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The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-04
''BIack Sox" Receive
 Coat of White Wash

0 EGALLY the baseball scandal ll is thing of the past, but the verdict returned in Chicago will not clear the tarnished reputations of the accused White Sox" play CTS. Despite cheers in the court room and smiling judge who ex- tended his congratulations, the ac- quittal of these men creates dis tinctly bad impression. It looks more like case of liberal white washing than justice.
 The jury had made up it's mind to return verdict of acquittal and promptly did so. But before the bar of public opinion the former White Sox" are not vindicated. Charles Comiskey, president of the club, says they will never again be permitted to wear a "White Sox" uniform. Judge Lan- dis, national baseball commissioner in a characteristic interview, says the men will not be restored to or ganized baseball. "Just keep it in mind," he stated yesterday, "that regardless of the verdicts of juries, baseball is entirely competent to protect itself against crooks, both inside and outside the game"
 The millions of people in Amer ica who enjoy baseball and want il kept free from crookedness will ap- plaud that sentiment. Judge Lan- dis evidently feels, as nearly every ono elss does, that the trial in Chi
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-04
DID BOOTH ACT IN FRENCH?

From the New York Herald |0N HERE are persons who derive
 great pleasure from ques-
 tioning things recorded by history that have come to be ac- cepted as facts. The referenc of Asia Booth Clarke to her fathers appear ance as orestes in Racine's "Andro- maoue" taS for <years been supposed to imply that he acted in French. His daughter wrote of Junius Brutus Booth:
 During his leisure hours he had perfected himself in several French dramas. playing among other parts Faiel in Gabrielle De vergy.' Tan cred. Shakespeare in Shakespeare Amoureux.' and being & proficient in the French language, he was so- licited by Mir. Davis of the Theatre dorieans to play Orestes in Racine's tragedy of 'Andromaque' His accen- tuation was 50 perfect and every pe- culiarity of French acting was so minutely observed by him that the astonishment and delight were unI- versal"
 Contemporaneous comment is framed in these words:
 "A spectable of deep interest-one as novel as it was pieasing--was of- fered last Tuesday night in the Or leans theatre to the lovers of dra- matic talents. Yielding to the so- licitations of several gentlemen of this city, MT. Booth consented to pre- sent himself before a French audi ence in the part of Orestes. This effort, pertlous in the extreme, and which nothing but 8 wish to give to Frenchmen an opportunity of judging fairly of what Is termed the English style of tragic acting could have urged Mir. Booth to risk, has been crowned with the most flatter- ing success. The ever increasing i'm terest excited by warmth of his feei- inRs. the earnestness of his manner. and the impetuous ardor of his deliv- cry. and, when the Furies soaded Orestes to crimes. criticism was merged in admiration. and with one voice all wondered that a stranger should thus feel and express all the beauties of Racine"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-04
The Age-Herald published an in.

The Age-Heraid published an in teresting communication from a drinking prohibitIonist." For some reason or other, most of the drink ing prohibitionists' are averse to seeing their names in print.
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 So Editor Steed, and not North cliffe, was merely saying what he thought was King Georges mind. It Is never safe to trust that sort of interview to an imaginative reporter.
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 We hope that while Chicago was having her prosperity pageant hur- gry ex-service men were considerate enough to keep out of sight.
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 The work of the American relief administration in Russia will be free from politics. MT, Hoovers speciality is the partisan handout It has been discovered that a miss ing banker had friends among caba- ret performers. The skill of detec- tives is almost uncanny.
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 While President Harding is resting from his arduous labors, Congress IS giving poor imitation of 8 legisia- tive body at work.
 The curious thing about a booze boat when it is captured is that it doesn't seem to be going anywhere in particular.
 No matter what Congress does. most of the school teachers and preachers will not have to pay any income tax.
 President Harding is four miles from a telephone. Could he be, by any possibility. four miles from a cameraman?
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 Longer skirts are being worn in Paris, but the poor chorus beauties of Paris have nothing to wear on the stage.
 The report that the Irish republican army is demobilizing will greatly dishearten professional Irishmen in America.
 Caruso did more for the world than many conqueror who sought the bubble reputation in the cannon's mouth.
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 Now Is the time for all good men to throw their shoulders back and put their best foot forward
 The common people seem to love Hank Ford for the enemies he has made.
 In the last analysis, every tax is a nuisance tax"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-04
Coming to the Front
rom the Atlanta constitutlon.

From the Atlanta Constitution.
 That the south is leading the na- ton in the trek toward business normalcy"-recent alarmist reports of semi famine" and near epidemic conditions to the contrary notwith- standing-is indicated by report of merchandising activities, by the credit clearing house of New York for the last week of July.
 For the purposes of this weekly re- port-which is in the form of an an alysis of business conditions-the country is divided into six sections Pacific coast. mountain, north agri- cultural middle agricultural, south agricultural and east section.
 That part of the report dealing with the south agricultural section is as follows:
 "Condition: Purchases are more active than in any of the three com parative periods.
 Indebtedness is lower than in any of the three periods of comparison.
 Fragments are markedly better than last week, and also better than In the corresponding week of 1920 and 1919.
 Comment; The showing of buying by the general public, indicated by large payments by merchants to manufacturers and wholesalers is re- markable, and indicates that pessi- mistic reports from the south reflect only one side of the actual condition. There is also active ordering by mer- chants. to increase depleted stocks"
 This is more favorable In each par ticular than is the report covering any other section of the country, and the commercial status of the south as compared with that of the nation as whole is shown by the following digest of all of the sectional reports presented under the general head, The United States:'
 Condition: Purchases are slightly less active than in any of the three periods of comparison.
 Indebtedness is lower than last week and year ago, but slightly higher than two years ago.
 Payments are better than last week, but not so good as in the cor responding week of 1920 and 1919.
 Comment. Active buying by the public has made good payments by merchants possible, while there has been less purchasing from manufac- turers and wholesalers to replenish stocks"
 From this it is apparent that the people of the south, so far as busi- ness welfare goes, have little cause for complaint about hard times" when the general condition of the country is taken into consideration, and that they are really better off than those of any other section.
 Even though it is true that money is tight and conditions throughout the south are not what they might be, 1t Is apparent, nevertheless, that we are weathering the season of post war readjustment remarkably we'll and this standardization by the credit clearing house tends, not only to re- flute any presumption that the south is tagging behind the rest of the country in a business way, but to justify a prophecy that this section VIII be the first to get back to basis of prosperous times and com mercial and industrial stability.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-04

cago was a farce. If these men are not guilty, their behavior dur ing the world series of 1919 and their association with gamblers has not been satisfactorily explained.
 The whole affair is discreditabIe. It will be years before organized baseball entirely recovers from this stain put upon it by venial players and coterie of gamblers.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-04

From the Chicago News
 good bluff is often more effec- tive than a bad act.
 Borrowed money causes a great deal of near-sightedness Hens are exclusive. They like to stick to their own sets.
 The closer you get to some people the more distant they are.
 The oftener man fails the more he is addicted to the advice giving habit.
 Why is the woman seldom sincere who tells another woman she's pretty?
 If man acts contrary to his wife's advice and fails, he never hears the last of it.
 Father Time was the original whselman. From the beginning he has gone on by cycles.
 About the time an elevator boy gets a little way up in the world some one is sure to call him down.
 When a woman reaches the age where she is not worth looking al she Is old enough to be worth lis tenins to
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-04
VANISHED MIELIONAIRES

come of million. and there are 65 such according to the latest returns. The returns for the year preceding revealed only 67--so the loss is not alarming. considering the hard times. The current census of the $5o,oo0 i'm come tax payers is yet to be made public, but in all probability the 20. 900 list has been deflated. a.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-04
YE EDITOR OBLIGEs

From the Corning (Kan) Gazette.
 We expect to have an important item of news to report in the near fu- ture. which we are withholding by re- quest. When you see 1t please do not accuse us of not publishing the news while it is new. if you happen to have heard of the matter we are not reporting, or at least give us credit for considering the wishes of our neighbors when they prefer not to be mentioned yet.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-04
Industrial Progress
 in Month of July

TN the monthly report of the U Chamber of Commerce a sum- mary is given of the big things that occurred in Alabama and in Birmingham during July.
 This month will long be remem- bered as the one in which Henry Ford made definite offer for the use of Muscle Shoals.
 During July work was begun on the $S,000,00O dam on the Coosa river, which will double the hydro electric supply of the Alabama Power company. Here in Birming- ham we completed our first stand ard steel ear at the new Chickasaw shops and have been speeding up at that plant, besides recently doubling the production of the new
 
 tie-plate plant.
 Before the month was out the Woodward Iron company forecast the end of the depression in the iron trade by announcing the blowing in of another merchant stack.
 We began work on the $750,O0O Masonic temple and the $1,000,0o0 Central High school, two enterprises that speak we'll for the progress of the city.
 < * x The National Hairdressers' associA. tion heralds the return of the femi. nine ear. The exposure will b, shocking until we get used to it. S * E Republicans could point with prid, more easily if there wasn't so muci thev'd like to fo~se.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-04
---------------------s' ---------- THE PICKLE FAIR SEX

From the Clay Center (kan) Times.
 Last summer with sugar 30 cents pound, you could hardly keep the women folks from putting up every kind of fruit and vegetable the com mission men unloaded on the grocers This summer. with sugar at cents a pound, it's too hot to think of canning anything.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-04
AN INTERNATIONAL DIET

From Commerce and Finance. z Two Tommies turned punsters went into a restaurant over on the eastern front and said to the waiter: We want Turkey with Greece"
 Well, then get the Bosphorus."
 The waiter replied, Sorry, sirs, but we can't Servia."
 The boss came in and heard their order and then said. T don't want to Russia. but YOU can't Rumania." So the two Tommies went away Hun- oarve
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-04
On the Hehound

Lou Meahl of Ensley has returned d from Indiana, where he has been buying goods and also on holiday. He said: Tn that section, which is also very substantial industrial center, the opiinon is generally enter tame dthat busness has scraped the bottom and now on very definite rebound.
 Tt was generally admitted that Birmingham had felt the squeeze less than any section. and the recovery here would be quicker and more last ing than perhaps any other place."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-04
Words of Praise

The Age Herald of Wednesday morning was one of the very best is- sues that I have read of any news paper in late months" said w. w.. Ellis of Ensley yesterday
 The news of the paper of every kind was Interestingly prepared. the arrangements were perfect and in every detail The Age Herald was ex ceptionally entertaining and enjoy- able. The paper looked good to use the street vernacular"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-04
Everett WjIkinsou

Everett Wilkinson, Birmingham young man, is doing well in Cleve- land, o." said Paoli Smith. He Is a graduate of the University of Ala bama and widely known among the young men of the city.
 Sometime ago he left Birming- ham for Cleveland and obtained a re- sponsible position with the large and influential chamber of commerce of that city. He is now secretary in charge of the retail dealers section, which is one of the most important adjuncts of the Cleveland organiza- tion.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-04
THE HuMANIzED HOTEL

The Chicago Journal of Commerce waxes enthusiastic over-a suggestion that the hotel manager should revive human interest," in his patrons On their arrival he should welcome them
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-04
SEVERE STRAIN ON HUSBANDS

From the Havenville (Kan.) Review.
 There are few things more tan talizing to a man than to go home with something on his mind he wants to scold about and find company visiting there and be obliged to act as-eeahle.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-04

COULDN'T LIVE UP TO IT
 Why did you take down that DO It Now sign hanging over your deskr'
 T couldn't stand the way bill col iectors looked at it when I told them to call around tomorrow" replied the sensitive and impecunious citi- zen.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-04
Retail Coal
Clear Analysis

T think I must have read the arti- cle by W. H. Kettig, which appeared in last Sundays Age Herald at least half dozen times said H. B. Litner, flor to me it was the sanest and most helpful statement which I have seen as to past, present and future conditions.
 ''I wish that every thinking man in Alabama would take time to study and digest the various points which he brought out for I am sure if this was done, things would soon be on the mend. l congratulate him for writing it and the paper for giving 1t such wide publicity"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-04
A MORNING PRAYER

Dear Lord, while I mourn he loved ones whom thou hast taken away, let me not forget to thank thee for the gift which l had of thee in them. Amen.-M. s. H.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-04
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
 AND ELSEWHERE
Let Want. Be Known


 Much trading at home would be developed if the consumer desiring an article would ask a home producsr or merchant if he keeps that partic- ular article" said J. D. Moore of Moore and Handley Hardware com- pany.
 Many an article is bought on the outside that would be placed in stock in Birmingham, if the consumers made known their wants. A raer- chant bases his business on the wants of his customers The more he knows about what people wish, the more be will keep on hand for sale.
 "on the other hand the wise mer- chant will make serious note of all inquiries, and base his supply of stocks On them. This matter of trading at home has many angles, but they all go back to a mutual un- derstanding between merchant and customer that is best arrived at by constant interchange of ideas"
 Retail Coal
 An outcry should not be made against short weights So much as in opposition to high prices" declared w. 0. Broyles, furniture dealer, who is selling coal at low prices. q defy any person or persons to prove shat am not giving every purchaser of my coal full ton of good coal.
 T am determined to tear down high prices and to break up any monopoly which might or might not exist in the retail coal business. The people of Birmingham will have an oppor- tunity to buy cheap coal as long as they show a demand for it. Guaran- tee of a good. full ton goes with every sale, too"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-04
IF THE UMPIRE's LOOKING

IF THE UMPIRE's LOOKING
 My son." said the old gentleman who was giving his boy a little faith erly advice. lust remember that there are no short cuts to fame"
 Yes. father"
 Even the baseball star who earns reputation as home-run king has to touch all the bases"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-04
DISTRESSING ISSUES

You don't tell any funny stories when you are speaking on the tariff and taxation"
 NO" said Senator snortsworthy. Those subjects are getting to be so painful to such a considerable number of our people that don't want to be accused of indulging in thoughtless levity."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-04

When a woman reaches the age where she is not worth looking al she Is old enough to be worth lis- tanino fo
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-04

Father Time was the original wheelman. From the beginning he has gone on by cycles.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-04

About the time an elevator boy gets little way up In the world some one is sure to call him down.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-04

If al man acts contrary to his wife's advice and fails, he never hears the last of it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-04

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 Eastern business cffice. World building New York clIy, western business olhSe' Tribune building, Chicaso. The ,. V beckwith special Asr1bacS. agents TOT TOT slgn advertising.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-04

Why is the woman seldom sincere who tells another woman she's pretty?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-04
 POINTED PARAGRAPHS

From the Chicago News
 A good bluff is often more effec- tive than a bad act.
The daily times., 1921-09-13
MRS. MATILDA BRIDGES.

Elder S. B. Denny of the Primitive
Baptist church, conducted the funer-
al services of Mrs. Lucy Matilda
Bridges, wife of Jno. r. Bridges near
Moore's church, Monday afternoon at
$3.50 in the midst of large congre-
CATION of relatives and friends.
Mrs. Bridges, who was forty-four
years of age died Sunday night. She
leaves a husband and ten children to
mourn her departure together with
her father Mr.. J. T. Barron and two
brothers, Messrs. c. F. and j. Il.
Barron, and six sisters, Mrs. ]. Z.
Ellis, Mrs W. T. Lucas, Mrs. c. j.
Bats, Mrs. Albert Flowers, Miss
! Mary Barron, all of Wilson, and Mrs.
J. T. Wilson of Greenville, N. c.
While Mrs. Bridges never united
with any church, she leaves sufficient
evidence to satisfy her friends that
she had been taught of Him, whom
to know is eternal life, and requested
that they sing at her grave I'm
coming home.''
She was laid quietly to rest at the
family burying ground near he1
home beneath a beautiful mound OF
| flowers.
The daily times., 1921-09-13
GOLDSBoRO MEETING

Mr.. H. Y. Scott, secretary of the Will
son Chamber of Commerce, has re-
turned from Goldsboro where he at
tended a very interesting meeting of
secretaries of various Chambers of
Commerce in eastern Carolina.
The meeting made tentative plans
for the formation of an Eastern
Carolina Chamber of Commerce, and
endorsed the cooperative marketing
movement.
Secretaries N. Y. Chambliss, of
Rocky Mount; w. C. Denmark, of
Coldsboro; H. Y. Scott, of Wilson;
H. E. Barlow, of New Bern, Mr..
Price of the Southern Railroad, and
Mr.. Underwood, of the Norfolk and
Southern railroad, made interesting
talks and endorsed the movement for
the organization of an eastern Car
olina Chamber of Commerce.
The daily times., 1921-09-13
WILSON COUNTY SHOULD
POSSESS BLOODHOUNDS

Sunday night after the rain some
one entered the office of Mr.. w. S.
Harris on Barnes street, and break
ing the lock to the cabinet safe Sc
cured $50 in Liberty Bonds ard
$3.50 worth of War Savings Stamps.
The latter, however, being registered
there will be no trouble in prevent
ing the holder from cashing them
There is no clue to the identity OF
the thieves.
Such robberies as these are caus-
ing our pepole to ask the question
why Wilson county does not secure
a couple of real bloodhounds, not
fox hounds, but blood hounds, which
come high it is true but are worth
the price.
We understand that Messrs. Will
Hams and Palmer the coal merchants
were compelled to pay 500 for the
running down of thief who entered
their place, and this expense would
not be necessary for the individual
if we had the bloodhounds in this
county. The dogs could stay at the
stockade under the care of Mr.. Hern.
don, and would be needed occasion
ally to run down convicts when they
escape.
Let us have couple of blood
hounds and break up this petty
thievery and entering houses. The
tracks of the party who broke into
the Office of Mr.. Harris were perfectly
clear after the rain and if hounds
had been available their capture
woul dhave been easy.
The daily times., 1921-09-13
SOUTH CAROLINA
WOULD CURB MOB
Greenwood Demands Grand
Jury Bring Members of Mob
to Justice.

Greenwood, S. c., Sept 13.-Bus-
mess and professional men of Green
wood appeared before the grand jury
investigating the whipping of two,
negro women and urged immediate
suppression of all forms of lawless-
ness.
Those appearing before the grand
jury acted under strict orders given
at mass meeting of citizens. The,
grand jury was promised support in
all efforts to suppress mob violence.
ed the grand jury to bring to trial
the mem bers of the mob.
The daily times., 1921-09-13
MIR. OLIVER OF
AFRICA VISITED HERE

Mr.. V. F. o. Oliver of Johannes
burg, South Africa, who has been the
guest of Mr.. ]. H. Lane for the past
week, left today for New York City.
MIR. Oliver is a graduate of the Uni
versity of Pretoria, one of the lead
ing colleges of his country, and dur
ing the two years and a half which
he has spent over here he has been
graduated from the University of
Wisconsin, Mississippi, Kentucky, N.
G. State College and has studied at
Cornell University.
He was sent here by his govern
ment for the purpose of studying the
methods of growing, processing and
marketing cotton and tobacco as
produced in the various sections OF
the United States.
The daily times., 1921-09-13
TWO ACCOMPL|CES
ALLEGED TO HAVE
AIDED IN MURDERS
ROBBERY WAS MOTIVE
An Associate of Church Has
Confessed According to the
Police That He Aided Church
In Killing Two Automobile
Statesmen, a Third Man is
Being Held.

Chicago, Sept. 13.-Twe confes-
sions obtained late last night and
early today are believed by the auth
critics to clear up the mystery sur
rounding the murder of B. j. Daugh-
erty and Carl A. Ausmus, the auto
mobile statesmen.
Harvey w. Church, at whose home
fthe men are alleged to have been
killed after Church had led them
there to receive payment for an auto
mobile he pretended he wished to
purchase, late last night confessed he
was aided by two accomp1ices and i'm
plicated Leon Parks, employed in a
garage where he formerly worked
and Clarence i1der, a friend, as ac-
complies.
Parks when confronted by Church
confessed according to the police by
telling the parts he had played in
the two murders.
Wilder the third man who is al
legged to be involved is in the custody
of the police today and is being
questioned to verify the essential de-
tails.
Parks confession for the first time
barred the real motive of the double
murder. The only reason given by
Church was that he wished to gain
possession of 5,48O automobile
Parks admitted the three had
planned to steal the car and sell il
and divide the profits.