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The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-18
By HOLLAND


 New York. August 17.-(Special.)- Again many of the banks, especially ir New England and also in New York, will have visible proof of the disas- trous effect occasioned by tine pass ing of dividends or the postponement of the payment of them. Th,s~time lthis evidence will be furnished through the action of the American Sugar Refining company in passing it's regular dividend upon the com mon stock. Millions have been in- vested in the stock of this corpora tion. At one time it was ranged with the highest grade securities in the United States The income se- cured from its dividends has been relied upon with as much confidence as Is the interest payment upon gov ernment obligations. There was a time when it paid 22 per cent, and then again another time when divi- dends were only eh per cent But for 30 years the owners of the stock
 
 they are deprived of then.
 Upon the income from sugar stocks and from other stocks in which the public made investment was TO small part of the reliance placed for a suf- ficient yearly income to meet all per sonal and business as well as family expenses. But of sudden the cor poration beginning year ago ceased paying dividends or else postponed tho payment of them to some unidenti ti- fled day in the future. The result was that many persons found them- selves deprived of income upon which they depended. In many cases the owners of these stocks were seriously embarrassed. Some of them had over extended their operations, and were brought face to face with the i'm perative need of securing funds.
 For this reason banks in New Eng land and in New York have now for some months received offerings of notes which the makers of the notes are anxious to sell or discount. The president of one of the largest of the banks in an industrial district in Connecticut said today that 1t was amazing to see the paper laid before the bank officers in the hope that 1t would be bought. Many of these notes were signed by men whose business reputation has been excel lent, but who found themselves sud- denly cut off from income by reason of the passing or postponement of dividends. They saw no way by which they could obtain relief from their immediate embarrassments ex- cept by selling their paper. In many cases the banks have been disposed to aid those who have been thus cn- barrassed. But in New England there are thousands of women whose sole possessions were in the stocks of cor porations which in the past were ex- cellent and regular dividend payers, but which have been compelled to pass their dividends. These women stockholders are perhaps the most seriously embarrassed of all. They. Of course, possess no business stand ing which would enable them to bor row money at the banks upon their notes. The passing of the dividend by the American Sugar company is
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-18
By J. D. POPE


 Supervisor of Gardening. Tennessee
 Coal, Iron and Railroad Company.
 The fall garden should be a com tinuation of the spring and summer garden. In the best gardens, the crops are so planned that something is coming in during practically every week of the garden season. At the present time many gardeners are making special effort to get the greatest possible amount of produce from their gardens for the remain der Of the season, as the unfavora- hla weather during the earlier part of the year lessened somewhat the yields of the spring gardens.
 A certain young home gardener of this section is carrying out splen- dld fall gardening plan which is outlined below. The garden Is abou, 50 feet square. At present. he has he following crops and plans for the rest of the season;
 Three rows of tomatoes now bear ing, and which will continue to bear until frost.
 One row of tomatoes set out early in July, which should began rlpening during the latter part of August
 One row of early tomatoes about through producing, which will be followed about the first of August hy row of stringless green pod snap beans.
 Two rows of snap beans and one of Kentucky wonder pole beans, now at the height of their bearing. The
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-18
MUCH-TRAvELED TALES

From Hindu Stories in American
 Negro Folk lore" by w. Normas
 Brown. in Asia Magazine.
 In the romantic history of fiction ther4 is no more fascinating subject than the picturesque travels of folk stories. Born in the quiet of an east err village, a tale leaves it modest homo Go seck k the acquaintance of the world passing to other countries and continents, across lofty mountains and wide seas, impressing itself for ever upon the souls Of the people it encounters. Adventures such stor- ieS are, Marco Polas and Richard F. BurtonS of fiction, but in their long, CT lives destined to journey distances never Tn aglned by those high souled explorers. And patient, too, these tales as patient as the orient, whore so many of them were given life! For they may rest g century of two at a single stopping place before moving on. And If, in their unend- ing pilgrimage they leave benind portions Of themselves or acquire new elements they accept these all terations as the mere fortunes of an, eventful existence, which must be suffered with the equaniimity that marks the true traveller.
 How we should like to know the details of a. story's course over the earth---who first carried it from dts native land; what chance brought it. say. from the Orient to the Oceident! Take, for instance, the biblical tale of the Wise Judge. Solomon adjudi- eating between the two claimants to the same baby! Ancient as it is in the Hebrew Scriptures. nais perhaps Q n @f th Buddhists
 In the Hebrew version the source of the Buddhist, or. is it the source of the Hebrew, or are they both de- rived from third source? No, one can say. for there has been inter- course by both land and sea between India and Mesopotamia since the time of Solomon, and this story of the wise Judgement is not reported from either land before that time,
 But If we exciaim at such exchange between people who are essentially so similar, what shdll we say when We see the speculative, mythical Him du delighting in the same stories that rejoice the crude negro of Africa or America? For survey of the de- lightful Uncle RemHs books and other collections of American negro folklore reveals more than 50 tales that reproduce Hindu stories, some times being close, if unpublished. cop ies of oriental prototypes and at other times being but faint echoes as Of something half remembered 
 Wardering children of their great eastern parent. these fairy stories and beast fables have journeyed far to reach our negroes, some slowly making their way across Asia to- EuI rope, thence to come with the Eng fish, the French ana the Spanish 10 our shores and the negroes in our midst, and others selecting Africa as the route of their great pilgrimage,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-18
SCRANTON WILL GO
 LIMIT ID OBTAIN. RESULTS FOR CITY:
By Associated Press

Scranton, Pa, Aug. S-This city a good illustration of the mining ina dustry, will go anywhere in order to obtain results.
 Several cities in ancient days were buih beside volcanoes. This is one modern American city which is built over a coal mine, or rathersa series of coal mines.
 The present fame and future pros- perity of Scranton, a hustling, typical American city. literally rests upon the coal industry. From a country hamlet 50 years ago Scranton has become the third largest city in Pennsylvania and ranks first among !, the coal mining cities of the world. lThis, growth has been due to coal and most of the. coal mined in the Soran< ton district comes from underneath. the city itself. 70 s 1s-
 Beneath the business block and household dwellings each day the picks and the cutting machines are digging deeper into the black power rroducer which has brought se- much wealth to the community. t,s-4. Q !.
 To the casual visitor it may seem alarming to realize that underneath the streets of the city there is a lahy- rinth of shafts and tunnels forming an underground city consisting of rooms connected by an endless series of subways ad to know that the very life of the inhabitants is dependent upon the strength of the supports which are left standing.
 On the other hand, going to work would seem to be simple instead of a nerve racking, energy consuming subway trip or jostling,, Jerky troll ley ride. The worker in Scranton can sleep peacefully above ground, eat refreshing breakfast and then drop down a few hundred feet, to join his
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-18
MAMMOTH MINE HOIST

Driven by a 5000 horse power steam engine, what is believed to be the largest mine hoist in the world IS In operation at Hancock, Mich, says Popular Mechanics Magazine in an Illustrated article. With it's nor nal load of 10 tons in the cage. the
 big machine requires two minutes to attain "a maximum cable speed of 3,2O0 feet per minute. As about one
 half minute is required to stop it, one trip of 10000 feet is made in about four minutes, or at rate of about 30 miles per hour The inn
 meEse winding drum, made in the form of a double-ended cone, is 30 feet in diameter over the flattened center section, and 16 feet indi- ameter at the come ends. This con structfon causes/a a gradual picking up and diminishing of the cage speed at the beginning and ending of trip. The immense member weighs 5l6,OO0 pounds empty. this weight being in creased to 557,500 pounds when the total length of 10, 900 feet of 1ss finch cable has been reeled in. The entire apparatus measures 60 feet long by 54 feet wide. towers 50 feet to the top of the drum. and with condensing equipment. weighs 1.765.000 pounds.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-18

colleagues in reducing still further the remaining foundation of the city.
 Scranton is the center of the an- thracite coal region. This anthracite coal deposit in central Pennsylvania is one of the richest of Americas S natural resources. The coal occurs in an elliptical basin running down through the Lackawanna valley. The deepest part of the coal basin lies un- der the central part of the city of Scranton. % Within the city limits there are over S3s mines in operation with an annual production. of. over 5000, 900 tons of anthracite coal. These mines have produced since their discovery over 225,oo0.o0o tons of coal, which
 means the coal industry within the city limits has contributed something Ike si;000,000,000 of productive wealth to the people of Scranton and the owners of the mines More coal ,iS mined annually in Scranton and, the scranton coal basin has produced aAa greater total volume of coal thap, any other city in the world. ...
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-18
KILBY TRAVELS OVERLAND

Montgomery. August 17.-(Special.) Governor Kilby and w. A. Darden. private secretary, left the capitol Wednesday morning for trip over- land to,Anniston and other points in Alabama! Governor Kilby announced before leaving that he would make an official inspection of the Alabama national gusfd in Camp Mcclellan the latter part of the week. Governor Kilby will also go to Tuscaloosa to make an inspection of the Alabam home for mental interiors, which ts now in course of conbtructicn.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-18
BIG SUIT IS FILED

Philadelphia, August 17.-Suit te recover $44,000 in penalties for Ss alleged violations of the law forbid ding railroads to keep train crews on duty longer than 16 consecutive hours was filed today against the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad company in the United States district court here. The complainant is United States District Attorney G W. Coles.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-18
CLAIMS ASPHASIA VICTIM By Associated Press
Port1and Ore d

Portland, Ore, August l7.--DennIi Russell, laborer s.of Roseburg, Ore. was slain while Dr. R. M. Brumfield Roseburg dentist arrested in Canals in connection with. the crime, was suffering with aphasia, according tc statement made by the prisoner tc District Attorney George Neuner oi Roseburg today. District Attorney Neuner said pr. Brumfield claimed he had only occasional flashes of memory since July To, three days be- fore the car was found wrecked and burned with. the maimed body of Dennis Russell beneath
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-18
DRY AGENTS ARREST FIVE
 By Associated Press

= 1foU0heH, M. J., August' 17.-Fivo Hoboken residents were arrested by revenue agents today on suspicion of smuggling and illegally transporting 10 cases Of Scotch whisky. Mark ings on the cases indicated. the agents said. that the liauid had bee,, brought here by the shipping board steamer zaca. now tied up at. a dock. The Zaca was lowed in from Port of Spain,. Trinidad, by the steamship Quittacas, August 2. The liquor was being unloaded from the Atlantic Boat club into an automobile when the arrests were made.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-18
TraUelerS Claim
 Crackers Fudging

Little Rock. August 17.-tspe- ciaIl-Charges that the Atlanta club wHS over the player limit in the series closed here today. have been. fiIcd with President Martin by the Little Rock club. It Is aI- lcEed that Atlanta Is carrying I6 men. and pcruSal of the hox scores of the two days shows thnt 16 men appeared in the Cracker lineup. A list of the 1G men was turned over to mpire Tandy to- day md the second game was played under protest.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-18
RELEASED UNDER BAIL By Associated Press

Richmond. Va. August 17-Will fam Paselen and Theos Korkyelon restaurant proprietors arrested las night charged with arson in connec- tion with a $300.000 fire here Mon- day, were released today under bai for a hearing August 20. The mer were held on warrants sworn out by deputy fire marshals who investigate ed the blaze that destroyed the greeater part of Richmonds business district.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-18
MAYFIELD IS nuRIED

Tuscaloosa. August t7.-( Special )-- EzekiaI Mayfield. aged 75. who died at his home in this city yesterday, will be buried nt Elrod this after taking company having charge of the burial He leaves the following chill dren; John Mayfield. Mrs. John White of Behold, Mrs. w. l. Free. Mrs Milus E, Mills. J. II. Mayfieid ana Miss Lizzie Mayfield.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-18
SUBMARINE TRACTOn

In line with similar exnerime,,ts in France and England, a submarine tractor has been developed in this country which is capable of travel ing through water to a depth of 10 or 12 feet. By the simple expedienr of equipping the carburetor with a periscope, air is insured for the gas olfne mixture. The seat of the drivec is high enough so that ordinarily there is no particular danger of his taking an involuntary bath.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-18
20 PER CENT WAGE CUT By Associated Press

Baltimore. August 1.-The Globe shipbuilding and Drydock company will cut wages 20 per cent next Tues day. which will bring the figure in line with the pay being paid in other snfpyards. The local plant of the
 Bethlehem Shipbuilding corporation ana the Baltimore Drydock and Ship building cut wages 10 per cent ear Her in the year and again this week.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-18
DIES OF BLOOD POISON

Tuscaloosa, August 17.--(Special.)-- Edgar Rodgers of Moundville died at Holt yesterday of blood poison. Mir. Rodgers was 30 years of age His death was caused in peculiar man ner. He opened small boil on his body with pocket knife. and short ly afterwards took swim in the Warrior river, where the place be- came infected, It Is supposed. Blood poison immediately set in, making rapid progress and after hours of in- tense suffering he died.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-18
MUST LOOK UP TO HIM Rw A Aacnnsot~a n--..

Fort Ontario, Ont, August 17.-Mrs Jan Van Albert, who became bride today, will always look up to hel husband. He is 9 feet inches tall ande she is five feet four. They wonl to school together in Holland and met recently at Winnipeg when thu circus that employees Van Albert, wal there
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-18
HOLY SEE CERTIFIED vpy D~-.~

Rome August 17.-The Holy See has unofficially expressed fits deep satisfaction over the negotiations proceeding between the Irish repub. licans and the British government and feryent wish that the question may be settled to- the satisfaction
 both parties by acknowledgement of
 their respective just aspirations.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-18
FIFTY CENTS TO SEE FAIR

|. Visitors to, the Alabama State Fair, which opens October 3, will find the admission price has fallen to the pre- war level of 50 cents. Other reduc- tions have also beeN rn1de.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-18
EARTHQUAKE FELT

By AsbOcIAIeu FfesB Fort de France, Martinique, August 17.-A light earthquake was felt here at 11:15 o'clock this morning.
New-York tribune., 1921-05-12
Financial Leaders
See Importance OF
German Surrender
Agreement On Indemnity
Has Little Market Effect,
but Result Had Been Dis
counted; Is Landmark"

Geymauy's acceptance Of the Allied
reparations terms was viewed yester-
dav in financial circles as develop
ment Of great Importance. While the
markets made no pronounced response
to the news, BANKERS Of high standing
in the community expressed themselves
as strongly Of the opinion that the
way has. finally opened to a resump-
tion of normal international trade re-
lations.
at will clear the air Of many uncer-
tainties," observed a partner in lead
ing international banking house, "and
cannot help but prove beneficial An
agreement on reparations makes q
basis on which the world can get down
to business, regardless OF what the
future may bring forth in the way OF
a compromise"
A prominent financier described the
event as landmark in reconstruction
and looked upon the acceptance Of the
reparation terms by Germany as q
| march away from world reaction and
| despair.
j the view Of many financial ex-
! perts the agreement on reparations
| had been discounted in advance Of the
| GSbubl EsCnL IN knC ISNONS4S
over a period OF several months in the
exchange rates on Great Britain,
France, Belgium, italy and other eoun-
tries directly interested in the prob
lem.
Yesterday the exchanges were gen.
orally steady. German marks, which
had fallen to Log cents on Tues
day, closed yesterday at t,62 cents.
Demand sterling touched $3.9sa. COM
pared with $39S the day before, while
francs were shade easier.
The cotton market opened and closed
slightly higher on the reparations
news, while wheat and corn prices rose
in striking fashion.
Leading American steel men do not
believe that Germany viii be an i'm
portant competitor in bidding for
world trade in the immediate future.
but they think that eventually she
will be a factor to contend with. It
was pointed out that in Germany many
workers in the steel mills are women
and that this will tend to lower the
i cost Of production to an extent that
German manufacturers may be in po-
sition later on to underselt American
makers unless their product is amply
protected By tariff.
New-York tribune., 1921-05-12

The Tribune ps-iats saoA day sks ma
fHfTtB dates Of all actsue bonds quoted
on the Ne1 York Stock Erchangs. The
return an bond to the tnpestoY depends
tpon three factors, che rate of interest
the security bears. the market price
nfd the distance Of shs maturity date.
TO Rgare The precise gien on bond is
"a aeeeasGvp TO use yield tables bat tho
approximate vfeld can ruughtg DO figured
o'tt bp the feiiotoiag formula. Diuide
the closing quotation on a bond into
the rnte Of interest it pugs, and the re-
salt @tfI De the annual rsta7n If the
bond is selling 5etow par yow must
alio'o also for the appreGio tom of the
principal To do this subtract tiae mar
Ret quotation from par. or 100, and di-
ride tho remainder bp ths nstntber of
seG~a the bond has to ,atu before n,n-
tstsSty. Fer Example, ii per oent
bond is sailing at 90 and has te9, years
TO 17tr,, tbs annual retasTm sciu Do 6.66
per cent, The difference betweea mar
and the morhst price mtu be 10 points.
sahtraetfng go froas 100. BjutdinG ten
points b8 ten gears, The qttotiena 1ctl be
4. Thas figure Is to be added TO 500,
'ohsch is the annual returs, aud the re-.
si1lt is 1865 per cent, s0iti girs you the
Gppro@ansGee yield.
New-York tribune., 1921-05-12
Cuba Seeks Loan Here
To Check Bank Runs

HAVANA, Cuba, May l1.-Three
small private banks in this city
suspended payments yesterday
and another in the city of CANA
guey, eastern Cuba closed its
doors. All the institutions mad
sustained runs by depositors for
the last few days.
The approach of the final day Of
the moratorium, which has been in
operation since late last year, has
added to the uneasiness felt in
financial circles, General z. FL.
Crowder, representative OF the
United States government, has been
conferring on the situation with
President Menocal and President
elect zayas, and hope is expressed
that the announcement Of loan in
the United States will be made, and
that it will restore business morale.
New-York tribune., 1921-05-12
Cerro de Pasco Copper
On1its Quarterly Dividend

Alter HAVING paid diV Iden0S tor three
years out OF surplus the Cerro de easco
Copper Corporation yesterday passed It's
regular qua rterly dividend. In the CAL
endar year 1920 earnings after the pay
ment OF expenses, taxSss and allowing
tor depreciation amounted 70 buL $o4S,-
u0U, whereas the dividends paid In that
year Called fer $3 ,593, 200. In 1919 net
earnings amounted TO $2s2o4,00U. and
dividends called Tor approximately the
same amount as In l921.
In the annual report Of the company
for 1870 the only comment that is
made by the management ia a paragraph
" hich calls attention 70 the tact That IN
compliance Wlth Lhe income Tax cegula-
tlons reyAIuatlOn has been made 01 t1s
mines, plant and equipment, Inc BAL
ance sheet as OF December 81, 1870, puts
book value on mlnes, plants, ETC., OF
$40 ,022 ,00B. This compares W!th book
va4ue of nXed assets q the end OF 1919
OF $27, $50 900.
Current assets at the end Of 1920 were
carried al @lo,499,00 ana al the end Of
1919 at SIS, ,4ou, ,000. Included In the
current assets IN 1920 are S4,0&3.00o
copper, silver and gold on hand, carried
at the market price, and IN 1919 $780,
Uo0 copper, silver and gold on hand, IN
regard 10 Whlch no statement is made as
10 the method of arriving at a va4ua-
tion. Durlng the year the company eyl~
IDENTIFY sod It's Sl,4oU,o00 Liberty Bonds.
Cash was reduced from S2,057 700 at the
beginning OF the year to $l,lv0,0u0 At
the end Of the year, and accounts re-
celVable were reduced from S5,Oa1,a0o TO
81 ,5a5 ,00Q. AT the end OF 1920 the
company, under current aiabihues, had
$B,lU0,OO0 due bankers on letters OF
| credit and current account comparing
with $1,311 900 in 1913. Accounts pay
able at the end Of the year amounted to
,000s comparing with S2,429 900 at
| the end of 1919.
New-York tribune., 1921-05-12
Pacific Oil Report
balance Equivalent to sI.SS
q Share

Tho Pacific Oil Company, which was
a'ganized last December to take over
as California oil properties of the
southern Pacific Company, yesserday
ssntd Its income account for the three
Months ended March 81. This showed
ss0sa earnings from operations of
sso6sl,842. After allowing for oper-
ssing expenses and taxes there was a
uss operating profit Of s5 500 500, to
snssa was added si12,177 other Income,
''inglng the gross income for the
Period up tc $5,72o, ,4ss. After deduct
as S4q5.0os as reserve FOR depreela-
.s sSs and depletion there was q balance
: ss,sAb, ,476, equal to $165 a share on
!. ~ S,ooo, 600 shares Of no par value
y a1ss = % outstanding. This is st the rate
u sS2e year.
.. aue compsny's statement excluded
7isnlhgs accrued on s20,e6e, 600 par
a, ae OF the stock OF the Associated
~ ~ company from December 81, 1920
Nao federal Sa1es.