wake up suddenly look at the sea and cry out! This sea IS lmpos- sibly blue. Yet it is transparent, the foam clouds as they sink down, turn sky blue-a sky blue which now LOOKS white by contrast with the strange ana violent splendor of the sea color. IL seems as if one were looking into an im- measurable dyeing vat, or as though the whole ocean had been thickened with indigo. To say this is mere refiec- tion of the sky is nonsense-the sky is too pale by hundred shades for that! This must be the natural color of the water. blazing azure-magnifcent, impossible to describe
 The French passenger from Guade- loupe observes that the sea is ''beginning to become blue."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-03-28

From Two Years in the French West
 Indie," by Falcadio Hearn.
 IA AT oRNING. the second day. The IWl sea Is an extraordinary blue SVS looks to me something like violet ink. Close by the ship. where the foam clouds are, it is beautifully mottled-looks like blue marble with ex- quisite veinings and nebulosties. Tepid wind, and cottony white clouds-cirri climbing up over the edge of the sea all around. The sky is still pale blue, and the horizon is full of whitish haze
 A nice old French gentleman from GUadeloupe presumes to say this is not blue water-he declares it greenish. Be- cause I cannot discern the green, he tells me I do not yet know what blue water is. The sky tone deepens as the sun ascends-deepens deliciously. Do you not call this real tropical blue?" I cry to my French fellow traveller. 'Non," he exclaims, as in astonishment at the question-"this is not blue!' What can be his idea of blue, 1 wonder.
 Clots of sargasso float by-light yelloN seaweed. We are nearing the sargasso sea-entering the path of the trade winds There is long ground swell, the steamer rocks and rolls and the tumbling water always seems to me growing bluer; but my friend from Guadeloupe says that this color which I call blue" is only dark ness-only the shadow of prodigious depth
 Nothing now but blue sky and what persist in calling blue sea- The clouds have melted away in the bright glow. There is no sign of life in the azure gull above. nor in the abyss beneath; there are no wings or fins to be seen. Toward evening, under the slanting gold light, the color of the sea deepens into ultra marine; then the sun sinks down behind a bank of copper-colored clouds. \
 Morning of the third day. Same mild, warm wind Bright blue sky, with some very thin clouds in the horizon-like puffs of steam. The glow of the sea hgn1
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-03-28
Circulation Grows

T think it is nothing short of the marvellous the way the Alabama Chris tian Advocate, the official organ of the Alabama and north Alabama confer ences of the Methodist Episcopal church. south, has grown in every way under the editorship of Dr. L.. c. Branscomb," says J. D. Moore. For quarter of century the subscrip- ton list varied from 5000 to 10000, but this weeks issue went out to 27,600
 If the new subscribers keep coming in as they have done in the past few months. the paper will reach the mark set of S0,000 by January 1. l think it great thing that the church has such religious weekly so ably edited and so widely read"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-03-28
Birmingham Wants the
 Opening Day Trophy

0NHE directors of the Chamber of U Commerce have decided that Birmingham shall win the trophy for the largest attendance on the opening game of the Southern baseball league.
 And this is right and prorS~. A community lives not by the sweat of it's brow alone, and not on the serious side of life alone. In fact, the serious suffers if the human animal does not play as well as work. The man who thinks he has gotten too old and dignified to enjoy clean sports, is not suffering from age, but from mental justification.
 Baseball is essentially American. In that game something is happening at every moment. Each time the pitch CT throws back his arm in prepara- 1ioii iol hOll ing Ddll over b1G DldCe the mass of humanity in the grand stand and the bleachers is keyed to a high pitch of excitement. When the ball leaves the bat and the thousands see it traversing its unmapped course, each eye registers to each brain a speculative point at which the ball will descend and each imagination runs riot in hope and fear.
 Baseball is in the open. It brings men and women out of offices into the fresh air. There is a spontaneous fellowship about a baseball crowd that no other form of entertainment presents. Men will enjoy a game of baseball who cannot understand the unseen technique of football game and feel revulsion from the savagery of the prize ring. Boys and girls are not offended.
 It is sport for the motion loving American masses. It deserves all it's popularity.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-03-28
TaE EIRsT RELIC OF MAN

THE FIRST RELIC OF MAN From "rhe New Stone Age in North
 ern hEurope," by John M. Tyler.
 (scribfers.'
 The first unmistakable relic of man in Europe is a human lower jaw found in the Mauer sands near Heidelberg. It seems to belong to the second or Mindel-Riss interglacial epoch, and its age is estimated by Osborn at about 25o, ,o0O years. aRemains characteristic of the oldest Paleolithic epochs occur bet ween 30 and 45 feet below the sur face. If we are to find an archaeo1oe> ical name for this epoch. there seems to be no better one than Eoiithic' the dawn of the stone age. when Euro pean man had hardly more than begun to chip stone implement although we must recognize the unreadiness or many or most archaeologists to find place for such rude products.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-03-28
DON'T ABOLISH MOTHER GOOSE

The pig got loose and into trouble and landed Tom in jail. Moral: Don't steal
 Little Bo-Peep lost her sheep. But they came home of themselves. Moral: Don't worry. Most problems solve themselves if given time.
 Because Little Jack Horner was a good ly lad, he found a plum in his Christmas pie. Moral: Being good Is always re- warded.
 And so it goes. Plato is unread. but his more important philosophy has been passed on by Old Mother Goose, who, by the way, was a real person, now buried in Boston.
 There are admittedly, Mother Goose rhymes without morals to be pointed out to kiddies, but surely there still is room in the world for entertainment to make childhood happy. develop the infant lm- agination and paint the morning of life with rosy hues.
 There is nothing sweeter in the world than a mother singing to her baby this Mother Goose lullaby. "Hush-a-bye, baby, on the tree top, When the wind blows, the cradle will
 rock;
 When the bough bends, the cradle will
 fall,
 Down will come baby, cradle and all"
 dire catastrophe to threaten baby with, but baby doesn't know. Many of us can recall our mother singing it to us,
 ,c h last that would be surrendered
 Kill Mother Goose rhymes? They can not be killed, any more than man can de- stroy the music of the wind or the glamor If the Milky Way.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-03-28
JUSTICE

England. The transition from war te peace, from business booms to present oe- pression, has brought no such genera lawlessness as has marked the history o1 the United States during the last few months Why? Well, in America we ar rest only few of our criminals, convics ing perhaps 10 per cent of those arrested then we pardon most of those convicted We let them off on generous terms.
 And he concludes: England, Scotlan and Wales have fewer murders per a nun than either New York city or On cago. It is not more police that we nee but more justice" This, we believe, an undeniably sound conclusion, Wh men commit felony they seldom q igncrantly, but with their eyes wide
 If it be the taking of life, why sh they escape the penalty which the affixes and of which they had due tice? If it be the felonious wrecking a financial institution. is anything than the law exacts sufficient pun ment for faithless fiduciary? In b cases real justice looks beyond the p oner in the dock to outraged socie- broken hearts and wrecked fortunes. al it is the true object of the law to so a minister justice in cases at bar that Il result will be warning to those similar inclined.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-03-28
THE JuRYwomAN,s HUSBAND
.om the New York Tribune. ;.

From the New York Tribune
 Apparently there is no other was. New Jersey husbands must learn to cook. The courts there refuse to con slider household duties sufficient cause for exemption from jury duty, The dinner hour may find the new jury woman detained at court. The deserted husband must cook or go hungry.
 But let us not waste sympathy. The avoidance of the kitchen by the aver age male is not so much from igno- rance as from disinclination. Cast or. a desert island. or just off on a hunt
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-03-28
oHINA,s FLOUR INDUSTRY

From the British Chamber of Commerce
 Journal.
 In recent years the flour business in China has been prosperous. There are more than 20 large flour mills in Shanghai which produce on an average about 46.oO0 bags daily. Last year the total output amounted to about 17,0o0, . 900 bags Each week about 10000 bags are exported to Great Britain, the United States and Japan. Before the European war large quantities were exported to Russia. but now the United States is the largest customer In the whole country the flour products in one year amounted to about 4S.000.0o0 bags. nearly one-third of which is produced in Shanghai. The value of exports is estimated at about 11.ooo,00o taels each y4ar.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-03-28
Want to Build

The only trouble with home build ing now" said F. W. Dixon, president of the Security Savings and Loan asso- citation, lis that building and loan con cerns have not as much money to lend as the home seekers wish to borrow. This is because not as many persons as should do so have appreciated the investment side of the building and loan plan. We lend out at one end what has been taken in at another. It must first come in.
 However we note d distinctly grow ing realization of these investments and a greater and greater familiarity with our operations and the part we play in the building of homes. The future in that respect looks good That people want to build homes now as they have not in a long time is evident to the most casual observer. We are financing many"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-03-28
x x Murder and Peonage on a Georgia Farm

1.-THE state of Georgia owes it to
 0 it's good name to clear up the charges made against John Williams. prosperous farmer of Jasper coun- ty. Eleven negroes employed by him are believed to have been murdered to prevent them from testifying against him in peonage cases. Five bodies were discovered Saturday. Three were buried near the Williams home and two on neighboring farm said to be controlled by the Williams family. Another negro was found in the Yellow river. Yesterday two more bodies were discovered.
 That these negroes were all mur- dered is self evident. A negro em- ployed by Williams is reported to have confessed that he killed four men him. self and helped to kill others at Will liams' direction.
 According to the allegations made, negroes who worked for Williams were kept in virtual slavery and were cruelty treated if they showed any desire to rebel or escape. For such conditions to exist anywhere in Amer .ica is disgraceful. They could not exist unless local authorities were either indifferent or connived at this barbarous practice. The sheriff of Jasper county is a relative of Will Hams and is himself under indictment for peonage. A fine commentary on law enforcement!
 Revelations of this kind not only hurt the community where they are made, but they serve as an excuse for negro agitators to inflame the minds of their race and create dis cord between whites and blacks. The fact that such cases are sporadic and not general is no justification.
 Public indignation is said to be strong in Jasper county. It cannot be too strong there or anywhere else in the south. The inhuman treat ment of these negroes, those who were killed, and others who are saic to have been kept in bondage, calls for swift retribption, no matter who is guilty.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-03-28

ing or fishing trip, the masculine hal of humanity does not starve by an. means. Of course, an open fire in tn woods is more alluring than tn, kitchen range, but that is mere de tail. The preparing of food is funda mental human instinct.
 So when the husband of the jury woman receives word that his wife vii not be pOme' he will be philosophical and put 'on an apron. And if she isn'l home when it is ready he will under stand her feelings when he telephones as he sometimes does, that he'll be late for dinner tonight. AAt least he will know that getting dinner is no' aa unmixed blessing. and not be in the state of mind of the East Orange mar who, when notified that his juror wifi was detained. sent back word that t served her right"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-03-28
COYOTES GUARD AUTO

Emporia Correspondence. Topeka Capi-
 tai.
 Chester Hines, a farmer who lives near Emporia. has solved the auto theft problem. Several weeks ago his auto was stolen in Emporia. The po- Hines came to town two full grown coyotes were strapped to the lenders. The coyotes are pets. but have no love for strangers who get within five feet of the car. They enjoy motoring. ac- cording to Hines.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-03-28

From the Anniston Star. 0 WAVE the rhymes of Mother Goose
 Jul req, yalss' s-. Do .a they sn,ssaDn1 ssssn n9 in them? The recent convention of the National Educational association was toio bv a woman delegate that these old-time rhymes should be abolished. she charged that they teach no morals.
 Why, all the philosophy produced throughout the ages by the intellect or man is embodied in the rhymes of Mother Goose. and most of them point moral that one cannot help seeing.
 Take this one, for instance: Hun, oty-Dunpty sat on a wall, unnrtv- Dunpty had a great fall; All the kings horses and all the king
 men
 Cannot rut Humpty together agan.
 Humpty- Dumpty is supposed to repre- sent an egg. But does his predicament not embody the philosophy of the down. fall cf kaisers, the collapse of day dreams and illusions, the shattering of hopes py the taking of false step?
 Poor Old Mother Hubbard found no bone in the curboard-and the moral IS of improvidence, the failure to provide fer the future.
 Jack Soratt could eat no fat,
 His wife could eat no lean, And so, betwixt them both, you see,
 They licked the platter clean 
 There are many morals to the troubles of the Spratt family. Two of them; Marry your opposite, to insure harmony Rut a just interchange of commodities, the wants of all are satisfied.
 Ter, Tonn the Piper'S Son. StOle a PlS.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-03-28
Rotarians Will Begin
 Their Convention Today

7THE AGE-HERALD extends a cor N dial welcome to the Rotarians who are here to attend the eighth district convention. The membership of the International Association of Rotary clubs is composed of the high est type of business and professional men.
 The remarkable growth of this or ganization is due not'only to the prin- ciples of service it inculcates, but to the kind of men who have joined. It is distinction worth while to be a Rotarian.
 An interesting programme has been
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-03-28
Age-HeraId Commend.s

The Age-Herald is certainly to be commented for the revelations pub llshed concerning poisoned liquor in Birmingham" declared Eugene B. Err win. assistant county superintendent of schools The paper has started a good hght against situation which has aroused general discussion, and will do much to stop the consumption of the vile connection.
 The man who sells this poisoned whisky should be given the limit of the law whenever he is caught"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-03-28

all accepted rules of modern warfare that aroused the hatred of the world against Germany.
 The Armenian massacres could have been prevented by the imperial Ger man government if it had not believed so strongly in it's accursed expediency. Taalat Pasha, who was directly re- sponsible for the massacres, met the fate he richly deserved.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-03-28
---' ------------------- LOVE AND LAUGHTER

Annie Grim Leavenworth in Will Geese and Other Poems tJames l White & Co.,, New York). If love were always laughter
 And grief were always tears. With nothing to come after
 To mark the waiting years. I'd pray a life of love for you, And never grief come near to you To spread it's shadow, dear. to you
 If love were always laughter
 And grief were always tears. But grief brings often laughter.
 And love-ah, love brings tears: And both leave ever after
 Their blessing on the years; ESo I, dear heart. would sue for you A mingling of the two for you, That grief may lend its calm to you And love may send it's balm to you.
 Since grief brings often laughter
 And love brings often tears.