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The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-02-20

If Governor Harding shall decide to resign from the federal reserve board. there will be profound regret lin practically every part of the bank ing, industry. The fact that his lot will be cast with the first great cor poration to be organized under the Edge bill will temper this regret bue slightly Of course, no man is to be blamed. after several years of splen- did public service. if he remembers the duty to himself and family of re- turning to the far more lucrative ave lnues of private enterprise. If Cover nor Harding shall become president of the new Foreign Trade Banking lcorporation, there will be chance flor usefulness that will overshadow any selfish consideration. With due regard for both these considerations, Ia great many friends of the federal reserve system, and Of the high stand ard of banking for which it stands, will nevertheless wish that no change might occur in the office of governor of the federal reserve board at this time.
 In saying this, we are not blind to what the new Foreign Trade Finan- cing corporation is designed to accom- plish. The Edge bill was favored in these columns from it's very inception.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-02-20

skeleton, and transmutirg it into q live ing and powerful organism. must be given to this unobtrusive banker from the south, whose appointment vas viewed with some apprehension at the outset, when bankers from much larger places than Birmingham, Ala. were sup posed to be required for governor of the federal reserve board, but whose conduct of the office has gained for him hlgh standing among the best bankers of the country.
 At first blush, this article may appear to be only an extravagant appreciation of an individual. It's purpose is much more than that. The banking and gen eral business may nave some perpleNing problems to meet during the next two Jr three years that are the more perpleXEg becHusa bankers and business men have no recent experience to guide them in handling this sort of problem. For 70 years after the Civil war problems of this sort were constantly coming up. and there was no one at Washington of sui ficient influence and prestige to guide Congress along sound lines. or to direct public opinion away from the insane no- tions of those who think that imitation
 is the one panacea for trouble, and con- traction the one great curse. Such prob lems may easily come up once more Tor y ears after the World war; just as they did after the Civil war The best safe guard against trouble is a federal reserve board that enjoys great prestige with Congress-, and has the confidence of the American people. The present board and it's governor are in that happy position
 If spirit shall gain headway among our people, calling for some modern counterpart of the inflationary schemes that moved Congress 30 or 40 years ago, and that bewitched dangerously large portion of the whole people. the present federal reserve board can do much to al- lay the trouble At any rate 1t has proven that its policies will be sound. In
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-02-20
THE BIRMINGHAM AGE-HERALD, SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 2O

holding than personal merit Moro- over, there have been directors of fed eral reserve banks who were jealous for the powers of their own position, and bit inclined to resent any dis position from authorities at Washing ton 10 be good deal in evidence, In every case they have ended by stand ing sQuarely on the side of the board. with heightened respect for it's gov ernor.
 Ana yet to one who has kept rather closely in touch with the doings of the hoard, neither it's deserved standing with Congress nor it's well earned in- fiuence among the reserve banks. is SC calculated to gain ones admira ton as the way in which the public we may include that steady stream ot visitors to the federal reserve offices. They include business men of differ- ent degrees Of influence, sometimes captains of industry and not infrs- quentIy. influential members of Con- gress come with them. As interesting as any have been the visits of the cot ton men and the wool men, when each of these industries has felt itself aggrievcd hy banks in their section. or especially endangered by general bust ness conditions They came to mold the policy of the board to their own liking. They found the governor req. sonable, and went away nodded them selves, not sadder, but distinctly wiser men. Congress has the gover- nor of the federal reserve board to thank for standing as a buffer be- tween it and many a scheme for legis- lation that could easily have done a world of harm Likewise the bank and the business institutions of the country have been protected from many a trouble that a less vigorous friend of sound banking in the office
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-02-20
ID DARKEN HAIR
 APPLY SAGE TEA Look Youngl Bring Back Its Natural Color, Gloss and
 AttractiveneSs

Common garden sage brewed into a heavy tea with sulphur added.y will turn gray streaked and faded hair beautifully dark and luxuriant. Just a few applications will prove revela- tion if your hair is fading. streaked or gray. Mixing the Sage Tea >and Sul- ,phur recipe at home, though is trou-
 blesome. An easier way is to get a bottle of Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur Compound at any drug store all ready for use. This Is the old time recipe { improved by the addition of other in- gredients.
 While wispy, gray, faded hair is not sinful we all desire to retain our youthful appearance and attractive | ness. By daskening your hair with Wyeths Sage and Sulphur Compound mo one can tell, because it does 1t so naturally, so evenly. You just dampen . sponge or soft brush with 1t and draw this through your hair, taking one small strand at time; by morn- ling all gray hairs have disappeared. and. after another application or two, your hair becomes beautifully dark, glossy, soft and luxuriant.-Adv.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-02-20
SULPHUR S'BEST
 ID CLEAR UP UGLY, . BROKEN OUT SKIN

Any breaking out or skin irritation on face, neck or body is overcome quickest by applying Mentho- sulphur says a noted skin specialist Because of its germ destroying properties, noth- ing has ever been found to take the place of this sulphur preparation that Instantly brings ease from the itching, burning and irritation.
 Mentho- Sulphur heals eczema right up, leaving the skin clear and smooth It seldom fails to relieve the torment or disfigurement A little jar of Mentho- Sulphur may be obtained at anysdrug store It is used like cold cream Adv
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-02-20
Boston Financial Paper Praises Gou. ". W.P. C. Harding
 For Work On Reserue Board

That bill and this new corporation
 represent an effort on the part of the American people to save a great busi- .ness opportunity that fate gave. and
 that fate now threatens to take away.
 Just because a war dragged Great
 Britain and Germany away from the
 big foreign trade that each has gained
 by years of most aggressive and at
 the same time most intelligent effort,
 much of this trade fell into the hands iof our own manufacturers and mer
 chants. They were free, while war lasted, from the competition of the merchants of those two European countries. They had a chance to es- tablish connections. arg to gain good will that will belong to them perma- nently, if they can hold their own. in this new field for few years. The end of the war did not instantly break their grasp upon what they had. ac- complished, for their foreign rivals could not return in a moment to their old efficiency That grasp has cer- tainly been weakened, however, and
 as we have frequently pointed out may be quite broken unless every me- chanism that has helped Great Brit ain and Germany to be dominant in world trade is to be duplicated among us. Good banking facilities are among the first necessities, because Great Britain and Germany have developed them for their foreign trade, and this new corporation, now organizing, is to furnish us with mechanism of this very sort. Who can wonder, if the privilege of heading corporation so necessary to our national prosperity
 and so likely to translate the uphill fight of American exporters and im-
 porters against foreign rivals into
 terms of success, shall have-fired the imagination of the banker, who has i done so much to convert the federal reserve system from a promising ex.
 pertinent into the unquestioned back bone of our American banking sys>
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-02-20

for the federal reserve board has been diminished by his testimony. He has not come back with all that he went after. but he has never yet been cola- pened to take from Congress what lte did not want. It has come to be rec ognized as an established princ,pie rnong those who seek t. amend the federal reserve act that no sugs esttc n for amendment has any chance vita Congress. unless the reserve board and it's governor have first been convinced of it's merit. Opponents of amend ments have discovered. in their turn that it is almost impossible to defeat what he recommends. Bankers have been lined up more than once to de- feat par collections. and have honestly believed that a majority of Congress was on their side. but in every in- stance victory on the final field has fallen to the lot of the federal re- serve board. This was one of tho more, sensational victories that his appear ance before committees has gained. but it is typical of his experience in number of eases.
 DEALINGS WITH BANKS
 The dealings of the federal reserve board with the 9 reserve banks are on less brilliantly lighted stage than its dealings with Congress and with member banks. The directors of the l2 banks have had the same estimate of the governor as Congress has held This is the more significant from the fact that with the 12 reserve banks he has had to earn his standing. wher he came before Congress in the first days of his governorship. he had the prestige of his office behind him When his dealings as governor with the reserve banks began, he had no such advantage The directors of those institutions are men of affairs unabashed by government position. ana rather disposed, than otherwise, to suspect politics as the cause of office
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-02-20

recent issue of the United states investor of Boston. of which Frank F. Bennett. Jr.. is editor, and which k one. of the weIl-knorn New England financial pubiica- tions. featured n very compliment ary article on Gov. W. r. G. Hard ing of the federal reserve bonrd, which will he read with interest by Governor HnrdinE's ma1y friends in Alabama. It is here re- produced in The Age-Herald.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-02-20

NDf governor might easily have allowed to get beyond his control.
 Naturally it is not possible to discuss with much particularity the internal af- fairs of the federal reserve board, From tho very beginning. the personnel of the board has represented two ideas One .s that it is more or less an adjunct of the Cnited States treasury; the other that 1t Is an independent body. responsible to itself obligated merely to be far with the treasury. not subserveDi to t. Nat urally enough, the Secretary of the Treasury and the Comptroller of the Cur rency have held the former view, gain ing at times one or more of the appointed members to their side. Governor liar ding has held the latter view. There clearly must have been times when tue disposition of the eX-officio members of the board, including Nhe secretary. to put the wishes of the treasury above the judgment of the rest of the board, has been irksome, but the public has never learned that the board has divided shaprly on such policies. and to the out side through the governor, it's spokes- Nan, the board has always presented an unbroken front.
 ATTITUDE OF COMPTROLLER
 Once, it will be recalled when the Comptroller of the Currency, always an uncomfortable associate. attempted to carry his peculiar views on the guaranty of bank deposits to the public, and to create the impression that the federal reserve board was inclined toward hs point of view, the governor promptly disabused the public mind of this idea. but even then he took the matter to the board with him and got a vote on record there before going to the public with the story. A good deal of credit may fairly belong to Secretary MeAdoo, and to some others of political prominence. for get ting the federal reserve act on the stat ute books, but a very large measure of credit for taking the act as mert
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-02-20

X cataract which Is bigger than Nia-
 gara in every particular, is located on
 the Igpauz river, which partly sepa-
 rates Brazil from Argentina. It Is 21o feet high and more than 1S0oO feet wide. Much more water passes over it than al Niagara.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-02-20
NINE

times like these to have a change occur at the beginning of a new administration, which must under any circumstance thread it's way through an uncommon lot of perplexites. is both unfortunate for the administration and unfortunate Tor the public welfare. If Governor Harding goes to the new position that has been tendersd him, he will go with the best wishes of ail who know how powerful an influence he has been in making the fed- eral reserve board the powerful factor in American life that it Is. If he remains. that single fact win be of tremendous ad- vantage 10 banking. 10 business, and to the continued usefulness and permanent value Of th federal reserve system.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-08-10

NANCY and Nick started with
~ Scramble Squirrel toward his
home in the maple-tree on the earth
(you know old Whizzy Tornado had
picked him up and tossed him
through the sky to Sprinkle Blows
starr
Their little Green Shoes Sc! them
down softly on messy place in
Whispering Forest, not ten feet
from the place Scramble lived
Scramble thanked them and said that
they need not come further as he
knew the rest of the way as well as
they knew how TO walk up their own
front stairs.
81 do hope that you'll finl your
family WELL" said Nancy as she babe
him goodbye. Were sorry you lad
such an unpleasaat trim and We hope
that cid Whizzzy will let you alone
after this"
Find his family well 1" exclaimed
a voice near by aft he finds MS
family at all, he will be hundred
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-08-10
Thompson and Sasser
Split Double-Header

Thompson and Sasser split a
double-header baseball game on the
Thompson diamond Monday after
noon, the first game going to Sesser
by a score of 3 to and the second
to Thompson by to 5. In the first
game each side garnered four hits,
two of Thompson's being made by
Deavours, of Leslie, playing short.
stop. Bridges pitched both games for
.Sasser and did a good job of it, Todd
catching both games. The Thompson
batteries were Hines and Bass for
the first game and Waller and Bas
for the second.
The same teams will play in Sas-
ser Thursday as the main attraction
at big community barbecue, play
ing both morning and afternoon. The
public is invited to the barbecue.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-08-10
lion ROARS' FOR
RALSTON CARCLLL
Success of Swimming
Pool Campaign Cele-
brated at PLAYGROUND
CONTINUED From Page i

Continued From Page u
which had been sent 80 prominent
AAmericus citizens now out of the
city.
In the midst of the merriment,
which was largely spontaneous, the
ladies served delicious plate supper
of salads, sandwiches and iced tea,
which was followed by homemade
cake in abundance.
The three local civic clubs and the
American Legion were all represent
ed among the men gathered to cele-
brate the success of the undertaking
They were all heartily complimented
and thanked for their interest and
efforts by President Cargil, of the
Playground association, and he in
turn was given rising vote of thanks
for his leadership.
In the course of the meeting Mr..
Cargill announced that ground for
the pool and for the well would be
broken at 8 o'clock Thursday after
noon, with ceremonies in %iich the
whole community is Invited to farti-
cipate, and that the constructions of
both will be rushed as speedily H as
possible He also announced That
City Engineer w D. Fiedeman Mad
been appointed chairman of the com
mittee on pool and well construction
and S. r. Heys chairmanlof the
building committee to handle bath
house construction. The chairman of
the bond commission to handle the
finances was not announced.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-08-10
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PLAYERS IN
SENTIMENTAL TOMMY

Sir James n. Barrie's Sentiment
al Tommy" has been produced by
John S. Robertson for Paramount
with a cast that5embraces several of
the best players of the stage and
scvreen. This picture, which is said to
possess much heart interest and Bar
RE charm, viii be the bill at the AL
cazar theatel for two days starting
Wednesday.
Gareth Hughes, who is seen in the
title role, is young Welshman, who
came TO America in 1914 with an En-
glish company and has since display
cd such marked talent that he IS rec
ognized as a leading juvenile of the
country. he was chosen out of hun
dreds Of possibilities for an exacting
role in "Calban," which was given
at the City College Stadium. New
York, for the Shakespeare Tercen-
any celebration. He is now a Metro
star and was loaned to Paramount.
May McAvoy, who plays Grizel, is
a leading younger actress of the
screen, having scored in "The Devil
Garden, and "Tlne Truth About Hus-
bands" Mabel Taliaferro as "The
Painted Lady" is a stage and screen
star of wide repute. Then there is
George Fawcett as Dr. Mcqueen
Kate Davenport, who is a near rela-
tive Of the Barrymores and Drews
Malcolm Bradley, for fourteen years
with E. Fl. Southern, and Alfred Kap-
peller, one of the sterling lights of
the stage.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-08-10

and ninety-nine times luckier tnan
the rest of us!" It was Ben Bunny,
and as he hoped up close to the
Twins and Scramble Squirrel, he
took his Uttered hanky out of his
waistcoat pocket Che only wore the
waistcoat sometimeal ana wiped his
brow. As he said To y friend of his,
one always looked more worried
when he wiped his Draw and got more
. c Why" said Nick. "can't you find
your family, Mr. Benjamin.
"Not mine" said Ben hopping
again for all he was worth, but
somebody's. I've got the queerest
bunch of creatures on my hands you
ever saw. Whlzzy Tornado has not
only taken away half the people who
lived in Whispering Forest and the
neighborhocd, but he has played a
meaner trick still He's dumped down
some of the oldest creatures you can
imagine, and such a mix-up. Come
along and I'll show you"
60 Be COntinued).
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-08-10
Presiding Elder Is
Fine Gardener. Too

DAWSON, August IO.-Dr. W @
Lovett finds time from his busy life
as presiding elder Of this district to
keep ahead of all his neighbors in
gardening. From growing the ear
Hest vegetables in the spring he hes
Kept growing a succession Of crops.
His fourth planting of corn is now
very promisin" Poavines are al
most waist-high, while his patch of
sweet potatoes Is O. such IuXuriant
growth as to astonisa all who have
seen them. These vines in 1hany
places are nearly three feet high.
What will be the result of such I'M
usual growth Of v,ne remains 10 be
seen. but there IS promise Of fine
yield of tubers.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-08-10
SHILOH

Miss Hazel Bostwick spent the
weekend with Miss Ruth Still.
Miss Louise Arlington had as her
guest Sunday Miss Sara Reid.
W. c. Jordan and family spent
Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs. j. E. Dan
iel
Mr.. and Mrs R. E. Pitcher and son
and daughter, Clifford and Lura,
went to Florida Saturday night on a
pleasure trip, returning to- Americas
Monday morning.
Mr.. and Mrs. B. F. Daniel has as
their guests Sunday Miss Hazel Bost
wick, Miss Dora Belle Pitcher, Miss
Ruth Still, Terrell Bostwick and Hill
da Pitcher.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Bell, of Con-
cord, spent the weekend with her pa
rents, Mr.. and Mrs. r. L. Pitcher.
Miss Dora Belle Pitcher spent Sat
urday night with her sister, Mrs. B.
F. Daniel.
Misses Jewell and Mary Jordan at
tended preaching at Andrew Chapel
Sunday.
The many friends of Marvin
Howell regret to hear of his illness.
d. ]. Jordan, Leroy Jordan, Misses
Jewell an dMary Jordan and Miss
Jessie Daniel visited their grandpa.
rents, Mr.. and Mrs. j. F. Daniel Sun.
day
( Clyde Johnston, of Americas, visit
ed his sister, Mrs. j. E. Daniel Sun
day morning.
The girls of his community who at.
tended the school at Athens have re.
! turned.
Hilda Pitcher attended the bal
game at Concord Saturday afternoon
Miss Jewell Daniel had as hen
guests Sunday Misses Jewell and
Mary Jordan.
Mrs. J. E. Daniel has returned
from Plains where she has been visit
ing her sister, Mrs. j. c. Arlington
! Misses Louise Arlington and Irene
Reid left Tuesday morning to visit
relatives in Pelham.
John Crutchfield and family spent
Sunday with Charlie Crutchfield anC
| family.
Everybody is invited to attend tn,
B. Y. P. U. on Sunday nights at Shi
loh church.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-08-10
Drink And Clothing
Luxury Taxes Toe

WASHlNION, August 9.-Ch.;
man Fordner and other membarn
the house ways and means cornr,i44 VI
will confer with the president Ios
today on the general subject of az
revision. 1t is understood the d.
cussion will center particuIarl,, ,,, Sl9-
what present estimated extraoTdi |pon
expenses can be provided for tbron15
other means than direct taxation I
Agreement to eliminate the To-,
on fountain drinks and ice cream AZ
the so-called luxury tax on wearin ,a
apparel is understood to have he's
reached by Republican members 81
the house ways and means commit
tee. A reduction of one-half in +bo
ten per cent levy on sporting Good,
also is said to have been agreed I1nor
The total loss of revenue fro,,
these proposed changes would bo
slightly less than $50,0O0,0O0 and tbo
reductions are the first to be nasseJ
by the majority members in thair
effort to carry out the announced nrn-
gram of Republican house leaders 70
cut half a billion dollars from The
nations tax bill.
Repeal of the ten per cent tax IN
carbonated bottled beverages, which
is collected and paid by the manu-.
facturer monthly, also was discussed
at the meeting, and favorable action
was predicted by some members of
the committee, who argued that It
was not fail to remove the tax at
fountains in the cities and retain the
levy on bottled goods sold largely in
the rural districts.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-08-10
ALBANY'S BEST
HERE THURSDAY

What Manager Reynolds announc-
es will be the strongest team Am
CIRCUS has met this year viii be
brought here from Albany Thurs
day afternoon for game at the
Playground at 8 80 o'clock. or i'm
mediately after the ceremonies
Of breaking ground for the new pub
lie swimming pool, which are sched-
uled for 8 o'clock. Manager Cog
dell announces that Americas will
be ready to meet the best Albany has
to offer. In four games played this
season between these two teams The
count stands Americas 3, Albany /.